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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LETTER III. Rev. Sir: In my last letter, if I do not deceive myself, I have fully proved, that all the writers of the fourth century, and in the beginning of the fifth, together with all the councils convened within that period, do assert, that episcopacy was an Apostolical institution. I shall now proceed to consider the testimonies of individuals, and of provincial councils in the third century. And here, there is such a mass of evidence in favour of our cause, that my only difficulty lies in making such a selection as will answer my purpose, without extending this discussion to too great a length. I shall abridge the evidence as much as I possibly can; and shall request your patient attention to it. You enter upon this century with the following observations: About this time, as will be afterwards shown, among many other corruptions, that of clerical imparity appeared in the Church; and even the papacy, as we have before seen, had begun to urge its anti-christian claims. From the commencement of the third century, therefore, every witness on the subject of episcopacy is to be received with caution. In opposition to these vague and ill-founded assertions. I shall give you the testimony of Marshal, the learned translator of the works of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage. Speaking of that prelate, he says, Cyprian was the Bishop of a most flourishing Church, the metropolis of a province. He was a man who was made for business, had a diligent and active spirit, and talents equal to the charge wherewith he was entrusted. The.time he lived in was 3 busy one, and he was at the head of most transactions in it. One hundred and fifty years had not passed from the death of one of the Apostles, when he entered upon his see; and the Churches of Christ were then particularly careful ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217147606 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217147607 |
| Weight | 1.00 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 In |
| List Price | $24.30 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 306 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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