Early church history, a sketch of its first four centuries by Bartlet J. Vernon (James Vernon) 1863-1940

Author:Bartlet, J. Vernon (James Vernon), 1863-1940
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Church history
Publisher: London, Religious Tract Society
Published: 1893-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter VI. Fifth Generation - Early Catholic Fathers (175-215 A. D.)

Already it may have occurred to the reader to ask: But what is the exact meaning to be put upon this word "Catholic," which has already more than once appeared in our narrative? To answer this query is the prime task at present before us. In trying, then, to describe the birth of the Old Catholic Church, one cannot do better than take the typical churchman of his time, Irenaeus, first of Asia, and then of South Gaul. We will let him introduce himself, by quoting a letter addressed by him to a friend of his youth, Florinus by name, who had fallen into error on that burning topic of the age, the Problem of Evil in relation to Divine Sovereignty, and was, in consequence, deposed from the Roman presbytery.

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