Historical Sketches, volume I (Of 3)
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I will here attempt to state some of the considerations whichshow both their antiquity and their authority, and will afterwards usethem for the purpose which has led me to mention them.
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1. In the first place, it would seem quite certain that, as, on the onehand, Councils were held in the primitive Church, so, on the other, those Councils enacted certain Canons. When, then, a Collection presentsitself professing to consist of the Ante-Nicene Canons, there is nothingat all to startle us; it on...ly professes to set before us that which weknow anyhow must have existed. We may conjecture, if we please, that thefact that there were Canons may have suggested and encouraged acounterfeit. Certainly; but though the fact that there were Canons willaccount for a counterfeit, it will not account for those original Canonsbeing lost; on the contrary, what is known to have once existed as arule of conduct, is likely to continue in existence, except underparticular circumstances. Which of the two this existing Collection is, the genuine or the counterfeit, must depend on other considerations; butif these considerations be in favour of its genuineness, then thisantecedent probability will be an important confirmation.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I will here attempt to state some of the considerations whichshow both their antiquity and their authority, and will afterwards usethem for the purpose which has led me to mention them.
4.
1. In the first place, it would seem quite certain that, as, on the onehand, Councils were held in the primitive Church, so, on the other, those Councils enacted certain Canons. When, then, a Collection presentsitself professing to consist of the Ante-Nicene Canons, there is nothingat all to startle us; it on...ly professes to set before us that which weknow anyhow must have existed. We may conjecture, if we please, that thefact that there were Canons may have suggested and encouraged acounterfeit. Certainly; but though the fact that there were Canons willaccount for a counterfeit, it will not account for those original Canonsbeing lost; on the contrary, what is known to have once existed as arule of conduct, is likely to continue in existence, except underparticular circumstances. Which of the two this existing Collection is, the genuine or the counterfeit, must depend on other considerations; butif these considerations be in favour of its genuineness, then thisantecedent probability will be an important confirmation.
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