The Continuity of Christian Thought a Study of Modern Theology in the Light of
The book The Continuity of Christian Thought a Study of Modern Theology in the Light of was written by author Allen, Alexander V. G. (Alexander Viets Griswold), 1841-1908 Here you can read free online of The Continuity of Christian Thought a Study of Modern Theology in the Light of book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Continuity of Christian Thought a Study of Modern Theology in the Light of a good or bad book?
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Chris. Biog. The difference between Origen and Hippolytus has been clearly stated by Martineau, Studies of Christianity, p. 246. In meditating on the conjunction between Father and Son, Origen would think of the relation be- tween thought and volition • Hippolytus of that between volition and execution. ARGUMENT OF IREN^EUS. 117 the " deposit " of the faith might have been preserved in every church in which an unbroken descent of the episcopate from the apostles could be traced, yet, as he argu...ed, it was preeminently the church of Kome by which the tradition of every other church must be re- gulated, because of its high importance as the capital of the empire and as founded by the two most glorious apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul. The apostolic tradi- tion, he further reasoned, must have been faithfully preserved at Rome, because any departure from it would there have been most easily detected among be- lievers from all parts of the church who were in the habit of meeting there ; and, therefore, since the tradi- tion had been maintained in its purity at Rome, all other churches are in possession of the faith so far as they are in agreement with the church in Rome.
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