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The Opinion of the Catholic Church for the First Three Centuries, on the Necessity of Believing That Our Lord Jesus Christ Is Truly God. Tr. by
The Opinion of the Catholic Church for the First Three Centuries on the Necessity of Believing That Our Lord Jesus Christ Is Truly God Tr by Author:George Bull Title: The Opinion of the Catholic Church for the First Three Centuries, on the Necessity of Believing That Our Lord Jesus Christ Is Truly God. Tr. by T. Rankin General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1825 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or mi... more »ssing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. I. Testimonies of the Primitive Fathers produced, to prove that the article of the Divinity of our Saviour mtist be believed, and is absolutely necessary to Salvation. I. To commence with the testimonies of the Primitive Fathers. Ignatius,' a contemporary Bishop with the Apostles, at least with St. John, frequently, in his genuine epistles published by Js. Vossius, enforces the doctrine of Christ being God and Man, true God, and true Man, as absolutely necessary to be believed, in contradistinction to the heretics of that age, who denied one or either of the natures of Christ. So in his epistle to the Ephesians, after having recited their praises, which he had heard from Onesimus, their Bishop; namely, that they held fast the orthodox and apostolic doctrine, and kept themselves untainted with heresy ; he admonishes them, to persevere in the Catholic faith, and cautiously Ignatius was ordained Bishop of Antioch in A. D- 67, and suffered Martyrdom in A. D. 107. T. to avoid hereticks, who, at that time, were cunningly and secretly sowing their tares in the field of the Church. His words are.: " There are " some who are accustomed to bear the name " (of Christians) unworthily, and do many things " heinous in the sight of God. Such you ought " to avoid as wild beasts. They are mad dogs " which bite privately. Beware of them as be- " ing in a desperate state." To this is subjoined the celebrated passage on the two natures of Christ. " There...« less