An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Day. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings |
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Page 142
... Bishops or overseers , being set apart by prayer and fasting , and imposition of hands , and the right hand of fel- lowship originally by the Apostles , and successively by such as had , by them been introduced into the ministry ...
... Bishops or overseers , being set apart by prayer and fasting , and imposition of hands , and the right hand of fel- lowship originally by the Apostles , and successively by such as had , by them been introduced into the ministry ...
Page 153
... Bishop was established , which , before the close of the pe- riod above alluded to , became one of immense power in the ' Church . 6 . Every year , converts to Christianity were prodigiously multi- plied , until one of the Fathers could ...
... Bishop was established , which , before the close of the pe- riod above alluded to , became one of immense power in the ' Church . 6 . Every year , converts to Christianity were prodigiously multi- plied , until one of the Fathers could ...
Page 164
... , unequal to the severity of the confinement expired . Pothinus , bishop of Lyons , upwards of ninety years of age , and very infirm and asthmatic , yet strong CHAP . 4 . VIENNE AND LYONS . 165 in 164 PERIOD III , MARTYRS OF.
... , unequal to the severity of the confinement expired . Pothinus , bishop of Lyons , upwards of ninety years of age , and very infirm and asthmatic , yet strong CHAP . 4 . VIENNE AND LYONS . 165 in 164 PERIOD III , MARTYRS OF.
Page 167
... bishop of Rome , endeavoured to compel the Asi- atic churches to submit to the Western custom , and , failing in his attempt , broke all communion with them . Each party re- tained its own custom until the fourth century , when the coun ...
... bishop of Rome , endeavoured to compel the Asi- atic churches to submit to the Western custom , and , failing in his attempt , broke all communion with them . Each party re- tained its own custom until the fourth century , when the coun ...
Page 171
... bishop of Lyons . He was a Greek by birth , and a disciple of Polycarp . describe , " says he , in a letter to a friend , " the very spot in which Polycarp sat and expounded , and his coming in and going out , and the very manner of his ...
... bishop of Lyons . He was a Greek by birth , and a disciple of Polycarp . describe , " says he , in a letter to a friend , " the very spot in which Polycarp sat and expounded , and his coming in and going out , and the very manner of his ...
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