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 153
... Bishop was established , which , be- fore the close of the period above alluded to , became one of immense power in the Church . Every year , converts to Christianity were prodigiously mul- tiplied , until one of the Fathers could say ...
... Bishop was established , which , be- fore the close of the period above alluded to , became one of immense power in the Church . Every year , converts to Christianity were prodigiously mul- tiplied , until one of the Fathers could say ...
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 , endeavored to compel the Asiat- ic churches to submit to the Western custom , and , failing in his attempt , broke all communion with them . Each party retain- ed its own custom until the fourth century , when the ...
... bishop of Rome , endeavored to compel the Asiat- ic churches to submit to the Western custom , and , failing in his attempt , broke all communion with them . Each party retain- ed its own custom until the fourth century , when the ...
Page 171
... bishop of Lyons . He was a Greek by birth , and a disciple of Polycarp . " I can describe , " says he in a letter to a friend , " the very spot in which Polycarp sat and expounded , and his coming in and go- ing out , and the very ...
... bishop of Lyons . He was a Greek by birth , and a disciple of Polycarp . " I can describe , " says he in a letter to a friend , " the very spot in which Polycarp sat and expounded , and his coming in and go- ing out , and the very ...
Page 173
... bishop of Carthage , strong in Episcopacy , and , on the subject of mir- acles , unhappily wild . Thinking it his duty ... bishops was held in Africa , over which Cyprian pre- sided , for regulating the internal affairs of the churches ...
... bishop of Carthage , strong in Episcopacy , and , on the subject of mir- acles , unhappily wild . Thinking it his duty ... bishops was held in Africa , over which Cyprian pre- sided , for regulating the internal affairs of the churches ...
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