A33359:275
Diocesan churches not yet discovered in the primitive times
Diocesan churches not yet discovered in the primitive times, or, A defence of the answer to Dr. Stillingfleets allegations out of antiquity for such churches against the exceptions offered in the preface to a late treatise called A vindication of the primitive church, where what is further produced out of Scripture and ancient authors for diocesan churches is also discussed.Diocesan churches not yet discovered in the primitive times, or, A defence of the answer to Dr. Stillingfleets allegations out of antiquity for such churches against the exceptions offered in the preface to a late treatise called A vindication of the primitive church, where what is further produced out of Scripture and antient authors for diocesan churches is also discussed.
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1682
Diocesan Churches not yet discovered in the Primitive times.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2dly, It is no proof of Diocesan Churches that those who belong to it, do occasionally divide themselves into distinct Meetings, A large Church, and sometimes ⟨p. 88⟩a small Congregation may have occasion to divide and meet in parcels for their convenience or security. Particularly in time of Persecution, that they may assemble with more safety, and be the better concealed from those who would disturb or apprehend them. The people that belonged to Cyprian did meet all together on several occasions, as is apparent in his Epistles; yet when Persecution was hot, he thought it advisable, cautè non glomeratim nec per multitudinem simul junctam, convenienduml, they durst not in some parts [Greek or Hebrew], in the beginning of Constantine's Reignm.
2dly, It is no proof of Diocesan Churches that those who belong to it, do occasionally divide themselves into distinct Meetings, A large Church, and sometimes ⟨p. 88⟩a small Congregation may have occasion to divide and meet in parcels for their convenience or security. Particularly in time of Persecution, that they may assemble with more safety, and be the better concealed from those who would disturb or apprehend them. The people that belonged to Cyprian did meet all together on several occasions, as is apparent in his Epistles; yet when Persecution was hot, he thought it advisable, cautè non glomeratim nec per multitudinem simul junctam, convenienduml, they durst not in some parts 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in the beginning of Constantine's Reignm.
- lEp. 5.
- mSoz. l. 1. c. 2.