A33359:62
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.
Theodoret could not think that all the Believers of C. P. could come together to the Bishop's Church, for he cites a Letter of Constantine's a little after, where he gives an account of the great increase of that Church. In the City that is called by my name by the Providence of God, an infinite multitude of People have joined themselves to the Church, and all things there wonderfully increasing, it seems very requisite that more Churches should be built; understanding therefore hereby what I have resolved to do, I though fit to order you to provide 50 Bibles fairly and legibly written.
Theodoret could not think that all the Beleivers of C. P. could come together to the Bishop's Church, for he cites a Letter of Constantine's a little after, where he gives an account of the great increase of that Church. In the City that is call'd by my name by the Providence of God, an infinite multitude of People have joined themselves to the Church, and all things there wonderfully increasing, it seems very requisite that more Churches should be built; understanding therefore hereby what I have resolved to do, I though fit to order you to provide 50 Bibles fairly and legibly written.
He does not say an infinite multitude, the words of the Letter are [Greek or Hebrew], that there was a very great multitude of Christians is not denied, nor that he intended to build more Churches; but this confirms what is signified before, that these very many Churches were not yet built, but only in design, and that with a prospect of Christians there still increasing. And the Bibles, if they were intended only for C. P. might be for the future Churches, not the present only.
He does not say an infinite multitude, the words of the Letter are 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that there was a very great multitude of Christians is not denied, nor that he intended to build more Churches; but this confirms what is signified before, that these very many Churches were not yet built, but only in design, and that with a prospect of Christians there still increasing. And the Bibles, if they were intended only for C. P. might be for the future Churches, not the present only.