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YOU will find between these covers all the ecclesiastical writings
of early Christian authorities that are known to exist, and yet
were omitted from the authorized New Testament. They are published
here as a matter of record. Whether they are canonical or not, at
least these writings are of very great antiquity. Origins are noted
in paragraphs at the front of each book. This will enable the
reader to form his own conclusions as to the genuineness of the
writings. These writings are a vivid picture of the minds of men in
the post-Apostolic period of the Church. Discount the statements
from the historical viewpoint as you will-there remains in these
gospels and epistles an earnestness of purpose, and zeal to express
a message, similar to that of our authorized Bible. An interesting
question naturally arises as to why these writings were cast out in
the selection of the material that has come down to us in the
authorized version. The compilation of the Bible was not an act of
any definite occurrence. It was a matter complicated and abstruse.
It was an evolution at the hands of Churchmen of various beliefs
and purposes. In the formulation of early church doctrines there
was dissension, personal jealousy, intolerance, persecution,
bigotry. That out of this welter should have arisen the Bible, with
its fine inspiration, would seem to present a plausible basis for
belief in its Divine origin. But who can deny that under such
vicious and human circumstances much writing of as pure purpose and
as profound sincerity as other that is included in the authorized
Bible, must have been omitted? The story of the first council of
Nice, when Arius was commanded by the Bishop of Alexandria to quit
his beliefs or be declared a heretic, and his writings were ordered
destroyed, is eloquent of many things that happened. Good men were
engaged on both sides of the ecclesiastical controversies.
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21 (Paperback)
Frank Crane
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R481
Discovery Miles 4 810
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21 (Hardcover)
Frank Crane
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R957
Discovery Miles 9 570
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This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.
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