The Arians of the Fourth Century (ND Works of Cardinal Newman) - Hardcover

Newman, John Henry Cardinal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0268020124 ISBN 13: 9780268020125

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 2001

Synopsis

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1871. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... SECTION III. THE CHURCH OF ALEXANDRIA. As the Church of Antioch was exposed to the influence of Judaism, so was the Alexandrian Church characterized in primitive times by its attachment to that comprehensive philosophy, which was reduced to system about the beginning of the third century, and then went by the name of the New Platonic, or Eclectic. A supposed resemblance between the Arian and the Eclectic doctrine concerning the Holy Trinity, has led to a common notion that the Alexandrian Fathers were the medium. by which a philosophical error was introduced into the Church; and this hypothetical cause of a disputable resemblance has been apparently evidenced by the solitary fact, which cannot be denied, that Arius himself was a presbyter of Alexandria. We have already seen, however, that A

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Newman, the Tractarian Leader and later Cardinal, exercised profound religious influence on 19th century England.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0268020124
• ISBN 13: 9780268020125
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 560