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The Synod of Elvira and Christian Life in the Fourth Century: A Historical Essay (Classic Reprint)

Alfred William Winterslow Dale

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The fourscore Canons of the Synod stereotype in outline a faithful picture of the Spanish Church as it existed in the early years of the fourth century and although it is the dark and ignoble elements of thought and action that must inevitably prepon derate in a representation of this nature, through the shadow and the shame of penal legislation we catch glimpses of a noble ideal, present then in aspiration and hope. From that which is denounced and condemned we may infer what was reverenced and pursued. In the Canons the moral standard sur vives in them we see' the system of ecclesiastical organization still unconsolidated, but advancing from isolated independence to corporate unity. But, above all, the Synod sets before us the earliest stages of a policy destined to make that century an abiding epoch in the world's history.

Language: English

Pages: 420

Format: Hardcover

Release: August 24, 2018

ISBN 13: 9780331575217

The Synod of Elvira and Christian Life in the Fourth Century: A Historical Essay (Classic Reprint)

Alfred William Winterslow Dale

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Excerpt from The Synod of Elvira and Christian Life in the Fourth Century

The fourscore Canons of the Synod stereotype in outline a faithful picture of the Spanish Church as it existed in the early years of the fourth century and although it is the dark and ignoble elements of thought and action that must inevitably prepon derate in a representation of this nature, through the shadow and the shame of penal legislation we catch glimpses of a noble ideal, present then in aspiration and hope. From that which is denounced and condemned we may infer what was reverenced and pursued. In the Canons the moral standard sur vives in them we see' the system of ecclesiastical organization still unconsolidated, but advancing from isolated independence to corporate unity. But, above all, the Synod sets before us the earliest stages of a policy destined to make that century an abiding epoch in the world's history.

Language: English

Pages: 420

Format: Hardcover

Release: August 24, 2018

ISBN 13: 9780331575217

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