A History of the Church from the Edict of Milan, A.D. 313 to the Council of Chalcedon, A.D. 451 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...to the Death of S. Chrysostom. ' And thus for thee, O glorious man, on whom Love weU-deserved, and honour waited long, In thy last years, in place of timely ease, There did remain another loftier doom, Pain, travail, exile, peril, scorn and wrong--Glorious before, but glorified through these." TaeiCH's Poems. rFHE feud between Jerome and the " Origenists" had been--kept up with considerable acrimony. The bishop of Jerusalem had appealed to Theophilus of Alexandria a, who agreed with him in opinion, and whose envoy, the priest Isidore, on coming to the scene of the controversy, took open part against Jerome. For some time Theophilus took no notice of Jerome's letters. Vigilantius, a priest of Barcelona sent to Jerome by Paulinus, had spoken of him as an Origenist, and drawn forth a letter in which Jerome declared that he had read Origen only as he had read other authors who in certain points were disapproved by the Church b, and that he did not deny him to be heretical and worthy of anathema in his views "on the resurrection, on the state of souls, on the devil's repentance," above all, in that he had asserted the Son and Holy Spirit to be the Seraphim. But, added Jerome, it was quite consistent with this persuasion to translate and recommend what was good in Origen's work0. In 397 Ruffinus resolved to return to the - His letter began, "As a man of God, and adorned with apostolic grace, you undertake the care of all the Churches, especially of that which is in Jerusalem," (Jerome, o. Joan. 37). This hyperbole illustrates the important fact, that sonorous titles given in those days to powerful bishops, by those who sought their favour, must not be taken too literally. Ep. 61 (75). c He adduce the case of S. Eusebius of ...