Montanism and the Primitive Church: A Study in the Ecclesiastical History of the Second Century (Classic Reprint)

A ei yhp Kal aipitxas iu vfuv flvat, ivp, ol od KtfJL oi (pavepoi yepojvrat ii ifup. IC or, xi. 19. Now, because Faith is not only a precept of doctrines, but of manners and holy life, whatsoever is either opposite to an article of ereed, or teaches ill life, That Is Heresy: but all those propositions which are extrinsical to these two considerations, be they true or be they false, make not heresy, nor the man a heretic. Tayloe, Lihertj of Prophesyhuf. Heresy and Schism, as they are iu common use, are two theological Mop Mws, or scarecrows, which, they who uphold a party iu rehgion use to fright away such as, making enquiry into it, are ready to relinquish and oppose, if it appear either erroueoiis or suspicious. But howsoever in the common manage, heresy and schism are but ridiculous terms, yet the things in themselves are of very considerable moment; the one offending against truth, the other against charity; and therefore both deadly, where they are not by imputation only, but iu deed. The Ever-M emorable John Hales of Eton, Quodsi mihi fortasse contingat, ut aliter sentiam quam plerique sentiendum judiceut, veniam mihi dari postulo, qui sine pruritu lacessendi Patres, (quos alioquin merito magnifacio,) sine insano studio pravorum hominum errores excusandi, cum tanto temporum iutervallo a Montauistis rcmotus sim, ut nullo eommodo meo ad eorum partes tiiendas adducar, sine libidine novum aliquid comminiscendi, ex eoque gloriam aucupandi, nihil aliud quaro, quam indagare verum. Wernsdokf, de Montanistis.
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