Lanterna Rally

Author: Misopapisticus Misopapisticus

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-24

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780331819038

Excerpt from Letters on the Writings of the Fathers of the First Two Centuries: With Reflections on the Oxford Tracts, and Structure on "the Records of the Church" The modern experiment, tried by the writers of the Oxford Tracts, to revive the sentiments and customs of the primitive Church, is justifiable only on the ground of their being of a divine original. On every other ground, the attempt is extremely absurd, and is calculated to do nothing but evil. It is to give that importance to what is human which is due only to what is divine, to transfer the peculiarities of a rude and superstitious age to another that is highly improved, and to introduce things in them selves for the most part immaterial, that are sure to create disputes and discord. The main design of these Letters is to enable those, not much acquainted with the writings of the primitive Church, to form a correct estimate of its orthodoxy, and to know what importance is justly due to its customs and practices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.