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Description:Excerpt from Patrology: The Lives and Works of the Fathers of the Church Allow me to congratulate you upon the happy thought of giving us an English translation of Dr. Bardenhewer's excellent Manual of Patrology. You know that I have been long wishing for just such a book which is a real desideratum for educated Catholic Americans, especially the clergy and our candidates for the priesthood. Protestantism, Anglican and German, is trying to find in the primitive Church the historic foundation for its sectarian tenets, while Rationalism seeks in the early Christian writings for weapons with which to attack the credibility of the Gospels and the apostolicity of Catholic Dogma. How can the Catholic student successfully meet the enemies of the Church if he has no more knowledge of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, those early authentic custodians and exponents of the Depositum fidei, than what he has gathered from a few disjointed texts or patristic quotations in a Manual of Dogmatic Theology, or from the short sketches of the lives and writings of the Fathers found in a Manual of Church History? Yet, this is only what may be called the apologetic view of the study of the Fathers, suggested by the contemporary struggle of the Church defending her claim to be the original Church of Christ. There are many other valuable advantages of thorough patristic studies. A close acquaint ance with the Fathers of the Church will furnish those who "search the Scriptures" with a fuller and clearer understanding of the manifold and often hidden meaning of Holy Writ. It will provide the Christian teacher, called to preach the word, with an inexhaustible supply of solid and attractive material. To the student of Church History, it will furnish a better and more correct insight into the true causes and character of events by throwing a wonderful light upon many questions of early Church discipline and law. Nor shall we overlook the precious gems of poetry and oratory, of narrative and description, found in early Christian literature, which compare quite favorably with the jewels of the pagan classics. Dr. Bardenhewer's Manual is an excellent key to the rich and varied literature of the "Beginnings of Christianity" of which you have given us such interesting accounts. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Patrology: The Lives and Works of the Fathers of the Church (St. Irenaeus Press). To get started finding Patrology: The Lives and Works of the Fathers of the Church (St. Irenaeus Press), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Patrology: The Lives and Works of the Fathers of the Church Allow me to congratulate you upon the happy thought of giving us an English translation of Dr. Bardenhewer's excellent Manual of Patrology. You know that I have been long wishing for just such a book which is a real desideratum for educated Catholic Americans, especially the clergy and our candidates for the priesthood. Protestantism, Anglican and German, is trying to find in the primitive Church the historic foundation for its sectarian tenets, while Rationalism seeks in the early Christian writings for weapons with which to attack the credibility of the Gospels and the apostolicity of Catholic Dogma. How can the Catholic student successfully meet the enemies of the Church if he has no more knowledge of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, those early authentic custodians and exponents of the Depositum fidei, than what he has gathered from a few disjointed texts or patristic quotations in a Manual of Dogmatic Theology, or from the short sketches of the lives and writings of the Fathers found in a Manual of Church History? Yet, this is only what may be called the apologetic view of the study of the Fathers, suggested by the contemporary struggle of the Church defending her claim to be the original Church of Christ. There are many other valuable advantages of thorough patristic studies. A close acquaint ance with the Fathers of the Church will furnish those who "search the Scriptures" with a fuller and clearer understanding of the manifold and often hidden meaning of Holy Writ. It will provide the Christian teacher, called to preach the word, with an inexhaustible supply of solid and attractive material. To the student of Church History, it will furnish a better and more correct insight into the true causes and character of events by throwing a wonderful light upon many questions of early Church discipline and law. Nor shall we overlook the precious gems of poetry and oratory, of narrative and description, found in early Christian literature, which compare quite favorably with the jewels of the pagan classics. Dr. Bardenhewer's Manual is an excellent key to the rich and varied literature of the "Beginnings of Christianity" of which you have given us such interesting accounts. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Patrology: The Lives and Works of the Fathers of the Church (St. Irenaeus Press). To get started finding Patrology: The Lives and Works of the Fathers of the Church (St. Irenaeus Press), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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