On the First Two Centuries of Christianity

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Excerpt from On the First Two Centuries of Christianity: Proving the Incorruptibility of the Catholic Church, by Historical Considerations, Read Before H. E. Cardinal Wiseman and the Catholic Academia of London The germ was revealed, the development would follow. But, besides this, it cannot be supposed that certain rules of discipline were not laid down, and a definite course of action not pointed out. A Church was to be established throughout the whole world, doctrines were to be taught which must be applicable to the entire human race. It must needs be, that a plan would have to be pursued which would insure unity of faith, and exclude, as far as possible, motives for dissension among all members of that Church: and since we know that our Lord promised that the Holy Ghost should bring all things to the remembrance of His disciples whatsoever He had said to them, it is evident that the body of rules for both faith and practice, which had been delivered, was of so complicated a nature as to require supernatural aid to retain in the memory, how far more, then, to explain to others, and to carry into execution. Such being the case, if the very men who had been taught by Christ's own lips, and for so long, required the Divine Assistance in a supereminent degree, for carrying out the work committed to them: it follows that the inter communication between themselves and their newly converted fellow men must have been incessant. 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.