The Apostolic and Post-Apostolic Times, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The Apostolic and Post-Apostolic Times, Vol. 1: Their Diversity and Unity in Life and DoctrineAccordingly I set about a new and thorough elaboration of the work, having special regard to a description and comparison of the apostolic doctrines as well as to the post-apostolic period, taking into account both the later investigations of others and the criticisms that had been made upon my book as far as I knew them. The second remodelled edition appeared in 1857 from the publishing house of the worthy Rudolph Besser, now deceased.When he Spoke to me about a new edition several years ago, I was obliged to give a decided refusal, because of the copious literature that had appeared in the department of Biblical science and Christian antiquity since 1856, to examine which seemed indispensable, but involving a labour that made a threefold office quite impossible to my advanced age. But after I got the wished-for rest from the duties of superintendent and pastor in 1883, leaving me in the office of academic professor alone, I resolved to undertake a fresh revision of the book, at the repeated request of the present proprietor of Resser's house.I entered upon the task gladly. [first of all the plan of the Whole work was changed. In the first and second editions doctrine was always treated of first, both in the apostolic and the post-apostolic period, followed by a description of the life, an arrangement agreeable to the original prize question.But now I put the life in the foreground, leaving the doctrine to follow. I do so with the conviction that for individuals as well as mankind, in the divine education of the human race and in sacred history, life and experience are the foundation, while consciousness, thought, and teaching form the super structure. Godet says on John iii. 3, with truth and beauty.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.