"O ALMIGHTY GOD, who has built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, JESUS CHRIST himself being the head Corner Stone, grant that all thy children may be so joined together in unity of spirit, by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple, acceptable unto Thee, through JESUS CHRIST Our LORD. Amen."

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CONTENTS.

Epistle to the Reader-List of Authors cited,

CHAPTER I.

Nature of the question-same illustrated.-Points of agreement,

CHAPTER II.

Nature of evidence-rules of evidence,

CHAPTER III.

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Mode of interpreting Scripture-points of inquiry,

CHAPTER IV.

Nature of the Church-one fold-one body, with many members, but

one head-twofold nature, militant and triumphant,

CHAPTER V.

Who composed the Apostolic Church ?-Baptism-mode of.-Mean-

ing of bapto and baptizo, in Dictionaries-among the Greeks—in

the Bible. Scripture usage and construction,

CHAPTER VI.

Scriptural allusions to baptism, Rom. vi. 4; Col. ii. 12; Acts viii. 38;

Mat. iii. 16.-Usage of Primitive Christians.-Barnabas, Hermas,

Justin, Tertullian,

CHAPTER VII.

Subjects of baptism-Scripture account of,

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CHAPTER VIII.

Subjects of baptism-Testimony of Fathers on-Hermas, Justin,

Irenæus, Tertullian,

CHAPTER IX.

Incidental proof-Practice of Oriental Churches-Armenian, Syro-

Jacobite, Coptic, Abyssinian, Syro-Chaldean, Greek.-Incidental

proof from Celtic and Saxon languages,

CHAPTER X.

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Requisites of baptism.-Creeds-from Irenæus, Tertullian, Origen,

Cyprian, Gregory Thaumaturgus, Lucian, Cyril-the Church of

Alexandria, Antioch, Rome, the Apostolical Constitutions, Nice,

Constantinople,

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CHAPTER XI.

Members of the Church ;-powers-duties.-Liturgies-evidence

from Scripture, from the early writers, from ancient Liturgies-

Liturgy of the Church of Antioch, of Cesarea, Constantinople,

Alexandria, Ephesus, Gall, Rome, Africa, Spain, Britain, Milan-

Agreement of Liturgies, Baptismal Liturgies, necessity of forms.-

Other powers and duties.-Mutual watch, discipline,

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Officers of the Church,

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

Deacons were officers and ministers of the Church-qualifications,

mode of making, powers and duties,

CHAPTER XIV.

Presbyter-bishops-names in the Primitive Church-whether called

the same by the early writers-officers and ministers, qualifications,

mode of making, powers and duties,

CHAPTER XV.

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Apostles.-Apostolic Commission-powers granted by it, recited in it,
rule of construing it.-Power exercised under it-of conferring
Apostolic authority-Titus, Timothy, Apostleship of Epaphroditus.
-Characteristics of Apostleship.-Of Ordination-Timothy, Paul
and Barnabas-opinion of Jerome-practice at Alexandria-mistake

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of Eutychius of confirmation-of discipline-of Presbyters and Dea-

cons, and of the laity of presiding in Councils.-One Apostle or

Apostolic Bishop in every Church, with many Presbyters and Dea-

cons.-Crete, Ephesus, Philippi-seven Churches of Asia-Colosse.

-Testimony of antiquity, the testimony of the Epistle to the Ephe-

sians. Who was Bishop of Philippi when Polycarp wrote his

Epistle-Each had a limited jurisdiction,

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CHAPTER XVI.

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The organization of the Apostolic Church designed to be permanent, 237

CHAPTER XVII.

Ministry considered of divine appointment, in the second century, 243

CHAPTER XVIII.

Bishops considered as successors of the Apostles in the government

of the Churches, in the second century,

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CHAPTER XIX.

Historical characteristics of the first and second century, with a brief

view of ecclesiastical technology in each,

CHAPTER XX.

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One Bishop in a Church, in the second century, but many inferior clergy, 257

CHAPTER XXI.

Independence of Bishops-Existence of Primates or Metropolitans, 260

CHAPTER XXII.

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Other customs relating to Bishops, Presbyters and Deacons, Laymen—

Fasts-weekly, annual.-Festivals-the Resurrection, Whitsunday,

Christmas, Epiphany, Saints' days, Stated hours of Prayer, Vest-

ments, Surplice, Celibacy,

CHAPTER XXIII.

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Succession of Bishops-Primitive principles and practice in regard

to. Succession of the four great Patriarchal Sees, Rome, Alex-

andria, Antioch, and Jerusalem,

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280

CHAPTER XXIV.

Succession of the Church of England-difference between Apostolic

succession and Episcopal government.-English succession to Ephe-

sus-Bishops of Lyons, of Arles-Archbishops of Canterbury, to

Cranmer.-Consecrators of the Archbishops since the Reforma-

tion. Succession from Jerusalem-Archbishops of London-Pa-

triarchs of Jerusalem-Bishops of St. David's, of Llandaff-Arch-

bishops of York,

CHAPTER XXV.

List of Scottish succession-succession of the American Church.-

Archbishops of Armagh,

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CHAPTER XXVI.

Succession of Church of Rome, with the list of Bishops,

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CHAPTER XXVII.

Alledged breaks in the Apostolic succession.-Saxon Church in the

days of Aidan and Finnan.-Pretended excommunication of the

English Church,

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

Independence of British, Saxon, and of the Norman Churches, of the

Romish.-Anglo-Norman Churchmen,

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CHAPTER XXIX.

The English Reformation canonical-the act of both clergy and laity.-

Romish schism in England.-Alledged Presbyterianism of the

English Reformers,

CHAPTER XXX.

Unity of the Church.—Christianity in the days of the Apostles—in the

second century-in the fifth century.-Number of Christians in the

fifth century,

APPENDIX,

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