The primitive church and the See of Peter
By: by Luke Rivington ; with an introd. by the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.
Publisher: Longmans, Green
Published: 1894
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
Subjects: Catholic Church -- History; Papacy -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Introduction by the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster v; title: Author's Preface xvii; title: PERIOD I. a.d. 96-800.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE EPISTLE OF ST. CLEMENT ; OR THE TYPE SET.; title: § 1. The Church of Borne intervenes in the Schism at Corinth, p. 1. § 2. Reasons why St. Clement omitted his Name, 2. § 8. The authoritative Tone of the Letter, 7. § 4. Probably a Case of Appeal, 8 pp. 1-10; title: CHAPTER II.; title: THE CLEMENTINE ROMANCE.; title: § 1. St Clement's Personality, p. 11. § 2. The Clementine Literature, 12. § 8. Its Use by the Tubingen School, 18. § 4. Use by anti-Papal Writers to account for the Expression 4 See of Peter, 18. § 6. Impossibility of this Supposition, 15. § 6. The List of Hegesippus anterior to the Romance at Rome, 17. § 7. Iremeus on the See of Peter, 22. § 8. The Clementines at Rome later than Tertullian, 25. § 9. Historical Results, 29 pp. 11-81; title: CHAPTER III.; title: ST. IRENAEUS, OR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE CHURCH OF ROME.; title: § 1. His Statement of the Rule of Faith, viz. Agreement with Rome, p. 82. § 2. Protestant Endeavours to wrest his Meaning : e$. (a) Rome's Orthodoxy secured by the Confluence of Strangers, 84 ; (6) her 1 principalitas only Primitiveness, 85 ; or (c) due to her secular Position, 86 ; (d) undique, not «= everywhere, 86 ; (e) in qud, not = in communion with, 87. pp. 82-38; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: ST. VICTOR, OR THE GUARDIAN OF THE COMMON UNITY.; title: § 1. The Modes of observing Easter, p. 89. § 2. St. Victor's Attempt to produce Uniformity, 40. § 8. St. Irenaeus' Intervention, 42. Note on Mr. Poller's Interpretation, 44 pp. 8; title: CHAPTER V.; title: THE DOCTRINE OF ST. CYPRIAN ON UNITY.; title: § 1. St Cyprian on the Authority of St. Peter, p. 47. § 2. The Occasion of hie Treatise on Unity, viz. (a) Banger to the Episcopal Authority, 50; ($) an unlawful BishOF at Borne, 65. § 8. Teaches Papal Supremacy incidentally, 57. § 4. St. Peter in the Treatise on Unity, 60. § 5. Corollaries, 62 pp. 47-64; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: ST. CYPRIAN ON APPEALS TO ROME.; title: § 1. Resume of the Saint's Teaching on Unity, p. 65. § 2. Fortunatus denounced for going to Borne, but not the Principle of Appeal, 67. § 8. Case of Marcian referred to Borne, 70. § 4. Spanish Bishops may be, but do not deserve to be, restored by the Pope, 72. Note on Mr. Puller's Interpretation pp. 65-76; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: ST. CYPRIAN'S ERROR ON BAPTISM BY HERETICS.; title: § 1. Doctrine of Unity misapplied ; his threefold Error, p. 77. § 2. Convokes a Council on the Subject, 81. § 8. Second Council and Letter to Jubaianus, 84. § 4. Refers the Matter to Borne, 86. § 5. Meanwhile holds third Council and decides in favour of Rebaptising, 88 pp. 77-98; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: ROME'S DECISION AND CYPRIAN'S IRRITATION.; title: § 1. St Stephen's Decision, p. 94. § 2. St Cyprian's Legation to Borne, 97. § 8. Letter to Pompeius and Firmilian, 97. § 4. Firmilian's passionate Reply, 100. § 6. Did St. Stephen actually excommunicate St. Cyprian ? 105. § 6. Did St. Cyprian retract ? 111. § 7. Corollary as to Papal Infallibility, 114 pp. 94-116; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: ROME, ALEXANDRIA AND ANTIOCH, SEES OF PETER.; title: § 1. Only Peter left a Successor of his Apostolate, p. 117. § 2. Borne the Rallying-point from the first, 118. § 3. The three Sees of Peter, 120. § 4. Relationship of Borne to Alexandria, 121. § 5. Relationship of Borne to Antioch, 122. § 6. Why these three Sees chosen, 125. Appendix on the Popes' witness to their Office, 127 pp. 117-136; title: PERIOD II. a.d. 800-884.; title: CHAPTER X.; title: THE DONATIOTS AND THE COUNCIL OF ARLES.; title: § 1. The Origin of the Donatist Schism, p. 139. § 2. The Donatists appeal to the Emperor, who refers them to Rome, 140. § 8. The Papal Sentence, 141. § 4. Final in the Eyes of Augustine, as that of Peter's See, 142. § 5. Case reheard to sift additional Facts, 144. § 6. British Bishops at Aries, 146. § 7. Donatist Erastianism, 147. § 8. Archbishop Laud's Mistranslation, 148 pp. 139-152; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: THE COUNCIL OF NICEA.; title: Part I. — Reasons of its Meeting,; title: § 1. The good Results of Heresies, p. 153. § 2. Need of a Council compatible with Papal Infallibility, 154. § 3. The Circumstances, 155. § 4. Papal Consent, 157. § 5. Why the Pope desired a Council, 159.; title: Part II. — The Council itself.; title: § 1. The Pope presided, p. 161. § 2. Papal Jurisdiction not in Question, therefore not directly mentioned, 164.; title: Part III. — The Sixth Canon.; title: § 1. The three Sees of Peter, p. 166. § 2. Alexandria's Jurisdiction rested on Home's Example, 167. § 3. Or on her Arrangement, 169. § 4. The original Beginning of the Canon, 170 pp. 153-172; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: THE POPES THE GUARDIANS OF THE NICENE CANONS.; title: Part I. — St. Julius.; title: § 1. The Post-Nicene Struggle, p. 173. § 2. Pope St. Julius and Alexandria, 175.; title: Part II. — The Sardican Canons.; title: § 1. Canon III. not concerned with Appeals to Rome, p. 179. § 2. Canon IV. supposes Appeals, 180. § 3. Canon VII. leaves it to Rome to decide the Mode of Appeal, 180. § 4. Received in the East, 181. § 5. Honouring the Memory of St. Peter, 182. Note on these Canons pp. 173-184; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: THE REIGN OF LIBEBIUS.; title: Part I. — His Personal Grandeur.; title: § 1. Defends St. Athanasius, and is exiled, p. 185. § 2. His supposed Fall, 186. § 3. His Stand after the Ariminian Catastrophe, 188.; title: Part II. — The Meletian Scandal at Antioch.; title: § 1. The Consequence of Meletius' Eleetion, p. 190. § 2. The Council of Alexandria on the same, 194. § 3. The precipitate Action of BishopF Luoifer 198. § 4. Eusebius of Vercellae settles nothing, 199 pp. 185-202; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: ST. DAMASUS.; title: § 1. His Sanctity, p. 203. § 2. His Election, 207. § 3. His central Position, 208. § 4. His Condemnation of Heresies, 211. § 5. St. Basil looks to the West, 213. § 6. St. Damasus differs as to the best Remedy, 215. § 7. Sides with Paulinas at Antioch, 218. § 8. St. Basil's Irritation, 219. § 9. His petulant Expression not Disbelief, 222. § 10. Believed in Rome's Jurisdiction in the East, 224. § 11. St. Damasus neither approved nor repudiated St. Meletius, 226. § 12. St. Jerome's Witness, 227. § 13. St. Meletius and Paulinus come to Terms, 229 pp. 203-232; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: THE HOMAGE OF KINGS OF GRATIAN'S RESCRIPT.; title: § 1. The ideal Relation between Church and State, p. 233. § 2. Realised for awhile under Gratian, 234. § 3. Relationship between Gratian and St. Ambrose, 235. § 4. Gratian gives civil Facilities for the exercise of Rome's Supremacy, 235. § 5. Mr. Puller's Theory as to Gratian's Rescript refuted : (i.) by the Absence of any Protest, 238 ; (ii.) and by the Words of the Rescript compared with the Letter of the Roman Synod, 239 pp. 233-242; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (A.D. 38l).; title: Part I — Theodosius and the Imperial City.; title: § 1. Theodosius made Emperor, p. 243. § 2. Issues a Law defining the Term 'Catholic,' 244. § 8. Gregory and Maximus in Constantinople, 245 § 4. Theodosius resolves upon a General Eastern Council, 246.; title: Part II. — The Council. § 1. St. Gregory's Election confirmed, p. 248. § 2. St. Meletius dies, 249. § 8. Flavian elected to Antioch, 250. § 4. St. Gregory resigns, 253. § 5. Nectarius appointed in his Place, 255. § 6. How the Council came to be ecumenical, 256.; title: Part III. — New Borne ; or the Third Canon, p. 258.; title: Part IV. — The Western Disapproval of Flavian's Election, p. 268.; title: Note on Mr. Poller's Proof that St. Meletius was oat of Communion with Borne, p. 267. Conclusion of Second Period. Councils of a.d. 882 at Borne and Constantinople, 269 248-279; title: PERIOD III. a.d. 400-452.; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: THE CHURCH OF NORTH AFRICA IN THE DAYS OF ST. AUGUSTINE.; title: Part I. — The Letters of St. Innocent.; title: § 1. Coelestius, condemned in Africa, appeals to Borne, p. 284. § 2. The Synods of Carthage and Mflevis write from Africa to Borne, 286. § 8. St. Innocent's Rescripts — their Doctrine on St. Peter's See, 288. § 4. Their Reception by the African Fathers — its Witness to African Belief, 289.; title: Part II. — St. Zosimus' Support of the Faith; title: § 1. Did not sanction Pelagian Statements, p. 291. § 2. Cautiousness of the Pope, 298. § 8. St. Augustine and Dr. Pusey, 298. § 4. St. Zosimus' Encyclical ' confirming the Brethren,' 296.; title: Part III. — Apiarius and Papal Jurisdiction.; title: § 1. A Canon quoted of which the Africans ignorant, p. 297. § 2. Legates a latere deprecated, 298. § 8. The whole Matter a Question of Procedure, not of Principle, 800. § 4. The Genuineness of the chief Letter open to Question, 808 pp. 288-804; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS — ITS PRELIMINARIES.; title: § 1. The Matter in Dispute, p. 805. § 2. St. Cyril's Action, 306. § 8. The Papal Intervention, 306. § 4. St. Cyril asks the Pope for Judgment, 307. § 5. St. Celestine appoints Cyril his Plenipotentiary, 809. § 6. Conclusions as to the Pope's Position, 811. § 7. Anglican Writers on the above, 813. § 8. Cyril's Action as Plenipotentiary, 315. § 9. Nestorius, having the Emperor's ear, makes for a Council, 316. § lO.Meets at Ephesus, without the Bishop of Antioch, 319. § 11. Celestine (Pope) the real, Cyril the acting President, 821 . pp. 805-828; title: CHAPTER XIX.; title: THE ACTS OF THE COUNCIL.; title: § 1. Nestorius refuses to appear, p. 829. § 2. The Relation of the Bishops' Judgment to that of the Pope, 330. § 3. The Action of the Council, 332. § 4. The Council's Sentence, 333. § 5. Anglican Writers on the Council's Sentence, 336. § 6. The immediate Result of the Sentence, 336. § 7. The Arrival of Legates from Rome, 338. § 8. The schismatic Synod, 341 pp. 329-343; title: CHAPTER XX.; title: THE SEE OF PETER ' CONFIRMING THE BRETHREN.'; title: § 1. The Papal Legates' Judgment, p. 344. § 2. The Council's Witness to the; title: Supremacy of the Pope, 345. § 3. John of Antioch condemned by the Synod, but referred to the Pope, 350. § 4. The Pope's fatherly Care, 354. § 5. The Case of the Cyprians, and Canon Bright on the Expression ' worldly Pride,' 356. Conclusions, 361 pp. 344-361; title: CHAPTER XXI.; title: THE FOURTH GENERAL COUNCIL — PRELIMINARIES.; title: § 1. Introductory Remarks on the Council of Chalcedon, p. 862. § 2. The Origin of the Council — Eutyches' Perversion of St. Cyril's Writings, 364. § 3. Eutyches condemned at Constantinople, 865. § 4. Eutyches appeals to Rome, 865. § 5. St. Leo blames Archbishop of Constantinople for not sending Report, 367. § 6. Eutyches makes for a Council, 368. § 7. Archbishop of Constantinople prefers a Papal Brief to a Council, 369. § 8. The Position of the Pope in the Thoughts of Christendom, 371. § 9. The Tome of St. Leo, 872. § 10. Revises the Acts of the Synod of Constantinople, 873. § 11. Leo consents to a Council to convict Eutyches, 874. § 12. Describes his Tome as an ex Cathedra Pronouncement, 875. § 13. Describes the Office of the Council, 376 pp. 362-377; title: CHAPTER XXII.; title: THE LATROCINIUM, OR ROBBER COUNCIL.; title: § 1. Its uncanonical Composition, p. 378. § 2. Eutyches is acquitted, Leo's Tome suppressed, Flavian condemned, 379. § 3. The Inadequacy of a Primacy of Honour to meet the Case, 380. § 4. The Supremacy exercised by Leo, 382. § 5. Flavian's Appeal to Rome, 383. § 6. Leo insists on another Council, 384. § 7. Demands the Enforcement of the Niceno-Sardican Canon, 385. § 8. The Emperor and Empresses write to Theodosius, 388. § 9. Leo describes his Duty to the whole Church, 390. § 10. The new Emperor decides on a Council, 391. § 11. Anatolius, Archbishop of Constantinople — his Antecedents, 392. § 12. Leo requires his Profession of Faith in accordance with his Tome, 393. § 13. Anatolius sends it and receives Directions, 896. § 14. St. Leo's Tome signed by Anatolius and other Bishops, 397 pp. 378-308; title: CHAPTER XXIII.; title: THE DEPOSITION OF DIOSCORUS.; title: § 1. The Work before the Council, p. 399. § 2. Dioscorus condemned, 400 § 3. The Sentence pronounced in the Name of the Pope, 403. § 4. On the Matter of Faith nothing new needed after Leo's Tome, 408. § 5. The so-called Review of Leo's Tome, 409 pp. 399-418; title: CHAPTER XXIV.; title: THE DEFINITION OF FAITH.; title: The Bishops in Danger of adopting an insufficient Formula, p. 419 ; are kept right by the Commissioners and Papal Legates, 420. They have to answer the Question of Obedience to Leo's Decision, 421 ; Principles that emerge, 424 pp. 419-425; title: CHAPTER XXV.; title: THEODORET AND MAXIMUS.; title: 1. Theodoret appealed to the See of Peter, p. 427 ; the Sentence against him annulled, 429 ; his Presence objected to at Chaloedon, 430 ; allowed the Position of Bishop, 431 ; acted as such in the Council, 431 ; compelled to anathematise Nestorius, 432; not a Review of Leo's Judgment, 432. II. Majrimus of Antioch irregularly ordained, 433 ; condoned by Leo, to. ; his Position accepted on that ground, 434 pp. 426-436; title: CHAPTER XXVI.; title: THE BYZANTINE PLOT ; OR THE TWENTY-EIGHTH CANON.; title: The Ambition of Constantinople, p. 437 ; Rebuff at Chalcedon, 440 ; Opening for a Move, 441 ; some Bishops passed a Canon, 442 ; the Papal Legates protest, 443 ; Imperial Commissioners side with the Bishops, 445 ; Value of the Canon, 447 pp. 487-449; title: CHAPTER XXVII.; title: THE EASTERNS RECOGNITION OF PAPAL SUPREMACY.; title: The Bishops write to Leo, p. 451 ; express full Doctrine of Papal Supremacy, 452-454 ; Anatolius does the same, 455 ; Leo and the West repudiate the Canon, 458 pp. 450-460; title: CONCLUSION [pp. 459-460]; title: APPENDICES; title: I. Rev. F. W. Pulleb's Interpretation OF St. Cyprian 461; title: II. Are the Sardican Canons Nicene? 467; title: III. Rev. F. W. Puller on St. Ambrose 475; title: IV. The Apostolic See ; Meaning OF the Phrase 479; title: Index 483; title: ERRATA