Christian Unity Doctrinally and Historically Considered; In Eight Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford, in the Year MDCCCXVI, at the ... REV. John Bampton, M.A., Canon of Salisbury - Softcover
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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1817. Excerpt: ... some who call themselves Christians, by whom it may be objected, that I am here assuming these doctrines to be delivered in the Scriptures, instead of proving what they would be prepared to combat. That proof however has been already so ably, so repeatedly stated, that an investigation, which would necessarily lead us far from the object of immediate enquiry, may well be spared on the present occasion. NOTE XXXVIII. It has been maintained by some learned men, that the Apostles' Creed was really the composition of these holy and inspired teachers. Dr. Comber, in his Companion to the Temple, Works, vol. i. p. 132. scruples not to affirm, that this position can be abundantly proved by the unanimous testimony of all antiquity. When however the evidence, which has been produced on the subject, is duly weighed, it will perhaps be found by no means so satisfactory as might be expected; for it will resolve itself into little more than the assertions of Ruffinus. We shall probably therefore be justified in adhering to the opinion of Bp. Bull; that this Creed, although it contains the doctrine which the Apostles taught, was certainly not composed by them, in the form in which it is now received in the Church. "Symbolum dictum Apostolicum, ut doctrinae Apostolorum conforme sit, minime tamen totidem verbis, eaque forma ct methodo, qua hodie conspicitur, ab ipsis Apostolis dictatum aut compositum fuisse abunde confirmavit vir summus Joannes Gev. Vossius in Dissertationibus suis de tribus Symbolis, Dissert. lma- Judicium Eccles. Cathol. cap. v. ss. 2, 3. For a view of the argument on both sides, the reader may be referred to Ashwell's Fides Apostolica, Oxon. 1653; Heylin's Theologia Veterum; Comber's Companion to the Temple; Bingham's Eccles. Ant. b. 10. c. 3. Abp. Usher de Symbolo Romano; Vossiu...
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