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What is the Historic Episcopate?1: An Inquiry based upon the Letters of Ignatius of Antioch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

David C. Lusk
Affiliation:
Edinburgh

Extract

I fear I may have little new light to throw on this difficult subject; but I love Ignatius, and should like to think that others may be drawn into the same affection. I propose, (I) to consider the meaning of the question; (2) (my main purpose) to say something of the Episcopate in Ignatius; (3) to venture a few remarks on later history.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1950

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