Papers, however, which are presented anonymously ought not to be admitted in any accusation. It is therefore necessary that just as ye indeed do, so without the bishop ye should do nothing, but should also be subject to the presbytery, as to the Apostles of Jesus Christ, our Hope, living in whom we shall be found [i.e., at the last]. 190 sqq. So then, brethren, having received no small occasion to repent, while we have opportunity, let us turn to God, who called us while we yet have One to receive us. Lastly, may be missing components, e.g. 8. Know ye not that the day of judgment draweth nigh like a burning oven, and certain of the heavens and all the earth will melt, like lead melting in fire; and then will appear the hidden and manifest deeds of men? First of all, be on your guard against every evil word and every evil desire, and purify your heart from all the vanities of this world. Yet not every one that speaketh in the Spirit is a prophet, but only if he have the ways of the Lord. Sort by. (a) Papias, in Eusebius, Hist. The history of Christianity for the apostolic era is based on the Gospels, the book of Acts in the Bible, references to the apostles in the early Christian writings, and Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History, written in A.D. 323. Its date is in the first half of the second century and belongs more probably to the first quarter than to the second. 1. He sought to augment the Ch.2. But it were better for them to love it, that they also may rise again. 2. In July 64 Nero blamed Christians for the burning of Rome, and bloody persecutions began. [1] There is a rel… (17) For this cause, therefore, inasmuch as they had obtained a perfect foreknowledge of this, they appointed those already mentioned, and afterward gave instructions that when these should fall asleep other approved men should succeed them in their ministry. daughters—prophetesses. Rothe (d. 1866): Die Anfänge der christlichen Kirche u. ihrer Verfassung, vol. 17:29. The martyrdom was written by some member of the church at Smyrna for that body to send to the church at Philomelium in Phrygia, and must have been composed soon after the death of the aged bishop. (a) Clement of Rome, Ep. How does Amazon calculate star ratings? Ec. It probably persisted in Asia Minor after Ignatius. Justin Martyr, Apologia, I, 61:65-67. Ch.1. The Position of the Roman Community of Christians in the Church. In like manner, a true teacher is also worthy, like the workman, of his food. (MSG, 6:676.). 4. Cf. He says, therefore: "To-day, then, being the Lord's day we kept holy; in which we read your letter; for reading it we shall always have admonition, as also from the former one written to us through Clement." Soon after this, as it often happens, because the matter was taken notice of, the crime became wide-spread and many cases arose. At any rate, it is certain enough that the temples, deserted until quite recently, begin to be frequented, that the ceremonies of religion, long disused, are restored, and that fodder for the victims comes to market, whereas buyers of it were until now very few. For on the day before Saturn's they crucified Him; and on the day after Saturn's, which is the Day of the Sun, having appeared to his Apostles and disciples, He taught them these things which we have offered you for consideration. The performing of cures, or the healing of diseases, is mentioned by numerous writers of the post-apostolic era. No subject in Church history has been more hotly discussed than the organization of the primitive Christian Church. And now, being in bonds, I learn not to desire anything. an able defender of the “faith” before his ; 1876-81. external troubles. Paulus, 1835), Holtzmann (Die Pastoralbriefe, 1880, pp. But let no one eat or drink of this eucharist [thanksgiving] but they that have been baptized into the name of the Lord; for concerning this also the Lord hath said: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs. Post-Apostolic period. martyrdom. With that reign was connected the bodily resurrection of the saints. It is impossible to determine with accuracy even the principal places to which Christianity had spread in the first half of the second century. Let us, then, not call Him Lord, for that will not save us. And when he departs, let not the apostle receive anything save bread until he find shelter; but if he ask money, he is a false prophet. (a) New distinction between clergy and laity. If any one is holy let him come; if any one is not, let him repent. by Lucius Waterman. From his ways, therefore, the false prophet and the [true] prophet shall be recognized. The soul is enclosed in the body, yet itself holds the body together; so the Christians are kept in the world as in a prison-house, yet they themselves hold the world together. Ch.10. Ep.96. Despise them not, therefore, for they are your honored ones together with the prophets and teachers. — The Character and Boundaries of the Post-Apostolic Age — Its Beginning— Its Terminal Point. And again I asked him, saying: "Sir, since you have been so patient with me, will you show me this also?" No one has learned from me a more excellent piece of knowledge, but I know that ye are worthy. His principal works are the two Apologies written in close connection under Antoninus Pius (138-161), probably about 150, and his dialogue with Trypho the Jew, which was written after the first Apology. That return was commonly placed in the immediate future. POST-APOSTOLIC AGE Lucius 1851-1923 Waterman No preview available - 2016. 2. Ephesus was the center from which the gospel spread “error” from Asia Minor to Rome. Comp. The Post-Apostolic Age Paperback – January 7, 2010 by Lucius Waterman (Author) 1.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating. In so great an office has God appointed them, which it is not lawful for them to decline. — The Chief Difficulties. B. Lightfoot, Apostolic Fathers, pt. (ed. The apostolic age ended with the death of John, the last surviving apostle. Ch.14. Paul’s letters were first brought together at In the passage that follows there is a remarkable anticipation of a part of the Apostles' Creed (cf. — Its Special Purity 1 CHAP. leaders of the Post Apostolic Age should have stressed this and commended its practice highly. These things were carried into effect more rapidly than they were spoken, and the multitude immediately gathered together wood and fagots out of the shops and baths, and the Jews especially, as was their custom, assisted them eagerly in it. {HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS} For I did not think that what was to be gotten from the books would profit me as much as what came from the living and abiding voice. Christians were convinced that their religion made the highest possible moral demands upon them. One solution is given by the author of the so-called Epistle of Barnabas, which should be compared with the solution given by St. Paul in his epistles to the Galatians and to the Romans. (9) Millennium—Pre-millennial view. Additional Physical Format: Online version: Waterman, Lucius, 1851-1923. Soon afterward the church moved to a gentile city—Pella. {HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS} Especially [will I write again] if the Lord make known to me that ye all, man by man, through grace given to each, agree in one faith and in Jesus Christ, who was of the family of David according to the flesh, the Son of Man and the Son of God, so that ye obey the bishop and the presbytery with an undivided mind, breaking one bread, which is the medicine of immortality, and the antidote to prevent dying, but which is life forever in Jesus Christ. "I shall not hesitate, also, to set in order for you with my interpretations whatsoever things I have ever learned carefully from the elders and carefully remembered, guaranteeing the truth of them. 1. But permit the prophets to offer thanksgiving as much as they will. 4. They are unknown and condemned; they are put to death and restored to life. Let us wholly flee, then, from all the works of iniquity, lest the works of iniquity take hold of us; and let us hate the error of the present times, that we may set our love on the future. But whatsoever he shall approve that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid. (20) Three times in the day pray ye so. The book was regarded as Holy Scripture by Clement of Alexandria and by Origen, though with some hesitation. Translation in the ANF, I, 37-45. § 1). The post-apostolic age by Waterman, Lucius, 1851-1923. The epistle attributed to Barnabas is certainly not by the Apostle of that name. May grace come and may this world pass away. The term "Post-Apostolic Fathers" is the name given by the Christian Church to the writers who established Christian doctrine before the 8th century. As time passed, the opinion became more common that the kingdom of Christ was not a future world-order to be set up on His return, but the Church here on earth. Be the first to rate this. (b) A fixed sacerdotal view of the clergy. See that no one cause thee to err from this way of the teaching, since apart from God it teacheth thee. His work entitled The Pastor is in the form of revelations, and was therefore thought to partake of an inspiration similar to that of Holy Scripture. 5. Ch.44. Add to Wish List. ... Post-Apostolic Church 141,032 views. And these things are borne witness to in writing by Papias, the hearer of John, and a companion of Polycarp, in his fourth book; for there were five books compiled by him. At present it is generally regarded as genuine, though grave doubts have been entertained in the past. (d) Rise of the episcopacy as over against the presbytery. But avoid all divisions as the beginning of evils. 1. The Church very early took the position that marriage in some sense was indissoluble, that so long as both parties to a marriage lived, neither could marry again, but after the death of one party the surviving spouse could remarry, although this second marriage was looked upon with some disfavor. Afterward we all rise at once and offer prayers; and as I said, when we have ceased to pray, bread is brought and wine and water, and the president likewise offers up prayers and thanksgivings as he has the ability, and the people assent, saying "Amen." Title: Post-Apostolic Age I Author: James Beasley Last modified by: James Beasley Created Date: 10/5/2004 1:22:00 PM Company: JCAI Solutions Other titles He was propraetor of Bithynia under Trajan (98-117), with whom he stood on terms of friendship and even intimacy. {HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS} (5) Ye ought therefore to understand. [Mal.1:11, 14.]. which appears to be based upon a Jewish original to which the name of The Two Ways has been given, and a somewhat longer account of the various rites of the Church and the regulations governing its organization. (a) Justin Martyr, Apologia, I, 10, 12. 3. Egyptians”—being the gospel of a sect, the The Ebionites rejected the gospel of Matthew. The Athens church might waver, but the church at Rome was It should be noted, however, that, inasmuch as he is writing for non-Christians, he uses no technical terms in his description, and therefore nothing can be determined as to the exact significance of the titles he applies to the presiding officer at the eucharist. So it is not marvellous that some have tried to falsify even the dominical scriptures [i.e., the Holy Scriptures], when they have conspired against writings of another sort.". THE POST-APOSTOLIC AGE I. PALESTINE 1. In like manner [the Lord declared] that a grain of wheat would produce ten thousand ears, and that every ear would produce ten thousand grains, and every grain would yield ten pounds of clear, pure, fine flour; and that all other fruit-bearing trees, and seeds and grass would produce similar proportions, and that all animals feeding [only] on the productions of the earth would [in those days] become peaceful and harmonious with each other and be in perfect subjection to men." Blessed are those presbyters who have gone before seeing their departure was fruitful and ripe; for they have no fear lest any one should remove them from their appointed place. also James 5:20; I Peter 4:8). Timeline of Church History (Abridged article) Eras. English translation of the History of Israel by R. Martineau and J. E. Carpenter. The Post-Apostolic Age. Peter’s preaching and Paul’s letters According to tradition, he suffered martyrdom in Rome under Trajan, circa 117. Its date is much disputed, but may be safely placed within the first century. It is right, also, that the deacons, being [ministers] of the mysteries of Jesus Christ, should in every respect be well-pleasing to all. The contagion of that superstition has penetrated not only the cities but also the villages and country places; and yet it seems possible to stop it and set it right. Wherefore, brethren, let us confess Him by our works, by loving one another, by not committing adultery, or speaking evil of one another, or cherishing envy; but by being continent, compassionate, and good. The evidence, however, does not indicate that tongues had a significant place in … The Epistle to Diognetus is one of the choicest pieces of ante-Nicene literature. This thought, which is the key to the City of God by St. Augustine, was not to be found in the first century and a half of the Church. We have received by tradition that God does not need man's material offerings, since we see that He himself provides all things. The second and third centuries saw a sharp divorce of Christianity from its early roots. His epistle was written circa 115, soon after the death of Ignatius of Antioch. Ephesus. Each of several Christian confessions have attempted to justify a polity which it regarded as de fide by appeal to the organization of the Church of the primitive ages. Condition:USED_ACCEPTABLE. — The Character and Boundaries of the Post-Apostolic Age — Its Beginning— Its Terminal Point. VI. If they are accused and convicted, they are to be punished, yet on this condition, that he who denies that he is a Christian and makes the fact evident by an act, that is, by worshipping our gods, shall obtain pardon on his repentance, however much suspected as to the past. 1. Urantia Foundation, 533 W. Diversey Parkway, Chicago, IL 60614, USATel: +1-773-525-3319; Fax: +1-773-525-7739 The comments of Eusebius in introducing the quotations of Papias are characteristic of the change that had come over the Church since the post-apostolic period. the apostles. And to all there is forgiveness if they keep these my commandments and walk in this chastity.". Nor was this a new thing; for, indeed, many ages before it was written concerning bishops and deacons. {HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS} But also circumcision, in which they trusted, has been abrogated. For he appears to have been of very limited understanding, as one can see from his discourses, though so many of the Church Fathers after him adopted a like opinion, urging in their support the antiquity of the man; as, for instance, Irenaeus and any one else that may have proclaimed similar views. It consists of two quite distinct parts, viz., a brief account of the moral law (chapters 1-6). was widely read in the Syrian churches. Rome spread the gospel to the west, using the gospel of Ch.4. Ch.67. See the works quoted in § 20 p.193, 194, especially Wieseler. After the passing of the apostles and the members of "Speak on," said he. And, further, a certain man with us, named John, one of the Apostles of Christ, predicted by a revelation that was made to him that those who believed in our Christ would spend a thousand years in Jerusalem, and thereafter the general, or to speak briefly, the eternal resurrection and judgment of all men would likewise take place. And because the cross was to express the grace in the letter Tau, he says also, three hundred. They are dishonored, and yet in their very dishonor are glorified. Christian terminology. The ultimately universal form, episcopacy, may in some parts of the Church be traced to the end of the apostolic age, but it seems not to have been universally diffused at that time. Wittenb., 1837, pp. The fuller development is to be found in the theology of Tertullian and Cyprian (v. infra, § 39). So long as chiliastic expectations were the basis of the Christian's hope and his judgment of the order of this present world, the Christian felt that he was but a stranger and sojourner in the world, and that his real home was the kingdom of Christ, soon to be established here on earth. where the disputer?" Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1913 Ch.8. ", Period ii. That Papias was not to be regarded as a man of small power simply because he held chiliastic ideas is sufficiently refuted by the fact that Justin Martyr falls but little behind Papias in extravagance of expression. 2. This naturally gave it a place among Scriptures for a while and accounts for the great popularity of the work in the early Church. He said to me: "Thou hast well heard, for so it is. Now we all hold our common meeting on the Day of the Sun, because it is the first day on which God, having changed the darkness and matter, created the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead. "If you do anything good beyond the commandment of God, you will gain for yourself more abundant glory, and will be more honored before God than you would otherwise be. The post-apostolic period is a period of the beginning of full-blown apostasy within the NT church. ad Servianum) which is of interest as giving the opinion of that Emperor, but the rescript addressed to Minucius Fundanus is probably spurious, as is also the Epistle of Antoninus Pius to the Common Assembly of Asia. As Justin's work is dated, and is of indisputable authenticity, his account of the early worship of the Christians is of the very first importance. Blessed is every one that shall be found complete in these; for alms lighten the burden of sin. VII. By chiliasm, strictly speaking, is meant the belief that Christ was to return to earth and reign visibly for one thousand years. If the comer is a traveller, assist him as ye are able; but let him not stay with you but for two or three days, if it be necessary. and bloody persecutions began. I am the wheat of God and I am ground by the teeth of wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of Christ. Moral Ideas in the Post-Apostolic Period. The first quote by Tertullian tells us that the ministry of healing is a noble undertaking for all Christians. There seems to have been in the Church several forms of organization, and to some extent the various contentions of conflicting creeds and polities have been therein justified. Then as regards the breaking [i.e., of the bread]: We give thanks to Thee, O our Father, for the life and knowledge which thou madest known unto us through Jesus, Thy Son; Thine is the glory forever. "(23), § 16. existence of Jesus. CHAPTER 5 : THE POST-APOSTOLIC, ANTE-NICENE ERA Just as the ancient Hebrews faced new challenges when they exited Egypt, so the Christian church was tried and tested following its deliverance in 70 AD. The following passage is of importance, also, as a witness to the custom of reading, in the course of Christian public worship, books that appear to be the Gospels. Then I shall be truly a disciple of Jesus Christ, when the world sees not my body. — Sources or History fob the Beginnings or the Post-Apostolic Age. He was, therefore, an elder contemporary of Justin Martyr. In general, the Grecian churches made progress and, in Those who persisted I ordered led away to execution. He knows this who has put within us the engrafted gift of his teaching. Let that be deemed a proper eucharist which is administered either by the bishop or by him to whom he has intrusted it. Primitive Christianity was marked by great chiliastic enthusiasm, traces of which may be found in the New Testament. We ought also to sympathize with one another, and not be avaricious. also, Hackett on Acts, pp.22 to 30 (third ed.). Ch.7. were the traditional backbone of the early Christian church. From the Apostolic Age to the Close of the Conciliar Period by Joseph Cullen Ayer, Jr., Ph.D. When punished they rejoice as if quickened into life; they are assailed by the Jews as foreigners and are persecuted by the Greeks; yet those who hate them are unable to assign a reason for their hatred. discipline—how to do penance, how to deal with apostates, etc. Christianity throughout the 2nd and 3rd centuries generally has been less studied than that of the periods that came before (Apostolic Age) and after it (First seven Ecumenical Councils). (c) Many new intermediate church offices instituted. And thus preaching through countries and cities, they appointed their first-fruits, having proved them by the Spirit, to be bishops and deacons of those who should afterward believe. D. The Rise and Development of Catholic Philosophy (1) Five steps in the rise of the Papacy (a) Apostolic organization of the 1st Century (b) Ancient Catholic Episcopal System—Local bishops (c) Metropolitan system—Archbishopry. The chronology of the apostolic age is partly certain, at least within a few years, partly conjectural: certain as to the principal events from a.d.30 to 70, conjectural as to intervening points and the last thirty years of the first century. Ancient writers were not infrequently led astray by their own rhetoric in dealing with this topic. Top rated. Thus, then, shall you observe the fast which you intend to keep. The final occasion of stumbling approaches, concerning which it is written as Enoch speaks: For this end the Lord has cut short the times and the days, that His beloved may hasten and will come to his inheritance. This treatment applies to the woman and to the man. The soul dwells in the body, but is not of the body; so Christians dwell in the world, but they are not of the world. As they did not become Jews and did not observe the Jewish ceremonial law, a problem arose as to the place of the Jewish law, which was accepted without question as of divine authority. I said unto him: "Sir, whatsoever you command me I will observe; for I know that you are with me." For a saner and more commonly accepted position, see Justin Martyr, Apol., I, 47-53 (ANF, I, 178 ff.). 11. Hence every kind of magic was destroyed and every bond of wickedness disappeared; ignorance was removed and the old kingdom abolished, for God had been manifested in human form for the renewal of eternal life. Be ye therefore deaf when any one speaks to you apart from Jesus Christ, who was of the race of David, who was born of Mary, who was truly born and ate and drank, who was truly persecuted under Pontius Pilate, who was truly crucified and died while those in heaven and those on earth and those under the earth looked on; who, also, was truly raised from the dead, His Father having raised Him, who in like fashion will raise us who believe in Him; His Father, I say, will raise us in Christ Jesus, apart from whom we have not true life. The following passage may be regarded as a parallel to part of the preceding extract from the same writer's Epistle to the Ephesians. Who, indeed, can better direct me in hesitation, or enlighten me in ignorance? I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor) ch.41 of the same work, v. infra, §§ 12 f. Therefore, as to all sacrifices offered in His name, which Jesus Christ commanded to be offered, i.e., in the eucharist of the bread and cup, and which are offered by Christians in all places throughout the world, God, anticipating them, testified that they are well-pleasing to Him; but He rejects those presented by you and by those priests of yours, saying: And your sacrifices I will not accept at your hands; for from the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same my name is great among the Gentiles (He says), but ye have profaned it. spite of their ups and downs, prospered. Here, also, the Gnostics had their stronghold. $12.49. They are poor, yet they make many rich; they are in lack of all things, and yet abound in all. § 7. As this broken bread was scattered upon the mountains and being gathered together became one, so may Thy Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth into Thy kingdom; for Thine is the glory and the power through Jesus Christ for ever and ever. The term "Post-Apostolic Fathers" is the name given by the Christian Church to the writers who established Christian doctrine before the 8th century. For since ye are subject to the bishop as Jesus Christ, ye appear to me to live not after the manner of men, but according to Jesus Christ, who died for us, in order that by believing in His death ye may escape death. letter. His work “The Shepherd of In July 64 Nero blamed Christians for the burning of Rome, Let us not give indulgence to our soul, that it should have power to run with sinners and the wicked, that we become not like them. The main themes of the epistle are the faith and manners of the Christians, and an attempt to explain the late appearance of Christianity in the world. If thou makest bread, take the first-fruit and give according to the commandment. — Sources or History fob the Beginnings or the Post-Apostolic Age. (8), (b) Justin Martyr, Dialogus cum Tryphone, 17. Among these he says that there will be a period of some thousand years after the resurrection of the dead, when the kingdom of Christ will be set up in a material form on this very earth. Philip—one of the seven (Acts 6:5) and his four 9. The most influential writer was Ignatius of Antioch, the founder, or earliest representative, of what may be called the Asia Minor theology, which is to be traced through Irenaeus, Methodius, and Athanasius to the other great theologians of the Nicene period, becoming the distinctive Eastern type of piety. The Roman Church took very early a leading place in the Christian Church, even before the rise of the Petrine tradition, and its importance was generally recognized. For it is ours; but they thus finally lost it, after Moses had already received it. 5. Remember, Lord, Thy Church to deliver it from all evil and to perfect it in Thy love; and gather it together from the four winds -- even the Church which has been sanctified -- into Thy kingdom which Thou hast prepared for it; for Thine is the power and the glory forever. For they are not the ministers of meats and drinks, but servants of the Church of God. Add to Cart. II, vol. Although you have fallen in with some who are called Christians, but who do not admit this truth [the resurrection] and venture to blaspheme the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob,(14) and who say that there is no resurrection of the dead and that their souls, when they die, are taken to heaven, be careful not to regard them as Christians. 2. 1869 sqq. For in the name of God the Father and Lord of all, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing in the water. The whole multitude both of the heathen and the Jews who dwelt at Smyrna cried out with uncontrollable fury and in loud voice: "This is the teacher of Asia, the father of the Christians and the overthrower of our gods, who teaches many neither to sacrifice nor to worship." (e) A new emphasis upon catholicity. There were others of the like insanity, but because they were Roman citizens I noted them down to be sent to Rome. ad Corinthios, I, 42, 44. (18) For it will be no light sin for us, if we thrust out those who have offered the gifts of the bishop's office blamelessly and holily. McGiffert), IV, 9, and IV, 13. The Post-Apostolic Age: A. D. 100-A. II. Feb. 22, A.D. 156, marks the date of the martyrdom of Both these appointments, then, came about in an orderly way, by the will of God. Cf. They obey the prescribed laws, and at the same time surpass the laws by their lives. They are evil-spoken of, and yet are justified. 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