the holy Roman Church has been placed at the forefront not by the conciliar decisions of other churches, but has received the primacy by the evangelic voice of our Lord and Savior, who says: ‘You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it; and I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven . . “Ignatius . The Fathers of the Church. From this document, whosoever chooses to do so, may learn that He, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, was preached by the Churches, and may also understand the apostolic tradition of the Church, since this Epistle is of older date than these men who are now propagating falsehood, and who conjure into existence another god beyond the Creator and the Maker of all existing things. Unlike the Scriptures, the Didache isn’t the work of a single author.Rather, it’s something like an early Church catechism: outlining just the basics of Church practice. Early Church Fathers on Church Authority and the Papacy The Early Church Fathers on various topics: This was a 3700 hour project which included going through 22896 pages of the 38 volume set called Ante Nicene, Nicene, Post Nicene Fathers. This is my short introduction to the chapter "St. Cyprian on the Church" from the scholarly work Studies on the Early Papacy by Dom John Chapman (Kennikat Press, 1971, orig 1928).
The key hints are the note of promise and permanency from Jesus Christ to Peter, and then from Peter to the Roman episcopate. Opposition to the papacy couldn't have come from nowhere. This is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, A Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Papacy (Fearn: Christian Focus Publications, 2015) The Papacy has always had its critics throughout the centuries. Discover what the Church Fathers say about the Papacy In his 5-CD Set The Shocking Truth About The Pope And The Church Fathers, Tim Staples shows that it's not only the Bible that provides ample evidence of the papacy established by Christ, but also the wealth of writings by the Fathers of the Church. 133-135; A Library of the Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church (Oxford: Parker, 1844), The Epistles of S. Cyprian, Ep. ... Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99... Alexander of Alexandria [SAINT] - Epistles on the Arian Heresy and the Deposition of Arius. . A detailed account of the intolerance and crimes of the Roman Church. . He makes the point that not having church fathers speak out against the papal claims is proof that the East accepted those claims. Biblical Argument against Papacy Roman Catholicism teaches that Simon's role as 'Peter' was an office with successors. Translated from German by E.S. From a family of five saints and three bishops (three Fathers of the Church) he was the perfect person to carry on the fight against the various forms of Arianism, including Macedonianism, which denied the divinity of the Holy … .