The Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE DOCTRINE OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES INTRODUCTION THE Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles, or the Doctrine of the Lord through the Twcfae Apostles to the Gentiles, exists in a single MS., written in 1056 A.D. by one Leon, notary and sinner. It was first published in 1883 by Philotheus Bryennius, Metropolitan at...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE DOCTRINE OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES INTRODUCTION THE Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles, or the Doctrine of the Lord through the Twcfae Apostles to the Gentiles, exists in a single MS., written in 1056 A.D. by one Leon, notary and sinner. It was first published in 1883 by Philotheus Bryennius, Metropolitan at that time of Serrae in Macedonia, and afterwards of Nicomedia, who had discovered the precious volume in the library of the Jerusalem Monastery of the Most Holy Sepulchre at Constantinople. The MS. is of great value because it contains, among other things, the only perfect Greek text of the Epistle of Clement of Rome and of what is generally known as the Second Epistle of Clement. But by far the most sensational part lemselves. To this extent, at ndoubtedly a kind of romance, eduction of one who was person- ivith any of the Apostles. The y no knowledge of the Twelve: possess ourselves. But the that his book is a compilation nd. It consists of three parts. ters i.?v.) contains the Two ond (chapters vi.?x.) treats of nd the Sacraments. The third concerning the hierarchy and brief prophecy of the End. Of rst and second are more ancient self. The description of the; separately in many editions, nought by Dr. Taylor to run original, but as given in the ns a section (i. 3-6) of much second part?which is a sort; manual?is also older than lough it presents features, for nee of all reference to the Life, r Resurrection of our Lord, hypothesis be regarded as date of the third part is the dispute, i investigate then is the pointof its contents is the Doctrine. It was soon perceived that, if this remarkable document belongs to the apostolic or sub-apostolic age, the early history of the Church must be practically rewritten, and accordingly we have of late seen very sweepi...