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The Limits of the Church by Fr. Georges Florovsky It is very difficult to give an exact and firm definition of a ‘sect’ or ‘schism’ (I distinguish the theological definition from the simple [...]

Chapter I.-The Greeks Claim, Without Reason, the Invention of the Arts.   Be not, O Greeks, so very hostilely disposed towards the Barbarians, nor look with ill will on their opinions. For [...]

First Book: Visions First Vision AGAINST FILTHY AND PROUD THOUGHTS, AND THE CARELESSNESS OF HERMAS IN CHASTISING HIS SONS. CHAPTER I He who had brought me up, sold me to one Rhode in Rome. Many [...]

Introduction Against Heresies can be dated to sometime between AD 174 and 189, as the list of the Bishops of Rome includes Eleutherius, but not his successor Victor. Its purpose of was to refute [...]