Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... ACKNOWLEDGMENT Thanks to the very kind help of the Bishop of Southwell, there seems to be no need of an Editorial Preface. In preparing the present treatise in an English form I have had in mind especially the large number of clergy to whom such a work in an accessible edition ought to be valuable; I have also hoped that it would appeal to a still larger public of educated and thinking laymen, who may be glad to read the ideas of so eminent a writer of an early age on the subject of the Christian Priesthood. I wish to acknowledge the kindness of Dr. Nairn, who has read through the whole of the present version in proof, and contributed many important improvements, and also my indebtedness to my colleague, Rev. B. F. Simpson, B.D., for valuable suggestions. I have adhered throughout to the text of Dr. Nairn (Cambridge University Press, 1906) and found his edition very useful. Since completing my version I have consulted the edition of Dean Stephens (Vol. IX. Nicene and Post-Niccne Fathers, New York, Christian Literature Co.) and incorporated several ideas from him. T. Allen Moxon. 2 Soho Square, London, W. September 1907. PREFACE BY THE BISHOP OF SOUTHWELL In days when the making of books hath no end we owe a real debt of gratitude to those who remind us that God gave wisdom to men of old, and that it is well for us who live in later days to draw out of their rich storehouse, rather than to be ever seeking things that are new. The very strength of our position in the Anglican Church lies in this, that we get behind mere medievalism or ever-changing Protestantism, and in thought drink of the wide stream which flows from the early Church through the writings of the Fathers. But hitherto it has been only the few who have been able to carry...
