PAGE. 35 Their effects the Shepherd of Hermas, The notion of Tertullian and Clement regarding the double doctrine, ibid. Doctrines of the second century derived from these sources as well as Nothing immediately revealed to us regarding Angels, . Nature and attributes of good angels according to the Scriptures, Limited nature of our scriptural knowledge on these subjects, Impatience of the early church for further revelations on the nature of Angelic system of the fathers of the second century, ibid. Origin of the heresies of the second century,.... ibid. Advantage of the latter in point of analogy, Inconvenience of the scheme which holds the materiality of the one Apparent result of the enquiry, confirmed by the present subject, ibid. Origin of the error of celibacy very apparent,.......... Not to be found in the self-denial enjoined in the New Testament,...... 130 Not maintained by the church in the first and second centuries,......... 144 Clement of Alexandria the first father who maintained it; his autho- rity for this doctrine, Tertullian-account of his tract "Adversus Psychicos.". Clemens Alexandrinus.-The second Pædagogue, Causes of the extreme rigour of discipline in the early church, Remarks on Matt. xvi. 19. The power of the Keys, New Testament doctrine regarding the authority of the Christian ministry, Argument of the Epistle of St. Clement to the Corinthians, His object in writing it a highly laudable one, His notions of ecclesiastical supremacy, Comparison of his spirit with that of St. Paul, |