{"product_id":"vthe-church-of-the-fathers","title":"VThe Church of the Fathers","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Henry Newman's \u003cem\u003eThe Church of the Fathers\u003c\/em\u003e contains some of his earliest writings on fourth-century Christianity. Composed at about the same time as \u003cem\u003eThe Arians of the Fourth Century\u003c\/em\u003e and the first \u003cem\u003eTracts\u003c\/em\u003e of the Oxford Movement, this polemical book was aimed at the general reader and is filled with extracts from Patristic writings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1833 British Parliament enacted the controversial Irish Church Temporalities Bill, which proposed abolishing ten of the twenty-two sees of the Anglican Church of Ireland. Newman accused the State of violating the ancient doctrine of Apostolic Succession. In \u003cem\u003eThe Church of the Fathers\u003c\/em\u003e, Newman draws parallels between the situation facing the Church in the fourth century and the Anglican Church in his day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished here for the first time in more than a century, this edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Church of the Fathers\u003c\/em\u003e reunites material that had become separated in ongoing republications of Newman's works. The text and appendices also contain original Newman material that has never before been published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":56672965722456,"sku":"9780268022792","price":54.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780268022792.jpg?v=1770382882","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/vthe-church-of-the-fathers","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}