The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious: A Reply to the Right Rev. Dr. Lightfoot

· 1902

The critical spirit stimulated by the Reformation--The Ignatian Epistles as regarded by Calvin, Ussher, Vossius, Daillé, Pearson, Wake, and Cureton--Dr. Lightfoot as a scholar and a commentator--The valuable information supplied in his recent work--His estimate of the parties who have pronounced judgment on the question of the Ignatian Epistles--His verdict unfair--His introduction of Lucian as a witness in his favour--The story of Peregrinus--Dr. Lightfoot's cardinal mistake in his treatment of this question. Dr. Lightfoot's strange reasoning on this subject--The testimony of Eusebius, Jerome, and others--Eusebius and Jerome highly competent witnesses--Dr. Döllinger's estimate of Jerome--T…

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