Chapter VI the Fall of the Prophetic Ministry and the Conservative Revolt

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Excerpt: REVOLT; THE prophetic ministry of the apostolic and immediately sub-apostolic times passed away in the course of the second century, and its overthrow was a much greater alteration of the organization of the churches than the institution of a three-fold ministry, important as that was. The difference may be seen from two extracts. Every prophet, says the oldest ecclesiastical manual, who speaketh in the Spirit, ye shall neither try nor judge; for every sin shall be forgiven, but that sin shall not be forgiven. That comes from a time when the prophetic ministry was the great controlling power. Wretched men, says Irenaeus, who wish to be false prophets holding aloof from the communion of the brethren; and the test of being in communion with the brethren is to obey the elders who are in the Church. That comes from the end of our period.

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Chapter VI the Fall of the Prophetic Ministry and the Conservative Revolt

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