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Ecclesiology

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83 claims in this doctrine
Ecclesiology
Pelagianism is not only wrong about grace but destroys the necessity of the Incarnation and cross
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Ecclesiology
John Chrysostom warns that wealth accumulated without charity is a form of violence against the poor
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Ecclesiology
The Quartodeciman controversy shows that diversity in liturgical practice does not break unity of faith
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Ecclesiology
The Sunday assembly includes both the reading of Scripture and the Eucharist as the two essential parts
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Ecclesiology
The grace that assists the Christian in daily life is distinct from and greater than mere moral instruction
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Ecclesiology
Polycarp of Smyrna, aged 86, refuses to deny Christ and is burned at the stake — a model of martyrdom
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Ecclesiology
Tertullian coins the term trinitas to describe God as one substance in three persons
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Ecclesiology
Monarchianism — the view that Christ is merely a mode of the Father — is a deviation from apostolic teaching
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Ecclesiology
Gregory of Nazianzus cautions against adding new formulas to the inherited credal language
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Ecclesiology
The emperor is within the Church, not above it
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Patristic Texts Addressing Ecclesiology

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c. AD 96 Intermediate
Clement of Rome
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
The earliest post-apostolic document asserting Roman pastoral authority — c. AD 96. 12 key chapters with annotations.
54 chapters on Ecclesiology
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c. AD 107 Intermediate
Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch — Letter to the Smyrnaeans
Contains the first use of Catholic Church in Christian literature, the clearest early statement on the Real Presence, and the most concentrated early treatment of episcopal authority — written en route to martyrdom, c. AD 107.
10 chapters on Ecclesiology
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c. AD 350 Intermediate
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catecheses
Five post-baptismal lectures delivered at the Holy Sepulchre c. AD 350 — the most systematic early treatment of the sacraments, including the clearest patristic account of Real Presence and the Epiclesis.
0 chapters on Ecclesiology
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c. AD 50–120 Introductory
Anonymous (Apostolic)
The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
The oldest surviving Christian catechism outside the New Testament — containing the earliest extra-biblical instructions for Baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, and church order. c. AD 50–120.
6 chapters on Ecclesiology
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