Note 133 — Chapter II

Footnote 133:

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This theory is maintained by Irenæus and Tertullian, and is as old as the association of the 'αγια εκκλησια and the πνευμα 'αγιον. Just for that reason the distinction they make between Churches founded by the Apostles and those of later origin is of chief value to themselves in their arguments against heretics. This distinction, it may be remarked, is clearly expressed in Tertullian alone. Here, for example, it is of importance that the Church of Carthage derives its "authority" from that of Rome (de præscr. 36).