Concordia Theological Monthly
Publication Date
9-1-1943
Document Type
Article
Keywords
ireland, irish church, christian, st. patrick, druidism, england, pope, rome, britain
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
In the annals of the past one frequently finds a twilight zone, where tradition and history meet, where fact must be distinguished from fancy and mythical accretion. It is rather challenging and intriguing to evaluate both secondary and primary sources in the effort to determine just which points may be regarded as the nuclear truth. In the history of the Apostles, for example, only that is acceptable without question which we find in the New Testament. With regard to later accounts and church tradition we must exercise great care to separate truth from legend. Thus we may, from the apocryphal Acts, accept the fact of Peter's having died as a martyr in Rome and possibly even that of his having been crucified with his head downward, but we should have to hesitate very much in giving credence to the mass of legendary accounts which have attached themselves to Peter's last imprisonment.
Disciplines
History of Christianity
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Exodus 7:11; Matthew 2:1;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Kretzmann, P. E.
(1943)
"The Independence of the Early Irish Church,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 14, Article 53.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol14/iss1/53
