Views Concerning The Church and the Sacraments During the Second Period (300-750 A.D.): The Doctrine of the Church (2)

We concluded our preceding article with the remark that we would call attention in this article to the historical background for the conflict between Augustine and the Donatists. We must do this as a prelude to the role which Augustine later played in this important drama. And, as we observed in our preceding article, we are again indebted, also for this material, to Philip Schaff's History of the Christian Church. We concluded our preceding article with the remark that we would call attention...