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AN INQUIRY INTO THE HERESIES, OF
THE APOSTOLIC AGE,

IN

EIGHT SERMONS

PREACHED BEFORE

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

IN THE YEAR MDCCCXXIX.

AT THE

LECTURE

FOUNDED BY

THE REV. JOHN BAMPTON, M. A.

CANON OF SALISBURY.

BY

THE REV. EDWARD BURTON, D. D.

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY AND CANON OF CHRIST CHURCH.

2

OXFORD,

PRINTED BY SAMUEL COLLINGWOOD, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY,

FOR THE AUTHOR.

BOLD BY J. PARKER; AND BY C. AND J. RIVINGTON, LONDON.

MDCCCXXIX.

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CONTENTS.

Subject proposed. An investigation into the early heresies
will illustrate passages and expressions in the New Testament.
The orthodoxy of these heretics has sometimes been maintained.
Definition of the term Heresy, and its meaning as used by the
Fathers. Not unreasonable that heresies should appear so early.
Length of time which elapsed before the apostles quitted Ju-
dæa. Brief sketch of the first propagation of Christianity, and
particularly by St. Paul.

Examination of the third and principal source, the Platonic
philosophy. Effect of the foundation of Alexandria upon Gre-
cian philosophy. Jews in Alexandria. Essenes. Rise of the

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