To: Uncle Chip
"I didn't realize that Tertullian had been denied sainthood.
Does that mean that he is not considered part of the patriarchal tradition of the RCC? How many other early Christian writers are also excluded from the RCC's list of acceptable patriarchs?"
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Great question. I don't know. I'm just guessing, but they don't disregard Augustine and he also changed his thinking later in life.
139 posted on
10/22/2006 8:18:56 AM PDT by
wmfights
(Psalm : 27)
To: wmfights
Does that mean that only his early writings are accepted as part of their Tradition, and his later writings excluded?
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