THE GROWTH OF THE PAPAL POWER DURING THE SIXTY YEARS WHICH
FOLLOWED THE DEATH OF DAMASUS.
The effects of the rescripts of Valentinian I. and Gratian
Legislative authority exercised through decretal epistles
"Blessed Peter lives and judges in his successors
Resistance in the West to the new State-created patriarchal yoke
The case of Apiarius of Sicca.
The Councils of Carthage in 418 and 419
The African letter (Quoniam Domino) to Pope Boniface
Pope Celestine receives Apiarius to communion after his second condemna-
tion.
Cardinal Wiseman's statement.
Summary of the preceding lectures
The Roman theory of unity
Contrast between the Catholic doctrine and the Roman theory
The testimony of Holy Scripture in favour of the Catholic doctrine-
The analogy between Israel and the Church
Our Lord's prayer for unity at the Last Supper
Transition to the testimony of the Fathers
The action of the Catholic episcopate in the time of Pope Victor
The witness of S. Cyprian and of S. Firmilian.