St. Paul and the Roman Law - And Other Studies on the Origin of the Form of Doctrine #247142

It seems to be believed by some that the entire edifice of Christian theology came down from heaven ready-built, like the New Jerusalem in the vision of St. John: that the Catholic faith was born, not like its Founder, as a babe in a manger, but rather like fabled heathen deities, adult and panoplied: that the confessions of the Church are in substance coeval with Christianity itself.<br><br>According to another view, Christian doctrine, like man, was fashioned of earthly elements: not the outward frame but the informing spirit was divine.