Edited by Alcuin Reid Adrian Fortescue, a British apologist for the Catholic faith in the early part of the 20th century, wrote this classic of clear exposition

A clear exposition and sound defense of the belief in the role of the Pope in the church, drawing upon evidence from the Church Fathers up to 451.

Papal primacy has grown with the Church, and it remains a reality embedded in the Church as a living community begins to change.

The Lord Jesus Christ intended his kingdom present on earth, the Church of God, to be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Prior to the Protestant Reformation in