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Previous  Next   p. 785 Elucidation.  (In every succession, p.
764.)  Here our author mentions that he noted the succession of
Bishops at Rome, but he gives his list with no remark about Rome
in particular.  He adds that “in every succession and in every
city (i.e., in every See) a primitive accordance with the law
and the Gospel is maintained.”  How can our excellent
Lightfoot 3866 give it a colour wholly gratuitous in these
words:  “He interested himself in the succession of the Roman
See, intent, like Irenæus in the next generation, on showing the
permanence of the orthodox tradition, through the continuity of
the Roman episcopate.”  Irenæus, who, above all the Westerns, is
identified with the Orient!  Where is the evidence of any such
idea or “intent”?  As for Irenæus, his testimony has been
sufficiently illustrated before, with proof that his words have
not the slightest reference to the continuity of the Roman more
than any other See, save only as