Excerpt from General History of the Christian Religion and Church, Vol. 5 Opposers of the theory of adoption. Etherius of Othma. Beatus. Violence of the controversy. Conduct'of Elipandus. Spread of the controversy to France. Characteristics of Felix of Urgellis. Condemnation of the theory of adoption at Ratisbone Felix in Rome. Recalled. In Spain. His letters to Spanish bishops. Council at Frankfort Alcuin. Felix defends the theory of adeption against Alcuin. His free views respect ing the Church. Letters from Elipandus to Alcuin. Elipandus on the R0 man Church. Pope Hadrian respecting the Apost. Decret., Act. 15. Alcain's proposal for the refutation of Felix. Abbot Benedict of Aniana, Archbishop Leidrad of Lyons, and Bishop Nefrid of Narbonne, are sept to suppress the doctrine of adeption in the south of France. Their meeting with Felix at Urgellis. Felix declares himself vanquished in the synod at aix-la-chapelle. He is consigned to the care of Leidrad of Lyons. Felix remains true to his conviction (d. Agnoetism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.