Excerpt from Lectures Upon the Ecclesiastical History of the First Three Centuries, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, to the Year 313 I am not aware of any ecclesiastical historian, who has followed the same plan. Most writers appear to me to have made this part of their history too short and superficial. My own work will perhaps be considered too minute and circumstantial: but having stated the twofold plan, which I had in view, I have to hope that criticism will be confined to the execution only. 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.

Excerpt from Lectures Upon the Ecclesiastical History of the First Three Centuries, Vol. 2 of 2: From the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, to the Year 313 There is perhaps no part of ecclesiastical history, which admits so readily of these artificial divisions, as that which I considered in my former Lectures. The first century has, not improperly, been termed B9 lect. XIII. 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.