Church history - Early works to 1800
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History of redemption , on a plan entirely original: exhibiting the gradual discovery and accomplishment of the divine purposes in the salvation of man; including a comprehensive view of church history, and the fulfilment of Scripture prophecies. By the late Reverend Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New Jersey. To which are how [sic] added notes, historical, critical, and theological, with the life and experience of the author. [Two lines from Psalms].
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- E-books
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The duty of churchwardens respecting the church . By John Napleton, D. D. Chancellor of the diocese of hereford.
Napleton, John, 1738 or 9-1817.Date: 1800- E-books
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Ecclesiæ versæ, non eversæ: or, the churches swept, not tumbl'd down. Turned, not overturned, but prop'd up to their just height, neither too low nor too high. Humbly addressed to the serious, speedy, and necessary Consideration of this present Parliament. By a hearty well-wisher to the health and prosperity of the Church of England, by law established
Hearty Well-wisher to the Health and Prosperity of the Church of England.Date: 1707- E-books
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A compendious abstract of the history of the Church of Christ, from its first foundation to the eighteenth century . With a faithful and circumstantial account of the acts of the apostles-of the lives of the prinitive Christians-of the general persecutions raised against them by the pagan emperors-of the oecumenical councils-of the chief castors-of the condemnation of ancient heresies-of the defective systems of pagan philosophy-of the despersion of the Jews, the destruction of the temple of Jerusalem, and the vain attempt of the Emperor Julian to rebuild it-of the downfall of idolatry-of the suppression of schisms-of the conversion of nations-of the rise of mahometanism-of the crusades-with several other remarkable events and occurrences. Illustrated with a brief detail of the eminent virtues and apostelic labours of the Holy Fathers, learned doctors, ecclesiastical writers, renowned martyrs, and other great saints, who have flourrished in every age down to the present, &c. By the Rev. William Gahan, O.S.A.
Gahan, William, 1730-1804.Date: M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]- E-books
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Donatus redivivus or, a reprimand to a modern church-schismatick, for his revival of the donatistical heresy of re-baptization, in defiance to the judgment and practice of the Catholick church, and of the Church of England in particular. In a letter to himself.
Optatus, Augustin.Date: [1714]