A History of the Church (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A History of the Church The present volume will conduct us to the commencement of that eventful period - the Reformation. To the learned reader, many things may appear wanting in this volume. He will perhaps express his surprise at finding no mention made of the institution of those Religious Orders which have given to the world so many great men - seraphic saints, eloquent preachers of the word of God, profound theologians, learned philosophers - men great in every way of which our nature may be proud. He will wonder, too, that he reads nothing of those heresies which, during the period comprised in this volume, troubled the peace, of the Church, and prepared the way for that mighty revolution which has laid so many, before beautiful, regions spiritually waste. But it must be remembered that only the External History of the Church is here given. The succeeding volume, which is not yet published in the original German, will, it is confidently trusted, more than satisfy those who favour this work with their perusal, on the subjects which may at first appear to have been omitted. The next volume will contain the Internal History of the Church during the Middle Ages, and, from the sources that have been opened by the laborious industry of the learned author, much light will be thrown on this most interesting portion of Ecclesiastical History. 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.