An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 3 of 6

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Excerpt from An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 3 of 6: From the Birth of Christ to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century Considerable part of Europe lay yet in exam volved in pagan darknefs, which reigned 12 more efpecially in the northern provinces. It 7 was, therefore, in thefe regions of gloomy fuperfii Smulof tion, that the zeal of the millionaries was principally mm exerted in this century, though their efforts were 3: not all equally fuccefsful, nor the methods they c employed for the propagation of the gofpel equally prudent. Bole¿aus, duke of Poland, having con quered the Pomeranians, offered them peace, upon condition that they would 'receive the Chriftian teachers, and pernut them to exercife their miniflry in that vanquilhed province. This condition was accepted, and Otho, bifhop of Bamberg, a man of eminent piety and zeal, was fent, in the year 1124, minculcate and explain the doélrines of Chriflianity, mong that {uperllitious and barbarous people. Any were converted to the faith by his miniflry. 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.