First Successors of the Holy Apostles in the Christian Church

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Excerpt from First Successors of the Holy Apostles in the Christian Church: Memorials and Writings As the world grows older, an antiquarian turn of mind, instead of being the exception, rather seems to become the rule. Our ancestors suffered their castles, and, alas! sometimes even their churches, to fall into decay, hut now every ancient monument is cherished, and even ruins, that cannot he said to have special architectural beauty, are valued for their very age, and protected, as far as possible, from further dilapidation. Even in what is called "the New World, " where the spirit of enterprise is strongest, and whence we derive so many of our modern inventions, the people are not so engrossed with the business of the present, or with the anticipation of discoveries in the future, that they do not love to turn their thoughts hack also to the past. The writer, when visiting the library of the Cambridge University near Boston, in the United States, was told, that no hooks were more frequently consulted, than those relating to genealogy. One little room was entirely devoted to the subject, and histories of English county families, some of them so rare that they might scarcely be met with in the old country, were to be found there. The men who have distinguished themselves in the world's history are now commemorated by centenaries, and all good institutions have their founders' days to celebrate. Need we wonder, then, that a special halo of interest should gather round the foundation of the greatest of all institutions, i. e. the Church. 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.