Ancient Christianity Exemplified in the Private, Domestic, Social and Civil Life of the Primitive Christians

1853. And in the original institutions, offices, ordinances and rites of the church. This work was undertaken in the hope that it would, in some measure, supply a great deficiency in our ecclesiastical literature, and serve to direct the attention of the public to this neglected branch of study. Ancient Christianity is destined to be severely scrutinized anew, and its merits sharply contested. This consideration presents one reason among many for offering this publication to the service of the public. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.