Bøger af Lyman Coleman

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.

This volume was compiled and translated from the works of Augusti, with numerous additions from Rheinwald, Siegel and others. In preparing this summary of the rites and institutions of ancient Christianity, the author sought to make it intelligible to the English reader; and, at the same time, to present to the theological student a convenient book of reference, and to the scholar and antiquary a guide to his more extended and original investigations. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.