Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of Reformatory Movements, Resulting in a Restoration of the Apostolic Church: To Which Is Appended a History of the Nineteen General Church Councils; Also a History of All Innovations, From the Third Century Down
Fob many years the writer has himself felt the pressing need of a work of this character. While young in the ministry, and compara tively poor, in possession of very few books, and having no access to large libraries, he continually felt himself hampered by the absence of books of reference, and felt himself crippled in his public ministra tions because he could not find time, in his struggles to live above want, to ransack the pages of history in quest of the desired informa tion. The general reader needs just such a work as this, who, in a moment, by referring to the index, can find what he wants and satisfy himself. The preacher needs it for easy reference, and especially the traveling evangelist, who can not pack a lot of books with him. The author of this work, having frequently desired a help of this kind, which he could carry with him, to aid him both in speaking and writ ing for the press, came to the conclusion that others might be greatly benefited by the matter contained in it. The author has for a long time had such a work in contemplation. It is not only intended for the Disciples of Christ, but it is also prepared with a view of circula ting it among the various denominations, and with the purpose of inciting the independent and untrammeled thinkers in the denomina tions to investigate the pages of history to see if these things are so. 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.
