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 Page numbers in this book are indicated in the left margin by numbers enclosed incurly braces, e.g. {99}. They have been located where page breaks occurred in theoriginal book. For its Index, a page number has been placed only at the start of thatsection.In the original book, its various chapters' subsections were denoted with the "section"symbol (§). In this e-text, that symbol has been replaced with the word "SECTION".Where two of these symbols were together, they have been replaced with the word"SECTIONS".In the original book, footnotes in a chapter were numbered from 1 to 9. If a chapter had more than 9 footnotes, the numbering sequence was repeated, resulting in severalfootnotes with the same number. In this e-book, all footnotes have been re-numberedsequentially from 1. Footnotes have been moved to the end of their respectivechapters.
 
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A KEY
To the Knowledge of 
CHURCH HISTORY
[Ancient]
EDITED BYJOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A.
EDITOR OF"THE DICTIONARY OF THEOLOGY,""THE ANNOTATED BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER;"AUTHOR OF"HOUSEHOLD THEOLOGY," ETC. ETC.
 
"This Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witnessunto all nations.
"—St. Matt. xxiv. 14
RIVINGTONSWATERLOO PLACE, LONDONOxford, and CambridgeMDCCCLXXVII[
 New Edition
]
PREFACE
This Volume offers to the reader a short and condensed account of the origin,growth, and condition of the Church in all parts of the world, from the time of our Lord down to the end of the fifteenth century, the narrative being compressed into assmall a compass as is consistent with a readable form.In such a work the reader will not, of course, expect to find any full and detailedaccount of so vast a subject as Pre-Reformation Church History. Its object is rather tosketch out the historical truth about each Church, and to indicate the general principleson which further inquiry may be conducted by those who have the opportunity of making it.It is hoped that those whose circumstances do not admit of an extended study of the subject will find in the following pages a clear, though condensed, view of the periods and Churches treated of; and that those whose reading is of a less limitedrange will be put in possession of certain definite lines of thought, by which they may be guided in reading the statements of more elaborate histories.It may be added, that the writer's stand-point throughout has been that of a loyalattachment to the Church of England, as the authorized exponent and upholder of Catholic doctrine for English people.M. F. B. P.
 July
, 1869.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGEI.THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH AMONG THE JEWS1II.THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH AMONG THEHEATHEN25
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