A history of church history : studies of some historians of the Christian church / by Frederick John Foakes Jackson
1939, First Edition. Cambridge, England : W. Heffer & Sons. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #382629
Physical description: vii, 184 pages ; 22 cm. Notes: "Portions of these essays have appeared in England in the Hibbert journal and the Modern churchman, and in the United States in the Chronicle." "First published, 1939." Includes index. Contents: The origin and development of ecclesiastical history -- The origin and growth of the canon of the New Testament -- The apostolic tradition of Hippolytus and other church orders -- Philo and Alexandrian Judaism -- Eusebius of Cæsarea and his predecessors -- The Greek historians after Eusebius -- St. Augustine's philosophy of history -- Gregory, Bishop of Tours -- Adamnan's Life of Columba -- The venerable Bede -- Anna Comnena -- Burnet's history of the Reformation and of his own times -- Gibbon's chapters on the rise of Christianity -- The books recommended by Bishop Lightfoot. Subjects: Church historians. Church history Historiography.
Historiens de l'Église.
Église Histoire. Historiographie. church historians. Church historians. Christianity Historiography Church History Historians. Church
Historians.
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