Author: John Waddington

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-17

Total Pages: 786

ISBN-13: 9781331568636

Excerpt from Congregational History: 1200-1567 A brief explanation of the special object of the present volume is almost necessary to prepare the reader for its perusal. It must be understood at the outset that the history it contains is not so much that of a religious denomination as of the development of the principles denominated Congregational. Beginning with the darkest period of ecclesiastical history, my aim has been to show the gradual restoration of the Church as a divine institution to its primitive purity and simplicity. With the absolute dominion of the Papacy, the light of evangelical truth, if not extinguished, was greatly obscured. Manuscript copies of the Scriptures, nevertheless, were preserved, and in due time multiplied for more general circulation. The devout study of the Word of God called into existence various fraternities or religious associations, indicating a growing desire for the fellowship springing out of the sympathies sure to be enkindled by a common love of evangelical truth. 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.