Author: Leonard Bacon

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-23

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 9781330692202

Excerpt from The Genesis of the New England Churches, Vol. 1 A few words will sufficiently explain to the reader of this book the design of the author. The history of Protestant Christianity in the United States Of America is the history, not of a national church, but Of voluntary churches. I have attempted to show how it began, and to trace the origin and development of the idea which generated the churches Of New England. It is hardly necessary to say that the Baptist churches - a name which, in the United States, comprehends more churches than any other save oneu - are constituted on the same platform Of polity with the church which came in the May ower. I have had no occasion to speak of them or of their in uence in giving character to our American civilization; inasmuch as the history Of churches bearing that name, on this side of the Atlantic, begins later than the latest date in the volume now submitted to the public. It has been claimed for those churches that, from the age of the Reformation onward, they have been always fore most and always consistent in maintaining the doctrine Of religious liberty. Let me not be understood as calling in question their right to so great an honor. 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."