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Ancient Church, by W.D. [William Dool] Killen
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Title: The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
Author: W.D. [William Dool] Killen
Release Date: September 15, 2005 [EBook #16700]
Language: English
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THE ANCIENT CHURCH:
Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution, Traced for the First Three Hundred Years.
BY
W.D. KILLEN, D.D.
Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral Theology to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
"Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God." PSALM lxxxvii. 3.
NEW YORK: MDCCC.LIX.
PREFATORY NOTE.
I cannot permit this Edition of "The Ancient Church" to appear before the citizens of the United States without acknowledging my obligations to Mr Charles Scribner of New York. Mr Scribner was the first gentleman connected with the noble profession to which he belongs, either in the Old or in the New World, from whom I received encouragement in this undertaking; and his prompt and generous offers aided me materially in making arrangements for the publication of the work in Great Britain. Every line of the present impression