An Ecclesiastical History Of Scotland Vol 1

Author : Alex R. Macewen
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484391900
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Church in Scotland, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Alex R. Macewen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Church in Scotland, Vol. 1 This volume records the history of the Church in Scotland from its beginnings to the stage marked by the assassina tion of Cardinal Beaton on the eve of the Reformation. With regard to a considerable part of the ground covered, the indulgence due to pioneer work may reason ably be claimed. During the past fifty years so much light has been cast on the Celtic period by scholarly research, and upon the Medieval period by the publica tion of documents, that the history of the Church in these periods has been written with little assistance from existing Church Histories. Grub's Ecclesiastical History of Scotland was published in 1861; Cunningham's Ckurck History of Scotland appeared in 1859, and the second edition, issued in 1882, was in the main a reproduction of the first. All students will acknowledge that narratives written at those dates require to be rewritten, and that estimates which then seemed adequate must be recon sidered. The compensation for such work lies in the h0pe that some events and changes which half a century ago were obscure and almost unintelligible may be brought for the reader, as they have been for the writer, within the region of clear history. The need of presenting facts now ascertained with sufficient detail makes it impossible to discuss fully topics of which some readers may expect special treatment - topics such as Church architecture, Church music and Canon law. 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.