History Of The Church Of Scotland From The Introduction Of Christianity To The Period Of The Disruption May 18 1843 With An Introductory Essay On The Principles And Constitution Of The Church Of Scotland

Author : William Maxwell Hetherington
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527656758
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book History of the Church of Scotland, from the Introduction of Christianity to the Period of the Disruption, May 18, 1843, Vol. 1 written by William Maxwell Hetherington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Church of Scotland, From the Introduction of Christianity to the Period of the Disruption, May 18, 1843, Vol. 1: With an Introductory Essay on the Principles and Constitution of the Church of Scotland Tee want of a History of the Church of Scotland, at once concise and entire, has long been felt. Separate periods have been very fully treated of by several authors, leaving for their successors little to do but to compress the voluminous records which they had col lected; and ample materials exist to-fill up the inter mediate chasms, and to continue the narrative down to the present times. But as no attem t has hitherto been made to com Tess the histories 0 these detached periods, to fill up t e intermediate chasms, and to con tinne the narrative, it is a matter of considerable diffi culty for any person who has not much leisure to spend, nor ready access to public libraries, to' obtain a con nected view of the Church of Scotland throughout its entire history. Several very serious disadvantages have resulted from the want of such a work a great degree of ignorance has been allowed to prevail respectin the true principles and character of the Church of Scot and; her enemies have availed themselves of this ignorance to misrepresent her past conduct, to calumniate the Characters of her Reformers and Martyrs, and to assail her resent proceedings; while man of her zealous friend's are without the means of vinfficating the past, and defending the present; and numbers are remaming in a state of neutrality, liable to be misled, who require hut accurate information to induce them at once to give their cordial support to the Church of their fathers. Nor' can there be a doubt, that many are at present not merely neutral but hostile, who would become her strenuous defenders, if they possessed sufficient know. 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.