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THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL
Volume IV
THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL
Brief Histories of Her Continuous Life
A series of eight volumes dealing with the history of the Christian
Church from the beginning of the present day.
Edited by
The Rev. W. H. Hutton, B.D.
Fellow and Tutor of S. John's College, Oxford,
and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester
THE CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES.The Rev. Lonsdale Ragg, M.A., Vicar of the Tickencote, Rutlandshire,and Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral.
"Mr. Ragg has produced something far better than a mere text-book: theearlier chapters especially are particularly interesting reading. Thewhole book is well proportioned and scholarly, and gives the readerthe benefit of wide reading of the latest authorities. The contrastedgrowth and fortunes of the Judaic Church of Jerusalem and the Churchof the Gentiles are particularly clearly brought out."—ChurchTimes.
"Written in a clear and interesting style, and summaries the earlyrecords of the growth of the Christian community during the firstcentury."—Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette.
"A careful piece of work, which may be read with pleasure andprofit."—Spectator.
THE CHURCH OF THE FATHERS.
The Rev. Leighton Pullan, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, and
Theological Lecturer of St. John's and Oriel Colleges, Oxford.
"If we may forecast the merits of the series by Pullan's volume, weare prepared to give it an unhesitating welcome. We shall be surprisedif this book does not supersede of the less interesting Churchhistories which have served as text-books for several generations oftheological students."—Guardian.
"The student of this important period of Church history—the formativeperiod—has here a clear narrative, packed with information drawn fromauthentic sources and elucidated with the most recent results ofinvestigation. We do not know of any other work on Church history inwhich so much learned and accurate instruction is condensed into acomparative small space, but at the same time presented in the form ofan interesting narrative. Alike the beginner and the advanced studentwill find Mr. Pullan a useful guide and companion."—ChurchTimes.
THE CHURCH AND THE BARBARIANS.
The Editor. 3s. 6d. net.
"In so accomplished hands as Mr. Hutton's the result is an instructiveand suggestive survey of the course of the Church's developmentthroughout five hundred years, and almost as many countries andpeoples, in Constantinople as well as among the Wends and Prussians,in Central Asia as well as in the Western Isles." Review ofTheology and Philosophy.
"The volume will be of great value as giving a bird's-eye view of thefascinating struggle of the Church with heathenism during thosespacious centuries."—Church Times.
THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE. 1003-1304.By D. J. Medley, M.A., Professor of History in the Universityof Glasgow. 4s. 6d. net.
THE AGE OF SCHISM. 1304-1503.
By Herbert Bruce, M.A., Professor of History in the
University College, Cardiff.
"We commend the book as being fair in its judicial criticism, a greatpoint where so thorny a subjec