A compendious abstract of the history of the church of Christ, from its first foundation to the eighteenth century
Subtitle: With a faithful and circumstantial account of the acts of the Apostles; of the lives of the primitive Christians; of the general persecutions raised against them by the pagan emperors; of the oecumenical councils; of the chief pastors; of the condemnation of ancient heresies; of the defective systems of pagan philosophy; of the dispersion of the Jews, the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, and the vain attempt of the Emperor Julian to re-build it; of the downfal of idolatry; of the suppression of schisms; of the conversion of nations; of the rise of Mahometanism; of the Crusades: with several other remarkable events and occurrences. : Illustrated with a brief detail of the eminent virtues and apostolic labours of the holy fathers, learned doctors, ecclesiastical writers, renowned martyrs, and other great saints, who have flourished in every age down to the present, &c. : [Two lines from Matthew]
By: By the Rev. William Gahan, O.S.A. ; From the last Dublin edition, with very considerable additions
Contributors: Riggs Library; Seymour, Jonathan, 1778-1841, printer
Publisher: Printed by J. Seymour, no. 49, John-Street.
Published: 1814
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: Church history
Other titles: History of the church of Christ; Gahan's History of the Church
Notes: Caption title: The history of the church of Christ.

Includes index.

"Subscribers' names."--Page [407]-408.

Burke Library copy: Spine title: Gahan's History of the Church.

Burke Library copy: Withdrawal stamp of Riggs Library, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Shaw & Shoemaker 31551

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