Gwatkin’s History of the Church to 313AD

Gwatkin’s History of the Church to 313AD

Today’s free book is Henry Gwatkin’s History of the Church up to the time of Constantine the Great. This public domain work was digitised using the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. Henry Melvill Gwatkin [1844-1916], Early Church History to A.D. 313, 2 Vols., 2nd edn. London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd., 1912. Hbk. pp.311+382. [Click…

Martyrs of the Early Church by Herbert B. Workman

Martyrs of the Early Church by Herbert B. Workman

Today’s free book is another of Herbert B. Workman’s studies of Christian persecution in the early church. A copy of this public domain title was provided for digitisation by Book Aid. Herbert Brook Workman [1862-1951], The Martyrs of the Early Church. London: Charles H. Kelly, [n.d.]. Hbk. pp.152. [Click here to visit the download page…

Christian Persecution in the Early Church – H B Workman

Christian Persecution in the Early Church – H B Workman

The works of the church historian H B Workman entered the public domain this year. Perhaps his most famous work (and most useful to students) is Christian Persecution in the Early Church. This title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. Herbert Brook Workman [1862-1951], Persecution in the Early Church: A Chapter…

Backhouse & Tylor’s Early Church History to the Time of Constantine

Early Church History to the Death of Constantine was Edward Backhouse’s final work and was completed posthumously by Charles Tylor. Backhouse intended to write church history from the perspective of The Society of Friends (Quakers). His desire, perhaps not fully allowed to himself, was to find out with what early early teachers stigmatised as heretics…