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Documents Illustrative of the History of the Church by B.J. Kidd

ByRob Bradshaw
Beresford James Kidd [1863-1948], Document Illustrative of the History of the Church, 2 Vols.

Today’s free titles is B.J. Kidd’s two-volume anthology of 513 useful extracts from the writings of the early church up to the year 461 AD.

My thanks to Book Aid for making this public domain title available for digitisation.

Beresford James Kidd [1863-1948], Document Illustrative of the History of the Church, 2 Vols. London: SPCK, 1920, 1932. Hbk. pp. 282+346. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

  • Volume 1, to 313 A.D.
  • Volume 2, 313-461 A.D.

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