Professor Henry Chadwick, “one of the last great Anglican Scholars”, dies aged 87
Today’s free book is Robert Rainy’s comprehensive survey of early church history from the time of the Emperor Trajan to Fourth General Council (98-451 AD). My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of public domain title available for digitisation. Robert Rainy [1826-1906], The Ancient Catholic Church from the Accession of Trajan to the…
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,…
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…
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…
Today’s free book is A.R. Whitham’s survey of the history of the church until the time fo Great Schism in 1054. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Arthur Richard Whitham [1863-1930], The History of the Christian Church to the Separation of East and West,…
Beresford James Kidd’s classic 3-volume treatment of early church history to AD 461 entered the public domain this year. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy available for digitisation. Beresford James Kidd [1863-1948], A History of the Church to A.D. 461, 3 Vols. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1922. Hbk. pp.558+471+448. [Click to visit…