A

HISTORY OF THE CHURCH,

FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE PRESENT TIME;

EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE

LIFE OF CHRIST-THE LABORS OF THE APOSTLES—THE PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS
THE DECLINE OF PAGANISM-THE MAHOMETAN IMPOSTURE-THE

CRUSADES—THE REFORMATION;

WITH A

HISTORY OF THE SEVERAL PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS

SINCE THE LATTER IMPORTANT ERA:

INCLUDING

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL MARTYRS AND PROMOTERS
OF CHRISTIANITY, ILLUSTRATING THEIR CONSTANCY

AND ZEAL, SUFFERINGS AND FORTITUDE.

ALL NATIONS, INCLUDING THE JEWS, MAHOMETANS, AND VARIOUS

CHRISTIAN SECTS.

ALSO,

A VIEW OF THE MOST EFFICIENT MISSIONARY SOCIETIES IN ALL

PARTS OF THE WORLD,

WITH

INTERESTING ANECDOTES AND SKETCHES OF THE LABORS AND SUCCESS OF THEIR AGENTS,

AND

A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

OF THE

MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS BELONGING TO ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

ILLUSTRATED BY A MAP AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

BY CHARLES A. GOODRICH.

NEW YORK :
WILLIAM W. REED AND COMPANY.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1933,

BY C. A. GOODRICH,