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OF ECCLESIASTICAL WRITERS

A Literary History

FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST until the 14th Century. original: "Sæculum XIV."

Arranged in an easy method.

WHEREIN

Their lives and deeds, their sect, dogmas, praises, and style; their genuine, doubtful, forged original: "supposititiis," referring to works falsely attributed to an author., unpublished, and lost writings, and fragments; and the various editions of their works are clearly treated.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

PAGAN WRITERS original: "Gentiles," referring to non-Christian classical authors who interacted with or opposed Christianity.

Opponents of the Christian Religion; and a SUMMARY original: "Breviarium," a concise overview of historical events. of every Century.

Furthermore, in various places, several small works and fragments of the Ancients, both Greek and Latin, hitherto unpublished.

Finally, a PREFACE original: "Prolegomena," introductory treatises providing the necessary scholarly background for the study of antiquity. is provided, in which many matters concerning the study of Church Antiquity are presented.

A work equipped with the necessary indexes.

BY THE AUTHOR

WILLIAM CAVE, Professor of Sacred Theology,

Canon of Windsor.

Added by another hand

a . b b

is an APPENDIX from the beginning of the 14th Century up to the year 1517. The year 1517 is significant as it marks the traditional start of the Protestant Reformation with Martin Luther's 95 Theses.

L O N D O N,

Printed by T. H. and at the expense of RICHARD CHISWELL at the sign of the Crowned Rose original: "Rosæ Coronatæ." In the 17th century, shops were identified by hanging signs rather than street numbers. in St. Paul’s Churchyard. 1688.

GENEVA, original: "Coloniæ Allobrogum," the Latin name for Geneva.

By MARC-MICHEL BOUSQUET and Partners. 1742.