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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.

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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.

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Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1533,

BY C. A. GOODRICH,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

LANCASTER TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY,

LANCASTER, MASS.

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