The Councils of the Church: From the Council of Jerusalem, 51, to the Council of Constantinople, 381; Chiefly as to Their Constitution, but Also as to Their Objects and History (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Councils of the Church: From the Council of Jerusalem, 51, to the Council of Constantinople, 381; Chiefly as to Their Constitution, but Also as to Their Objects and HistoryThe following sheets are a fragment of a large work begun in 1850, but interrupted through the circumstances of the times, some times by the necessity of personal defence, at others, because it seemed a more pressing duty to defend some one doctrine, or to meet changes which menaced, as I feared, the usefulness of this place, as a place of education. I studied, with a view to that work, the history of the Councils of 1000 years. For Spain, I studied especially the history and character of the Councils of Toledo, as it is to be learned out of themselves. For our Anglo-Saxon Councils, in addition to any data which history furnishes, I analyzed all our remains of Anglo-Saxon law, civil and ecclesiastical.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.