A church dictionary

Chapter 3: PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION.

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About This Book

The volume compiles short, accessible articles that explain theological terms, liturgical usages, church law, architecture, councils, and heresies, aimed to clarify misunderstandings among lay readers. Entries defend the Church of England’s claims to both catholicity and Protestantism, compare doctrines with Roman Catholic positions including references to decisions of the Council of Trent, and provide practical notes on ritual and administration. Later editions expand and revise articles with input from specialists, add authorities and cross-references, and intend to serve as an elementary but documented handbook for clergy and informed laity.

PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION.

In this Edition the articles on the Early Heresies have been revised by the Rev. James Craigie Robertson, M. A.;^[2] the Ritual articles, by the Rev. John Jebb, M. A,; the articles on the Councils, by the Rev. Sanderson Robins, M. A.; and the Law articles, by William Johnston, Esq. To Mr. Jebb’s notes in Stephens’s edition of the Book of Common Prayer, and to his other learned works, and to Mr. Robins’s excellent treatise entitled “Evidences of Scripture against the Claims of the Romish Church,” reference is frequently made. Authorities have been fully given, except when articles have been taken with only slight alterations from Broughton or Bingham, or translated from Suicer.

July, 1854.