Church History (Volumes 1-3)

Chapter 3: NOTE BY TRANSLATOR.

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A systematic survey sets out the aims and methods of church history and then traces the Christian movement from its preparatory roots and apostolic beginnings into the post-apostolic, ancient, medieval, Reformation, and modern periods. It frames the subject by distinguishing thematic branches and period divisions, examines the church’s interaction with surrounding cultures and institutions, and treats doctrinal, institutional, and social developments in tandem. The work also reviews primary sources and auxiliary disciplines, summarizes evolving approaches to ecclesiastical historiography, and provides guidance toward further reading and reference material for students and scholars.

NOTE BY TRANSLATOR.

While the translator was working from the ninth edition of 1885, a tenth edition had appeared during 1887, to which unfortunately his attention was not called until quite recently. The principal additions and alterations affecting Vol. II. occur in §§ 98, 108, 119, and 147. On the section dealing with Anabaptism, the important changes have been made in the text, so that § 147 precisely corresponds to its latest and most perfect form in the original. As the printing of the volume was then far advanced, it was impossible thus to deal with the earlier sections, but students will find references in the Table of Contents to the full translation in the Appendix of those passages where material alterations have been introduced.

John Macpherson.

Findhorn, March, 1889.