The Church of the Fathers

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Excerpt from The Church of the Fathers: A History of Christianity From Clement to Gregory (A, D. 100-A, D. 600) A twofold aim has governed the writer of this book. He has desired, first, to awaken interest in the early post-apostolic history of the Church, to open this rich field to new searchers after knowledge, and to be a guide to them to the mines of purest wealth. In the second place, he has sought to bring some shining nuggets from this far-off and dim region, with the hope that here and there a soul, athirst for true riches, may be induced to journey thither to behold those mountains whence he gathered the only precious things he has to display. In plain language, he has culled sayings full of perpetual wisdom from the writings of immortal but unknown men, from heroic, good, and wise men, whose names have become dim in the newspaper age of the world , but men wholly worthy to be called saints, philosophers, fathers. Avoiding as much as possible all abstruse discussions of doctrine, and writing as a layman for the laity, he has told the story of the Church in the lives of illustrious men, and brought them, not seldom, to speak for themselves in passages of such moral beauty and such intrinsic eloquence as the literature of the world may rival, possibly, but not surpass. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.