Excerpt from An Ecclesiastical Biography, Vol. 8: Containing the Lives of Ancient Fathers and Modern Divines, Interspersed With Notices of Heretics and Schismatics, Forming a Brief History of the Church in Every Age The names of divines who have flourished in the present century are not included in these volumes; a rule which it was found expedient to adopt after the publication of the first parts of 'the work. 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.