Excerpt from Church Memorials and Characteristics: Being a Church History of the First Six Centuries It is hoped that this volume will be found interesting and instructive to all who desire information respecting the early history of the Christian Church, and that it will prove of special service to the clergy, and to those who are preparing for the clerical office. 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.