Excerpt from Outlines of of Ecclesiastical History, on a New Plan: Designed for Academies and Schools The Author is not sanguine, however, that the work will meet the expectations of his friends, who have been apprized of its intended publication, and who have kindly encouraged him to go on. Much less probably can he justly anticipate the approbation of the public at large. Ecclesiastical History is a peculiar subject. It presents a field of great extent, and difficult to be reviewed within the proper compass of a school book. An outline, therefore, only could be at. 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.