A

HISTORY OF THE CHURCH,

FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE PRESENT TIME;

EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE

LIFE OF CHRIST-THE LABORS OF THE APOSTLES-THE PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS-
THE DECLINE OF PAGANISM-THE MAHOMETAN IMPOSTURE-THE

CRUSADES THE REFORMATION;

WITH A

HISTORY OF THE SEVERAL PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS
SINCE THE LATTER IMPORTANT ERA:

INCLUDING

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL MARTYRS AND PROMOTERS
OF CHRISTIANITY, ILLUSTRATING THEIR CONSTANCY

AND ZEAL, SUFFERINGS AND FORTITUDE.

ALL NATIONS, INCLUDING THE JEWS, MAHOMETANS, AND VARIOUS

CHRISTIAN SECTS.

ALSO,

A VIEW OF THE MOST EFFICIENT MISSIONARY SOCIETIES IN ALL

PARTS OF THE WORLD,

WITH

INTERESTING ANECDOTES AND SKETCHES OF THE LABORS AND SUCCESS OF THEIR AGENTS,

AND

A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

OF THE

MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS BELONGING TO ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
ILLUSTRATED BY A MAP AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

BY CHARLES A. GOODRICH

PUBLISHED BY THE

BRATTLEBORO' TYPOGRAPHIC COMPANY,

(INCORPORATED OCTOBER 26, 1836,)

BRATTLEBORO', VT.

1839.