General History Of The Christian Religion And Church Vol 3 PDF Download

Excerpt from General History of the Christian Religion and Church, Vol. 3: From the German of Dr. Augustus Neander In presenting to the public this third volume of my Church History, I beg leave to remark that it would have given me great pleasure if I had found it possible to conclude in this volume my account of the image-controversy; but in considering the immense mass of the materials, I have thought best to reserve the second part of this controversy for the next succeeding period, where it chronologically belongs. The thread of events which in this period served to prepare the way for the schism betwixt the Greek and the Latin church, I shall take up again in the genetic exposition of this controversy in the following period. Through the obliging assistance of my friend Dr. Petermann, whose praiseworthy efforts have opened the way for establishing among us a chair of Armenian literature, I have been enabled here and there to avail myself of Armenian sources of information hitherto unexplored. May the indefatigable labors of this estimable man, in a field which promises so rich a harvest, meet with the acknowledgment and the patronage they so eminently deserve. God be thanked that he has enabled me to complete this new and important section of the present work, and to approach the flourishing period of the middle ages. I cannot forbear expressing my hearty acknowledgments to Councillor Reuss of Göttingen, and to Mr. Kopitar, keeper of the Imperial library in Vienna for the kind assistance they have rendered me on several points of literary inquiry. Mr. Kopitar has shown the distinguished kindness of sending me from his private library the Greek work mentioned on the 314th page of this volume, with the request that after having made such use of it as I needed for myself, I should place it in the royal library of this city for the use of other inquirers. I must also express my obligations to Dr. Petermann for the extracts with which he has furnished me from books published only in the Armenian language. 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.