THE CHURCH CLUB LECTURES. New and cheaper editions in cloth binding, 1888.-THE HISTORY AND TEACHINGS OF 1889.-THE CHURCH IN THE BRITISH ISLES. 1890.-THE POST-RESTORATION PERIOD OF E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO., COOPER UNION, FOURTH AVE., New York. THE HISTORY AND TEACHINGS OF THE EARLY CHURCH AS A BASIS FOR THE RE-UNION OF CHRISTENDOM Lectures DELIVERED IN 1888, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNIVERSITY FIFTH EDITION NEW YORK E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO. COOPER UNION, FOURTH AVENUE 1893. PREFACE. THE lectures published in this volume were de livered in Christ Church, in this city, during the spring of 1888, under the auspices of the Church Club, an association of laymen of this diocese who have banded themselves together with this object, among others, of promoting the spread of sound Church doctrine and building up a robust churchmanship among the people. This course of lectures was the first effort of the Church Club in this direction. The subject chosen, that which gives the general title to the whole course, namely, "The History and Teachings of the Early Church as a Basis for the Reunion of Christendom," is eminently suggestive, in view of the recent utterances of our American House of Bishops, and of the Bishops assembled at the Lambeth Conference, on the subject of reunion and unity, and the erroneous constructions that some have put upon their words. We regard the Reunion of Christendom as im 5401 ·254 aid RECAP) APR 171918 396047 |