An Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ to the Beginning of the Present Century; In Which the Rise, Progress and Variations of Church Power Are Considered in Their Connexion with the State of Volume 6 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1782 edition. Excerpt: ...bishops, exasperates their contest with the Puritans, and the effects, iv. 392. Baptism, not to be considered as a mere ceremony, i. 124; the manner of celebration in i cent. 129.--------, in iv cent, by the bishop with lighted tapers, and on the vigils of Easter and Whitsuntide, 399. Baptismal fonts, introduced into the porches of churches, when, i. 399. Baptists, general (Armenian), their doctrine, iv. 479; in what they agree with the particular baptists, 480. -, particular (Calvinistical), their tenets, iv. 478 j settle in London, 479. Baradieus, Jacob, restores the Monophysites in vi cent. ii.' 145; his dexterity and diligence, 146; is acknow-ledged their second founder, and hence they are called Jacobites, ibid. Barbarians, western, persecute the Christians in X cent. ii 387. Barcepba, Moses, his great character, ii. 313 and p. Barcoch.bas, assumes the name of the Messiah, i. 155; a great enemy to the Christians, 159 and u. Barde/anes, founder of a sect of heretics in ii cent. i. 220; the doctrine he taught, 221. Barlaam, his book of ethics (hews the author to be inclined to Stoicism, iii. 305; a champion for the Greeks against the Latins in xiv cent. 359. 36.8; 5 finds finds fault wiih some Greek monks, 371; the names he gives them, who are defended by Gregory Palamas, 373 374- 's condemned by a council at Constantinople, ibid. Barnabas, the epistle attributed to him, supposed to be spurious, i. 113. Barnabites (regular clerks of St. Paul), founded in xvi cent, and by whom, iv. 202; soon deviate from their first rule, and their office, 203 and -. Baronius, Caesar, his Annals, an account of, iv. 206 and z; confutations of them, ibid and a. Barre, Nicholas, forms the Pietists into a society in xvii cent. v. 175. Barrow, .