THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
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Transcriber’s Notes

F. T. Stuart Eng. Boston
I am yours very truly
John S. C. Abbott.
THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY:
CONSISTING OF THE
LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH;
THE
ADVENTURES OF PAUL AND THE APOSTLES;
AND
The Most Interesting Events in the Progress of Christianity,
FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.
BY
JOHN S. C. ABBOTT,
AUTHOR OF “THE MOTHER AT HOME,” “LIFE OF NAPOLEON,” “LIFE OF FREDERIC THE GREAT,” ETC.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY B. B. RUSSELL, 55 CORNHILL.
PHILADELPHIA: QUAKER-CITY PUBLISHING-HOUSE. SAN FRANCISCO: A. L. BANCROFT & CO. DETROIT, MICH.: R. D. S. TYLER.
1872.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,
By B. B. RUSSELL,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Boston:
Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co.
TO THE MEMBERS OF
The Second Congregational Church and Society
IN FAIR HAVEN, CONNECTICUT,
This Volume
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
BY THEIR FRIEND AND PASTOR,
JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.