Excerpt from The Church of Christ The republication Of the Book is peculiarly timely. It is as much needed now as it was fifty years ago. Men are still asking, What is the Church? Here they will find an Old answer freshly and clearly stated. Here they will find principles laid down which all will do well to lay to heart. The author pleads for and displays absolute fairness in describing the system of an opponent. He refuses to deny to Rome the name Of Christian, and acknowledges her merits as well as points out her errors and defects. He insists on the necessity of teaching positive truth, and emphasises the futility Of mere negations. Exaggerated statements and appeals to popular feeling find no favour with him. Above all, he reasserts and applies the great prin ciple which lay at the very heart Of the Reformation, and is the sheet-anchor Of the English Church, that, however highly we may regard the Opinions Of a Cyprian or an Augustine, it is to the original Sacred Writings of Christianity, to the words Of inspired and Apostolic men, that we must appeal even on such a subject as the doctrine of the Church. If we follow his lead, the position is impregnable. 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.