Excerpt from The Early Church: A History of Christianity in the First Six Centuries Professor duff prepared no part of his work for publica tion. The manuscript of these Lectures on the early period of Church History is written continuously. It contains numerous corrections and additions, with which I have dealt as carefully as possible. Most of the references have been verified. I am responsible for the division into chapters, the foot-notes in square brackets, and many of the translations in the text. Use has been made of several Lectures written for special occasions. 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.