The study of ecclesiastical history.

Collins, William Edward, Anglican Bishop of Gibralter, 1867-1911.

Published by London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903.

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VG orig. olive green cloth. Occasional light foxing. xv, 166 p.; 18 cm. (Handbooks for the clergy) Contents -- I The meaning and scope of ecclesiastical history -- II The science of history -- III-IV Historical method: 1. the work of analysis, 2. the work of synthesis -- V How to study ecclesiastical history -- VI The choice of books [`Books good or bad in relation to the reader, not in themselves'] -- VII Special aspects of study in ecclesiastical history -- VIII Bibliography. -- Analytical contents, p. xi-xv, are given instead of an index. -- `The story is told that on one occasion the Swiss diplomat Merle d'Aubigne, the author of a History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, met Leopold von Ranke, and claimed acquaintance with him as a brother historian. The author of the History of the Popes demurred a little, and then replied that d'Aubigne wrote as a Protestant first and a historian afterwards, whereas in his own works he endeavoured to be the historian first of all.' (p. 12 f.). Binding is Hardcover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The study of ecclesiastical history.
• Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903.
• Binding: Hardcover