A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH By the Rev. G. G. PERRY, M.A., Canon of Lincoln The two following volumes, completing the Work, are now ready, price 7s. 6d. each. First Period FROM THE PLANTING OF THE CHURCH IN BRITAIN TO Third Period FROM THE ACCESSION OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER TO THE PRESENT TIME 1717-1884 A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH Second Period FROM THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VIII. TO THE SILENCING OF PUBLIC LIBRARY 382202A ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R 1928 L Uniform with the present Work. I. THE STUDENT'S MANUAL OF OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY. FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE RETURN OF THE JEWS FROM CAPTIVITY. With an Appendix, containing an Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament. By PHILIP SMITH, B.A. With Maps and Woodcuts. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. II. THE STUDENT'S MANUAL OF NEW TESTAMENT III. THE STUDENT'S MANUAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL PART I.-The First Ten Centuries. From the Times of the Apostles PART II.-The Middle Ages and the Reformation. 1003-1614. PREFACE. THE portion of the Students' Manual contained in this part may be regarded as in some respects the most important part of the History of the Church of England. It gives an account of those momentous changes in the relations of the Church of England to that of Rome which we are in the habit of describing as the Reformation, and it exhibits the long struggle of the Church, after its freedom from Rome, against hostile assaults from the opposite quarter. It leaves the Church in a state of feebleness and inactivity, brought about by the accession of a Government not altogether favourable to its interests, and by the silencing of the voice of its Synods. The concluding Part of the Manual will exhibit its gradual recovery from these depressing influences, and its wonderful expansion and renewed life in the present century. WADDINGTON, Christmas 1886. |