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1880] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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HISTORY 
OP THE 
CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 
From its Origin to the Present Time. 
-BY- 
W. M. BLACKBURN, D. D., 
Professor of Biblical and Ecclesiastical History. 
CONTENTS. 
PERIOD I. 
The Origin, Extension, Trials, and Estab¬ 
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A. D. 1—3*5. 
PERIOD II. 
Controversies in Theology, Councils, and 
Creeds. 325-451. 
PERIOD III. 
The New Europe; Its Conversion to 
Christianity and Submission to the 
Papacy. 451—1085. 
PERIOD IV. 
Culmination and Decline of the Papal 
Power. 1085—1500. 
PERIOD V. 
The Rise and Establishment of Protest¬ 
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PERIOD VI. 
National Chnrches and Denominations. 
1660-1878. 
Svo. Pages 727. Price $3.00. 
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