Excerpt from A General History of the Catholic Church, Vol. 1: From the Commencement of the Christian Era Until the Present Time

For a long time pasta good Ecclesiastical History has been wanted - short yet complete, interesting in style, truly Catholic, yet moderate and impartial, and fit to be used both by the clergy and the laity. I congratulate you on your hav ing fulfilled, so successfully, all the conditions of your arduous task.

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