Project Gutenberg 2005-09-15 Public domain in the USA. 104 Killen, W. D. (William Dool) 1806 1902 Killen, William D. (William Dool) The Ancient Church: Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Reading ease score: 55.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by PG Distributed Proofreaders "The Ancient Church: Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution" by W.D. Killen is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. This scholarly work delves into the early Christian church's development, examining its practices, doctrines, and governance during the first three centuries. The author aims to provide fresh insights into the ancient church, particularly focusing on the significant transformations that took place from the time of Christ and the apostles until the establishment of the later ecclesiastical hierarchy. The opening of the work presents a preface where Killen emphasizes the necessity for further discussion on the early church's history, citing recent scholarly debates and discoveries that have emerged. He outlines the critical themes and topics to be covered, including the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, the roles of His apostles, the evolution of church worship, and the inherent challenges faced by early Christians, such as persecution and doctrinal conflicts. This initial segment establishes the foundation for a comprehensive exploration of how the Christian faith developed amidst the cultural and theological complexities of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 BR Text Christianity Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1514953 1514879 2024-10-07T11:53:10.100043 2023-09-07T12:04:32.460585 text/html text/html 1514946 1514872 2024-10-07T11:53:10.536009 2023-09-07T12:04:32.691588 text/html text/html 639737 2024-10-07T11:53:28.356943 application/epub+zip 666944 2024-10-07T11:53:15.203982 application/epub+zip 644496 2024-10-07T11:53:13.446032 application/epub+zip 1222636 2024-10-07T11:53:38.984372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1135489 2024-10-07T11:53:26.902921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 999408 2022-09-08T07:01:25.140854 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1430394 1430372 2024-10-07T11:53:09.082019 2023-09-07T12:04:31.679559 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1429858 2020-12-12T13:50:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 516137 2020-12-12T13:50:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1430163 2020-12-12T13:50:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 515962 2020-12-12T13:50:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20942 2024-10-07T11:53:39.142372 application/rdf+xml 23847 2024-10-07T11:53:14.007006 image/jpeg 4550 2024-10-07T11:53:13.724001 image/jpeg 626756 2024-10-07T11:53:10.652016 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia