Excerpt from A Manual of Christian Antiquities, or an Account of the Constitution, Ministers, Worship, Discipline, and Customs of the Ancient Church, Particularly During the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Centuries: To Which Is Prefixed an Analysis of the Writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers WE now enter upon an inquiry concerning this class of books in general, or an examination of the dates, titles, and authors of the principal works on ecclesiastical archaeology hitherto published. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.