Joseph Bingham Boeken

First published in 1708, this book is a comprehensive study of the origins and development of the Christian Church. It covers a wide range of topics, including the history of the apostolic age, the rise of Christian doctrine, and the formation of the early Church. The book is an invaluable resource for theologians and scholars of early Christianity.

A classic work of ecclesiastical history and geography, this volume traces the development of the Christian church from its origins to the author's own time, with a focus on the development of its institutions and practices. The work is a valuable resource for scholars and students of early Christian history.

The design which I have formed to myself, is to give such a methodical account of the Antiquities of the Christian Church, as others have done of the Greek, and Roman, and Jewish antiquities; not by writing an historical or continued chronological account of all transactions as they happened in the church, . . . by by reducing the ancient customs, usages, and practices of the church under certain proper heads, whereby the reader may take a view at once of any particular usage or custom of Christians, for four or five of the first centuries, to which I have generally confined my inquiries in this discourse. Ðfrom the Preface