The Endowments and Establishment of the Church of England (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Endowments and Establishment of the Church of England (Classic Reprint) written by John Sherren Brewer and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Endowments and Establishment of the Church of England Author's Preface. - First Part shews that Tithes and Endowments held by the Church were not derived from the nation but individuals. - Second Part shews that Establishment brought no accession of wealth or honour to the Church, but was the control of the Church for the benefit of the nation. - Study of history confirms these statements. - Threefold negative proof. - Questions involved indispensable to national well-being. - Individual right to property, central and social influence of the Church, relation of both to the Crown. - English Constitution formed out of these three principles; Dissent free and unendowed. - The Church under control with endowments. - Claim of Dissent that the Church should be free and despoiled. - Church endowments derived from individual benefactors. - Establishment intended to benefit the State; Tithes. - Jewish Tithes. - Tithes in the Primitive Church. - St. Augustine on Tithes. - Christianity centred in cities. - Persecution and War scattered Christians and spread Christianity; Introduction of Christianity into Britain. - St. Augustine's Mission. - Remains of Roman Art in Kent. - Relics of Christianity. - The Monks Laymen. - Numerous Converts. - Gregory's directions for the disposal of Church offerings. 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.