Men and Movements in the English Church (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Men and Movements in the English Church (Classic Reprint) written by Arthur Rogers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Men and Movements in the English Church Erastianism reigned almost supreme. The Church was looked upon as the creature of the State. Her spirit ual functions were subordinated to her social ones. There is no better picture of the life of the last Years of the centurv than that to be found in Jane Austen's novels, and there we see the clergyman at his best an amiable young man, with nothing to dis tinguish him from his sporting brother except a little better temper and a little gentler language, while at his worst he is an ignorant and pompous fool. If it be urged by any that the type is not yet extinct, it may at least be said that it is no longer taken as a matter of course. 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.