A Church History to the Council of Nicæa A.D. 325

by Christopher Wordsworth

Publisher:

Rivingtons

, 1881

Overview

Volume 1 of Christopher Wordsworth’s classic church history covers the first century church through the Council of Nicaea.

Product Details

• Title: A Church History to the Council of Nicæa A.D. 325
• Author: Christopher Wordsworth
• Series: A Church History
• Publisher: Rivingtons
• Print Publication Date: 1881
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Church history › Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Catholic Church › History
• Resource ID: LLS:WRDSWRTHCHHS01
• Resource Type: text.monograph.church-history
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:44:47Z

About Christopher Wordsworth

Christopher Wordsworth (1774–1846) was an English intellectual and Bishop of Lincoln. Wordsworth was born in London, nephew of Romantic poet William Wordsworth and the youngest son of Christopher Wordsworth, master of Trinity College. He attended Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a fellow at Trinity in 1830. In 1836, he became public orator at Cambridge and the headmaster of Harrow School. In 1844, he was made a canon of Westminster, and later was archdeacon of Westminster. In 1869, he was appointed Bishop of Lincoln. He wrote several commentaries, histories, memoirs, devotional poems, and hymns.