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The Project Gutenberg eBook, A History of American Christianity, by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
Title: A History of American Christianity
Author: Leonard Woolsey Bacon
Release Date: December 22, 2006 [eBook #20160]
Language: English
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The American Church History Series
CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF DENOMINATIONAL HISTORIES PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CHURCH HISTORY
| General Editors | |
| Rev. Philip Schaff, D. D., LL. D. | Bishop John F. Hurst, D. D., LL. D. |
| Rt. Rev. H. C. Potter, D. D., LL. D. | Rev. E. J. Wolf, D. D. |
| Rev Geo. P. Fisher, D. D., LL. D. | Henry C. Vedder, M. A. |
| Rev. Samuel M. Jackson, D. D., LL. D. | |
Volume XIII
American Church History
A HISTORY
OF
AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY
BY
LEONARD WOOLSEY BACON
New York
The Christian Literature Co.
MDCCCXCVII
Copyright, 1897, by
The Christian Literature Co.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| CHAP. I.—Providential Preparation for the Discovery of America | 1-5 |
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Purpose of the long concealment of America, 1. A medieval church in America, 2. Revival of the Catholic Church, 3, especially in Spain, 4, 5. |
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| CHAP. II.—Spanish Christianity in America, | 6-15 |
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Vastness and swiftness of the Spanish conquests, 6. Conversion by the sword, 7. Rapid success and sudden downfall of missions in Florida, 9. The like story in New Mexico, 12, and in California, 14. |
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| CHAP. III.—French Christianity in America | 16-29 |
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Magnificence of the French scheme of western empire, 16. Superior dignity of the French missions, 19. Swift expansion of them, 20. Collision with the English colonies, and triumph of France, 21. Sudden and complete failure of the French church, 23. Causes of failure: (1) Dependence on royal patronage, 24. (2) Implication in Indian feuds, | |