Church History and Secular History

The historical consciousness of modern Western man, a trait of the cultured mind of the last half-dozen generations, seems to be the legacy to a secular civilization from the historians of the Christian church.Since the creation of man, to be sure, rudimentary types of historical thought have doubtl...

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Main Author: Nichols, James Hastings (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1944
In: Church history
Year: 1944, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 87-99
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