Author: BISHOP OF CLIFTON. [WILLIAM JOHN BROWNLOW].
Title: Early History of the Church of God.
Description: London: Catholic Truth Society, 1901. Catholic history of the early Church from the Ascension of Christ to the writings of St Irenaeus. Pp.xiv/396, ownership details of Adran Fortescue (Ongar. Oct.1901) to front free endpaper, slight toning to endpapers, small marginal chip to pp.393/394 (index) not affecting text. 9Blue pebbled cloth, gilt title to spine, minor edge wear. VG.** "Adrian Henry Timothy Knottesford Fortescue (1874–1923) was an English Roman Catholic priest and polymath. An influential liturgist, artist, calligrapher, composer, polyglot, amateur photographer, Byzantine scholar, and adventurer, he was also the founder of the Church of St Hugh of Lincoln in Letchworth..Between 1899 and 1905 Fortescue passed doctoral examinations in moral theology, dogma, ecclesiastical history, canon law, Arabic, and biblical science—passing the examination in Semitic languages with great distinction, a rare achievement. On 10 June 1905 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity, making him the very rare recipient of a triple doctorate." (wiki).

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