The Christian Topography
Translated by J. W. McCrindle
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This book, which embraces the whole world, I have designated “Christianike Topographia”.
N the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost — the one adorable Godhead in three Persons — the consubstantial and life-originating Trinity of the one God, from whom every good gift and every perfect gift comes down to us from above, I, a miserable sinner, open my slow and stammering lips, trusting that for my humility’s sake in soliciting utterance, and for the advantage of my hearers, He will give me the spirit of wisdom and utterance in the opening of my lips: He who is the Lord of Grace and Dispenser of all good things; God over all and blessed for evermore, Amen!
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About this edition
- The words
- J. W. McCrindle's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 6 places
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 4 places
- The library's stamp on the scanned copy (Library of Princeton Theological Seminary, Jun 23 2010) (3 blocks)
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
- Archive.org's digitizing notice (2 blocks)
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- A preface, foreword or afterword
- Pictures and their captions, in 2 places
- The index
- Other material that isn't the author's
- The library's end papers (stamp, barcode, date-due slip) (7 blocks)