The Christian System

P R E F A C E.

SINCE the full development of the great apostacy foretold by Prophets and Apostles, numerous attempts at reformation have been made. Three full centuries, carrying with them the destinies of countless millions, have passed into eternity since the Lutheran effort to dethrone the Man of Sin. During this period many great and wonderful changes have taken place in the political, literary, moral, and religious conditions of society. That the nations composing the western half of the Roman empire have already been greatly benefited by that effort, scientifically, politically, and morally, no person acquainted with either political or ecclesiastical history can reasonably doubt. Time, that great arbiter of human actions, that great revealer of secrets, has long decided that all the reformers of the Papacy have been public benefactors. And thus the Protestant Reformation is proved to have been one of the most splendid eras in the history of the world, and must long be regarded by the philosopher and the philanthropist as one of the most gracious interpositions in behalf of the whole human race.

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The Christian System by Alexander Campbell

THE

CHRISTIAN SYSTEM,

IN REFERENCE TO THE

U N I O N O F C H R I S T I A N S,

AND A

RESTORATION

OF

P R I M I T I V E C H R I S T I A N I T Y,

AS PLEAD IN THE

CURRENT REFORMATION

BY A. CAMPBELL,

BETHANY, VA. PRINTED BY A. CAMPBELL. PUBLISHED BY Forrester & Campbell, PITTSBURG.
1839

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