The Library SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AT CLAREMONT WEST FOOTHILL AT COLLEGE AVENUE CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA 91711 BIHLMEYER-TÜCHLE ERUIRGEETITISTORN Mes + 104 aNd 9 Wy is aa \ Er: ie CHURCH HISTORY enge ie Dr. Karl Bihlmeyer 1 late Professor at the Unverktz of Tübingen revised by Dr. Hermann Tüchle Professor at the University of Munich translated from the thirteenth German edition by Victor E. Mills, O.F.M., M.A., Litt. D., Province of the Most Holy Name Volume One Christian Antiquity THE NEWMAN PRESS Westminster, Maryland “The original and further German editions of CHURCH HISTORY were published under the title KIRCHEN GESCHICHTE by Ferdinand Schöningh at Paderborn Germany Imprimi potest: os » Celsus R. Wheeler, O.F.M. \ (4. Minister Provincialis OX New York e° Bae. ON September 12, 1956. OV pe. = Se” Nihil obstat: Mn Damian Blaher, O.F.M., J.C.D. Censor deputatus. Imprimatur: + Patrick A. O’Boyle Archbishop of Washington. May 6, 1957. The nihil obstat and imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the nihil obstat and the imprimatur agree with the content, opinions or state- ments expressed. All rights reserved © Ferdinand Schéningh, Paderborn 1958 Printed by Ferdinand Schéningh at Paderborn, Germany