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OF THE

ORGANIZATION AND ORDER

OF

THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH,

AS PRESENTED IN

SCRIPTURE AND HISTORY,

TO THE END OF THE SECOND CENTURY:

WITH THE

APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION TO THE PRESENT DAY.

BY THE LATE

REV. A. B. CHAPIN, D. D.

NEW HAVEN:

PUBLISHED BY HENRY H. BABCOCK.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by

A. B. CHAPIN,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticul

TO

THE RIGHT REVEREND

THOMAS CHURCH BROWNELL, D.D. LL.D.

BISHOP OF CONNECTICUT,

WORTHY SUCCESSOR

OF

SEABURY AND JARVIS.

THIS WORK

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

IN TOKEN

OF REGARD FOR HIS OFFICE AND CHARACTER,

BY THE AUTHOR.