Vestiarium Christianum: The Origin And Gradual Development Of The Dress Of Holy Ministry In The Church

Historical or antiquarian investigation is one thing, theological controversy is another. There is time, and there is place, for both; but not for both the same time and the same place, without disadvantage to the former of the two. Under this conviction the author studiously put aside all reference to the passing controversies of this day, and made it his one object to collect every fact of importance bearing upon the subject immediately before him, to set it before the readers in such a way as shall enable them to form their own estimate of its value, and at the same time to offer, for whatever its worth, the interpretation which he believed to be the true one. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Archaic English text.