A SOURCE BOOK

FOR

ANCIENT CHURCH HISTORY

JOSEPH CULLEN AYER, JR., PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY IN THE DIVINITY SCHOOL OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

MY MOTHER

WHO MADE A CHOSEN PROFESSION POSSIBLE FOR ME

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

R. I. P.