Outlines of Ecclesiastical History: A Text Book

by B.H. Roberts

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Genres: Religion, History

458 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1893

About the author

Brigham Henry Roberts was a Mormon leader, historian, and politician who published a six-volume history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and was denied a seat as a member of United States Congress because of his practice of plural marriage.

Reviews

[Keith · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read with interest the chapters on the early church, and early Christian history. Since it is a text book, there are notes and review questions at the end of each chapter, which allowed me to check how well I paid attention during the chapter. Someday it would be nice to go over this information again, and to look at other sources to gain a deeper understanding of the history of the Middle East about the time of Christ. Just going over this book again would be a good start.

I read the 1979 printing which is dated November 1924. I have quoted, loaned out, and am still thinking about this book 2 years later - thus it gets moved to five stars. It is one that I want to reread.

[Jared Cook]

A little outdated, but still a very good read. Some of the science is no longer the current best understanding, but it's a great chance to get a fascinating look at a brilliant and curious mind working out the riddle of faith. Even though I don't always agree with Elder Roberts'conclusions, his methods and his approach to making sense of doctrine are worth study.

[Will · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book because, after reading Talmage's The Great Apostasy, I was intrigued by the quirky (to put it nicely) history of Christianity. Fairly similar to Talmage.