Primitive Christianity and Its Corruptions — Vol. I

The first volume of the discourse series Ballou delivered at Hopedale contrasting the religion of Jesus and the apostles with what the churches had made of it. His constant method: set the primitive standard — in doctrine, spirit, and practice — beside the accumulated corruptions, and let the contrast preach. The series, edited by his son-in-law William S. Heywood, is the mature statement of the 'Practical Christianity' on which Hopedale was founded.

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