Preface

From the nature of the case a little work such as this cannot lay
claim to much originality, but must be, in the main, a compilation
from various sources. Thus the articles on controverted subjects set
forth the views of the best authorities to which the compiler has
had access, but not necessarily his own, though his stand-point all
along is, he trusts, distinctly that of the Church of England.

The idea of this book was suggested by Dean Hook's invaluable Church
Dictionary, but, as will be seen on comparison, it is by no means a
mere abridgement of that work, many other authors having been laid
under contribution, and fresh articles having been added. Dean
Hook's Dictionary is admirable for its comprehensiveness and general
accuracy, but unfortunately the price puts it out of the reach of
most of those for whose use the present "Handy Dictionary" is
intended.

The compiler wishes to furnish not only the younger clergy, but
also the laity of the Church of England, with a cheap and handy
book of reference on all Church matters. He believes that Sunday
School Teachers and Church Workers, Teachers in National Schools,
the upper scholars in Church Schools of higher grade, both public
and private; and, indeed, all engaged in the elementary study of
the Prayer Book, or of Church History, will find this short "Handy
Dictionary" full of useful information.

The compiler desires in this place to acknowledge gratefully his
obligations to all the authors and books consulted, especially to
those contained in the following list:--

Hook's Church Dictionary.

Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity.

Bishop Harold Browne on the Thirty-nine Articles.

Bishop Wordsworth's Greek Testament.

Bishop Wordsworth's Theophilus Anglicanus.

Hart's Ecclesiastical Record'.

Riddle's Christian Antiquities.

Smith's Bible Dictionary.

Sir R. Phillimore's Ecclesiastical Law.

The S.P.C.K. Teacher's Prayer Book.

Bishop Barry's Teacher's Prayer Book.

Procter on the Book of Common Prayer.

Palmer's Origines Liturgicae.

Wheatly on the Book of Common Prayer,

Pearson on the Creed.

Sanderson's Handbook of Theology.

Hardwick's and other Church Histories.

Blunt's Household Theology.

Encyclopedia Britannica.

Chamber's Encyclopedia

The Globe Encyclopedia.

The Official Year Book of the Church of England.

Whitaker's Almanack,

etc., etc.

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