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_From the Christian Era to the Council of Masçon, pages 4-12._

Maintenance of ministers in Apostolic times, 4, 7. Alleged “Apostolic Constitutions,” by Pope Clement I., 5. Anglican divines supporting claim to tithes on such constitutions, 6. Emperor Constantine’s edict, 7. Divisions of offerings and oblations, 7. Are Christians justified in adopting the Mosaic Law for the payment of tithes? 7, 8. Tithes first given as voluntary offerings, as alms, 8. Fiction and facts mixed in “Englishman’s Brief,” 9. Earliest supposed council which ordained payment of tithes, 10. Spurious, 10.

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