Coleman, Lyman. Reply to a "Review of Coleman's Antiquities of the Christian Church, by H. W. D., A Presbyter of Pennsylvania, from The Banner of the Cross". Andover: Printed by Allen, Morrill and Wardwell, 1841. [12125]
Removed, no wrapper, "from the author" at top of the title page, 8 1/2 x 5 inches, 16 pages. Good. Pamphlet.
Lyman Coleman wrote Antiquities of the Christian Church, a well-received study of ancient Christianity. "H. W. D." takes issue with some of the contents of that work, and published a Review in The Banner of the Cross. Here Coleman answers his critic. Coleman found that the history of the ancient church confirmed his Presbyterian beliefs on such subjects as Christmas, equality of Bishops and Presbyters, Deacons, Baptism, Last Rites, Praying for the Dead, &c. "H. W. D." claims Coleman is in error.
Lyman Coleman, D.D. (1796-1882), “an eminent Presbyterian or Congregational divine and educator," b. in Massachusetts. He graduated at Yale and became a tutor in that institution afterward. He was pastor of a Congregational church, and served as an instructor in several schools. After studying in Germany under Neander, he returned to the United States as Professor of German in Princeton College. He was later also made Professor of Hebrew in that College.
