The first great work of Protestant divines on the history of
the Christian Church. It was begun at Magdeburg by Matthias Flacius, in
1552; and, as each century occupies a volume, the thirteen volumes
complete the history to 1300.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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