_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.