Alkibla : A disquisition upon worshiping towards the east: in two parts. Part 1. Contains the general antiquity, the Rise and Reasonableness of this Religious Ceremony in the Gentile World: Its early Adoption into the Church of Christ; with a free and impartial Examination of the Reasons assign'd for it by the Antient Fathers. Part II. Contains an historical account of this ceremony in the Christian Church from the Primitive to the Present Times: With a serious and impartial Examination of the Reasons assigned for the Practice by our Modern Divines. To the second part are prefixed some thoughts by way of preface concerning the proper use of ridicule in controversies stil'd religious.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asplin, William, 1687-1758.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orientation (Religion).

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],xvi,51,[1]xxiv,152,[8]p. )

Edition:

The second edition.

Other Title:

Alkibla.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for John Noon, at the White Hart, near Mercers Chapel, in Cheapside, MDCCXL. [1740]

Notes:

Dedication to part 2 signed: William Asplin.

The two parts have separate titlepages in red and black, pagination and register.

Part 1 bears the statement: 'The second edition', part 2 bears no edition statement, has the imprint: Printed: and sold by J. Roberts; and A. Dodd, is dated: 1731, and has at end the unnumbered index covering both parts.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T86988.

OCLC:

642719829