Contents
Table of Contents
Preface to the Third Edition Revised
Second Period: Ante-Nicene Christianity
Literature on the Ante-Nicene Age
General Character of Ante-Nicene Christianity
Persecution of Christianity and Christian Martyrdom
Condition of the Church before the Reign of Trajan
Antoninus Pius. a.d. 137-161. The Martyrdom of Polycarp
Persecutions under Marcus Aurelius. A.D. 161-180
Condition of the Church from Septimius Severus to Philip the Arabian. A.D. 193-249
Persecutions under Decius, and Valerian. a.d. 249-260. Martyrdom of Cyprian
Temporary Repose. A.D. 260-303
The Diocletian Persecution, a.d. 303-311
Literary Contest of Christianity with Judaism and Heathenism
Literary Opposition to Christianity
Jewish Opposition. Josephus and the Talmud
Pagan Opposition. Tacitus and Pliny
Summary of the Objections to Christianity
The Apologetic Literature of Christianity
Organization and Discipline of the Church
Development of the Episcopate. Ignatius
Episcopacy at the time of Irenaeus and Tertullian
The Pseudo-Clementine Episcopacy
Beginnings of the Metropolitan and Patriarchal System
List of the Roman Bishops and Roman Emperors during the First Three Centuries
The Councils of Elvira, Arles, and Ancyra
Collections of Ecclesiastical Law. The Apostolical Constitutions and Canons
The Christian Passover. (Easter)
Division of Divine Service. The Disciplina Arcani
Christian Life in Contrast with Pagan Corruption
Moral Corruption of the Roman Empire
The Church and Public Amusements
Secular Callings and Civil Duties
The Heresies of the Ante-Nicene Age
Judaism and Heathenism within the Church
Nazarenes and Ebionites (Elkesaites, Mandoeans)
The Pseudo-Clementine Ebionism
Meaning, Origin and Character of Gnosticism
The System of Gnosticism. Its Theology
The School of Valentinus. Heracleon, Ptolemy, Marcos, Bardesanes, Harmonius
The Development of Catholic Theology in Conflict with Heresy
The Holy Scriptures and the Canon
The Rule of Faith and the Apostles' Creed
Variations of the Apostles' Creed
The Relation of the Divine and the Human in Christ
Antitrinitarians. First Class: The Alogi, Theodotus, Artemon, Paul of Samosata
Second Class of Antitrinitarians: Praxeas, Noëtus, Callistus, Berryllus
Eschatology. Immortality and Resurrection
Between Death and Resurrection
Ecclesiastical Literature of the Ante-Nicene Age, and Biographical Sketches of the Church-Fathers
A General Estimate of the Fathers
The Apologists. Quadratus and Aristides
Justin the Philosopher and Martyr
The Other Greek Apologists. Tatian
Apolinarius of Hierapolis. Miltiades
The Alexandrian School of Theology
Minor Divines of the Greek Church
Opponents of Origen. Methodius