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SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

SCIENTIFIC INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I. Outline and Definition of Church History.

? 1. Religion-Church-Christian Church.....

2. The True Church-Sects

3. History-Church History....

4. Object of Church History.

5. Universal and Particular Church History.....

CHAPTER II. Method of Writing Church History.

8 6. Qualities raising History to the Rank of a Science........

7. Impartiality of the Church Historian......

8. Divisions of History according to Time...................

Second Period....

Third Period..........................

9. Division of Church History according to Subject-matter.......... 18

? 10. Sources of Church History..

11. Criticism and Use of Sources....

CHAPTER III. Sources-Preparatory and Auxiliary Science-Value and

Utility of Church History.

12. Preparatory and Auxiliary Science necessary to C. H...........................

13. Value of Church History and Utility of its Study

CHAPTER IV. Works on Christian Church History. FIRST PERIOD-Greek
and Roman Church Historians from the Foundation of the Christian

Church to the End of the Seventh Century.

14. Greek Church Historians.....

15. Latin Church Historians

SECOND PERIOD-Romans-Germanic Church Historians from the Eighth

to the Sixteenth Century-Greek Church Historians during the Same

8 16. Western, and especially German Historians

17. Greek Historians.......

THIRD PERIOD-Church Historians from the Western Schism (1517) to Our

2 18. Historical Controversies between Protestants and Catholics... 44

19. Studies in Church History in France.......

20. Studies on Church History in Italy.......

21. Catholic Church Historians in Germany

22. Lutheran Church Historians......................

23. Historians of the Reformed Church..

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.

THE ANCIENT WORLD AND ITS RELATIONS TO CHRISTIANITY,

FOR WHICH IT WAS THE PREPARATION......................

Review of the Religious, Moral, and Political Condition of the Pagans and

Jews at the Birth of Christ.

24. The True Idea of Paganism.......

25. Religion of the Famous Oriental Nations......

26. Religious, Social, and Moral Condition of the Greeks........

27. Religious, Social, and Moral Condition of the Romans............ 92

28. The Israelites-Their Independence and Subjugation.................................... 100

29. The Jews outside of Palestine.

30. The Three Principal Sects: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenians

-The Samaritans.......................

31. Direct and Indirect Preparation for the Coming of Christ in the

Fullness of Time.........

CHURCH HISTORY AMONG THE NATIONS OF THE ROMAN EM-

PIRE DURING THE FIRST SEVEN CENTURIES-GENERAL

CHARACTER OF THIS PERIOD.........

FIRST EPOCH-From the Birth of Christ to Constantine the Great (1-313).

? 32. Sources-Works on the Ecclesiastical History of this Epoch.... 137

PART FIRST-FIRST CENTURY.

Christ and the Apostolic Age.

CHAPTER I. The Life and Labors of Jesus Christ.

33. Chronological Researches on the Year of the Birth of Christ

and the Length of His Life......

34. Object of the Incarnation of Christ......

35. On the So-called Development of Jesus...

36. St. John the Baptist-His Mission........

37. Temptation of Jesus-Sermon on the Mount-His Fixed Pur-

38. The Divine Doctrine of Jesus-Its Scope and Character............................. 150

39. Jesus Establishes a Visible Church......

40. Jesus and the Jews......

41. The Last Supper-Death of Jesus........

42. Christ's Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven......

CHAPTER II. The History of the Apostles-Their Labors in Propagating

Christianity, and Establishing a Church among the Jews and Pagans.

43. Pentecost-Complete Organization of the Church of Christ..... 166

44. The Jews persecute the Christians.

45. Saul the Persecutor-Paul the Apostle of the Gentiles............ 171

46. The Gospel is preached to the Gentiles.......................

47. The Journeys of St. Paul-His Apostolic Labors and His Epis-

48. Apostolic Labors of St. Peter...

49. Labors of the Other Apostles, except St. John-The Blessed

Virgin Mary.........

50. The Progress of Christianity.

51. Destruction of Jerusalem-Separation of the Church from the

CHAPTER III. Form and Constitution of the Apostolic Church.

2 52. Clergy and Laity

53. The Institution of the Hierarchy by Jesus Christ—The Episco-

pate, Presbyterate, and Diaconate.........

54. The Teachings of St. Paul relative to the Organization of the

CHAPTER IV. Christian Life-Worship-Ecclesiastical Discipline.

3 55. Christian Fellowship and Christian Life.........

CHAPTER V. Heresies of this Epoch-Labors of St. John-Close of the

Apostolic Age (A. D. 34-100).

58. Heresies Resulting from the Confusion of Judaism with Chris-

tianity—The Ebionites and Nazarenes...

59. Pseudo-Messiahs-Dositheus, Simon Magus, Menander, Cerin-

thus-The Docetae and Nicolaitanes...

8 62. Growth of the Christian Church in Asia....

63. Christian Churches in Africa

60. St. John the Apostle-His Conflicts with Heretics

61. Summary of the Doctrines of the Apostles-Their Mode of

Teaching........

Exterior Development of the Church.

CHAPTER I. 1. Propagation of Christianity; 2. Persecutions against the

Christian Church.

64. Propagation of Christianity in Europe....

65. Causes of the Rapid Propagation of Christianity....

66. Obstacles to the Propagation of Christianity.....

67. (a) During the Second Century...

(6) During the Third Century....

68. Attacks upon Christianity by Pagan Writers......

69. The Christian Apologists...

70. The Martyrs of the Catholic Church and their Influence......... 299

CHAPTER II. Heresies.

2 71. Gnosticism-Its Origin and Characteristics......

72. The Characteristics of the Different Forms of Gnosticism........ 310

A. Hellenic Gnostics. Some accept, others reject the Old Testament.

1. Basilides......

2. The Anti-Jewish Ophites.........

3. Valentinus....

5. Hermogenes........

B. The Syrian Gnostics.

6. Saturninus..

7. Bardesanes...

9. Marcion......

C. Ebionitic Gnostics (Pseudo Clement).....

8 73. Persian Gnosis-Manichaeism..................

74. The Montanists and the Alagi..........

75. Rationalistic Forms of Heresy-The Monarchians, or Anti-Trini-

tarians.........

A. Ebionites, or Dynamic Anti-Trinitarians......

B. Patripassionists, or Modalists.........

C. Compromise between the Dynamists and Modalists.......

CHAPTER III. The Doctrine of the Catholic Church as Distinguished from

Defective Heretical Teaching.

76. Tradition, or the Principle by which Christian Doctrine is

handed down in the Catholic Church.........

77. Doctrine of the Church regarding the Unity of God............... 363

78. Doctrine of the Church on Christ as the Redeemer-His Divin-

ity-His Humanity-Rejection of Chiliasm......................

79. Doctrine of the Church on the Holy Ghost and the Divine

80. Principles of Theological Science.........................

81. The Various Forms of Ecclesiastical Science..................

CHAPTER IV. Constitution of the Catholic Church.

82. The Definite Recognition of Episcopal Supremacy.................................

83. Increase in the Number of Ecclesiastical Functions................ 391

84. Education, Election, Ordination, and Support of the Clergy..... 395

85. The Celibacy of the Clergy.........

86. Development of the Organization of the Church-Growth of the

Authority of the Metropolitan-Provincial Councils............ 405

87. Primacy of the Bishop of Rome-He is the Center of Unity for

the Whole Church.......

Thascius Caecilius Cyprian....

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