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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION
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CHAP. I.
ON TERTULLIAN AND HIS WRITINGS.
Jerome's account of Tertullian
Whether Tertullian ever was a Presbyter?............
Whether a Presbyter at Rome or at Carthage ?
Whether originally a Gentile ?
His adoption of Montanism
Account of Montanus from Eusebius
of the peculiar opinions of Montanus..
of his pretensions. The variation in Mosheim's
language on this subject..
His Discourses probably committed to writing The notion that the Apostles did not publicly teach the Doctrine of the Gospel in its full perfection
This notion supported by the authority of Clemens Alex- andrinus....
Causes of Tertullian's secession from the Church..
Importance of his Writings..
Unsuccessful attempts to arrange them in chronological
order
Date of the Tract de Pallio
of the first Book against Marcion..
of the Tract de Monogamiâ, and the two Books
ad Nationes
Difficulty of ascertaining what works were, and what
were not, written before Tertullian's secession from
the Church.
The Tract de Pœnitentiâ
Tracts containing decisive marks of Montanism. De
Coronâ, de Animâ, de Virginibus velandis, de Resur-
rectione Carnis, against Praxeas, Books I. III. IV.
and V. against Marcion, the Tracts de Fugâ in
Persecutione, de Monogamiâ, de Jejuniis, de Pudi-
citiâ...
Mistake of Gibbon respecting the Tract de Coronâ...
The second Book against Marcion
The Tract de Carne Christi...
Scorpiace
The Tract against the Valentinians...
de Spectaculis..
de Idololatriâ ..
The first Book de Cultu Fœminarum
The Tract de Exhortatione Castitatis
Classification of Tertullian's works
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ib.
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61
The six Books de Ecstasi, and the seventh against Apol-
64
ad Amicum Philosophum
Tracts, the titles of which appear in the Codex Ago-
Learning, style, and latinity of Tertullian
65
Examination of Semler's objections to the genuineness
of Tertullian's writings..
69
CHAP. II.
ON THE EXTERNAL HISTORY of the Church.
The wide diffusion of Christianity in Tertullian's day ...
Whether to be ascribed to the exercise of miraculous
powers
Instances of the exercise of miraculous powers recorded
by Tertullian...
Instances of visions
The miracle of the thundering Legion
The proposal of Tiberius to receive Christ among the
Deities of Rome.....
Two causes of the rapid propagation of Christianity,
assigned by Mosheim-Translations of the New Tes-
tament, and Apologies composed in defence of Christ-
ianity
Concerning the Laws which applied to the Christians,
as a Sect.
Sketch of the Apology
.....
Gibbon's remarks on the early Apologists for Christ-
Sufferings of the early Christians, and honors annexed
to martyrdom....
Account of the Tract de Fugâ in Persecutione
ad Martyres....
of the Scorpiace...
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General observations on the subject of martyrdom..... 154
Allusion to the duration of Christ's ministry ..
158
to the Census of Augustus and our Lord's
descent from David through Mary
.. 159
... 162
to the miraculous darkness at the Crucifixion. 161
Condition of the Jews in Tertullian's time
Appendix to Chapter II. containing extracts from the
late Dr. Hey's unpublished Lectures on Ecclesiastical
History
162
CHAP. III.
ON THE STATE OF LETTERS AND PHILOSOPHY.
Account of the Tract de Testimonio Animæ
Remarks on the prevalent disposition to undervalue the
argument a posteriori.
Account of the Treatise de Animâ
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182
190
Tertullian's opinions respecting Angels and Dæmons..... 214
CHAP. IV.
ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CHURCH.
Tertullian's account of the Christian assemblies
On the distinction between the Clergy and Laity
Tertullian's notion of the origin of the Church
On the distinction of Orders among the Clergy..
Tertullian's account of the origin of the Episcopal Office
and of its Duties
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On the independence of the Apostolic Churches.......
On the titles Pontifex Maximus, Episcopus Episcoporum,
Papa...
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238
On the Order of Readers (Lectores) and of Widows...... 242
On Synods or Councils ....
244
On the distinction between Catechumeni and Fideles..... 245
On the Penitential Discipline of the Church
251
On the distinction between Mortal and Venial Sins...... 254
Silence of Tertullian on the subject of Auricular Con-