The History of the Christian Church: From the Birth of Christ to the Eighteenth Century, Including the Very Interesting Account of the Waldenses and Albigenses (Classic Reprint)

Chronological Tables to Vols. I. and II. -- vii Preface to the First Edition, ----- xiii Preface to the Fifth Edition, .... xix I ntroduction, -------l CHAPTER I. AV iew of the Rise and Progress of Christianity from theB irth of Christ to theE nd of the First Century. Sect. 1. From theB irth to theD eath of Christ, -35 2. From Christ sR esurrection to the Promulgation of the Gospel among the Gentiles, -- -40 3. From the first Preaching of the Gospel among the Gentiles to the Return of Paul and Barnabas from their first Journey, -53 4. The Subject continued Paul ssecond and third Journeys, 66 5. From Paul sA rrival at Jerusalem with the Contributions from Asia to the Period of his Death, -84 6. From the Time of Paul sD ecease, A. D. 66, to theE nd of the first Century, -96 CHAPTER II. History of the Christian Church from theE nd of the first Century to theE stablishment of Christianity under Constantine the Great, A. D. 98 306. Sect. 1. The State of the Christian Profession under the Reign of theE mperor Trajan, A. D. 98 117, -115 2. The Christian Church under the reigns of Adrian and the A ntonines, A. D. 117 180, -- 123 3. From theD eath of Marcus Aurelius to the days of Constantine, A. D. 180 306 -- -134
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