History Of The Christian Church Volume I
Schaff's masterful scholarly history of the Christian Church from the birth of Christ to Constantine, covering the foundational ante-Nicene period that shaped all subsequent Christianity. A landmark work of church history maintaining both Catholic breadth and Protestant conviction.
112 Chapters
Table of Contents
1
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
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FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
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PREFACE TO THIRD REVISION
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ADDENDA
5
Literature
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Section 1. Nature of Church History.
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Section 2. Branches of Church History.
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Section 3. Sources of Church History.
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Section 4. Periods of Church History.
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Section 5. Uses of Church History.
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Section 6. Duty of the Historian.
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Section 7. Literature of Church History.
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CHAPTER I. PREPARATION FOR CHRISTIANITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH AND HEATHEN WORLD.
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Section 8. Central Position of Christ in the History of the World.
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Section 9. Judaism.
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Section 10. The Law, and the Prophecy.
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Section 11. Heathenism.
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Section 12. Grecian Literature, and the Roman Empire.
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Section 13. Judaism and Heathenism in Contact.
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Section 14. Sources and Literature.
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Section 15. The Founder of Christianity.
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Section 16. Chronology of the Life of Christ.
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Section 17. The Land and the People.
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Section 18. Apocryphal Traditions.
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Section 19. The Resurrection of Christ.
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Section 20. Sources and Literature of the Apostolic Age.
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Section 22. The Critical Reconstruction of the History of the Apostolic Age.
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Section 23. Chronology of the Apostolic Age.
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Section 24. The Miracle of Pentecost and the Birthday of the Christian
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Section 25. The Church of Jerusalem and the Labors of Peter.
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Section 26. The Peter of History and the Peter of Fiction.
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Section 27. James the Brother of the Lord.
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Section 28. Preparation for the Mission to the Gentiles.
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CHAPTER V. ST. PAUL AND THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES.
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Section 29. Sources and Literature on St. Paul and his Work.
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Section 30. Paul before his Conversion.
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Section 31. The Conversion of Paul.
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Section 32. The Work of Paul.
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Section 33. Paul's Missionary Labors.
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Section 34. The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Compromise between Jewish and Gentile Christianity.
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Section 35. The Conservative Reaction, and the Liberal Victory--
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Section 36. Christianity in Rome.
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Section 37. The Roman Conflagration and the Neronian Persecution.
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Section 38. The Jewish War and the Destruction of Jerusalem. a.d. 70.
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Section 39. Effects of the Destruction of Jerusalem on the Christian Church.
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CHAPTER VII. ST. JOHN, AND THE LAST STADIUM OF THE APOSTOLIC PERIOD. THE CONSOLIDATION OF JEWISH AND GENTILE CHRISTIANITY.
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Section 40. The Johannean Literature.
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Section 41. Life and Character of John
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Section 42. Apostolic Labors of John.
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Section 43. Traditions Respecting John.
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CHAPTER VIII. CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH.
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Section 44. The Power of Christianity.
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Section 45. The Spiritual Gifts.
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Section 46. Christianity in Individuals.
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Section 47. Christianity and the Family.
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Section 48. Christianity and Slavery.
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Section 49. Christianity and Society.
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Section 50. Spiritual Condition of the Congregations.--The Seven Churches in Asia.
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CHAPTER IX. WORSHIP IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE.
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Section 51. The Synagogue.
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Section 52. Christian Worship.
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Section 53. The Several Parts of Worship.
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Section 54. Baptism.
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Section 55. The Lord's Supper.
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Section 56. Sacred Places.
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Section 57. Sacred Times--The Lord's Day.
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Section 58. Literature.
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Section 59. The Christian Ministry, and its Relation to the Christian Community.
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Section 60. Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists.
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Section 61. Presbyters or Bishops. The Angels of the Seven Churches. James of Jerusalem.
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Section 62. Deacons and Deaconesses.
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Section 63. Church Discipline.
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Section 64. The Council at Jerusalem.
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Section 65. The Church and the Kingdom of Christ.
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Section 66. Literature.
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Section 67. Unity of Apostolic Teaching.
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Section 68. Different Types of Apostolic Teaching.
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Section 69. The Jewish Christian Theology--I. James and the Gospel of Law.
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Section 70. II. Peter and the Gospel of Hope.
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Section 71. The Gentile Christian Theology. Paul and the Gospel of Faith.
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Section72. John and the Gospel of Love.
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Section 73. Heretical Perversions of the Apostolic Teaching.
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Section 74. Literature.
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Section 75. Rise of the Apostolic Literature.
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Section 76. Character of the New Testament.
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Section 77. Literature on the Gospels.
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Section 78. The Four Gospels.
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Section 79. The Synoptists.
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Section 80. Matthew.
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Section 81. Mark.
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Section 82. Luke.
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Section 83. John.
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Section 84. Critical Review of the Johannean Problem.
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Section 85. The Acts of the Apostles.
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Section 86. The Epistles.
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Section 87. The Catholic Epistles.
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Section 88. The Epistles of Paul
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Section 89. The Epistles to the Thessalonians.
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Section 90. The Epistles to the Corinthians.
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Section 91. The Epistles to the Galatians.
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Section 92. The Epistle to the Romans.
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Section 93. The Epistles of the Captivity.
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Section 94. The Epistle to the Colossians.
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Section 95. The Epistle to the Ephesians.
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Section 96. Colossians and Ephesians Compared and Vindicated.
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Section 97. The Epistle to the Philippians.
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Section 98. The Epistle to Philemon.
108
Section 99. The Pastoral Epistles.
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Section 100. The Epistle To The Hebrews.
110
Section 101. The Apocalypse.
111
Section 102. Concluding Reflections. Faith and Criticism.
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Subject Index