The History of the Origins of Christianity. Book VII.
Ernest. Renan's historical record of early Christian persecution and martyrdom.
34 Chapters
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER I: ADVENT OF MARCUS-AURELIUS.
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CHAPTER II: PROGRESS AND REFORMS. THE ROMAN LAW.
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CHAPTER III: THE REIGN OF THE PHILOSOPHERS.
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CHAPTER IV: PERSECUTIONS AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS.
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CHAPTER V: INCREASING GRANDEUR OF THE CHURCH OF ROME--PSEUDO-CLEMENTINE WRITINGS.
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CHAPTER VI: TATIAN--THE TWO SYSTEMS OF APOLOGY.
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CHAPTER VII: DECADENCE OF GNOSTICISM.
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CHAPTER VIII: ORIENTAL SYNCRETISM--THE OPHITES--FUTURE APPARITION OF MANICHÆISM.
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CHAPTER IX: THE RESULT OE MARCIONISM--APELLES.
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CHAPTER X: TATIAN HERETICAL--THE ENCRATITES.
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CHAPTER XI: THE GREAT BISHOPS OF GREECE AND ASIA--MELITO.
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CHAPTER XII: THE QUESTION OF EASTER.
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CHAPTER XIII: LAST RECRUDESCENCE OF MILLENARIANISM AND PROPHETISM--THE MONTANISTS.
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CHAPTER XIV: RESISTANCE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH.
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CHAPTER XV: COMPLETE TRIUMPH OF THE EPISCOPATE--RESULTS ON MONTANISM.
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CHAPTER XVI: MARCUS-AURELIUS AMONG THE QUADES--THE BOOK OF THOUGHTS.
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CHAPTER XVII: THE LEGIO FULMINATA--APOLOGIES OF APOLLINARIS, MILTIADES, AND MELITO.
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CHAPTER XVIII: THE GNOSTICS AND THE MONTANISTS AT LYONS.
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CHAPTER XIX: THE MARTYRS OF LYONS.
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CHAPTER XX: RECONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH OF LYONS--IRENÆUS.
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CHAPTER XXI: CELSUS AND LUCIAN.
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CHAPTER XXII: NEW APOLOGIES--ATHENAGORAS, THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH, MINUCIUS FELIX.
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CHAPTER XXIII: PROGRESS OF ORGANISATION.
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CHAPTER XXIV: SCHOOLS OF ALEXANDRIA AND EDESSA.
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CHAPTER XXV: STATISTICS AND GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENSION OF CHRISTIANITY.
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CHAPTER XXVI: THE INTERIOR MARTYRDOM OF MARCUS-AURELIUS --HIS PREPARATION FOR DEATH.
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CHAPTER XXVII: DEATH OF MARCUS-AURELIUS--THE END OF THE OLD WORLD.
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CHAPTER XXVIII: CHRISTIANITY AT THE END OF THE SECOND CENTURY--DOGMA.
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CHAPTER XXIX: WORSHIP AND DISCIPLINE.
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CHAPTER XXX: CHRISTIAN MANNERS.
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CHAPTER XXXI: REASONS FOR THE VICTORY OF CHRISTIANITY.
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CHAPTER XXXII: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REVOLUTION ADVANCED BY CHRISTIANITY.
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CHAPTER XXXIII: THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE.
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CHAPTER XXXIV: ULTERIOR TRANSFORMATIONS.