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Miller’s Church History

Introduction
The Seven Churches of Asia

The Rock Foundation - Chapter 1
Foundation of the Church
Opening of the Kingdom of Heaven
Church Government The Day of Pentecost - Chapter 2
Resurrection and Ascension of Christ
Descent of the Holy Ghost
Calling in of the Gentiles
First Christian Martyr The Disciples Persecuted and Scattered - Chapter 3
Jerusalem and Samaria United by the Gospel
Conversion of Saul of Tarsus The First Missionaries of the Cross - Chapter 4
The Twelve Apostles
Herodian Line of Kings The Apostle Paul - Chapter 5
First Visit to Jerusalem
First Missionary Journey
Third Visit to Jerusalem
Visit to Athens

Paul’s Third Missionary Journey - Chapter 6
Departure for Macedonia
Fifth Visit to Jerusalem
Before the Sanhedrin
Martyrdom of Paul The Burning of Rome - Chapter 7
First Persecution Under the Emperors
Downfall of Jerusalem
The Real Cause of Persecution
Persecutions in France The Internal History of the Church - Chapter 8
Apostolic Fathers
Origin of Clergy and Laity
Origin of Dioceses From Commodus till the Accession of Constantine - Chapter 9
Persecution in Africa
Altered Position of Christianity
The General State of Christianity
The Condition of the Church

Constantine the Great - Chapter 10
Church as Constantine Found It
Effects of Royal Favour
Baptism and Death of Constantine The Council of Nice - Chapter 11
The Council of Tyre
The Barbaric Invaders The Internal History of the Church - Chapter 12
Infant Baptism
First Society of Ascetics
Calamities of Rome The Epistle to the Church in Thyatira - Chapter 13
Leo the First, Surnamed the Great
Missionary Zeal of Gregory
Romish Hierarchy in England The Spread of Christianity Over Europe - Chapter 14
First Preachers in Ireland
First Preachers in Scotland
Foreshadowing of the Man of Sin Mohammed, the False Prophet of Asia - Chapter 15
Religion of Islam
Successors of Mohammed.
Second Council of Nicaea The Silver Line of Sovereign Grace - Chapter 16
Origin of the Paulicians
Religious Wars of Charlemagne
Feudal Hierarchical System. The Propagation of Christianity - Chapter 17
Louis the Pious
The Slavonians Receive the Gospel
England, Scotland, and Ireland The Church-Building Spirit Revived - Chapter 18
Learning of the Arabs Imported into Christendom
Traces of the Silver Line of God’s Grace The Pontificate of Gregory VII - Chapter 19
Gregory and Clerical Independence
Celibacy and Simony
The Emperor Deposed by the Pope
Effects of the Papal Policy
Burning of Ancient Rome The Crusades - Chapter 20
The First Crusade
The Second Crusade
The Third Crusade
The Remainder of the Crusades

Henry V and Gregory’s Successors - Chapter 21
St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux.
The Great Council of the Lateran
Arnold of Brescia The Encroachments of Rome in England - Chapter 22
The Introduction of Canon Law into England
Thomas a Becket and Henry II
The "Constitutions of Clarendon" The Theology of the Church of Rome - Chapter 23
Transubstantiation
Mary - Worship
Saint - Worship
Relic - Worship
Purgatory
Extreme Unction
Auricular Confession
Indulgences.

Innocent III and His Times - Chapter 24
Innocent’s Views of Popedom
Philip and Otho
Innocent and England
England Surrendered to Rome Innocent and the South of France - Chapter 25
Peter Waldo
Raymond a Spiritual Outlaw
The Real Object of the Catholics The Inquisition Established in Languedoc - Chapter 26
The Application of Torture
The Auto de Fe
St. Benedict
New Orders - St. Dominic and St. Francis The Approaching Dawn of the Reformation - Chapter 27
Christianity in Ireland
Christianity in Scotland
Popery as a System. The Decline of Papal Power - Chapter 28
Gregory IX and Frederick II
The Overruling Hand of God
The Humiliation of the Pontiff The Forerunners of the Reformation - Chapter 29
Literary Men
The Theologians
The Waldenses
The Dark Year of 1560 John Wycliffe - Chapter 30
England and the Papacy
Wycliffe and the Bible
The Lollards. The Reformation Movement in Bohemia - Chapter 31
The Imprisonment of John Huss
The Arrest and Imprisonment of Jerome
The United Brethren or Moravians The Capture of Constantinople - Chapter 32
The First Printed Bible
The Immediate Precursors of Luther
Reflections on the Life of Savonarola The Reformation in Germany - Chapter 33
Popery and Mankind
The First Period of Luther’s Life
Luther’s Conversion The First Papal Jubilee - Chapter 34
Luther’s Public Appeal
Distinguished Men of the Sixteenth Century
The Diet of Worms Luther at Wartburg - Chapter 35
Luther and the German Bible
The Hundred Grievances
The First Diet of Spires Protestantism - Chapter 36
The Lutheran Churches
Meetings of the Protestants The Sacramentarian Controversy - Chapter 37
The Conference at Marburg
A Proposal for Toleration and Unity The Council at Bologna - Chapter 38
The Diet of Augsburg
The Articles of Faith
The Letters of Melanchthon and Luther The Popish Refutation - Chapter 39
The Final Decree
The League of Smalcald
The Peace of Ratisbon The Reformation in Switzerland - Chapter 40
Zwingle, Pastor of Glaris
The Rising Storm The Leaders of the Reformation in Switzerland - Chapter 41
The Progress of the Reformation-Zurich
Zwingle and His Brothers
The Disputations at Zurich The Results of the Disputations - Chapter 42
The Answer of Zurich to Lucerne
The Swiss and German Reformation
The Weapons of Rome’s Warfare The General Progress of Reform - Chapter 43
The Reformation in Berne
The Conference at Baden
The Great Conference at Berne
The Reformation of Basle The Extension of Reform in Switzerland - Chapter 44
The Five Cantons Form a League with Austria
The Treaty of Cappel
War Declared Against Zurich The Reformation in Germany - Chapter 45
The Great Actors Passing Off the Scene
The Death of Luther
Reflections on the Life of Luther The Opening of the Council of Trent - Chapter 46
The Smalcald War
The Treachery of Maurice
The German’s Treated as a Conquered People "The Interim" - Chapter 47
The Revolution in Germany
The Calamities of the Protestants
The Rise of the Jesuits The Effect of the Reformation in Germany - Chapter 48
Nations of Europe
Sweden and Denmark
Italy
Spain
The Netherlands The Reformation in French Switzerland - Chapter 49
Early History of William Farel
The Arrival of Calvin in Geneva
Calvin and Calvinism The Reformation in France - Chapter 50
The Bible in French at Meaux
Commencement of Persecution in France
The Year of the Placards The Great Progress of the Reformation - Chapter 51
The First Planting of the Reformed Church in France
The Saint Bartholomew Massacre
The Council of Trent The Waldenses - Chapter 52
The Wars of Extermination
The Sympathy of England
The Persecution and Expulsion of the Waldenses The Reformation in the British Isles - Chapter 53
Ireland
Scotland
The Fiery Zeal of Cardinal Beaton
George Wishart
John Knox The Reformation in England - Chapter 54
The Reformation Begun
The Persecution Begins
Ridley, Latimer, and Cranmer The Reign of Elizabeth - Chapter 55
The Puritans
John Wesley
Sunday Schools
Foreign Missions Philadelphia - Chapter 56
Laodicea
Church Truth
The Spread of the Truth
Conclusion

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