History of the Christian Church, Volume I : Apostolic Christianity. A. D. 1-100.

By Schaff, Philip

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Title:	History of the Christian Church, Volume I : Apostolic Christianity. A. D. 1-100.
Author:	Schaff, Philip
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Excerpt
Excerpt: Encouraged by the favorable reception of my History of the Apostolic Church, I now offer to the public a History of the Primitive Church from the birth of Christ to the reign of Constantine, as an independent and complete work in itself, and at the same time as the first volume of a general history of Christianity, which I hope, with the help of God, to bring down to the present age. The church of the first three centuries, or the ante-Nicene age, possesses a peculiar interest for Christians of all denominations, and has often been separately treated, by Eusebius, Mosheim, Milman, Kaye, Baur, Hagenbach, and other distinguished historians. It is the daughter of Apostolic Christianity, which itself constitutes the first and by far the most important chapter in its history, and the common mother of Catholicism and Protestantism, though materially differing from both. It presents a state of primitive simplicity and purity unsullied by contact with the secular power, but with this also, the fundamental forms of heresy and corruption, which reappear from time to time under new names and aspects, but must serve, in the overruling providence of God, to promote the cause of truth and righteousness.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii History of the Christian Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1 Preface to the Revised Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1 From the Preface to the First Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2 Preface to the Third Revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 3 Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4 Addenda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4 Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6 Nature of Church History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7 Branches of Church History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 10 Sources of Church History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12 Periods of Church History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 13 Uses of Church History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 17 Duty of the Historian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 18 Literature of Church History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 21 Preparation for Christianity in the History of the Jewish. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 36 Central Position of Christ in the History of the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 37 Judaism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 38 The Law, and the Prophecy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 43 Heathenism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 46 Grecian Literature, and the Roman Empire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 49 Judaism and Heathenism in Contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 54 Jesus Christ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 57 Sources and Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 57 The Founder of Christianity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64 Chronology of the Life of Christ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 71 The Land and the People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 85 Aprocyphal Traditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 100 The Resurrection of Christ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 107 The Apostolic Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 116 Sources and Literature of the Apostolic Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 116 The Critical Reconstruction of the History of the Apostolic Age. . . . . . p. 128 Chronology of the Apostolic Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 137 St. Peter and the Conversion of the Jews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 142