History of the Christian church

Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 2 volumes 24 cm The science and literature of Church history -- The historical church -- Place of church history in theological science -- Departments of church history -- Value of church history -- Sources of church history -- Literary development of church history -- The Ancient church : First period : The apostolic age -- The historical preparation for christianity -- Judaism and its sects -- The fullness of the time-Jesus the Christ -- Pentecost and its results -- The apostolics period-General characteristics -- The apostles and the scenes of their labors -- Constitution and development of the church -- Doctrinal basis and literature -- Worship and life -- Second period : The patristic age -- General survey -- Organized opposition-The Jewish persecution -- The Roman persecution -- The literary attack -- The Christian apologists -- Ebionism and kindred overtures for compromise-The clementines -- Gnosticism -- Gnosticism with Jewish background -- Gnosticism with oriental pagan background -- Independent gnosticism -- The montastic reform -- Ecclesiastical schisms -- The controversy of the trinity-Monarchism -- The scriptures and tradition -- Survey of theology before the council of Nicaea -- The schools and theological literature -- Apocryphal literature -- Government and the primacy of Rome -- Ecclesiastical discipline -- Sacred seasons and public worship -- Christian life and usages -- The church in the catacombs -- Extension of Christianity -- Third period : The controversial age -- Relations of Christianity to the state-Significance of the new period -- Toleration under Constantine and his sons -- Final effort of Paganism for existence-Julian -- Final triumph of Christianity in the East and the West -- The theological controversies-Characteritics of the period -- Controversy of the divinity of Christ-Arianism -- The person of Christ-Apolli