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History of the church, from its first establishment to our own times : designed for the use of ecclesiastical seminaries and colleges

TABLE OF CONTENTS. Preface Introduction FIRST PERIOD. CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITY. FROM CHRIST TO THE END OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY, OR, FROM A. D. 1 TO A. D. 680. FIRST EPOCH. FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE EDICT OF MILAN, OR, FROM A. D. 1 TO A. D. 313. CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF JESUS CHRIST, THE DIVINE FOUNDER OF THE CHURCH. Section I. Birth and Early Life of Christ 1 Section II. Public Life of our Lord 3 Section III. Passion and Death of our Lord 6 CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF THE APOSTLES. Section IV. Pentecost — Preaching of the Apostles 10 Section V. Growth of the Infant Church 18 Section VI. Apostolic Labors of St. Peter — The Founding of the See of Rome 16 Section VII. Apostolic Labors of St. Paul — His Missionary Journeys and his Epistles 19 Section VIII. — Labors of the Other Apostles — Disciples of Apostles 24 Section IX. Overthrow of Judaism and Triumph of the Infant Church 28 Section X. Rapid Propagation of Christianity — Its causes 31 Section XI. Propagation of Christianity in Particular Countries 33 CHAPTER III. RELATION OR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO THE HEATHEN WORLD. Ration XII. Heathen Opposition to the Christian Church — Persecution of the Faithful 37 Section XIII. Persecutions during

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