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The early Christians in Rome

TABLE OF CONTENTS BOOK I THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIANITY IN ROME PART I INTRODUCTORY A sketch of the early Jewish colony in Rome — Allusion to Jews by Cicero — Favour shown them by Julius Caesar — Mention of Jews by the great poets of the Augustine age — Characteristic features and moral power of Jews — Their numbers in the days of Nero 3 I (a) FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH IN ROME — INFLUENCE OF S. PETER Into this colony of Jews came the news of the story of Jesus Christ — Was S. Peter among the first preachers of Christianity in Rome? — Quotations from early Christian writers on this subject — Traditional memories of S. Peter in Rome 7 II EARLY REFERENCES Quotations from patristic writers of the first three centuries, bearing on the foundation Of the Church in Rome, including the oldest Catalogues of the Bishops of Rome — Deduction from these quotations 13 PART II I (6) FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH IN ROME — INFLUENCE OF S. PAUL S. Paul in Rome — His share in laying the foun d ati o n stories in the Capital — Paul's Christology more detailed than that contained in S. Mark's Gospel, which represents S. Peter's teaching 21 II POSITION OF CHRISTIANS AFTER A.D. 64 The great fire of Rome in the

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