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

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Schaff, "History of the Christian Church" (in volumes)

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. Preface to the Revised Edition
2. From the Preface to the First Edition
3. Preface to the Third Revision
4. Addenda
5. Literature
6. Nature of Church History
7. Branches of Church History
8. Sources of Church History
9. Periods of Church History
10. Uses of Church History
11. Duty of the Historian
12. Literature of Church History
13. Preparation for Christianity in the History of the Jewish
14. Central Position of Christ in the History of the World
15. Judaism
16. The Law, and the Prophecy
17. Heathenism
18. Grecian Literature, and the Roman Empire
19. Judaism and Heathenism in Contact
20. Sources and Literature
21. The Founder of Christianity
22. Chronology of the Life of Christ
23. The Land and the People
24. Aprocyphal Traditions
25. The Resurrection of Christ
26. Sources and Literature of the Apostolic Age
27. The Critical Reconstruction of the History of the Apostolic Age
28. Chronology of the Apostolic Age
29. The Miracle of Pentecost and the Birthday of the Christian Church. A.D. 30.
30. The Church of Jerusalem and the Labors of Peter
31. The Peter of History and the Peter of Fiction
32. James the Brother of the Lord
33. Preparation for the Mission to the Gentiles
34. St. Paul and the Conversion of the Gentiles
35. Sources and Literature on St. Paul and his Work
36. Paul before his Conversion
37. The Conversion of Paul
38. The Work of Paul
39. Paul's Missionary Labors
40. The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Compromise between Jewish and Gentile Christianity
41. The Conservative Reaction, and the Liberal Victory - Peter and Paul at Antioch
42. Christianity in Rome
43. The Roman Conflagration and the Neronian Persecution
44. The Jewish War and the Destruction of Jerusalem. A.D. 70
45. Effects of the Destruction of Jerusalem on the Christian Church
46. The Johannean Literature
47. Life and Character of John
48. Apostolic Labors of John
49. Traditions Respecting John
50. Christian Life in the Apostolic Church
51. The Power of Christianity
52. The Spiritual Gifts
53. Christianity in Individuals
54. Christianity and the Family
55. Christianity and Slavery
56. Christianity and Society
57. Spiritual Condition of the Congregations.--The Seven Churches in Asia
58. Worship in the Apostolic Age
59. The Synagogue
60. Christian Worship
61. The Several Parts of Worship
62. Baptism
63. he Lord's Supper
64. Sacred Places
65. Sacred Times--The Lord's Day
66. Literature
67. The Christian Ministry, and its Relation to the Christian Community
68. Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists
69. Presbyters or Bishops. The Angels of the Seven Churches. James of Jerusalem
70. Deacons and Deaconesses
71. Church Discipline
72. The Council at Jerusalem
73. The Church and the Kingdom of Christ
74. Literature
75. Unity of Apostolic Teaching
76. Different Types of Apostolic Teaching
77. The Jewish Christian Theology--I. James and the Gospel of Law
78. II. Peter and the Gospel of Hope
79. The Gentile Christian Theology. Paul and the Gospel of Faith
80. John and the Gospel of Love
81. Heretical Perversions of the Apostolic Teaching
82. Literature
83. Rise of the Apostolic Literature
84. Character of the New Testament
85. Literature on the Gospels
86. The Four Gospels
87. The Synoptists
88. Matthew
89. Mark
90. Luke
91. John
92. Critical Review of the Johannean Problem
93. The Acts of the Apostles
94. The Epistles
95. The Catholic Epistles
96. The Epistles of Paul
97. The Epistles to the Thessalonians
98. The Epistles to the Corinthians
99. The Epistles to the Galatians
100. The Epistle to the Romans
101. The Epistles of the Captivity
102. The Epistle to the Colossians
103. The Epistle to the Ephesians
104. Colossians and Ephesians Compared and Vindicated
105. The Epistle to the Philippians
106. The Epistle to Philemon
107. The Pastoral Epistles
108. The Epistle To The Hebrews
109. The Apocalypse
110. Concluding Reflections. Faith and Criticism