History of the Origins of Christianity. Book VII. Marcus-Aurelius.

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CONTENTS.

Page
PREFACE	vi
CHAPTER I.
ADVENT OF MARCUS-AURELIUS	1
CHAPTER II.
PROGRESS AND REFORMS—THE ROMAN LAW	12
CHAPTER III.
THE REIGN OF THE PHILOSOPHERS	19
CHAPTER IV.
PERSECUTIONS AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS	31
CHAPTER V.
INCREASING GRANDEUR OF THE CHURCH OF ROME—PSEUDO-CLEMENTINE WRITINGS	40
CHAPTER VI.
TATIAN—THE TWO SYSTEMS OF APOLOGY	58
CHAPTER VII.
DECADENCE OF GNOSTICISM	64
ivCHAPTER VIII.
ORIENTAL SYNCRETISM—THE OPHITES—FUTURE APPARITION OF MANICHÆISM	73
CHAPTER IX.
THE RESULT OF MARCIONISM—APELLES	82
CHAPTER X.
TATIAN HERETICAL—THE ENCRATITES	90
CHAPTER XI.
THE GREAT BISHOPS OF GREECE AND ASIA—MELITO	95
CHAPTER XII.
THE QUESTION OF EASTER	108
CHAPTER XIII.
LAST RECRUDESCENCE OF MILLENARIANISM AND PROPHETISM—THE MONTANISTS	116
CHAPTER XIV.
RESISTANCE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH	126
CHAPTER XV.
COMPLETE TRIUMPH OF THE EPISCOPATE—RESULTS OF MONTANISM	134
CHAPTER XVI.
MARCUS-AURELIUS AMONG THE QUADES—THE BOOK OF THOUGHTS	140
CHAPTER XVII.
THE LEGIO FULMINATA—APOLOGIES OF APOLLINARIS, MILTIADES, AND MELITO	157
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE GNOSTICS AND THE MONTANISTS AT LYONS	166
vCHAPTER XIX.
THE MARTYRS OF LYONS	174
CHAPTER XX.
RECONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH OF LYONS—IRENÆUS	194
CHAPTER XXI.
CELSUS AND LUCIAN	199
CHAPTER XXII.
NEW APOLOGIES—ATHENAGORAS, THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH, MINUCIUS FELIX	219
CHAPTER XXIII.
PROGRESS OF ORGANISATION	236
CHAPTER XXIV.
SCHOOLS OF ALEXANDRIA AND EDESSA	250
CHAPTER XXV.
STATISTICS AND GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENSION OF CHRISTIANITY	258
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE INTERIOR MARTYRDOM OF MARCUS-AURELIUS—HIS PREPARATION FOR DEATH	266
CHAPTER XXVII.
DEATH OF MARCUS-AURELIUS—THE END OF THE OLD WORLD	280
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHRISTIANITY AT THE END OF THE SECOND CENTURY—DOGMA	290
CHAPTER XXIX.
WORSHIP AND DISCIPLINE	299
CHAPTER XXX.
CHRISTIAN MANNERS	316
viCHAPTER XXXI.
REASONS FOR THE VICTORY OF CHRISTIANITY	323
CHAPTER XXXII.
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REVOLUTION ADVANCED BY CHRISTIANITY	337
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE	352
CHAPTER XXXIV.
ULTERIOR TRANSFORMATIONS	359

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