History of the Christian Church, Volume II: Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325

About this book

The second volume of Philip Schaff's History of the Christian Church, covering the ante-Nicene age, A.D. 100-325. Schaff recounts the church's spread under persecution, its worship and discipline, and the first great theologians. A thorough, fair-minded account of the centuries between the apostles and Constantine.

Contents

1. Preface to the Third Edition Revised
2. Fifth Edition
3. Preface to the Second Edition
4. Literature on the Ante-Nicene Age
5. General Character of Ante-Nicene Christianity
6. Literature
7. Hindrances and Helps
8. Causes of the Success of Christianity
9. Means of Propagation
10. Extent of Christianity in the Roman Empire
11. Christianity in Asia
12. Christianity in Egypt
13. Christianity in North Africa
14. Christianity in Europe
15. Literature
16. General Survey
17. Jewish Persecution
18. Causes of Roman Persecution
19. Condition of the Church before the Reign of Trajan
20. Trajan. A.D. 98-117--Christianity Forbidden--Martyrdom of Symeon of Jerusalem, and Ignatius of Antioch
21. Hadrian. a.d. 117-138
22. Antoninus Pius. a.d. 137-161. The Martyrdom of Polycarp
23. Persecutions under Marcus Aurelius. A.D. 161-180
24. Condition of the Church from Septimius Severus to Philip the Arabian. A.D. 193-249
25. Persecutions under Decius, and Valerian. a.d. 249-260. Martyrdom of Cyprian
26. Temporary Repose. A.D. 260-303
27. The Diocletian Persecution, a.d. 303-311
28. The Edicts of Toleration. a.d. 311-313
29. Christian Martyrdom 🔒
30. Rise of the Worship of Martyrs and Relics 🔒
31. Literature 🔒
32. Literary Opposition to Christianity 🔒
33. Jewish Opposition. Josephus and the Talmud 🔒
34. Pagan Opposition. Tacitus and Pliny 🔒
35. Direct Assaults. Celsus 🔒
36. Lucian 🔒
37. Neo-Platonism 🔒
38. Porphyry and Hierocle 🔒
39. Summary of the Objections to Christianity 🔒
40. The Apologetic Literature of Christianity 🔒
41. The Argument against Judaism 🔒
42. The Defense against Heathenism 🔒
43. The Positive Apology 🔒
44. Progress in Consolidation 🔒
45. Clergy and Laity 🔒
46. New Church Officers 🔒
47. Origin of the Episcopate 🔒
48. Development of the Episcopate. Ignatius 🔒
49. Episcopacy at the time of Irenaeus and Tertullian 🔒
50. Cyprianic Episcopacy 🔒
51. The Pseudo-Clementine Episcopacy 🔒
52. Beginnings of the Metropolitan and Patriarchal System 🔒
53. Germs of the Papacy 🔒
54. Chronology of the Popes 🔒
55. List of the Roman Bishops and Roman Emperors during the First Three Centuries 🔒
56. The Catholic Unity 🔒
57. Councils 🔒
58. The Councils of Elvira, Arles, and Ancyra 🔒
59. Collections of Ecclesiastical Law. The Apostolical Constitutions and Canons 🔒
60. Church Discipline 🔒
61. Church Schisms 🔒
62. Christian Worship 🔒
63. Places of Common Worship 🔒
64. The Lord's Day 🔒
65. The Christian Passover. (Easter) 🔒
66. The Paschal Controversies 🔒
67. Pentecost 🔒
68. The Epiphan 🔒
69. The Order of Public Worship 🔒
70. Parts of Worship 🔒
71. Division of Divine Service. The Disciplina Arcani 🔒
72. Celebration of the Eucharist 🔒
73. The Doctrine of the Eucharist 🔒
74. The Celebration of Baptism 🔒
75. The Doctrine of Baptism 🔒
76. Catechetical Instruction and Confirmation 🔒
77. Infant Baptism 🔒
78. Heretical Baptism 🔒
79. Literature 🔒
80. Origin of Christian Art 🔒
81. The Cross and the Crucifix 🔒
82. Other Christian Symbols 🔒
83. Historical and Allegorical Picture 🔒
84. Allegorical Representations of Christ 🔒
85. Pictures of the Virgin Mary 🔒
86. Literature 🔒
87. Origin and History of the Catacomb 🔒
88. Description of the Catacombs 🔒
89. Pictures and Sculptures 🔒
90. Epitaphs 🔒
91. Lessons of the Catacombs 🔒
92. Literature 🔒
93. Moral Corruption of the Roman Empire 🔒
94. Stoic Morality 🔒
95. Epictetus 🔒
96. Marcus Aurelius 🔒
97. Plutarch 🔒
98. Christian Morality 🔒
99. The Church and Public Amusements 🔒
100. Secular Callings and Civil Duties 🔒
101. The Church and Slavery 🔒
102. The Heathen Family 🔒
103. The Christian Family 🔒
104. Brotherly Love, and Love for Enemies 🔒
105. Prayer and Fasting 🔒
106. Treatment of the Dea 🔒
107. Summary of Moral Reforms 🔒
108. Ascetic Virtue and Piety 🔒
109. Heretical and Catholic Asceticism 🔒
110. Voluntary Poverty 🔒
111. Voluntary Celibacy 🔒
112. Celibacy of the Clergy 🔒
113. Literature 🔒
114. External History of Montanism 🔒
115. Character and Tenets of Montanism 🔒
116. Judaism and Heathenism within the Church 🔒
117. Nazarenes and Ebionites (Elkesaites, Mandoeans) 🔒
118. The Pseudo-Clementine Ebionism 🔒
119. Gnosticism. The Literature 🔒
120. Meaning, Origin and Character of Gnosticism 🔒
121. The System of Gnosticism. Its Theology 🔒
122. Ethics of Gnosticism 🔒
123. Cultus and Organization 🔒
124. Schools of Gnosticism 🔒
125. Simon Magus and the Simonians 🔒
126. The Nicolaitans 🔒
127. Cerinthus 🔒
128. Basilides 🔒
129. Valentinus 🔒
130. The School of Valentinus. Heracleon, Ptolemy, Marcos, Bardesanes, Harmonius 🔒
131. Marcion and his School 🔒
132. The Ophites. The Sethites. The Peratae. The Cainites 🔒
133. Saturninus (Satornilos) 🔒
134. Carpocrates 🔒
135. Tatian and the Encratites 🔒
136. Justin the Gnostic 🔒
137. Hermogenes 🔒
138. Other Gnostic Sects 🔒
139. Mani and the Manichaeans 🔒
140. The Manichaean System 🔒
141. Catholic Orthodoxy 🔒
142. The Holy Scriptures and the Canon 🔒
143. Catholic Tradition 🔒
144. The Rule of Faith and the Apostles' Creed 🔒
145. Variations of the Apostles' Creed 🔒
146. God and the Creation 🔒
147. Man and the Fall 🔒
148. hrist and the Incarnation 🔒
149. The Divinity of Christ 🔒
150. The Humanity of Christ 🔒
151. The Relation of the Divine and the Human in Christ 🔒
152. The Holy Spirit 🔒
153. The Holy Trinity 🔒
154. Antitrinitarians. First Class: The Alogi, Theodotus, Artemon, Paul of Samosata 🔒
155. Second Class of Antitrinitarians: Praxeas, Noëtus, Callistus, Berryllus 🔒
156. Sabellianism 🔒
157. Redemption 🔒
158. Other Doctrines 🔒
159. Eschatology. Immortality and Resurrection 🔒
160. Between Death and Resurrection 🔒
161. After Judgment. Future Punishment 🔒
162. Chiliasm 🔒
163. Literature 🔒
164. A General Estimate of the Fathers 🔒
165. The Apostolic Fathers 🔒
166. Clement of Rome 🔒
167. The Pseudo-Clementine Works 🔒
168. Ignatius of Antioch 🔒
169. The Ignatian Controversy 🔒
170. Polycarp of Smyrna 🔒
171. Barnabas 🔒
172. Hermas 🔒
173. Papias 🔒
174. The Epistle to Diognetus 🔒
175. Sixtus of Rome 🔒
176. The Apologists. Quadratus and Aristides 🔒
177. Justin the Philosopher and Martyr 🔒
178. The Other Greek Apologists. Tatian 🔒
179. Athenagoras 🔒
180. Theophilus of Antioch 🔒
181. Melito of Sardis 🔒
182. Apolinarius of Hierapolis. Miltiades 🔒
183. Hermias 🔒
184. Hegesippus 🔒
185. Dionysius of Corinth 🔒
186. Irenaeu 🔒
187. Hippolytus 🔒
188. Caius of Rome 🔒
189. The Alexandrian School of Theology 🔒
190. Clement of Alexandria 🔒
191. Origen 🔒
192. The Works of Origen 🔒
193. Gregory Thaumaturgus 🔒
194. Dionysius the Great 🔒
195. Julius Africanus 🔒
196. Minor Divines of the Greek Church 🔒
197. Opponents of Origen. Methodius 🔒
198. Lucian of Antioch 🔒
199. The Antiochian School 🔒
200. Tertullian and the African School 🔒
201. The Writings of Tertullian 🔒
202. Minucius Felix 🔒
203. Cyprian 🔒
204. Novatian 🔒
205. Commodian 🔒
206. Arnobius 🔒
207. Victorinus of Petau 🔒
208. Eusebius, Lactantius, Hosius 🔒