A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH: To the Eve of the Reformation

by
Philip Hughes
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Volume 1: -711

1: THE WORLD IN WHICH THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED

2: THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH

3: THE FIRST CONTACTS WITH THE PAGAN RELIGIOUS WORLD

4: THE CRISES OF THE THIRD CENTURY

5: THE WAY OF CHRISTIAN LIFE

6: THE CHURCH AND THE PAGAN ROMAN EMPIRE

7: THE ARIANS, 318-359

8: THE CATHOLIC RESTORATION. 359-382

9: ROME AND THE CATHOLIC EAST. 381-453

10: THE TRADITIONAL FAITH AND THE IMPERIAL POLICY

Volume 2: 313-1274

Volume 3: 1274-1520

Volume 1: -711

Chapter 1: THE WORLD IN WHICH THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED

THE ROMAN IMPERIAL UNITY

THE PAGAN RELIGIONS OF THE ROMANO-HELLENISTIC CULTURE

THE RELIGION OF THE JEWS

TENDENCIES IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD OF THE FIRST CENTURY A.D.

Chapter 2: THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH

THE FOUNDER

THE FIRST GENERATION

NOTE A: THE END OF JEWISH CHRISTIANITY

NOTE B: ST. PETER AT ROME

Chapter 3: THE FIRST CONTACTS WITH THE PAGAN RELIGIOUS WORLD

THE RELIGIOUS WORLD OF THE SECOND CENTURY

THE FIRST APOLOGISTS

THE GNOSTICS AND THE CHURCH

ST. IRENAEUS OF LYONS

MARCION -- MONTANISM

Chapter 4: THE CRISES OF THE THIRD CENTURY

THE EASTER CONTROVERSY

MONARCHIANS -- SABELLIUS -- ST. HIPPOLYTUS

THE PENITENTIAL CONTROVERSY -- ST. CALIXTUS I

THE SCHISM OF NOVATIAN

ST. CYPRIAN AND ROME

THE SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA -- ORIGEN

MITHRAISM

THE MANICHEES

DENIS OF ALEXANDRIA -- PAUL OF SAMOSATA

Chapter 5: THE WAY OF CHRISTIAN LIFE

Chapter 6: THE CHURCH AND THE PAGAN ROMAN EMPIRE

THE STATE -- HOSTILE AND TOLERANT

THE STATE DE-PAGANISED

NOTE C: THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF THE PERSECUTING STATE

Chapter 7: THE ARIANS, 318-359

Chapter 8: THE CATHOLIC RESTORATION. 359-382

Chapter 9: ROME AND THE CATHOLIC EAST. 381-453

THE PRIMACY OF HONOUR. 381-419

EPHESUS. 427-433

CHALCEDON. 446-452

Chapter 10: THE TRADITIONAL FAITH AND THE IMPERIAL POLICY

THE AFTERMATH OF CHALCEDON. 452-518

JUSTINIAN. 527-565

BYZANTINE CATHOLICISM. 565-711