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Table of Contents

PREFACE

BOOK I THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIANITY IN ROME

PART I

PART II

PART III CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN PLINY AND TRAJAN

PART IV

BOOK II THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE FAITH

INTRODUCTORY

I LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN IN THE EARLY DAYS

II THE ASSEMBLIES OF CHRISTIANS

III OF WHOM WERE THESE ASSEMBLIES OF BELIEVERS COMPOSED?

IV WHAT WAS SAID AND DONE IN THESE ASSEMBLIES AND MEETINGS OF THE BRETHREN

V THE SLAVE IN EARLY CHRISTIAN LIFE

VI DIFFICULTIES IN ORDINARY LIFE AMONG THE EARLY CHRISTIANS

VII THE ASCETIC AND THE MORE PRACTICAL SCHOOLS OF TEACHING

VIII WHAT THE RELIGION OF JESUS OFFERED IN RETURN FOR THE HARDSHIPS CHRISTIANS HAD TO ENDURE IN THE EARLY CENTURIES

BOOK III THE INNER LIFE OF THE CHURCH

PART I FROM THE DATE OF THE GREAT FIRE OF ROME IN THE REIGN OF NERO TO THE DEATH OF MARCUS ANTONINUS A.D. 64–A.D. 180

PART II THE TRAINING FOR MARTYRDOM

PART III THE GREAT NUMBER OF MARTYRS IN THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS

BOOK IV THE ROMAN CATACOMBS

THE ROMAN CATACOMBS

PART I

PART II TWO EXAMPLES OF RECENT DISCOVERIES

PART III EPITAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS

BOOK V THE JEW AND THE TALMUD

INTRODUCTORY

I THE HISTORY OF THE THREE WARS WHICH CLOSED THE CAREER OF JUDAISM AS A NATION

II (a) RABBINISM

III (b) RABBINISM

IV THE TALMUD

V THE TEXT OF THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

VI CONCLUDING MEMORANDA

VII (A) AN APPENDIX ON THE “HAGGADAH”

VIII (B) ON THE “HALACHAH” AND “HAGGADAH”

IX WOMEN’S DISABILITIES

INDEX

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