CHAPTER II✦

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CHURCH HISTORY 12

OUTLINE: I.--Primary materials. II.--Secondary materials. III.--Sketch of the writing of Church history. IV.--Most important collections of primary sources. V.--Most important general Church histories. VI.--Dictionaries and encyclopedias. VII.--Atlases and chronologies. VIII.--Text-books. IX.--Sources.

CHAPTER III✦

PREPARATION OF THE CIVILISED WORLD FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 40

OUTLINE: I.--The ancient world. II.--Condition of the civilised world at the time Jesus came. III.--How the condition of the world prepared the way for Christianity. IV.--Sources.

CHAPTER IV✦

ORIGIN, SPREAD, AND ORGANISATION OF THE CHURCH DURING THE APOSTOLIC AGE 52

OUTLINE: I.--Origin of the Christian Church. II.--Spread of the Apostolic Church. III.--Organisation of the Early Church. IV.--Conclusions. V.--Sources.

CHAPTER V✦

THE ROMAN CHURCH AND PETER'S PRIMACY 71

OUTLINE: I.--Planting of the Church in Rome and its organisation there. II.--The two opposing views of the Petrine theory. III.--Proofs advanced for the Petrine theory. IV.--Evidence given against the Petrine theory. V.--Historical conclusions. VI.--Sources.

CHAPTER VI✦

THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT'S TREATMENT OF THE CHRISTIANS 91

OUTLINE: I.--Religious persecutions before the Christian era. II.--Christians first persecuted by the Jews. III.--Causes and motives of persecution by the Roman government. IV.--Number and general character of the persecutions. V.--Results of persecutions. VI.--Sources.