HISTORY of the CHRISTIAN CHURCH*
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Volume I
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Addenda
FIRST PERIOD
APOSTLIC CHRISTIANITY
A.D. 1-100.
CHAPTER I.
PREPARATION FOR CHRISTIANITY.
CHAPTER II. JESUS
CHRIST.
CHAPTER III. THE
APOSTOLIC AGE.
CHAPTER IV. ST.
PETER AND THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS.
CHAPTER V. ST. PAUL
AND THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES.
CHAPTER VI. THE
GREAT TRIBULATION.
CHAPTER VII. ST. JOHN, AND THE LAST STADIUM OF THE
APOSTOLIC PERIOD - THE CONSOLIDATION OF JEWISH AND GENTILE CHRISTIANITY.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH.
CHAPTER IX. WORSHIP
IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE.
CHAPTER X.
ORGANIZATION OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH.
CHAPTER XI. THEOLOGY
OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH.
CHAPTER XII. THE NEW
TESTAMENT.
Volume II
SECOND PERIOD
ANTE-NICENE CHRISTIANITY
a.d. 100-311 (325).
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I: Spread
of Christianity.
CHAPTER II: Persecution
of Christianity and Christian Martyrdom.
CHAPTER III. Literary
Contest of Christianity with Judaism and Heathenism.
CHAPTER IV: Organization
and Discipline of the Church.
CHAPTER V: Christian
Worship.
CHAPTER VI: Christian
Art.
CHAPTER VII: The
Church in the Catacombs.
CHAPTER VIII: The
Christian Life in Contrast with Pagan Corruption.
CHAPTER IX: Ascetic
Tendencies.
CHAPTER X: Montanism.
CHAPTER XI: The
Heresies of the Ante-Nicene Age.
CHAPTER XII: The
Development of Catholic Theology.
CHAPTER XIII: Ecclesiastical
Literature of the Ante-Nicene Age, and Biographical Sketches of the Church
Fathers.
Volume III
THIRD PERIOD
THE CHURCH IN UNION WITH THE
ROMAN EMPIRE
FROM CONSTANTINE THE GREAT TO
GREGORY THE GREAT. a.d. 311-590.
Addenda.
Addenda (5th ed.)
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. DOWNFALL
OF HEATHENISM AND VICTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
CHAPTER II. THE
LITERARY TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY OVER GREEK AND ROMAN HEATHENISM.
CHAPTER III.
ALLIANCE OF CHURCH AND STATE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC MORALS AND RELIGION.
CHAPTER IV.
MONASTICISM.
CHAPTER V. THE
HIERARCHY AND POLITY OF THE CHURCH.
CHAPTER VI. CHURCH
DISCIPLINE AND SCHISMS.
CHAPTER VII. PUBLIC
WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHRISTIAN ART.
CHAPTER IX.
THEOLOGY. DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECUMENICAL ORTHODOXY.
I. - The Trinitarian
Controversies.
II. - The Origenistic Controversies.
III. - The Christological
Controversies.
IV. - The Anthropological
Controversies.
CHAPTER X.
CHURCH FATHERS, AND THEOLOGICAL LITERATURE.
I._The Greek Fathers.
II._The Latin Fathers.
List of Popes and
Emporers.
Appendix.
Volume IV
MEDIAEVAL CHRISTIANITY
From Gregory I to Gregory VII
A.D. 590-1073
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MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY
From a. d. 590 -1517.
CHAPTER I. General Introduction
to Mediaeval Church History
FOURTH PERIOD:
THE CHURCH AMONG THE BARBARIANS
From Gregory I. To Gregory VII.
A. D. 590 - 1049 (1073).
CHAPTER II. The
Conversion of the Northern and Western Barbarians.
I. The Conversion of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
II. The Conversion of France,
Germany, and Adjacent Countries.
III. The Conversion of Scandanavis.
IV. The Christianization of the Slavs.
CHAPTER III. Mohammedanism in
its Relation to Christianity.
CHAPTER IV. The
Papal Hierarchy and the Holy Roman Empire.
CHAPTER V. The
Conflict of the Eastern and Western Churches and Their Separation.
CHAPTER VI. Morals
and Religion.
CHAPTER VII. Monasticism.
CHAPTER VIII. Church Discipline.
CHAPTER IX. Church and State.
CHAPTER X. Worship and Ceremonies.
CHAPTER XI. Doctrinal Controversies.
CHAPTER XII. Heretical Sects.
CHAPTER XIII. The State of Learning.
CHAPTER XIV. Biographical Sketches of Ecclesiastical
Writers.
Volume V
FROM GREGORY VII. TO BONIFACE VIII. A. D. 1049-1294.
Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER I. THE
HILDEBRANDIAN POPES. A.D. 1049-1073.
CHAPTER II. GREGORY
VII, 1073-1085.
CHAPTER III. THE
PAPACY FROM THE DEATH OF GREGORY VII. TO THE CONCORDAT OF WORMS. A.D.
1085-1122.
CHAPTER IV. THE
PAPACY FROM THE CONCORDAT OF WORMS TO INNOCENT III. A.D. 1122-1198.
CHAPTER V. INNOCENT
III. AND HIS AGE. A.D. 1198-1216.
CHAPTER VI. THE
PAPACY FROM THE DEATH OF INNOCENT III. TO BONIFACE VIII. 1216-1294.
CHAPTER VII. THE
CRUSADES.
CHAPTER VIII. THE
MONASTIC ORDERS.
CHAPTER IX.
MISSIONS.
CHAPTER X. HERESY
AND ITS SUPPRESSION.
CHAPTER XI.
UNIVERSITIES AND CATHEDRALS.
CHAPTER XII.
SCHOLASTIC AND MYSTIC THEOLOGY.
CHAPTER XIII.
SCHOLASTICISM AT ITS HEIGHT.
CHAPTER XIV. THE
SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM.
CHAPTER XV. POPE AND
CLERGY.
CHAPTER XVI. POPULAR
WORSHIP AND SUPERSTITION.
Volume VI
FROM BONIFACE VIII. TO MARTIN
LUTHER. A.D. 1294-1517.
The
Sixth Period of Church History.
Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER I. THE DECLINE OF THE PAPACY AND THE AVIGNON
EXILE. A.D. 1294-1377.
CHAPTER II. THE PAPAL SCHISM AND THE REFORMATORY
COUNCILS. 1378-1449.
CHAPTER III. LEADERS OF CATHOLIC THOUGHT.
CHAPTER IV. THE GERMAN MYSTICS.
CHAPTER V. REFORMERS BEFORE THE REFORMATION.
CHAPTER VI. THE LAST POPES OF THE MIDDLE AGES. 1447-1521
CHAPTER VII. HERESY AND WITCHCRAFT.
CHAPTER VIII. THE RENAISSANCE.
CHAPTER IX. THE PULPIT AND POPULAR PIETY.
CHAPTER X. THE CLOSE OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
Volume VII
HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION.
1517 - 1648.
Preface
CHAPTER I.
ORIENTATION. mediaeval and modern
christianity
FIRSTBOOK.
THE GERMAN REFORMATION TILL THE DIET OF AUGSBURG,
1517-1530.
CHAPTER II. LUTHER’S
TRAINING FOR THE REFORMATION, (l483-1517).
CHAPTER III. THE
GERMAN REFORMATION FROM THE PUBLICATION OF LUTHER’S THESES TO THE DIET OF
WORMS, (1517-1521).
CHAPTER IV. THE
GERMAN REFORMATION FROM THE DIET OF WORMS TO THE PEASANTS’ WAR, (1521-1525).
CHAPTER V. THE INNER
DEVELOPMENT OF THE REFORMATION FROM THE
PEASANTS’ WAR TO THE
DIET OF AUGSBURG, (1525-1530).
CHAPTER VI.
PROPAGATION AND PERSECUTION OF PROTESTANTISM.
CHAPTER VII. THE
SACRAMENTARIAN CONTROVERSIES.
CHAPTER VIII. THE
POLITICAL SITUATION BETWEEN 1526 AND 1529.
CHAPTER IX. THE DIET
AND CONFESSION OF AUGSBURG. (1530).
Volume VIII
SECOND BOOK.
THE SWISS REFORMATION.
Preface
CHAPTER I. introduction.
CHAPTER II. zwingli's training. a.d. 1484-1519.
CHAPTER III. the reformation in zĂĽrich. 1519-1526.
CHAPTER IV. spread of the reformation in german
switzerland and the grisons.
CHAPTER V. the civil and religious war between the roman
catholic and reformed cantons.
CHAPTER VI. the period of consolidation.
THIRD BOOK.
THE REFORMATION IN FRENCH SWITZERLAND, OR THE
CALVINISTIC MOVEMENT.
CHAPTER VII. the preparatory work. from 1526 to 1536.
CHAPTER VIII. john calvin and his work.
CHAPTER IX. from france to switzerland. 1509-1536.
CHAPTER X. calvin's first sojourn and labors in geneva.
1536-1538.
CHAPTER XI. calvin in germany. from 1538 to 1541.
CHAPTER XII. calvin's second sojourn and labors in geneva.
1541-1564.
CHAPTER XIII. constitution and discipline of the church of
geneva.
CHAPTER XIV. the theology of calvin.
CHAPTER XV. doctrinal controversies.
CHAPTER XVI. servetus: his life, trial, and execution.
CHAPTER XVII. calvin abroad.
CHAPTER XVIII. closing scenes in the life of calvin.
CHAPTER XIX. theodore beza.
Appendix.