The Ancient Church: Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Traced for the First Three Hundred Years

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C. Scribner, 1859 - 656 من الصفحات

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His visit to Jerusalem and vision
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CHAPTER V
70
Opposition of the Jews and dangers of the missionaries
77
Constituent members of the Council of Jerusalem
83
Importance of the decision
89
Causes of early persecutions
95
The more noble Bereans
101
His speech on Mars Hill
104
Works at the trade of a tentmaker
111
Position of the Jews in Alexandria
117
First Epistle to the Corinthians
123
Riot when Paul appeared in the Temple at Jerusalem
136
His voyage to Rome and shipwreck
142
Paul preaches in his own hired house
148
Evidences of Pauls release from his first Roman imprisonment
156
The Jews at first the chief persecutors of the Church
164
Previous position of Paul and Barnabas
168
SECTION II
176
Why now ordained
178
The dates of the Catholic Epistles
182
The boundaries of the Empire
185
CHAPTER II
188
Christians
191
Stoics the Academics and Plato
192
The Deity of Christ
194
CHAPTER III
200
Simon Magus and other heretics mentioned in the New Testa
205
Christianity opposed as a new religion
208
Our Lord recognized the permanent obligation of the Fourth Com
211
Scriptures read publicly
217
Profane excluded from the Eucharist
223
Perversion of excommunication by the Church of Rome
229
THE EXTRAORDINARY TEACHERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH AND
230
The office of the teaching elder most honourable
236
Import of ordination
237
Word Ministers of the Word should exercise no lordship over each
243
Christian Church also made up of associated congregations
249
Why we have not a more particular account of the government
255
James not bishop of Jerusalem
256
The unity of the apostolic Churchin what it consisted
262
The influence of the current Polytheism
267
The stars not attached to the candlesticks but in the hand
268
Persecution under Decius
270
SECTION I
275
Why our Lord wrote nothing Himself
279
Christianity propagated in Africa France Thrace and Scotland
281
How far the Romans acted on a principle of toleration
288
The order in which the Gospels appeared
294
Causes of the persecutions
309
The state of the Jewsthe Pharisees the Sadducees and
314
Clement of Alexandria
373
Cyprianhis training character and writings
381
Preparations for a great Deliverer and expectation of His appear
386
The excellency of Scripture
387
The story of Ignatius and its difficulties
394
The Ignatian Epistles not recognised by Irenæus or Polycarp
400
These letters not known to Tertullian Hippolytus and other early
408
The Epistle of Polycarp 365
411
The three Curetonian Letters as objectionable as those formerly
414
Their puerilities vapouring and mysticism betray their spurious
422
Doctrine of Plenary Inspiration of Scripture taught
425
CHAPTER IV
429
Montanus and his system
436
Doctrine of Venial and Mortal Sins
442
The Ebionites Theodotus Artemon and Paul of Samosata
453
tament
459
No instrumental music
465
Polycarp probably baptized in infancy
472
Infant Baptism universal in Africa in the days of Cyprian
478
How the Holy Supper was administered in Rome in the second
484
CHAPTER IV
491
In the second century fasting preceded Baptism
492
CHAPTER V
499
The presbyters had a chairman or president
505
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THE RISE OF THE HIERARCHY CONNECTED WITH THE SPREAD OF HERESIES
522
No parallel to it in more recent times 51
524
Dress of ministers
528
Suggested by the distractions of the Church
529
The primitive moderator and the bishop contrasted
535
The Pontifical Book remarkably confirms itNot strange that
552
Polycarp probably dissatisfied with the new arrangements
556
Circumstances in which the system originated
562
Circumstances which at an early period gave prominence to
566
Early jealousy towards the bishop of Rome
568
CHAPTER IX
575
When this practice ceased
581
Difference between ancient and modern bishops
587
Power of the ecclesiastical president increased when elected by
590
Presbyters continued to ordain presbyters and deacons
596
Jealousies and contentions of city bishops
602
A part of the original constitution of the Church
609
Amphictyonic Council did not suggest the establishment of Synods
615
Early Synods composed of bishops and elders
619
The Paschal controversy and Victors excommunication
625
The tickets of peace and the schism of Felicissimus
632
Great change between this and the sixteenth century
638
The holy Catholic Churchwhat it meant
639
Arrogant assumptions of bishops
646
The establishment of the hierarchy a grand mistake
652

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الصفحة 45 - Therefore said he unto them ; The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few ; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
الصفحة 175 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
الصفحة 212 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves .to the Lord, To serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, To be his servants, Every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, And taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, And make them joyful in my house of prayer...
الصفحة 489 - I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. 6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
الصفحة 224 - In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
الصفحة 131 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
الصفحة 70 - Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
الصفحة 92 - These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.' And he came out the same hour.
الصفحة 17 - If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
الصفحة 86 - And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

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