The Beginnings Of Christianity
Subtitle: Volume 1: The Rise Of The Religion
Publisher: Williams and Norgate
Published: 1903
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Description: Volume 1 of 2.
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: Volume 1; title: THE PRESUPPOSITIONS.; title: Chapter I. The Popular Belief of the Ancient World.; title: Earth and World. Miracles of external nature. Psychical miracles. The world of spirits. Testimony of the Apologists . . . . 1-11; title: Chapter II. Judaism.; title: The law. Scribes and Pharisees. The Jewish belief in God. Jewish morality. Eschatology . 12-30; title: Chapter III. The Fulness of the Time.; title: The position of the Jews in the history of civilization. The state of affairs in Palestine. John the Baptist 31-36; title: THE RISE OF THE RELIGION.; title: I. Jesus.; title: Chapter IV. Jesus' Call.; title: The testimony of Jesus to Himself. His mode of life. Jesus and the idea of the Messiah. The transformation of this idea. The Second Advent. The titles Son of God and Son of Man . . 37-55 Chapter V. Jesus  Promise. The Jewish starting-point. The kingdom of God, its place and character. The future and the present. The kingdom no longer merely national ........ 56-72; title: Chapter VI. Jesus' Claim.; title: Preliminary questions. The three great realities. Duty to one's self. Duty to one's neighbour. Duty to God. The criterium for God and for man. The confession. Relation to the law, to the Pharisees, to the ethical system of Judaism. Significance of the eschatology . 73-95; title: Chapter VII. Jesus the Redeemer.; title: The healer of men's bodies. His home mission. Our Saviour from the theologians and from the Church. The new fellowship. The piety of Jesus. The certain hope. Strength to do good. The forgiveness of sins. His relation to the world, to suffering, and to death. The Lord's Prayer. His Death and Resurrection . . 96-116; title: II. The Early Christian Community.; title: Chapter VIII. The Leaders of the Early Community.; title: The twelve Apostles. The brethren of the Lord. The prophets, the teachers, the seven deacons, evangelists, the presbyters 117-126; title: Chapter IX. The Development of the Church.; title: The enthusiastic beginning. The confession. The signs of enthusiasm. The legal forms of the sect. Exclusiveness and legality . . .127-136; title: Chapter X. The Oldest Theology.; title: Laymen and teachers. The Messianic proof the parousia. The Resurrection, the Death of Jesus. Prophecies and miracles. The secret in Jesus. Collection and arrangement of the words of the Lord 137-151; title: Chapter XI. The Parties and the Issue of the Struggle.; title: Relation to the Jewish people. Origin of the dispute concerning the law. Judaism . . . 152-157; title: III. St Paul.; title: Chapter XII. The Consciousness of his Call.; title: The apostle's self-consciousness. Its origin in Revelation. His apologetic . . . .158-173; title: Chapter XIII. Jesus brought to the Gentiles.; title: The ground prepared by the Jews. Jesus neither lawgiver, nor philosopher, but Redeemer. The message of the last day. The preaching of destruction. The crucified and risen Son of God. Organization of the community. The claims of the Gospel. Relation to the world. Formation of the Christian conscience. Renunciation of the world. Sanctification. The State. Masters and servants. Marriage and family. Social intercourse. Regulation of the care of the community. Regulation of public worship. Result: — St Paul and Jesus in their claims. The judgment for Christians and the problem of the certainty of salvation. The new element in the Pauline Mission . . . .174-222; title: THE PAULINE THEOLOGY.; title: Chapter XIV. The Presuppositions 223-227; title: Chapter XV. The Pauline Soteriology.; title: The present evil world and its powers. The doom of death. Sin and its source. The ultimate results of pessimism. The crisis : Jesus the Redeemer. The roots of the Pauline Christology. The proof of the love of God. The dawn of the world to come. The Son of God from heaven. St Paul and Jesus. The redemption of believers. The source of the doctrine of redemption. Theory of experienced phenomena. The redemptive power. The miraculous powers. Knowledge. The Spirit of prayer. The ethical manifestations of the Spirit. The Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ. The means of salvation. Faith. The Word. The Church. The Sacraments. Hindrances in the way of salvation and their removal. The hindrances. The struggle. Faith. Hope. The certainty of salvation. Theory of the postulates concerning the future. The outlines of the Pauline eschatology. The problems. Result of the theology of redemption 228-289; title: Chapter XVI. The Anti-Jewish Apologetic.; title: Its origin in the practical needs of the missionary. The annulling of the law. Various possibilities. No salvation through the law. Christ our Redeemer from the law. Justification by faith and freedom in the Spirit. The genesis of this doctrine. The word justification. God's position. Man's position. The Old Testament proof. Freedom in the Spirit. The idea of inner compulsion. The fate of the Jewish people. Abolition of Jewish prerogatives. The problem and the different solutions . . 290-320; title: Chapter XVII. The Pauline Gnosis.; title: What ' gnosis ' really is. Its object. Christianization of the Old Testament. Angelological speculations. Speculations as to the person of Christ. Significance of this gnostical Christology. Knowledge of the ways of God. Results of the Pauline theology 321-340; title: RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE CHURCHES.; title: Chapter XVIII. St Paul's Personal Religion. The Christian Faith. Public worship. The new life. Christianity. ' Extra' and ' average.' Uncertainty as to salvation. Results. St Paul's religion essentially one of feeling. His work and his calling. Jesus and St Paul. A final estimate 341-359; title: IV. The Apocalypse.; title: Chapter XIX. The Prophet.; title: The prophetic claim. Truth and fiction . . 360-365; title: Chapter XX. The Promise.; title: The Christian hope in the parousia. Political prophecies against Rome. Passages borrowed from the Jewish Apocalypses .... 366-375; title: Chapter XXI. The Claim.; title: The enemy without. The danger within . . 376-378; title: Chapter XXII. A Layman's Theology.; title: Pessimism and optimism. God and angels. Christ. The sources of the Christian element in the Apocalypse. Concluding remarks . . . 379-390