The beginnings of Christianity
Subtitle: Volume 2: The Development Of The Church
Publisher: Williams and Norgate
Published: 1904
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Description: Volume 2 of 2.
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: Volume 2; title: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH. THE ORIGIN OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT.; title: Chapter I. The Decay of the Apostles and Prophets. End of the mission and its results. Appearance of the Gnostic heresy. Opposition of the single congregations 1-10; title: Chapter II. The Development of the Episcopacy. Development of functions. Theoretical increase in dignity. Monarchical episcopacy. Formation of the office of teacher 1 1-20; title: Chapter III. The Order of the Saints. Martyrs. Ascetics. Beginnings of hagiology 21-27; title: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH'S THEOLOGY.; title: Christianity and Judaism.; title: Chapter IV. The Jewish Faith. Struggle between Jews and Christians. Main points of dispute. The Christological controversy: the Messiah. The High Priest. The Son of Gvod. Jesus in the Old Testament. Jewish eschatology. Jewish belief in angels. Effect on the belief in God 28-58; title: Chapter V. The Law and Jewish Ethics. The Old Testament as a book of prophecy. Christianity a new law. Acceptance of Jewish ethics. Resulting legalism and ecclesiasticism. 59-79; title: Chapter VI. The Jewish Church and its Institutions. The Christians the trae Israel. The people of God. The Church. Consequences of the acceptance of the idea of the Church. Intolerance. The true disciples within the Church. Influence of Jewish institutions. The constitution. The tradition of teaching. Worship. Penance. 80-105; title: CHRISTIANITY AND HELLENISM.; title: Chapter VII. The Heathen State and the Heathen Religion, Feeling among the laity. Official apologetics. The earliest conflict. Attack on the old gods. The new God Jesus Christ. Christianity and the mysteries. Greek ideas of hell. The ascent to heaven 104-139; title: Chapter VIII. Greek Philosophy. Popular philosophy and belief in Providence. The transcendence of God. Intermediary beings and the Logos. The creation of matter. Rise of the new apologetics combining reason and law. Importance of the Gospel of St John. Justin. Tendency towards a philosophic transfonnation of Christianity 140-169; title: CATHOLICISM AND GNOSTICISM.; title: Chapter IX. The Origin of Gnosticism. Sketch of Gnostic theology. Its relation to Jesus. Its relation to Paul. Jewish influence Babylonian-Persian influence. Influence of Greek philosophy. Freedom of teaching a reason for the spread of Gnosticism. Gnosticism a reaction 170-204; title: Chapter X. The Intellectual Struggle. The intellectual struggle. Ecclesiastical antitheses. Their relation to the Gospel. Consequences of the struggle. Forcible measures of the Church. End of the freedom of teaching. Consequences for theology and the formation of the canon. Centralisation of worship. Exclusion of heretics. Scholastic Christianity 205-24S; title: THE THEOLOOY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.; title: Chapter XI. The Fate of Jenu. The inner motives for the formation of the canon. Time of selection. The New Testament composed of two strata of documents. The Gospel of St John a child of its own time. Paulinism of the Johannine writings 243-278; title: Chapter XII. The Fall of Paul. The Acts of the Apostles and the Pastoral Epistles. The Apostles in the Acts. The first letter of Peter. The importance of the New Testament as a whole 279-296; title: PERSONAL RELIGION IN THE SUB-APOSTOLIC AGE; title: Chapter XIII. The Christian Hope.; title: Postponement of the Parousia and its results. Different forms of hope 297-318 Chapter XIV. The Christian Life. Growing worldliness. The leaders. Sins against decency and order. Immorality and asceticism. Half-heartedness. Disadvantages of Hellenisation. The new ideal orthodoxy and ecclesiasticism. The old ideal of practical Christianity. Sanctification. Brotherly love. Constancy in suffering 314-348; title: Chapter XV. The Redemption. Theories and formulas. Conversion. Unredeemed Christianity. Witness of individual redemption. Early Qiristian morality. Real and apparent sources of redemption. Concluding remarks . 844-868; title: INDEX 364-876