# A Short History of Christianity Second Edition, Revised, With Additions

Author: Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon), 1856-1933

Genre: Category: History - Religious

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52550

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Short+History+of+Christianity+Second+Edition%2C+Revised%2C+With+Additions+Robertson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

§ 1. Documentary Clues 1 § 2. The Earliest Christian Sects 5 § 3. Personality of the Nominal Founder 10 § 4. Myth of the Twelve Apostles 16 § 5. Primary Forms of the Cult 20 § 6. Rise of Gentile Christism 28 § 7. Growth of the Christ Myth 36

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Part IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter I--The Beginnings](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part I; also in A Short History of Freethought, vol. i, ch. iii, v,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter III--Popular Acceptance](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/36/index.md)
- [Chapter III--Conditions of Survival](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter I--Scope and Character of the Unestablished Church](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Chapter II--Relations of Church and State](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Chapter I--Expansion and Organization](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/29/index.md)
- [Chapter II--Religious Evolution and Strife](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/30/index.md)
- [Chapter I--The Reformation](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/34/index.md)
- [Chapter III--The Social Life and Structure](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/31/index.md)
- [Chapter IV--The Intellectual Life](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/32/index.md)
- [Chapter III--Failure with Survival](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Part III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter II--Progress of Anti-Christian Thought](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/35/index.md)
- [Chapter V--Byzantine Christianity](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/33/index.md)
- [Chapter II--The Environment](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/22/index.md)
- [vii. The history of the so-called Apostles' Creed is fully discussed](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/26/index.md)
- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-christianity-second-edition-revised-with-add-5fbc4a8b/chapters/8/index.md)