PART I.

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1. The Age of the Apostles 1 2. St. Ignatius 5 3. St. Justin, Martyr 10 4. St. Polycarp 13 5. The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne 15 6. Tertullian--Perpetua and her Companions 17 7. Origen 21 8. St Cyprian--Part I. 25 " Part II. 27 " Part III. 29 9. The Last Persecution 31 10. Constantine the Great 38 11. The Council of Nicæa 43 12. St. Athanasius--Part I. 47 " Part II. 51 " Part III. 54 13. The Monks 59 14. St. Basil and St. Gregory of Nazianzum--Part I. 67 " " " Part II. 70 15. St. Ambrose 73 16. The Temple of Serapis 77 17. Church Government 80 18. Christian Worship--Part I. 85 " " Part II. 87 " " Part III. 90 19. Arcadius and Honorius 93 20. St. John Chrysostom--Part I. 95 " " Part II. 100 " " Part III. 103 " " Part IV. 105 21. St. Augustine--Part I. 108 " Part II. 111 " Part III. (Donatism) 114 " Part IV. " 118 " Part V. " 120 " Part VI. (Pelagianism) 124 " Part VII. " 127 22. Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon 128 23. Fall of the Western Empire 131 24. Conversion of the Barbarians--Christianity in Britain 133 25. Scotland and Ireland 136 26. Clovis 140 27. Justinian 142 28. Nestorians and Monophysites 144 29. St. Benedict--Part I. 147 " Part II. 150 30. End of the Sixth Century--Part I. 152 " " Part II. 154 31. St. Gregory the Great--Part I. 156 " " Part II. 159 " " Part III. 160 " " Part IV. 163