PART I

INTRODUCTORY

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A sketch of the early Jewish colony in Rome--Allusion to Jews by Cicero--Favour shown them by Julius Cæsar--Mention of Jews by the great poets of the Augustine age--Characteristic features and moral power of Jews--Their numbers in the days of Nero 3

I

(_a_) FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH IN ROME--INFLUENCE OF S. PETER

Into this colony of Jews came the news of the story of Jesus Christ--Was S. Peter among the first preachers of Christianity in Rome?--Quotations from early Christian writers on this subject--Traditional memories of S. Peter in Rome 7

II

EARLY REFERENCES

Quotations from patristic writers of the first three centuries, bearing on the foundation of the Church in Rome, including the oldest Catalogues of the Bishops of Rome--Deduction from these quotations 13