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CONTENTS.
PERIOD I.
FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE DEATH OF THE
APOSTLE JOHN, A.D. 100.
SECTION I.
HISTORY OF THE PLANTING AND GROWTH OF THE APOSTOLIC
CHURCH.
CHAPTER I.
THE ROMAN EMPIRE AT THE TIME OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
The boundaries of the Empire,
Its population, strength, and grandeur,
Its orators, poets, and philosophers,
The influence of Rome upon the provinces,
The languages most extensively spoken,
The moral condition of the Empire, .
The influence of the philosophical sects-the Epicureans, the
Stoics, the Academics, and Plato,
The influence of the current Polytheism,
The state of the Jews-the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes, .
Preparations for a great Deliverer, and expectation of His appear-
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The visit of the angel to the shepherds,
The visit of the Magi-the flight into Egypt-and the murder of
the infants at Bethlehem,
The presentation in the Temple,
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The infancy and boyhood of Jesus,
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His mysterious movements,
Gospels,
His moral purity,
His miracles,
The length of His ministry,
The Sanhedrim and Pontius Pilate, .
His baptism and entrance upon His public ministry,
The remarkable blanks in the accounts given of Him in the
His doctrine and His mode of teaching,
The independence of His proceedings as a reformer,
The Death of Christ, and its significance, .
His Resurrection, and His appearance afterwards only to His own
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SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE on the year of the Birth of Christ,
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CHAPTER III.
THE TWELVE AND THE SEVENTY.
Our Lord during His short ministry trained eighty-two preachers
Typical meaning of the appointment of the Twelve and the
In what sense the Apostles founded the Church,
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Why so little notice of the Seventy in the New Testament,
No account of ordinations of pastors or elders by the Twelve or
the Seventy,.
No succession from the Twelve or Seventy can be traced,
In what sense the Twelve and Seventy have no successors, and in
what sense they have,
CHAPTER IV.
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THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL FROM THE DEATH OF CHRIST TO THE DEATH
OF THE APOSTLE JAMES, THE BROTHER OF JOHN.-A.D. 31 TO A.D. 44.
The successful preaching of the Apostles in Jerusalem,
The disciples have all things common,
The appointment of the deacons,
The date of the martyrdom of Stephen,
The gospel preached in Samaria,
The Apostles refuse to obey the rulers of the Jews,
The baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch, and of Cornelius the cen- turion,
The conversion of Saul, his character, position, and sufferings,
His visit to Jerusalem, and vision,
His ministry in Syria and Cilicia,
His appearance at Antioch,
Why the disciples were called Christians,
Paul and Barnabas sent from Antioch with relief to the poor
The Apostles leave Jerusalem-why no successor appointed on
the death of James the brother of John,
Why Paul taken up to Paradise,
CHAPTER V.
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THE ORDINATION OF PAUL AND BARNABAS; THEIR MISSIONARY TOUR IN
ASIA MINOR; AND THE COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM.-A.D. 44 TO A.D. 51.
They visit Cyprus, Perga, Antioch in Pisidia, Iconium, and other
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Opposition of the Jews, and dangers of the missionaries,
Some insist on the circumcision of the Gentile converts, and are
Why he objected to the proposal,
Deputation to Jerusalem about this question,
Constituent members of the Council of Jerusalem,
Date of the meeting,
Not a popular assembly,
In what capacity the Apostles here acted,
Why the Council said "It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and
to us,"
The decision,
Why the converts were required to abstain from blood and things
strangled,
Importance of the decision,
CHAPTER VI.
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GOSPEL INTO EUROPE, AND THE MINISTRY O
PAUL AT PHILIPPI.—A.D. 52.
THE MINISTRY OF PAUL IN THESSALONICA, BEREA, ATHENS, AND CORIN'
Thessalonica and its rulers,
The more noble Bereans,
-A.D. 52 TO A.D. 54.
Athens and its ancient glory,
Paul's appearance among the philosophers,
Opposition of Jews, and conduct of the Proconsul Gallio,
Paul writes the First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians,
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CHAPTER VIII.
THE CONVERSION OF APOLLOS; HIS CHARACTER; AND THE MINISTRY OF
PAUL IN EPHESUS.-A.D. 54 To A.D. 57.
Paul returns to Ephesus, and disputes in the school of Tyrannus,
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Temple of Diana at Ephesus, and the Ephesian letters,
PAUL'S EPISTLES; HIS COLLECTION FOR THE POOR SAINTS AT JERUSALEM;
HIS IMPRISONMENT THERE, AND AT CÆSAREA AND ROME.—a.d. 57 to
A.D. 63.
Paul preaches in Macedonia and Illyricum,
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