Table of Contents:

History of the Origins of Christianity
Book I. Life of Jesus.

Prefatory
Preface
Introduction
Chapter I. Place of Jesus in the History of the World.
Chapter II. Infancy and Youth of Jesus—His First Impressions.
Chapter III. Education of Jesus.
Chapter IV. The Order of Thought from Whose Centre Jesus Was Developed.
Chapter V. The First Sayings of Jesus—His Ideas of a “Father-God” and of a Pure Religion—First Disciples.
Chapter VI. John the Baptist—Vist of Jesus to John, and His Abode in the Desert of Judæa—He Adopts the Baptism of John.
Chapter VII. Development of the Ideas of Jesus Relative to the Kingdom of God.
Chapter VIII. Jesus at Capernaum.
Chapter IX. The Disciples of Jesus.
Chapter X. Preachings on the Lake.
Chapter XI. The Kingdom of God Conceived as the Inheritance of the Poor.
Chapter XII. Embassy to Jesus from John in Prison—Death of John—The Relations of His School with that of Jesus.
Chapter XIII. First Attempts on Jerusalem.
Chapter XIV. Relations of Jesus with the Pagans and the Samaritans.
Chapter XV. Commencement of the Legend of Jesus—His Own Idea of His Supernatural Character.
Chapter XVI. Miracles.
Chapter XVII. Definite Form of the Ideas of Jesus in Respect of the Kingdom of God.
Chapter XVIII. Institutions of Jesus.
Chapter XIX. Increasing Progression of Enthusiasm and of Exaltation.
Chapter XX. Opposition to Jesus.
Chapter XXI. Last Journey of Jesus to Jerusalem.
Chapter XXII. Machinations of the Enemies of Jesus.
Chapter XXIII. Last Week of Jesus.
Chapter XXIV. Arrest and Trial of Jesus.
Chapter XXV. Death of Jesus.
Chapter XXVI. Jesus in the Tomb.
Chapter XXVII. Fate of the Enemies of Jesus.
Chapter XXVIII. Essential Character of the Work of Jesus.
Appendix. Of the Use It Is Proper to Make of the Fourth Gospel in Writing the Life of Jesus.

History of the Origins of Christianity
Book II. The Apostles.

Introduction
Chapter I. Formation of Beliefs Relative to the Resurrection of Jesus—The Apparitions at Jerusalem.
Chapter II. Departure of the Disciples from Jerusalem—Second Galilean Life of Jesus.
Chapter III. Return of the Apostles to Jerusalem.—End of the Period of Apparitions.
Chapter IV. Descent of the Holy Spirit.—Ecstatical and Prophetical Phenomena.
Chapter V. First Church of Jerusalem; It Is Entirely Cenobitical.
Chapter VI. The Conversion of Hellenistic Jews and of Proselytes.
Chapter VII. The Church Considered as an Association of Poor People.—Institution of the Diaconate, Deaconesses, and Widows.
Chapter VIII. First Persecution.—Death of Stephen.—Destruction of the First Church of Jerusalem.
Chapter IX. First Missions.—Philip the Deacon.
Chapter X. Conversion of St. Paul.—Ridiculous to Put Paul’s Conversion A.D. 38—Aretas Settles the Date as about 34.
Chapter XI. Peace and Interior Developments of the Church of Judea.
Chapter XII. Foundation of the Church of Antioch.
Chapter XIII. The Idea of an Apostolate to the Gentiles.—Saint Barnabas.
Chapter XIV. Persecution by Herod Agrippa the First.
Chapter XV. Movements Parallel to Christianity, or Imitated from It.—Simon of Gitton.
Chapter XVI. General Progress of Christian Missions.
Chapter XVII. State of the World at the Middle of the First Century.
Chapter XVIII. Religious Legislation at This Period.
Chapter XIX. The Future of Missions.

History of the Origins of Christianity
Book III. Saint Paul.

Introduction
Chapter I. First Journey of Paul—The Cyprus Mission.
Chapter II. Continuation of the First Journey of Paul—The Galatian Mission.
Chapter III. First Affair in Regard to Circumcision.
Chapter IV. Slow Propagation of Christianity: Its Introduction at Rome.
Chapter V. Second Journey of Paul—Another Sojourn at Galatia.
Chapter VI. Continuation of the Second Journey of Paul—The Macedonian Mission.
Chapter VII. Continuation of the Second Journey of Paul—Paul at Athens.
Chapter VIII. Continuation of the Second Journey of Paul—First Sojourn at Corinth.
Chapter IX. Continuation of the Second Journey of Paul—First Epistles—Interior Condition of the New Churches.
Chapter X. Return of Paul to Antioch—Quarrel Between Peter and Paul—Counter-Mission Organised by James, Brother of the Lord.
Chapter XI. Troubles in the Churches of Galatia.
Chapter XII. Third Journey of Paul—Foundation of the Church at Ephesus.
Chapter XIII. Progress of Christianity in Asia and Phrygia.
Chapter XIV. Schisms in the Church of Corinth—Apollos—First Scandals.
Chapter XV. Continuation of the Third Journey of Paul—The Great Contribution—Departure from Ephesus.
Chapter XVI. Continuation of the Third Journey of Paul—Second Stay of Paul in Macedonia.
Chapter XVII. Continuation of the Third Mission—Second Stay of Paul at Corinth—The Epistle to the Romans.
Chapter XVIII. Return of Paul to Jerusalem.
Chapter XIX. Last Stay of Paul at Jerusalem—His Apprehension.
Chapter XX. Captivity of Paul at Cæsarea of Palestine.
Chapter XXI. Paul’s Voyage as a Prisoner.
Chapter XXII. A Glance over the Work of Paul.

History of the Origins of Christianity
Book IV. The Antichrist.

Introduction
Chapter I. Paul Captive at Rome.
Chapter II. Peter at Rome.
Chapter III. State of the Churches in Judea.—Death of James.
Chapter IV. Final Activity of Paul.
Chapter V. The Approach of the Crisis.
Chapter VI. The Burning of Rome.
Chapter VIII. Death of St. Peter and St. Paul.
Chapter IX. The After the Crisis.
Chapter X. The Revolution in Judea.
Chapter XI. Massacres in Syria and Egypt.
Chapter XII. Vespasian in Galilee—The Terror at Jerusalem—Flight of the Christians.
Chapter XIII. The Death of Nero.
Chapter XIV. Plagues and Prognostics.
Chapter XV. The Apostles in Asia.
Chapter XVI. The Apocalypse.
Chapter XVII. The Fortune of the Book.
Chapter XVIII. The Accession of the Flavii.
Chapter XIX. Destruction of Jerusalem.
Chapter XX. Consequences of the Destruction of Jerusalem.
Appendix. Concerning the Coming of St. Peter to Rome and the Residence of St. John at Ephesus.

History of the Origins of Christianity
Book V. The Gospels.

Intoduction
Chapter I. The Jews after the Destruction of the Temple.
Chapter II. Bether: The Book of Judith: the Jewish Canon.
Chapter III. Ebion Beyond Jordan.
Chapter IV. The Relations of Jews and Christians.
Chapter V. Settlement of the Legend and of the Teachings of Jesus.
Chapter VI. The Hebrew Gospel.
Chapter VII. The Greek Gospel—Mark.
Chapter VIII. Christianity and the Empire under Flavius.
Chapter IX. Propagation of Christianity—Egypt—Sibyllism
Chapter X. The Greek Gospel is Corrected and Completed (Matthew).
Chapter XI. Secret of the Beauties of the Gospel.
Chapter XII. The Christians of the Flavia Family—Flavius Josephus.
Chapter XIII. The Gospel of Luke.
Chapter XIV. The Domitian Persecution.
Chapter XV. Clemens Romanus—Progress of the Presbyteriate.
Chapter XVI. End of the Flavii—Nerva—Recrudescence of the Apocalypses.
Chapter XVII. Trajan—The Good and Great Emperors.
Chapter XVIII. Ephesus—The Old Age of John—Cerinthus—Docetism.
Chapter XIX. Luke, the First Historian of Christianity.
Chapter XX. Syrian Sects—Elkasaï.
Chapter XXI. Trajan as a Persecutor—Letter of Pliny.
Chapter XXII. Ignatius of Antioch.
Chapter XXIII. End of Trajan—Revolt of the Jews.
Chapter XXIV. Definitive Separation of the Church and the Synagogue.
Appendix.

History of the Origins of Christianity
Book VI. The Reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. (A.D. 117-161)

Preface
Chapter I. Hadrian.
Chapter II. The Re-building of Jerusalem.
Chapter III. The Relative Tolerance of Hadrian—The First Apologists.
Chapter IV. The Johannine Writings.
Chapter V. The Beginning of a System of Christian Philosophy.
Chapter VI. Progress of the Episcopate.
Chapter VII. Forged Apostolical Writings.—The Christian Bible.
Chapter VIII. Millenarianism—Papias.
Chapter IX. The Commencement of Gnosticism.
Chapter X. Basilidies, Valentinus, Saturninus, Carpocrates.
Chapter XI. The last Revolt of the Jews.
Chapter XII. Disappearance of the Jewish Nation.
Chapter XIII. The Talmud.
Chapter XIV. The Mutual Hatred of Jews and Christians.
Chapter XV. Antonius Pius.
Chapter XVI. The Christians and Public Opinion.
Chapter XVII. The Sects at Rome—The Cerygmass—the Roman Christian—Definitive Reconciliation of Peter and Paul.
Chapter XVIII. Exaggeration of St Paul’s Ideas—Marcion.
Chapter XIX. The Catholic Apology—St Justin.
Chapter XX. Abuses and Penitence—New Prophecies.
Chapter XXI. Roman Pietism—The Shepherd of Hermas.
Chapter XXII. Orthodox Asia—Polycarpus.
Chapter XXIII. Martydom of Polycarpus.
Chapter XXIV. Christianity amongst the Gauls—The Church of Lyons.
Chapter XXV. The Strife at Rome—Martyrdom of St Justin—Fronton.
Chapter XXVI. The Apocryphal Gospels.
Chapter XXVII. Apocryphal Acts and Apocalypses.
Appendix I.
Appendix II.

History of the Origins of Christianity
Book VII. Marcus-Aurelius.

Preface
Chapter I. Advent of Marcus-Aurelius/
Chapter II. Progress and Reforms. The Roman Law.
Chapter III. The Reign of the Philosophers.
Chapter IV. Persecutions Against the Christians.
Chapter V. Increasing Grandeur of the Church of Rome—Pseudo-Clementine Writings.
Chapter VI. Tatian—The Two Systems of Apology.
Chapter VII. Decadence of Gnosticism.
Chapter VIII. Oriental Syncretism—The Ophites—Future Apparition of Manichæism.
Chapter IX. The Result of Marcionism—Apelles.
Chapter X. Tatian Heretical—The Encratites.
Chapter XI. The Great Bishops of Greece and Asia—Melito.
Chapter XII. The Question of Easter.
Chapter XIII. Last Recrudescence of Millenarianism and Prophetism—The Montanists.
Chapter XIV. Resistance of the Orthodox Church.
Chapter XV. Complete Triump of the Episcopate—Results of Montanism.
Chapter XVI. Marcis-Aurelius Among the Quades—The Book of Thoughts.
Chapter XVII. The Legio Fulminata—Apologies of Apollinaris, Miltiades, and Melito.
Chapter XVIII. The Gnostics and the Montanists at Lyons.
Chapter XIX. The Martyrs of Lyons.
Chapter XX. Reconstitution of the Church of Lyons—Irenæus.
Chapter XXI. Celsus and Lucian.
Chapter XXII. New Apologies—Athenagoras, Theophilus of antioch, Minucius Felix.
Chapter XXIII. Progress of Organisation.
Chapter XXIV. Schools of Alexandria and Edessa.
Chapter XXV. Statistics and Geographical Extension of Christianity.
Chapter XXVI. The Interior Martyrdom of Marcus-Aurelius—His Preparation for Death.
Chapter XXVII. Death of Marcus-Aurelius—The End of the Old World.
Chapter XXVIII. Christianity at the End of the Second Century—Dogma.
Chapter XXIX. Worship and Discipline.
Chapter XXX. Christian Manners.
Chapter XXXI. Reasons for the Victory of Christianity.
Chapter XXXII. Social and Political Revolution Advanced by Christianity.
Chapter XXXIII. The Christian Empire.
Chapter XXXIV. Ulterior Transformation.