A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient)

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Author

Blunt, John Henry, 1823-1884

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E-text prepared by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

BR: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity

Subject

Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500

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Text

eBook-No.

22017

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22017

Release Date

July 7, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A KEY — To the Knowledge of — CHURCH HISTORY
2. 2.[Ancient] — EDITED BY JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A. — EDITOR OF "THE DICTIONARY OF THEOLOGY," "THE ANNOTATED BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER;" AUTHOR OF "HOUSEHOLD THEOLOGY," ETC. ETC. — "This Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations. "—St. Matt. xxiv. 14 — PREFACE — CONTENTS — CHAPTER I — The foundation of the Church among the Jews — A.D. 33-A.D. 38 — Section 1. Definition of the Church. — Section 2. Our Lord's Work in the Foundation of the Church. — Section 3. The Day of Pentecost. — Section 4. St. Peter's First Sermon, and its Results. — Section 3. The First Beginnings of Persecution. — Section 6. Worship and Discipline of the Infant Church. — Section 8. The Martyrdom of St. Stephen. — Section 9. Results of St. Stephen's Martyrdom. — Section 10. The Conversion of St. Paul. — CHAPTER II — The Foundation of the Church among the Heathen — A.D. 38-45 — Section 1. The Conversion of Cornelius. — Section 2. The Apostolic church in Jerusalem. — Section 3. The Apostolic Church in Antioch. — CHAPTER III — The Extension of the Church throughout the World — A.D. 45-70 — Section 1. The First Mission to the Gentiles. — Section 2. The Ministry of the Apostolic Church. — Section 3. The First Council of the Church. — Section 4. St. Paul's Second Apostolic Journey. — Section 5. St. Paul's Third Apostolic Journey. — Section 6. St. Paul at Rome. — CHAPTER IV — Final Settlement of the Church by St. John — A.D. 67-100 — Section 1. Second Council at Jerusalem. — Section 2. Development of the Church. — Section 3. St. John at Ephesus[5]. — Section 4. St. John's Writings. — CHAPTER V — The Primitive Church — A.D. 100-A.D. 312 — Section 1. Causes of Persecution. — Section 2. Number and Duration of Persecutions. — Section 3. Nature and Extent of Persecutions. — Section 4. Effects of Persecution on the Worship and Discipline of the Church. — CHAPTER VI — The Church under the Roman Empire — A.D. 312-A.D. 680 — Section 1. The altered Outward Circumstances of the Church. — Section 2. Internal Trials of the Church. — Section 3. The General Councils. — Section 4. Intellectual Development in the Church. — CHAPTER VII — The Early History of Particular Churches. — A.D. 67-A.D. 500 — Section 1. The Church of England. — Section 2. The Church of Ireland. — Section 3. The Church of Scotland. — Section 4. Continental Churches. — Section 5. The Church in Africa. — Section 6. The Eastern Church. — CHAPTER VIII — The Inroads of Mahometanism — A.D. 609-A.D. 732 — Section 1. Mahomet. — Section 2. The Religion of Mahomet. — Section 3. The Spread of Mahometanism. — CHAPTER IX — The Division between East and West — A.D. 680-A.D. 1054 — Section I. Jealousy between Rome and Constantinople. — Section 2. The Iconoclast (or Image-breaking) Controversy. — Section 3. The Controversy respecting the Double Procession of the Holy Ghost. — CHAPTER X — The Church of the Middle Ages — A.D. 900-A.D. 1500 — Section 1. The Supremacy of the Popes. — Section 2. Some account of the Popes of the Middle Ages. — Section 3. The Monastic Orders. — Section 4. The Crusades. — Section 5. State of Religions Relief and Practice during the Middle Ages. — CHAPTER XI — The Mediaeval History of Continental Churches — A.D. 900-A.D. 1500 — Section 1. The Church of Italy. — Section 2. The Church of France. — Section 3. The Church of Spain and Portugal. — Section 4. The Church of Germany. — Section 5. The Church of Hungary. — Section 6. The Church of Poland. — Section 7. The Scandinavian Churches. — Section 8. The Churches now comprehended in European Turkey and Greece. — Section 9. The Church of Russia. — CHAPTER XII — The Mediaeval Church in Great Britain and Ireland — A.D. 500-A.D. 1500 — Section 1. The Church of England. — Section 2. The Church of Ireland. — Section 3. The Church of Scotland. — INDEX

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