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The History of Christianity

The History of Christianity

by John S. C. Abbott

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Author
Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877
Title
The History of Christianity Consisting of the Life and Teachings of Jesus of Nazareth; the Adventures of Paul and the Apostles; and the Most Interesting Events in the Progress of Christianity, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
Credits
Produced by Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
BR: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity
Subject
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 59400
Release Date
May 1, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.T HE H ISTORY OF C HRISTIANITY
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE BIRTH, CHILDHOOD, AND EARLY MINISTRY, OF JESUS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. TOUR THROUGH GALILEE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS, AND MIRACLES OF HEALING.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. LAST LABORS, AND FAREWELL TO HIS DISCIPLES.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. ARREST, TRIAL, AND CRUCIFIXION.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. THE CONVERSION AND MINISTRY OF SAUL OF TARSUS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. MISSIONARY ADVENTURES.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. THE CAPTIVE IN CHAINS.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST PERSECUTION.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. ROMAN EMPERORS, GOOD AND BAD.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. MARTYRDOM.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. PAGAN ROME.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. SIN AND MISERY.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. INVASION CIVIL WAR, AND UNRELENTING PERSECUTION.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. CONSTANTINE.—THE BANNER OF THE CROSS UNFURLED.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. THE CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. JULIAN THE APOSTATE.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS OF JULIAN.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. THE FIFTH CENTURY.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. CENTURIES OF WAR AND WOE.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. THE DARK AGES.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. THE REFORMATION.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. THE CHURCH IN MODERN TIMES.
  28. 28.Footnotes.
  29. 29.Transcriber’s Notes.

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