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1 History of the Christian church , Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. SchaffAbout History of the Christian church , Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. by Philip SchaffHistory of the Christian church , Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. : :Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)Author(s):CCELP ublisher:1882 First Published:Revised editionPrint Basis:Public DomainRights:2002-11-26 Date Created:Wendy Huang (Markup)Contributor(s):All; History ;CCEL 1882-1910LC Call no:ChristianityLC Subjects:HistoryTable of Contentsp. iiAbout This Book..p. 1 History of the Christian church ..p. 1 Preface to the Revised Edition..p. 2 From the Preface to the First Edition..p. 3 Preface to the Third Revision..p. 4 Contents..p. 4 Addenda..p. 6 Literature..p. 7 Nature of church History ..p. 10 Branches of church History ..p. 12 Sources of church History .

2 P. 13 Periods of church History ..p. 17 Uses of church History ..p. 18 Duty of the Historian..p. 21 Literature of church History ..p. 36 Preparation for Christianity in the History of the Jewish..p. 37 Central Position of Christ in the History of the World..p. 38 Judaism..p. 43 The Law, and the Prophecy..p. 46 Heathenism..p. 49 Grecian Literature, and the Roman Empire..p. 54 Judaism and Heathenism in Contact..p. 57 Jesus Christ..p. 57 Sources and Literature..p. 64 The Founder of Christianity..p. 71 Chronology of the Life of Christ..p. 85 The Land and the People..p. 100 Aprocyphal Traditions..p. 107 The Resurrection of Christ..p. 116 The Apostolic Age..p. 116 Sources and Literature of the Apostolic Age..p. 128 The Critical Reconstruction of the History of the Apostolic Age..p. 137 Chronology of the Apostolic Age.

3 P. 142St. Peter and the Conversion of the Jews..iiiPhilip SchaffHistory of the Christian church , Volume I: ApostolicChristianity. 142 The Miracle of Pentecost and the Birthday of the Christian church ..p. 156 The church of Jerusalem and the Labors of Peter..p. 161 The Peter of History and the Peter of Fiction..p. 167 James the Brother of the Lord..p. 176 Preparation for the Mission to the Gentiles..p. 177St. Paul and the Conversion of the Gentiles..p. 177 Sources and Literature on St. Paul and his Work..p. 181 Paul before his Conversion..p. 187 The Conversion of Paul..p. 198 The Work of Paul..p. 201 Paul's Missionary Labors..p. 208 The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Compromise between Jewish andGentile Christianity..p. 219 The Conservative Reaction, and the Liberal Victory - Peter and Paul atAntioch.

4 P. 224 Christianity in Rome..p. 232 The Great Tribulation (Matt. 24:21)..p. 232 The Roman Conflagration and the Neronian Persecution..p. 241 The Jewish War and the Destruction of Jerusalem. 70..p. 247 Effects of the Destruction of Jerusalem on the Christian church ..p. 248St. John, and the Last Stadium of the Apostolic Period. The Consolidationof Jewish and Gentile Christianity..p. 248 The Johannean Literature..p. 252 Life and Character of John..p. 259 Apostolic Labors of John..p. 263 Traditions Respecting John..p. 264 Christian Life in the Apostolic church ..p. 265 The Power of Christianity..p. 267 The Spiritual Gifts..p. 270 Christianity in Individuals..p. 271 Christianity and the Family..p. 272 Christianity and Slavery..p. 274 Christianity and Society..p. 275 Spiritual Condition of the Seven Churches inAsia.

5 P. 278 Worship in the Apostolic Age..p. 278 The Synagogue..p. 281 Christian Worship..p. 282 The Several Parts of Worship..ivPhilip SchaffHistory of the Christian church , Volume I: ApostolicChristianity. 284 Baptism..p. 288he Lord's Supper..p. 290 Sacred Places..p. 291 Sacred Times--The Lord's Day..p. 294 Organization of the Apostolic church ..p. 294 Literature..p. 296 The Christian Ministry, and its Relation to the Christian Community..p. 299 Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists..p. 301 Presbyters or Bishops. The Angels of the Seven Churches. James ofJerusalem..p. 305 Deacons and Deaconesses..p. 306 church Discipline..p. 307 The Council at Jerusalem..p. 309 The church and the Kingdom of Christ..p. 311 Theology of the Apostolic church ..p. 311 Literature..p. 312 Unity of Apostolic Teaching.

6 P. 315 Different Types of Apostolic Teaching..p. 316 The Jewish Christian Theology--I. James and the Gospel of Law..p. 319II. Peter and the Gospel of Hope..p. 321 The Gentile Christian Theology. Paul and the Gospel of Faith..p. 335 John and the Gospel of Love..p. 345 Heretical Perversions of the Apostolic Teaching..p. 347 The New Testament..p. 347 Literature..p. 348 Rise of the Apostolic Literature..p. 350 Character of the New Testament..p. 351 Literature on the Gospels..p. 354 The Four Gospels..p. 363 The Synoptists..p. 376 Matthew..p. 385 Mark..p. 397 Luke..p. 413 John..p. 435 Critical Review of the Johannean Problem..p. 440 The Acts of the Apostles..p. 449 The Epistles..p. 451 The Catholic Epistles..p. 455 The Epistles of Pau..p. 458 The Epistles to the Thessalonians..vPhilip SchaffHistory of the Christian church , Volume I: ApostolicChristianity.

7 460 The Epistles to the Corinthians..p. 463 The Epistles to the Galatians..p. 464 The Epistle to the Romans..p. 465 The Epistles of the Captivity..p. 467 The Epistle to the Colossians..p. 471 The Epistle to the Ephesians..p. 474 Colossians and Ephesians Compared and Vindicated..p. 478 The Epistle to the Philippians..p. 480 The Epistle to Philemon..p. 483 The Pastoral Epistles..p. 489 The Epistle To The Hebrews..p. 499 The Apocalypse..p. 517 Concluding Reflections. Faith and Criticism..p. 524 Indexes..p. 524 Subject Index..p. 525 Index of Scripture References..p. 532 Index of Citations..p. 537 Index of Names..p. 543 Greek Words and Phrases..p. 570 Hebrew Words and Phrases..p. 572 German Words and Phrases..p. 591 French Words and Phrases..viPhilip SchaffHistory of the Christian church , Volume I: ApostolicChristianity.

8 TheCHRISTIAN CHURCH1byPHILIP SCHAFFC hristianus nihil a me alienum putoVOLUME IAPOSTOLIC 1 100. PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITIONAs I appear before the public with a new edition of my church History , I feel more than everthe difficulty and responsibility of a task which is well worthy to occupy the whole time and strengthof a long life, and which carries in it its own rich reward. The true historian of Christianity is yetto come. But short as I have fallen of my own ideal, I have done my best, and shall rejoice if myefforts stimulate others to better and more enduring should be written from the original sources of friend and foe, in the spirit of truthand love, "sine ira et studio," "with malice towards none, and charity for all," in clear, fresh, vigorousstyle, under the guidance of the twin parables of the mustard seed and leaven, as a book of life forinstruction, correction, encouragement, as the best exposition and vindication of Christianity.

9 Thegreat and good Neander, "the father of church History " first an Israelite without guile hoping forthe Messiah, then a Platonist longing for the realization of his ideal of righteousness, last a Christianin head and heart made such a History his life-work, but before reaching the Reformation he wasinterrupted by sickness, and said to his faithful sister: "Hannchen, I am weary; let us go home; goodnight!" And thus he fell gently asleep, like a child, to awake in the land where all problems ofhistory are , after a long interruption caused by a change of professional duties and literary labors,I returned to the favorite studies of my youth, I felt the necessity, before continuing the History tomore recent times, of subjecting the first Volume to a thorough revision, in order to bring it up tothe present state of investigation.

10 We live in a restless and stirring age of discovery, criticism, andreconstruction. During the thirty years which have elapsed since the publication of my separate" History of the Apostolic church ," there has been an incessant activity in this field, not only inGermany, the great workshop of critical research, but in all other Protestant countries. Almost everyinch of ground has been disputed and defended with a degree of learning, acumen, and skill suchas were never spent before on the solution of historical this process of reconstruction the first Volume has been more than doubled in size andgrown into two volumes. The first embraces Apostolic , the second post- Apostolic or ante-NiceneChristianity. The first Volume is larger than my separate " History of the Apostolic church ," butdiffers from it in that it is chiefly devoted to the theology and literature, the other to the mission1 Schaff, Philip, History of the Christian church , (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.)