JAMES A. JEREMIE, D.D.,

(REGIES PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,)

REV. J. B. S. CARWITHEN, B.D., AND REV. A. LYALL.

LONDON AND GLASGOW:
RICHARD GRIFFIN AND COMPANY,

PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

1857.

HARVARD COLLEGE

Nears. 28, 193 LIBRARY

Gratis

HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

IN THE

Serand and Third Centuries.

BY

JAMES AMIRAUX JEREMIE, D.D.

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY, CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.-OBSERVATIONS PRELIMINARY TO THE ECCLESIASTICAL

HISTORY OF THE SECOND AND THIRD CENTURIES.

SECTION 1. Introductory view of the principal Sources from which

the knowledge of the Ecclesiastical History of these

Centuries may be derived

Page

1

1

2. Diffusion of Christianity; its extent, mode, and conse-

quences

5

3. Influence of the Pagan Religion; causes of the opposi-

tion which Christianity experienced from the Roman

Government

CHAPTER II.-HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE SECOND

CENTURY

CHAPTER III.-HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE THIRD

CENTURY

CHAPTER IV.-ECCLESIASTICAL WRITERS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD

11

17

44