PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. The following pages were compiled a few years ago, principally for the convenience of candidates for the Ordinary B.A. Degree in the University of Cambridge. They have been found useful by other students, and are now read in many schools, as well as in the Universities. The present edition has been improved in several details, and has also been slightly extended. a CONTENTS. PAGE Church-Ecclesia. Sources of Ecclesiastical History... Political state of the World at Christ's birth... Religious state of the World at Christ's birth. Herod the Great, Political state of Judæa at Christ's birth. Religious State of 1234 6 HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Foundation of the Christian Church. Effusion of the Holy ............... Discipline in the Primitive Church.. The Rite of Baptism. Stephen, the first Christian Martyr. First dispersion of the Believers.. Philip the Deacon-Simon Magus |