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The Early Christians in Rome

by H. D. M. Spence-Jones

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface
  2. 2Table of Contents
  3. 3Epigraph
  4. 4Book I — The Beginnings of Christianity in Rome
  5. 5I — The Foundation of the Church in Rome — “A”
  6. 6II — A Summary of Literary Notices
  7. 7Part II
  8. 8II — The Fire of Rome, and Its Results as Regards Christians — A.D.…
  9. 9III — Silence Respecting Persecution
  10. 10Part III — Correspondence Between Pliny and Trajan
  11. 11I — The Character of Trajan
  12. 12II — Vogue of Epistolary Form of Literature
  13. 13III — Vogue of Epistolary Form in Literature — The New Testament Ep…
  14. 14Part IV
  15. 15II — Hadrian’s Policy Towards Christianity in His Closing Years
  16. 16III — Antoninus Pius, A.D. 138–a.d. 161 — Marcus Antoninus, A.D. 16…
  17. 17IV — Reasons of the Persecuting Policy of the Antonines
  18. 18Book II — The Life of a Christian in the Early Days of the Faith
  19. 19I — Life of a Christian in the Early Days
  20. 20II — The Assemblies of Christians
  21. 21III — Of Whom Were These Assemblies of Believers Composed?
  22. 22IV — What Was Said and Done in These Assemblies and Meetings of the…
  23. 23V — The Slave in Early Christian Life
  24. 24VI — Difficulties in Ordinary Life Among the Early Christians
  25. 25VII — The Ascetic and the More Practical Schools of Teaching
  26. 26VIII — What the Religion of Jesus Offered in Return for the Hardshi…
  27. 27Book III — The Inner Life of the Church…
  28. 28I — First Group of Quotations
  29. 29II — Second Group of Quotations
  30. 30Part II — The Training for Martyrdom
  31. 31I
  32. 32II
  33. 33Part III — The Great Number of Martyrs in the First Two Hundred and…
  34. 34I
  35. 35II
  36. 36III
  37. 37Book IV — The Roman Catacombs
  38. 38Part I
  39. 39II
  40. 40III
  41. 41IV — The Via Ostiensis
  42. 42V — The Via Appia
  43. 43VI — The Via Latina
  44. 44VII — The Via Salaria Nova
  45. 45VIII — The Via Salaria Vetus and Via Flaminia
  46. 46Appendices
  47. 47Appendix II — On S. Peter’s Tomb
  48. 48Part II — Two Examples of Recent Discoveries
  49. 49II
  50. 50III
  51. 51Part III — Epitaphs and Inscriptions Found in the Catacombs
  52. 52II
  53. 53III
  54. 54An Appendix to the Epitaphs, etc., of the Catacombs
  55. 55Book V — The Jew and the Talmud
  56. 56I — The History of the Three Wars Which Closed the Career of Judais…
  57. 57II — (a) Rabbinism
  58. 58III — (b) Rabbinism
  59. 59IV — The Talmud
  60. 60V — The Text of the Sacred Books of the Old Testament
  61. 61VI — Concluding Memoranda
  62. 62VII — (A) An Appendix on the “Haggadah”
  63. 63VIII — (B) On the “Halachah” and “Haggadah”
  64. 64IX — Women’s Disabilities

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