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A Short History of Christianity

by J. M. Robertson

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  1. 1Preface to the First Edition
  2. 2Preface to the Second Edition
  3. 3Part I — Primitive Christianity — Chapter I — The Beginnings
  4. 4§ 2 — The Earliest Christian Sects
  5. 5§ 3 — Personality of the Nominal Founder
  6. 6§ 4 — Myth of the Twelve Apostles
  7. 7§ 5 — Primary Forms of the Cult
  8. 8§ 6 — Rise of Gentile Christism
  9. 9§ 7 — Growth of the Christ Myth
  10. 10Chapter II — The Environment
  11. 11§ 1 — Social and Mental Conditions in the Roman Empire
  12. 12§ 2 — Jewish Orthodoxy
  13. 13§ 3 — Jewish Sects: The Essenes
  14. 14§ 4 — Gentile Cults
  15. 15§ 5 — Ethics: Popular and Philosophic
  16. 16Chapter III — Conditions of Survival
  17. 17§ 2 — Economic Causation
  18. 18§ 3 — Organization and Sacred Books
  19. 19§ 4 — Concession and Fixation
  20. 20§ 5 — Cosmic Philosophy
  21. 21Part II — Christianity From the Second Century to the Rise of Islam…
  22. 22§ 2 — Growth of the Priesthood
  23. 23§ 3 — The Gnostic Movement in the Second Century
  24. 24§ 4 — Marcionism and Montanism
  25. 25§ 5 — Rites and Ceremonies
  26. 26§ 6 — Strifes Over Primary Dogma
  27. 27Chapter II — Relations of Church and State
  28. 28§ 2 — Establishment and Creed-Making
  29. 29§ 3 — Reaction Under Julian
  30. 30§ 4 — Re-establishment: Disestablishment of Paganism
  31. 31Chapter III — Failure With Survival
  32. 32§ 2 — The Cost of Orthodoxy
  33. 33§ 3 — Moral and Intellectual Stagnation
  34. 34§ 4 — The Social Failure
  35. 35Part III — Medieval Christianity — Chapter I — Expansion and Organi…
  36. 36§ 2 — Methods of Expansion
  37. 37§ 3 — Growth of the Papacy
  38. 38Chapter II — Religious Evolution and Strife
  39. 39§ 2 — Doctrines of the Eucharist, Purgatory, and Confession
  40. 40§ 3 — Rationalistic Heresies
  41. 41§ 4 — Anti-clerical Heresies
  42. 42Chapter III — The Social Life and Structure
  43. 43§ 2 — The Higher Theology and Its Effects
  44. 44§ 3 — Christianity and Feudalism
  45. 45§ 4 — Influence of the Crusades
  46. 46Chapter IV — The Intellectual Life
  47. 47§ 2 — The Inquisition
  48. 48§ 3 — Classic Survivals and Saracen Contacts
  49. 49§ 4 — Religion and Art
  50. 50Chapter V — Byzantine Christianity
  51. 51Part IV — Modern Christianity — Chapter I — The Reformation
  52. 52§ 2 — Political and Economic Forces
  53. 53§ 3 — Social and Political Results
  54. 54§ 4 — Intellectual Results
  55. 55Chapter II — Progress of Anti-Christian Thought
  56. 56§ 2 — Philosophy, Cosmic and Moral
  57. 57§ 3 — Biblical and Historical Criticism
  58. 58Chapter III — Popular Acceptance
  59. 59§ 2 — Protestant Christianity
  60. 60§ 3 — Greek Christianity
  61. 61Chapter IV — The Relation to Progress
  62. 62§ 2 — Intellectual Influence
  63. 63§ 3 — Conclusion and Prognosis
  64. 64Synopsis of Literature — Part I — Primitive Christianity — Chapter…
  65. 65Part II — Christianity From the Second Century to the Rise of Islam
  66. 66Part III — Medieval Christianity
  67. 67Part IV — Modern Christianity

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