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New Church History Articles
- The Heathen Apologetic Literature
- Julian’s Attack upon Christianity
- Heathen Polemics. New Objections
- The Downfall of Heathenism
- Theodosius the Great and his Successors (A.D. 392–550)
- From Jovian to Theodosius (A.D. 363–392)
- Julian the Apostate, and the Reaction of Paganism (A.D. 361–363)
- The Sons of Constantine (A.D. 337–361)
- Constantine The Great (A.D. 306–337)
- THIRD PERIOD : FROM CONSTANTINE THE GREAT TO GREGORY THE GREAT (a. d. 311–590)
Tag Archives: Jesus Christ
Julian’s Attack upon Christianity
The last direct and systematic attack upon the Christian religion proceeded from the emperor Julian. In his winter evenings at Antioch in 363, to account to the whole world for his apostasy, he wrote a work against the Christians, which … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Apostate Julian, Christianity, Critias, Cyril of Alexandria, Eunapius, Jesus Christ, Porphyry, Zosimus
Ignatius of Antioch
I. Life of Ignatius. Ignatius, surnamed Theophorus, stood at the head of the Church of Antioch at the close of the first century and the beginning of the second, and was thus contemporaneous with Clement of Rome and Simeon of … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Antioch, Asia Minor, Eusebius, Ignatius of Antioch, Jerome, Jesus Christ, Polycarp, Theophorus
The Church and Slavery
Heathenism had no conception of the general and natural rights of men. The ancient republics consisted in the exclusive dominion of a minority over an oppressed majority. The Greeks and Romans regarded only the free, i.e. the free-born rich and … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: and Plutarch, Celsus, Christian, Christianity, Greeks, Jesus Christ, Justin Martyr, Pliny, Romans, Seneca, St. Paul
Christian Morality
The ancient world of classic heathenism, having arrived at the height of its glory, and at the threshold of its decay, had exhausted all the resources of human nature left to itself, and possessed no recuperative force, no regenerative principle. … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Ante-Nicene, Apostles, Aquilius, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Cyprian, Diognetus, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Justin Martyr, Minucius Felix, Morality, Mutius, pagan, Pliny, Regulus, Scaevola, Trajan
Allegorical Representations of Christ
Pictures of Christ came into use slowly and gradually, as the conceptions concerning his personal appearance changed. The Evangelists very wisely keep profound silence on the subject, and no ideal which human genius may devise, can do justice to Him … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Abraham, Alexandria, Caesarea Philippi, Christ, Chrysostom, Clement of Alexandria, Gnostic, Isaac, Jerome, Jesus Christ, Justin Martyr, Origen, Tertullian
The Celebration of Baptism
The “Teaching of the Twelve Apostles” (ch. 7,) enjoins baptism, after catechetical instruction, in these words: “Baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost in living (running) water. But if thou hast … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Canaan, Cyprian, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Justin Martyr, Philip Schaff, Pope Gregory I
Church Schisms
Out of this controversy on the restoration of the lapsed, proceeded four schisms during the third century; two in Rome, one in North Africa, and one in Egypt. Montanism, too, was in a measure connected with the question of penitential … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Alexander Severus, Carthage, Cornelius, Council of Nicaea, Cyprian, Decian, Felicississimus, Hippolytus, Jesus Christ, Novatian, Philip Schaff, Philosophumena, Pontianus, Tertullian
