▲ VIEW OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY

FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE END OF THE FIRST

CENTURY.

....

SECT. 1. From the birth to the death of Christ

SECT. 2. From Christ's resurrection to the promulgation

of the Gospel among the Gentiles...

From the first preaching of the Gospel among

the Gentiles to the return of Paul and Bar-

nabas from their first journey..

SECT. 3.

SECT. 4.

.....

The subject continued-Paul's second and third

journies...

....

....

1

32

55

SECT. 5. From Paul's arrival at Jerusalem with the con-

tributions from Asia, to the period of his death. 84

SECT. 6. From the time of Paul's decease, A. D. 66, to
the end of the first century..

CHAPTER II.

105

HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FROM THE END OF
THE FIRST CENTURY TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRIS-
TIANITY UNDER CONSTANTINE THE GREAT. A.D.98–306.

SECT. 1. The state of the Christian Profession under the

SECT. 2.

reign of the emperor Trajan. A. D. 98-117. 138

The Christian Church under the reigns of Adrian

and the Antonines. A. D. 117-180....... 152

SECT. 3. From the death of Marcus Aurelius to the days

of Constantine. A. D. 180-306....

SECT. 4. Reflections on the History of the Christian

Church during the first three centuries, with

a View of the Rise of Antichrist...

171

202

CHAPTER III.

THE STATE OF CHRISTIANITY FROM THE ACCESSION OF

CONSTANTINE TO THE RISE OF THE WALDENSES.

306-800.

SECT. 1. A View of the reign of Constantine the Great,

and the establishment of Christianity. A. D.

306-337.

SECT. 2. From the death of Constantine to the end of the

fourth century. A. D. 337-400.....

SECT. 3. From the beginning of the fifth century, to the

establishment of the dominion of the Popes.

A. D. 401-606.

SECT. 4.

The subject continued—the Gothic invasion—the

sacking of Rome-settlement of the Barbarians

in Europe....

APPENDIX to ch. iii. sect. 4.

....

SECT. 5. From the establishment of the dominion of the

Popes to the rise of the Waldenses-Sketch of

Mahometanism-Sect of the Paulicians, &c.

A. D. 606-800.....

CHAPTER IV.

A. D.

213

241

273

295

316

321

VIEW OF THE STATE OF THE CHRISTIAN PROFESSION

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE NINTH TO THE END OF

THE TWELFTH CENTURY.

A. D. 800-1200.

SECT. 1. Description of the vallies of Piedmont, and of

the Pyrenees, with some account of Claude of

Turin

355

SECT. 2. View of the Catholic church from the ninth to

the twelfth century. A. D. 800-1200..... 374

SECT. 3. Sketch of the State of Christianity from the death

of Claude of Turin, to the days of Peter

Waldo-Cathari in Germany-Waldenses in

England-Arnold of Brescia-Paterines in

Milan, &c. A. D. 840–1160.

SECT. 4. History of the Crusades for the recovery of the
Holy Land, and of the city of Jerusalem. A.D.

401

429

Chronological Table of Sovereign Princes, to illustrate the

First Volume of this Work.

CENTURY I.

N. B. The dates denote the year in which the person died, or resigned the office..

Roman Emperors.

Augustus.

14

Anaclitus

Clement

Evaristus

Alexander

Chronologists

differ about

the dates of their deaths.

The succession of the Bishops of Rome is an extremely intricate affair. But the following catalogue, which is according to the learned Bishop Pearson, will, perhaps, be sufficiently accurate to serve the purpose of assisting the readers of this history.