LIBRARY OF THE Union Theological Seminary NEW YORK CITY PRESENTED BY • Anson Phelps Atterbury APR-2-3-1911 REGULAR SERIES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. BY THE REV. JAMES WHAREY. A NEW EDITION REVISED AND CORRECTED. PHILADELPHIA: PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1940, by Tape Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District NEW YORK CITY PRESENTED BY Anson Phelps Atterbury APR 28 1911.. Stereotyped by S. DOUGLAS WYETH, No. 7 Pear St., Philadelphia. Printed by WM. S. MARTIEN. W55 CONTENTS. Introductory remarks.-1. State of the world in the beginning of the Christian era.-2. Life and Death of Christ.-3. Ex- traordinary success of the Gospel.-4. Form and order of the primitive churches.-5. Errorists in the primitive churches.- Spread of the Gospel.-2. Persecution under the Roman Emperors.-3. Rise of Monachism.-4. Origin of the dis- Persecution under Decius.-2. Boundaries of the church extended.-3. Learning.-4. Increase of the power and au- Persecution under Diocletian.-2. Constantine.-3. Julian the Apostate.-4. Learning.-5. The church corrupted by its connexion with the State.-6. Writers.-7. Corruptions in |