OF

CHURCH HISTORY.

COMPRISING A

REGULAR SERIES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
AND INTERESTING EVENTS IN THE

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 1840, by

A. W. MITCHELL, M. D.,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Stereotyped by

S. DOUGLAS WYETH,
No. 7 Pear St., Philadelphia.

Printed by

WM. S. MARTIEN.

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.-

6. Persecution.

13-27

CENTURY II.

Spread of the Gospel.-2. Persecution under the Roman

Emperors.-3. Rise of Monachism.-4. Origin of the dis-

tinction between Bishop and Presbyter.-5. Fathers.-6. Rites

and Ceremonies.-7. Heretics.

CENTURY III.

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Persecution under Decius.-2. Boundaries of the church

extended.-3. Learning.-4. Increase of the power and au-

thority of bishops.-5. Writers.-6. Theology corrupted.-

7. Ceremonies multiplied.-8. Heresies.
40-50

CENTURY IV.

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

Doctrine.-8. Controversies.-9. Ceremonies.-10. Donatists.

-11. Arian heresy.
50-71

CENTURY V.

General interests of Christianity.-2. Learning.—3. Form

and government of the Church.-4. Degeneracy of the

clergy.-5. Monkery.-6. Writers.-7. Theology.-8. Super-

stitious and human inventions.-9. Mystics.-10. Vigilan-

tius.-11. The Donatists.-12. Arians.-13. Nestorians.-

14. Eutychians.-15. Pelagians.

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