1902. The story of the early Church and its relations with Pagans, from AD 64 to the peace of the Church in the 4th century. A narration mainly based upon contemporary records and remains. Contents: Introduction; First stages; Nero; The Church in Rome after Nero; Saint John and Polycarp; Ignatius of Antioch; Trajan and Hadrian; Revival of Paganism; Christians under the Antonines; Martyrdoms; After the Antonines; Catacombs of Rome; Inner life of the Church; From Decius to Diocletian; Diocletian; Constantine the Great; From Paganism to Christianity; After the peace of the Church.
Chapter I. First Stages - Section I. THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIANITY
Chapter II. Nero - Section I. THE PERSECUTION OF NERO
Section II. EFFECTS OF THE PERSECUTION OF NERO
Chapter III. The Church in Rome after Nero
Chapter IV. John and Polycarp - Section I. John
Chapter V. Ignatius of Antioch
Chapter VI. Trajan and Hadrian - Section I. PLINY AND TRAJAN
Section II. HADRIAN: FIRST PERIOD
Section III. HADRIAN: THE TRAGEDY OF THE JEWS
Section IV. CHRISTIAN LIFE UNDER HADRIAN AS PRESENTED BY EARLY CHRISTIAN APOLOGISTS
Section V. THE PERSECUTION IN THE LAST YEARS OF HADRIAN
Chapter VII. The Revival of Paganism - Section I. THE ROMAN RELIGION
Section II. THE AUGUSTAN AWAKENING
Section III. THE DEIFICATION OF THE EMPERORS
Section IV. SACERDOTAL CORPORATIONS
Section V. THE ADMISSION OF FOREIGN DEITIES AMONG THE OLD GODS OF ROME
Section VI. THE PHILOSOPHERS AND THE PAGAN REVIVAL
Chapter VIII. Christians Under the Antonines
Chapter IX. A Chapter of Martyrdoms - Section I. INTRODUCTORY
Section II. A STATE TRIAL OF ACCUSED CHRISTIANS IN ROME
Section III. THE PRISON LIFE BEFORE A MARTYRDOM
Section IV. MARTYRS OF LYONS AND VIENNE, A. D. 177
Section V. ROME IN THE LATTER YEARS OF MARCUS
Chapter X. After the Antonines - Section I. AT THE CLOSE OF THE SECOND CENTURY
Section II. SEVERUS AND CARACALLA
Section III. FROM CARACALLA TO DECIUS, A. D. 211 TO A. D. 249
Chapter XI. The Catacombs of Rome - Section I. ORIGIN OF THE CATACOMBS
Section II. HISTORY OF THE CATACOMBS
Section III. ART OF THE CATACOMBS
Chapter XII. Inner Life of the Church - Section I. ROME, HIPPOLYTUS AND CALLISTUS
Section II. CARTHAGE: TERTULLIAN
Section III. ALEXANDRIA: CLEMENT AND ORIGEN
Chapter XIII. From Decius to Diocletian - Section I. CARTHAGE: CYPRIAN
Section III. THE ROMAN EMPERORS
Chapter XIV. Diocletian - Section I. FIRST PERIOD: DIOCLETIAN AND MAXIMIAN
Section II. SECOND PERIOD: THE DIVIDED EMPIRE
Section III. REVIEW OF THE PERSECUTION
Chapter XV. Constantine the Great - Section I. THE RISE OF CONSTANTINE
Section II. THE CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE
Section III. AFTER THE EDICT OF MILAN
Chapter XVI. From Paganism to Christianity - Section I. THE CHANGE
Section II. TYPICAL STUDIES: PRUDENTIUS, PAULINUS OF NOLA, MARTIN OF TOURS, DAMASUS, BISHOP OF ROME
Chapter XVII. After the Peace of the Church - Section I. CHRISTIANITY AND THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE
Section II. THE MONASTIC DEVELOPMENT