History of the Christian Church, Vol. 3 (History of the Christian Church #3)

History of the Christian Church, Vol. 3: Nicene And Post-Nicene Christianity, From Constantine The Great To Gregory The Great (New edition, No Typos, Active Navigation, and Best Formatting)


I. DOWNFALL OF HEATHENISM AND VICTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE:
Constantine The Great. a.d. 306–337, The Sons of Constantine. a.d. 337–361, Julian the Apostate, and the Reaction of Paganism. a.d. 361–363, From Jovian to Theodosius. a.d. 363–392, Theodosius the Great and his Successors. a.d. 392–550, The Downfall of Heathenism


II. THE LITERARY TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY OVER GREEK AND ROMAN HEATHENISM:
Heathen Polemics. New Objections, Julian’s Attack upon Christianity, The Heathen Apologetic Literature, Christian Apologists and Polemics, Augustine’s City of God, Salvianus


III. ALLIANCE OF CHURCH AND STATE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC MORALS AND RELIGION:
The New Position of the Church in the Empire, Rights and Privileges of the Church, Secular Advantages, Support of the Clergy, Episcopal Jurisdiction and Intercession, Legal Sanction of Sunday, Influence of Christianity on Civil Legislation, The Justinian Code, Elevation of Woman and the Family, Social Reforms. The Institution of Slavery, Abolition of Gladiatorial Shows, Evils of the Union of Church and State, Secularization of the Church, Worldliness and Extravagance, Byzantine Court Christianity, Intrusion of Politics into Religion, The Emperor-Papacy and the Hierarchy, Restriction of Religious Freedom, and Beginnings of Persecution of Heretics.


IV. THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF MONASTICISM:
Origin of Christian Monasticism, Comparison with other forms of Asceticism, Development of Monasticism, Nature and Aim of Monasticism, Monasticism and the Bible, Lights and Shades of Monastic Life, Position of Monks in the Church, Influence and Effect of Monasticism, Paul of Thebes and St. Anthony, Spread of Anchoretism, Hilarion, St. Symeon and the Pillar Saints, Pachomius and the Cloister life, Fanatical and Heretical Monastic Societies in The East, Monasticism in the West, Athanasius, Ambrose, Augustine, Martin of Tours, St. Jerome as a Monk, St. Paula, Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of St. Benedict, The Benedictines. Cassiodorus, Opposition to Monasticism, Jovinian, Helvidius, Vigilantius, and Aerius


V. THE HIERARCHY AND POLITY OF THE CHURCH:
Schools of the Clergy, Clergy and Laity, Elections, Marriage and Celibacy of the Clergy, Moral Character of the Clergy in general, The Lower Clergy, The Bishops, Organization of the Hierarchy: Country Bishop, City Bishops, and Metropolitans, The Patriarchs, Synodical Legislation on the Patriarchal Power and Jurisdiction, The Rival Patriarchs of Old and New Rome, The Latin Patriarch, Conflicts and Conquests of the Latin Patriarchate, The Papacy, Opinions of the Fathers, The Decrees of Councils on the Papal Authority, Leo the Great. a.d. 440–461, The Papacy from Leo I to Gregory I. a.d. 461–590, The Synodical System. The Ecumenical Councils, List of the Ecumenical Councils of the Ancient Church, Books of Ecclesiastical Law


VI. CHURCH DISCIPLINE AND SCHISMS:
Decline of Discipline, The Donatist Schism, External History, Augustine and the Donatists, Their Persecution and Extinction, Internal History of the Donatist Schism, Dogma of the Church, The Roman Schism of Damasus and Ursinus, The Meletian Schism at Antioch



VII. PUBLIC WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, VIII. CHRISTIAN ART, IX. THEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECUMENICAL ORTHODOXY, X. CHURCH FATHERS, AND THEOLOGICAL LITERATURE,