Project Gutenberg's Sketches of Church History, by James Craigie Robertson

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

Title: Sketches of Church History
From A.D. 33 to the Reformation

Author: James Craigie Robertson

Release Date: May 22, 2010 [EBook #32483]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SKETCHES OF CHURCH HISTORY ***

Produced by Paul Dring, Juliet Sutherland and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

[Illustration: Map illustrating the HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, during the
First Six Centuries.]

SKETCHES
OF
CHURCH HISTORY.

_From_ A.D. 33 _to the Reformation_.

BY THE LATE
REV. J. C. ROBERTSON, M.A.
CANON OF CANTERBURY.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRACT COMMITTEE.

LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS, W.C.
43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.
26, ST. GEORGE'S PLACE, HYDE PARK CORNER, S.W.
BRIGHTON: 135, NORTH STREET.
NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
1887.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

CHAP. PAGE

1. The Age of the Apostles 1
2. St. Ignatius 5
3. St. Justin, Martyr 10
4. St. Polycarp 13
5. The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne 15
6. Tertullian--Perpetua and her Companions 17
7. Origen 21
8. St Cyprian--Part I. 25
" Part II. 27
" Part III. 29
9. The Last Persecution 31
10. Constantine the Great 38
11. The Council of Nicaea 43
12. St. Athanasius--Part I. 47
" Part II.