History of the Christian Church • VOLUME 2
Ante-Nicene Christianity, A.D. 100–325
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61§ 67. Division of Divine Service. The Disciplina Arcani.1,429 words62§ 68. Celebration of the Eucharist.2,037 words63§ 69. The Doctrine of the Eucharist.2,036 words64[413] Apol. I. 66 (I. 182, third ed. of Otto). Here also occurs already the term metabole', which some Roman controversialists use at once as an argument for transubstant697 words65§ 70. The Celebration of Baptism.2,060 words66§ 71. The Doctrine of Baptism.1,556 words67§ 72. Catechetical Instruction and Confirmation.858 words68§ 73. Infant Baptism.1,771 words69§ 74. Heretical Baptism.1,395 words70CHAPTER VI:1,024 words71§ 77. The Cross and the Crucifix.1,763 words72§ 78. Other Christian Symbols.1,292 words73§ 80. Allegorical Representations of Christ.1,984 words74§ 81. Pictures of the Virgin Mary.1,128 words75CHAPTER VII:987 words76§ 83. Origin and History of the Catacomb.2,002 words77[521] This view is supported by Professor Mommsen, the Roman historian, who says (in "Contemporary Review," vol. xxvii. p. 168): "Associations of poor people who clubbed 662 words78§ 84. Description of the Catacombs.1,519 words79§ 85. Pictures and Sculptures.2,233 words80'Offspring of the heavenly Ichthys, see that a heart of holy reverence be thine, now that from Divine waters thou hast received, while yet among mortals, a fount of life 739 words81§ 87. Lessons of the Catacombs.1,854 words82CHAPTER VIII:2,117 words83The wives and mistresses of the emperors were not much better. They revelled in luxury and vice, swept through the streets in chariots drawn by silver-shod mules, wasted 693 words84§ 90. Stoic Morality1,045 words85§ 91. Epictetus.1,659 words86§ 92. Marcus Aurelius.2,055 words87§ 93. Plutarch.1,343 words88§ 94. Christian Morality.1,466 words89§ 95. The Church and Public Amusements.1,807 words90§ 96. Secular Callings and Civil Duties.1,435 words91§ 97. The Church and Slavery.2,049 words92§ 98. The Heathen Family.2,081 words93With this was connected the unnatural and monstrous custom of exposing poor, sickly, and deformed children to a cruel death, or in many cases to a life of slavery and inf1,031 words94§ 99. The Christian Family.2,337 words95The Catholic church, indeed, kept aloof from this Montanistic extravagance, and forbade second marriage only to the clergy (which the Greek church does to this day); yet 1,467 words96§ 100. Brotherly Love, and Love for Enemies.2,180 words97§ 101. Prayer and Fasting.1,484 words98§ 102. Treatment of the Dead1,551 words99§ 103. Summary of Moral Reforms.656 words100CHAPTER IX:1,994 words101§ 105. Heretical and Catholic Asceticism.1,548 words102§ 106. Voluntary Poverty.2,214 words103§ 108. Celibacy of the Clergy.2,090 words1042. The second step was the prohibition of marriage and conjugal intercourse after ordination. This implies the incompatibility of the priesthood with the duties and privi2,110 words105CHAPTER X:1,273 words106§ 110. External History of Montanism.1,609 words107§ 111. Character and Tenets of Montanism.2,060 words108CHAPTER XI:908 words109§ 113. Nazarenes and Ebionites (Elkesaites, Mandoeans).1,506 words110§ 114. The Pseudo-Clementine Ebionism.2,047 words111It is easy to see that this appeal to a pseudo-Petrine primitive Christianity was made by the author of the Homilies with a view to reconcile all the existing differences873 words112§ 115. Gnosticism. The Literature.772 words113§ 116. Meaning, Origin and Character of Gnosticism.1,708 words114§ 117. The System of Gnosticism. Its Theology.2,019 words115§ 118. Ethics of Gnosticism.934 words116§ 119. Cultus and Organization.891 words117§ 121. Simon Magus and the Simonians.1,253 words118§ 122. The Nicolaitans.1,012 words119§ 124. Basilides.2,054 words120§ 125. Valentinus.2,254 words
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