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by Henri Daniel-Rops, Audrey Butler. 400 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Henri Daniel-Rops, Audrey Butler

Publisher:

   Image Books

Place of Publication:

  Garden City, NY  

Publication Year:

  1960
Subjects:   Church History--Primitive And Early Church
Table of contents
CONTENTS
VOLUME 1
I. 'SALVATION IS TO COME FROM THE JEWS'
The 'Brethren' of Jerusalem 9
'The Glad Voice of the Heralds' 12
Faith in Jesus and His Spiritual Pledges 17
A Truly Communal Community Life 23
'It is Impossible for us to Refrain from Speaking' 31
The News Spreads beyond Jerusalem 35
Hellenists and Judaizers 40
The Seven Deacons and the Martyrdom of St Stephen 45
The Work Done by St Peter and Philip the Deacon 50
Herod Agrippa, the Persecutor 56
Antioch 60
The End of Jerusalem 6 3
'Salvation is to Come from the Jews' 69
II. A HERALD OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: ST PAUL
The Road to Damascus 72
A Young Jew from Hellenized Country 77
The Years of Apprenticeship 82
Christ is Proclaimed to the Gentiles 87
The Holy Spirit Works through St Paul 94
An Art Form Inspired by the Holy Spirit 101
A Spiritual Message that is Closely Bound up with the Practical 104
The Problems of the Past 107
Options on the Future 111
Jesus or Paul? 11 4
Paul's Arrest at Jerusalem 116
St Peter and the Church at Rome 121
Freedom of the Spirit 126
The Witness of Blood 129
III. ROME AND THE REVOLUTION OF THE CROSS
The Sowing of the Christian Seed 137
Imperium Romanum 143
'The Feet of the Legions had Marched for Him' 149
The Two Gods: Rome and Augustus 157
Cracks in the Empire's Moral Fabric 162
Sores in the Social Structure of Roman Society 170
The Revolution of the Cross 177
Religious Conformity and Spiritual Doubts 182
The Gospel's Opportunities and Obstacles 188
The Beginnings of Opposition 192
IV. SACRIFICE OF BLOOD: THE CHURCH'S FIRST MARTYRS
The Gardens of Nero 198
'Gesta Martyrum' 205
Persecution: its Juridical Bases and its Atmosphere of Horror 208
Domitian's Suspicions and Hatreds 215
Vox Populi 218
Trajan's Rescript and the Antonine Policy towards the Christians 222
In Asia: Two Princes of the Church 228
In Gaul: the Martyrs of Lyons 233
At Rome: Cecilia, a Young Patrician 238
In Africa: the Humble Martyrs of Scillium 243
Martyrdom as a Human Testimony 24 6
Martyrdom as a Sacramental Act 250
V. CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THE ACE OF THE CATACOMBS
The Christians in the Pagan State 255
The Catacombs 261
Entry into the Church of Christ 266
The Apostles' Creed, the 'Rule of Faith' 272
The Eucharist, the 'Body of Our Lord' 276
A Mass in the Early Days of the Church 282
A Way of Life Hallowed by Prayer 289
Morality and Penitence 295
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