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History of the Church during the Apostolic Age, extending to the

Close of the First Century of the Christian Era....

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CHAPTER II.

History of the Church under the Ministry of the Apostolic

Fathers, and of their Survivers and immediate Successors,

falling in nearly with the Second Century.—The Era of Igna-,

tius, Polycarp, &c.

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CHAPTER III.

History of the Primitive Church till the Close of the Third

Century.-The Era of Origen, Cyprian, &c....

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CHAPTER IV.

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History of the last Pagan Persecution, and the subsequent Esta-

blishment of Christianity, under Constantine, to be the Religion

of the State, with the History of the Church to the final

Division of the Eastern and Western Empires, at the Close of

the Fourth Century.-The Era of Athanasius, Ambrose, &c..

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CHAPTER V.

History of the Church, during the chief Inroads of the Barbarian

Nations of the North, till the Fall or Division of the Roman

Empire in the West, agreeing nearly with the Period of the

Fifth Century.—The Era of Chrysostom and Augustin......

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PART II.

HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST DURING THE MIDDLE

OR THE DARK AGES.-FROM THE CLOSE OF THE FIFTH TO

THE OPENING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

INTRODUCTION

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.. 153

CHAPTER I.

Sect. I. History of the Grecian Empire, and of the Imperial

Government

157

Sect. II. Of the Remnant of the Greek Church

167

CHAPTER II.

A short View of the Civil History of the Western Empire, and of

the Rise of the Ecclesiastical State..

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CHAPTER III.

PACE

History of the faithful Remnant, and of the Witnesses for the

Truth, in the Western Empire, during the Middle Ages..... 205

Sect. I. Of the Remnant which appeared in the Roman Com-.

munion..

210

Sect. II. Of the Reformers who appeared previously to the

Sixteenth Century.- The. Waldenses — Wickliffites and

Hussites

229

The Effects produced by the Reformation, on the Nations of

Europe.

333

Sect. I. The Reception of Lutheranism in Sweden and Denmark 335

Sect. II. The Progress of the Reformers of the Helvetian

Confession

337

Sect. III. The Effects of the Reformation in Belgium or the

Low Countries ...

350

Sect. IV. In France, Italy, and Spain....

356

SECT. V. In the British Isles

362

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CHAPTER III.

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454

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History of the Church since the Era of the Reformation ...

Sect. I. The Eastern Churches

Sect.-II. The Romish Church......

Sect. III. The Lutheran Churches ..

ŞECT. IV. The Helvetic or Calvinistic Churches on the Con-

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tinent

482

Sect. V, . The Churches of the British Isles...