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

James Craigie Robertson

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• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
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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: ISO-8859-1 *** 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 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. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. The Age of the Apostles St. Ignatius St. Justin, Martyr St. Polycarp The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne Tertullian—Perpetua and her Companions Origen St Cyprian—Part I. " Part II. " Part III. The Last Persecution Constantine the Great The Council of Nicæa St. Athanasius—Part I. " Part II. " Part III. The Monks St. Basil and St. Gregory of Nazianzum—Part I. " " " Part II. St. Ambrose The Temple of Serapis Church Government Christian Worship—Part I. " " Part II. " " Part III. Arcadius and Honorius St. John Chrysostom—Part I. " " Part II. " " Part III. " " Part IV. St. Augustine—Part I. " Part II. " Part III. (Donatism) " Part IV. " " Part V. " " Part VI. (Pelagianism) " Part VII. " Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon Fall of the Western Empire Conversion of the Barbarians—Christianity in Britain 1 5 10 13 15 17 21 25 27 29 31 38 43 47 51 54 59 67 70 73 77 80 85 87 90 93 95 100 103 105 108 111 114 118 120 124 127 128 131 133 [Pg iii] [Pg iv] Scotland and Ireland Clovis Justinian Nestorians and Monophysites St. Benedict—Part I. " Part II. 30. End of the Sixth Century—Part I. " " Part II. 31. St. Gregory the Great—Part I. " " Part II. " " Part III. " " Part IV. PART II. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Mahometanism—Image-worship The Church in England St. Boniface Pipin and Charles the Great—Part I. " " Part II. Decay of Charles the Great's Empire State of the Papacy Missions of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries Pope Gregory VII.—Part I. " Part II. " Part III. " Part IV. The First Crusade—Part I. " Part II. " Part III. New Orders of Monks—Military Orders St. Bernard—Part I. " Part II. Adrian IV.—Alexander III.—Becket—The Third Crusade Innocent III.—Part I. " Part II. " Part III. " Part IV. Frederick II—St. Lewis of France—Part I. " " " Part II. " " " Part III. Peter of Murrone Boniface VIII.—Part I. " Part II. The Popes at Avignon—The Ruin of the Templars—Part I. " " " Part II. The Popes at Avignon ( continued) Religious Parties John Wyclif The Popes return to Rome The Great Schism John Huss The Council of Constance—Part I. " " Part II. " " Part III. The Hussites Councils of Basel and Florence Nicolas V. and Pius II. Jerome Savonarola—Part I. " " Part II. Julius II. and Leo X. Missions—The Inquisition 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 136 140 142 144 147 150 152 154 156 159 160 163 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 169 171 173 177 179 181 184 185 191 193 194 196 198 201 204 205 211 213 214 217 220 223 225 228 229 230 232 235 236 239 241 245 247 249 252 254 256 258 260 261 263 265 268 271 273 275 277 [Pg v] TABLE OF DATES. PART I. A.D. PAGE 33. Descent of the Holy Ghost on the Day of Pentecost 62. Martyrdom of St. James the Less 64. Persecution by Nero begins 1 3 2 [Pg vi] 68. 70. 95. 100. 116. 166. 168. 177. 190. 202. — 206. 248. 249. 251. — 253. 254. — 257. 258. 260. 261. 270. 298. 303. 311. 313. 314. 319. 324. 325. 326. 335. — 336. 337. 338. 341. 343. 347. 348. 349. 356. — 361. 362. — — 363. 370. 372. 373. 374. 378. 379. 380. 381. 385. 387. — 390. 391. 395. Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul 2 Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus 3 Persecution by Domitian 3 Death of St. John 5 Martyrdom of Ignatius 9 Martyrdoms of Justin and Polycarp 10-15 Montanus publishes his heresy 17 Persecution at Lyons and Vienne 15 Tertullian flourishes 18 Persecution by Severus begins 18 Martyrdom of Origen's father 21 Martyrdom of Perpetua and her companions 18 Cyprian, bishop of Carthage 25 Persecution by Decius 23 Paul, the first hermit 60 Troubles at Carthage—Novatian separates from the Church 27 Plague at Carthage 27 Death of Origen 24 Disagreement between Cyprian and Stephen, bishop of Rome 29 Persecution by Valerian 29 Martyrdom of Cyprian 31 Conversion of the Goths begins 40 Valerian taken prisoner in Persia—Gallienus allows liberty to the Christians 32 Manes publishes his heresy 110 Diocletian requires soldiers, &c., to worship the heathen gods 33 The last general persecution begins 34 Separation of the Donatists from the Church 44, 116 End of the persecution—Constantine and Licinius give liberty to the Christians 38 Council of Arles about the affairs of the Donatists 117 Arius begins to publish his heresy 44 Constantine defeats Licinius, and declares himself a Christian 38 The First General Council held at Nicæa—Arius condemned —The Nicene Creed made 46 Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria 47 Council of Tyre 48 Athanasius banished to Treves 49 Death of Arius 50 Death of Constantine 51 Athanasius restored to his see 52 Second banishment of Athanasius 52 Persecution in Persia 41 Revolt, defeat, and banishment of the Donatists 117 Ulfilas, bishop of the Goths 93 Second return of St. Athanasius 52 Third exile of Athanasius 53 Death of Antony the hermit 61 Julian, emperor—Paganism restored 57 The Donatists recalled 120 Athanasius restored, but again banished 56 Attempt to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem 57 Death of Julian 58 Basil, bishop of Cæsarea, in Cappadocia