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History of the Church of Christ: Century III

It is certain, that from our Saviour's time to the present, there have ever been persons whose dispositions and lives have been formed by the rules of the New Testament; men who have been real, not merely nominal Christians, who believed the doctrines of the gospel, loved them because of their divine excellency, and suffered gladly the loss of all things, that they might win Christ, and be found in him. It is the history of these men which I propose to write. It is of no consequence with respect to my plan, nor of much importance I believe in its own nature, to what external church they belonged. I intend not to enter with any nicety into an account of their rites and ceremonies, or forms of church government, much less into their secular history. Even religious controversies shall be omitted, except those which seem to bear a relation to the essence of Christ's religion, and of which the history of his real church seems to require some account. Let not the reader expect, that the actions of great men (great in a secular view I mean) will be exhibited to his notice. Nothing but what belongs to Christ's kingdom shall be admitted, and genuine piety is that alone which I intend to celebrate. - Summary by Introduction

Year of Publication: 1809Genres: Antiquity , Christianity - Biographies , Christianity - Other

Running Time: 07 hours 37 minutes 55 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Irenaeus InTheDesert	13:42
2	Tertullian InTheDesert	17:40
3	Pantaenus InTheDesert	4:45
4	Clemens Alexandrinus InTheDesert	9:08
5	The Affairs of the Church during the Reigns of Severus and Caracalla InTheDesert	12:44
6	Christian Affairs during the Reigns of Macrinus, Heliogabalus, Alexander, Maximinus, Pupienus, Gordian, and Philip InTheDesert	14:33
7	The Conversion of Cyprian InTheDesert	17:14
8	The Beginnings of the Persecution of Decius, and Cyprian's Government till his Retirement InTheDesert	8:24
9	The History of Cyprian and the Western Church during his Retirement of two Years InTheDesert	59:29
10	Cyprian's Settlement of his Church after his Return and the History of the Western Church till the Persecution under Gallus InTheDesert	20:27
11	The Effects of the Persecution of Decius in the Eastern Church InTheDesert	43:09
12	The History of the Church during the Reign of Gallus InTheDesert	27:20
13	The Pacific Part of Valerian's Reign InTheDesert	31:22
14	The Last Acts and Martyrdom of Cyprian InTheDesert	17:09
15	Cyprian compared with Origen InTheDesert	24:05
16	Other Particulars of Valerian's Persecution InTheDesert	18:26
17	From the Reign of Gallienus to the End of the Century InTheDesert	34:53
18	Some Account of Gregory Thaumaturgus, Theognostus, and Dionysius of Rome InTheDesert	13:28
19	The Farther Extension of the Gospel in this Century InTheDesert	2:43
20	A Short View of the External State of the Church InTheDesert	22:38
21	Testimonies to the Church of Christ from its Enemies InTheDesert	29:23
22	Connexion between the Doctrine and Practice of Primitive Christians InTheDesert	15:13