General history of the Christian religion and church: . \ Church Teachers of Alexandria. \ Pautsenus. Clement. His writings 691—693 Origen. History of his life. Theological education. Catechetical j office. His activity as a theological teacher. Relation to Ambrose. \ His commentaries. Ilfpt iipxi^v. Persecution by Demetrius. Residence \ in Palestine. The Hexapla. Correspondence ^vith Juhus Africanus. His other writings. Death 693—711 I The school of Origen. Heraclas. Dionysius of Alexandria. Pierius j and Theognostos. Origenistic and Anti-Origenistic party 711—713 Hieracas. His exegesis and a


General history of the Christian religion and church: . \ Church Teachers of Alexandria. \ Pautsenus. Clement. His writings 691—693 Origen. History of his life. Theological education. Catechetical j office. His activity as a theological teacher. Relation to Ambrose. \ His commentaries. Ilfpt iipxi^v. Persecution by Demetrius. Residence \ in Palestine. The Hexapla. Correspondence ^vith Juhus Africanus. His other writings. Death 693—711 I The school of Origen. Heraclas. Dionysius of Alexandria. Pierius j and Theognostos. Origenistic and Anti-Origenistic party 711—713 Hieracas. His exegesis and ascetic tendency. On marriage. Ap- , proach to rationaUsm 713—716 j Gregory Thaumaturgus. Conversion by means of Origen. His labors I and writings 716—720 Methodius. Controversy with Origen. His writings 720—721 Pamphilus. His services rendered to exegesis. Defence of Origen- • • 721—722 Theological school at Antioch. Doritheus. Lucian. Conclusion 722—723 1 Index to Names and Subjects 725—732 • 733—740 INTEODUCTION. CONDITION OF THE WORLD, ROMAN, GREEK AND JEWISH, AT THE TIME OF THE FmSTAPPEARANCE AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY. It shall be our purpose to trace, from the small mustard-grain,through the course of the past centuries, lying open for our inspection,the growth of that mighty tree, which is destined to overshadow theearth, and under the branches of which all its people are to find asafe habitation. The history will show how a little leaven, cast intothe mass of humanity, has been gradually penetrating it. Looking backon the period of eighteen centuries, we would survey a process of de-velopment in which we ourselves are included; a process movingsteadily onward, though not in a direct line, but through various win<l-ings, yet in the end furthered by whatever has attempted to arrest itscourse ; a process having its issue in eternity, but constantly followingthe same laws, so that in the past, as it unfolds its


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