Vol. 1:

CHAPTER 1: THE WORLD IN WHICH THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED

1. THE ROMAN IMPERIAL UNITY

2. THE PAGAN RELIGIONS OF THE ROMANO-HELLENISTIC CULTURE

3. THE RELIGION OF THE JEWS

4. TENDENCIES IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD OF THE FIRST CENTURY A.D.

CHAPTER 2: THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH

1. THE FOUNDER

2. THE FIRST GENERATION

Note A: THE END OF JEWISH CHRISTIANITY

Note B: ST. PETER AT ROME

CHAPTER 3: THE FIRST CONTACTS WITH THE PAGAN RELIGIOUS WORLD

1. THE RELIGIOUS WORLD OF THE SECOND CENTURY

2. THE FIRST APOLOGISTS

3. THE GNOSTICS AND THE CHURCH

4. ST. IRENAEUS OF LYONS

5. MARCION -- MONTANISM

CHAPTER 4: THE CRISES OF THE THIRD CENTURY

1. THE EASTER CONTROVERSY

2. MONARCHIANS -- SABELLIUS -- ST. HIPPOLYTUS

3. THE PENITENTIAL CONTROVERSY -- ST. CALIXTUS I

4. THE SCHISM OF NOVATIAN

5. ST. CYPRIAN AND ROME

6. THE SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA -- ORIGEN

7. MITHRAISM

8. THE MANICHEES

9. DENIS OF ALEXANDRIA -- PAUL OF SAMOSATA

CHAPTER 5: THE WAY OF CHRISTIAN LIFE

CHAPTER 6: THE CHURCH AND THE PAGAN ROMAN EMPIRE

1. THE STATE -- HOSTILE AND TOLERANT

2. THE STATE DE-PAGANISED

NOTE C: THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF THE PERSECUTING STATE

CHAPTER 7: THE ARIANS, 318-359

CHAPTER 8: THE CATHOLIC RESTORATION. 359-382

CHAPTER 9: ROME AND THE CATHOLIC EAST. 381-453

1. THE PRIMACY OF HONOUR. 381-419

2. EPHESUS. 427-433

3. CHALCEDON. 446-452

CHAPTER 10: THE TRADITIONAL FAITH AND THE IMPERIAL POLICY

1. THE AFTERMATH OF CHALCEDON. 452-518

2. JUSTINIAN. 527-565

3. BYZANTINE CATHOLICISM. 565-711