(+) Christianity in the Apostolic Age (1900 Purves), book
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Christianity in the Apostolic Age (1900) is a book by George T. Purves.
Abstract
Editions and translations
Published in New York, NY: C. Scribner's Sons, 1900. Reprinted several times, until 1931.
Table of contents
- Part I: Rise of Christianity in Jerusalem
- 1. Historical sources
- 2. The origin of Christianity
- 3. The inauguration of Christianity in Jerusalem
- 4. Internal progress of the church in Jerusalem after Pentecost
- 5. External history of the church in Jerusalem after Pentecost
- Part II: Early expansion of Christianity
- 1. Historical sources
- 2. The dispersion
- 3. The conversion of Paul
- 4. Progress of the mother church
- 5. Rise of Gentile Christianity in Antioch
- 6. The missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas
- Part III: Judaic Christianity
- 1. Historical sources
- 2. The character of Judaic Christianity
- 3. The council at Jerusalem
- 4. Judaic Christianity after the council
- Part IV: Expansion of Christianity under Paul
- 1. Historical sources
- 2. Entrance of Christianity into Europe
- 3. Paul in Corinth
- 4. Paul in Ephesus
- 5. From Ephesus to Rome
- 6. Paul in Rome
- 7. The last years of Paul
- Part V: Progress of Christianity to the close of the apostolic age
- 1. Historical sources
- 2. The last years of the Apostle Peter
- 3. The final transition from Judaism to Christianity
- 4. Rise of historical narratives
- 5. The Johannean period
- Appendix, Chronology of the Apostolic Age