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Tried by fire: the story of Christianity's first thousand years
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Table of Contents
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1 Scattered Sheep 1 --
Paul in Rome 3 --
Appeal of Christianity to the Classical World 7 --
Missionary Activity and Persecution of the Disciples 9 --
2 First Saints 17 --
Clement Helps Guide the Church 20 --
Ignatius of Antioch 23 --
Resurfacing of Persecution in the Late-First and Early-Second Centuries 26 --
Martyrdom of Polycarp 28 --
3 Defining Doctrine 31 --
Marcion of Sinope 33 --
Irenaeus and Justin Confront the Pagans 34 --
Settling Scripture 35 --
Irenaeus's Theology 37 --
Justin Martyr 38 --
Christian Communities in the Second Century 43 --
Martyrdom in the Age of Marcus Aurelius 45 --
4 Brutal Opposition 51 --
Perpetua and Felicity 52 --
Tertullian 54 --
Early Christian Women 56 --
Three Controversies 58 --
Persecutions of the Third Century 62 --
Cyprian and the Lapsed 66 --
5 Egypt and the Great Persecution 69 --
Clement of Alexandria 70 --
Origen 73 --
Codex 78 --
Diocletian and the Great Persecution 81 --
Edict Against the Christians 84 --
Consequences of Diocletian's Persecution 91 --
6 Church, State, and Emperor 93 --
Constantine Consolidates His Power 95 --
Constantine the Emperor 99 --
Rise of the Basilica 104 --
Donatist Controversy 107 --
Was Constantine Really a Christian? 111 --
7 Tares Among Wheat 115 --
Constantine Calls the Council of Nicaea 118 --
Other Matters Resolved by the Council of Nicaea 127 --
Athanasius Contra Mundum 129 --
Death of Constantine 132 --
8 Saving Wastelands 135 --
Anthony of the Desert 136 --
Pachomius and Cenobite Monasticism 139 --
Monastic Lifestyle 140 --
Macarius and Moses the Black 142 --
Evagrius Ponticus 143 --
Desert Women 146 --
Ephrem and Simeon 147 --
Syriac and Coptic Languages 150 --
Life of Martin of Tours 152 --
John Cassian 154 --
9 Fathers Know Best 157 --
Arianism Fights Back 158 --
Council of Sardica 161 --
Julian the Apostate 162 --
Valens 165 --
Cappadocian Fathers 168 --
Gregory of Nazianzus 172 --
Gregory of Nyssa 174 --
Death of Valens 175 --
10 Doctors' Orders 177 --
Edict of Thessalonica 178 --
Council of Constantinople 180 --
Theodosius Campaigns Against Arianism 182 --
Ambrose 183 --
Ambrose and the Arians 186 --
Ambrose and Theodosius 188 --
Jerome 191 --
Jerome and Damasus I 193 --
Vulgate Bible 194 --
11 Two Giants 199 --
John Chrysostom 200 --
John's Episcopate 201 --
Augustine 206 --
Post-Conversion 210 --
Augustine's Theology 212 --
Legacy of Augustinian Thought 214 --
12 From Ancient to Medieval 217 --
Theodosius II and the Theodosian Code 219 --
Council of Ephesus 221 --
Cyril and Orestes 224 --
Pope Leo I Turns Back Attila 227 --
Papacy of Leo I 230 --
Second Council of Ephesus and the Council of Chalcedon 232 --
13 Christianity in the Early Barbarian Kingdoms: The Barbarians Become Arians 235 --
Goths Convert 236 --
Visigoths 238 --
Isidore of Seville 240 --
Italy: Theodoric, Boethius, and Cassiodorus 242 --
Cassiodorus 245 --
Franks 247 --
Columbanus's Mission to the Franks 250 --
Gregory the Great 251 --
Gregory Evangelizes Europe 252 --
Church Comes to Britain 254 --
Isle of the Dead 257 --
Gregory Sends Augustine to the Britons 258 --
Venerable Bede 260 --
Early Celtic Christianity 261 --
14 Byzantine Empire 265 --
Justinian 266 --
First Great Plague 268 --
Domestic Affairs 269 --
Nika Riot 270 --
Hagia Sophia 272 --
Corpus Iuris Chilis 274 --
Justinian's Religious Policy 275 --
Three Chapters Controversy 276 --
Persecution in the Byzantine Empire 278 --
After Justinian 280 --
Heraclius 280 --
Heraclius and the Church 282 --
15 Crescent and Cross 285 --
Dawn of Islam 286 --
Early Islamic Theology and the Bible 288 --
Muslims Fight the Byzantines 291 --
Pact of Umar 295 --
Dialogue of Timothy I and al-Mahdi 298 --
Moors Invade Spain 300 --
Charles Martel Saves Europe 301 --
16 Europe is Born 305 --
Saint Boniface 306 --
Pepin the Short 310 --
Charlemagne 312 --
Charlemagne Crowned Holy Roman Emperor 316 --
Conflict with the Byzantine Church 317 --
Carolingian Renaissance 319 --
Alcuin of York 321 --
After Charlemagne 324 --
17 Decline and Reform 327 --
Papacy of the Early Medieval Ages (867-1049) 329 --
Reform of the Papacy 333 --
Monastery 335 --
Theological Developments of the Early Middle Ages 339 --
Medieval Pilgrimage and Relics 340 --
England 343 --
18 Northern Lights 347 --
Alfred the Great Fights Back 349 --
Anglo-Saxon Culture 353 --
Christianization of the Danes and Swedes 356 --
Norway 358 --
Cyril and Methodius 360 --
Christianization of the Kievan Rus 363 --
19 Face of God and Schism 369 --
Justinian II and the Quinisext Council 370 --
First Iconoclast Era (717-775) 375 --
John of Damascus and Constantine V 377 --
Second Council of Nicaea 380 --
Second Iconoclast Era (814-842) 382 --
Great Schism (ca. 800-1054) 384 --
Churches Split 386.
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