CONTENTS.

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PREFACE

INTRODUCTION. - Claim of St. Paul to be the founder of

the Roman Episcopate

ANENCLETUS-Isidorian or spurious Letters attributed to

the early Roman bishops

CLEMENT - Letter to the Corinthian Church-spurious

writings

EVARISTUS

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ALEXANDER -SIXTUS-TELESPHORUS. HYGINUS

PIUS-ANICETUS-Polycarp-Justin Martyr

SOTER-Grecian Churches-Dionysius of Corinth

ELEUTHERUS-Churches of Lyons and Vienne-Lucius,

King of Britain

VICTOR-Theodotus― Churches of Proconsular Asia-
Polycarp-Melito-Papias-Apollinaris

ZEPHYRINUS-Natalis-Epistle to the Hebrews and the

Apocalypse probably not recognised by the Roman

Church

CALLISTUS-URBANUS-PONTIANUS-ANTEROS

FABIAN-A martyr in the Decian persecution

CORNELIUS-Novatian

LUCIUS-STEPHEN-SIXTUS II.-Church of Alexandria
DIONYSIUS-Paul of Samosata-Church of Antioch
FELIX-EUTYCHIAN-CAIUS-MARCELLINUS-MARCEL-

LUS-EUSEBIUS-Diocletian persecution

MILTIADES Constantine his conversion

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towards the Church and Clergy- Church govern-
ment before and after Constantine's accession
union with the State - Donatist Controversy
African Church

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SILVESTER-Council of Arles-Council at Rome-Law

of Constantine, forbidding all persons who are rich.

enough to fill municipal offices from being made clergy-

men -Arius- Alexander, bishop of Alexandria

Council of Nice-its acts-Fifth Canon- Meletian

Schism synodal letter of the Council-Epiphanius

Athanasius Fourth and Sixth Canons of the

Council of Nice-Roman bishop's province-Ruffi-

nus translation of the Sixth Canon Suburbicarian

Churches-Civil provinces of Rome and Milan -

Metropolitans-Greek Historians-Disputes in the

East about the term oμoovoios in the Nicene Creed

-Eusebius of Nicomedia - Deposition of Eustathius

of Antioch and Marcellus of Ancyra in Galatia

MARK

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JULIUS-Death of Constantine-

Accession of Constan-

tine, Constans, and Constantius-Athanasius - his
trial and exile

LIBERIUS - Magnentius - Constantius sole Emperor —

his character-Council of Milan-Exile of prelates

-Exile of Liberius

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FELIX

LIBERIUS OF FELIX-Change of creed in the Church
Council of Rimini-Council of Seleucia- Council
of Constantinople-Death of Constantius-Julian
- Return of Exiles Athanasius Accession of

Valentinian and Valens

DAMASUS-Ursinus State of the Church-West - An-
tioch - Alexandria Asia Minor - Exiles of the
prelates- Death of Valens Return of exiles-
Gratian-Theodosius- Church of Constantinople-
Gregory of Nazianzum-Council of Constantinople
-Creed-Law of Theodosius ordering the Churches
to be given to the Catholics - also Law of Valen-
tinian forbidding Clergy or Ascetics visiting the
houses of Widows or unmarried Women

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Examination of the external evidence to support the

genuineness of the Letters of Cyprian :

Chronicle of Eusebius

Jerome's Book of Ecclesiastical Writers

Jerome's Tract against the Luciferians

Pacian's Three Letters to Sympronian

Optatus's work against the Donatists

Eusebius's Church History

No. II. Stephen

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Ire-

Poly-

No. III. Dionysius of Alexandria-Basil's work on the

Holy Spirit

No. IV. Victor Quartodeciman Controversy

næus Polycarp Anicetus St. John

crates

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No. V. Council of Arles

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No. VI. Council of Sardica - Contents of the historical

documents of Athanasius-Letter of Julius-State-

ments respecting Athanasius by Epiphanius - Gre-

gory of Nazianzum-Jerome -Ruffinus - Sulpicius

Severus Philostorgius, Socrates, and the Greek

Historians-Augustine

Inquiry into the genuineness of certain writings:

§ 1. Epiphanius on Heresies

§ 2. Hilary on Synods

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§ 3. Hilary's Letter to Constantius

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§ 8. Tract against the Arians by Phœbadius

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339

§ 9. Letter of Innocent, bishop of Rome -

§ 10. Life of Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople 339

No. VII. Roman legates at the Council of Nice :

§ 1. Hosius

§ 2. Vincent, the Roman presbyter

§ 3. Vito

No VIII. Council of Lampsacus-Mission into the West

-Liberius - Eustathius, bishop of Sebaste-Basil,

bishop of Cæsarea -

No. IX. Auxentius, bishop of Milan - Epistola ad Afros

-Epistola ad Epictetum - Synodal Letter of Roman

Council under Damasus-Letter of Valentinian to

the bishops of the Asian Diocese

No. X. Rescript of Gratian and Valentinian II. A D. 378

No. XI. Paulinus and Vitalis :

§ 1. Paulinus-story of Lucifer of Carali conse-

crating him bishop of Antioch-Tomus ad

Antiochenses-Extracts from Jerome

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§ 2. Vitalis consecrated by Apollinaris, bishop

of Antioch Sapor gives the Churches to

Meletius-Gratian's Edict of Toleration —

Gregory of Nazianzum's Letters to Cle-

donius - Letter of Damasus to Paulinus

§ 3. Euzoius gives Paulinus a church at Antioch

-Flavian takes an oath not to accept the

bishopric of Antioch in the lifetime of the

survivor of Miletius and Paulinus

§ 4. Council of Constantinople-Gregory of Na-

zianzum's Carmen de Vita sua

§ 5. Council of Aquileia -

§ 6. Council of Italy

§ 7. Roman Council

§ 8. Evagrius

§ 9. End of the Schism of Paulinus

No. XII. Letters of Basil, bishop of Cæsarea

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INQUIRY INTO THE AUTHORITY FOR

TRINE OF THE SUPREMACY OF THE

ROME BY DIVINE RIGHT.

THE DOC-

BISHOP OF

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Pretensions of the Roman bishop - unacknowledged by the

Churches during the period embraced in this volume 493

§ 1. Opinions of the Eastern Church on St. Peter
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§ 2. Opinions of the Alexandrian Church- - Cle-
ment - Origen

§ 3. Opinions of the Western Church-Clement

-Justin Martyr-Irenæus-Tertullian-

Hilary-Optatus

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The Churches of this period knew of no su-

premacy in the bishops of Rome derived

through St. Peter Holy Scriptures-

Eastern Church - Alexandrian Church

- Justin Martyr - Ire.

Western Church

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næus Tertullian-Hilary-Optatus

Testimony against any supremacy having

descended on the bishops of Rome as St.

Peter's successors - Clement of Rome-

Gregory of Nazianzum -Eusebius's Church

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