Chapter II: Part II: Christianity From the Second Century to the Rise of Islam

Chap. I--Developments in the Unestablished Church

§ 1. Numbers and Inner Life 81
§ 2. Growth of the Priesthood 87
§ 3. The Gnostic Movement in the Second Century 91
§ 4. Marcionism and Montanism 97
§ 5. Rites and Ceremonies 101
§ 6. Strifes over Primary Dogma 102

Chap. II--Relations of Church and State

§ 1. Persecutions 106
§ 2. Establishment and Creed-Making 114
§ 3. Reaction under Julian 127
§ 4. Re-establishment: Disestablishment of Paganism 133

Chap. III--Failure with Survival

§ 1. The Overthrow of Arianism 142
§ 2. The Cost of Orthodoxy 146
§ 3. Moral and Intellectual Stagnation 153
§ 4. The Social Failure 159