Chapter III: Introduction: § 1. Idea and Task of Church History

§ 2. DISTRIBUTION OF CHURCH HISTORY ACCORDING TO CONTENTS.
(1) The Various Branches Included in a Complete Course
of Church History.
(2) The Separate Branches of Church History.

§ 3. DISTRIBUTION OF CHURCH HISTORY ACCORDING TO PERIODS.

§ 4. SOURCES AND AUXILIARIES OF CHURCH HISTORY.
(1) Literature of the Sources.
(2) Literature of the Auxiliary Sciences.

§ 5. HISTORY OF GENERAL CHURCH HISTORY.
(1) Down to the Reformation.
(2) The 16th and 17th Centuries.
(3) The 18th Century.
(4) The 19th Century.
(5) The 19th Century--Continued.
(6) The 19th Century--Continued.

HISTORY OF THE PREPARATION FOR CHRISTIANITY.

The pre-Christian World preparing the way
of the Christian Church.

§ 6. THE STANDPOINT OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY.

§ 7. HEATHENISM.
(1) The Religious Character of Heathenism.
(2) The Moral Character of Heathenism.
(3) The Intellectual Culture in Heathenism.
(4) The Hellenic Philosophy.
(5) The Heathen State.

§ 8. JUDAISM.
(1) Judaism under special Training of God through the
Law and Prophecy.
(2) Judaism after the Cessation of Prophecy.
(3) The Synagogues.
(4) Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes.

§ 9. SAMARITANISM.

§ 10. INTERCOURSE BETWEEN JUDAISM AND HEATHENISM.
(1) Influence of Heathenism upon Judaism.
(2) Influence of Judaism upon Heathenism.

§ 11. THE FULNESS OF TIME.

THE HISTORY OF THE BEGINNINGS.

The Founding of the Church by Christ and His Apostles.

§ 12. CHARACTER OF THE HISTORY OF THE BEGINNINGS.

I. THE LIFE OF JESUS.

§ 13. JESUS CHRIST, THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD.
(1) Year of Birth and Year of Death of Jesus.
(2) Earliest Non-Biblical Witnesses to Christ.