Chapter XVII: Part ONE

=En. Ag.= Ag. shad. Comp. Paul. Diff. Ch. 125 A. D. "Sec. ra. m."

I. =Fa. Jer.= 1.) Reb. A. D. 68-70. 2.) Siege pred. Chr. with.
Pel. 3.) Eff. div. Je. Chr.

II. =Jhn. Eph.= Last. Ap. 100 A. D.

III. =Ris. Her.= 1. Gre. min. 2. Eb. Gnos. 3. Res. 1.) G. 2.) Ev.

IV. =Sec. Imp. Per.= Dom. 95. Caus. 1. Heath. hosp. 2. Id. wor. int.
li. 3. Jud. per. rel. Chr. unlic. 4. Wor. Emp.

Review Questions

What is said of the period after the death of St.
Paul? Between what years is there very little history?
What companions of St. Paul were living at the time of
his death? What became of these men? Wherein was the
church of a later period different from that of the
earlier time? What reason is assigned for these
changes? Name the four principal events in the period
under consideration. When did the rebellion of the
Jews against the Roman empire begin? What was the
result of this rebellion? What became of the
Christians in Jerusalem at the opening of the Jewish
war? What was the after history of Jewish
Christianity? What was the effect of the fall of
Jerusalem on the relations between Christianity and
Judaism? Who was the last of the twelve apostles on
the earth? Where did he live? What was his character?
What is said as to his death? What divisions in the
church arose at this period? Of what were these
divisions the result? What country was the home of the
heresies? Who were the Ebionites? Who were the
Gnostics? What good result came from these
controversies? What evil result followed them? What
persecution arose during this period? At what time?
Under what emperor did the persecution begin? How did
it compare with the earlier persecution under Nero?
What general causes may be given for the series of
imperial persecutions of the Christians? Wherein was
heathenism hospitable, and Christianity exclusive? How
was idolatry interwoven with the affairs of life? How
was this fact adverse to the Christians? How did
Christianity come to be looked on with suspicion in
the empire? How did the worship of the emperor affect
the Christians? What is this worship called in the New
Testament? Did these persecutions stop the progress of
the church?