Frontmatter — TRANSLATOR’S NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION — TRANSLATOR’S NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION — CONTENTS — CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE — 1. THE WORLD EMPIRE OF ROME IN THE SECOND AND THIRD CENTURIES — 2. THE CHURCH — 3. THE NEW TESTAMENT — 4. THEOLOGY AND THE RULE OF FAITH — 5. WORSHIP — 6. CHRISTIANITY FACE TO FACE WITH THE WORLD — 7. THE APOLOGISTS — 8. ASIA MINOR AND THE MONTANIST MOVEMENT — 9. GAUL — 10. AFRICA — 11. ROME — 12. SYRIA AND BEYOND — 13. EGYPT — LITERATURE — A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EARLY CHURCH HISTORY FOR ENGLISH READERS — INDEX