  CHAPTER I. THE BIRTH, CHILDHOOD, AND EARLY MINISTRY, OF JESUS. CHAPTER II. TOUR THROUGH GALILEE. CHAPTER III. THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS, AND MIRACLES OF HEALING. CHAPTER IV. LAST LABORS, AND FAREWELL TO HIS DISCIPLES. CHAPTER V. ARREST, TRIAL, AND CRUCIFIXION. CHAPTER VI. THE CONVERSION AND MINISTRY OF SAUL OF TARSUS. CHAPTER VII. MISSIONARY ADVENTURES. CHAPTER VIII. THE CAPTIVE IN CHAINS. CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST PERSECUTION. CHAPTER X. ROMAN EMPERORS, GOOD AND BAD. CHAPTER XIV. INVASION CIVIL WAR, AND UNRELENTING PERSECUTION. CHAPTER XV. CONSTANTINE. THE BANNER OF THE CROSS UNFURLED. CHAPTER XVI. THE CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE. CHAPTER XVII. JULIAN THE APOSTATE. CHAPTER XVIII. THE IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS OF JULIAN. CHAPTER XIX. THE FIFTH CENTURY. CHAPTER XX. CENTURIES OF WAR AND WOE. CHAPTER XXII. THE REFORMATION. CHAPTER XXIII. THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW. CHAPTER XXIV. THE CHURCH IN MODERN TIMES. Transcriber’s Notes The cover image was provided by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Punctuation has been standardized. Most abbreviations have been expanded in tool-tips for screen-readers and may be seen by hovering the mouse over the abbreviation. This book has illustrated drop-caps at the start of each chapter. These illustrations may adversely affect the pronunciation of the word with screen-readers or not display properly in some handheld devices. This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note. Footnotes are identified in the text with a superscript number and have been accumulated in a table at the end of the text. Transcriber’s Notes are used when making corrections to the text or to provide additional information for the modern reader. These notes have been accumulated in a table at the end of the book and are identified in the text by a dotted underline and may be seen in a tool-tip by hovering the mouse over the underline. Portrait: John S. C. Abbott F. T. Stuart Eng. Boston I am yours very truly John S. C. Abbott. THE CONSISTING OF THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH; THE ADVENTURES OF PAUL AND THE APOSTLES; AND The Most Interesting Events in the Progress of Christianity, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT, AUTHOR OF “THE MOTHER AT HOME,” “LIFE OF NAPOLEON,” “LIFE OF FREDERIC THE GREAT,” ETC. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY B. B. RUSSELL, 55 CORNHILL. PHILADELPHIA: QUAKER-CITY PUBLISHING-HOUSE. 1872. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, By B. B. RUSSELL, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Boston: Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co. TO THE MEMBERS OF The Second Congregational Church and Society IN FAIR HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, This Volume IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THEIR FRIEND AND PASTOR, JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. |
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