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CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.— THE PROVINCE OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
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	Description of Ecclesiastical History	1
I.	Its first beginning	2
	The History of Israel, the first period of the History of the Church	4
	Its peculiar interest	5
	Its religious importance	6
II.	The History of Christendom, the second period of the History of the Church	10
	Relations of Civil and Ecclesiastical History	11
	Points of contact between them	15
	Points of divergence	17
	Stages of the History of the Christian Church	20
	1. The Transition from the Church of the Apostles to the Church of the Fathers	ib.
	2. The Conversion of the Empire. The Eastern Church	22
	3. The Invasion of the Barbarians. The Latin Church	23
	4. The Reformation	ib.
	The German, French, and English Church	26
	Conclusion. The late Professor Hussey	28
LECTURE II.— THE STUDY OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
	Dryness of Ecclesiastical History	33
	Remedy to be found in an Historical View of the Church	34
I.	History of Doctrines	35
II.	History of Creeds and Articles	35
III.	History of Events and Persons	37
	General Study	38
	Detailed Study of great Events	39
	The Councils	ib.