The Ancient Church eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 775 pages of information about The Ancient Church.

The Ancient Church eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 775 pages of information about The Ancient Church.
Removed to Caesarea, ib. 
Paul before Felix and Festus, 137
Appeals to Caesar, 138
His defence before Agrippa, 139
His voyage to Rome, and shipwreck, 142
His arrival in Italy, 145
Greatness and luxury of Rome, ib. 
Paul preaches in his own hired house, 148
His zeal, labours, and success, 149
Writes to Philemon, to the Colossians, the Ephesians, and the
    Philippians, 150

CHAPTER X.

Paul’s second imprisonment, and martyrdom; Peter, his epistles,
his martyrdom, and the Roman church.

Evidences of Paul’s release from his first Roman imprisonment, 152
His visit to Spain, 153
Writes the Epistle to the Hebrews, 154
Revisits Jerusalem, and returns to Rome, 155
His second Roman imprisonment, ib. 
Writes Second Epistle to Timothy, ib. 
Date of his martyrdom, 156
Peter’s arrival in Rome, ib. 
His First Epistle written from Rome, 157
Why Rome called Babylon, 158
Peter writes his Second Epistle, ib. 
His testimony to the inspiration of Paul, 159
His martyrdom, 160
Circumstances which, at an early period, gave prominence to the
    Church of Rome, ib. 
Its remarkable history, 162

CHAPTER XI.

The persecutions of the apostolic church, and its condition at the
termination of the first century.

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