§ 14. THE MINISTRY OF THE APOSTLES BEFORE PAUL. Beginning and Close of Apostolic Age. § 15. THE MINISTRY OF THE APOSTLE PAUL. Details of Paul’s Life. § 16. THE OTHER APOSTLES AFTER THE APPEARANCE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL. (1) The Roman Episcopate of Peter. (2) The Apostle John. (3) James, the brother of the Lord. (4) The Later Legends of the Apostles. § 17. CONSTITUTION, WORSHIP, AND DISCIPLINE. (1) The Charismata of the Apostolic Age. (2) The Constitution of the Mother Church at Jerusalem. (3) The Constitution of the Pauline Churches. (4) The Church in the Pauline Epistles. (5) Congregational and Spiritual Offices. (6) The Question about the Original Position of the Episcopate and Presbyterate. (7) Christian Worship. (8) Christian Life and Ecclesiastical Discipline. § 18. HERESIES IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE. (1) Jewish Christianity and the Council of Apostles. (2) The Apostolic Basis of Doctrine. (3) False Teachers. FIRST DIVISION. History of the Development of the Church during the Græco-Roman and Græco-Byzantine Periods. § 19. CONTENT, DISTRIBUTION AND BOUNDARIES OF THOSE PERIODS. FIRST SECTION. History of the Græco-Roman Church during the Second and Third Centuries (A.D. 70-323). § 20. CONTENT, DISTRIBUTION AND BOUNDARIES OF THIS PERIOD. (1) The Post-Apostolic Age. (2) The Age of the Old Catholic Church. (3) The Point of Transition from the One Age to the Other. I. THE RELATIONSHIP OF EXTRA-CHRISTIAN PAGANISM AND JUDAISM TO THE CHURCH. § 21. THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY. § 22. PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE. (1) Claudius, Nero and Domitian. (2) Trajan and Hadrian. (3) Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. (4) Septimius Severus and Maximinus Thrax. (5) Decius, Gallus and Valerian. (6) Diocletian and Galerius. (7) Maximinus Daza, Maxentius and Licinius. § 23. CONTROVERSIAL WRITINGS OF PAGANISM. (1) Lucian’s Satire _De Morte Peregrini_. (2) Worshippers of an Ass. (3) Polemic properly so-called. § 24. Attempted Reconstruction of Paganism. (1) Apollonius of Tyana. (2) Neo-platonism. § 25. Jewish and Samaritan Reaction. (1) Disciples of John. (2) The Samaritan Heresiarchs. a. Dositheus. b. Simon Magus. c. Menander. II. DANGER TO THE CHURCH FROM PAGAN AND JEWISH ELEMENTS WITHIN ITS OWN PALE.