PREFACE TO THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION iii AUTHOR’S PREFACE vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii PART I. Peace. CHAP. I. THE CHRISTIAN HOUSE 19 II. THE MARTYR’S BOY 26 III. THE DEDICATION 32 IV. THE HEATHEN HOUSEHOLD 42 V. THE VISIT 58 VI. THE BANQUET 64 VII. POOR AND RICH 72 VIII. THE FIRST DAY’S CONCLUSION 82 IX. MEETINGS 88 X. OTHER MEETINGS 106 XI. A TALK WITH THE READER 119 XII. THE WOLF AND THE FOX 129 XIII. CHARITY 135 XIV. EXTREMES MEET 139 XV. CHARITY RETURNS 149 XVI. THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 154 XVII. THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY 170 XVIII. TEMPTATION 183 XIX. THE FALL 190 PART II. Conflict. I. DIOGENES 205 II. THE CEMETERIES 219 III. WHAT DIOGENES COULD NOT TELL ABOUT THE CATACOMBS 239 IV. WHAT DIOGENES DID TELL ABOUT THE CATACOMBS 248 V. ABOVE GROUND 261 VI. DELIBERATIONS 265 VII. DARK DEATH 275 VIII. DARKER STILL 280 IX. THE FALSE BROTHER 285 X. THE ORDINATION IN DECEMBER 291 XI. THE VIRGINS 300 XII. THE NOMENTAN VILLA 308 XIII. THE EDICT 315 XIV. THE DISCOVERY 325 XV. EXPLANATIONS 330 XVI. THE WOLF IN THE FOLD 335 XVII. THE FIRST FLOWER 356