Produced by Paul Dring, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: Map illustrating the HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, during the First Six Centuries.] SKETCHES OF CHURCH HISTORY. _From_ A.D. 33 _to the Reformation_. BY THE LATE REV. J. C. ROBERTSON, M.A. CANON OF CANTERBURY. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRACT COMMITTEE. LONDON: SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS, W.C. 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. 26, ST. GEORGE'S PLACE, HYDE PARK CORNER, S.W. BRIGHTON: 135, NORTH STREET. NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO. 1887. CONTENTS. PART I. CHAP. PAGE 1. The Age of the Apostles 1 2. St. Ignatius 5 3. St. Justin, Martyr 10 4. St. Polycarp 13 5. The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne 15 6. Tertullian--Perpetua and her Companions 17 7. Origen 21 8. St Cyprian--Part I. 25 " Part II. 27 " Part III. 29 9. The Last Persecution 31 10. Constantine the Great 38 11. The Council of Nicæa 43 12. St. Athanasius--Part I. 47 " Part II. 51 " Part III. 54 13. The Monks 59 14. St. Basil and St. Gregory of Nazianzum--Part I. 67 " " " Part II. 70 15. St. Ambrose 73 16. The Temple of Serapis 77 17. Church Government 80 18. Christian Worship--Part I. 85 " " Part II. 87 " " Part III. 90 19. Arcadius and Honorius 93 20. St. John Chrysostom--Part I. 95 " " Part II. 100 " " Part III. 103 " " Part IV. 105 21. St. Augustine--Part I.