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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOOK I

THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIANITY
IN ROME


PART I

INTRODUCTORY

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A sketch of the early Jewish colony in Rome—Allusion to Jews
by Cicero—Favour shown them by Julius Cæsar—Mention
of Jews by the great poets of the Augustine age—Characteristic
features and moral power of Jews—Their numbers in
the days of Nero 3


I

(a) FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH IN ROME—INFLUENCE OF
S. PETER

Into this colony of Jews came the news of the story of Jesus Christ—Was
S. Peter among the first preachers of Christianity
in Rome?—Quotations from early Christian writers on
this subject—Traditional memories of S. Peter in Rome 7


II

EARLY REFERENCES

Quotations from patristic writers of the first three centuries,
bearing on the foundation of the Church in Rome, including
the oldest Catalogues of the Bishops of Rome—Deduction
from these quotations 13


PART II


I

(b) FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH IN ROME—INFLUENCE OF
S. PAUL

S. Paul in Rome—His share in laying the foundation stories
in the Capital—Paul's Christology more detailed than that
contained in S. Mark's Gospel, which represents S. Peter's
teaching 21