PART I. EARLIEST STAGE: ST. PAUL IN ASIA MINOR.
I. GENERAL.
1. Plan Of The Work. 2. The " Travel-Document." 3. The Churches Of Galatia. 4. Social Condition Of Asia Minor, A.D. 50-60. Note On The Name Of The Province Galatia.

II. LOCALITIES OF THE FIRST JOURNEY.
1. Pamphylia. 2. Pisidia And Ayo Pavlo. 3. Pisidian Antioch. 4. Route From Antioch To Iconium. 5. Iconium. 6. Lystra. 7. Derbe. 8. Character Of Lycaonia In The First Century.

III. ST. PAUL'S FIRST JOURNEY AS A NARRATIVE OF TRAVEL.
IV. THE SECOND JOURNEY.
V. THE THIRD JOURNEY.
VI. THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS.
1. Arguments Founded on the Epistle. 2. St. Paul's Feelings Towards the Galatian Churches. 3. Arguments for the North-Galatian Theory. 4. Analogy of First Peter. 5. Change in the Meaning of the Name Galatia.

VII. ST. PAUL AT EPHESUS.
1. Demetrius the Neopoios. 2. Acts XIX. 23-41. 3. Demetrius the Neopoios and Demetrius the Silversmith. 4. Action of the Priests of Artemis. 5. Shrines of Artemis. 6. Attitude of the Ephesian Officials towards Paul. 7. Fate of the Silver Shrines 8. Great Artemis. 9. Text of Acts xix. 23-41. 10. Historical Character of the Narrative, Acts xix. 23-41.

VIII. THE ORIGINAL AUTHORITY FOR ST. PAUL'S JOURNEYS: VALUE AND TEXT.
1. Rapid Spread Of Christianity In Asia Minor. 2. Distinction Of Authorship. 3. Text Of Codex Bezæ: Asia Minor, 4. Text Of Codex Bezae: Europe. 5. Codex Bezae Founded On A Catholic Recension. 6. Relation Of Codex Bezae To Asia Minor. Postscript: Spitta's Apostelgeschichte.

PART II. -- A.D. .64-170: BEING LECTURES AT MANSFIELD COLLEGE, OXFORD MAY AND JUNE, 1892.

IX. SUBJECT AND METHOD.
1. Aspect of History here Treated. 2. Connexion between Church History and the Life of the Period. 3. The Authorities: Date. 4. The Authorities: Trustworthiness. 5. Results of Separating Church History from Imperial History. 6. The Point of View.

X. PLINY'S REPORT AND TRAJAN'S RESCRIPT
1. Preliminary Considerations. 2. The Religious Question in Bithynia-Pontus. 3. First and Second Stage of the Trials. 4. Pliny's Attitude towards the Christians. 5. The Case was Administrative, not Legal. 6. Pliny's Questions and Trajan's Reply. 7. The Christians were not Punished as a sodalitas. 8. Procedure. 9. Additional Details. 10. Recapitulation. 11. Topography.

XI. THE ACTION OF NERO TOWARDS THE CHRISTIANS.
1. Tacitus, Annals, xv. 44. 2. The Evidence of Suetonius. 3. First Stage in Nero's Action. 4. Second Stage: Charge of Hostility to Society. 5. Crime which the Christians Confessed. 6. Character, Duration, and Extent of the Neronian Persecution. 7. Principle of Nero's Action. 8. Evidence of Christian Documents.

XII. THE FLAVIAN POLICY TOWARDS THE CHURCH.
1. Tacitus' Conception Of The Flavian Policy. 2. Confirmation Of Nero's Policy By Vespasian. 3. The Persecution Of Domitian. 4. Bias Of Dion Cassius. 5. Difference Of Policy Towards Jews And Christians. 6. The Executions Of A.D. 95 An Incident Of The General Policy. 7. Evidence Of Suetonius About The Executions Of A.D. 95. 8. The Flavian Action Was Political In Character.

XIII. CHRISTIAN AUTHORITIES FOR THE FLAVIAN PERIOD.
1, The First Epistle of Peter. 2. Later Date assigned to 1 Peter. 3. Official Action implied in 1 Peter. 4. The Evidence of the Apocalypse. 5. The First Epistle of John. 6. Hebrews and Barnabas. 7. The Epistle of Clement. 8. The Letters of Ignatius.

XIV. THE POLICY OF HADRIAN, PIUS, AND MARCUS.
XV. CAUSE AND EXTENT OF PERSECUTION.
XVI. THE ACTA OF PAUL AND THEKLA.
XVII. THE CHURCH FROM 120 TO 170 A.D.
XVIII. GLYCERIUS THE DEACON.
XIX. THE MIRACLE AT KHONAI.

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