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Ernest Renan. The Apostles
The Apostles
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION. CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER I. FORMATION OF BELIEFS RELATIVE TO THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS.—THE APPARITIONS AT JERUSALEM
CHAPTER II. DEPARTURE OF THE DISCIPLES FROM JERUSALEM.—SECOND GALILEAN LIFE OF JESUS
CHAPTER III. RETURN OF THE APOSTLES TO JERUSALEM.—END OF THE PERIOD OF APPARITIONS
CHAPTER IV. DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT; ECSTATICAL AND PROPHETICAL PHENOMENA
CHAPTER V. FIRST CHURCH OF JERUSALEM; ITS CHARACTER CENOBITICAL
CHAPTER VI. THE CONVERSION OF THE HELLENISTIC JEWS AND PROSELYTES
CHAPTER VII. THE CHURCH CONSIDERED AS AN ASSOCIATION OF POOR PEOPLE.—INSTITUTION OF THE DIACONATE.—DEACONESSES AND WIDOWS
CHAPTER VIII. FIRST PERSECUTION.—DEATH OF STEPHEN.—DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF JERUSALEM
CHAPTER IX. FIRST MISSIONS.—PHILIP THE DEACON
CHAPTER X. CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL
CHAPTER XI. PEACE AND INTERIOR DEVELOPMENTS OF THE CHURCH OF JUDEA
CHAPTER XII. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH OF ANTIOCH
CHAPTER XIII. THE IDEA OF AN APOSTOLATE TO THE GENTILES.—SAINT BARNABAS
CHAPTER XIV. PERSECUTION OF HEROD AGRIPPA THE FIRST
CHAPTER XV. MOVEMENTS PARALLEL TO AND IMITATIVE OF CHRISTIANITY—SIMON OF GITTO
CHAPTER XVI. GENERAL PROGRESS OF THE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS
CHAPTER XVII. STATE OF THE WORLD IN THE FIRST CENTURY
CHAPTER XVIII. RELIGIOUS LEGISLATION OF THE PERIOD
CHAPTER XIX. THE FUTURE OF MISSIONS
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Ernest Renan
Published by Good Press, 2019
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It is clear that even in this last case his authority is very important. The conversation of St. Paul himself is often drawn upon for information. Particularly towards its close, the narrative is characterized by remarkable precision; and the last pages of the Acts form indeed the only completely historical record that we have of the origins of Christianity.
The first chapters, on the contrary, are the most open to attack of all in the New Testament. In regard to these early years, particularly, the author betrays discrepancies still more remarkable than those existing in his Gospel.
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