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Genuine letters of the early bishops of Rome and false Decretal

epistles, 343

Discovery of the statue of Hippolytus and of his "Philosophumena," 344

The Roman bishops Zephyrinus and Callistus, 345

Heresy of Zephyrinus, 346

Extraordinary career and heresy of Callistus, ib.

The bishop of Rome not a metropolitan in the time of Hippolytus, 348

Bishops of Rome chosen by the votes of clergy and people, 349

Remarkable election of Fabian, ib.

Discovery of the catacombs, 350

Origin of the catacombs, and how used by the Christians of Rome, ib.

The testimony of their inscriptions, 351

The ancient Roman clergy married, 353

Severity of persecution at Rome about the middle of the third

century, 354

Four Roman bishops martyred, 355

Statistics of the Roman Church about this period, ib.

Schism of Novatian, 356

Controversy respecting rebaptism of heretics, and rashness of

Stephen, bishop of Rome, ib.

Misinterpretation of Matt. xvi. 18, 357

Increasing power of Roman bishop, 359

The bishop of Rome becomes a metropolitan, and is recognized by

the Emperor Aurelian, 360

Early Roman bishops spoke and wrote in Greek, ib.

Obscurity of their early annals, ib.

Advancement of their power during the second and third centuries, 361

Causes of their remarkable progress, ib.