Lectures on the ecclesiastical history of the first and second centuries.

xii, 401 p. : 1 leaf advts.; 23 cm. Contents: [Lectures on the First Century] I. The Jewish calling; II. The other nations; III. The sect age of the Jewish commonwealth; IV. The kingdom of heaven; V. The new society in Jerusalem; VI. Samaria and Syria; VII. The churches in gentile cities; VIII. St. James, St. Peter, and St. Paul; IX. St. John; X. The Apocalypse -- Lectures on the Second Century: I-V. The different churches in the second century: I. Judaea, Samaria, Syria, II. Churches in Asia Minor, III. Churches in Greece and Egypt, IV. Churches in Italy and Gaul, V. The African church; VI-VII. The church and the gods, VII. The failures of the church in the battle with the gods; VIII. The church and the emperors; IX. The church and the philosophers; X. The church and the sects -- `These Lectures have never been delivered anywhere. When my connexion with King's College ceased, I was asked by a kind friend to authorize the publication of the notes which some of the students had taken down from my lips. My Publisher was dissatisfied with them, and urged me to cancel them. I could then do nothing less, in justice to him, than recast the whole work from the beginning.' -- [Projected `Lectures on ecclesiastical history. Vol. II.' as well as `Lectures on modern history and English literature' (both announced as `preparing' in the advts. at the end of this volume) never appeared.] VG orig. brown cloth. Pages lightly toned.…