church at the end of the first century? What evidence
of this is found in the Catacombs of Rome? What
evidence is given by a letter? Who wrote this letter,
and when was it written? Was the church at this time
Jewish or Gentile? What was the relation of Jewish
believers to the church? Of what social elements was
the church composed? How was the church organized at
this time? What references to "bishops" are found in
the New Testament, and what do they indicate? How did
the bishops grow to be rulers in the church? What two
institutions of the church are referred to? How was
the Lord's Supper observed in the earliest church?
What changes arose in the method of administration?
How did the first day of the week come to be
recognized in the church? What was the doctrinal
system of this time? What was the literature of the
church? What books were at first questioned? What was
the spiritual condition of the church as compared with
earlier periods? What may have caused the decline in
spiritual fervor?
THE END
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Text uses both Maccabean and
Maccabæan once.
Page 7, "17" changed to "19" (Study, page 19)
Page 9, "9, 10" changed to "11, 12" (given on pages 11, 12)
Page 17, "he" changed to "the" (the legate)
Page 18, "Perea" changed to "Peræa" (place in Peræa and three)
Page 25, "thrty-five" changed to "thirty-five" (less than thirty-five
years)
Page 30, "1.)" added to text. (this period. 1.) In his infancy)
Page 36, comma changed to hyphen. Original read: (Nicodemus (John 3. 1,
21))
Page 41, number "1.)" was used for the first two items under heading
III. The items were renumbered consecutively.
Page 46, "Gaililee" changed to "Galilee" (southwest of the Sea of
Galilee)
Page 48, "refences" changed to "references" (of the following
references)
Page 49, "provincess" changed to "provinces" (Beside the five provinces)
Page 51, "occured" changed to "occurred" (this journey occurred four)
Page 51, "visit" changed to "Visit" (A Visit to Bethany)
Page 52, "Question" changed to "Questions" (Review Questions)
Page 72, "Aegean" changed to "Ægean" (the Ægean Sea. Name the)
Page 75, "sugested" changed to "suggested" (and doubtless suggested by)
Page 75, "synagoguge" changed to "synagogue" (synagogue service? To
what)
Page 77, "Jersualem" changed to "Jerusalem" (in Jerusalem with Peter)
Page 97, "13. 5, 4. changed to "13. 4, 5." (13. 4, 5. Acts)