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BOOK I

THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIANITY IN ROME

PART I

INTRODUCTORY

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A sketch of the early Jewish colony in Rome—Allusion to Jews by Cicero—Favour shown them by Julius Cæsar—Mention of Jews by the great poets of the Augustine age—Characteristic features and moral power of Jews—Their numbers in the days of Nero     3

I

(a)

Into this colony of Jews came the news of the story of Jesus Christ—Was S. Peter among the first preachers of Christianity in Rome?—Quotations from early Christian writers on this subject—Traditional memories of S. Peter in Rome     7

II

EARLY REFERENCES

Quotations from patristic writers of the first three centuries, bearing on the foundation of the Church in Rome, including the oldest Catalogues of the Bishops of Rome—Deduction from these quotations     13

PART II

I

(b)

S. Paul in Rome—His share in laying the foundation stories in the Capital—Paul's Christology more detailed than that contained in S. Mark's Gospel, which represents S. Peter's teaching     21