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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY,

BY JOHN JORTIN, D. D.

ARCHDEACON OF LONDON, RECTOR OF ST DUNSTAN IN
THE EAST, AND VICAR OF KENSINGTON.

SOLD BY LACKINGTON, ALLEN, AND CO. FINSBURY SQUARE;
CUTHELL AND MARTIN, MIDDLE-ROW, HOLBORN;

AND J. WALKER, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1805.

T. TURNBULL, PRINTER, EDINBURGH.

OF

VOLUME FIRST.

CIRCUMSTANCES of the Roman empire favour-

able to the beginnings and increase of Christianity.

Whether Tiberius proposed to deify Christ

Conjecture on a passage in Juvenal

Case of the dæmoniacs who are mentioned in the New

Testament

Of the dæmoniacs after the apostolic age

The gift of tongues

The predictions of Christ concerning the destruction

of Jerusalem accomplished. Shewed to have been

extant before the event

The writings of Josephus

Books of the New Testament authentic; and proved

to be so by internal characters

Cited, or alluded to, by apostolical fathers

By ancient heretics

Shorter epistles of Ignatius preferred to the larger

Conjecture on a passage in Josephus

Eusebius and Herodotus explained

Remarks on prophecy in general and on its uses

The dæmon of Socrates, &c.

VOL. I.

Atheists, superstitious

Divination in the Pagan world considered

Page

34

159, 160

35-38

a

27-31

28

31-33

38-74

44-48

77, 78

82-84

84-116

The history of Tobit

87,88

A prophetic dream of Socrates

90

Modern accounts of prophecies and prophetic dreams 91-93,

48-54

54-59

63, 64

[212, 213

59-62

[224-227

68

74, 75

75-116

[238, 241

Pagan

Page

92, 93,

[104-116, 130, 131

105, 106

Pagan oracles

Eusebius his account of them

Idolatry whether worse than Atheism: and Bale's sen-

timents considered

Oracles ridiculed by Aristophanes and Lucian
Oracles at Hierapolis mentioned by Lucian De Dea
Syria; and some remarks on that book

95-104

106-108

The opinions of Herodotus, and of Van Dale, concern-
ing oracles

The prophecies relating to our Saviour

108-114

The prohibition of eating blood
Bacchus and Hercules resemble Moses
The Apostolical Constitutions considered
Some remarks on the compiler of them
Their account of the Charismata

Of episcopal authority

Allude to Solomon's Song

What they say of dæmoniacs
Of baptism

Of adultery, &c.

The Hellenistic language.

Prophecies in the Old Testament, which cannot be
supposed to have been forged after the event

Accommodations

The Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes

A passage in Porphyry concerning the Essenes

plained

And in Josephus

115, 116

116—152

Direct prophecies

Types

Prophecies of double senses

Omens

The prediction of Moses that a prophet should arise

like unto him, and the resemblance between Moses

and Christ examined

Conjecture on a Passage in Herodotus

121-125

125

126

127-129

129

132

134-151

143

145

149
152-180

156, 157

153, 154

154, 155

157-160

160

161, 162

163

164

170-178

ex-

175

177
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