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1. General introduction -- 2. The spread of christianity : early christians and their converts. The acts of John ; The acts of Thomas ; Justin : dialogue with Trypho -- 3. The attack on christianity : persecution and martyrdom in the early church. The letter of Ignatius to the Romans ; The martyrdom of Polycarp ; The letter of the churches of Vienne and Lyons ; The acts of the Scillitan martyrs ; The martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas -- 4. The defense of christianity : the early christian apologists. Minucius Felix : Octavius ; Justin : First apology ; Athenagoras : Plea regarding the christians ; The letter to Diognetus ; Tertullian : Apology ; Origen : Against Celsus -- 5. Anti-Judaic polemic : the opposition to Jews in early christianity. The epistle of Barnabas ; Justin : Dialogue with Trypho ; Melito of Sardis : On the Passover ; Tertullian : Answer to the Jews -- 6. The diversity of early christianity : writings later deemed heretica. Jewish-christian texts. The gospel according to the Ebionites ; The letter of Peter to James and its reception ; The homilies of Clement -- Gnostic-christian texts. The secret book of John ; The first thought in three forms ; The gospel of truth ; Ptolemy's letter to Flora ; On the origin of the world ; The wisdom of Jesus Christ ; The treatise on the resurrection ; The hymn of the pearl ; The gospel of Philip -- 7. The internal conflicts of christianity : writings against the "heretics". Proto-orthodox heresiologists. Irenaeus : Against the heresies ; Tertullian : Prescription of the heretics ; Tertullian : On the flesh of Christ ; Tertullian : Against Praxeas gnostic heresiologists ; The Coptic apocalypse of Peter ; The second treatise of the great Seth.
8. "Apostolic" writings outside the canon : New Testament Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha. Apocryphal gospels. The gospel of Thomas ; The gospel of Peter ; The proto-gospel of James ; The infancy gospel of Thomas ; The epistle of the apostles -- Apocryphal acts. The acts of Peter ; The acts of Paul ; The acts of Thecla ; The acts of John -- Apocryphal epistles. Paul's third letter to the Corinthians ; The correspondence between Paul and Seneca ; Paul's letter to the Laodiceans apocryphal apocalypses ; The apocalypse of Peter ; The apocalypse of Paul -- 9. The new scriptures : canonical lists in early christianity. The Muratorian canon ; Irenaeus : Against the heresies ; Origen of Alexandria ; Eusebius : Ecclesiastical history -- 10. The structure of early christianity : the development of church offices. First Clement ; The Didache ; The letters of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Magnesians, and Smyrneans ; Hippolytus : The apostolic tradition ; The Didascalia ; Cyprian : The unity of the Catholic Church -- 11. The development of the liturgy : ritual practices in early christianity. The Didache ; Justin : First apology ; Tertullian : Apology ; Tertullian : On the crown ; Hippolytus : The apostolic tradition ; The Didascalia -- 12. The proclamation of the world : homilies in early christianity. Second Clement ; Origen : Homilies on Luke ; Origen : Homilies on Genesis -- 13 Leading the upright life : the role of ethics in early christianity. The Didache ; Clement of Alexandria : The educator ; Tertullian : To his wife -- 14. The emergence of orthodoxy : theological writings of proto-orthodox christians. Tertullian : Against Praxeas ; Origen : On first principles ; Novatian : On the Trinity ; Dionysius of Rome : Letter to Dionysius of Alexandria.
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