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Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity By: Kirsopp Lake (1872-1946) |
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IN THE HISTORY OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY
BY KIRSOPP LAKE, D.D. WINN PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1920
COPYRIGHT
TO H. R.
{vii} PREFACE The following chapters are the lectures given in the spring of 1919 on
the Haskell Foundation of Oberlin College. They have been somewhat
expanded in the course of preparation for the press, but have not been
materially changed. At the time of the delivery of these lectures I was busy with the
chapter on "Primitive Christianity" in the Prolegomena to Acts , and
was glad of the opportunity to re state some of the conclusions reached
in that book in a less technical form and with more attention to their
bearing on some of the larger questions of religion and thought, such
as the Teaching of Jesus, the Hope of Immortality, and the Development
of Christology. I did not hesitate to make use of one or two
paragraphs from the larger book, and I think that my friend, Mr. C. G.
Montefiore, will forgive me for having borrowed two beautiful stories
from his chapter in it. I am greatly indebted to the Faculty of Oberlin {viii} College not only
for the privilege of lecturing to them, but also for the hospitality
extended to me during a very pleasant week and for the beginning of new
and delightful friendships. KIRSOPP LAKE. CAMBRIDGE, MASS.,
April 1920.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I GALILEE PAGE Introduction The history of Christianity as a series of
syntheses The Jewish world The Kingdom of God Repentance The
teaching of Jesus as compared with his Jewish contemporaries 1
CHAPTER II JERUSALEM The Synoptic Problem and Acts Inspiration Communism Messianic
doctrine The Christ The Son of Man The Son of God . . . . . 36
CHAPTER III ANTIOCH The spread of Christianity Damascus The Hellenist
missionaries Paul's visit to Jerusalem The source criticism
of Acts The traditions of Jerusalem and Antioch . . . . . . . 57
CHAPTER IV CORINTH Christianity as a Graeco Oriental cult Salvation The
reasons for the victory of Christianity Jesus as an historic
person The personality of Jesus The Fatherhood of
God Baptism Immortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
{x} CHAPTER V ROME AND EPHESUS Paul's contribution Adoptionism Roman
documents Romans Hebrews 1 Peter 1 Clement Hermas Baptism
and repentance Pre existent Christology The later Epistles The
Fourth Gospel The doctrine of the Logos Justin
Martyr Origen Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
APPENDIX The Interpretation of The Shepherd of Hermas . By F. S.
Mackenzie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
ADDITIONAL NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
{1} I GALILEE At first sight the historian of religions appears to be faced by a
number of clearly distinguished entities, to each of which he feels
justified in giving the name of a separate religion; but on further
consideration it becomes obvious that each one of these entities has
been in a condition of flux throughout its history. Each began as a
combination or synthesis of older forms of thought with comparatively
little new in its composition; each ended by disintegrating into many
elements, of which the worst disappeared, while the best were taken up
into new life in some new religion. The movement was more marked at
some times than at others, and the differentiation of the various
religions depends chiefly on the recognition of these moments of more
rapid change. But the process never really stopped; from beginning to
end new elements were constantly absorbed and old elements dropped.
For religion lives through the death of religions. Nothing illustrates this so well as the history of Christianity, for no
religion is so well known... Continue reading book >>
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