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INTRODUCTION . . . Study of the New Testament . . . . . . . . . [1] The gospel of the Catholic Church . . . . . . [6] The Roman Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [20] Ephesus and the Ephesians . . . . . . . . . . [34] The letter--to whom written . . . . . . . . . [43]
THE EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS.
SALUTATION (i. 1-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [48]
DIVISION I (i. 3-iv. 17)
§ 1 (i. 3-14) St. Paul's leading thoughts:
life in Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . [54] predestination . . . . . . . . . . . . [63] the elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [69] the divine secret disclosed . . . . . . [72] grace not merit . . . . . . . . . . . . [74]
§ 2 (i. 15-23) St. Paul's prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . [78]
§ 3 (ii. 1-10) Sin and redemption . . . . . . . . . . . [89]
§ 4 (ii. 11-22) Salvation in the Church . . . . . . . . . [102]
§ 5 (iii) Paul the apostle of catholicity . . . . . [121] his second prayer . . . . . . . . . . . [133]
§ 6 (iv. 1-16) The unity of the Church . . . . . . . . . [140]
DIVISION II (iv. 17-vi. 24):
Doctrine and conduct . . . . . . . . . . [172]
§ 1 (iv. 17-24) Christianity a new life . . . . . . . . . [178]
§ 2 (iv. 25-32) The new life a corporate life . . . . . . [184]
§ 3 (v. 1-14) The new life an imitation of God . . . . [192] and a life in the light . . . . . . . . [194]
§ 4 (v. 15-21) The new life a buying up of an
opportunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [204]
§ 5 (v. 22-vi. 9) The law of subordination and authority . [211] husbands and wives (v. 22-33) . . . . . [212] parents and children (vi. 1-4) . . . . [228] masters and slaves (vi. 5-9) . . . . . [233]
§ 6 (vi. 10-20) The personal spiritual struggle . . . . . [237]
CONCLUSION (vi. 21-24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [248]
APPENDED NOTES:--
A. The Roman Empire recognized by Christians as a
Divine Preparation for the Spread of the Gospel . . . . . [251]
B. The (so-called) 'Letters of Heracleitus' . . . . . . . . . [253]
C. The Jewish Doctrine of Works in _The Apocalypse of Baruch_ [257]
D. The Brotherhood of St. Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [264]
E. The Conception of the Church Catholic in St. Paul in
its Relation to Local Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . [267]
F. The Ethics of Catholicism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [271]
G. The Lambeth Conference and Industrial Problems . . . . . . [274]