Silanus the Christian

by Edwin Abbott Abbott

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	The first lecture	[15]
II	Epictetus on the Gods	[25]
III	Arrian on the oath of the Christians	[33]
IV	Scaurus on Epictetus and Paul	[41]
V	Epictetus alludes to Jews	[54]
VI	Paul on the Love of Christ	[65]
VII	David and Moses	[77]
VIII	Epictetus on Sin	[85]
IX	Arrian’s departure	[91]
X	Epictetus on Death	[97]
XI	Isaiah on Death	[102]
XII	Isaiah on Providence	[109]
XIII	Epictetus on Providence	[117]
XIV	Paul’s conversion	[125]
XV	Epictetus’s gospel	[136]
XVI	Paul’s gospel	[143]
XVII	Epictetus confesses failure	[151]
XVIII	Paul’s only record of words of Christ	[160]
XIX	How Scaurus studied the three gospels	[172]
XX	Scaurus on Forgiveness	[183]
XXI	Scaurus on the Cross	[193]
XXII	Scaurus on Mark	[201]
XXIII	Scaurus on some of the miracles	[211]
XXIV	Scaurus on Christ’s Birth	[220]
XXV	Scaurus on Christ’s Discourses	[234]
XXVI	Scaurus on Christ’s Resurrection (I)	[248]
XXVII	Scaurus on Christ’s Resurrection (II)	[257]
XXVIII	The last lecture	[267]
XXIX	Silanus meets Clemens	[280]
XXX	Silanus converses with Clemens	[291]
XXXI	Clemens on the fourth gospel	[302]
XXXII	Clemens lends Silanus the fourth gospel	[312]
XXXIII	Scaurus on the fourth gospel	[322]
XXXIV	The last words of Scaurus	[333]
XXXV	Clemens on the Sacrifice of Christ	[347]
XXXVI	Silanus becomes a Christian	[360]