[CHAPTER II.—THE PRESUPPOSITIONS OF THE HISTORY OF DOGMA]

[§ 1. Introductory]

[The Gospel and the Old Testament]

[The Detachment of the Christians from the Jewish Church]

[The Church and the Græco-Roman World]

[The Greek spirit an element of the Ecclesiastical Doctrine of Faith]

[The Elements connecting Primitive Christianity and the growing Catholic Church]

[The Presuppositions of the origin of the Apostolic Catholic Doctrine of Faith]

[§ 2. The Gospel of Jesus Christ according to His own Testimony concerning Himself]

[Fundamental Features]