Chap. III—Conditions of Survival

§ 1.[Popular Appeal]67
§ 2.[Economic Causation]69
§ 3.[Organization and Sacred Books]72
§ 4.[Concession and Fixation]75
§ 5.[Cosmic Philosophy]78

Part II

CHRISTIANITY FROM THE SECOND CENTURY TO THE RISE OF ISLAM

Chap. I—Developments in the Unestablished Church

§ 1.[Numbers and Inner Life] 81
§ 2.[Growth of the Priesthood]87
§ 3.[The Gnostic Movement in the Second Century]91
§ 4.[Marcionism and Montanism]97
§ 5.[Rites and Ceremonies]101
§ 6.[Strifes over Primary Dogma]102

Chap. II—Relations of Church and State

§ 1.[Persecutions]106
§ 2.[Establishment and Creed-Making]114
§ 3.[Reaction under Julian]127
§ 4.[Re-establishment: Disestablishment of Paganism]133

Chap. III—Failure with Survival

§ 1.[The Overthrow of Arianism]142
§ 2.[The Cost of Orthodoxy]146
§ 3.[Moral and Intellectual Stagnation]153
§ 4.[The Social Failure]159