1. The Early Church. 2. The Discussion of the Creed. 3. The Growth of Services. 4. The Growth of the English Services.
There is of course a certain amount of overlapping: but this will be readily understood. The reader will also easily guess when the years mentioned are those of a life, or those of a reign.
Early Dates.
A.D. A.D.
14-37. Tiberius, emp.
54-68. Nero, emp.
98-117. Trajan, emp. 112. Pliny's letter.
55-(117). Tacitus, hist.
-(120). Suetonius, hist.
138-161. Antoninus Pius, emp. 140. Justin's 1st Apology.