Excerpt from A History of the Church of Christ, Vol. 1 The period which may be called Apostolic runs from the Ascension (29 a.d.) to the death of 88. Paul and Peter (probably 67 or The whole of this, except the last few years, is covered by the Acts of the Apostles, and we shall be accordingly mainly occupied with the study and interpre tation of that work, and with the light thrown upon it by contemporaneous history and literature, especially the letters included in the New Testament. Of special works, the most complete general sketch is in Simcox' Early Claire/z History. Much more elaborate are Mr. Ramsay's two works, S. Paul t/ze T rafveller and Tile Clmrc/z and tile Roman Empire. Of the special positions there maintained, the South Galatic Theory we have taken as proved: those on the date of the Epistle to the Galatians and of the second visit to Jerusalem have been traversed by Mr. Askwith (epistle to tire Galatians), on behalf of the earlier view of Bishop Lightfoot (comm. On Galatians). Mr. Wright's New Testament Problems contains some important essays on the position of Catechists in the Church, the Gift of Tongues, and the Breaking Of Bread. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.