The History of the Church of Christ: Century IV - Joseph Milner (1744 - 1797) It is certain, that from our Saviour's time to the present, there have ever been persons whose dispositions and lives have been formed by the rules of the New Testament; men who have been real, not merely nominal Christians, who believed the doctrines of the gospel, loved them because of their divine excellency, and suffered gladly the loss of all things, that they might win Christ, and be found in him. It is the history of these men which I propose to write. It is of no consequence with respect to my plan, nor of much importance I believe in its own nature, to what external church they belonged. I intend not to enter with any nicety into an account of their rites and ceremonies, or forms of church government, much less into their secular history. Even religious controversies shall be omitted, except those which seem to bear a relation to the essence of Christ's religion, and of which the history of his real church seems to require some account. Let not the reader expect, that the actions of great men (great in a secular view I mean) will be exhibited to his notice. Nothing but what belongs to Christ's kingdom shall be admitted, and genuine piety is that alone which I intend to celebrate. 00:00:00 01 The Persecution of Dioclesian 01:10:35 01:10:27 02 A View of the State of the Christian Religion on its Establishment under Constantine 00:16:26 01:26:37 03 The Progress of the Arian Controversy, till the Death of Constantine 00:47:28 02:13:38 04 The Progress of the Arian Controversy during the reign of Constantius 00:36:14 02:49:48 05 A View of Monasticism and other Miscellaneous Circumstances, from the Establishment of Christianity under Constantine to the Death of Constantius 00:13:31 03:03:04 06 The Extension of the Gospel, from the beginning of the Fourth Century to the Death of Constantius 00:08:15 03:11:03 07 The Decline of Idolatry in this Century, to the Death of Constantius 00:10:19 03:21:08 08 Julian's Attempts to restore Idolatry 00:23:16 03:44:09 09 The Church under Julian 00:31:17 04:15:11 10 The Church under Jovian 00:19:48 04:34:45 11 The Church under Valens. - The Death, Character, and Writings of Athanasius 00:23:09 04:57:59 12 The Church under Valentinian. - The beginnings of Ambrose 00:18:09 05:15:33 13 The Church of Christ under Gratian and Theodosius, till the Death of the former 00:16:03 05:31:22 14 The Heresy of Priscillian - The Conduct of Martin of Tours - The Progress of Superstition 00:12:08 05:43:14 15 The Conduct of Ambrose under the Emperor Valentinian the Second, and the Persecution which he endured from the Emperor's mother Justina 00:12:36 05:55:36 16 The Church under Theodosius 00:15:52 06:11:12 17 Reflections on Ecclesiastical Establishments 00:37:04 06:48:00 18 The Private Life and the Works of Ambrose 00:18:02 07:05:48 19 The Propagation of the Gospel among Barbarians; the Progress of Novatianism, and of Monasticism 00:10:00 07:15:33 20 Christian Authors in this Century 00:13:08 07:26:28 21 Ephraim the Syrian 00:18:00 07:46:12 22 Hilary of Poictiers00:06:45 07:52:43 23 Basil of Caesarea 00:11:18 08:03:47 24 Gregory Nazianzen 00:11:23