The Library of Original Sources: Volume IV (Early Mediaeval Age)

Book excerpt: CONTENTS:The Growth of the ChurchPersecution under Nero, Marcus Aurelius, and ValerianAttitude of Trajan and HadrianPersecution of Diocletian and GaleriusEdict of Toleration by GaleriusEdict of MilanOn the Witness of the SoulPrinciples of FaithUnity of the ChurchOrigin of AsceticismSimeon the StyliteLetter of St. Ambrose to ValentinianEnactments from the Codex TheodosianusExposition of the FaithGods Foreknowledge and Mans Free WillOriginal SinRedemptionFaith, Hope and LoveSynod of ElviraThe Nicaeno-Constantinopolitan Creed, The Athanasian CreedSt. Benedicts Monastic RuleThe New PeoplesTacitus on the GermansThe Salic LawAnglo-Saxon Conquest of BritainConversion of Kent and of the East AnglesLast of the Irish Church in EnglandConversion of ChlodovechDonation of Pippin and Karl the GreatCoronation of Karl the GreatPalace School of Karl the GreatTreaty of VerdunLaws of Kings Aethelbirht of Kent, Hlothhaere and Eadric, Wihtraed, Alfred, Edward, Guthrum, Aethelstan, Edmund, EdgarThe Era of the ArabsMohammedThe Quran (Koran)Arabian ThoughtMethod of Proving Gods ExistenceA Parallel Between the Universe and Man