The Resurrection
The new life of the disciples
The taking away of the sin of the world
RE-EXAMINATION OF HIS CHOICE OF THE CROSS
As it bears on the problem of pain
and of sin
and on God
How a man is to understand Jesus Christ

CHAPTER IX
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
One rule of many races
General peace and free intercourse the world over
Fusion of cultures, traditions, religions
"The marriage of East and West"
THE OLD RELIGION
(1) Its strength:
in its ancient tradition
in its splendour of art, architecture and ceremony
in its oracles, healings and theophanies
in its adaptability in absorbing all cults and creeds
(2) Its weakness:
No deep sense of truth
No association with morality
Polytheism
The fear of the grave
(3) Its defence:
Plutarch--the Stoics--Neo-Platonism--the Eclectics
THE VICTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH