TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reading edition
PAGE INTRODUCTION . . . Study of the New Testament . . . . . . . . . 1 The gospel of the Catholic Church . . . . . . 6 The Roman Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Ephesus and the Ephesians . . . . . . . . . . 34 The letter--to whom written . . . . . . . . . 43 THE EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS. SALUTATION (i. 1-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 DIVISION I (i. 3-iv. 17) § 1 (i. 3-14) St. Paul's leading thoughts: life in Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 predestination . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 the elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 the divine secret disclosed . . . . . . 72 grace not merit . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 § 2 (i. 15-23) St. Paul's prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 § 3 (ii. 1-10) Sin and redemption . . . . . . . . . . . 89 § 4 (ii. 11-22) Salvation in the Church . . . . . . . . . 102 § 5 (iii) Paul the apostle of catholicity . . . . . 121 his second prayer . . . . . . . . . . . 133 § 6 (iv. 1-16) The unity of the Church . . . . . . . . . 140
DIVISION II (iv. 17-vi. 24): Doctrine and conduct . . . . . . . . . . 172 § 1 (iv. 17-24) Christianity a new life . . . . . . . . . 178 § 2 (iv. 25-32) The new life a corporate life . . . . . . 184 § 3 (v. 1-14) The new life an imitation of God . . . . 192 and a life in the light . . . . . . . . 194 § 4 (v. 15-21) The new life a buying up of an opportunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 § 5 (v. 22-vi. 9) The law of subordination and authority . 211 husbands and wives (v. 22-33) . . . . . 212 parents and children (vi. 1-4) . . . . 228 masters and slaves (vi. 5-9) . . . . . 233 § 6 (vi. 10-20) The personal spiritual struggle . . . . . 237 CONCLUSION (vi. 21-24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 APPENDED NOTES:-- A. The Roman Empire recognized by Christians as a Divine Preparation for the Spread of the Gospel . . . . . 251 B. The (so-called) 'Letters of Heracleitus' . . . . . . . . . 253 C. The Jewish Doctrine of Works in _The Apocalypse of Baruch_ 257 D. The Brotherhood of St. Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 E. The Conception of the Church Catholic in St. Paul in its Relation to Local Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 F. The Ethics of Catholicism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 G. The Lambeth Conference and Industrial Problems . . . . . . 274