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ThemeagrenessofourinformationconcerningthehistoriccareerofJesusstandsinstrikingcontrastwiththemassofinformationwhichlieswithinourreachconcerningtheprimitivecharacterofChristologicspeculation。FirstwehavethefourepistlesofPaul，writtenfromtwentytothirtyyearsafterthecrucifixion，which，althoughtheytellusnexttonothingaboutwhatJesusdid，neverthelessgiveusveryplaininformationastotheimpressionwhichhemade。ThenwehavetheApocalypse，writtenbyJohn，A。D。68，whichexhibitstheMessianictheoryentertainedbytheearliestdisciples。NextwehavetheepistlestotheHebrews，Philippians，Colossians，andEphesians，besidesthefourgospels，constitutingaltogetheraconnectedchainoftestimonytotheprogressofChristiandoctrinefromthedestructionofJerusalemtothetimeoftheQuartodecimancontroversyA。D。
70-170。Finally，thereisthevastcollectionofapocryphal，heretical，andpatristicliterature，fromthewritingsofJustinMartyr，thepseudo-Clement，andthepseudo-Ignatius，downtothetimeoftheCouncilofNikaia，whentheofficialtheoriesofChrist’spersonassumedverynearlytheshapewhichtheyhaveretained，withintheorthodoxchurchesofChristendom，downtothepresentday。Aswepointedoutintheforegoingessay，whileallthisvoluminousliteraturethrowsbutanuncertainlightuponthelifeandteachingsofthefounderofChristianity，itneverthelessfurnishesnearlyallthedatawhichwecoulddesireforknowingwhattheearlyChristiansthoughtofthemasteroftheirfaith。HavinggivenabriefaccountofthehistoriccareerofJesus，sofarasitcannowbedetermined，weproposeheretosketchtheriseandprogressofChristologicdoctrine，initsmoststrikingfeatures，duringthefirstthreecenturies。