Preparation.

In each part or period period: a specific stage or division of history, we intend first and foremost to look to the true order of those persons and things which are found in the Bible, and specifically according to their most significant circumstances that might serve to explain divine works and prophecies. Alongside this, the synchronisms synchronisms: events occurring at the same time in different parts of the world of other well-known matters shall be included, which occurred elsewhere in the world at that same time. Everything, however, shall be proven by citing scriptural passages and by drawing from the most reliable Jewish, Christian, and pagan writers original: scribenten, especially Josephus Flavius Josephus was a first-century Jewish historian whose works provide crucial context for biblical history, as well as the Church Fathers original: patribus; the influential early Christian teachers and bishops, historians, and chronologists. And since these few pages are intended to draft a brief church history, the focus will primarily be on the state of the true Church in contrast to the false one. For this reason, the circumstances of the creation original: schöpffung have been skipped at the very beginning, as they can otherwise be easily and independently taken from Moses The author refers to the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible traditionally attributed to Moses. Regarding the biblical books and their authors, it was found necessary to say a bit more, because such information is not easily found in our language The author is writing in German, noting that scholarly biblical criticism was often only available in Latin at this time or in such a concise form.