A Treatise on Relics
by Jean Calvin
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Chapters (15)
- Preface.
- Preface To The Second Edition.
- Introductory Dissertation.
- Chapter I. Origin Of The Worship Of Relics And Images In The Christian Church.
- Chapter II. Compromise Of The Church With Paganism.
- Chapter III. Position Of The First Christian Emperors Towards Paganism, And Their Policy In This Respect.
- Chapter IV. Infection Of The Christian Church By Pagan Ideas And Practices During The Fourth And Fifth Centuries.
- Chapter V. Reaction Against The Worship Of Images And Other Superstitious Practices By The Iconoclast Emperors Of The East.
- Chapter VI. Origin And Development Of The Pious Legends, Or Lives Of Saints, During The Middle Ages.
- Chapter VII. Analysis Of The Pagan Rites And Practices Which Have Been Retained By The Roman Catholic As Well As The Græco-Russian Church.
- Chapter VIII. Image-Worship And Other Superstitious Practices Of The Graeco-Russian Church.
- Calvin's Treatise On Relics, With Notes By The Translator.
- Postscript.
- List Of Works Published By Johnstone, Hunter, & Co., Edinburgh.
- Footnotes
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