A Treatise on Relics by John Calvin
by Jean Calvin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564
- Title
- A Treatise on Relics
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements
- Subject
- Reliquaries
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 32136
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32136
- Release Date
- April 25, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Contents — Preface. — Preface To The Second Edition. — Introductory Dissertation.
- 2.Chapter I. Origin Of The Worship Of Relics And Images In The Christian Church.
- 3.Chapter II. Compromise Of The Church With Paganism.
- 4.Chapter III. Position Of The First Christian Emperors Towards Paganism, And Their Policy In This Respect.
- 5.Chapter IV. Infection Of The Christian Church By Pagan Ideas And Practices During The Fourth And Fifth Centuries.
- 6.Chapter V. Reaction Against The Worship Of Images And Other Superstitious Practices By The Iconoclast Emperors Of The East.
- 7.Chapter VI. Origin And Development Of The Pious Legends, Or Lives Of Saints, During The Middle Ages.
- 8.Chapter VII. Analysis Of The Pagan Rites And Practices Which Have Been Retained By The Roman Catholic As Well As The Græco-Russian Church.
- 9.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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