Geology and Revelation or, the Ancient History of the Earth, considered in the geological facts and revealed religion.

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Author

Molloy, Gerald, 1834-1906

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Produced by Charlene Taylor, Wayne Hammond, Dr. Aya Katz for the Hebrew transcription, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament

Subject

Bible and geology

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52973

Release Date

September 4, 2016

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's Note: — GEOLOGY AND REVELATION.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.PART I.
6. 6.PART II.
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — LIST OF TABLES.
8. 8.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
9. 9.CHAPTER I. THEORY OF GEOLOGISTS.
10. 10.CHAPTER II. THEORY OF DENUDATION ILLUSTRATED BY FACTS.
11. 11.CHAPTER III. THEORY OF DENUDATION—FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
12. 12.CHAPTER IV. THEORY OF DENUDATION—CONCLUDED.
13. 13.CHAPTER V.
14. 14.CHAPTER VI. STRATIFIED ROCKS OF MECHANICAL ORIGIN—FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
15. 15.CHAPTER VII. STRATIFIED ROCKS OF CHEMICAL ORIGIN.
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII. STRATIFIED ROCKS OF ORGANIC ORIGIN—ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ANIMAL LIFE.
17. 17.CHAPTER IX. STRATIFIED ROCKS OF ORGANIC ORIGIN—ILLUSTRATIONS FROM VEGETABLE LIFE.
18. 18.CHAPTER X. FOSSIL REMAINS—THE MUSEUM.
19. 19.CHAPTER XI. FOSSIL REMAINS—THE EXPLORATION.
20. 20.CHAPTER XII. GEOLOGICAL CHRONOLOGY—PRINCIPLES OF THE SYSTEM EXPLAINED AND DEVELOPED.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII. GEOLOGICAL CHRONOLOGY—REMARKS ON THE SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC LIFE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV. SUBTERRANEAN HEAT—ITS EXISTENCE DEMONSTRATED BY FACTS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XV. SUBTERRANEAN HEAT—ITS POWERS ILLUSTRATED BY VOLCANOS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVI. SUBTERRANEAN HEAT—ITS POWERS ILLUSTRATED BY EARTHQUAKES.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVII. SUBTERRANEAN HEAT—ITS POWERS ILLUSTRATED BY UNDULATIONS OF THE EARTH’S CRUST.
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII. STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION AND EXPOSITION OF THE AUTHORS VIEW. — Genealogies of Genesis.
27. 27.CHAPTER XIX. FIRST HYPOTHESIS;—AN INTERVAL OF INDEFINITE DURATION BETWEEN THE CREATION OF THE WORLD AND THE FIRST MOSAIC DAY.
28. 28.CHAPTER XX. SECOND HYPOTHESIS;—THE DAYS OF CREATION LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXI. APPLICATION OF THE SECOND HYPOTHESIS TO THE MOSAIC HISTORY OF CREATION—CONCLUSION.
30. 30.APPENDIX. EXTRACTS FROM THE FATHERS AND THEOLOGIANS. REFERRED TO IN THIS VOLUME. — (1.) Saint Augustine.—p. 297. — (2.) Idem.—p. 298. — (3.) Saint Thomas.—p. 298. — (4.) Perrerius.—p. 302. — (5.) Tostatus.—p. 302. — (6.) Petavius.—p. 302. — (7.) Saint Basil.—p. 304. — (8.) Saint Chrysostom.—p. 304. — (9.) Saint Ambrose.—p. 305. — (10.) Venerable Bede.—p. 305. — (11.) Peter Lombard.—p. 306. — (12.) Hugh of Saint Victor.—p. 306. — (13.) Saint Thomas.—p. 307. — (14.) Perrerius.—p. 307. — (15.) Petavius.—p. 307. — (16.) A Lapide.—p. 307. — (17.) Saint Augustine.—p. 308. — (18.) Petavius.—p. 311. — (19.) Perrerius.—p. 311. — (20.) Hugh of Saint Victor.—p. 311. — (21.) Saint Augustine.—p. 319. — (22.) Idem.—p. 319. — (23). Philo Judæus.—p. 320. — (24). Clement of Alexandria.—p. 320. — (25). Origen.—p. 320. — (26.) Saint Athanasius.—p. 320. — (27.) Saint Eucherius.—p. 320. — (28.) Procopius of Gaza.—p. 320. — (29.) Albertus Magnus.—p. 320. — (30.) Saint Thomas.—p. 320. — (31.) Cardinal Cajetan.—p. 320. — (32.) Venerable Bede.—p. 323. — (33.) Saint Augustine.—p. 323. — (34.) Molina.—p. 323. — (35.) Bannez.—p. 323. — (36.) Perrerius.—p. 323. — (37.) Petavius.—p. 323. — (38.) Saint Augustine.—p. 335. — (39.) Saint Eucherius.—p. 335. — (40.) Venerable Bede.—p. 335. — (41.) Saint Hildegarde.—p. 335. — (42.) Saint Augustine.—p. 342. — (43.) Venerable Bede.—p. 342. — (44.) Saint Augustine.—p. 355.
31. 31.APPENDIX TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. From Prof. J. D. Dana’s Manual of Geology. [8vo. Philadelphia: T. Bliss & Co.] By permission of the author. — COSMOGONY.
32. 32.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Note:

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