The History of Romanism: from the Earliest Corruptions of Christianity to the Present Time:

 With Full Chronological Table, Analytical and Alphabetical Indexes and Glossary. Illustrated by Numerous Accurate and Highly Finished Engravings of Its Ceremonies, Superstitions, Persecutions, and Historical Incidents (Google eBook)

 

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Contents

POPERY IN EMBRYO From the earliest coebuptiom	25
Undertakes to remodel the government of the church Dignity of	31
Another step toward papal supremacy Council of Sardie in 347	39
18 The claim examined No proof that Peter was ever bishop of Rome	44
Popery fully established The man of sin revealed	50
Papal Supremacy The actors in its establishment The tyrant	57
BOOK n POPERY AT ITS BIRTH A D 606 Its doctbihal akd	65
His degrading penance Whipped on the naked shoulders in a church	70

Pope Gregory IX makes war on his dominions in his absence Fred	343
Pope Gregory X threatens the German princes unless they imme	349
Establishment of the Jubilee by Boniface VIII Inquiry on the	358
Innocent HI treads in the steps and acts upon the maxims of Gregory	364
The residence of the Popes at Avignon and the great Western	367
Council of Pisa elects a third pope Alexander V	373
j 2022 The council of Constance order his bones to be dug up and burnt	385
Jerome of Prague at the council of Constance His condemnation	387

Sensible remarks on this subject by Clement of Alexandria	71
Chrysostoms singular explanation of the parable of the ten virgins	75
Siricius bishop of Rome decrees the celibacy of the clergy	77
Paphnutius at the council of Nice opposes this corruption	78
Instances of primitive married clergymen	79
Chafter HI Origin of Romish errors continued Worship of the Virgin Mary 15 Chrysostoms description of the sanctity of a professed virgin	81
Origin of the worship of the Virgin Mary Sect of the Collyridians	82
Amusing anecdote of the emperor Constantine Copronymus	85
Festivals established in honor of the Virgin Mary	86
Origin of Romish errors continued Monkery 21 Monkery of heathen origin Originated in Egypt	87
Resemblance between heathen and Christian anchorites	88
Gregory Nazianzen quoted Symeon the pillar saint	89
Monasteries and abbots	90
Exempted from the jurisdiction of bishops and taken under the protec tion of the popes Thus become the tools of Rome Instance of inhuman severity...	91
Monkish saints and their fabulous legends	92
Origin of Romish errors continued Worship of saints and relics 28 Invocation of saints grew up by degrees from the reverence paid to mar tyrs Relics...	93
Bodies of saints embalmed in Egypt Churches dedicated to them	94
Gregory Nazianzens invocations to his departed father and St Cyprian	97
Worship of images unknown to Christians in the fourth century Let ter of Epiphanius 98	98
Frauds Fictitious saints and relics Bones of a thief reverenced as a saint	99
Mount Soracte converted into a saint 100	100
Ludicrous mistakes in saintmaking Saints Evodia Viar and Amphi bolus the name of a cloak St Veronica	101
Two pernicious maxims arose That it was lawful to deceive and to persecute for the good of the church	102
Praying at the sepulchres of the saints Other superstitions	105
Increase of superstition in the sixth century Purgatory efficacy of relics c	106
St Gregorys curious letter to the Empress in reply to her request for the head of St Paul Wonderful prodigies	107
St Gregory exalts the merit of pilgrimages inculcates Purgatory	108
44 Early adoption of these pagan ceremonies This policy adopted	110
10 Processions of worshippers and selfwhippers	127
BOOK HI POPERY ADVANCING From the establishment of	133
Origin of kissing the Popes foot Pope Constantines visit to Constan	141
Pope John IV differs from his predecessor Honorius and anathema	147
Chapter HI Imageworship From the beginning of the great controversy	154
29 Paulinus adorns a church with pictures A D 431	165
Forges a letter to Pepin from St Peter in heaven	171
Proofs of the darkness of this period Forged decretals Reverence	181
11 Rosary of the Virgin Absurd stories invented to do her honor Speci	189
Chapter ELProof f the darkness of this period continued Origin and final	192
Means by which the worship of the wafer idol was established Pre	198
Chapte HLProofs of the darkness of this period continued Baptism of bells	207
Profligate popes and clergy of this period	215
37 Attempts of Romanists to reconcile the profligacy of their popes with	221
The iron age of the world was the golden age of Popery An	226
Dunstan pays a visit to Heaven learns a song from the angels and	235
Commencement of his contest with the emperor Henry IV	241
Sequel of Henrys life His own sons seduced to rebel against him	247
His demand of Peterpence in France His claim of Hungary as	254
Nate Popular and widespread panic of the end of the world in the year	260
Popery in England after the conquest Archbishops Anselm	266
Cruel persecution of some disciples of Arnold of Brescia First	273
These spiritual tyrants could brook no opposition Hence their perse	299
The emperor Fredericks cruel decrees issued to oblige the Pope	306
73 The inhabitants of Carcassone escape from the popish butchers	316
Unjust Flanders against the Albigenses If true the Pope had	322
Life of St Francis founder of the Franciscans the Seraphic Order	329
Worship of the host or wafer Origin of the festival of Corpus	337

Jerome of Pragne unites with Huss in the work of reform	391
Jerome sets out for Constance but flees in alarm and is arrested	407
49 Copies of the decrees of the council establishing the doctrine of	414
66 America discovered and given by a papal bull to the Spaniards	428
The ReformationLuther and Tetzel The reformers war against	435
80 Tetzel burns Luthers theses and the Wittemberg students burn his	447
Chapter VHI Luther strikes at the throne of antiChrist The breach mad	459
Luther at the Diet of Worms and in his Patmos at Wartburg	465
POPERY AT TRENT Prom the opening session of	475
The Apocryphal books inserted in the Scriptures Proofs that they	481
10 Two editions of the Vulgate published by popes Sixtus and Clement	487
Names of some authors prohibited Copy of a papal license granted	497
The Sacraments and the doctrine of Intention Baptism and Con	505
Of Penance Auricular confession Satisfaction and Extreme Unc	514
Decree on Satisfaction Penitents redeeming themselves	522
45 Twentythird session Decree on the sacrament of Orders 630	531
Pope Piuss creed containing a summary of the decrees of Trent	537
Citations from Aquinas Dens and Bellarmine defending persecution	545
5 Number of Victims 288 burned alive by Bloody Mary	549
Last band of martyrs Death of Mary and joy of the people	562
f 1719 Apprehension of the victims Different kinds of tortures	568
Cruelties on the Waldenses in the valley of Pragela A D 1400	579
Persecutions in France Massacre of St Bartholomew and Revo	586
Tolerating edict of Nantes in 1598 Revocation by Louis XTV	593
The Jesuits Their missions Their suppression revival and pre	599
Seventh session Decree on the Sacraments in general	605
10 11 Still later persecutions Desubaa in 1745 Rochctte in 1762	607
12 Efforts of the French priests to revive the persecution so late as 1772	609
14 Rafftele Ciocci Popery still a wolf though in the skin of a lamb	610
15 Public burning of Bibles at Champlain N Y in 1842	612
16 A woman condemned to death for heresy in 1844	613
17 Persecution part of the system of Popery Bishops oath	615
Annual cursing and excommunication of all the classes of heretics on Maunday Thursday by the Pope c	616
Popery unchanged Modern documentary evidence of its hatred to liberty of opinion separation of church and slate freedom of the press and a transla...	618
21 Popery still opposed to freedom of thought Pope Gregorys bull of 1832 cited	619
23 Still opposed to liberty of the press Quotation	620
2425 To the Bible in the vulgar tongue Pope Pius quoted in 1816 Gre gory in 1844	621
2627 No Bibles allowed without popish notes Burning of Catholic testaments because without notes in South America	624
Popery as it now is Testimony of eyewitnesses Its modern pious frauds and pretended miracles 28 Unchanged in its grovelling superstitions and lying...	626
Interesting letter from a recent traveller on the continent and in Rome 026	627
31 Miracle of liquefying the blood of St Januarius	629
The holy house at Lorerto Flight through the air from Nazareth holy porringer and all	630
Virgin Mary weeping The imposture detected	631
The miraculous medal of 1830 and its wonders	632
Spirit of liberty in the Papal States Popes dread of it	633
Puseyism in Oxford Pleasing to the Pope	634
3839 Movement in Germany Imposture of the Holy Coat at Treves in 1844 Fearless expostulation of John Ronge A new Church	635
404LRecent proceedings of the Jesuits in Switzerland	639
Popish missions to the United States c Sums expended	641
43 Statistics of Popery in America	642
44 Designs of the Pope and his adherents in America	643
45 Statistics of Popery in Britain Maynooth college	644
Concluding remarks The Pope is antiChrist Authors who have believed this	646
4 Popery unchangeable Charles Butler quoted Peter Dens teaches	648
34 Revolt against the Emperor at Rome in consequence of his decree	668

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