A Treatise on RelicsByJohn CalvinTranslated from the French OriginalWith AnIntroductory DissertationOn the Miraculous Images, as Well as Other Superstitions, of the Roman Catholic and Russo-Greek Churches.By the LateCount Valerian Krasinski,Author of“The Religious History of the Slavonic Nations,”etc.Second Edition.Edinburgh:Johnstone, Hunter & Co.1870ContentsPreface.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
A Treatise on RelicsByJohn CalvinTranslated from the French OriginalWith AnIntroductory DissertationOn the Miraculous Images, as Well as Other Superstitions, of the Roman Catholic and Russo-Greek Churches.By the LateCount Valerian Krasinski,Author of“The Religious History of the Slavonic Nations,”etc.Second Edition.Edinburgh:Johnstone, Hunter & Co.1870ContentsPreface.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
A Treatise on RelicsByJohn CalvinTranslated from the French OriginalWith AnIntroductory DissertationOn the Miraculous Images, as Well as Other Superstitions, of the Roman Catholic and Russo-Greek Churches.By the LateCount Valerian Krasinski,Author of“The Religious History of the Slavonic Nations,”etc.Second Edition.Edinburgh:Johnstone, Hunter & Co.1870
A Treatise on Relics
By
John Calvin
Translated from the French Original
With An
Introductory Dissertation
On the Miraculous Images, as Well as Other Superstitions, of the Roman Catholic and Russo-Greek Churches.
By the Late
Count Valerian Krasinski,
Author of“The Religious History of the Slavonic Nations,”etc.
Second Edition.
Edinburgh:
Johnstone, Hunter & Co.
1870
ContentsPreface.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