ABBOTT, Dr. Lyman, on the paganization of Christianity, 576.
ABIATHAR, eating shew bread in the days of, 161.
“ABILENE, Tetrarch of,” 129.
ACELDAMA, 218.
ADULTERY, woman taken in, 173.
AENON NEAR TO SALIM, a geographical error, 159.
AGAPAE, debaucheries of, 555, 556.
ALFORD, Dean, on conflicting accounts of Matthew and Luke regarding
the first appearance of Jesus to his disciples, 307;
on errors of N. T., 359.
AMBERLY, Lord, on submission to wrong, 412;
supposed appearances of Jesus explained by, 315–317;
on the bribing of Judas, 217.
AMBROSE, on passage in Josephus, 28.
AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA, on Phallic worship, 446, 447.
ANCESTORS OF CHRIST, female, 416.
ANDERSON, Prof. Rasmus B., on Baldur, 563.
ANDREW, when called, 136.
ANIMALS AND PLANTS, worship of, 473–477.
ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS, 128.
ANOINTING OF JESUS, the, discrepancies concerning, 199–201.
APOLLONIUS, teachings of analogous to teachings of Christ, 20, 21.
APOSTLES, chief, 134;
character and fate of, 418–424;
their denunciation of each other, 429, 430.
APOSTOLIC FATHERS, gospels unknown to, 51, 52.
APPLETON’S CYCLOPEDIA, on correspondence of Krishna’s gospel with N. T., 503.
ARNOLD, Matthew, on miracles, 22.
ASCENSION OF JESUS, 333–335.
ASCHERA, worship of by Jews, 449–451.
ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS, 525, 526, 527, 569.
ASTROLOGY, belief of Jews and early Christians in, 468.
ASTRAL WORSHIP, 464–469.
ATONEMENT, the, 360–363.
AUGUSTINE, St., on omissions in Matthew’s genealogy, 79, 80.
AUGUSTUS CAESAR, the decree of, 104–107.
BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LEGENDS, 525, 526, 569.
BACCHUS, 553–558.
BALL, W. P., on parables, 410–411.
BAPTISM, form of prescribed, 330–332;
essential to salvation, 375;
modes of, 376.
BARACHIAS, 198.
BARING-GOULD, Rev. S., on forgery in Josephus, 34;
on Gospel of Marcion as the basis of Luke’s Gospel, 55;
on close relation of religious and sexual passions, 457.
BARRABAS, release of, 242–244.
BARTIMEUS, the blind, Mrs. Evans on, 184.
BAUR, the Four Gospels pronounced spurious by, 57;
on Colossians and Philippians, 61;
miracle at Nain similar to one performed by Apollonius, 157.
BEATITUDES, common to Matthew and Luke, 148, 149.
BEECHER, on abrogation of Mosaic law by Christ, 370.
BEROSUS, on Babylonian legends, 525, 526.
BESANT, Mrs. Annie, the Christ a historical myth, 436–438;
on sex worship, 445;
Egyptian origin of Christianity affirmed by, 536;
on sources of Christianity, 571.
BETHANY, where located, 122.
BETHLEHEM, birth of Jesus at, must be given up, 73;
prophecy concerning, 75, 76.
BETHSAIDA, location of, 138.
BIBLE FOR LEARNERS, declares Acts purposely inaccurate, 57;
on First John, 59;
why December 25th was fixed as date
of Jesus’ birth, 71;
on place of Jesus’ birth, 74;
on manger legend, 108;
on Mark’s geography, 175;
on Paul’s views of resurrection, 334, 335.
BIGANDET, Bishop, on religion of Buddha, 508, 509.
BOULGER, writings of Confucius, the Chinese Bible, 512.
BRADLEY, Justice, on date of crucifixion, 280, 281.
BRIGGS, Rev. Charles, analogies between Mithra and Christ, 521, 522.
BRODIE, Sir Benjamin, on apparitions, 314.
BROWN, Dr. G. W., on solar gods, 462;
Virgin and child of Egyptian origin, 535;
sources of the Christ myth, 572.
BUCKLE, moral teachings of N. T. not original, 414;
on the clergy and learning, 426.
BUDDHA, 504–511;
commandments of, 505.
BUDDHIST MISSIONARIES, 510.
BURNS, Robert, on morality, 368, 369.
BYRON, Lord, on atonement, 362;
on Christian hatred, 430.
CABANES, Dr., on cause of Jesus’ death, 261, 262.
CAIAPHAS, prophecy of concerning Jesus, 224, 225.
CALVARY, 248.
CARMELITE NUN, on adoration of Jesus, 528, 529.
CARLYLE, Thomas, would bid Christ depart, 7.
CARPENTER, Dr., on contagious character of illusions, 314.
CATHOLIC EPISTLES, the seven, not authentic, 58, 59.
CAVE, Dr., on debaucheries of Christian Agapae, 555–556.
CELSUS, on ignorance of early Christians, 430, 431.
CENTURION’S SERVANT, healing of, 153, 154.
CEPHAS, meaning of, 135.
CERES, worship of, 554.
CHADWICK, Rev. John W., on Paul’s witness to resurrection, 304, 305.
CHALMERS, Dr., on forgery in Josephus, 35.
CHAMBERS’ ENCYCLOPEDIA, on pagan origin of names of days,
466, 467;
on fetichism in the church, 478,
479;
on Mithraic worship, 520;
on worship of Adonis, 527;
on worship of Bacchus and Ceres, 555;
on adoption of Saturnalia by Christians, 559;
on an ascension of Quirinus, 560.
CHEYNE, Prof. T. K., on Isaiah ix, 6, 98.
CHEYNE, Robert, on Krishna and Christ, 502, 503.
CHIVALRY, Christian, a form of sex worship, 454.
CHRIST, the; see Jesus.
CHRIST, wrongs inspired by name of, 7;
the meaning of the term, 9;
the, an impossible character, 14;
his alleged miracles, 14–17;
no mention of by Jewish and Pagan writers for a hundred years after his
time, 24, 25;
the, attributes of, 348–350;
by whom raised from the dead, 350;
miracles of not proof of his divinity, 350–352;
second advent of, 354, 355;
religious teachings of, 360–384;
nature of his death, 364–365;
descent of into hell, 366;
on necessity of belief, 369;
on forgiveness of sin, 370;
the, moral teachings of, 384–414;
on poverty and riches, 385–386;
intemperance encouraged by, 387;
his brutal treatment of woman of Canaan, 390;
he promotes domestic strife and family hatred, 392, 393;
his abuse of Pharisees, 396;
his belief in demoniacal possession, 404, 405;
guilty of dissimulation, 408,
409;
immoral lessons inculcated in his parables, 409–411;
submission to theft and robbery enjoined by, 412;
his want of courage, 415;
character of his male ancestors, 416;
his female ancestors, 416;
on intellectual character of his followers, 430;
the, different conceptions of, 340, 433;
paternity of, 343, 344, 346;
his rules of table observance, 380;
minor teachings of, 382, 383;
solar attributes of, 462, 463;
the, teachings of derived from fire worship, 472;
the, different types of in N. T., 495.
CHRISTIANITY, decadence of, 578.
CHRISTIANS, characterization of by Paul, 430.
CHRISTMAS, Pagan origin of, 564, 565.
CHRONOLOGY, Christian, 68, 69.
CLARKE, Dr. Adam, on Nativity, 72.
CLERGY, licentiousness of, 453, 455, 456.
COMPTE, on laws of human development, 483.
COMMANDMENTS, the two great, by whom stated, 194;
prescribed by Jesus, 186.
COMMUNISM OF EARLY CHRISTIANS, 384, 385.
CONFESSION OF FAITH, the Godhead, 341;
on futility of good works, 368.
CONFUCIUS, 511–513.
CONWAY, M. D., on dying exclamation of Christ, 415.
CRAPSEY, Rev. Algernon S., on miraculous birth of Jesus, 346.
CROSS, Christ’s allusions to during ministry, 287, 288;
an emblem of sex worship, 446,
447;
an emblem of sun worship, 463.
CRUCIFIXION, not a Jewish punishment, 232;
Kitto on death by, 253;
source of Matthew’s story concerning marvelous events attending
that of Christ’s, 267–269, 245–273;
women at, 272–273;
opinions of Christian scholars regarding date of, 278–282;
discrepancy between Synoptics and John regarding day of, 282–287;
alleged cause of, 287;
references to in other books of N. T., 288–290.
CRURIFRAGIUM, 269.
CUMONT, Prof. Franz, on analogies between religions of Mithra and Christ, 521.
CYRENIUS, 66–69, 105–107;
claim that he was twice governor of Syria untenable, 68.
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES, list of derived from Paganism, 566–569.
DARKNESS, the supernatural, 264–266.
DAVIDSON, Dr. Samuel, Gospels unknown to Papias, 52;
author of Matthew unknown, 54;
author of Mark unknown, 55;
Johannine authorship rejected by, 56.
DEAD, raising of the, no instance of related by an Evangelist which is confirmed by another Evangelist, 188, 189.
DEMONIACAL POSSESSION, 404–406.
DEMONS, expulsion of, 156.
DE WETTE, on Peter’s speech, 218.
DIONYSIUS, Bishop, on Revelation, 59.
DIONYSOS, 543–545.
DISCIPLES, concerning presence of at crucifixion, 272;
character and fate of, 418–422.
DOCTRINE, Christian, derived from Paganism, 566–569.
DODWELL, Dr., Gospels not mentioned by Apostolic Fathers, 51, 52.
DRAPER, Dr. John W., on Christian fetichism, 478;
on a triune God, 533;
Virgin and child the counterpart of Isis and Horus, 534, 535;
concerning divinity of Plato, 547;
on primitive modifications of Christianity, 548;
on Assyrian origin of O. T. legends, 569;
on the paganization of Christianity, 572–575.
DUPUIS, Charles François, on derivation of other religions from solar worship, 461, 462.
EASTER, origin of, 565.
EDINBURGH REVIEW, on Revelation, 60.
EGYPT, sojourn in, 111;
prophecy concerning, 115.
ELEMENTS AND FORCES OF NATURE, worship of, 469–473.
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES, 554–558;
their identity with Christian Agapae, 555, 556.
EMERSON, on necessity of getting rid of Christ, 7.
EMMAUS, where located, 307.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BIBLICA, regarding existence of Nazareth, 75;
on gradual formation of Synoptics, 55;
a suffering Messiah unknown to Jews, 263;
on Lamaism and Romanism, 509;
on Babylonian and Biblical analogies, 525, 526;
on Saturnalia, 559;
on analogies between Thor and Christ, 562.
ENDLESS PUNISHMENT, doctrine of, 373, 374.
EUCHARIST, 376.
EUSEBIUS, on passage in Josephus, 30;
on genealogies, 92.
EVANS, Elizabeth M., story of blind Bartimeus of Buddhistic
origin, 184;
on manner of putting Jesus to death, 233;
on Mediator, 486;
on Seneca and Philo, 496, 497.
FARRAR, Dr., on Christianity and miracles, 17;
passage in Josephus declared a forgery by, 35;
on dearth of evidence concerning Christ, 50;
date of Jesus’ birth unknown, 72;
concedes as probable Justin Martyr’s statement that Jesus was
born in a cave, 108;
on silence of Josephus, 112,
113;
on difficulties concerning chronology of miracles, 145;
concerning coin in fish’s mouth, 181;
identifies Luke’s “sinful woman” with the Magdalene,
199;
on last words of Jesus, 254;
on supernatural darkness, 265;
on date of crucifixion, 280;
on discrepancies in the Gospels regarding appearances of Jesus,
303;
on resurrection of saints, 319;
concerning Mary Magdalene, 417.
FAUSTUS, Bishop, on anonymous character of Gospels, 57.
FEEDING OF FIVE THOUSAND, the, 169.
FETICHISM, 477–479.
FIG-TREE, the, cursing of, 197, 198, 398.
FISHES, miraculous draught of, 145, 146.
FISKE, Prof. John, on relics of astral worship, 466.
FLEETWOOD, on destruction of swine, 406, 407.
FOOTE, G. W., on Jesus and marriage, 390.
FROUDE, James Anthony, identity of Christian Eucharist and Eleusinian mysteries affirmed by, 558.
FUTURE REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS, 371–373.
GADARENES, country of, 156.
GAGE, Mrs. Matilda Joslyn, on Marquette, 455.
GALILEE NOT A PROVINCE OF SYRIA, 105;
prophets of, 173.
GARDENER, Helen, on Christ’s treatment of woman of Canaan,
391;
on Paul, 425.
GARIBALDI, testimony of, concerning Italian convents, 456.
GEIKIE, Dr., concerning date of Nativity, 72;
on genealogies, 89;
regarding inn at Bethlehem, 108;
on age of Jesus when he began his ministry, 120;
on location of Bethany, 123;
Jesus and John the Baptist unknown to each other previous to baptism,
124;
admissions of regarding alleged trial before Sanhedrim, 231, 232;
last words of Jesus, 254;
on supernatural darkness, 265.
GENEALOGIES OF JESUS, 76–95.
GENEALOGY, from Abraham to Jesus; disagreement of
Luke’s with O. T., 77;
from Abraham to David, 78;
from David to the Captivity, 78–81;
from the Captivity to Christ, 81–82.
GODS, the, passing of, 576–578.
GOLDEN RULE, 149, 150;
borrowed from Pagans, 413.
GOLGOTHA, 248.
GOSPELS, the, existence of unknown to other writers of N. T.,
51;
late appearance of, 50–57;
their want of credibility, 65,
66;
value of as historical evidence, 433.
GRAVES, story of Magi of astrological origin, 468, 469.
GREAT FEAST, the, parable of, 190, 191.
GREG, W. R., on speaking in new tongues, 328, 329;
on baptism, 331;
on genealogies, 89;
on prayer, 377, 378;
on bestowal of power on Peter, 419;
on Messianic prophecies, 352,
353;
on atonement, 363.
GREGORIE, Rev. John, translation of Kadish by, 152.
GROTE, on belief of Greeks and Romans in Prometheus as a historical character, 545.
GROVES, sacred, 476.
GENERATIONS, average age of, 82, 83.
GERGESENES, country of, 156.
GETHSEMANE, agony of, 208.
GIBBON, on prodigies attending the crucifixion, 48, 49;
on December 25th as date of the
Nativity, 71;
on passage in Phlegon, 266;
Christians unnoticed by Seneca, 498;
on language of Tacitus and Livy, 555.
GILDNER, Prof., on religion of Zoroaster, 518, 519.
GILES, Rev. Dr., on forgery in Josephus, 33;
Gospels not mentioned by Justin Martyr, 52;
on the word “legion,” 155.
GILLETT, Rev. Dr. Charles, on Osiris, 530, 531.
GLENNIE, John Stuart, analogies between Osirianism and Christianity, 531.
GODS, planetary, 467.
GOLDEN RULE, Confucius and the, 513.
GUARD AT TOMB, concerning, 320–326.
GULICK, Prof., on Dionysian festivals, 543, 544.
GUNKEL, Prof., on Greek modifications of Christianity, 551.
HADES, discourse concerning, 39, 539.
HALLAM, Henry, on licentiousness of Christians during middle ages,
454, 455;
on worship of saints, 482.
HARDEN-HICKEY, Baron, analogies between Christ and Buddha, 506–508.
HARDWICKE, Dr., on origin of the Lord’s Prayer, 151.
HARTMANN, Dr. Edward von, on folly of reverencing Jesus, 10.
HELL, of Pagan origin, 539, 565.
HENRY, Matthew, on Christ’s female ancestors, 417.
HERCULES, 541–543;
worship of by Jews, 541.
HEROD, THE GREAT, in what year of his reign was Jesus born? 69, 70;
his massacre of babes, 111–114.
HEROD ANTIPAS, his remarks concerning words of Jesus, 165;
trial of Jesus before, 236.
HERODIAS, 168.
HIBBERT, Dr., on apparitions, 315.
HIGGINS, Godfrey, on testimony of Irenaeus, 293.
HIGGINSON, Col. T. W., on non-originality of Jesus’ teachings, 413, 414.
HIGH PRIEST, office of held by whom? 223.
HILAIRE, St., on Buddha’s teachings, 509.
HITCHCOCK, Rev. Dr., on date of Chronicles, 84.
HODGE, Prof., on sanction of slavery by Christ, 388.
HOLY GHOST, the, gender of, 102, 103;
when disciples received, 327,
328;
effect of on the disciples, 328,
329;
disciples of John the Baptist and, 330;
the gender of, 344.
HOLY WATER, use of by Greeks, 554.
HORUS, 532–537;
the hiding of Moses and the stopping of the sun and moon borrowed from,
534.
HOOYKAAS, Rev. Dr., on passage in Josephus, 36;
on Pauline Epistles, 60, 61;
concerning Gabriel’s prediction, 103;
on the census, 106, 107;
on Levi and Matthew, 137;
pronounces story of beheading John the Baptist a fiction, 167;
on last words of Jesus, 257;
on resurrection of Jesus from the dead, 310, 311;
on baptismal formula, 331,
332;
on deification of Jesus, 492,
493.
HUC, Pere, on Krishna, 502.
HUG, Dr., on Zacharias, son of Barachias, 198.
HUGO, Victor, on the clergy and learning, 426.
HUME, argument of against miracles, 19.
HUXLEY, Prof., on demonology, 40.
HYDE, Dr., on religion of Persians, 518.
IMMORTALITY, teachings of Bible concerning, 365;
Christ’s resurrection no proof of, 365, 366.
INGERSOLL, Robert G., on miracles, 22, 23;
on forgiveness of sin, 372,
373;
a retrospect and a prophecy, 579.
INMAN, Dr. Thomas, on modern Christian symbolism, 447, 448,
452;
on practices of priests in convents, 456;
affirms Egyptian origin of Christian trinity, 533.