Nantes, Edict of, 257; revoked, 264

Naples, Catholicism in, 294

Narses, 144, 153

Nativity, mystery-play of, 76

Nazara or Nazareth, 6–10

Nazarites and Nazarenes, 6–10, 47, 148

Neo-Platonism, 111, 130, 291

Nero, 31, 107, 109

Nestorians, 47, 132, 144, 148, 150, 151, 165

Nestorius, 148 sq., 162

Netherlands, 254–55. See Holland Netzer, 6, 7

New Jerusalem, the, 27

Newman, Cardinal, 188, 295

New Testament, criticism of, 289, 290

Newton, 281

Nicæa, Council of, 120–21, 149

Nicene Creed, 97

Nicephorus I, 198, 239

Nicholas I (Pope), 178

—— II (Pope), 179

—— IV (Pope), 221 Nicodemus, Gospel of, 14

Nicolaus of Autricuria, 196

—— of Cusa, 196

Nicolitaines, 91

Nocturnal assemblies, 68, 107, 112, 125

Noëtus, 103

Nominalism, 195, 246

Nous, 94

Novatian and Novatians, 90, 148

Nuremberg, torture at, 210

Oblations, 71

Occam, 229

Old Testament, analysis of, 2; early Christian use of, 30, 46, 48, 65, 72, 75

Olympius, 143

“Only-begotten Son,” 21, 23, 38, 152

Onuphrius, St., 138

Origen, 11, 63, 85, 96, 150, 152, 154, 156, 161, 192

Orpheus and Orphic cults, 33, 56

Osiris and Osirianism, 2, 10, 14, 19, 27, 32, 35, 37, 56 sq., 95

Otho, St., 172

Oxford movement, 367 Pagani, 82

Paganism, ethics of, 15, 60 sq.; sacraments and mysteries of, 20 sq., 27, 51 sq.; theology of, 21, 27, 62, 77, 137; relation of to Christianity, 25, 33, 36 sq., 51 sq., 60 sq., 67 sq., 75 sq., 78 sq., 85, 89, 107, 140; disestablishment of, 117, 125, 136, 139, 140; persecution of, 124, 136, 137, 139, 169, 170; persistence of, 120, 138, 141, 143, 165, 170

Paine, 288, 301

Palestine, medieval, 218 sq.

Paley, 284

Pan, 37

Paneas, statue at, 184

Pantheism, 210, 354

Pantocrator, the, 93

“Papa,” 52, 175

Papacy, growth of, 81, 90, 138, 168, 174 sq., 177,182; disorders of, 178 sq., 180; hostility to, 177, 180, 181, 182, 189; strength of, 181, 182; revenues of, 181, 182, 220, 229, 255; attitude of to Protestantism, 250, 252; incapable of economic reform, 271–72; present position of, 366

Papias, 83

Paraclete, the, 99, 123

Paraguay, Jesuits in, 294

“Parasites,” 44

Paris, university of, 196; freethought in, 295

——Council of, 177

——Parliament of, 256 Pasagini, 200

Pascal, 286, 292

Paschal controversy, 24 sq.

Paschasius Radbert, 194

Passion-play. See Mystery-play

Passover, the, 7, 22, 23, 24

Pasteur, 316 Pastor, the, of Hermas, 35

Pastors, early Christian, 70 Paterini, 201

Patriarchates, the five, 120, 174, 175 Patripassians, 103

Paul, 2, 3, 4, 28, 29, 61, 64, 70, 81, 92; and Jesus, 4, 11, 24, 32, 92, 102

——of Samosata, 104, 114, 120, 147

——III (Pope), 265

——IV (Pope), 256

Paulicians, the, 181, 198, 199, 201, 203, 239, 242

Pauline epistles, 2–5, 10, 11, 16, 20, 27, 31, 32, 34, 49, 61, 62, 73, 78, 82, 95, 211, 214

——theology, 62, 63

Paulinus, 157, 160

Peasants’ War, 258, 267

Pecock, 267

Pelagius and Pelagianism, 146–47

Pentateuch, 3; influence of, 269; criticism of, 289

Pepin, 176

Persecutions of Christians, 31, 83, 106 sq., 173, 293; of pagans, 24 sq., 135–37, 138, 139, 168–73; of heretics, 119, 121, 135, 144, 146 sq., 194 sq., 197 sq., 202, 204, 226, 246, 256, 263, 269; by Protestants, 269

Persephonê, 55, 56

Persia, religion of, 19, 75, 79; Christianity in, 82, 132, 148, 162

"Persons" of Trinity, 103

Peru, religion of, 110; conquest of, 173, 311

Peter, myth of, 18, 28, 29, 30, 58, 138, 174

——Waldus, 201

——the Hermit, 218, 220 Peter, Gospel of, 19

——Epistles of, 18

Petra, 18

Petrarch, 248

Petrobrussians, 200

Pharisees, 6, 47

Philip II, 232, 254

——the Fair, 223

——of Hesse, 258

Philo, 39, 61, 78, 96

Philosophy, cosmic, 77, 78 sq.; Greek, 60 sq., 78 sq., 85, 158; modern, 195, 282, 283 sq.

Phocas, 155, 176

Phœnician religion, 21, 22, 25, 38, 69

Photinus, 135

Photius, 240–41 Phronesis, 94

Phrygia, cults of, 51–53, 56, 99

Pierce, C. S., 285

Pietism, 298

Pilate, 28

Plato and Platonism, 39, 79, 95, 96, 291

Pliny junior, 108

Plotinus, 85, 291

Plutarch, 85

Poland, conversion of, 171; Reformation in, 257, 268; recaptured by Rome, 262 sq.

Political causation, 41, 63

Polycarp, epistles of, 3; character of, 83

Polygamy, 162

Polytheism, Christian, 138, 141, 151, 162, 185, 187

Pomeranians, conversion of, 172

Pompey, 57 Pontifex Maximus, Christian emperors as, 116, 118, 125, 135

Poor, religious movements of, 5–7, 38, 43, 45; in Christian Church, 71, 83

Pope, the name, 175

Porphyry, 85

Portugal, rationalism in, 295

Poseidon, 37

Positivism, 295

Poverty, ancient and modern, 71–72, 312 —— Christianity and, 162, 207, 312

Praetextatus, 135

Pragmatism, 285

Praxeas, 103, 147

Prayer, ethic of, 62

Prayers for the dead, 72, 147

Preaching, rise of, 70, 87

Predestinarianism, 146, 197, 257

Presbyterianism, 264, 268, 272, 296–97

Presbyters, 16, 45, 70, 71, 83, 87, 90, 120

—— the twenty-four, 16

Priesthood, Christian, morals of, 85, 89; growth of, 87 sq.; avarice of, 116, 126, 134, 155, 167, 181

Priesthoods, ancient wealth of, 69

Priestley, 287

Priscillian, 136, 145

Progress, Christianity and, 159, 238, 320. See Decadence

Propaganda, Catholic College of, 292, 296

Prophets, Christian, 70, 76, 87

Proselytes, Jewish, 20, 34

Proserpine, 55, 56

Protestantism, effects of, on civilization, 265 sq.; later position of, 296 sq.

Protestants, name, 259; movement, 245 sq.; sects of, 266, 277; missions of, 302

Provence, heresy in, 201–202

Prudentius, 157

Prussia, 299

Psalms, the, 290

Psyche, myth of, 33

“Publicans and sinners,” 38, 45, 65

Pulci, 196

Purgatory, 124, 192, 197, 225

Puritanism, 269

Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism, 27, 50

Quadrivium, 232

Quakers, 99, 277, 313

Queen of Heaven, the, 57, 76

Rabelais, 274

Race, theory of, 254

Ram-symbol, 59

Ranke, 271

Rationalism, pagan, 130; modern, rise and growth of, 194 sq., 275 sq., 279 sq.

Ratramnus, 194–95, 225

Raymond of Toulouse, 201 sq.

Readers, 83

Realism, 246

Reformation, the, 193, 245 sq.; political results of, 257 sq.; intellectual results of, 265 sq.

Regiomontanus, 234

Relics, adoration of, 88–89, 164, 185, 186, 192, 225

Religion, conditions of evolution of, 40, 42 sq., 49, 67, 69, 100

Remi, St., 233

Renaissance, the, 182, 196, 224, 234

Renan, 289

Resurrection, myth and doctrine of, 36, 38, 52, 53, 93, 97

Reuchlin, 248 Revelation, Book of, 16, 23, 27, 31

Rhadagast, 142

Rhea-Cybelê, 76

Rhetoric, pagan and Christian, 156

Richard I, 222

Richelieu, 261, 263

Rimini, Council of, 126

Ritual, growth of, 84, 87, 101 sq., 137, 163, 184 sq.

Robert Guiscard, 180

Rock, the Mithraic, 58

—— tomb, the, 36, 58, 60

Roman Empire, 41 sq., 46, 51, 60, 69, 106, 113–14, 166; spread of Christianity in, 81

Rome, pagan cults of, 43, 52, 55–56, 57; pagan priesthoods of, 43, 69; early church of, 81, 83, 174; life of, under Christianity, 164, 178; sack of, 251; aspects of, under Papacy, 271 sq.