Nantes, Edict of, 257; revoked, 264
Naples, Catholicism in, 294
Nativity, mystery-play of, 76
Nazara or Nazareth, 6–10
Nazarites and Nazarenes, 6–10, 47, 148
Nestorians, 47, 132, 144, 148, 150, 151, 165
Netherlands, 254–55. See Holland Netzer, 6, 7
New Jerusalem, the, 27
New Testament, criticism of, 289, 290
Newton, 281
Nicæa, Council of, 120–21, 149
Nicene Creed, 97
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
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
Palestine, medieval, 218 sq.
Paley, 284
Pan, 37
Paneas, statue at, 184
Pantheism, 210, 354
Pantocrator, the, 93
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
Paraguay, Jesuits in, 294
“Parasites,” 44
Paris, university of, 196; freethought in, 295
——Council of, 177
——Parliament of, 256 Pasagini, 200
Paschal controversy, 24 sq.
Paschasius Radbert, 194
Passion-play. See Mystery-play
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
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
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
——the Fair, 223
——of Hesse, 258
Philosophy, cosmic, 77, 78 sq.; Greek, 60 sq., 78 sq., 85, 158; modern, 195, 282, 283 sq.
Phœnician religion, 21, 22, 25, 38, 69
Photinus, 135
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
Plutarch, 85
Poland, conversion of, 171; Reformation in, 257, 268; recaptured by Rome, 262 sq.
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
Prayer, ethic of, 62
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
Progress, Christianity and, 159, 238, 320. See Decadence
Propaganda, Catholic College of, 292, 296
Prophets, Christian, 70, 76, 87
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
Puritanism, 269
Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism, 27, 50
Quadrivium, 232
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.
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
Rimini, Council of, 126
Ritual, growth of, 84, 87, 101 sq., 137, 163, 184 sq.
Robert Guiscard, 180
Rock, the Mithraic, 58
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.