Chapter IV: Appendix: Index

TABLE OF NOTES.

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1 421. Gibbon and Bossuet's History of the Variations.

2 421. Intolerance of Luther and the other Coryphæi of
Protestantism.

3 421. Origin of the name Protestantism.

4 422. Observations on names.

5 422. Of abuses in the Church.

6 423. Of the unity and harmonious action of Catholicism--Happy
idea of St. Francis of Sales.

7 423. Acknowledgments of the most distinguished Protestants with
regard to its weakness--Luther, Melancthon, Beza, Calvin,
Grotius, Papin, Puffendorf and Leibnitz--Of a posthumous
work by Leibnitz on religion.

8 424. On human knowledge--Louis Vives.

9 425. On mathematics--Eximeno, a Spanish Jesuit.

10 425. Heresies of the early ages--their character.

11 425. Superstition and fanaticism of Protestantism--Luther's devil,
Zwinglius's phantom, Melancthon's prognostics, Mathias
Harlem, the Tailor of Leyden, King of Sion; Hermann, Nicholas
Hacket, and others, visionaries and fanatics.

12 427. Visions of Catholics--St. Theresa, her visions.

13 428. Bad faith of the founders of Protestantism--Passages proving
this--Ravages committed by incredulity after that
time--Gruet--Remarkable passages from Montaigne.

14 429. Extravagance of the early heresies, a proof of the state of
knowledge in those times.

15 430. Canons and other documents which shew the solicitude of the
Church to improve the lot of slaves, and the various means
which she used to complete the abolition of slavery.
§ 1. Canons intended to improve the lot of slaves.
§ 2. Canons intended to defend the freed, and to protect
those who were recommended to the Church.
§ 3. Canons and other documents relating to the redemption
of captives.
§ 4. Canons relating to the protection of the freed.

436. § 5. Canons concerning the slaves of Jews.
§ 6. Canons concerning the enfranchisement of the slaves of
the Church.
§ 7. Conduct of the Church with regard to modern
slavery--Apostolic letters of St. Gregory XVI.--Slave
trade--Doctrine, conduct, and influence of the Church
with regard to the abolition of the trade, and of
slavery in the Colonies--Passage from Robertson.

16 442. Doctrines of Plato and Aristotle touching infanticide--Their
doctrine on the rights of society.

17 444. Degradation of woman in ancient times, especially in Rome.

18 444. The Germans of Tacitus judged according to subsequent events.

19 445. Corruption of ancient manners.

20 445. Different opinions of religion and philosophy on the power of
ideas--How far it is true that every idea requires an
institution.

21 446. Christianity is still in our days the source of mildness of
manners.

22 447. Influence of the Church on barbarian legislation--Councils of
Toledo--What the indulgence of the criminal code among the
barbarians proves.

23 449. Constant intervention of the Church in the administration of
public beneficence--Regulations of the Council of Trent on
this subject--Property of hospitals considered as that of the
Church.

24 450. Reference to the following note.

25 450. Distinction between civil and religious intolerance--Error of
Rousseau on this point--False doctrine of the _Contrat
Social_.

26 452. Passages from old laws relative to the Inquisition--Pragmatic
sanction of Ferdinand and Isabella--Laws of Philip II. and
III.--Pragmatic sanction of Ferdinand and Isabella concerning
the relations of the Spanish Inquisition with Rome--Passage
from Don Antonio Perez, which mentions the anecdote of the
preacher at Madrid--Letter from Phillip II. to Arias Montano,
on the subject of the library of the Escurial.

26 456. (_Appendix._) A few words on Puigblanch, Villeneuve, and
Llorente.

27 458. Religious institutions in an historical point of view--Last
_coup-d'œil_ at their origin and development--Details with
respect to the vow of chastity which virgins and widows made
in the early ages of the Church.

28 459. Remarkable texts explaining the passage of St. Paul in the
13th chapter of his Epistle to the Romans--Cicero--Horace.

29 462. A remarkable fact.

30 463. Quotations from P. Fr. John de Ste.-Marie, and from
P. Zeballos.

31 470. St. Thomas reminds princes of their duties.

32 471. The opinion of D. Felix d'Amat, bishop of Palmyra, on the
obedience due to _de facto_ governments.

33 471. Remarkable passages from St. Thomas and Suarez, on the
disputes which may arise between governors and the
governed--Father Marquez on the same subject.

34 475. Charter of _Hermandad_ between the kingdoms of Leon and
Galicia and that of Castille, for the preservation and
defence of their _fueros_ and liberties.

35 476. A remarkable passage from Capmany on the organization of the
industrial classes--The origin and salutary effects of the
institution of trades-corporation.

36 480. Reflections of Count de Maistre on the causes which render
the celebration of General Councils less frequent.

37 480. Indication of historical sources for the confirmation of
certain facts.

38 480. Texts of St. Thomas on political forms--Other texts of
St. Thomas to prove that the law, and not the will of man,
should govern--Opinions of P. Mariana--Opinions of the
venerable Palafox on the subject of imposts, taken from his
Memoir to the King--Severe language of the same author
against tyranny and those who advise or excuse it--Passage
from P. Marquez on the right of levying tributes in general;
its particular application to Castile--The opinion of the
same author relative to the right of the supreme authority to
the property of its subjects--A case in which, according to
him, that authority may dispose of this property.

39 484. Reference to historical sources to ascertain the march of the
development of monarchical power in the different provinces
of Spain.

40 484. A just observation of Count de Maistre on the conduct of the
Popes compared to that of other sovereigns.

41 485. Passages in which St. Anselm expounds his views on religious
subjects--Intellectual movement arising in the bosom of the
Church without transgressing the bounds of faith--Another
passage proving that the demonstration applied by Descartes
to the existence of God had been discovered by
St. Anselm--Corroborative Documents in support of a
refutation of M. Guizot's errors on the doctrines of Abelard.

PROTESTANTISM COMPARED WITH CATHOLICITY.