A Treatise on Relics
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1. Front matter2. Preface.3. Preface To The Second Edition.4. Chapter I. Origin Of The Worship Of Relics And Images In The Christian Church.5. Chapter II. Compromise Of The Church With Paganism.6. Chapter III. Position Of The First Christian Emperors Towards Paganism, And Their Policy In This Respect.7. Chapter IV. Infection Of The Christian Church By Pagan Ideas And Practices During The Fourth And Fifth Centuries.8. Chapter V. Reaction Against The Worship Of Images And Other Superstitious Practices By The Iconoclast Emperors Of The East.9. Chapter VI. Origin And Development Of The Pious Legends, Or Lives Of Saints, During The Middle Ages.10. Chapter VII. Analysis Of The Pagan Rites And Practices Which Have Been Retained By The Roman Catholic As Well As The Græco-Russian Church.11. Chapter VIII. Image-Worship And Other Superstitious Practices Of The Graeco-Russian Church.12. Calvin's Treatise On Relics, With Notes By The Translator.13. Postscript.14. List Of Works Published By Johnstone, Hunter, & Co., Edinburgh.15. Footnotes