The Stations of the Cross
- Subtitle
- an account of their history and devotional purpose
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1. The Stations of the Cross2. The Preface3. The Contents4. The List of Illustrations5. Chapter I—The Veneration of the Holy Places6. Chapter II—The Beginnings of the Via Crucis7. Chapter III—The Earliest Stations and their Sequence8. Chapter IV—The “Seven Falls”9. Chapter V—The Spiritual Pilgrimage of Jan Pascha10. Chapter VI—The “Via Dolorosa” at Jerusalem from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day11. Chapter VII—The Devotional Aspect of the Stations12. Chapter VIII—The Stations in Modern Times13. Appendix A—Heer Bethlem’s “Overwegingen”14. Appendix B.—TABLE of INDULGENCES15. Appendix C—Relative Antiquity of the Various Stations