CONTENTS

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NOTE BY THE EDITOR, ...... vii

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, ...... viii

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION, ...... x

EDITION OF WORKS, ...... xv

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, ....... xxi

INTRODUCTION, ...... 1

CHAPTER I

DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF THE TWO SYSTEMS, ...... 4

CHAPTER II

OBJECTS OF WORSHIP

Section I—Trinity in Unity, ...... 12

II—The Mother and Child, and the Original of the Child, ...... 19

Sub-Section i—The Child in Assyria, ...... 21

ii—The Child in Egypt, ...... 40

iii—The Child in Greece, ...... 46

iv—The Death of the Child, ...... 55

v—The Deification of the Child, ...... 58

III—The Mother of the Child, ...... 74

CHAPTER III

FESTIVALS

Section I—Christmas and Lady-day, ...... 91

II—Easter, ...... 103

III—The Nativity of St. John, ...... 113

IV—The Feast of the Assumption, ...... 125

CHAPTER IV

DOCTRINE AND DISCIPLINE

Section I—Baptismal Regeneration, ...... 129

II—Justification by Works, ...... 144

III—The Sacrifice of the Mass, ...... 156

IV—Extreme Unction, ...... 165

V—Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead, ...... 167

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CHAPTER V

RITES AND CEREMONIES

Section I—Idol Processions, ...... 171

II—Relic Worship, ...... 176

III—The Clothing and Crowning of Images, ...... 181

IV—The Rosary and the Worship of the Sacred Heart, ...... 187

V—Lamps and Wax-Candles, ...... 191

VI—The Sign of the Cross, ...... 197



CHAPTER VI

RELIGIOUS ORDERS

Section I—The Sovereign Pontiff, ...... 206

II—Priests, Monks, and Nuns, ...... 219



CHAPTER VII

THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS HISTORICALLY AND PROPHETICALLY CONSIDERED

Section I—The Great Red Dragon. ...... 225

II—The Beast from the Sea, ...... 242

III—The Beast from the Earth, ...... 256

IV—The Image of the Beast, ...... 263

V—The Name of the Beast, the Number of his Name, the Invisible Head of the Papacy, ...... 269

CONCLUSION, ...... 282

APPENDIX, ...... 291

GENERAL INDEX, ...... 323

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