CHAPTER LXXIII.

SUMMARY OF THE WORK--DECLARATION OF THE AUTHOR.

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NOTES

APPENDIX

INDEX

TABLE OF NOTES.

NOTE PAGE

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.