THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES--1. Origin of the Name "Catholic"--1. _Epistle of James_--2. Question respecting the Person of James--3. Place of Writing this Epistle--Persons addressed--4. Question of its Date--5. Its Genuineness and Canonical Authority--6. Its Practical Character--Alleged Disagreement between Paul and James without Foundation--II. _Epistles of Peter_--_First Epistle_--7. Its Canonical Authority always acknowledged--8. Persons addressed--9. Place of its Composition--Its Occasion and Date--Traditions respecting Peter--10. Outline of the Epistle--_Second Epistle_--11. Persons addressed--Time of Writing--12. Question respecting the Genuineness of this Epistle--External Testimonies--Internal Evidence--General Result--13. Object of the Present Epistle--Peculiar Character of the Second Chapter--Its Agreement with the Epistle of Jude--III. _Epistles of John_--_First Epistle of John_--14. Its Acknowledged Canonicity--Time and Place of its Composition--Persons addressed--15. General View of its Contents--_Second and Third Epistles_--16. Their Common Authorship--Their Genuineness--17. The Occasion and Office of Each--IV. _Epistle of Jude_--18. Question respecting Jude's Person--Time of the Epistle, and Persons addressed--19. Its Canonical Authority--Its Design CHAPTER XXXII. THE APOCALYPSE--1. Meaning of the Word "Apocalypse"--Abundance of External Testimonies to this Book--2. Internal Arguments considered--Use of the Apostle's Name, Devotional Views, Spirit of the Writer, Style and Diction--Here must be taken into Account the Difference between this Book and John's other Writings in Subject-Matter, in the Mode of Divine Revelation, in the Writer's Mental State and Circumstances; also its Poetic Diction--General Results--3. Date of the Apocalypse and Place of Writing--4. Different Schemes of Interpretation--The Generic--The Historic--5. Symbolic Import of the Numbers in this Book--The number Seven, Half of Seven, Six; The Number Four, a Third and Fourth Part; the Number Twelve; the Number Ten--6. Office of the Apocalypse in the System of Revelation APPENDIX TO PART III. WRITINGS OF THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS, WITH SOME NOTICES OF THE APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS--1. The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers distinguished from the Proper New Testament Apocrypha--Some Remarks on the Character of these Writings I. _Writings of Clement of Rome_--2. His Epistle to the Romans--Its Genuineness Character, and Age--3. Its Occasion, with a Notice of its Contents--4. The so-called Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians--Its Genuineness not admitted--Vague and General Character of its Contents--5. Notice of some Other Writings falsely ascribed to Clement--Recognitions of Clement, and the Clementines, with their Plan and Contents; Constitutions of Clement, and their Contents; Apostolic Canons