Curiosities of Christian History Prior to the ReformationPaterson, James
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Curiosities of Christian History Prior to the Reformation
Paterson, James
Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Church history -- Miscellanea; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
MARTYRS, HERMITS, ANCHORITES, AND RELICS.
Martyr Valeria, 142; St. Thecla and Polycarp, 143; St. Felicitas, 144;
The Martyrs of Lyons, 144; St. Cecilia, 145; Perpetua, 146; St.
Ursula, 146; St. Barbara, 147; Potamiana, 147; St. Genes the Actor,
148; Genesius, 148; St. Alban, 149; Didymus and Theodora, 149; St.
Cyprian and Justina, 150; St. John Chrysostom, 150; St. James
Intercisus, 151; Martyr for Image Worship, 151; Huss the Bohemian,
152; Joan of Arc a Modern Patriotic Martyr, 153; Joan's Mission, 153;
Joan taken Captive and Burnt, 159; Outbreak of Hermit Zeal, 160; First
Monastic Life, 160; St. Antony, 161; Hermit Visiting, 161; Hermit and
Grapes, 162; Hermit's Courtesies, 162; Hermits' Quarrel, 163;
Political Economy of Hermits, 163; The Wise Sayings of St. Pambo, 164;
A Hermit's Olive Tree, 164; Macarius, 165; St. Martin of Tours, 165;
Dorotheus, the Architect, 166; St. Poemen, Prince of Hermits, 167; St.
Moyses, Water-carrier, 167; Hermit's New Austerities, 168; St.
Carileff, 169; First Saxon Hermit, 169; St. Guthlac, 170; St. Simeon
Stylites, 171; A Pillar Monk, 171; St. Herbert of Derwentwater, 171;
St. Ethelwald at Farne, 172; English Queen Consulting Hermit, 174;
Conscientious Hermit, 174; St. Bartholomew of Farne, 175; French King
sends for Hermit, 176; Consecration of Hermits and Recluses, 177; St.
Methodius the Martyr, 177; Miracles of Saints, 178; Local and Patron
Saints, 179; St. Geneviève, 179; Reverence for Relics, 180; Secrecy in
Removing Relics, 181; Capturing Holy Relics, 181; Stealing Relics,
182; Defending his Relics, 183; Forgery of Relics, 183; How to Flatter
a Relic Worshipper, 184; Empress Begging for Relics, 185; If Genuine
Relics, 185; The Crown of Thorns Pawned and Sold, 186; King of France
shows Holy Cross, 187; Blood of Christ at Westminster, 188; St.
Stephen's Relics, 188; St. Dunstan, 189; John Huss on Relics, 190;
Crucifix During the Plague, 190; Purchasing the Head of St. Andrew,
191; Pilgrimage to Walsingham, 191; Pilgrimage in Switzerland, 192;
Pilgrims to Canterbury, 192.
CHAPTER VII.
THE FATHERS.
Origen, 194; St. Ambrose, 194; St. Jerome, 197; St. Jerome's
Reflections, 198; St. Jerome with Lion and Ass, 198; Deathbed of St.
Jerome, 199; St. Jerome's Epistles, 199; St. Chrysostom's Eloquence,
200; St. Chrysostom on Monkery, 201; St. Augustine Witnessing
Miracles, 202; Vision of St. Augustine, 203; St. Augustine's Faith in
Dreams, 203; St. Cyril of Alexandria, 204; Some Notions of the
Fathers, 204.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE MONKS AND THEIR WAYS.
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