PAGE 1. Prologue 1 2. i. The Creation 19 3. ii. The Fall of Man 24 4. iii. Cain and Abel 33 5. iv. Noah’s Flood 40 6. v. Abraham’s Sacrifice 49 7. vi. Moses and the Two Tables 58 8. vii. The Prophets 65 9. viii. The Barrenness of Anna 70 10. ix. Mary in the Temple 79 11. x. Mary’s Betrothment 90 12. xi. The Salutation and Conception 105 13. xii. Joseph’s Return 117 14. xiii. The Visit to Elizabeth 124 15. xiv. The Trial of Joseph and Mary 131 16. xv. The Birth of Christ 145 17. xvi. The Adoration of the Shepherds 156 18. xvii. The Adoration of the Magi 161 19. xviii. The Purification 172 20. xix. The Slaughter of the Innocents 179 21. xx. Christ disputing in the Temple 189 22. xxi. The Baptism of Christ 199 23. xxii. The Temptation 205 24. xxiii. The Woman taken in Adultery 213 25. xxiv. Lazarus 223 26. xxv. The Council of the Jews 239 27. xxvi. The Entry into Jerusalem 252 28. xxvii. The Last Supper 259 29. xxviii. The Betraying of Christ 280 30. xxix. King Herod 288 31. xxx. The Trial of Christ 293 32. xxxi. Pilate’s Wife’s Dream 308 33. xxxii. The Condemnation and Crucifixion of Christ 311 34. xxxiii. The Descent into Hell 329 35. xxxiv. The Burial of Christ 331 36. xxxv. The Resurrection 338 37. xxxvi. The Three Maries 354 38. xxxvii. Christ appearing to Mary 360 39. xxxviii. The Pilgrim of Emaus 364 40. xxxix. The Ascension 377 41. xl. The Descent of the Holy Ghost 381 42. xli. The Assumption of the Virgin 383 43. xlii. Doomsday 401 44. Notes 407 45. Glossary 419