Christianity, weakened in the work of reform, because corrupted, 6; deeply corrupted by pagan influence before the fifth century, 23; contrast between that of the N. T. and that of the fourth century, 31; first developed within the Jewish Church, 32; primarily and essentially a new life, born of love, 32; immensely changed in character under influence of Greek thought, 33; fundamentally corrupted through allegory, 48; passed a terrible ordeal when it became united with the State, 68, 196; first recognition by Roman law was not full toleration, 195; was controlled and regulated by civil law under Roman Empire, 195, 196; new era in history of, began with fourth century, 203; deeply corrupted by paganism, 231 _f_; united with the State, according to pagan theories, 295, 296; Christ forbade its union with the state, 296; tendency towards union with civil power in the U. S. A., 296; proved its divine origin by surviving the conflict with paganism, 299; what it will be when paganism is fully eliminated, 299 _f_. Christians, comparatively few in number when Sunday legislation began, 218. Christian, the, needs to be broad-viewed, 1. Christmas, date of, borrowed from sun-worship festival, 278, 279. Chrysostom, on the use of water for cleansing, 147; condemns low standards of life in the Church, 232; considers the sign of the cross the greatest of all magical charms, 247, 248. Circumcision, spiritual meaning of, according to allegory, 50. Clement of Alex., his philippic against the Sophists, 46, 47; his gnostic exegesis of the N. T., 47; his gnostic exposition of the Decalogue, 60; gives pagan reasons for observing Sunday, 181; defends “orientation,” 266. Clement of Rome, examples of myth and allegory from the writings of, 59. “Conclusion,” First, 285; Second, 289; Third, 291; Fourth, 295; Fifth, 298. “Conclusions,” 282-300. Congregations, the earliest Christian, were guilds for holy living, 32; had no settled form of doctrines, 33.