Constantine the Great, was a superstitious pagan, 4; character of, 206 _ff_; murdered his own son, 206; baptized on his death-bed, 207; his Christianity loose and accommodative, 207; objectionable interference with affairs of the Church, 207; a pagan while favoring Christianity for political purposes, 214; falsely praised by Eusebius, 214, 215; his character not transformed by Christianity, 215; was by no means a Christian emperor, 216; his legislation touching Christianity was pagan, 217; always remained pagan _Pontifex Maximus_, 217; character of his Sunday edict, 321 A.D., 218 _ff_; special worshipper of the Sun-god, 219; favored Christianity from “policy,” and not from principle, 227; made no effective legislation against paganism, 228; established Sunday as a “market day,” 229; how he placed the cross on his military standard, 244 _f_. Creed, early Church had none, 33; an elaborate one used at baptism, as shown in _Apostolic Constitutions_, 139. Criticism, the higher, offers cure for false interpretation of Bible, 288 _f_; together with study of Bible, is bringing the second stage of Protestant movement, 289; ought to be fully applied to Bible, 290. Cross, the, allegorically found in the O. T., 53, 54; an ancient pagan symbol, 237 _f_; known among Assyrians, Egyptians, Etruscans, etc., 239; pagan origin of, shown in _Edinburgh Review_, 240; how Constantine combined it on his military standard, 244, 245; the “handled cross” the ancient phallic symbol of Egypt, 246; sign of, used as a “charm,” 246 _f_; the sign of, in baptism, 249; made on all occasions, 250. Cumbhacum, a sacred lake in Hindustan, 97. Cyprian, condemns Christians who frequent public shows, 233; extremely superstitious concerning baptismal regeneration, 252. D Dead, baptism for, of pagan origin, 83; was transferred to Christianity, 84; praying for, was borrowed from paganism, 275. Decalogue, gnostic exposition of, by Clement of Alex., 60; allegorically compared with man’s senses, 61; Christ enforced obedience to it, 167, 168; Paul declared it to be binding, 169; if it be abolished there can be no sin, 170; how it was perverted by gnostic exposition, 184. Demi-gods, the pagan, were the progenitors of Christian “saints,” 16. Demiurge, the, was creator of “matter” and author of evil, 48. Devil, the, cast out by anointing one possessed, with oil, and tears of a presbyter, 261. Diocletian, emperor, a devotee of the Sun-god, 200. Diseases, miraculous curing of, in connection with baptism, 258 _f_. Domville, Sir William, shows that early Sunday observance was not Sabbatic, 180. Dyer, Thomas H., describes introduction of paganism into Christianity, 3. E Earth, sacred, from Jerusalem, cures paralysis, 260.