Volume II Part 12 (1/2)

Christian charity, in what it consists, 73.

Laws of the Romans, 73.

Pagan examples of charity, 78.

n.o.ble enthusiasm of the Christians in the cause of charity, 78, 79.

Charity enjoined as a matter of justice, 81.

Theological notions of charity, 85, 90, 91.

Evils of Catholic charity, 93-94.

Legends respecting the virtue, 245, and _note_

Charlemagne, his law respecting Sunday, ii. 245.

Fascination exercised by him over the popular imagination, 271, 272.

His polygamy, 343

Charles V., the Emperor, his law against beggars, ii. 97

Charles Martel, his defeat of the Mohammedans, at Poictiers, ii. 273

Charondas, law of, on second marriages, ii. 325, _note_

Chast.i.ty, in Utilitarian systems, i. 12, 49.

Sketch of the history of, 103-107.

The Catholic monastic system, 107.

Modern judgments of, ii. 282, 283.

Cato's views, 314.

Mystical views, 315.

Services of the ascetics in enforcing the duty of chast.i.ty, 318-320

Children, charge of murdering infants, among the early Christians, i. 417.

Abortion, ii. 20-24.

Infanticide, 24, 26.

Exposed children, 32.

Inst.i.tutions of the Romans for the benefit of children, 77

Chilon, his closing hours, i. 207

Cholera, theological notions respecting the, i. 356

Christian and pagan virtues compared, i. 190

Christianity; distinctions between the pagan and Christian conceptions of death, i. 208.

The importance of Christianity not recognised by pagan writers, 336.

Causes of this, 338.

Examination of the theory which ascribes part of the teaching of the later pagan moralists to Christian influence, 340.

Theory which attributes the conversion of Rome to evidences of miracles, 346.

Opinion of the pagans about the credulity of the Christians, 347.

Incapacity of the Christians of the third century for judging historic miracles, 375.

And for judging prophecies, 376.

Contemporary miracles represented as existing among them, 377.

Christian miracles had probably little weight with the pagans, 385.

Progress of Christianity to what due, 386, 387.

Singular adaptation of it to the wants of the time, 387.

Heroism it inspired, 390.

Explanation of the conversion of the Roman Empire, 393.

Account of the persecutions of the Christians, 395.

Reasons why the Christians were more persecuted than the Jews, 403, 406, 407.

The first cause of the persecution of the Christians, 406.