History of the Christian Church: Mediaeval Christianity from Gregory I to Gregory VII, A.D. 590-1073

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C. Scribner's, 1890
 

Contents

Columbanus and the Irish Missionaries on the Continent
84
Boniface the Apostle of Germany
92
The Sermon
93
Church Poetry Greek Hymns and Hymnists
94
Latin Hymnody Literature
95
Latin Hymns and Hymnists
96
The Seven Sacraments
97
The Organ and the Bell
98
The Worship of Saints
99
The Iconoclastic War and the Synod of 754
102
Iconoclastic Reaction and Final Triumph of ImageWorship A D 842
103
The Caroline Books and the Frankish Church
104
Scandinavian Heathenism
107
Christianization of Sweden
119
L
143
Position of Mohammedanism in Church History
150
Life and Character of Mohammed
160
The Conquests of Islâm
171
The Mohammedan Religion
183
143
195
Nicolas I April 858Nov 13 867
275
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277
Interference of Otho the Great
288
CHAPTER V
304
Causes of Separation
311
Progress and Completion of the Schism Cerularius 1054
317
MORALS AND RELIGION
326
Feuds and Private War The Truce of God
339
CHAPTER VII
363
CHAPTER VIII
371
Penance and Indulgence
381
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Evangelical Reformers Agobard of Lyons and Claudius of Turin
470
General Survey CHAPTER XI
475
The PROCESSION of the Holy Spirit
477
381
480
The Arguments for and against the Filioque
484
The MONOTHELETIC Controversy Literature
489
The Doctrine of Two Wills in Christ
490
History of Monotheletism and Dyotheletism
494
The Sixth Ecumenical Council A D 680
499
The Heresy of Honorius
500
Concilium Quinisextum A D 692
507
Reaction of Monotheletism The Maronites 475 476 484 489 490
510
The ADOPTIONIST Controversy Literature
511
History of Adoptionism
513
Doctrine of Adoptionism
517
CHAPTER IX
523
Gottschalk and Rabanus Maurus
525
Gottschalk and Hincmar
528
The Contending Theories of Predestination and the Victory of SemiAugustinianism
530

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Page 415 - ART thou weary, art thou languid, Art thou sore distrest ? "Come to Me " — saith One — " and coming, Be at rest ! " Hath He marks to lead me to Him, If He be my Guide ? " In His Feet and Hands are Wound-prints. And His Side.
Page 431 - In the midst of life we are in death ; of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased...
Page 415 - If I ask Him to receive me, Will He say me nay? " Not till earth, and not till heaven Pass away.
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Page 171 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer: whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven: at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Page 361 - But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Page 227 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Page 454 - Gentiles who placed their hope in idols; but because the honor which is shown them is referred to the prototypes which those images represent; in such wise that by the images which we kiss, and before which we uncover the head, and prostrate ourselves, we adore Christ; and we venerate the saints, whose likeness they bear: as, by the decrees of Councils, and especially of the second Synod of Nicaea.
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