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CONTENTS.
ART. I.-PRUSSIAN LAW AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The present trial of the Church presents no new features
Prince Bismarck's attack upon the Church not altogether unexpected.
Prussian aggression really commenced about sixty years ago
Slight relaxation by Frederick William IV.
Causes of the present severe measures.
The programme of the liberal party
The Bishop of Mainz on the liberal progranime
Remarks on the Prussian Church Laws
The moderation of the later utterances of the Holy See
Dogmatic ignorance of the liberal party in church matters
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Memoir of his early life
ART. II.-BISHOP PECOCK, HIS CHARACTER AND FORTUNES.
Interesting character of the times preceding the Reformation
Bishop Pecock's eventful career
Analysis of the charges against his orthodoxy
Though his orthodoxy was substantial, his expressions were sometimes
ART. III.-GNOSTICISM AND THE RULE OF FAITH.
Effects of conflict with Gnosticism
Gnosticism marks an epoch in the history of the Church
Results of historical investigation on this epoch identify the cause of
Christianity and of the Catholic Church
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S. Irenæus the foremost of the anti-Gnostic Fathers
His claims to speak for the whole Church of his day
Method pursued in this article
Meaning of the word "Gnosticism"
The Eastern Gnostics.
The Alexandrian Gnostics
The Gnosticism of Marcion.
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Gnosticism a rebellion against the rule of faith
Different lines of defence taken by the Fathers
The appeal of S. Irenæus to the rule of faith
This rule of faith threefold, each of its parts resting on the same his-
torical evidence
Sufficiency and necessity of the evidence given by S. Irenæus for the
New Testament canon.
Irrational to accept him as a witness for the New Testament and to
reject him as evidence for the authority of tradition
Or of the Church as the interpreter of Scripture and tradition
Or of the Episcopate as the teaching body in the Church
Or of the Holy See as the centre of the Church's unity
Answer to objections on this last point
Summary of results
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Place of Plain Chant in the public worship of the Church
Place of Music properly so called
Functions of Plain Chant and Music respectively
"Theatrical" and "sensational" Music
ART. V.-REPLIES TO LORD ACTON.
General drift of Lord Acton's letters paraphrased
Geological history of the Bermudas
Their government
Catholics in the islands
ART. VII.-MR. GLADSTONE'S EXPOSTULATION.
The Protestant distrust of Catholicity is reasonable from the Pro-
testant point of view
But the Vatican Definitions have no legitimate tendency to increase
that distrust
Mr. Gladstone's references to Bishop Doyle.
Catholic doctrine on the relations between Church and State
Mr. Gladstone's recent Expostulation
F. Coleridge's Life of our Life
NOTICES OF Books.
Contemporary Review, December, 1874: Article on Necessary Truth. 209
Bishop Ullathorne's Mr. Gladstone's Expostulation Unravelled
Dr. Newman's Letter to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, on occasion of
Johannis Maldonati Commentarii in IV. Evangelistas.
209
Our Lady's Dowry; or, How England gained and lost that title.
217
Mr. Lilly's Characteristics from the Writings of John Henry Newman 223
The Bishop of Orleans' Letter to M. Minghetti, Italian Minister of
Finance
230
Rev. F. Gibson's Catechism made Easy
239
Miss Irving's Passages of Historic Life
240
Mr. Minto's Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley. 241
Dr. Arnold's Islam and Christianity
Rev. F. Avancinus's Meditations on the Life and Doctrine of Jesus
Regina Sæculorum; or, Mary Venerated in all Ages
Mgr. Patterson's Jesus Christ the Model of the Priest.
The Children's Bible History for School and Home Use
Rev. F. Anderdon's Afternoons with the Saints.
Rev. F. Thimelby's Purgatory Surveyed
Mr. Digby Beste's Sermon on Priestly Absolution
Rev. F. Macleod's Perfect Lay Brother
Mr. Morris's Prisoners of the Temple