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Ammianus Marcellinus, view of the conduct of the clergy in
his days, i. 225. 248. his account of Julian's attempt to
rebuild the temple, 259.

Antichrist, reflections on the rise of, i. 202.

Antioch, in Syria, described, i. 40. its population and the
number of Christians there, in the time of Theodosius, 272,

note.

Antoninus Pius, emperor, his amiable character, i. 156. letter
to the town council of Asia, ibid. his reign of twenty-three
years favourable to the Christians, 157.

Apostles, at first confined to Jerusalem, i. 106. their subsequent
travels, 107.

Arian Controversy, i. 231. not settled by the decision of the
council of Nice, 244.

Archeologia, the account there given of the Waldenses, i. 416.
Arnold of Brescia, his history, i. 419.

Arnold Hot defends the Albigenses against the Catholic clergy,
ii. 113.

Arnold, abbot of Cisteaux, commands the first crusading army
against the Albigenses, ii. 127.

Athens, city of, i. 68.

Athenagoras, his apology for the Christians, i. 181.

Athanasius, his controversy with Arius, i. 246.

Augustine's City of God, i, 307.

Aurelius, Marcus, emperor, persecutes the Christians, i. 171.
Avignon, city of, besieged by the crusaders, ii. 134.

B

Barnabas and Saul proceed on their mission to the Gentiles,
i. 47.

Baronius, Cardinal, quoted, i. 374.

Berengarius, denies the real presence. i. 403.

Bernard, St. his testimony to the Cathari, i. 410. censures the
clergy of his day, 412. note. preaches against heretics, ii. 91.
Berea, the first preaching of the gospel there, i. 68.
Beziers, city of, attacked by the crusading army, ii. 120.
Beziers, Earl of, intercedes for the Albigenses of his city, ii. 118.
defends Carcassone, 121. falls a dupe to papal perfidy, 125.
Bishops of Italy and the Grisons reject the church of Rome,
i. 360.

Blood-eating, inquiry into its lawfulness, i. 166. note.

Bohemia, description of, ii. 180. state of religion there, 182.
Bohemian-brethren, persecution against, ii. 202, sketch of their
history, 207.

Bourg, Sieur de Petit, his defence, ii. 329.

Bruis, Peter de, founder of the Petrobusians, i. 417.

Burnet, Dr. his Letters from Italy, quoted, ii. 405. 438. 439.

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Caius Caligula, his reign, i. 34.

C

Calabria, the Waldenses settle there in 1370, i. 150. persecuted
by Pope Pius IV. 286.

Calvin, John, remarks on his character and talents, ii. 229.
Campbell, Dr. George, quoted on the incongruity of enforcing
religion by the power of the magistrate, i. 230. the identity
of the office of bishop and elder, 279. the origin of monkery,
281. his opinion of Gregory the Great, 320.

Carcassone, besieged by the crusaders, ii. 121. singular escape
of its people from the upper city, 126.

Carthage, account of the persecution there, i. 184.

Cæsarea, dispute between the Jews and Nero concerning it,
i. 114.

Castrocaro, governor of Piedmont, his tyrannical conduct to-
wards the Waldenses, ii. 309.

Cathari, in Germany, in the thirteenth century, oppose infant
baptism, i. 417.

Catinat, general of the French army, his cruelties towards the
Waldenses, ii, 424.

Cestius, revolt of the Jews under his administration, i. 115.
Chandler, Dr. his History of the Persecutions quoted, i. 199.
Charlemagne, King of France, crowned by the pope Emperor
of the West, i. 375.

Charles the Bald, raised to the throne, i. 386.

Charles V. his conduct in the Netherlands, ii. 258.

Christianity, state of, under Trajan, i. 140. the various obstacles
it had at first to encounter, 202.

Church at Jerusalem, a pattern of the kingdom of Christ,
i. 15.

Claude of Turin, account of, i. 363.

Clergy, their kingdom and that of Christ not the same thing,
i. 210. instances of their ignorance, 275.

Constantius Chlorus, favours the Christians, i. 213. nominates
his son Constantine to be his successor, 217.

Constantine the Great, different views of his character, i. 220.
converted to Christianity, 222. removes the seat of govern-
ment to Byzantium, or Constantinople, 223. his character and
death, 224. changed the profession of Christianity, 226. his
endowment of churches and patronage of the clergy, 227.
insists on an uniformity of profession, 228. prohibits paganism
by law, 229, his behaviour in the Arian controversy, 234.
convenes the council of Nice, 235. his exertions to accom-
modate differences among the clergy, 237, banishes Arius
and his party, 240.

Constantine II. Constans, and Constantius, divide the empire on
the death of their father Constantine the Great, i. 241.

Constantius the emperor, favours the Arians, i. 243. reflections
on his reign, 248.

Constantine Copronymus, opposes the worship of images, i. 329.
Constantine, of Mananalis, founds the sect of the Paulicians,
i. 350.

Copin, Bartholomew, memoir of, ii. 311.

Corinth, the city of, i. 74.

Council of Constance, burn Huss and Jerome, ii. 188.

Council of Nice, proceedings of the, i. 235.

Council of Trent, its proceedings, ii. 268.

Cromwell, Oliver, his character and government, ii. 338. ap-
points a public fast in behalf of the Waldenses, 345, liberality
towards them, and State Letters, 346.

Crusades to Asia, history of, i. 429.

Crusades, raised against the Albigenses, ii. 112.

Cumanus, state of Judea under his government, i. 110.
Cyprian, of Carthage, his letters quoted, i, 193.

D

Damascus, city of, described, i. 30.

Decius, the emperor, persecutes the Christians, i. 198.
Diocletian, the emperor, persecutes the Christians, i. 216.
Domitian, the Roman emperor, his character, i. 135.
Dominic, founder of the inquisition, ii. 90.

E

Edict of Naniz, effects of its revocation, ii. 405.

Echard, an inquisitor, after persecuting the Waldenses, becomes
a convert to their profession. and suffers martyrdom, ii. 149.
Ecolampadius, his letter to the Waldenses, ii. 235.
Egbert, a monk, his account of the Cathari, i. 412.

Ephesus, origin of the Christian church there, i. 78.

Elector Palatine, his letter to the Duke of Savoy in behalf of
the Waldenses, ii. 303.

Epicureans, at Athens, their tenets, i. 70.

Eusebius, of Cæsarea, how he describes the state of the christian
profession previous to the Decian persecution, i. 201. his
account of the council of Nice, 236.

Evervinus, of Stainfeld, his letter to St. Bernard, i. 408.
Exarchate, of Ravenna, i. 298.

F

Felix, state of Judea under his government, i. 111.
Festus, state of Judea under his government, i. 112.

Florus, Gessius, state of Judea under his government, i. 113.
Fontenoy, sanguinary battle of, i. 386.

Fox, Hon. Charles James, his History of James II. quoted,
ii. 209. his opinion of Oliver Cromwell, 340. note.
France, kings of, seated antichrist on his throne, i. 375.
Francis I. King of France, conquers Piedmont, ii. 291. is en-
treated by the pope to persecute the Waldenses, 292.
Frederic II. his four sanguinary edicts against heretics, ii. 91.
Fuller, Mr. A., quoted against the eating of blood, i. 167. note,

G

Galba, succeeds Nero as emperor, i. 109.

Galerius, emperor of Rome, his horrid cruelty to the Christians,
i. 217. recall of his sanguinary edicts, and his shocking death,

218.

Gastaldo, his order against the Waldenses, ii. 321.

Geneva, receives the exiled Waldenses, ii. 436.

Gibbon, Mr. his Roman History quoted, i. 138, 149. 152. 219.
249. 256. 258. 284. 292 note. 298. 351.

Gothic, invasion of the Roman empire, i. 298.

Gratian, the emperor, espouses the orthodox party, i. 270.
Greathead, Bishop of Lincoln, ii. 157. withstood the see of
Rome, 159.

Gregory Nazianzen, his remark on the clergy of his times, i. 248.
Gregory I. (the Great) raised to the papal chair, i. 310. estimate
of his character, 316.

Gregory II. (Pope) his two letters to the emperor Leo, i. 225.
Gregory III. his letter to the emperor Leo, i. 228.

Gregory IX. excommunicates the emperor, and deprives him
of his crown, ii. 147.

Gros, Mr. Peter, a Waldensian pastor, his fall and recovery,
ii. 331.

H

Henry the Great, Emperor of Germany, i. 390.
Henricians, some account of, i. 418.

Herod Agrippa incurred the displeasure of Tiberius, i. 42,
kills James the apostle, and imprisons Peter, 43. his pride,
blasphemy, and death, 45.

Hincmar, Archb. of Rheims, boldly opposes the papal chair,
i. 388.

Holy Spirit, effusion of, i. 10.

Huss, John, some account of, ii. 185,

I

Ignatius, sent from Antioch to Rome, and put to death, i. 151.
Images, the worship of, traced to its source, i. 321.

Inquisition, some account of, ii. 98.

Inquisitors, their proceedings against the Waldenses, ii, 149.
Irene, the Greek empress, her zeal for the worship of images,
i. 332.

Irenæus, his account of the persecution of the churches of
Vienne and Lyons, i. 164.

J

James, the son of Zebedee, his death, i. 43.
James, writer of the epistle, his death, i. 107.
Jerome, his attack on Vigilantius, i. 290.

Jerome, of Prague, some account of, ii. 189.

Jerusalem, Christ's predictions concerning, i. 120. is besieged
and taken by the Romans, 128.

Jesus of Nazareth, his baptism, ministry, doctrine, and miracles,
i. 3. his death and resurrection, 9.

Jews, their insurrection at Cæsarea, i. 114. their revolt under
Gessius Florus, 115, sketch of their war with the Romans,
117. estimate of the numbers of them killed during the war
and siege of Jerusalem, 130.

Job, remark on his history and writings, i. 336.

John the Baptist, his preaching, i. 2.

John of Gischala, i. 122.

Josephus, the Jewish historian, some account of, i. 117. note.
Jovian, the emperor, favours the Christians, i. 263.

Judea, origin of the war there, i. 109.

Julian, the emperor, view of his reign, i. 255.

Justin Martyr, his apologies for the Christians, i. 156. suffers
martyrdom at Rome, 160.

Justus Lipsius, his enumeration of the Jews killed during the
war and siege of their city, i. 130,

K

Kingdom of the Messiah, the subject of prophecy, i. 1. its
erection at Jerusalem, 14. description of its subjects and
laws, 16.

L

Lactantius, some account of, i. 235.

Landgrave of Hesse Cassel, his letter to the Duke of Savoy in
favour of the Waldenses, ii. 369.

Leo, the Greek emperor, his contests with the Roman pontiffs
concerning images, ii. 224.

Lesna, in Poland, destroyed by the Catholics, ii. 396.

Limborch's History of the Inquisition, quoted ii, 88. character
of that work, 89. note. 94. 117. 142. 149.

Lollard, some account of, ii. 175.

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