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Lothaire, King of France, behaviour to his father, i, 385.
Louis XII. King of France, condemas the conduct of the in-
quisitors against the Waldenses, ii. 71.

Louis XIV. his detestable conduct towards the Duke of Savoy,
ii. 404.

Lucifer, Bishop of Cagliari, in Sardinia, i. 275.

Ludovicus Pius, (Lewis the Meek) King of France, his reign,
i. 382.

Luther, his testimony in favour of the Waldenses, ii. 79. strictures
on his character, 229.

Lyons, persecution of the church there, i. 164.

M

Macrinus, the Roman emperor, his character and death, i. 190.
Maximin, emperor, i. 192.

M'Laine, Dr. his plea for human inventions in religious worship,
i. 276.

Mahomet, the Arabian impostor, his history, i. 334.

Manichæans, a view of their system, ii. 27.

Melancthon, Philip, ii. 227.

Melito, Bishop of Sardis, his apology for the Christians, i. 160.
Merindole, in France, destroyed by the Catholics, ii. 239.
Middleton, Dr. quoted on the superstition of the catholic fathers,
i. 288.

Milton, his testimony in favour of the Waldenses, ii. 83. his
Sonnet, 342. and letters in behalf of the Waldenses, 346.
Minucius Felix, converted to Christianity, and wrote an eloquent
defence of it, i. 178.

Miriam, affecting account of her, during the siege of Jerusalem,
i. 126.

Monkery, its rise and progress, i. 280.

Moors, their expulsion from Spain by the inquisition, ii. 102.
Montfort, Simon, earl of, commands the crusading army against
the Albigenses, ii. 127.

Monthly Review, quoted, ii. 442.

Morland, Sir. S. his embassy to the Duke of Savoy, ii. 345.
Muret, battle of, singular disclosure made after it, ii. 140. notes

N

Neal's History of the Puritans, corrected, ii. 379.

Nero, the emperor, his cruel treatment of the Christians, i. 102.
Nerva, the Roman emperor, his character, i. 136.

Netherlands, state of religion there in the sixteenth century,
ii. 257.

Nicene creed, i. 238.

Nicomedia, the capital of Bithynia, becomes the residence of the
Roman emperors, i. 214.

Novatian, withdraws from the communion of the church of Rome,
i. 251. his principles and conduct vindicated, 252 and 253.
note.

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Opede, governor of Provence, his horrid treatment of the Wal-
denses, ii. 252.

Origen, some account of, i. 193.

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Paganism, its fall described in New Testament prophecy, i. 273.
Paterines, their origin, principles, increase, manners, and beha-
viour, i. 425.

Paul, the apostle, his history and travels sketched, i. 28.
Paulicians, sect of, i. 350.

Paulinus, of Aquileia, some account of, i. 360.

Pelagius, his description of the sacking of Rome, i. 303. note.
Peter, the apostle, his preaching on the day of Pentecost, i. 13.
is imprisoned by Herod, but delivered by an angel, 43.
Peter de Bruis, some account of, i. 417.

Philip II. King of Spain, his character and history, ii. 260.
celebrates an Auto-de-fe, 265. puts his own son to death,
283.

Philippi, Paul's preaching there, i. 61.

Piedmont, derivation of the name, i. 355. geographical descrip-
tion, fertility, &c. 356. progress of Christianity in, 372. its
inhabitants enjoy toleration for three centuries, ii. 141. See
further under the article Waldenses.

Pionessa, Marquis of, his inhuman treatment of the Waldenses,
ii. 324.

Pliny's letter to Trajan, i. 141.

Poggio, of Florence, his account of Jerome of Prague, ii. 191.
Pyrenean mountains described, i. 357.

Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, his martyrdom, i. 158.

Poland, persecution of the Waldenses there, ii. 392.

Pothinus, pastor of the church in Lyons, his death, i. 170.

Prætextatus, a heathen, his witticism respecting the bishops of
Rome, i. 249.

Prince of Orange, favours the Protestants, ii. 263. his enlight-
ened views, 271. a fine speech of his, 274.

Printing, origin and happy effects of, ii. 284.

Provence, a province of France, horrible proceedings against the
Waldenses there in the sixteenth century, ii. 238.

Q

Quadratus, of Athens, writes an apology for the Christians,
i. 153.

Quarrel between Pope Gregory IX. and the Emperor Frederic
II. impeded the progress of the inquisition, ii. 145.

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Ravenna, the residence of the emperor Honorius, i. 298.
Rankin, Dr. his History of France, quoted, i. 402, &c. ii. 6, &c.
Reinerius Saccho, his account of the Waldenses, ii. 20. his tes-
mony to their purity, 74. describes their itinerant preachers,
75. appointed legate of the pope, and sent against the Wal-
denses in France, 109.

Religion, state of, about the time of the Reformation, ii. 210.
Raymond, Earl of Toulouse, refuses to expel the Albigenses,

ii. 115. shamefully treated by the court of Rome, 117. and
recovers his dominions, 131. his death, 132.

Raymond, Roger, Earl of Beziers, incurs the displeasure of the
court of Rome by protecting the Albigenses, ii. 133.

Robertson, Dr. quoted on the Gothic invasion, i. 297. on the
improper deference shewn to the clergy, 308. on the spirit of
the inquisition in Spain, ii. 101.

Robinson, Mr. R. his defence of Novatian, i. 251. his account
of the sect of the Paterines, 425. mistakes the principles of
the Albigenses, ii. 27. his uncandid treatment of the Wal-
denses, 28. note. his Memoirs of the Reformation in France
quoted, 210.

Rome, the city of, described, i. 96. persecution of the church
there, 102. contentions for its bishopric in the fourth century,
249. besieged by Alaric and his Gothic hordes, 299. its ex-
tent, population, and grandeur, note, ib. captured by Alaric
and sacked, 246.

Roman Empire, its state at Nero's death, i. 109.
Roscoe's Life of Leo X. quoted, ii. 232.

S

Sadoletus, bishop of Carpentras, treats the Waldenses kindly,
ii. 249.

Saluces, the marquisate of, described, ii. 315.

Serenus Granianus, proconsul of Asia, remonstrates with Adrian
on his treatment of the Christians, i. 154.

Severus, the emperor, his severe treatment of the Christians,
i. 172.

Sigismund, the emperor, his duplicity to Huss, ii. 188.

Simon, a Greek officer, sent to destroy the Paulicians, becomes
a convert to the faith, and suffers martyrdom, i. 353.
Sisinnius, an elder of the Novatianist church in Constantinople,
i. 268. interesting anecdotes concerning him, note, ibid.
Sleidan, John, his account of the cruelties exercised on the
Waldenses in France, ii. 238.

H

Sonship of Christ, how mistaken by both Athanasians and Arians,

i. 232.

Spain, establishment and influence of the inquisition in it,

ii. 101.

Stephen, the protomartyr, his eloquent defence and death, i. 27.
Stoics, at Athens, their tenets, i. 70.

Swiss Cantons, their proceedings in behalf of the Waldenses,
ii. 340. 352. 371. 377. 407, &c. their kind reception of the
unhappy exiles, 437.

T

Tacitus, his character of Nero, quoted, i. 103.

Temple, set on fire by the Roman army, plundered, and de-
stroyed, i. 128.

Tertullian, presbyter of Carthage, his Apology for the Christians,

i. 176.

Thuanus, (De Thou) his account of Peter Waldo, ii. 163. and
of the Waldenses in France, ii. 73. his account of the cruelties
inflicted on them in the sixteenth century, 243.

Tiberius Cæsar, character of his reign, i. 34.

Tiberianus, his treatment of the Christians in Syria, i. 149.
Titus, accompanies his father Vespasian into Judea, i. 118.
succeeds his father in the command of the army, 123. his
efforts to save the temple, 128. razes the city to its founda-
tion, 132. succeeds his father as emperor, 135.

Themistius, his oration to the emperor Jovian, i. 264.
Theodosius, the great, advanced to the imperial dignity, i. 270.
enforces uniformity of religious profession, 271. abolishes the
Pagan worship by law, 272.

Theodora, the Greek empress, her persecution of the Paulicians,
i. 354.

Thessalonica, origin of the church there, i. 66.

Toulouse, the rendezvous of the Albigenses, taken by the army
of crusaders, ii. 135.

Trajan, ascends the throne, i. 140. his answer to Pliny's letter,

143.

U

Vladislaus, king of Bohemia, ii. 203.
Unitas Fratum, their origin, ii. 200.

Usher, Archbishop, quoted on the preaching of the monks, ii. 109.

V

Valentinian and Valens, associated as emperors, i. 265.

Valens, persecutes the orthodox, i. 266. proceeds against the
Novatianists, 267.

Vespasian, sent by Nero to subdue the Jews, i. 117. is elected
emperor and proceeds to Rome, 123. remarks on his reign,

135.

Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy, extirpates the Waldenses from
Piedmont, ii. 404.

Vignaux, Mr. pastor of a Waldensian church, his history of the
Waldenses referred to, ii. 81. his compassion for his suffering
brethren, 320.

Vigilantius, his opposition to the system of monkery, i. 290.
Voltaire's description of Italy, i. 359. how he characterises the
spirit of the inquisition, ii. 104. his account of Peter Waldo,
223. and of the Waldenses, 224.

Vienne, in France, persecution of the church there, i. 162.

W

Waldenses, their appearance in England, i. 415. condemned by
the council of Oxford, in 1166, 416. etymology of the name,
ii. 1. how described by Reinerius Saccho, 20. by an ancient
inquisitor, 30. by Claudius Seisselius, 37. their confessions of
faith, 44. their Treatise on Antichrist, quoted, 52. the grounds
of their dissent from the Church of Rome, 57. their Apologies
quoted, 59. testimonies from various adversaries quoted, 67.
remarkable attestation of Thuanus, 72. and from Reinerius
Saccho, 74. their manner of disseminating their principles
among the great, 75. commended by Luther, 79. by Beza,
Bullinger, and others, 80. Milton's testimony, 83. Dr. Jortin's
testimony, 85. similarity of their doctrinal tenets with those of
Wickliff, Luther, and Calvin, 87. persecuting edicts of Frederic
II. against them, 94. spread into Spain, and edicts issued
against them, 143. their spread into Germany, Alsace, Saxony,
and Pomerania, 150. in the city of Paris, where they are
cruelly treated, 151. their emigration from Dauphiny into
Calabria, 152. are tolerated in Calabria for two centuries, 153.
their migration from France into the Netherlands, and perse-
cutions there, 154. into Poland and Lithuania, 155. and into
England, 156. persecuted in the valley of Pragela, 212. and
in the vallies of Fraissiniere, Argentiere, and Loyse, in France,
214. their probable number at the beginning of the sixteenth
century, 227. how affected by the Reformation, 228. inter-
course between them and Ecolampadius, 235. sanguinary
proceedings against them in Provence, 238. those of Calabria
cruelly persecuted and at last exterminated, 286. their treat-
ment under Francis I. King of France, 291. again become
subject to the Duke of Savoy, 294. avow their principles and
plead for toleration, 295. are threatened and persecuted in
Piedmont, 296. plea in their favour from the Elector Palatine,
303. those of Saluces driven into exile, 315. inhuman order
of Gastaldo against those in Piedmont, 321. their pleas with

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