The genius of Christianity
Subtitle: or, The spirit and beauty of the Christian religion
Publisher: Baltimore, John Murphy & Co. Philadephia, J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Published: 1884
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Notice of the Viscount de Chateaubriand 23; title: PART I.; title: DOGMAS AND TENETS; title: BOOK I.; title: MYSTERIES AND SACRAMENTS.; title: Chap. I. Introduction 43; title: II. Of the Nature of Mysteries 31; title: III. Of the Christian Mysteries — The Trinity S3; title: IV. Of the Redemption 39; title: V. Of the Incarnation 66; title: VI. Of the Sacraments — Baptism and Penance 67; title: VII. Of the Holy Communion 71; title: VIII. Con6rmation, Holy Orders, and Matrimony 73; title: IX. The same subjeot continued — Holy Orders 82; title: X. Matrimony 83; title: XI. Extreme Unotion 91; title: BOOK II.; title: VIRTUES AND MORAL LAWS.; title: Chap. I. Vices and Virtues aeoording to Religion 93; title: II. Of Frith 93; title: III. Of Hope and Charity 97; title: IV. Of the Moral Laws, or the Ten Commandments 99; title: BOOK III.; title: THE TRUTHS OF THE SCRIPTURES — THE FALL OF MAN.; title: Chap. I. The Superiority of the History of Moses to all other Cosmogonies 107; title: II. The Fall of Man — The Serpent — Remarks on a Hebrew Word 110; title: III. Primitive Constitution of Man — New proof of Original Sin. 114; title: BOOK IV.; title: CONTINUATION OF THE TRUTHS OF SCRIPTURE OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE SYSTEM OF MOSES.; title: Chap. I. Chronology 119; title: II. Logography and Historical Facta- 132; title: III. Astronomy 128; title: IV. Continuation of the preceding subject— Natural History — The Deluge 1SS; title: V. Youth and Old Age of the Earth 138; title: BOOK V.; title: THE EXISTENCE OF GOD DEMONSTRATED BT THE WONDERS OF NATURE.; title: Chap. I. Objeot of this Book 138; title: II. A General Survey of the Universe 139; title: III. Organisation of Animals and Plants 141; title: IV. Instincts of Animals 145; title: V. Song of Birds — Made for Man — Laws relative to the cries of Animals 147; title: VI. Nests of Birds 158; title: VII. Migrations of Birds — Aquatio Birds — Their Habits — Goodness of Providence 152; title: VIII. Sea-Fowl — In what manner serviceable to Man — In ancient times Migrations of Birds served as a Calendar to the husbandman 156; title: IX. The subject of Migrations concluded — Quadrupeds 160; title: X. Amphibious Animals and Reptiles 163; title: XI. Of Plants and their Migrations 168; title: XII. Two Views of Nature 170; title: XIII. Physical Man 174; title: XIV. Love of our Native Country 177; title: BOOK VI.; title: THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL PROVED BY THE MORAL LAW AND THE FEELINGS.; title: Chap. I. Desire of nappltessin Man 184; title: II. Remorse and Conscience 187; title: III. There can be no Morality if there is no Future State — Presumption in favor of the Immortality of the Soul deduced from the Respect of Man for Tombs 190; title: IV. Of certain Objections 191; title: V. Danger and Inutility of Atheism 193; title: VI. The conclusion of the Doctrines of Christianity — State of Punishments and Bewards in a Future Life — Elysium of the Ancients 202; title: VII. The Last Judgment 205; title: VIII. Happiness of ths Righteous 207; title: PART II.; title: THE POETIC OF CHRISTIANITY.; title: BOOK I.; title: GENERAL SURVEY OF CHRISTIAN EPIC POEMS.; title: Chap. I. The Poetic of Christianity is divided into Three Branches:— Poetry, the Pine Arts, and Literature — The Six Books of this Second Part treat in an especial manner of Poetry 210; title: II. General Survey of the Poems in which the Marvellous of Christianity supplies the place of Mythology — The Inferno of Dante — The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso 212; title: III. Paradise Lost 216; title: IV. Of some French and Foreign Poems 222; title: V. The Henriad 226; title: BOOK II.; title: OF POETRY CONSIDERED IN ITS RELATIONS TO MAN.; title: Characters.; title: Chap. I. Natural Characters 232; title: II. The Husband and Wife — Ulysses and Penelope 233; title: III. The Husband and Wife continued — Adam and Eve 236; title: IV. The Father — Priam 242; title: V. Continuation of the Father — Lusignan 246; title: VI. The Mother — Andromache 247; title: VII. The Son — Gusman 260; title: VIII. The Daughter — Iphigenia and Zara 263; title: IX. Social Characters — The Priest 256; title: X. Continuation of the Priest — The Sibyl — Jehoiada — Parallel between Virgil and Racine 257; title: XI. The Warrior — Definition of the Beautiful Ideal 262; title: XII. The Warrior continued 266; title: BOOK III.; title: OF POETRY CONSIDERED IN ITS RELATIONS TO MAN — THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.; title: The Passions.; title: Chap. I. Christianity has changed the Relations of the Passions by changing the Basis of Vice and Virtue 269; title: II. Impassioned Love — Dido 272; title: III. Continuation of the preceding subject — The Phaedra of Racine 276; title: IV. Continuation of the preceding subject — Julia d'Etange — Clementina 277; title: V. Continuation of the preceding subject — Eloisa 280; title: VI. Rural Lore— The Cyclop and Oalatea of Theocritus 285; title: VII. Continuation of the preceding subject — Paul and Virginia. 287; title: VIII. The Christian Religion itself considered as a Passion 291; title: IX. Of the Unsettled State of the Passions 296; title: BOOK IV.; title: OF THE MARVELLOUS; OR, OF POETRY IN ITS RELATIONS TO SUPERNATURAL BEINGS.; title: Chap. I. Mythology diminished the Grandeur of Nature — The Ancients had no Descriptive Poetry properly so called 299; title: II. Of Allegory 303; title: III. Historical part of Descriptive Poetry among the Moderns 305; title: IV. Have the Divinities of Paganism, in a poetical point of view, the superiority over the Christian' Divinities? 309; title: V. Character of the True God 312; title: VI. Of the Spirits of Darkness. 314; title: VII. Of the Saints 316; title: VIII. Of the Angels 319; title: IX. Application of the Principles established in the preceding chapters — Character of Satan 321; title: X. Poetical Machinery — Venus in the woods of Carthage — Raphael in the bowers of Eden 324; title: XI. Dream of iEneas — Dream of Athalie 326; title: XII. Poetical Machinery continued — Journeys of Homer's gods — Satan's expedition in quest of the New Creation 330; title: XIII. The Christian Hell 333; title: XIV. Parallel between Hell and Tartarus — Entrance of Avernus — Dante's gate of Hell — Dido — Franoisca d'Arimino — Torments of the damned. 334; title: XV. Purgatory 338; title: XVI. Paradise 340; title: BOOK V.; title: THE BIBLE AND HOMER.; title: Chap. I. Of the Scriptures and their Excellence 341; title: II. Of the three principal styles of Scripture 345; title: III. Parallel between the Bible and Homer — Terms of Comparison 352; title: IV. Continuation of the Parallel between the Bible and Horner — Examples 358; title: PART III.; title: THE FINE ARTS AND LITERATURE.; title: BOOK I.; title: THE FINE ARTS.; title: Chap. I. Music — Of the Influence of Christianity upon Music 370; title: II. The Gregorian Chant 372; title: III. Historical Painting among the Moderns 375; title: IV. Of the Subjects of Pictures 378; title: V. Sculpture 380; title: VI. Architecture — Hotel des Invalides 381; title: VII. Versailles 383; title: VIII. Gothic Churches 384; title: BOOK II.; title: PHILOSOPHY.; title: Chap. I. Astronomy and Mathematics 388; title: II. Chemistry and Natural History 398; title: III. Christian Philosophers — Metaphysicians 404; title: IV. Christian Philosophers continued — Political Writers 407; title: V. Moralists — La Bruyere 408; title: VI. Moralists continued — Pascal 411; title: BOOK III.; title: HISTORY.; title: Chap. I. Of Christianity u It relates to the Manner of Writing History 417; title: II. Of the General Canses which hare prevented Modern Writers from succeeding in History — First Cause, the Beauties of the Ancient Subjects. 419; title: III. Continuation of the preceding — Second Cause, the Ancients have exhausted all the Historical styles, except the Christian style 422; title: IV. Of the reasons why the French have no Historical Works, but only Memoirs 426; title: V. Excellence of Modern History 42S; title: VI. Voltaire considered as an Historian 430; title: VII. Philip de Commines and Rollin 432; title: VIII. Bossuet considered as an Historian 433; title: BOOK IV.; title: ELOQUENCE.; title: Chap. I. Of Christianity as it relates to Eloquence 437; title: II. Christian Orators — Fathers of the Church 439; title: III. Massillon 446; title: IV. Bossuet as an Orator 448; title: V. Infidelity the Principal Cause of the decline of Taste and the degeneracy of Genius 453; title: BOOK V.; title: THE HARMONIES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WITH THE SCENES OF NATURE AND THE PASSIONS OF THE HUMAN HEART.; title: Chap. I. Division of the Harmonies 459; title: II. Physical Harmonies 459; title: III. Of Ruins an General — Ruins are of two kinds 466; title: IV. Picturesque Effect of Ruins — Ruins of Palmyra, Egypt, &c. 489; title: V. Ruins of Christian Monuments 471; title: VI. Moral Harmonica — Popular Devotions 472; title: PART IV.; title: WORSHIP.; title: BOOK I.; title: CHURCHES, ORNAMENTS, SINGING, PRAYERS, ETC.; title: Chap. I. Of Bells 479; title: II. Costume of the Clergy and Ornaments of the Church 481; title: III. Of Singing and Prayer 483; title: IV. Solemnities of the Chnroh — Sunday 489; title: V. Explanation of the Mass 491; title: VI. Ceremonies and Prayers of the Mass 493; title: VII. Solemnity of Corpus Christi 496; title: VIII. The Rogation-Days 498; title: IX. Of certain Christian Festivals — Epiphany — Christmas 500; title: X. Funerals — Funerals of the Great. 503; title: XI. Funeral of the Soldier, the Rich, &c. 505; title: XII. Of the Funeral-Service 507; title: BOOK II.; title: TOMBS.; title: Chap. I. Ancient Tombs — The Egyptians 511; title: II. The Greeks and Romans 512; title: III. Modern Tombs — China and Turkey 513; title: IV. Caledonia or Ancient Scotland 514; title: V. Otaheite 514; title: VI. Christian Tombs 516; title: VII. Country Churchyards 518; title: VIII. Tombs in Churches 520; title: IX. St. Dennis 522; title: BOOK III.; title: GENERAL VIEW OF THE CLERGY.; title: Chap. I. Of Jesus Christ and his Life 526; title: II. Seoular Clergy — Hierarchy 531; title: III. Regular Clergy — Origin of the Monastic Life. 540; title: IV. The Monastic Constitutions 544; title: V. Manners and Life of the Religious — Coptlo Monks, Maronites, &c. 548; title: VI. The subject continued — Trappists — Carthusians — Sisters of St. Clare — Fathers of Redemption — Missionaries — Ladies of Charity, &c. 551; title: BOOK IV. MISSIONS.; title: Chap. I. General Surrey of the Missions 557; title: II. Missions of the Levant 561; title: III. Missions of China 566; title: IV. Missions of Paraguay — Conversion of the Savages 571; title: V. Missions of Paraguay, oontinued — Christian Republic — Happiness of the Indians 575; title: VI. Missions of Guiana 583; title: VII. Missions of tho Antilles 585; title: VIII. Missions of New France 589; title: IX, Conclusion of the Missions 698; title: BOOK V.; title: MILITARY ORDERS OR CHIVALRY.; title: Chap. I. Knights of Malta. 600; title: II. The Teutonio Order 604; title: III. The Knights of Calatrava and St. Jago-of-the-Sword in Spain 605; title: IV. Life and Mannen of the Knights 608; title: BOOK VI.; title: SERVICES RENDERED TO MANKIND BY THE CLERGY AND BY THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN GENERAL.; title: Chap. I. Immensity of the Benefits conferred by Christianity 619; title: II. Hospitals 620; title: III. HAtel-Dieu — Gray Sisters 626; title: IV. Foundling Hospitals — Ladies of Charity — Acts of Beneficenoe 630; title: V. Education — Schools — Colleges — Universities — Benedictines and Jesuits 633; title: VI. Popes and Court of Rome — Modern Discoveries 638; title: VII. Agriculture 644; title: VIII. Towns and Villages — Bridges — High-Roads 647; title: IX. Arts, Manufactures, Commerce 651; title: X. Civil and Criminal Laws 653; title: XI. Politics and Government. 658; title: XII. General Recapitulation 664; title: XIII. What the Present State of Society would he had not Christianity appeared in the World — Conjectures — Conclusion 668; title: Notes 687