General History of the Christian Religion and Church, Volume 4

August Neander

Crocker & Brewster, 1851 - Church history - 415 pages

Contents

• SECTION FIRST: 1
• Relation of the Christian Church to the Jews: 3
• The first baptized converts in Pommerania Pagan festival at Pyritz pre: 8
• Boleslavs letter Ottos method in destroying the monuments of idolatry: 14
• Ottos successful labors in Gutzkow his discourse at the dedication of: 21
• TABLE OF CONTENTS: 24
• Successful operations in Julin Ottos return to Bamberg he continues: 30
• Liefland Planting of the Christian church there Missionary operations: 36
• Finland converted to Christianity: 45
• Influence of the Crusades Embassy of Louis the Ninth Statements: 51
• Missionary activity of John de Monte Carpino in Persia India China: 58
• The monk Hermann on the treatment of the Jews False reports concern: 71
• Points of dispute with the Christians Objections stated by a Jew: 77
• His course of development as conditioned by the times in which he lived: 83
• Different expectations from Gregorys government The story concerning: 92
• Lay investiture forbidden Gregorys proceedings towards Philip the First: 101
• TABLE OF CONTENTS: 116
• Occasion of the Crusades Peter the Hermit Ecclesiastical assemblies: 123
• Continued contests of Henry the Fifth Robert of Flanders stirred up: 130
• Gelasius the Second and the imperial pope Gregory the Eighth Attempt: 141
• Arnold of Brescia his education particularly under the influence of Abe: 147
• Eugene the Third Bernards letter to him Eugene in France sup: 153
• Continuation of the quarrels under Adrian the Fourth Letter of: 161
• Alexander the Third and the imperial pope Victor the Fourth: 167
• TABLE OF CONTENTS: 169
• Government of Innocent the Third an epoch in the history of the papacy: 173
• Cluniacensians Predecessors of Mauritius His exhortations against: 174
• Celestin the Fourth Frederic the Seconds contests till his death with: 183
• Differences betwixt the Cluniacensians and Cistercians Bernards Apolo: 185
• Raymund Lulls threefold plan in his Disputatio His view of the crusades: 190
• Distinct Branches of the Papal Government of the Church 197203: 197
• TABLE OF CONTENTS: 203
• Fulco of Neuilly his education and influence as a preacher of repentance: 209
• Prophetic Warnings against the Secularization of the Church 215232: 215
• Monachism and the tendency of the times Pious mothers and other: 232
• Yves of Chartres Raymund Lull and Peter of Cluny on the eremite: 241
• Conversion of Francis His religious bent Idea of the evangelical poverty: 276
• Influence of the mendicant friars in the University of Paris Checked: 283
• SECTION THIRD: 293
• TABLE OF CONTENTS: 304
• Shape given to preaching in the beginning of the twelfth century: 313
• Attempts to translate the Bible in Germany and France Biblereading: 320
• Dead worldly faith Hugo a St Victore against it Fanaticism: 327
• tion of the doctrine of transubstantiation at the Lateran council A D: 334
• Doctrine of penance Necessity of separating the theological doctrine from: 347
• Christian Life and Christian Worship 293355: 355
• TABLE OF CONTENTS: 364
• Separation of the main theological tendencies which had been united in: 371
• Fundamental principles of Abelard compared with those of Anselm: 379
• Abelards ethical treatise entitled Scito te ipsum principle that every: 386
• William of St Thierry brings a complaint against Abelard before Gottfried: 393
• Import of the controversy between Abelard and Bernard Hugo of: 400
• Robert Pullein his bent akin to that of Hugo a St Victore Made: 408
• Salutary influence of the Victorines at Paris Jacob of Vitry complains: 413
• Difference of the effects produced by the Aristotelian philosophy in: 419
• Progress of the theology of the thirteenth century: 427
• Doctrine concerning God 466: 440
• Almaric of Bena near Chartres Passes from the study of dialectics: 446
• TABLE OF CONTENTS: 450
• Doctrine of the Trinity Method of Augustin adhered to Point of: 457
• Beginning of creation a bare: 466
• Defines the miracle as the exposition of that which is concealed in nature: 469
• Climax of the monistic denial of liberty in the determinations of Thomas: 477
• Connection of the scholastic anthropology with that of Augustin particu: 485
• TABLE OF CONTENTS: 487
• Doctrine of redemption Neglect of this doctrine in the earlier times: 497
• Resumption of a point of view which had been lost sight of ever since: 507
• TABLE OF CONTENTS: 512
• Thomas Aquinas apprehends justification as an infusion of grace forgive: 517
• ditioned on the moral recipiency of the creature as meritum de congruo: 518
• On the assumption of purifying virtues Thomas Aquinas modifies the: 522
• History of the Greek Church in its Relation to the Latin 528552: 528
• Misunderstanding betwixt the Eastern and Western church increased: 536
• The Bogomiles Their connection with the older Greek sects Bulgarian: 552
• Attempts to suppress them Constantine Chrysomalos they are condemned: 561
• Doctrine of the Catharists of the milder class Refer evil to an apos: 572
• Ascetic system of morals Credentes perfecti and auditores: 579
• The Pasagians Disappearance of the dualistic element in the later sects: 590
• Henry the Cluniacensian: 597
• Universality of the reformatory movement The Waldenses Romance: 604
• Anselm of Canterbury represents the union of science and life His early: 609
• Ideas of Joachim among the Franciscans Evangelium aeternum John: 617
• Violent proceedings of the church against the sects Inquisitions Cru: 639
• Louis the Ninth Elizabeth of Hessia: 645
• Relative dependence of the bishops The form of oath taken by them: 646

Popular passages

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Bibliographic information

• Title: General History of the Christian Religion and Church, Volume 4; General History of the Christian Religion and Church, August Neander; Volume 4 of General History of the Christian Religion and Church: From the German of Dr. Augustus Neander, August Neander
• Author: August Neander
• Editor: Joseph Torrey
• Translated by: Joseph Torrey
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Crocker & Brewster, 1851
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: Jul 28, 2006
• Length: 415 pages