John E. Remsburg

ABBOTT, Dr. Lyman, on the paganization of Christianity, 576.

ABIATHAR, eating shew bread in the days of, 161.

“ABILENE, Tetrarch of,” 129.

ACELDAMA, 218.

ACTS, not authentic, 57, 58.

ADONIS, 524;
and Jesus, 529.

ADULTERY, woman taken in, 173.

AENON NEAR TO SALIM, a geographical error, 159.

AGAPAE, debaucheries of, 555, 556.

ALFORD, Dean, on conflicting accounts of Matthew and Luke regarding the first appearance of Jesus to his disciples, 307;
on errors of N. T., 359.

AMBERLY, Lord, on submission to wrong, 412;
supposed appearances of Jesus explained by, 315–317;
on the bribing of Judas, 217.

AMBROSE, on passage in Josephus, 28.

AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA, on Phallic worship, 446, 447.

ANCESTORS OF CHRIST, female, 416.

ANDERSON, Prof. Rasmus B., on Baldur, 563.

ANDREW, when called, 136.

ANIMALS AND PLANTS, worship of, 473–477.

ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS, 128.

ANNUNCIATION, the, 101, 102.

ANOINTING OF JESUS, the, discrepancies concerning, 199–201.

APOLLO, 539, 540.

APOLLONIUS, teachings of analogous to teachings of Christ, 20, 21.

APOSTLE, favorite, 139, 140.

APOSTLES, chief, 134;
character and fate of, 418–424;
their denunciation of each other, 429, 430.

APOSTOLIC FATHERS, gospels unknown to, 51, 52.

APPLETON’S CYCLOPEDIA, on correspondence of Krishna’s gospel with N. T., 503.

ARCHELAUS, 67, 105.

ARNOLD, Matthew, on miracles, 22.

ASCENSION OF JESUS, 333–335.

ASCHERA, worship of by Jews, 449–451.

ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS, 525, 526, 527, 569.

ASTROLOGY, belief of Jews and early Christians in, 468.

ASTRAL WORSHIP, 464–469.

ATONEMENT, the, 360–363.

AUGUSTINE, St., on omissions in Matthew’s genealogy, 79, 80.

AUGUSTUS CAESAR, the decree of, 104–107.

BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LEGENDS, 525, 526, 569.

BACCHUS, 553–558.

BALDUR, 563, 564.

BALL, W. P., on parables, 410–411.

BAPTISM, form of prescribed, 330–332;
essential to salvation, 375;
modes of, 376.

BARACHIAS, 198.

BARING-GOULD, Rev. S., on forgery in Josephus, 34;
on Gospel of Marcion as the basis of Luke’s Gospel, 55;
on close relation of religious and sexual passions, 457.

BARRABAS, release of, 242–244.

BARTIMEUS, the blind, Mrs. Evans on, 184.

BAUR, the Four Gospels pronounced spurious by, 57;
on Colossians and Philippians, 61;
miracle at Nain similar to one performed by Apollonius, 157.

BEATITUDES, common to Matthew and Luke, 148, 149.

BEECHER, on abrogation of Mosaic law by Christ, 370.

BEROSUS, on Babylonian legends, 525, 526.

BESANT, Mrs. Annie, the Christ a historical myth, 436–438;
on sex worship, 445;
Egyptian origin of Christianity affirmed by, 536;
on sources of Christianity, 571.

BETHANY, where located, 122.

BETHLEHEM, birth of Jesus at, must be given up, 73;
prophecy concerning, 75, 76.

BETHSAIDA, location of, 138.

BIBLE FOR LEARNERS, declares Acts purposely inaccurate, 57;
on First John, 59;
why December 25th was fixed as date of Jesus’ birth, 71;
on place of Jesus’ birth, 74;
on manger legend, 108;
on Mark’s geography, 175;
on Paul’s views of resurrection, 334, 335.

BIGANDET, Bishop, on religion of Buddha, 508, 509.

BOULGER, writings of Confucius, the Chinese Bible, 512.

BRADLEY, Justice, on date of crucifixion, 280, 281.

BRIGGS, Rev. Charles, analogies between Mithra and Christ, 521, 522.

BRODIE, Sir Benjamin, on apparitions, 314.

BROWN, Dr. G. W., on solar gods, 462;
Virgin and child of Egyptian origin, 535;
sources of the Christ myth, 572.

BUCKLE, moral teachings of N. T. not original, 414;
on the clergy and learning, 426.

BUDDHA, 504–511;
commandments of, 505.

BUDDHIST MISSIONARIES, 510.

BURNS, Robert, on morality, 368, 369.

BYRON, Lord, on atonement, 362;
on Christian hatred, 430.

CABANES, Dr., on cause of Jesus’ death, 261, 262.

CAIAPHAS, prophecy of concerning Jesus, 224, 225.

CALVARY, 248.

CARMELITE NUN, on adoration of Jesus, 528, 529.

CARLYLE, Thomas, would bid Christ depart, 7.

CARPENTER, Dr., on contagious character of illusions, 314.

CATHOLIC EPISTLES, the seven, not authentic, 58, 59.

CAVE, Dr., on debaucheries of Christian Agapae, 555–556.

CELSUS, on ignorance of early Christians, 430, 431.

CENTURION’S SERVANT, healing of, 153, 154.

CEPHAS, meaning of, 135.

CERES, worship of, 554.

CHADWICK, Rev. John W., on Paul’s witness to resurrection, 304, 305.

CHALMERS, Dr., on forgery in Josephus, 35.

CHAMBERS’ ENCYCLOPEDIA, on pagan origin of names of days, 466, 467;
on fetichism in the church, 478, 479;
on Mithraic worship, 520;
on worship of Adonis, 527;
on worship of Bacchus and Ceres, 555;
on adoption of Saturnalia by Christians, 559;
on an ascension of Quirinus, 560.

CHEYNE, Prof. T. K., on Isaiah ix, 6, 98.

CHEYNE, Robert, on Krishna and Christ, 502, 503.

CHIVALRY, Christian, a form of sex worship, 454.

CHRIST, the; see Jesus.

CHRIST, wrongs inspired by name of, 7;
the meaning of the term, 9;
the, an impossible character, 14;
his alleged miracles, 14–17;
no mention of by Jewish and Pagan writers for a hundred years after his time, 24, 25;
the, attributes of, 348–350;
by whom raised from the dead, 350;
miracles of not proof of his divinity, 350–352;
second advent of, 354, 355;
religious teachings of, 360–384;
nature of his death, 364–365;
descent of into hell, 366;
on necessity of belief, 369;
on forgiveness of sin, 370;
the, moral teachings of, 384–414;
on poverty and riches, 385–386;
intemperance encouraged by, 387;
his brutal treatment of woman of Canaan, 390;
he promotes domestic strife and family hatred, 392, 393;
his abuse of Pharisees, 396;
his belief in demoniacal possession, 404, 405;
guilty of dissimulation, 408, 409;
immoral lessons inculcated in his parables, 409–411;
submission to theft and robbery enjoined by, 412;
his want of courage, 415;
character of his male ancestors, 416;
his female ancestors, 416;
on intellectual character of his followers, 430;
the, different conceptions of, 340, 433;
paternity of, 343, 344, 346;
his rules of table observance, 380;
minor teachings of, 382, 383;
solar attributes of, 462, 463;
the, teachings of derived from fire worship, 472;
the, different types of in N. T., 495.

CHRISTIANITY, decadence of, 578.

CHRISTIANS, characterization of by Paul, 430.

CHRISTMAS, Pagan origin of, 564, 565.

CHRONOLOGY, Christian, 68, 69.

CLARKE, Dr. Adam, on Nativity, 72.

CLERGY, licentiousness of, 453, 455, 456.

COMPTE, on laws of human development, 483.

COMMANDMENTS, the two great, by whom stated, 194;
prescribed by Jesus, 186.

COMMUNISM OF EARLY CHRISTIANS, 384, 385.

CONFESSION OF FAITH, the Godhead, 341;
on futility of good works, 368.

CONFUCIUS, 511–513.

CONWAY, M. D., on dying exclamation of Christ, 415.

CRAPSEY, Rev. Algernon S., on miraculous birth of Jesus, 346.

CROSS, Christ’s allusions to during ministry, 287, 288;
an emblem of sex worship, 446, 447;
an emblem of sun worship, 463.

CRUCIFIXION, not a Jewish punishment, 232;
Kitto on death by, 253;
source of Matthew’s story concerning marvelous events attending that of Christ’s, 267–269, 245–273;
women at, 272–273;
opinions of Christian scholars regarding date of, 278–282;
discrepancy between Synoptics and John regarding day of, 282–287;
alleged cause of, 287;
references to in other books of N. T., 288–290.

CRURIFRAGIUM, 269.

CUMONT, Prof. Franz, on analogies between religions of Mithra and Christ, 521.

CYRENIUS, 66–69, 105–107;
claim that he was twice governor of Syria untenable, 68.

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES, list of derived from Paganism, 566–569.

DARKNESS, the supernatural, 264–266.

DAVIDSON, Dr. Samuel, Gospels unknown to Papias, 52;
author of Matthew unknown, 54;
author of Mark unknown, 55;
Johannine authorship rejected by, 56.

DEAD, raising of the, no instance of related by an Evangelist which is confirmed by another Evangelist, 188, 189.

DEMONIACAL POSSESSION, 404–406.

DEMONS, expulsion of, 156.

DEVILS AND SWINE, 155, 156.

DE WETTE, on Peter’s speech, 218.

DIONYSIUS, Bishop, on Revelation, 59.

DIONYSOS, 543–545.

DISCIPLES, concerning presence of at crucifixion, 272;
character and fate of, 418–422.

DOCTRINE, Christian, derived from Paganism, 566–569.

DODWELL, Dr., Gospels not mentioned by Apostolic Fathers, 51, 52.

DRAPER, Dr. John W., on Christian fetichism, 478;
on a triune God, 533;
Virgin and child the counterpart of Isis and Horus, 534, 535;
concerning divinity of Plato, 547;
on primitive modifications of Christianity, 548;
on Assyrian origin of O. T. legends, 569;
on the paganization of Christianity, 572–575.

DUPUIS, Charles FranÇois, on derivation of other religions from solar worship, 461, 462.

EASTER, origin of, 565.

EDINBURGH REVIEW, on Revelation, 60.

EGYPT, sojourn in, 111;
prophecy concerning, 115.

ELEMENTS AND FORCES OF NATURE, worship of, 469–473.

ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES, 554–558;
their identity with Christian Agapae, 555, 556.

EMERSON, on necessity of getting rid of Christ, 7.

EMMAUS, where located, 307.

ENCYCLOPEDIA BIBLICA, regarding existence of Nazareth, 75;
on gradual formation of Synoptics, 55;
a suffering Messiah unknown to Jews, 263;
on Lamaism and Romanism, 509;
on Babylonian and Biblical analogies, 525, 526;
on Saturnalia, 559;
on analogies between Thor and Christ, 562.

ENDLESS PUNISHMENT, doctrine of, 373, 374.

ESCULAPIUS, 546, 547.

EUCHARIST, 376.

EUSEBIUS, on passage in Josephus, 30;
on genealogies, 92.

EVANS, Elizabeth M., story of blind Bartimeus of Buddhistic origin, 184;
on manner of putting Jesus to death, 233;
on Mediator, 486;
on Seneca and Philo, 496, 497.

FARRAR, Dr., on Christianity and miracles, 17;
passage in Josephus declared a forgery by, 35;
on dearth of evidence concerning Christ, 50;
date of Jesus’ birth unknown, 72;
concedes as probable Justin Martyr’s statement that Jesus was born in a cave, 108;
on silence of Josephus, 112, 113;
on difficulties concerning chronology of miracles, 145;
concerning coin in fish’s mouth, 181;
identifies Luke’s “sinful woman” with the Magdalene, 199;
on last words of Jesus, 254;
on supernatural darkness, 265;
on date of crucifixion, 280;
on discrepancies in the Gospels regarding appearances of Jesus, 303;
on resurrection of saints, 319;
concerning Mary Magdalene, 417.

FAUSTUS, Bishop, on anonymous character of Gospels, 57.

FEEDING OF FIVE THOUSAND, the, 169.

FETICHISM, 477–479.

FIG-TREE, the, cursing of, 197, 198, 398.

FISHES, miraculous draught of, 145, 146.

FISKE, Prof. John, on relics of astral worship, 466.

FLEETWOOD, on destruction of swine, 406, 407.

FOOTE, G. W., on Jesus and marriage, 390.

FORGIVENESS OF SIN, 370, 371.

FROUDE, James Anthony, identity of Christian Eucharist and Eleusinian mysteries affirmed by, 558.

FUTURE REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS, 371–373.

GADARENES, country of, 156.

GAGE, Mrs. Matilda Joslyn, on Marquette, 455.

GALILEE NOT A PROVINCE OF SYRIA, 105;
prophets of, 173.

GARDENER, Helen, on Christ’s treatment of woman of Canaan, 391;
on Paul, 425.

GARIBALDI, testimony of, concerning Italian convents, 456.

GEIKIE, Dr., concerning date of Nativity, 72;
on genealogies, 89;
regarding inn at Bethlehem, 108;
on age of Jesus when he began his ministry, 120;
on location of Bethany, 123;
Jesus and John the Baptist unknown to each other previous to baptism, 124;
admissions of regarding alleged trial before Sanhedrim, 231, 232;
last words of Jesus, 254;
on supernatural darkness, 265.

GENEALOGIES OF JESUS, 76–95.

GENEALOGY, from Abraham to Jesus; disagreement of Luke’s with O. T., 77;
from Abraham to David, 78;
from David to the Captivity, 78–81;
from the Captivity to Christ, 81–82.

GODS, the, passing of, 576–578.

GOLDEN RULE, 149, 150;
borrowed from Pagans, 413.

GOLGOTHA, 248.

GOSPELS, the, existence of unknown to other writers of N. T., 51;
late appearance of, 50–57;
their want of credibility, 65, 66;
value of as historical evidence, 433.

GRAVES, story of Magi of astrological origin, 468, 469.

GREAT FEAST, the, parable of, 190, 191.

GREG, W. R., on speaking in new tongues, 328, 329;
on baptism, 331;
on genealogies, 89;
on prayer, 377, 378;
on bestowal of power on Peter, 419;
on Messianic prophecies, 352, 353;
on atonement, 363.

GREGORIE, Rev. John, translation of Kadish by, 152.

GROTE, on belief of Greeks and Romans in Prometheus as a historical character, 545.

GROVES, sacred, 476.

GENERATIONS, average age of, 82, 83.

GERGESENES, country of, 156.

GETHSEMANE, agony of, 208.

GIBBON, on prodigies attending the crucifixion, 48, 49;
on December 25th as date of the Nativity, 71;
on passage in Phlegon, 266;
Christians unnoticed by Seneca, 498;
on language of Tacitus and Livy, 555.

GILDNER, Prof., on religion of Zoroaster, 518, 519.

GILES, Rev. Dr., on forgery in Josephus, 33;
Gospels not mentioned by Justin Martyr, 52;
on the word “legion,” 155.

GILLETT, Rev. Dr. Charles, on Osiris, 530, 531.

GLENNIE, John Stuart, analogies between Osirianism and Christianity, 531.

GODS, planetary, 467.

GOLDEN RULE, Confucius and the, 513.

GUARD AT TOMB, concerning, 320–326.

GULICK, Prof., on Dionysian festivals, 543, 544.

GUNKEL, Prof., on Greek modifications of Christianity, 551.

HADES, discourse concerning, 39, 539.

HALLAM, Henry, on licentiousness of Christians during middle ages, 454, 455;
on worship of saints, 482.

HARDEN-HICKEY, Baron, analogies between Christ and Buddha, 506–508.

HARDWICKE, Dr., on origin of the Lord’s Prayer, 151.

HARTMANN, Dr. Edward von, on folly of reverencing Jesus, 10.

HELL, of Pagan origin, 539, 565.

HENRY, Matthew, on Christ’s female ancestors, 417.

HERCULES, 541–543;
worship of by Jews, 541.

HEROD, THE GREAT, in what year of his reign was Jesus born? 69, 70;
his massacre of babes, 111–114.

HEROD ANTIPAS, his remarks concerning words of Jesus, 165;
trial of Jesus before, 236.

HERODIAS, 168.

HIBBERT, Dr., on apparitions, 315.

HIGGINS, Godfrey, on testimony of Irenaeus, 293.

HIGGINSON, Col. T. W., on non-originality of Jesus’ teachings, 413, 414.

HIGH PRIEST, office of held by whom? 223.

HILAIRE, St., on Buddha’s teachings, 509.

HITCHCOCK, Rev. Dr., on date of Chronicles, 84.

HODGE, Prof., on sanction of slavery by Christ, 388.

HOLY GHOST, the, gender of, 102, 103;
when disciples received, 327, 328;
effect of on the disciples, 328, 329;
disciples of John the Baptist and, 330;
the gender of, 344.

HOLY WATER, use of by Greeks, 554.

HORUS, 532–537;
the hiding of Moses and the stopping of the sun and moon borrowed from, 534.

HOOYKAAS, Rev. Dr., on passage in Josephus, 36;
on Pauline Epistles, 60, 61;
concerning Gabriel’s prediction, 103;
on the census, 106, 107;
on Levi and Matthew, 137;
pronounces story of beheading John the Baptist a fiction, 167;
on last words of Jesus, 257;
on resurrection of Jesus from the dead, 310, 311;
on baptismal formula, 331, 332;
on deification of Jesus, 492, 493.

HUC, Pere, on Krishna, 502.

HUG, Dr., on Zacharias, son of Barachias, 198.

HUGO, Victor, on the clergy and learning, 426.

HUME, argument of against miracles, 19.

HUXLEY, Prof., on demonology, 40.

HYDE, Dr., on religion of Persians, 518.

IMMORTALITY, teachings of Bible concerning, 365;
Christ’s resurrection no proof of, 365, 366.

INGERSOLL, Robert G., on miracles, 22, 23;
on forgiveness of sin, 372, 373;
a retrospect and a prophecy, 579.

INMAN, Dr. Thomas, on modern Christian symbolism, 447, 448, 452;
on practices of priests in convents, 456;
affirms Egyptian origin of Christian trinity, 533.

INSCRIPTION, the, on the Cross, 249.

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA, on deification of Buddha and Confucius, 511, 512;
on Mithra, 520;
debaucheries of Christian Agapae, 556.

INTEMPERANCE ENCOURAGED, 387.

IRENAEUS, all of the Gospels first mentioned by, 53;
on duration of Jesus’ ministry, 210, 211;
on age of Jesus at death, 291–294.

ISIS, 532; and Mary, 535, 536.

ISRAELITES, idolatry of, 477, 478;
polytheism of, 480, 481.

ISTAR, descent of into Hell, 526.

JACKSON, Rev. Samuel, Pagan origin of Christmas affirmed by, 564, 565.

JAMES, not mentioned by John, 140.

JAMES AND JOHN, the calling of, 135, 136;
request of, or concerning, 189.

JAMES THE LESS AND JOSES, parents of, 137, 138.

JAMES, on justification by works, 367.

JAIRUS, daughter of, 162.

JECHONIAS, who was his father? when was he begotten? 86;
curse pronounced against, 87.

JEFFERSON, Thomas, on the Trinity, 342, 343;
on miraculous conception, 347;
believed Christ and his Twelve Apostles to be derived from stellar worship, 466;
on carnal affection of women for Jesus, 529.

JEHOVAH, a god of the atmosphere, 470;
a god of fire, 471, 472.

JEROME, on marriage, 389;
on Adonis and Christ, 528.

JESUS, see Christ.

JESUS OF NAZARETH, his existence possible, 10, 14, 24;
conflicting statements regarding the date of his birth, 66–72;
various opinions of Christian scholars regarding time he was born, 69, 70;
place of birth, 73–75;
genealogies of, 76–95;
from which of David’s sons was he descended? 88;
the naming of, 101;
residence of his parents prior to his birth, 116, 117;
mediums of communication concerning, 119;
age at beginning of his ministry, 120;
age of when John the Baptist began his ministry, 123;
had J. B. been cast into prison when he began his ministry? charge of concerning Samaritans, 132;
had he a home? 142;
did he perform many miracles at the beginning of his ministry? 144;
discrepancies regarding events at beginning of his ministry, 152–154;
refers to John the Baptist’s advent as an event long past, on “a prophet not without honor,” etc., 164;
the carpenter—the carpenter’s son, 165;
number baptized by his disciples, 169;
reason of for going into a mountain, 170;
walking on the sea, 171, 172;
his Messiahship, when revealed to his disciples, 176;
his route to last passover, 182, 183;
healing of blind Bartimeus, 183, 184;
on divorce, 185;
his lamentation on Jerusalem, 198;
number of visits to Jerusalem, 208, 209;
to what country was ministry chiefly confined? 209;
length of ministry, 209;
teachings ascribed to, not authentic, 211, 212;
announcement of his betrayal, 213;
manner of disclosing his betrayer, 214;
arrest of, 219–221;
preliminary examination of, 221, 222;
trial of before Sanhedrim, 225;
charge of blasphemy, 226;
words of regarding temple of his body, 228;
mistreatment of during trials, 233, 234, 240, 241, 245;
trial of before Herod, 236;
trial of before Pilate, 238–240;
scourging of, 241;
the mocking of, 243, 244;
the crucifixion of, 245–273;
by whom crucified, 245, 246;
casting lots for the garments of, 251, 252;
last words of, 253–257;
reasons for removing body of from cross, 270, 271;
burial of, 274;
embalming of, 274–276;
age of, at time of death, 291–294;
how long did he remain in the grave? 296;
discrepancies regarding visits to tomb of, 296–301;
appearances of mentioned by Evangelists, 301–303;
appearances of mentioned by Paul, 303, 304;
doubts of disciples concerning resurrection of, 308;
nature of his appearances, 311–317;
final command of to disciples, 332;
number of days remained on earth after resurrection, 333;
prophecy of concerning destruction of temple, 353, 354;
filial ingratitude of, 391, 392;
when did he announce his Messiahship? 356;
opinions of neighbors, friends, and brothers concerning divinity of, 357, 358.

JOHN, egotism of, 421.

JOHN, the Gospel of, internal evidence against authenticity of, 56;
baptism of Jesus not mentioned by, 126.

JOHN THE BAPTIST, who was he? the advent of fulfilled what prophecy? prediction concerning, 121;
was he acquainted with Jesus prior to his baptism? 123;
his testimony concerning Jesus, 124, 125;
number baptized by, 125;
is he a historical character? 127, 128;
reason for beheading, 166, 167.

JONES, Sir William, on Krishna, 501, 503, 504.

JOSEPH, who was his father? 88;
not subject to taxation, 105, 106;
on substitution of for “father” in A. V., 117, 118.

JOSEPHUS, F., knew nothing of Christ, 26;
passage in relating to Christ a forgery, 27–39;
arguments against genuineness of passage in, 28–31;
passage in rejected by Christian Fathers, 30;
clause containing name of Christ in passage relating to James an interpolation, 37;
concerning Herod, Archelaus and Cyrenius, 66–68;
on high priests, 128, 129;
concerning an alleged prophet, 228;
his tribute to Pharisees, 397;
on teachings of Essenes, 552.

JOSIAH, successor of, 85, 86;
relation to Jechonias, 86.

JUDAS, apostles bearing the name of, 139;
his betrayal of Jesus, 214, 215;
what he did with the money, 215;
fate of, 217.

JUDEA, coasts of beyond Jordan, 182.

JUSTUS OR TIBERIUS, no mention of Christ by, 26, 27.

KADISH, the, Lord’s Prayer borrowed from, 152.

KALISCH, Dr., devils and angels of Persian origin, 517.

KEIM, Theodor, on passage in Josephus, 35.

KING, C. W., on Isis and Mary, 535, 536.

KITTO, on death by crucifixion, 253.

KRISHNA, 500–504;
parallels between Krishna and Christ, 500–502.

KUENIN, Dr., on Pauline Epistles, 61.

LAKE, Rev. J. W., on Logos, 493, 494;
on Mithra, 519, 520.

LANG, Andrew, on Baldur, 563.

LAOU-TSZE, 514, 515.

LARDNER, Dr., his arguments against genuineness of passage in Josephus, 31, 32.

LAST SUPPER, day of occurrence, 202–204.

LAZARUS, the raising of, 186–188;
rich man and, 385, 386.

LEBBEUS, 139.

LECKY, W. E. H., on filthiness of early Christians, 380, 381;
on Christian asceticism, 393–395;
on Zeus, 538;
on absorption of rival faiths by Christianity, 571;
on sexual depravity of Christians during middle ages, 452, 453;
Scotland and Sweden, 456, 457;
on polytheism of medieval Christians, 481, 482;
on Seneca and Christianity, 497, 498.

LEGGE, Rev. James, on Confucius and the Golden Rule, 513.

LEMPRIERE, on use of holy water by Greeks, 554.

LEPERS, cleansing of, 183.

LETO, 540.

LEVIRATE MARRIAGE, 91.

LOGOS (WORD), the, 492–495;
the idea ancient and widespread, 493.

LORD’S PRAYER, origin of, 150–152.

LORD, Rev. Dr. Nathan, on slavery, 388.

LUKE, his statement concerning annual visits of Jesus to Jerusalem conflicts with Matthew, 118.

LUTHER, James, Jude, Hebrews, and Revelation rejected by, 58, 60, 61;
justification by works denounced by, 367, 368.

MACHERUS, location of, 167.

MAGI, the star of, 109, 110.

MANES, on identity of Mithra and Christ, 522.

MANSEL, Dean, on Christianity and miracles, 17, 18.

MARQUETTE, Mrs. Gage on, 455, 456.

MARRIAGE, teachings of Christ regarding, 389;
teachings of Paul regarding, 424, 425.

MARTYR, Justin, Gospels unknown to, 52;
declares that the Magi were from Arabia, 110;
Jesus Christ and sons of Jupiter, 543;
on similarity of the cures of Christ and Esculapius, 547.

MARY, lineage of, 92–95;
hymn of, borrowed from Samuel, 103, 104;
relationship of to Christ, 344, 345;
on perpetual virginity of, 346.

MARY MAGDALENE, visit of to tomb, 297;
appearance of Jesus to, 305.

MASSACRE OF INNOCENTS, 111–114.

MATTHEW, a Roman Catholic Gospel, 54;
was James the Less a brother of, 138.

MAURICE, Rev. Thomas, on births of Krishna and Christ, 500, 501.

MEDIATORIAL IDEA, the, 485–487;
of Persian and Roman origin, 486.

M’CLINTOCK AND STRONG’S CYCLOPEDIA, on Phallic Worship, 447;
on analogous events in the histories of Krishna and Christ, 502;
on doctrines of Zoroaster, 516, 517;
on Christianity and Mithraism, 522;
on Osiris, 531, 532;
on Apollo, 540;
on Christ and Plato, 547, 548, 551.

M’DERMOTT, Hon. Allan L., on injustice of holding Jews responsible for death of Christ, 364.

M’NAUGHT, Rev. Dr., on genealogies, 89.

MEINHOLD, Prof., on religious formulas, 381;
on Hercules and Christ, 541.

MEREDITH, E. P., on identity of Christian Agapae with Bacchanalian and Eleusinian feasts, 555.

MESSIAH, the, must be a son of David, 76, 91;
Jewish argument against Jesus as, 490, 491.

MESSIANIC IDEA, the, 487–492;
of Persian origin, 487, 488.

MESSIANIC PROPHECIES, Isaiah vii, 14;
Genesis xlix, 10;
Isaiah ix, 6;
Jeremiah xxiii, 5, 6;
Daniel ix, 25;
92–101;
two kinds of, 100, 101; 488, 489.

MICHELET, on first fruits of bride claimed by parson, 455, 456.

MILL, John Stuart, best moral teachings not of Christian origin, 414.

MILMAN, Dean, on passage in Josephus, 35;
on resurrection of saints, 319;
on polytheistic forms of Christianity, 482;
on Logos, 493;
Pagan mysteries adopted by the church, 557.

MIRACLES OF CHRIST, 14–17;
impossibility of, 18;
arguments of Hume against, 19.

MITHRA, 519–523;
picture of, 520.

MONOTHEISM, 483–485;
Jewish, 484.

MONTUCI, Prof., on revelation of Trinity in Laou-tsze’s writings, 514, 515.

MOSAIC LAW, on abrogation of, 370.

MOSHEIM, on Apocryphal Gospels, 359;
polytheism of church admitted by, 482;
on adoption of heathen mysteries by early Christians, 556, 557;
early paganization of Christianity conceded by, 575, 576.

MUELLER, Max, on sun worship, 464;
on Buddha, 505, 508, 510.

MUSTARD SEED, the, 190.

MYTH, meaning of, 434;
different kinds of, 434, 435;
various hypotheses regarding nature of Christ, 435–442;
sources of Christ, 444.

NAIN, widow of, raising from the dead the son of, 156, 157.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, declares the sun to be the true God, 458.

NATURE-WORSHIP, 469–473.

NAZARENE AND NAZARITE, 115, 116.

NAZARETH, texts affirming as the place of Jesus’ birth, 73, 74.

NEANDER, on motive of Judas for betraying Jesus, 217.

NEWMAN, Prof. F. W., on the healing of the blind man and the raising of Lazarus, 188;
on Zacharias, son of Barachias, 198;
on Christ’s abuse of Jews, 395, 396.

NEWTON, John, on relics of sun-worship, 459, 463, 464;
on vestiges of ancient fire-worship, 473;
on the palm as a Phallic symbol, 477;
on transference of dogmas of immaculate conception and perpetual virginity from Isis to Mary, 535.

NEWTON, Bishop, on Christian fetichism, 479;
on worship of Virgin and saints, 482.

NEWTON, Rev. Dr. R. Heber, on the paganization of Christianity, 576.

NEWTON, Sir Isaac, on the Trinity, 342;
on corruptions of text, 347, 348.

NORSE MYTHOLOGY, 561;
survivals of in Christianity, 564, 565.

NOYES, Rev. J. H., sexual irregularities fostered by religious revivals, 457.

OATHS, respecting, 382.

ODIN, 560–562.

OORT, Rev. Dr., on sun-worship among early Israelites, 460, 461;
Abram, Isaac, etc., names of tribes, 570.

ORIGEN, believed stars to be rational beings, 467.

OSIRIS, 530–532.

OZIAS, relation of to Joram, 85.

PAGAN WRITERS, no mention of Christ by, 27.

PAGANISM, list of Christian ideas and doctrines derived from, 566–569.

PAINE, Thomas, on Epistles, 290;
on resurrection and ascension, 335, 336.

PAPIAS, not acquainted with Four Gospels, 52.

PARKHURST’S HEBREW LEXICON, Hercules a prototype of Christ, 542.

PARTON, James, Platonic origin of Christian system affirmed by, 549.

PASCAL, on marriage, 389.

PASCHAL MEAL, description of, 204.

PATRIARCHS, antediluvian, a dynasty of Babylonian kings, 569.

PAUL, the miraculous conception and miracles of Christ unknown to, 63;
the doctrine of a material resurrection denied by, 63, 64;
discordant statements concerning appearance of Jesus to, 309;
Christ the first to rise from dead affirmed by, 327, 328;
on nature of Christ, 347;
on justification by faith, 367;
on woman and marriage, 424, 425;
his condemnation of learning, 425, 426;
persecutions of, 427, 428;
his characterization of Christians, 430.

PAULINE EPISTLES, all but four of spurious, 60, 61.

PERFECT MAN, the, 495, 498.

PERSEUS, 540, 541.

PETER, speech of before disciples, 218;
his denial of Jesus, 234–236, 420;
concerning witnesses to Christ’s resurrection, 326;
on nature of Christ, 347.

PETER, the calling of, 133, 134;
son of whom, 135;
attempt of to walk on the water, 172;
his discovery of Jesus’ Messiahship, 176;
coin in fish’s mouth, 180, 181.

PHALLIC WORSHIP, see Sex Worship.

PHILO, no mention of Christ by, 26;
the mocking of Jesus borrowed from, 244;
and John, parallels drawn from concerning Logos, 494, 495.

PHLEGON, concerning eclipse, 265.

PHOTIUS, passage in Josephus rejected by, 31.

PILATE, Pontius, trial of Jesus before, 238–240.

PILGRIMAGES, Holy, dissoluteness attending, 454, 455.

PLATO, 547–551; his immaculate conception, 547, 548;
his philosophy, 548, 549;
on the immortality of the soul, 549, 550.

PLINY THE YOUNGER, letter of, 43–46;
arguments against genuineness of letter, 44–46.

POLYTHEISM, 479–483.

POTTER’S FIELD, prophecy concerning purchase of, 216.

POVERTY AND RICHES, 385, 386.

PRAYER, efficacy of, 377–379.

PROCTOR, Richard A., sun myths connected with Jesus, 462, 463.

PROMETHEUS, 545, 546.

PROSTITUTION, sacred, 450–457.

PUBLICANS AND SINNERS, dining with, 160.

PUNISHMENT, endless, doctrine of, 373, 374.

PYTHAGORAS, 551–553;
parallels between teachings of and Christ, 552.

QUIRINALIA, its correspondence to Ascension Day, 560.

QUIRINUS, 559, 560;
his ascension, 560.

RAMATHA, Bishop of, on Buddhist and Christian scriptures, 509.

RAWSON, A. L., on Prometheus, 545.

READE, Winwood, on Christians, 431, 432;
on antiquity of Egypt’s religion, 536, 537.

RELIGIOUS FORMULA, “In the name of Jesus,” 381.

RENAN, his Life of Jesus, 8;
on miracles, 20;
Mark oldest of Gospels affirmed by, 55;
on date of crucifixion, 281, 282;
on alleged appearances of Jesus, 317;
on second advent, 355;
on belief of Jesus in demoniacal possession, 404;
on Messiahship of Jesus, 489.

RESURRECTION, the. See Jesus.

RESURRECTION OF SAINTS, 318, 319.

REVELATION, canonicity of questioned by Christian scholars, 59, 60.

RICH MAN AND LAZARUS, parable of, 385, 386.

RIDPATH, John Clarke, on astral worship, 465;
on Persephone and Eve, 539;
on Greek sepulture, 544, 545;
on Saturnalia, 558, 559.

ROBERTSON, Rev. Frederick, on fanaticism and lewdness, 457.

ROWER, Rev. Heinrich, affirms Greek origin of Matthew’s and Luke’s stories concerning birth of Jesus, 542, 543.

ROUSSEAU, on Christ and slavery, 389.

SALA, relation of to Arphaxad, 85.

SALATHIAL, son of whom? 87.

SANDAY, Rev. Wm., on the feeding of 4,000, 174;
on the hour of crucifixion, 251.

SANHEDRIM, trial and treatment of Jesus before, 225–234.

SATURN, 558, 559.

SATURNALIA, identity of with festival of Christmas, 558, 559.

SAVAGE, Dr. M. J., on sacraments, 377.

SCRIBNER’S BIBLE DICTIONARY, on discrepancy between Synoptics and John regarding Last Supper, 204;
on conflicting statements of Mark and John regarding anointment, 201, 204;
on double mention of the cup, 208;
on errors of Synoptics concerning crucifixion, 277;
concerning day of crucifixion, 283.

SCHAFF, Rev. Dr. Philip, on resurrection, 338, 339.

SCHLEIERMACHER, Dr., declares Luke to be a mere compilation, 54;
on conflicting accounts of events following the birth of Jesus, 111.

SCOTT, Thomas, on corruption of text of John xviii, 24, 222.

SENECA, his writings chief source of the Ideal or Perfect Man, 496, 498;
on Zeus, 538.

SERMON ON THE MOUNT, where delivered, 147.

SEVENTY, the, 141.

SEX-WORSHIP, 445–457;
gods and goddesses connected with, 445.

SHARP, Samuel, Trinity in Unity, 533.

SHELLEY, on accountability for belief, 369, 370;
on Christ, 5;
on Prometheus, 546.

SHEPHERDS, the, 109, 110.

“SILOAM,” meaning of, 173.

SIMEON, prediction of, 117.

SIMON, the Cyrenian, 246, 247.

SLAVERY SANCTIONED, 388, 389.

SMITH’S BIBLE DICTIONARY, attempt of to reconcile genealogies, 89, 90;
on lineage of Mary, 92;
on parentage of James the Less and Joses, 138;
concerning Christ’s promise to penitent thief, 258, 259;
on antiquity of Babylonian legend, 527.

SMITH, Prof. Goldwin, on flight of Jesus, 7.

SMITH, Prof. Robertson, on Synoptics, 55.

SMITH’S DICTIONARY OF ANTIQUITIES, ancient mysteries analogous to Christian sacraments, 557, 558.

SOLAR-WORSHIP, 457–464;
prevailed among Israelites, 459–461.

SOMERSET, Duke of, on heavenly voices, 202.

SOSIOSH, 523.

SOURY, Dr. Jules, on Renan’s “Life of Jesus,” 8, 9;
on date of First Peter, 58, 59;
he pronounces Jesus a victim of insanity, 399–403;
on Mary Magdalene, 417, 418;
on Jewish worship of Aschera, 449;
on sacred prostitution, 451, 452;
on the sun as the father of life, 458;
on Biblical and Babylonian legends, 526, 527;
on deluge legend, 526, 527;
on the fallaciousness of religious beliefs, 579.

SOUTH, Dr., on Revelation, 60.

STAVES, command respecting, 163.

STRANGE, Judge, on origin of Christ and Christianity, 571, 572.

STRAUSS, his Life of Jesus, 8;
Mark latest of Synoptics affirmed by, 55;
on Messianic requirements, 91;
on Annunciation, 102;
raising of Lazarus, 187;
different versions of the anointment, 201;
on trial of Jesus before Herod, 237;
on rending of veil of the temple, 266, 267;
on bribing the soldiers, 325, 326;
on conflicting statements of Evangelists regarding appearances of Jesus, 302, 303;
astrology associated with birth of Messiah, 469;
angels of Persian origin, 517.

SUETONIUS, 46.

SUN-WORSHIP, doctrine of the resurrection derived from, 463.

SUN GODS, list of, 459.

“SUPERNATURAL RELIGION,” on miraculous evidence, 351;
no trace of Gospels for a century and a half after the death of Jesus, 56, 57;
declares Paul’s vision a hallucination, 62;
on Last Supper, 203;
on discrepancy regarding length of ministry, 209, 210;
on Jesus’ examination before Annas, 223, 224;
on failure of soldiers to break legs of Jesus, 270;
on resurrection, 319, 320, 337, 338;
on demoniacal possession, 405.

SYCHAR, no city of this name, 159.

SYMBOLISM, Christian, Inman on, 447.