ourney, 40
------, a prisoner, 42
------, in England, 73
------, Martyrdom of, 43
Pelagianism, 78
Pella, Flight to, 83
Penances, their severity, 64
Pentecost, The Day of, 8
------, The effects of, 9
Persecution, Causes of, 57
------ under Herod Agrippa, 27
------, Progress of, 11, 57
Persecutions, Nature and extent of, 61
------, Table of, 60
------, Effect of, on the Church, 63
------ cease under Constantine, 66
Persia, Church of, 85
Peter, St., results of his first Sermon, 10
------, his special work in the Church, 45
------, his first Apostolic journey, 24
------, his imprisonment and deliverance, 28
------, Martyrdom of, 43
Peter the hermit, 125
Pharisees, their opposition to the Gospel, 19
Philip, St., the Deacon, 21
Pisa, Council of, 109
------, English Bishops at, 150
Poland, Church of, 132
Pomerania, 130
Popes of the Middle Ages, 102-111
------, Worldliness of the later, 110
------ and anti-Popes, Disputes between, 109
Portugal, Church of, its early history, 78
------, Church of, its mediaeval history, 126
Pothinus, Bishop of Lyons, 77
Praemunire, Statute of, 149
Presbyters. _See_ Priests.
Priest, Meaning of the word, 32 _n._
Priests, First ordination of, 32
------, their functions, 33
Prussia, Church of, 129
Purgatory, 118

Reformation, what it was, 102
------, Longings for, 123, 131, 150
Reunion between East and West attempted, 137
Ritual, Early Christian, 53
------ checked by persecution, 63
------, Heavenly, as shown in the Apocalypse, 53
------ developed in prosperity, 67
Roman Empire, its decay, 77
Roman influence in Middle Ages, 118
------ influence in Germany, 131
Rome, St. Paul at, 42
------, its influence in extending the Faith, 67
Russia, Church of, its foundation, 80, 139
------, Church of, its independence, 140

Sacrifice, The Christian, 2, 3, 13, 14, 56
Sacrifices under the patriarchal dispensation, 3
------ under the Mosaic dispensation, 3
Sadducees, their opposition to the Gospel, 12, 19
Samaria, Conversion of, 21
Sarum Use, 143
Satan, his enmity against the Church, 58, 62
Saul of Tarsus, 19
Saxon and English Church, 74, 142
Scandinavian Churches, 133
Schism, The first, in the Church, 16
------ between East and West, 98
------, The forty years', 109
Scotland, Church of, its early history, 75
------, its mediaeval histor