hops, Reformers willing again to submit to them, 58.
Bohemians claim eucharist entire, 76.

Campegius, Letter of Melancthon to, 51.
Canon of the mass, 73, 77.
Ceremonies of the mass, 64.
Church of Christ, importance of the, 17.
--------- no essential additions to be made to her, 18.
Confession, Dr. Plank on, 102.
--------- private, unscriptural, 103.
--------- how performed, 98-100.
Concessions, Melancthon's, 54, 49.
--------- of the Reformers to Papists, 49.
Concluding remarks, 161-68.
Controversy, religious, sometimes necessary and useful, 13.
--------- how it should be conducted, 16.
--------- the present commenced by Old Lutherans, 8.
Creed of the Council of Nice, 20.
Creeds not commanded by the Bible, 19.
--------- only inferential, 19.
--------- human, all uninspired, 23.
--------- not all changes in, to be deprecated, 45.
--------- must be conformed to Bible truth in every age, 23, 29.

Definite Platform, its origin, 26.
--------- --------- its authors not agitators, 26.
--------- --------- not a new rejection of errors, 43.
--------- --------- retains more of the Augsburg Confession than the
General Synod's Pledge, 15.
--------- --------- adopted by several Synods, 15.
--------- --------- misunderstood, 28.
--------- --------- an unofficial proposal till adopted by Synods,--right
to make it, 32.
--------- --------- claimed no authority till adopted, 32.
Denomination, a Christian bound not to defend, but to reject the errors
of its symbols, 38.
Depravity natural, a scriptural doctrine, 6, 7.
Design of this work, 3, 4.
Disadvantages attending the preparation of Augsburg Confession, 48.
Disclaimer, Synodical, 63.
Doctrine, fundamental, list of, 5.
Duty of a church to test her creed by Scripture, 23.
--------- --------- to alter her creed if found erroneous, 29, 162-68.
--------- --------- cannot be to deny the truth, 162.

Elevation of the host, long retained by Luther, 65.
Endress, Dr., disavows parts of the Augsburg Confession, 41.
Episcopal Church in America changed her standards, 30.
Eucharist, the symbols on, 148, 149, 150.
--------- real presence of Christ's body in, refuted, 151-52.
--------- supposed sin-forgiving power of, not scriptural, 153-54.
Exorcism, altered interpretation of, 155.
--------- long retained in some parts of the church, 155, &c.
--------- Koellner, Guericke, other authorities, 156.
--------- ascertained facts in the case, 160.
Faber, his attempted refutation of Augsbur