CONTENTS

Dedication to His Eminence Cardinal Vaughan,
Preface by His Eminence,
The Author's Preface,

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS ON DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT.

CHAPTER I.

GENERAL NOTIONS.

Accretive or Objective, and Non-Accretive or Subjective Development. Revealed Truths of the Substance of Faith, and Accessory to Its Substance. Explicit and Implicit Faith,

CHAPTER II.

DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT (Continued).

The Christian Revelation was given once for all to the Apostles exclusively. All subsequent developments are non-accretive, and contained in the original Deposit,

Appendix: S. Vincent of Lerins: B. Thomas More,

CHAPTER III.

DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT (Continued).

Causes of Development of Christian Doctrine in the Church,

CHAPTER IV.

DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT (Continued).

Its Process Examined,

Appendix: -- From Rev. J.B. Morris,

THE BLESSED VIRGIN IN THE FATHERS OF THE FIRST SIX CENTURIES.

CHAPTER I.

THE PRIMITIVE PATRISTIC IDEA OF MARY AS THE SECOND EVE,

CHAPTER II.

THE BLESSED VIRGIN IN THE SCRIPTURAL EXEGESIS OF THE FATHERS OF THE FIRST SIX CENTURIES.

Prolegomena,

Part I. The Old Testament,
(Digital Edition Headings:
1. Genesis,
2. Exodus,
3. 2 Kings,
4. Psalms,
5. Proverbs,
6. Ecclesiastes,
7. Canticles,
8. Ecclesiasticus,
9. Isaiah,
10. Jeremiah,
11. Ezekiel,
12. Hosea,
13. Joel,
14. Habakkuk,
15. Zachariah.

Part II. The New Testament,
1. The Annunciation and Incarnation,
2. The Visitation,
3. The Purification, and Presentation in the Temple,
4. Egypt -- The Finding in the Temple -- Nazareth,
5. The Marriage Feast at Cana -- John ii. 1-11,
6. Mary on Calvary,
7. Mary at the Resurrection,
8. Exegesis on some other passages of the New Testament,
9. Some doctrinal passages,

CHAPTER III.

THE DIGNITY AND SANCTITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. MARY'S HABITUAL GRACE AND HOLINESS,

CHAPTER IV.

THE SANCTITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Continued). MARY'S ENTIRE SINLESSNESS,

Some explanatory Notes. -- Appendix,

CHAPTER V.

THE SANCTITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Continued). MARY'S ACQUIRED SANCTITY, PRACTICE OF VIRTUES, HOLY VIRGINITY.

CHAPTER VI.

THE BLESSED VIRGIN AND THE CHURCH,

CHAPTER VII.

INTERCESSION AND INVOCATION,

CHAPTER VIII.

EXAMPLES OF DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN AND THE SAINTS -- OF INVOKING THEM -- AND OF MIRACLES AND GRACES OBTAINED THROUGH THEIR INTERCESSION,

CHAPTER IX.

THE ASSUMPTION,

Appendix: -- 1. Poem of S. Fortunatus. 2. From S. John Damascene. 3. From the Epistle, under S. Jerome's name, on the Assumption. 4. From the Chronicle of Eusebius. 5. From S. Willibald. 6. Apocryphal Writings,

CHAPTER X.

DEVOTIONAL.

The Blessed Virgin's place in the Christian life, and as our spiritual Mother,

CHAPTER XI.

HYMNS OF S. EPHREM.

Prolegomena. -- The Feasts of the Annunciation and Purification.
Hymns,

CHAPTER XII.

HYMNS AND POEMS,

CHAPTER XIII.

AN AETHIOPIC HYMN,

INDEX OF SUBJECTS,

INDEX OF AUTHORS,

DIGITAL EDITION GLOSSARY