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CONTENTS

Vol. VII—Continental Europe (380—1906)
PART I—EARLY CHRISTIANITY
Page
St. ChrysostomThe Blessings of Death
        (About 380)
3
St. AugustineOn the Lord's Prayer 7
AbelardThe Divine Tragedy 17
St. BernardWhy Another Crusade? (About
       1145)
20
PART II—THE REFORMATION
Savonarola—I A Report on His Embassy to
        the King
(1495)
25
    II After His Excommunication (1498) 28
ZwingliOn Mercenary Soldiers (About 1530) 30
LutherBefore the Diet of Worms (1520) 38
MelanchthonOn the Death of Luther (1546) 44
CalvinOn Suffering Persecution 50
PART III—MODERN FRANCE
BossuetOn the Death of the Great Condé
        (1686)
63
BourdaloueOn the Passion of Christ 67
FenelonTrue and False Simplicity 74
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