PREFACE.
SACERDOTAL CELIBACY.
I. ASCETICISM.
II. THE ANTE-NICENE CHURCH.
III. THE COUNCIL OF NICÆA.
IV. LEGISLATION.
V. ENFORCEMENT OF CELIBACY.
VI. THE EASTERN CHURCH.
VII. MONACHISM.
VIII. THE BARBARIANS.
IX. THE CARLOVINGIANS.
X. THE TENTH CENTURY.
XI. SAXON ENGLAND.
XII. PETER DAMIANI.
XIII. MILAN.
XIV. HILDEBRAND.
XV. CENTRAL EUROPE.
XVI. FRANCE.
XVII. NORMAN ENGLAND.
XVIII. IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.
XIX. SPAIN.
XX. GENERAL LEGISLATION.
XXI. RESULTS.
XXII. THE MILITARY ORDERS.
XXIII. THE HERESIES.
XXIV. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
XXV. THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY.
XXVI. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.
XXVII. CALVINISM.
XXVIII. THE COUNCIL OF TRENT.
XXIX. THE POST-TRIDENTINE CHURCH.
XXX. THE CHURCH AND THE REVOLUTION.
XXXI. THE CHURCH OF TO-DAY.
INDEX.
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY.
SUPERSTITION AND FORCE.
IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS BOOKS.