Müller, Prof. Max, paganism of first three Christian centuries, 11.
_Nation, The_, quoted on Teutonic baptism, pagan and Christian, 101.
Neale, E. V., shows non-Christian character of Constantine’s Sunday law, 224 _f_; designates other pagan days with similar restrictions, 225.
Niebuhr, historian, shows that Constantine was not a Christian, 229.
Nile, the river, regarded as highly sacred by the Egyptians, 88.
“Orientation,” the product of pagan sun-worship, 157, 257; defended by Clement of Alexandria, 266; explained and defended by Tertullian, 267.
Osiris, regarded as the counterpart of Noah, 150.
_Outlook, The_, quotations from, 208, 285.
Ovid, describes water-worship and sun-worship at feast of “Pales,” 75; describes water-worship at temple of “Themis,” 76; describes Grecian baptism, 116; describes god Janus, 277 _f_.
Pagans, many baptized without conversion, 24; eminent ones as semi-Christians, 25.
Paganism, not found in Catholic Church alone, 3, 143; some of its lowest forms mingled with Christianity, 6; “Oriental,” in early Christianity, 6; much, in Christianity before the “Papacy,” 18; in “Alexandrian” Christianity, 22; extent of, in early churches, 68; customs of, continued under Christian names, 210; employed various forms of baptism, 290; opposed Sabbath-keeping, 293.
“Pales,” feast of, a combination of sun-worship and water-worship, 75.
Paul, observed and upheld “the law,” 169, 170.
Penance required for sins after baptism, 253; demanded by pagan theory of “baptismal regeneration,” 272.
Persecution of Christians under Diocletian, 204.
Perseus satirizes the pagan use of spittle as a “charm,” 124.
Phallicism, associated with water-worship in India, 90; a department of sun-worship, 157.
Philo blended Greek philosophy with O. T. exegesis, 40.
Phœnix, fable of, used as a type of man’s resurrection, 59.
Pilgrimages, made to sacred streams for salvation, 90.
Pliny, the historian, describes virtue of spittle, and its use as a charm, 125 _f_.
Potter, Rev. John, D. D., describes Grecian water-worship and purifications, 112.
Poynder, John, quoted in “Pagano-Papismus,” 9.
Priestley, Dr. Joseph, on pagan origin of “holy water,” 141.
Protestants, do not understand their relation to Catholicism, 2; work of, but fairly begun, 3.