ENGLISH CONFERENCES
OF
ERNEST RENAN.
ROME AND CHRISTIANITY.
MARCUS AURELIUS.
TRANSLATED BY
CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT.
BOSTON:
JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY.
1880.
Copyright, 1880,
By JAMES R. OSGOOD & COMPANY.
Franklin Press:
Stereotyped and Printed by
Rand, Avery, & Co.,
Boston.
[CONTENTS.]
| PAGE. | |
|---|---|
| The Hibbert Conferences. | |
| First Conference. The Sense in which Christianity is a Roman Work | [9] |
| Second Conference. The Legend of the Roman Church.—Peter and Paul | [39] |
| Third Conference. Rome, the Centre of the Formation of Ecclesiastical Authority | [73] |
| Fourth Conference. Rome, the Capital of Catholicism | [103] |
| The Royal Institution Conference. | |
| Marcus Aurelius | [139] |
NOTE.
The lectures contained in this volume were delivered by M. Ernest Renan in London during April of the present year. The first four, upon "Rome and Christianity," were given under the auspices of "The Hibbert Foundation," in response to an invitation under which the distinguished author visited England. The fifth, "Marcus Aurelius," was incidental to the visit, and was given before "The Royal Institution." The word "Conferences," though somewhat new to English usage in its present sense, has been retained as best expressing the author's original title, "Conferences d'Angleterre."