Translated From The French Of Boulanger

"Paul, thou art beside thyself, much learning doth make thee mad."
Acts, chap. 26, ver. 24.
1823


CONTENTS


[ INTRODUCTION. ]

[ CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE LIFE OF ST. PAUL ]


[ CHAPTER I. Is the Conversion of St. Paul a proof in favour of the Christian Religion? ]

[ CHAPTER II. Opinions of the first Christians upon the Acts of the Apostles, and upon the Epistles and Person of St. Paul. ]

[ CHAPTER III. Of the Authority of the Councils, of the Fathers of the Church, and of Tradition ]

[ CHAPTER IV. Life of St. Paul, according to the Acts of the Apostles ]

[ CHAPTER V. St. Paul styles himself the Apostle of the Gentiles—Causes of his Success. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. Paul preaches in Asia Minor, Macedonia, and Greece ]

[ CHAPTER VII. Preaching of St. Paul at Corinth and Ephesus ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. The Apostle gets into embarrassments at Jerusalem, and is sent to Rome ]

[ CHAPTER IX. Reflections on the Life and Character of St. Paul ]

[ CHAPTER X. Of the Enthusiasm of St. Paul ]

[ CHAPTER XI. Of the Disinterestedness of St. Paul ]

[ CHAPTER XII. Of the imperious Tone and political Views of St. Paul ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. Of the Humility, of St. Paul ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. Of the Zeal of St. Paul; Reflections on this Christian Virtue ]

[ CHAPTER XV. Of the Deceptions or Apostacy of St. Paul ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. St. Paul's Hypocrisy ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. St. Paul accused of Perjury, or the Author of the Acts of the Apostles, convicted of Falsehood. ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. Examination of St. Paul's Miracles ]

[ CHAPTER XIX. Analysis of the writings attributed to St. Paul ]

[ CHAPTER XX. Of Faith, in what this Virtue consists ]

[ CHAPTER XXI. Of the Holy Ghost, and Divine Inspiration ]

[ CHAPTER XXII. Of the Inspiration of the Prophets of the Old Testament ]

[ CHAPTER. XXIII. Of the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, or their Divine Inspiration ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV. General reflections on the foundations of Christian Faith, and on the Causes of Credulity ]

[ CONCLUSION. ]


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