| Page. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preface | [v] | |
| I. | ||
| The Fall of the Angels | [15] | |
| II. | ||
| Adam | [21] | |
| 1. | The Creation of Man | [21] |
| 2. | The Pre-Adamites | [27] |
| III. | ||
| Eve | [29] | |
| IV. | ||
| The Fall of Man | [36] | |
| V. | ||
| Adam and Eve after the Fall | [48] | |
| VI. | ||
| Cain and Abel | [69] | |
| VII. | ||
| The Death of Adam | [77] | |
| VIII. | ||
| Seth | [81] | |
| IX. | ||
| Cainan son of Enos | [84] | |
| X. | ||
| Enoch | [85] | |
| 1. | The Translation of Enoch | [85] |
| 2. | The Book of Enoch | [87] |
| XI. | ||
| The Giants | [91] | |
| XII. | ||
| Lamech | [96] | |
| XIII. | ||
| Methuselah | [98] | |
| XIV. | ||
| Noah | [99] | |
| XV. | ||
| Heathen Legends of the Deluge | [106] | |
| XVI. | ||
| The Planting of the Vine | [121] | |
| XVII. | ||
| The Sons of Noah | [124] | |
| XVIII. | ||
| Relics of the Ark | [126] | |
| XIX. | ||
| Certain Descendants of Ham | [127] | |
| XX. | ||
| Serug | [130] | |
| XXI. | ||
| The Prophet Eber | [131] | |
| XXII. | ||
| The Prophet Saleh | [136] | |
| XXIII. | ||
| The Tower of Babel | [144] | |
| XXIV. | ||
| Abraham | [149] | |
| 1. | His Youth and early Struggles | [149] |
| 2. | The Call of Abraham, and the Visit to Egypt | [162] |
| 3. | The War with the Kings | [166] |
| 4. | The Birth of Ishmael | [171] |
| 5. | The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah | [172] |
| 6. | The Birth of Isaac | [177] |
| 7. | The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael | [181] |
| 8. | The Strife between the Shepherds | [185] |
| 9. | The Grove in Beer-sheba | [186] |
| 10. | The Offering of Isaac | [187] |
| 11. | The Death of Sarah | [197] |
| 12. | The Marriage of Isaac | [201] |
| 13. | The Death of Abraham | [203] |
| XXV. | ||
| Melchizedek | [205] | |
| XXVI. | ||
| Of Ishmael and the Well Zemzem | [210] | |
| XXVII. | ||
| Esau and Jacob | [215] | |
| XXVIII. | ||
| Joseph | [227] | |
| XXIX. | ||
| The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs | [243] | |
| XXX. | ||
| Job | [245] | |
| XXXI. | ||
| Jethro | [251] | |
| XXXII. | ||
| Moses | [252] | |
| 1. | Israel in Egypt | [252] |
| 2. | The Birth and Childhood of Moses | [259] |
| 3. | The Youth and Marriage of Moses | [266] |
| 4. | Moses before Pharaoh | [275] |
| 5. | The Passage of the Red Sea | [283] |
| 6. | The giving of the Law | [288] |
| 7. | The Manna | [292] |
| 8. | The Smitten Rock | [294] |
| 9. | Moses visits El Khoudr | [295] |
| 10. | The Mission of the Spies | [298] |
| 11. | Of Korah and his Company | [301] |
| 12. | The Wars of the Israelites | [304] |
| 13. | The Death of Aaron | [307] |
| 14. | The Death of Moses | [310] |
| XXXIII. | ||
| Joshua | [315] | |
| XXXIV. | ||
| The Judges | [319] | |
| XXXV. | ||
| Samuel | [319] | |
| XXXVI. | ||
| Saul | [325] | |
| 1. | War with the Philistines.—Goliath slain | [325] |
| 2. | Saul’s Jealousy of David | [329] |
| 3. | The Death of Saul | [331] |
| XXXVII. | ||
| David | [323] | |
| XXXVIII. | ||
| Solomon | [347] | |
| 1. | How Solomon obtained Power | [347] |
| 2. | How Solomon feasted all Flesh | [349] |
| 3. | The Building of the Temple | [351] |
| 4. | The Travels of Solomon | [353] |
| 5. | The History of the Queen of Sheba | [358] |
| 6. | Solomon’s Adventure with the Apes | [364] |
| 7. | Solomon marries the Daughter of Pharaoh | [365] |
| 8. | How Solomon lost and recovered his Ring | [366] |
| 9. | The Death of Solomon | [369] |
| XXXIX. | ||
| Elijah | [371] | |
| XL. | ||
| Isaiah | [373] | |
| XLI. | ||
| Jeremiah | [376] | |
| XLII. | ||
| Ezekiel | [377] | |
| XLIII. | ||
| Ezra | [377] | |
| XLIV. | ||
| Zachariah | [380] | |
LEGENDS OF THE
PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS.
I.
THE FALL OF THE ANGELS.
In the beginning, before the creation of heaven and earth, God made the angels; free intelligences and free wills; out of His love He made them, that they might be eternally happy. And that their happiness might be complete, He gave them the perfection of a created nature; that is, He gave them freedom.
But happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God. Some of the angels by an act of free will obeyed the will of God, and in such obedience found perfect happiness; other angels by an act of free will rebelled against the will of God, and in such disobedience found misery.
Such is the catholic theory of the fall of the angels.