1. What form of judicial oath was first sanctioned by the professors of Christianity as a body? It is stated in Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, that "oaths were taken on the Gospels so early as A.D. 528." How were they taken before then?
2. Did the practice of swearing on the Gospels prevail in England before the Reformation? If not, at what period was it introduced?
3. When was that form of oath first adopted by the Irish; and was its adoption a voluntary proceeding on their part, or enforced by legislative enactment?
4. Was the practice of raising the hand in use in Scotland before the Reformation?
5. At what period was the latter form adopted by the Continental Christians, in lieu of the more solemn oath on the Gospels?
6. Are there now, or have there been at any former period, any forms of judicial oath in use among Christians, other than the forms above mentioned?
Henry H. Breen.
St. Lucia.