CHAPTER XXXI.

THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES—­1.  Origin of the Name “Catholic”—­1. Epistle of James—­2.  Question respecting the Person of James—­3.  Place of Writing this Epistle—­Persons addressed—­4.  Question of its Date—­5.  Its Genuineness and Canonical Authority—­6.  Its Practical Character—­Alleged Disagreement between Paul and James without Foundation—­II. Epistles of Peter—­First Epistle—­7.  Its Canonical Authority always acknowledged—­8.  Persons addressed—­9.  Place of its Composition—­Its Occasion and Date—­Traditions respecting Peter—­10.  Outline of the Epistle—­Second Epistle—­11.  Persons addressed—­Time of Writing—­12.  Question respecting the Genuineness of this Epistle—­External Testimonies—­Internal Evidence—­General Result—­13.  Object of the Present Epistle—­Peculiar Character of the Second Chapter—­Its Agreement with the Epistle of Jude—­III. Epistles of John—­First Epistle of John—­14.  Its Acknowledged Canonicity—­Time and Place of its Composition—­Persons addressed—­15.  General View of its Contents—­Second and Third Epistles—­16.  Their Common Authorship—­Their Genuineness—­17.  The Occasion and Office of Each—­IV. Epistle of Jude—­18.  Question respecting Jude’s Person—­Time of the Epistle, and Persons addressed—­19.  Its Canonical Authority—­Its Design

CHAPTER XXXII.

THE APOCALYPSE—­1.  Meaning of the Word “Apocalypse”—­Abundance of External Testimonies to this Book—­2.  Internal Arguments considered—­Use of the Apostle’s Name, Devotional Views, Spirit of the Writer, Style and Diction—­Here must be taken into Account the Difference between this Book and John’s other Writings in Subject-Matter, in the Mode of Divine Revelation, in the Writer’s Mental State and Circumstances; also its Poetic Diction—­General Results—­3.  Date of the Apocalypse and Place of Writing—­4.  Different Schemes of Interpretation—­The Generic—­The Historic—­5.  Symbolic Import of the Numbers in this Book—­The number Seven, Half of Seven, Six; The Number Four, a Third and Fourth Part; the Number Twelve; the Number Ten—­6.  Office of the Apocalypse in the System of Revelation

APPENDIX TO PART III.

WRITINGS OF THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS, WITH SOME NOTICES OF THE APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS—­1.  The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers distinguished from the Proper New Testament Apocrypha—­Some Remarks on the Character of these Writings

I. Writings of Clement of Rome—­2.  His Epistle to the Romans—­Its Genuineness Character, and Age—­3.  Its Occasion, with a Notice of its Contents—­4.  The so-called Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians—­Its Genuineness not admitted—­Vague and General Character of its Contents—­5.  Notice of some Other Writings falsely ascribed to Clement—­Recognitions of Clement, and the Clementines, with their Plan and Contents; Constitutions of Clement, and their Contents; Apostolic Canons