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 Christianityis a Roman Work | 9 |
| Second Conference. The Legend of the RomanChurch.—Peter and Paul | 39 |
| Third Conference. Rome, the Centre of the Formationof 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 Renanin London during April of the present year. The first four, upon "Romeand Christianity," were given under the auspices of "The HibbertFoundation," in response to an invitation under which the distinguishedauthor visited England. The fifth, "Marcus Aurelius," was incidental tothe visit, and was given before "The Royal Institution." The word"Conferences," though somewhat new to English usage in its presentsense, has been retained as best expressing the author's original title,"Conferences d'Angleterre."
ROME AND CHRISTIANITY.
FIRST CONFERENCE,
London, April 6, 1880.
THE SENSE IN WHICH CHRISTIANITY
IS A ROMAN WORK.
FIRST CONFERENCE.
THE SENSE IN WHICH CHRISTIANITY IS A ROMAN WORK.
Ladies and Gentlemen,—I was proud and happy to receive from thecurators of this noble institution an invitation to continue here aninstruction inaugurated by my illustrious confrère and friend, MaxMüller, the usefulness of which will be more and more apprecia