On the statue of Gaius which he ordered to be erected in the Temple of Jerusalem. ch. 85.
On the death of the same emperor. ch. 86.

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of only fourteen years, during which Claudius reigned; but on account of the Council of Jerusalem, in which the legal observances were revoked by Peter and James, there is inserted therein a brief epilogue on the cessation of the legal observances and the institution of the new sacraments of grace. Furthermore, there are moral excerpts from Juvenal and Persius the satirists, as well as the poet Lucan and his father Seneca. It contains 88 chapters.


On the promotion of Claudius to the empire	ch. 86.
On the life and character of the same	ch. 86.
Also on the same, and on his physical appearance	ch. 86.
On James the son of Zebedee and Hermogenes the magician	ch. 86.
On the conversion of Hermogenes and the passion of James	ch. 86.
On the disciples of the same apostle and the book of his translation	ch. 87.
On the contents of the same book	ch. 87.
On the imprisonment of Peter, the death of Herod, and the succession of Agrippa	ch. 87.
On the ordination of Paul and Barnabas, and why he was called Paul	ch. 87.
On their journey for the sake of preaching until they returned to Antioch	ch. 87.
On the first council celebrated in Jerusalem regarding the question of the legal observances	ch. 87.
On the definitive sentence of James regarding the aforesaid question	ch. 87.
On the fulfillment of the whole Law through Christ	ch. 87.
Why the shadows of the Law ceased because the truth was fulfilled	ch. 88.
On the fulfillment of the ceremonies	ch. 88.
On the completion of the moral laws in the Gospel	ch. 88.
On the change of the old sacraments into the new	ch. 88.
On the number of the sacraments of the New Law	ch. 88.
On the institution and power of baptism	ch. 88.
On the essence and name of baptism	ch. 88.
On the form of baptism	ch. 88.
On the intention of the baptizer	ch. 89.
On the baptism of infants	ch. 89.
On the effect of baptism	ch. 89.
On not repeating the baptism of even heretics	ch. 89.
On those approaching baptism rightly or feignedly	ch. 89.
On the sacrament of confirmation	ch. 89.
On the relation of this sacrament to baptism	ch. 89.
On the institution of the Eucharist	ch. 89.
On the form and reality of the sacrament	ch. 89.
On the transubstantiation of bread and wine	ch. 90.
On those things which happen there above nature or understanding	ch. 90.
On the understanding of certain things said or done in the Mass	ch. 90.
Whether the food of the Eucharist satisfies or nourishes the body	ch. 90.
On those receiving or touching unworthily	ch. 90.
On the causes of the institution of this sacrament and what manner of Christ's body was then given	ch. 90.
On the sacrament of penance	ch. 90.
On the effect of the same sacrament	ch. 90.
On the three parts of penance	ch. 91.
On contrition	ch. 91.
On confession	ch. 91.
Who should confess and of what things	ch. 91.
To which persons confession should be made	ch. 91.
On the manner of hearing confessions and making interrogations	ch. 91.
On satisfaction	ch. 91.
On penance and non-satisfactory works	ch. 91.
On the threefold penance	ch. 91.
On the number and use of the keys	ch. 92.
On the persons having the keys	ch. 92.
On the measure of common penalties	ch. 92.
On certain greater penalties expressed in the canon	ch. 92.
On the quality of penalties and keys	ch. 92.
On the penalty of excommunication	ch. 92.
On that inflicted by a judge and by law	ch. 92.
On the absolution from the bond of excommunication	ch. 92.
On general remissions or indulgences	ch. 92.
On the return of sins and the purging of venial sins	ch. 93.
On the sacrament of extreme unction	ch. 93.
On the sacrament of orders	ch. 93.
On the impediments of those to be ordained, and first on crime and bigamy	ch. 93.


Further on the impediment of bigamy	ch. 93.
On those performing solemn penance and court-officials not to be ordained	ch. 93.
On slaves and those with physical defects	ch. 93.
On those born illegitimately, those baptized in sickness, and on foreigners and unknown persons	ch. 93.
On the impediments of age and sex	ch. 94.
On the order, time, and form of consecration	ch. 94.
On the sacrament of marriage	ch. 94.
That by natural law there ought to be one wife for one husband	ch. 94.
On betrothals, how they are contracted	ch. 94.
On cases in which betrothals are dissolved	ch. 94.
On the threefold good of marriage	ch. 94.
On those things which can hinder marriage, and on the effect of marriage	ch. 94.
On the types of marriage	ch. 94.
On those things which hinder and nullify marriage, and first on error of person	ch. 94.
On the impediment of status	ch. 95.
On the impediment of a vow	ch. 95.
On carnal kinship	ch. 95.
On spiritual kinship	ch. 95.
On legal kinship	ch. 95.
On the impediment of crime	ch. 95.
On disparity of worship	ch. 95.
On fear or coercion	ch. 95.
On previous bond and public propriety	ch. 95.
On affinity	ch. 95.
On impotence	ch. 96.
On those things which hinder marriage but do not nullify it	ch. 96.
On divorce	ch. 96.
On legitimate and illegitimate children	ch. 96.
On the epistle of the apostles, and the agreement of the years of Peter and Paul	ch. 96.
On the fact that Paul rebuked Peter	ch. 96.
On the Gospel of Peter which Mark wrote down	ch. 96.
On the Roman Pontiffs from Peter up to Silvester	ch. 96.
A catalog of the others up to Innocent IV	ch. 96.
On Agrippa son of Herod Agrippa, and the dissension of Paul and Barnabas	ch. 97.
On the provinces from which they were prohibited by the Holy Spirit, and on Queen Helena	ch. 97.
On the crossing of Paul into Macedonia	ch. 97.
On the conversion of the Athenians	ch. 97.
On the conversion of Saint Dionysius and his books	ch. 97.
On the final arrival of Paul in Jerusalem, and on his chains	ch. 97.
On the manifold calamity of the Jews	ch. 97.
On Seneca and his books, and excerpts on morals	ch. 97.
Excerpts of the same on the virtues	ch. 97.
Excerpts of the same on clemency	ch. 98.
His excerpts on benefits	ch. 98.
His excerpts on the remedies of chance events	ch. 98.
Excerpts from his Natural Questions	ch. 98.
Excerpts from his Declamations	ch. 98.
Excerpts from his Tragedies	ch. 98.
Excerpts from his Epistles	ch. 99.
On the poets of that time, and excerpts from Persius	ch. 101
Excerpts from Juvenal	ch. 101

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of 15 years, of which Nero reigned for nearly 14; he was the first to stir up persecution against the Church of Christ, which was yet new. After him, however, Galba, Otho, and Vitellius reigned for about one year; not concurrently, but successively. A large part of this book is taken up by the dispersion of Christ's disciples, and their lives and martyrdoms. Also, moral excerpts from Quintilian are contained in it. It contains 78 chapters.


On the good beginnings of Nero	ch. 101.
How Festus, succeeding Felix, sent Paul to Caesar	ch. 101.
On Ismael the high priest and a catalog of high priests	ch. 101.
On the life of James the brother of the Lord and his passion	ch. 101.
How Paul reached Rome, and on his free custody	ch. 101.
On the songs, games, and boasting of Nero	ch. 102.
On his luxury and prodigality	ch. 102.
On his robberies and cruelty	ch. 102.
On Seneca and his books	ch. 102.