CHAPTER V: System

Introduction; emergence of what constitutes mysteries; legitimation of a religion of the second rank; mystagogic theology 268 § I.

The Lord's Supper and the other mysteries; Antiochene and Alexandrian mysticism, their union in cultus; Dionysius the Areopagite 276 Details regarding Baptism 283

History of development of the doctrine of the Supper in its sacramental
and sacrificial aspect; the Lord's Supper and the Incarnation
283
More detailed history of the doctrine of the Supper; Origen 290
Eusebius, Athanasius, Basil, Macarius 291
Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory of Nyssa 292
Chrysostom 297
Dionysius 298
Cyril of Alexandria and the Monophysites 299
John of Damascus.--Conclusion 301
§ II. Worship of Saints; Relics, Martyrs and Pictures 304

The Seven Points of Contact for the legitimising of this Religion of the Second Rank, or heathenism, within the doctrina publica 305 Reservations 310 Details regarding Angel-worship 311 Worship of Saints and Relics 312 Mariolatry 314 Worship of pictures, the definitive expression of Greek Piety 317 Pictures, Monachism and the State; the controversy over images 319 Synods of 754, 787 and 842 324

Images remain the property of the Church, but the Church remains the
property of the State
329

System 331-353 __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________