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xxviii Contents. PAGE Sacred learning in Italy. Greek neglected till the fifteenth century . 593 The age of collection and Christian literature. The Vatican Library . 694 Library of Nicholas V. Newly found works, c. 1465 .... 695 Inferences from the contents of the Vatican Library. Venice and Florence 596 Collections in France. Hermonymus. In England ..... 697 Duke Humphrey, William of Selling. St Augustine's, Canterbury . . 598 Greek books at Basel. German apathy. Nicholas of Trier . . . 599 His books at Cues. Translations in the fifteenth century . . . 600 Ambrogio Traversari, d. 1438. George of Trebizond translates Eusebius 601 Beginnings of criticism. Lorenzo Valla and the Donation of Constantino. The text of the Bible 602 The Complutensian Polyglot. The First Greek Testament ... 603 The Syriac version. The Septuagint, 1587. Textual advance ... 604 Commentators on the Bible. Hebrew studies. Pico della Mirandola. Reuchlin ^^,- . . . 605 Work of Erasmus. His Greek Testament. St Jerome .... 606 Other patristic recensions. Origen. Erasmus' attitude to antiquity 607 The study of ecclesiastical history 608 The Magdeburg Centuriators. Baronius' Annal&t 609 Christian archaeology. The Lives of the Saints 610 Bibliography of Christian literature. Trithemius, Gesner, Bellarmin. Libraries in the sixteenth century 611 Importance of MSS. Publication of early Christian literature . . 612 Philo, Josephus. Apocryphal literature 613 The Apostolic Fathers, Ignatius, Clemens Romanus, &c 614 The Greek Apologists. Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Origen, &c. . . 615 Eusebius of Caesarea. The Latin Fathers. Tertullian, Cyprian . . 616 The Latin Apologists. Lactantius, &c. Minor Christian writings . . 617 The Bibliothecae Patrum. Basel, Zurich, Paris, Cologne . . *>*.".* 618 Conclusions and summary. Work of the several centuries . . . 619 CHAPTER XVIII. CATHOLIC EUROPE. By the Rev. WILLIAM BARBY, D.D. Projects of Church Reform, 1311-1620 620 Lateran Council, 1512. Council of Trent. Spirit of Reform projects . 621 Strength of the Church. Rome the world's centre. Reluctance of the Papacy to undertake disciplinary reform. Its grounds . . . 622 Conciliar movement. Failure of Council of Basel. Heresy . . . 623 Dogmatic orthodoxy the rule. Freedom of discussion. Nicholas of Cusa 624 Thomas a Kempis. Loyola. Erasmus. Catholic movement . . . 626 Independent movement. England, France, and Italy inert. Spiritual movements in the Netherlands. The Dominicans. Ruysbroek . 626 Thomas Aquinas. Gerard Groot. Florentius. Brethren of the Common Life. Windeshem '....... 627 Educational movement. The Imitation of Christ , , . 628