An edition of Génie du christianisme: or, The spirit and beauty of the Christian religion
(1818)
The genius of Christianity
or, The spirit and beauty of the Christian religion
by François-René de Chateaubriand and Charles I. White
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1884
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS.
Notice of the Viscount de Chateaubriand 23
PART I.
DOGMAS AND TENETS
BOOK I.
MYSTERIES AND SACRAMENTS.
Chap. I. Introduction 43
II. Of the Nature of Mysteries 31
III. Of the Christian Mysteries — The Trinity S3
IV. Of the Redemption 39
V. Of the Incarnation 66
VI. Of the Sacraments — Baptism and Penance 67
VII. Of the Holy Communion 71
VIII. Con6rmation, Holy Orders, and Matrimony 73
IX. The same subjeot continued — Holy Orders 82
X. Matrimony 83
XI. Extreme Unotion 91
BOOK II.
VIRTUES AND MORAL LAWS.
Chap. I. Vices and Virtues aeoording to Religion 93
II. Of Frith 93
III. Of Hope and Charity 97
IV. Of the Moral Laws, or the Ten Commandments 99
BOOK III.
THE TRUTHS OF THE SCRIPTURES — THE FALL OF MAN.
Chap. I. The Superiority of the History of Moses to all other Cosmogonies 107
II. The Fall of Man — The Serpent — Remarks on a Hebrew Word 110
III. Primitive Constitution of Man — New proof of Original Sin. 114
BOOK IV.
CONTINUATION OF THE TRUTHS OF SCRIPTURE OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE SYSTEM OF MOSES.
Chap. I. Chronology 119
II. Logography and Historical Facta- 132
III. Astronomy 128
IV. Continuation of the preceding subject— Natural History — The Deluge 1SS
V. Youth and Old Age of the Earth 138
BOOK V.
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD DEMONSTRATED BT THE WONDERS OF NATURE.
Chap. I. Objeot of this Book 138
II. A General Survey of the Universe 139
III. Organisation of Animals and Plants 141
IV. Instincts of Animals 145
V. Song of Birds — Made for Man — Laws relative to the cries of Animals 147
VI. Nests of Birds 158
VII. Migrations of Birds — Aquatio Birds — Their Habits — Goodness of Providence 152
VIII. Sea-Fowl — In what manner serviceable to Man — In ancient times Migrations of Birds served as a Calendar to the husbandman 156
IX. The subject of Migrations concluded — Quadrupeds 160
X. Amphibious Animals and Reptiles 163
XI. Of Plants and their Migrations 168
XII. Two Views of Nature 170
XIII. Physical Man 174
XIV. Love of our Native Country 177
BOOK VI.
THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL PROVED BY THE MORAL LAW AND THE FEELINGS.
Chap. I. Desire of nappltessin Man 184
II. Remorse and Conscience 187
III. There can be no Morality if there is no Future State — Presumption in favor of the Immortality of the Soul deduced from the Respect of Man for Tombs 190
IV. Of certain Objections 191
V. Danger and Inutility of Atheism 193
VI. The conclusion of the Doctrines of Christianity — State of Punishments and Bewards in a Future Life — Elysium of the Ancients 202
VII. The Last Judgment 205
VIII. Happiness of ths Righteous 207
PART II.
THE POETIC OF CHRISTIANITY.
BOOK I.
GENERAL SURVEY OF CHRISTIAN EPIC POEMS.
Chap. I. The Poetic of Christianity is divided into Three Branches:— Poetry, the Pine Arts, and Literature — The Six Books of this Second Part treat in an especial manner of Poetry 210
II. General Survey of the Poems in which the Marvellous of Christianity supplies the place of Mythology — The Inferno of Dante — The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso 212
III. Paradise Lost 216
IV. Of some French and Foreign Poems 222
V. The Henriad 226
BOOK II.
OF POETRY CONSIDERED IN ITS RELATIONS TO MAN.
Characters.
Chap. I. Natural Characters 232
II. The Husband and Wife — Ulysses and Penelope 233
III. The Husband and Wife continued — Adam and Eve 236
IV. The Father — Priam 242
V. Continuation of the Father — Lusignan 246
VI. The Mother — Andromache 247
VII. The Son — Gusman 260
VIII. The Daughter — Iphigenia and Zara 263
IX. Social Characters — The Priest 256
X. Continuation of the Priest — The Sibyl — Jehoiada — Parallel between Virgil and Racine 257
XI. The Warrior — Definition of the Beautiful Ideal 262
XII. The Warrior continued 266
BOOK III.
OF POETRY CONSIDERED IN ITS RELATIONS TO MAN — THE SUBJECT CONTINUED.
The Passions.
Chap. I. Christianity has changed the Relations of the Passions by changing the Basis of Vice and Virtue 269
II. Impassioned Love — Dido 272
III. Continuation of the preceding subject — The Phaedra of Racine 276
IV. Continuation of the preceding subject — Julia d'Etange — Clementina 277
V. Continuation of the preceding subject — Eloisa 280
VI. Rural Lore— The Cyclop and Oalatea of Theocritus 285
VII. Continuation of the preceding subject — Paul and Virginia. 287
VIII. The Christian Religion itself considered as a Passion 291
IX. Of the Unsettled State of the Passions 296
BOOK IV.
OF THE MARVELLOUS; OR, OF POETRY IN ITS RELATIONS TO SUPERNATURAL BEINGS.
Chap. I. Mythology diminished the Grandeur of Nature — The Ancients had no Descriptive Poetry properly so called 299
II. Of Allegory 303
III. Historical part of Descriptive Poetry among the Moderns 305
IV. Have the Divinities of Paganism, in a poetical point of view, the superiority over the Christian' Divinities? 309
V. Character of the True God 312
VI. Of the Spirits of Darkness. 314
VII. Of the Saints 316
VIII. Of the Angels 319
IX. Application of the Principles established in the preceding chapters — Character of Satan 321
X. Poetical Machinery — Venus in the woods of Carthage — Raphael in the bowers of Eden 324
XI. Dream of iEneas — Dream of Athalie 326
XII. Poetical Machinery continued — Journeys of Homer's gods — Satan's expedition in quest of the New Creation 330
XIII. The Christian Hell 333
XIV. Parallel between Hell and Tartarus — Entrance of Avernus — Dante's gate of Hell — Dido — Franoisca d'Arimino — Torments of the damned. 334
XV. Purgatory 338
XVI. Paradise 340
BOOK V.
THE BIBLE AND HOMER.
Chap. I. Of the Scriptures and their Excellence 341
II. Of the three principal styles of Scripture 345
III. Parallel between the Bible and Homer — Terms of Comparison 352
IV. Continuation of the Parallel between the Bible and Horner — Examples 358
PART III.
THE FINE ARTS AND LITERATURE.
BOOK I.
THE FINE ARTS.
Chap. I. Music — Of the Influence of Christianity upon Music 370
II. The Gregorian Chant 372
III. Historical Painting among the Moderns 375
IV. Of the Subjects of Pictures 378
V. Sculpture 380
VI. Architecture — Hotel des Invalides 381
VII. Versailles 383
VIII. Gothic Churches 384
BOOK II.
PHILOSOPHY.
Chap. I. Astronomy and Mathematics 388
II. Chemistry and Natural History 398
III. Christian Philosophers — Metaphysicians 404
IV. Christian Philosophers continued — Political Writers 407
V. Moralists — La Bruyere 408
VI. Moralists continued — Pascal 411
BOOK III.
HISTORY.
Chap. I. Of Christianity u It relates to the Manner of Writing History 417
II. Of the General Canses which hare prevented Modern Writers from succeeding in History — First Cause, the Beauties of the Ancient Subjects. 419
III. Continuation of the preceding — Second Cause, the Ancients have exhausted all the Historical styles, except the Christian style 422
IV. Of the reasons why the French have no Historical Works, but only Memoirs 426
V. Excellence of Modern History 42S
VI. Voltaire considered as an Historian 430
VII. Philip de Commines and Rollin 432
VIII. Bossuet considered as an Historian 433
BOOK IV.
ELOQUENCE.
Chap. I. Of Christianity as it relates to Eloquence 437
II. Christian Orators — Fathers of the Church 439
III. Massillon 446
IV. Bossuet as an Orator 448
V. Infidelity the Principal Cause of the decline of Taste and the degeneracy of Genius 453
BOOK V.
THE HARMONIES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WITH THE SCENES OF NATURE AND THE PASSIONS OF THE HUMAN HEART.
Chap. I. Division of the Harmonies 459
II. Physical Harmonies 459
III. Of Ruins an General — Ruins are of two kinds 466
IV. Picturesque Effect of Ruins — Ruins of Palmyra, Egypt, &c. 489
V. Ruins of Christian Monuments 471
VI. Moral Harmonica — Popular Devotions 472
PART IV.
WORSHIP.
BOOK I.
CHURCHES, ORNAMENTS, SINGING, PRAYERS, ETC.
Chap. I. Of Bells 479
II. Costume of the Clergy and Ornaments of the Church 481
III. Of Singing and Prayer 483
IV. Solemnities of the Chnroh — Sunday 489
V. Explanation of the Mass 491
VI. Ceremonies and Prayers of the Mass 493
VII. Solemnity of Corpus Christi 496
VIII. The Rogation-Days 498
IX. Of certain Christian Festivals — Epiphany — Christmas 500
X. Funerals — Funerals of the Great. 503
XI. Funeral of the Soldier, the Rich, &c. 505
XII. Of the Funeral-Service 507
BOOK II.
TOMBS.
Chap. I. Ancient Tombs — The Egyptians 511
II. The Greeks and Romans 512
III. Modern Tombs — China and Turkey 513
IV. Caledonia or Ancient Scotland 514
V. Otaheite 514
VI. Christian Tombs 516
VII. Country Churchyards 518
VIII. Tombs in Churches 520
IX. St. Dennis 522
BOOK III.
GENERAL VIEW OF THE CLERGY.
Chap. I. Of Jesus Christ and his Life 526
II. Seoular Clergy — Hierarchy 531
III. Regular Clergy — Origin of the Monastic Life. 540
IV. The Monastic Constitutions 544
V. Manners and Life of the Religious — Coptlo Monks, Maronites, &c. 548
VI. The subject continued — Trappists — Carthusians — Sisters of St. Clare — Fathers of Redemption — Missionaries — Ladies of Charity, &c. 551
BOOK IV. MISSIONS.
Chap. I. General Surrey of the Missions 557
II. Missions of the Levant 561
III. Missions of China 566
IV. Missions of Paraguay — Conversion of the Savages 571
V. Missions of Paraguay, oontinued — Christian Republic — Happiness of the Indians 575
VI. Missions of Guiana 583
VII. Missions of tho Antilles 585
VIII. Missions of New France 589
IX, Conclusion of the Missions 698
BOOK V.
MILITARY ORDERS OR CHIVALRY.
Chap. I. Knights of Malta. 600
II. The Teutonio Order 604
III. The Knights of Calatrava and St. Jago-of-the-Sword in Spain 605
IV. Life and Mannen of the Knights 608
BOOK VI.
SERVICES RENDERED TO MANKIND BY THE CLERGY AND BY THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN GENERAL.
Chap. I. Immensity of the Benefits conferred by Christianity 619
II. Hospitals 620
III. HAtel-Dieu — Gray Sisters 626
IV. Foundling Hospitals — Ladies of Charity — Acts of Beneficenoe 630
V. Education — Schools — Colleges — Universities — Benedictines and Jesuits 633
VI. Popes and Court of Rome — Modern Discoveries 638
VII. Agriculture 644
VIII. Towns and Villages — Bridges — High-Roads 647
IX. Arts, Manufactures, Commerce 651
X. Civil and Criminal Laws 653
XI. Politics and Government. 658
XII. General Recapitulation 664
XIII. What the Present State of Society would he had not Christianity appeared in the World — Conjectures — Conclusion 668
Notes 687
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