CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. I. THE SISTINE CHAPEL 1 II. THE ORDER OF THE CARTOONS 18 CHAPTER I.— THE CALLING OF PETER. I. THE CARTOON OF THE CALLING OF PETER 24 II. THE CRANES IN THE CARTOON 30 III. THE SEA OF GALILEE 40 CHAPTER II.— THE CHARGE TO PETER. I. THE CARTOON OF THE CHARGE TO PETER 54 II. THE TWELVE IN RELATION TO JESUS 66 THE APOSTLES AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION 75 CHAPTER III.— THE MIRACLE AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE. I. JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE 86 II. THE CARTOON OF THE MIRACLE AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE 107 THE FIRST EXPANSION OF THE GOSPEL IDEA 125 CHAPTER IV.— THE DEATH OF ANANIAS. I. THE CARTOON OF THE DEATH OF ANANIAS 139 II. THE CONTINGENCIES OF COMMUNISM IN THE CHURCH 151 CHAPTER V.— THE STONING OF STEPHEN. I. THE TAPESTRY OF THE STONING OF STEPHEN 157 II. THE GOSPEL AS ACCEPTED BY HELLENISTIC JEWS 160 III. THE SCATTERED CHURCH: THE RESIDENT APOSTLES 183 CHAPTER VI. — THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL. I. SAUL THE PERSECUTOR 198 II. THE TAPESTRY OF THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL 213 III. THE RECEPTION OF PAUL THE DI8CIPLE BY THE CHURCH 220 CHAPTER VII.— GENTILE CHRISTIANITY. I. THE PRIVATE COMPACT OF PAUL AND PETER 235 II. THE PUBLIC ALTERCATION AT ANTIOCH 243 III. THE APOSTOLIC DECREE OF COMPROMISE 247 CHAPTER VIII.— THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN THE BIOGRAPHY OF JESUS. I. THE PHARISEES OF ANTIOCH IN THE GOSPELS 257 II. THE EXPANSION OF THE CHURCH IN THE PARABLES 267 III. PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN AT THE TRANSFIGURATION 275 CHAPTER IX.— ELYMAS STRICKEN WITH BLINDNESS. I. PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ROMAN CYPRUS 292 II. THE CARTOON OF THE REBUKE OF ELYMAS 304 CHAPTER X.— THE SACRIFICE AT LYSTRA. I. THE MYTHOLOGY OF OVID IN ACTS 312 II. THE CARTOON OF THE SACRIFICE AT LYSTRA 328 III. TIMOTHY OF LYSTRA, AND ACCOMMODATION 333 CHAPTER XI.— PAUL IN PRISON AT PHILIPPI. I. THE CHRISTIAN APOSTLE IN ORPHIC THRACE 339 CHAPTER XII.— PAUL PREACHING AT ATHENS. I. THE CARTOON OF PAUL PREACHING AT ATHENS 356 II. CHRISTIAN PROMISE AND GREEK CULTURE 371 III. THE HARMONY OF THE REVERENTIAL AND THE RIGHTLY REASONABLE 384 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 1. Portrait of Rafael (to face the Title) 2. The Sistine Chapel 1 3. The Calling of Peter 24 4. Emblematical Cranes (Otto Venius) 31 5. The Charge to Peter 54 6. Plan of Herod’s Temple (Fergusson) 90 7. The Miracle at the Beautiful Gate 107 8. The Death of Ananias 139 9. The Stoning of Stephen 157 10. Emblem of the Well of Samaria (O. Venius) 193 11. The Conversion of St. Paul 214 12. The Transfiguration 282 13. The Rebuke of Eltmas 804 14. The Sacrifice at Lystra 328 15. Emblem of Divine Love and the Soul (O. Venius) 352 16. Paul Preaching at Athens 359 Digitized by Google., A study of Raphael's cartoons for the Sistine Chapel, Electronic reproduction, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized, Description based on print version record