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| CHAPTER XXI. |
| SELF-ASSURANCE AND INVASION OF DIVINE PREROGATIVES INVOLVED IN THE LOVE OF CENSURING OTHERS |
250 |
| CHAPTER XXII. |
| SELF-ASSURANCE AND INVASION OF DIVINE PREROGATIVES INVOLVED IN PRESUMING UPON OUR FUTURE.—THE DOCTRINE OF PROBABILISM |
261 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. |
| THE FOLLIES AND INIQUITIES OF THE RICH; THEIR MISERABLE END |
274 |
| CHAPTER XXIV. |
| PATIENCE IN WAITING.—THE ENDURANCE OF JOB.—THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MENTION OF JOB BY ST. JAMES |
289 |
| CHAPTER XXV. |
| THE PROHIBITION OF SWEARING.—THE RELATION OF THE LANGUAGE OF ST. JAMES TO RECORDED SAYINGS OF CHRIST |
302 |
| CHAPTER XXVI. |
| WORSHIP THE BEST OUTLET AND REMEDY FOR EXCITEMENT.—THE CONNEXION BETWEEN WORSHIP AND CONDUCT |
315 |
| CHAPTER XXVII. |
| THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH.—THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND EXTREME UNCTION |
323 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. |
| THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONFESSION OF SINS.—THE LAWFULNESS OF PRAYERS FOR RAIN |
335 |
| CHAPTER XXIX. |
| THE WORK OF CONVERTING SINNERS; ITS CONDITIONS AND REWARDS |
350 |
| THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF ST JUDE. |
| CHAPTER XXX. |
| THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE EPISTLE OF ST. JUDE |
365 |
| CHAPTER XXXI. |
| THE PURPOSE OF THE EPISTLE.—THE FAITH ONCE FOR ALL DELIVERED AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE |
377 |
| CHAPTER XXXII. |
| THE PERSONS DENOUNCED IN THE EPISTLE.—ITS RELATION TO 2 PETER |
388 |
| CHAPTER XXXIII. |
| DOUBTFUL READINGS AND THE THEORY OF VERBAL INSPIRATION—THREE PALMARY INSTANCES OF DIVINE VENGEANCE UPON GRIEVOUS SIN |
401 |
| CHAPTER XXXIV. |
| RAILING AT DIGNITIES.—"THE ASSUMPTION OF MOSES."—ST. JUDE'S USE OF APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE |
415 |
| CHAPTER XXXV. |
| THE DESCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO CAIN. THE LIBERTINES AT THE LOVE-FEASTS.—THE BOOK OF ENOCH |
426 |
| CHAPTER XXXVI. |
| THE DESCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO BALAAM: THE IMPIOUS DISCONTENT AND GREED OF THE LIBERTINES.—THE APOSTOLIC WARNING RESPECTING THEM |
442 |
| CHAPTER XXXVII. |
| THE DESCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO KORAH: MAKING SEPARATIONS.—EXHORTATIONS TO THE FAITHFUL TO BUILD UP THEMSELVES, AND THEN RESCUE OTHERS |
450 |
| CHAPTER XXXVIII. |
| THE FINAL DOXOLOGY: PRAISE TO GOD, THE PROTECTOR OF HIS SERVANTS |
463 |
|
| Index |
471 |
INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER I.
THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES.
THIS volume is to treat of the General Epistle of St. James and the General Epistle of St. Jude. According to the most common, but not invariable arrangement, they form the first and the last letters in the collection which for fifteen centuries has been known as the Catholic Epistles. The epithet "General," which appears in the titles of these Epistles in the English versions, is simply the equivalent of the epithet "Catholic," the one word being of Latin (generalis), the other of Greek (καθολικός) origin. In Latin, however, e.g. in the Vulgate, these letters are not called Generales, but Catholicæ.
The meaning of the term Catholic Epistles (καθολικαὶ ἐπιστολαι) has been disputed, and more than one explanation may be found in commentaries; but the true signification is not really doubtful. It certainly does not mean orthodox or canonical; although from the sixth century, and possibly earlier, we find these
