Part 90

Persia, Wolff’s travels in, 360.

Peter, protected by angels, 512.

Petri, Olaf and Laurentius, 242-244.

Pharaoh, 251, 269, 275.

Pharisees, ignorance of, regarding Messiah, 314.

Philosophy, pagan, in the church, 58. human, 126, 522.

Physical righteousness, 473-475.

Piedmont, see Waldenses.

Pilate, 164.

Pilate’s staircase, 125.

Pilgrim Fathers, see Puritans.

“Pilgrim’s Progress,” 252.

Pius IX., pope, 564.

Plagues, of Egypt, 627, 628. of last days, 628, 629.

Plan of salvation, revealed in Bible, 81. under the guidance of God, 343. culmination of, 486. to be study of redeemed, 651.

Pleasure-seeking, 387.

Policy in religious matters, 460.

Political corruption, 586, 592.

Pope, arrogant claims of, 50, 51, 56. authority claimed by, 50, 57, 261, 580. acknowledged as God’s vicegerent, 51, 53, 102, 140. faith transferred from Christ to, 55. impeachment of, 237. led into captivity, 439. see also Papacy; Roman Catholic Church.

Popes, great schism of, 86, 87, 103, 104.

Prague, Reformation in, 99, 100, 104. placed under interdict, 100, 101, 104.

Prayer, necessity of, in Bible study, 132, 599, 600. Luther’s belief in, 156, 157, 209, 210. power of, 210. lack of, 373, 488. necessity for, 525, 530, 601. in time of trouble, 621, 622.

Preaching, of Luther, 152. of Zwingle, 174-177, 180. of Farel and Froment, 232. of Joseph Wolff, 359-362. of children in Scandinavia, 366, 367. of advent truths, in 1844, 400-408. of unpopular truths, 458-460. see also Ministers.

Predestination, 261.

Present truth, in days of Luther, 143. in our day, 143, 144.

Presumption, 59.

Priests, at bar of God, 668. see also Friars; Monks.

Priests and rulers, rejection of Christ by, 595. ministers of to-day compared with, 596.