Part 105

---- why they believe without having read the Gospels, 248

---- who believe without proofs cannot persuade an infidel, though persuaded themselves, 249

Church, true justice found in the, 67

---- prefigured by the Synagogue, 176

---- dangers it has run, 198

---- the, when persecuted is like a vessel beaten about by a storm, 211

---- that is a good state of the, in which it is upheld by God alone, 241

---- her miracles against her enemies, 266

---- ancient and modern, influence of tradition, 274

---- comparison of what took place in ancient, and now, 275

---- defended by God against corruption, 277

---- unity and plurality of the, power of the Pope, 287

---- judges of men by outward actions, 294

---- power of the, in confession, compared to that of parliament, 294

---- teaches, but God inspires, 294

---- discipline of the, needs reform, 295

Cicero, false beauties we admire in, 302

---- quoted, 110

Circumcision only a sign, 175

Clearness, why religion does not possess it, 3

Cleobuline, a character in a romance, 32

Cleopatra, the nose of, 60

Communing, secret, of man with himself, 46

Compliments, dislike of, 315

Composition of a work, 302

Concupiscence, source of all our movements, 81

Condition, our desires paint for us a happy, 74

Condran, M. de, his opinions, 279