The Two Republics - A.T. Jones (1891)
A comparison of Rome and the United States of America
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CONTENTS
1. The Last Days of the Republic Capital and Labor — Electoral Corruption — Anti-Monopoly Legislation — The Distribution of the Land — Senatorial Corruption and State Charity — Caius Gracchus Is Killed — The Consulship of Marius — More State Charity and the Social War — Revolt in the East — Bloody Strifes in the City — Dictatorship of Sulla — Sulla, Pompey, and Caesar — Pompey and Crassus, Consuls — Land Monopoly and Anti-Poverty Reform
2. The Two Triumvirates The Senate Offends Caesar — Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar — The Consulate of Caesar — Reform by Law — The Triumvirate Dissolved — Legal Government at an End — Caesar Crosses the Rubicon — Caesar Dictator, Demi-God, and Deity — Caesar's Government — The Murder of Caesar — Octavius Presents Himself — Plot, Counterplot, and War — Octavius Becomes Consul — The Triumvirs Enter Rome — "The Saviors of Their Country" — Antony and Cleopatra
3. The Roman Monarchy The Father of the People — The Accession of Tiberius — The Enemy of Public Liberty — A Furious and Crushing Despotism — Accession of Caligula — Caligula Imitates the Gods — Caligula's Prodigality — The Delirium of Power — Claudius and His Wives — Messalina's Depravity — Agrippina the Tigress — Roman Society in General — Ultimate Paganism
4. The "Ten Persecutions" Roman Law and the Jews — The Persecution by Nero — Government of Domitian — Pliny and the Christians — Government of Trajan — Riotous Attacks upon the Christians — Government of Commodus — Government of Septimius Severus — Government of Caracalla — Persecution by Maximin — The Persecution by Decius — Christianity Legalized — The Ten Persecutions a Fable
5. Christianity and the Roman Empire Freedom in Jesus Christ — Pagan Idea of the State — Rights of Individual Conscience — Christians Subject to Civil Authority — The Limits of State Jurisdiction — The Roman Religion — The Roman Laws — Sources of Persecution — Superstition and Selfishness — The Governors of Provinces — State Self-Preservation — State Religion Means Persecution — Christianity Victorious — Christianity Means Rights of Conscience
6. The Rise of Constantine The Persecution under Diocletian — The Attack Is Begun — Afflictions of the Persecutors — Rome Surrenders — Six Emperors at Once — Roman Embassies to Constantine — The Edict of Milan
7. Ancient Sun Worship The Secret of Sun Worship — The Rites of Sun Worship — Sun Worship in the Mysteries — Jehovah Condemns Sun Worship — Sun Worship in Judah — Sun Worship Destroys the Kingdom — Sun Worship of Augustus and Elagabalus — Aurelian's Temple to the Sun — Constantine a Worshiper of the Sun
8. The Falling Away — The Great Apostasy The Root of the Apostasy — Heathen Rites Adopted — The Mysteries — The Forms of Sun Worship Adopted — Rome Exalts Sunday — Heathen Philosophy Adopted — Clement's Philosophic Mysticism — Origen's Philosophic Mysticism — Imperial Aims at Religious Unity — Paganism and the Apostasy Alike — The Two Streams Unite in Constantine
9. The Exaltation of the Bishopric "All Ye Are Brethren" — A Clerical Aristocracy Created — Bishopric of Rome Asserts Pre-eminence — Contentions in Rome and Carthage — The Bishops Usurp the Place of Christ — An Episcopal Punic War — The Bishopric of Antioch — Disgraceful Character of the Bishopric
10. The Religion of Constantine His Low Utilitarianism — Pagan and Apostate Christian — His Perjury and Cruelty — Many Times a Murderer — The True Cross and Constantine — Is This Paganism or Christianity? — A Murderer Even in Death — Little Better Than a Pagan
11. Constantine and the Bishops The New Theocracy — The New Israel Delivered — Final War with Licinius — Original State Chaplaincies — The Bishops and the Emperor — Constantine Sent to Heaven — The Mystery of Iniquity
12. The Union of Church and State A False Unity — The Catholic Church Established — Which Is the Catholic Church? — Councils to Decide the Question — The Donatists Appeal to the Emperor — The State Becomes Partisan — Clergy Exempt from Public Offices — Fruits of the Exemption — The Church of the Masses — The Church a Mass of Hypocrites
13. The Original Sunday Legislation Israel Rejects the Lord as King — The Lord Would Not Forsake the People — The Kingdom Not of This World — The New and False Theocracy — Constantine's Sunday Law — Sunday Legislation Is Religious Only — The Empire a "Kingdom of God" — By Authority of Pontifex Maximus — Council of Nice against the Jews — Sabbath-Keepers Accursed from Christ — All Exemption Abolished — The Church Obtains the Monopoly — Origin of the Inquisition
14. Establishment of the Catholic Faith The Trinitarian Controversy — Homoousios or Homoiousios? — The Secret of the Controversy — Constantine's Design — Constantine's Task — The Council of Nice — Character of the Bishops — Constantine's Place in the Council — The Framing of the Creed — The Creed and Its Adoption — Their Own Estimate of the Creed — The True Estimate of the Council
15. Arianism Becomes Orthodox Arius Returned; Athanasius Banished — Athanasius Is Returned and Again Banished — Macedonius Made Bishop of Constantinople — General Council of Sardica — Athanasius Again Returned — General Councils of Arles and Milan — The Bishop of Rome Is Banished — Hosius Forced to Become Arian — Athanasius Again Removed — Liberius Becomes Arian and Is Recalled — Double Council: Rimini and Seleucia — The Emperor's Creed Declared Heretical — The World Becomes Arian
16. The Catholic Faith Re-established Jovian, Valentinian, and Valens — The Contentions Begin Again — The Order of the Hierarchy — Gregory, Bishop of Constantinople — The Meletian Schism — The Council of Constantinople — Council of Aquileia — Penalties upon Heretics — The Empire Is "Converted"
17. Mary Is Made the Mother of God Chrysostom Deposed and Banished — Chrysostom Recalled and Again Banished — A General Council Demanded — Cyril of Alexandria — Nestorius of Constantinople — Cyril and Nestorius at War — The Bishop of Rome Joins Cyril — General Council of Ephesus — Condemnation of Nestorius — Council against Council — All Alike Orthodox — Cyril Bribes the Court and Wins
18. The Eutychian Controversy The Controversy Begins — Eusebius in a Dilemma — Forecast of the Inquisition — A General Council Is Demanded — The Second General Council of Ephesus — Eutyches Is Declared Orthodox — The Unity of the Council — Peace Is Declared Restored
19. The Pope Made Author of the Faith Pretensions of the Bishops of Rome — "Irrevocable" and "Universal" — Leo Demands Another Council — The General Council of Chalcedon — "A Frightful Storm" — Condemnation of Dioscorus — Leo's Letter the Test — Leo's Letter Approved — Leo's Letter "the True Faith" — Unity of the Council Is Created — Leo's Doctrine Seals the Creed — The Creed of Leo and Chalcedon — Royalty Ratifies the Creed — The Council to Leo — Imperial Edicts Enforce the Creed — Leo "Confirms" the Creed — The Work of the Four Councils
20. The Church Usurps the Civil Authority Events That Favored the Papacy — The Bishops Censors of Magistrates — The Bible Is Made the Code — The Bishopric a Political Office — The Worst Characters Become Bishops — The Episcopal Dictatorship — Civil Government Vanishes
21. The Ruin of the Roman Empire The Bishopric of Rome — Pride of the Bishops and Clergy — Vices of Clergy and People — Abominations of Sun Worship Continued — Heathen Practices in the Church — Monkish Virtue Made Prevalent — Hypocrisy and Fraud Made Habitual — Pure, Unmingled Naturalism — Destruction and Devastation — No Remedy, and Final Ruin
22. The Supremacy of the Papacy The Papacy and the Barbarians — The "Conversion" of Clovis — The "Holy" Wars of Clovis — Such Conversion Was Worse Corruption — She Destroys Those She Cannot Corrupt — Destruction of the Herulian Kingdom — Theodoric's Rule of Italy — Papal Proceedings in Rome — The Pope Put above the State — Conspiracies against the Ostrogoths — The Accession of Justinian — The Trisagion Controversy — Justinian Joins in the Controversy — The Vandal Kingdom Uprooted — The Ostrogothic Kingdom Destroyed — Temporal Authority of the Papacy — The Lombards Invade Italy — The Pope Appeals to France — The Pope Anoints Pepin King — Pepin's Gift to the Papacy — The Pope Makes Charlemagne Emperor — The Papacy Made Supreme — The Germ of the Entire Papacy
23. Protestantism — True and False The Papal Power and Luther's Protection — The Principles of Protestantism — Protestantism Is Christianity — Zwingli as a Reformer — Henry VIII against Luther — Luther against the Papacy — Henry Divorces the Pope — Religious Rights in England — The Calvinistic Theocracy — Calvin's Despotism — Religious Despotism in Scotland — The Rise of the Puritans — Puritan Designs upon England — Elizabeth Persecutes the Puritans — Origin of the Congregationalists — Puritan Government of New England — New England Puritan Principles — Roger Williams against Puritanism — Banishment of Roger Williams — John Wheelwright and His Preaching — Wheelwright Is Banished — The Puritan Inquisition — Puritan Covenant of Grace — Mrs. Hutchinson Is Condemned — The Inquisition Continues — Planting of Connecticut and New Haven — The Theocracy Is Completed — Laws against the Baptists — The Baptist Principles — The Whipping of Elder Holmes — The Persecutors Justify Themselves — Thomas Gould and His Brethren — Another Remonstrance from England — First Treatment of Quakers — First Law against Quakers — Rhode Island's Glorious Appeal — Horrible Laws against the Quakers — Horrible Tortures of Quakers — The People Effect a Rescue — Children Sold as Slaves — The Death Penalty Is Defeated — "A Humaner Policy" — The People Rescue the Sufferers — Laws of New Haven and Connecticut — John Wesley Prosecuted — Martin Luther and Roger Williams
24. The New Republic Civil Government Wholly Impersonal — It Is the Scriptural Idea — How Are the Powers That Be, Ordained — The American Doctrine Is Scriptural — The Declaration Asserts the Truth — Government and Religion Rightly Separate — Governmental Authority Not Religious — Daniel and the Government — It Is Intentionally So — The Presbytery of Hanover — Their Second Memorial — Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance — Christianity Does Not Need It — It Undermines Public Authority — Virginia Delivered — Ratification of the Constitution — The Christian Idea
25. The Great Conspiracy The Constitution Denounced — A Religious Amendment Proposed — The National Reform Association — Proposed National Hypocrisy — The New Hierarchy — Moral and Civil Government Distinct — Morality and Religion Inseparable — This Work Committed to the Church Alone — The Two "Spheres" — The National Reform Theocracy — The New Kingdom of God — What They Propose to Do — National Reform Toleration — They Propose Union with the Papacy — Religious Worship in Public Schools — Their Principles and Aims Are Alike — The W.C.T.U. in Bad Company — Principles of the National W.C.T.U. — History Repeats Itself — Wrong Ideas of the Gospel — Prohibition Joins the Procession — Principles of National Prohibition Party — Origin of the American Sabbath Union — Church and State to Be United — The Whole Scheme Is Theocratical — Anti-American and Anti-Christian
26. The Bond of Union The Catholic Church Accepts — What Rome Means by It — What the Protestants Mean by It — Compulsory Religious Observance — What Is the Church For? — Sunday Practice of Church Members — They Invade the Realm of Conscience — The Basis of Sunday Observance — The Authority for Sunday Observance — No Obligation upon a Free Conscience — The People Must All Go to Church — Sunday Work Is to Be Treason — The Modern Puritan Ideal — The True National Reform Religion — The Rumble of the Coming Train — Whom Sunday Laws Affect — How Sunday Laws Are Enforced — Supreme Court Decisions — "A Relic of the Middle Ages" — It Worked "Nearly Perfectly" — Their Object Is to Make It Universal
27. Will It Succeed? Chaplaincies Unconstitutional — Government Chaplaincies Anti-Christian — An Imposition upon the People — Liquor-Drinking Chaplains — National Religious Proclamations — Appropriations to Churches — A Fallacious Protest — The Church Raid upon the Treasury — The Constitution Forgotten — Church Power Strangles Free Discussion — The Amendment Proposed — A New Council of Nice — The Proposed National Theology — The Constitution Disregarded — The National Sunday Law — Religious Legislation Only — What They Covet — Congress and the World to Come — The State Dictates to Conscience — Enforced Religious Observance — No Disturbance of Worship — The Constitution Protects Them — The Meaning of Exemption — "Everybody's Attention" Called — An Invasion of Rights — We Plead for the Rights of All — Why They Propose Exemption — "Embarrassing Legislation" — They Will "Scoop All In" — Inalienable Right
28. Conclusion What More Is Needed? — International Sunday-Law Movement — The Pope Exalts Himself and Sunday — The Arch-Mistress of Sorceries — Shall Papal or Christian Principles Rule? — The Lesson of the History
Appendix: How Sunday Laws Are Enforced Prosecution of Elder J.W. Scoles — Allen Meeks — Joe McCoy — J.L. Shockey — James M. Pool — James A. Armstrong — William L. Gentry — Pres. A. Pennell — J.L. James — Allen Meeks, the Second Time — John A. Meeks — John Neuach — F.N. Elmore — William H. Frits — Z. Swearingen — I.L. Benson — James A. Armstrong, the Second Time — J.L. Munson — James M. Pool — J.L. Shockey, the Second Time — Alexander Holt — Letters from Prominent Citizens of Arkansas
