The Two Babylons
1853; expanded 1858
Alexander Hislop’s The Two Babylons: or, The Papal Worship Proved to Be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife. With sixty-one woodcut illustrations from Nineveh, Babylon, Egypt, Pompeii, &c.
Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons (first pamphlet 1853; expanded 1858). Public domain. Sectioned HTML and woodcut scans via Swartzentrover.com digital edition.
Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Distinctive Character of the Two Systems
- Chapter 2, Section I: Trinity in Unity
- Chapter 2, Section II: The Mother and Child, and the Origin of the Child
- Chapter 2, Section II.I: The Child in Assyria
- Chapter 2, Section II.II: The Child in Egypt
- Chapter 2, Section II.III: The Child in Greece
- Chapter 2, Section II.IV: The Death of the Child
- Chapter 2, Section II.V: The Deification of the Child
- Chapter 2, Section III: The Mother of the Child
- Chapter 3, Section I: Christmas and Lady-day
- Chapter 3, Section II: Easter
- Chapter 3, Section III: The Nativity of St. John
- Chapter 3, Section IV: The Feast of the Assumption
- Chapter 4, Section I: Baptismal Regeneration
- Chapter 4, Section II: Justification by Works
- Chapter 4, Section III: The Sacrifice of the Mass
- Chapter 4, Section IV: Extreme Unction
- Chapter 4, Section V: Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead
- Chapter 5, Section I: Idol Processions
- Chapter 5, Section II: Relic Worship
- Chapter 5, Section III: The Clothing and Crowning of Images
- Chapter 5, Section IV: The Rosary and the Worship of the Sacred Heart
- Chapter 5, Section V: Lamps and Wax-Candles
- Chapter 5, Section VI: The Sign of the Cross
- Chapter 6, Section I: The Sovereign Pontiff
- Chapter 6, Section II: Priests, Monks, and Nuns
- Chapter 7, Section I: The Great Red Dragon
- Chapter 7, Section II: The Beast from the Sea
- Chapter 7, Section III: The Beast from the Earth
- Chapter 7, Section IV: The Image of the Beast
- Chapter 7, Section V: The Number of the Beast
- Conclusion