The Russian Catechisms — The three principal catechisms, pp. 81-82 — Catechism of Peter the Great — Its orthodoxy judged by Protestants, pp. 82-83 and note. Explanation of the fifth commandment in Peter's Catechism — (Of the different division of the Ten Commandments in the Catholic and in the Oriental Orthodox Church) pp. 84-86 and note. Catechism of Platon, metropolitan of Moscow — Bacmeister's judgment of its orthodoxy — Extracts from it, pp. 86-90. Doctrine virtually contained in these two catechisms — Aphorisms concerning the power of the Tsar, pp. 90-92. (Of the note appended to Art. 42 of the Russian Code of Laws concerning the title of 'Head of the Church' applied to the Tsar, p. 91, note). The Church totally deprived of her right of self-government — Catechism of Mgr. Filaret — Striking omissions in it — The episcopal office reduced to the bare administration of sacraments and the teaching of the word of God, pp. 92-94.
Peter the Great's 'I am your patriarch' — Account of the feet printed at St. Petersburg, pp. 106-107.
Marks of servility exhibited in the liturgical books of the Russian Church — The imperial family's names in huge capital letters — Formula of approbation of the liturgical books — Remarks, pp. 95-97 — Extracts from the 'Rite for the election and consecration of a Bishop' — Of the election of bishops in the Russian Church, pp. 97-101 — The office of Orthodoxy — Anathema against those who deny that the gifts of the Holy Ghost are poured out upon Orthodox Sovereigns, pp. 101-103 — Tacitus' 'Praisers the worst kind of enemies' applied to the praisers of the Bnssian Church, as regards the consequences of their praises, pp. 101-103.
THE ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCH IS LIABLE TO ANY REVOLUTION, JUST AS CIVIL SOCIETIES ARE, pp. 145-160.
Contests as to the Russian Church being really governed by the Tsar, pp. 21,22.
INTRODUCTION, pp. 1-9.
THE ROMAN PAPACY, pp. 161-181.
Doctrine of the Oriental Orthodox Church concerning her government — The Church ought to be governed by bishops, pp. 10-13.
The administrative and legislative powers of the Russian Church both in the hands of the Tsar — Synod and Senate both termed 'governing,' and in what sense, p. 48. Synod a mere organ or instrument, through which the Tsar acts — Testimony of the Russian jurists, Mikhailoff and Speranski, pp. 48-50 — Testimony of the Russian Code of Laws — Synod and Ministries compared — The administrative power belongs, in its entire extent, to the Tsar, pp. 51-53. Definition of the legislative power by Blackstone and Stephen, pp. 53-54. The Russian Code on the composition, explanation, and completion of the laws, pp. 54-56.
Oath taken by the members of the Synod (in extenso), pp. 40-41 and note. The Tsar acknowledged by them upon oath as 'supreme judge of the Synod' — Remarks upon this oath, pp. 42-43 and note.