Religion

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• The Pope. V294
• Religious beliefs. V300
• Particular dogmas. V310
• Belief in the life to come. V311
• Doctrine of immortality taught by druids. V311.0.1
• Man converted to belief in future life on deathbed. Feels sure nevertheless that nothing will come of it. V311.1
• Dying man refuses to believe in life to come. V311.2
• Given choice between life and heaven, person chooses latter. V311.3
• Belief in Immaculate Conception. (Cf. T510.) V312
• Proclamation of dogma of Immaculate Conception stops plague. V312.1
• Man miraculously dies for opposing dogma of Immaculate Conception. Attempt to disprove the dogma by false miracle. Sham dead man is to rise if the dogma is not true. He is found to be actually dead. V312.2
• Last judgment. V313
• Belief in the Atonement. V315
• Power of repentance. V315.1
• Efficacy of prayer. V316
• "He that asks shall receive." Hermit wants to prove truth of these words of the Gospel and asks for the hand of the princess. Performs the difficult task imposed upon him. V316.1
• The chosen people. V317
• Holy land. V317.1
• Heretics. V320
• Insane man burns heretic in his bed: restored to his senses as reward. V321
• Heretical baptism. Heathen baptized into devil's possession. V322
• Atheists. V323
• Epicureans regarded as atheists. V323.1
• Baptismal water vanishes before Aryan bishop. V325
• Hero renounces heaven because dead companions (heathen) are not there. V326
• Author of book against heretic honored by Virgin Mary and angels. V327
• Man sets fire to his house and perishes in it rather than accept Christianity. V328
• Conversion from one religion to another. V330
• Conversion to Christianity. (Cf. M177.1.) V331
• Druid converted to Christianity. V331.0.1
• Three (two) Irishmen who believed in Christianity before the coming of St. Patrick. (Cf. A1546.3.1.) V331.0.2
• Conversion to Christianity through miracle. V331.1
• Conversion to Christianity by miracle of seeing blood flow from Jesus' image. V331.1.1
• Conversion to Christianity through appearance of the cross and angels. V331.1.2
• Conversion to Christianity because the heathen gods prove to be less powerful. V331.1.3
• Conversion because saint's staff miraculously goes through neophytes' foot. V331.1.4
• Conversion to Christianity on pain of death. V331.2
• Miraculous beautification upon conversion to Christianity. (Cf. D1860.) V331.3
• Conversion to Christianity through repentance. V331.4
• Conversion to Christianity through love. V331.5
• Conversion to Christianity out of gratitude. Ruler has captive baptize his sister and then marry her. Grateful for past kindnesses. V331.6
• Saladin asks to be made a Christian knight. V331.7
• Fairies converted to Christianity. V331.8
• Swans (transformed children) do not suffer in harsh weather after conversion to Christianity. V331.9
• Conversion to Christianity because of admiration for Christian virtue. V331.10
• Conversion to Christianity through show of forgiveness and gentleness. V331.10.1
• Baptism of heathen. V332
• Conversion to Judaism. V336
• Miracle manifested to non-believers. V340
• Pagan sybil draws picture of Madonna and Child in sand. Result of vision. V341
• Sign of cross intimidates Jews. V342
• Jews protesting against marriage of Jewess and Christian are struck dumb. V343
• Temple about to be taken over by pagans saved by appearance of a Sign of the Cross (image of the Virgin). V344
• Dove flies out of man's mouth. Impious anchorite has agreed to forsake his religion in return for the possession of a maid. When he repents the dove reenters his mouth. V345
• Skeptic kicked by sacrificial animal. V346
• Idols found on their faces after saint's arrival. V347
• Conflicts between religions. V350
• Duel (debate) to prove which religion is better. V351
• Wise heretic is vanquished in debate with a Christian. V351.1
• Brahmin wins a discussion on religion. V351.1.1
• Unbeliever loses argument with hermit. V351.2
• Magician overpowered in contest with a saint. V351.3
• Contest of St. Peter with Simon Magus, a magician. V351.3.1
• Prayer-contest to prove which religion is better. V351.4
• Contest of miraculous powers between a Yogi and a Musselman. V351.5
• Pagan disputant with Christian stricken dumb. V352
• Pagan disputant with Christian bested by the words put in his mouth by God. V352.1
• Life of heroic age preferable to Christian living. V354
• Buddhists become slaves of Taoists because they cannot produce rain. V355
• Christian hero (saint) overthrows heathen idols. V356
• Saint dispels pagan devils from ancient shrines. V356.1
• Pagan shrines and idols, or magic books destroyed by fire from heaven. V356.2
• Heathen idols sink into earth up to their necks through power of saint. V356.2.1
• Saint's bachall pointed at idol defaces it. (Cf. V347.) V356.3
• Christian and Jewish traditions about each other. V360
• Christian child killed to furnish blood for Jewish rite. (Hugh of Lincoln.) (Cf. V254.7.) V361
• Plague from Jews' poisoning wells. V362
• Jewish child thrown into oven by father for taking eucharist. Preserved by Virgin Mary. V363
• Jewish child resurrected (saved by power of Virgin Mary) after being burned to ashes for eating consecrated bread in Christian church. V363.1
• A Christianized Jew becomes a priest. During Mass, he stabs the consecrated host, blood flows (cf. C55, J1261.2, V30). He kills the other priest who saw him commit the sacrilege, and before killing, forces him to renounce his faith. A miracle exposes the murderer. V364
• Jewish traditions concerning non-Jews. V365
• Religious beliefs – miscellaneous. V380
• Heathen beats his god because of misfortune. (Cf. V123.) V381
• Doctor ridicules belief in Devil, Heaven, and Hell. V382
• Religious fanaticism. V383
• Prolonged prostration in worship causes death. V383.1
• Hindu drinks water by mistake from Mohammedan's vessel: his fortune turns to evil. V383.2
• Romans won't include Jesus in their pantheon because of his poverty which they hate. V385
• Charity. V400
• Charity rewarded. V410
• Charity rewarded above prayer or hearing of masses. V410.1
• Prince's motto: charity conquers. V410.2
• Miraculous reward for charities. V411
• Queen gives away a sleeve of her dress: miraculously restored. V411.1
• Saint exchanges coat with beggar: gold sleeves miraculously appear. V411.2
• Man who has given all in charity has foot amputated: restored miraculously. V411.3
• Stones turn to gold for charitable money-lender. Hence money borrowed for wedding is never refused by lenders. V411.4
• Treasure given away by saint miraculously restored. V411.5
• Man earns as much as he gave away for charity in his former life. V411.5.1
• Food given away by saint miraculously restored. V411.6
• Charitable king blows nose after having given to beggar. Huge ruby appears in his kerchief. V411.7
• Jesus appears to St. Martin when he gives his cloak to beggar. V411.8
• Charity miraculously repaid: flame settles on forehead. V411.9
• Miraculous manifestations during act of charity. V412
• Bread stolen by St. Nicholas for purpose of feeding poor is miraculously restored. V412.1
• The more bread (flour) the monks give to the poor the more God places in their bins. (Cf. D1652.1.1.) V412.2
• Son's acts of charity save his father's soul. V413
• Saint shares punishment of sinful man whose cloak he shared in life. V414
• Children envious of money given by deceased father to bishop. In vision they take their father's body up and find a quittance saying that he has received more than a hundredfold reward. V415
• Act of charity obliterates sin. V416
• Man convicted of cheating at his bookkeeping is excused when it is learned that he has given the money to the poor. V416.1
• Reward of the uncharitable. V420
• Shipman refuses alms: ship turned to stone. V421
• Uncharitable knight drives bargain even in giving alms: devoured by serpents. His alms of corn turn to serpents. V422
• Uncharitable pope wanders after death. V425
• Charity – miscellaneous motifs. V430
• Charity of usurers ineffective. V431
• Man beggars self by charity. V432
• Charity of saints. V433
• Conqueror restores kingship to king for charity. V434
• Pious man charitable to man who has formerly refused him charity. V435
• Mendicant refuses to accept alms from barren woman. V436
• Saint repeatedly bestows father's goods upon the poor. V437
• Merit for charity lost by asking work in return. V438
• Other religious virtues. V440
• Forgiveness. V441
• Saint heals enemy. V441.1
• Religious orders. V450
• First-born son and one of every ten born thereafter given to Church. V451
• Levites as religious order. V453
• Clerical virtues and vices. V460
• Clerical virtue. V461
• Obedient and industrious nun the worthiest in the convent. V461.1
• Truthful monk refuses to cheat even for his order. V461.2
• Chastity as clerical virtue. V461.3
• Submission as clerical virtue. V461.4
• Truthfulness as clerical virtue. V461.4.1
• Extended meditation as clerical virtue. V461.5
• Monk lives where people speak ill of him to avoid danger of flattery. V461.6
• Clerical virtue of absolute faith. Man captured by robbers is so confident that God will protect him that he is saved. V461.7
• Poverty as saintly virtue. V461.8
• Asceticism. V462
• Kingship renounced to become an ascetic. V462.0.1
• Since salvation is predestined, asceticism deemed useless. V462.0.2
• Husband abandons wife to become ascetic. V462.0.3
• Murderer becomes ascetic. V462.0.4
• Maintaining silence as ascetic practice. V462.1
• Ascetic fasting. V462.2
• Ascetic faster increases his sufferings by placing food and drink before himself. V462.2.1
• Person refuses to eat dainties. V462.2.2
• Saint refuses pearls as alms and asks for food. V462.2.2.1
• Death from ascetic devotions. V462.2.3
• Ascetic weeping. V462.3
• Asceticism: allowing self no repose. V462.4
• Asceticism: cleric practices continual genuflexion. V462.4.1
• Cross vigil. Cleric stands with hands extended in shape of cross. V462.4.2
• Saint always extends one hand toward heaven while performing such acts as eating or reaping. V462.4.3
• Ascetic cleric tortures his flesh. V462.5
• Ascetic cleric prays to become diseased. V462.5.0.1
• Ascetic cleric wears hair garment. V462.5.1
• Saint never wears woolen clothing, but skins of wolves and other beasts. V462.5.1.1
• Ascetic cleric sleeps (prays) with wet sheet (mantle) about him. V462.5.1.2
• Ascetic cleric sleeps on stone. V462.5.2
• Saint takes but little sleep. V462.5.2.1
• Saint stands for seven years without sleep. V462.5.2.2
• Ascetic cleric avoids listening to music. V462.6
• Ascetic cleric never smiles. V462.7
• Ascetic immersion. V462.8
• Saint confines himself in narrow pen during Lent. V462.8.1
• Saint stands (asleep) while bird builds nest and hatches brood in his hand. V462.8.2
• Ascetic cleric leads mendicant life. V462.9
• Ascetic cleric lives for seven years on whale's back. V462.10
• Ascetic cleric renounces world (to become a herder). V462.11
• Monk refuses chance of having temptation removed since he considers it strengthening to have it ever present to test him. V462.12
• Evil ascetic misuses magic powers obtained through religious meditation. V462.13
• Boy takes twelve years to wash off ascetic's dirt. V462.14
• Religious martyrdom. V463
• Cleric surrenders life that body may consecrate land. V463.1
• First martyr: John the Baptist. V463.2
• Self-torture to secure holiness. V464
• Clerical vices. V465
• Incontinence of clergy. V465.1
• Incontinent monk (priest). V465.1.1
• Monk seduces girl; then kills her; becomes infidel. V465.1.1.1
• Marriage of clerics. V465.1.1.2
• Incontinent nun. V465.1.2
• Nun hidden by abbess from pursuing knight betrays her own hiding place to him. Is afterwards abandoned. V465.1.2.1
• Nun tempted into sinning with man who tells her God can't see things that happen in the dark. V465.1.2.2
• Simony. V466
• Pope guilty of simony. V466.1
• Priest uses cook-book instead of breviary. V467
• Priest is bribed into betraying the confessional. V468
• Clerical vows. V470
• Taking clerical vows heals disease. V471
• Clerical vows because of disappointment in love. V472
• Man becomes hermit when he realizes selfishness of his beloved's love. (Cf. T93.2.) V472.1
• Former monk refuses to take pay for his work, considering it as a religious act. V473
• Renunciation of clerical vows. V475
• Monk who has left order punished (dies in torment). V475.1
• Monk who has left his order forgiven and miraculously reinstated. V475.2