TABLE OF CONTENTS (32 pages)

Veneration of Holy Images .....Page 119

— Foundations of this devotion, which is as ancient as the Church. —History of the Iconoclasts and of several martyrs who shed their blood in defense of holy images. —The Protestant Reformation. — Attitude of Popes and Councils

— Adoration of Images — Iconoclasts — Leo the Isaurian — Saint Germanus of Constantinople — Saint Gregory II — Saint

John Damascene — Constantine Copronymus. Martyrs for the veneration of Holy Images : — Saint Andrew of Crete — Saint

Stephen the Younger — Martyred monks. A new era : — Empress Irene — Second Council of Nicea — The persecution continues

— Theophile the Iconoclast — Protestant Reform — Council of Trent

Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae .....140

— by Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Saint Juliana of Nicomedia .....145

— Virgin and martyr — Juliana refuses to marry a pagan — Juliana before the Prefect — The Father of lies  Juliana leads the

devil enchained — The fiery furnace Wonders and conversions — Final combat  Victory and Immortality