Foreword 117–118

The figure of the Forerunner in the Gospel of John and the patristic commentaries 119–138

Yves-Marie Blanchard

The cult of martyrs in the early centuries 139–159

Jacques-Noël Pérès

The figure of the Forerunner in the Orthodox liturgical tradition 160–171

Job Getcha

Presence and cult of the Baptist's head in the East until 1204 172–187

Michel Stavrou

Constantinopolitan relics and reliquaries of the head of Saint John the Baptist brought to the West after 1204 188–221

Jannic Durand

The relics in the fire of the Protestant Reformation 222–239

Marianne Carbonnier-Burkard

The meaning of the cult of relics in the Catholic tradition 240–258

Patrick Prétot

The meaning of the cult of relics in the Orthodox tradition 259–277

Michel Stavrou

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