the words, "In the beginning," interpreted differently, [214]183, [215]187
Bible
literary, merit of the, [216]62 (note), [217]81 (note)
the Psalms "a Bible in little," [218]131 (note)
Birds of the air symbolical of pride, [219]80 (note)
Blessedness, true, to be attained only by adhering to God, [220]190 (note)
Blind man, the, cured, [221]134
his vow, [222]134 (note)
Blindness, Augustin compares sin to, [223]192 (note)
Body, soul, and spirit, [224]111 (note)
as distinct from soul, [225]111, [226]112
the mind commands the [227]125
Books, the Manichæan, [228]83
Boyhood, Augustin's fondness for play in, 50
he thanks God for his, [229]54
Caesar, Christ paid tribute to, [230]80
Calling upon God, [231]45
Carthage, Augustin sent by his father to pursue his studies at, [232]56, [233]60
he leaves that city on account of the violent habits of the students there, [234]84
Cassiacum, Verecundus' villa at, [235]130
Catechumens, seasoned with salt, [236]50 and note, 89 (note)
or "Hearers" of the Manichæans, their privileges, [237]66 (note)
Augustin resolves to become one in the Catholic Church, [238]88
customs of, at baptism, [239]119 (note)
before baptism, [240]197 (note)
when ready for, they were termed Competentes, 197(note)
Categories of Aristotle maybe classed under two heads, [241]77and note
Catiline loved not his villanies, but had a motive for committing them, [242]58
Cavils, Manichæan [243]167, 174
Celibacy, discussion of Augustin and Alypius concerning, [244]98, [245]99
Chief evil, nature of the, [246]76
Chief good,
Augustin's conception of the, [247]75
Varro gives [248]288different opinions as regards the, [249]75(note)
God the, [250]194, 151(note)
Childhood,
the sins of, found in manhood; an emblem of humility, [251]54
Christ, the fulness of the Godhead is in, 62
perfect human sympathy of, [252]71 (note)
humiliation of, for us, [253]74and note
our very life, [254]74
paid tribute to Caesar, [255]80
humanity of, [256]85 (note), [257]108
Manichæan belief as to the human birth of, 87(note)
fulness of, [258]108
the Mediator, [259]112, [260]114 (note)
a perfect man, [261]113
the two natures of, [262]113 (note), [263]161 and note, 162
as God, the country to which we go, as man, the way by which we go, [264]114
healing in Him alone, [265]114
the Victor and Victim, Priest and Sacrifice, 162
the Beginning, [266]166
Christian, certainty of the faith of the, as compared with the uncertainty of the teaching of the philosophers, 86(note)
the almost and altogether, [267]121(note)
Christianity gives the golden key to happiness, [268]75(note)
Augustin's erroneous views as to, [269]86(note)
Church, the,
history of, creation type of the, [270]194
music of, its effect on Augustin, [271]156
Circensian games, Alypius' love of the, [272]94
how cured of it, [273]95
he becomes Augustin's pupil, and is involved in the same superstition as his friend, [274]95
Augustin becomes carried away by the love of the, [275]95
they were put a stop to by the sacrifice of Telemachus the monk, [276]96 (note)
Cicero's writings as compared with the Word of God, [277]81(note)
his opinion concerning Arcesilas' teaching, 86(note)
Augustin studies his Hortensius, [278]61, and is stimulated to wisdom thereby, [279]107(note), 123, [280]124
Circus, games of the, [281]95and note, 158(note)
Classics, highly esteemed in Augustin's day, 51
objections to the study of the, [282]53
Commandments, modes of dividing the Ten, [283]65and note
Community, Augustin and his friends propose to establish a, [284]99, [285]100
Companions, influence of bad, [286]59
Competentes, name given to catechumens when ready for baptism, [287]197
Conception of Christ, Augustin's, [288]112
of God, [289]102 and note, [290]103, [291]104
Confession to God, Augustin urges the duty of, 79
is piety, [292]81
useof Augustin's, [293]143
object of his, [294]163
Confirmation sometimes called a sacrament by the Fathers, [295]118(note)
Constantine was not baptized till the end of his life, [296]50(note)
his controversy with Sylvester, [297]69(note)
Constantius enacted laws against Paganism, 120
Contemplation, the Christian ascends the mount of, by faith, [298]181(note)
the reward of practical duties, [299]197
of things eternal, [300]197 (note)
Continency, false and seducing, of the Manichæans [301]95and note
beauty of, [302]126
imposed on us, [303]153,
Continentia and Sustinentia, difference between, [304]153(note)
Conversion, Monica's dream of her son's, 66
of Victorinus, [305]119
of Paul, [306]120 and note, [307]138(note)
of Alypius, [308]128
Converts, how received in Justin Martyr's time, [309]118 (note)
Corporeal brightness, Augustin thought of God as a, [310]71(note), [311]77
of the Manichæans [312]109 (note)
forms, Augustin's mind ranges through, [313]75, [314]76, but later on he repudiates the notion of a, [315]92
Corruption, the five regions of, [316]103
Courtiers, history of the two, [317]122-123
Creasti, explanation of, [318]115
Creation praises God, [319]79, 110
harmony of the, [320]110-111
testifies to a Creator, [321]165
time began from the not it from time, [322]188 (note)
doctrine of the Trinity emblemized in the, 191
history of the, a type of the Church,
Creator, true joy to be found only in the, 58
putting the creature above the, [323]81
God the, [324]165
Credulity of the Manichæans, [325]93(note)
Cross of Christ symbolized, [326]52(note)
Curds, the mountain of, [327]130and note
Curiosity, a help to learning, [328]52
affects a desire for knowledge, [329]58
Augustin's sacrilegious, [330]61
fishes of the sea symbolical of, [331]80(note)
evil of, to Augustin, [332]95
a snare to Alypius, [333]99
temptation of, stimulated by the lust of the eyes, [334]157, [335]158
for experiment's sake, [336]158
manifold temptations of, [337]158
Curtain of Ps. civ. 2, rendered "skin," [338]195(note)
Custom, force of, [339]52
true inner righteousness doth not judge according to, [340]64
versus law, [341]84
conforming to, [342]90 (note)
the weight of carnal, [343]111
power of, [344]121
Customs, human, to be obeyed, [345]65
Cyprian, oratory in memory of, [346]84
Danae, [347]52
Daniel praying in captivity, [348]181(note)
Darkness and light, [349]103 (note)
Dead, prayers for the, [350]90 (note), [351]139, [352]141 (note)
festivals in honour of the, [353]90
origin of the custom, [354]90 (note)
Death, origin of the law of, [355]73 (note)
Augustin says Adam was able to avert it by partaking of the tree of life, [356]73 (note)
Death-bed baptism of Nebridius, [357]70
Declamation, Augustin's, applauded above that of his fellow-students, [358]53
"Deep, the great," Augustin's interpretation of the, [359]191 (note), [360]194 (note)
Dido, [361]51
Distentio, distraction, [362]174 and notes
Divination, the soothsayers used sacrifices in their, [363]68
the mathematicians did not do so, [364]69
Augustin's obstinate belief in, but his friend Nebridius scoffs at it, [365]70
afterwards influenced by Augustin, he too believes in it, [366]70
of the astrologers, [367]105, [368]106
Divinity of Christ, [369]113 (note)
Docetae, belief of the, [370]113 (note)
Donatism, how developed in Augustin's time, [371]90 (note)
spiritual pride of the Donatists, [372]162 (note)
Drachma, the woman and the, [373]119, [374]149
Dream
of Monica concerning her son's conversion, 66
temptation in, [375]154
Augustin's view of, [376]154 (note)
Thorwaldsen's, result of, [377]154 (note)
Drunkenness forbidden by God, [378]154, [379]155
Duad, Monad and, [380]76 and note
how this dualistic belief affected the Manichæan notion of Christ, [381]87 (note)
Dust, the mathematicians drew their figures in, [382]77 (note)
Ear, the delights of the, [383]156
Earth, beauty of the, [384]144 (note)
East, turning to the, at baptism, [385]119, (note)
Education, Augustin disapproves of the mode of, in his day, [386]52
Egyptians,
Faustus' objection to the spoiling of the, [387]66 (note)
gold of the, belongs to God, [388]109 and note
"Elect" of the Manichæans, [389]66 and note, [390]68, 83 (note)
Augustin becomes one of the, [391]86
divine substance in the, [392]103, [393]104, [394]155 (note)
Eloquence, wit and,
baits to draw man to the Word, [395]45 (note)
Augustin begins to study, [396]61
Greek and Latin, Hierius' knowledge of, [397]75
of Faustus, [398]82, [399]83
of Ambrose, [400]88
Endiathetos, "in the bosom of the Father," [401]108 (note), [402]166 (note)
Enemies of God, who are the, [403]79 (note)
Epicureanism, [404]100
popularity of, [405]100 (note)
Eraclius, Augustin designates, as his successor, [406]163 (note)
Esau, Jacob and, illustrations concerning, 106
his longing after the Egyptian food, [407]108 and note
Eternal, on comprehending the, [408]167, [409]175 (note)
Eternity, of God, [410]48, [411]109 and note;
relation of, to the mutable creature, [412]179
time has no relation to, [413]167
God's to-day is, [414]168;
reason leads us to the necessity of a belief in, [415]173 (note)
has no succession, [416]175 (note)
Eucharist, oblations for the, [417]85 (note)
regeneration necessary before the reception of the [418]118 (note), [419]138 (note)
called by the ancients "the sacrament of perfection;" maintains life which baptism gives, [420]200
Augustin's interpretation of the, [421]200 (note)
Eunuchus, Terence's, [422]53 and note
Eversores, or subverters, [423]61 and note
Evil
whence is? - see Manichæans
Augustin's notions concerning, [424]64 (note)
the chief Augustin calls a Duad, [425]76
Manichæan doctrine of, [426]83 (note), [427]86, [428]87
the cause of, [429]103, [430]104
origin of, [431]104-106
not a substance, [432]110, [433]111
Augustin's notion of, [434]110 (note)
Evil habits bind like iron, [435]120 and note, 121
conviction powerless against, [436]121
Evodius
became associated with Augustin, [437]135
he leads the singing at Monica's funeral, 139
Augustin's endeavours to unravel his difficulties as to the spirits in prison, [438]164 (note)
Excess, by grace we avoid, [439]155
Eyes, the lust of the, [440]157, [441]158
Fables, Manichæan, [442]83 and note
old wives', [443]85
the use of, common with mediaeval writers, [444]164 (note)
"Fair and Fit, Augustin's book as to the, [445]74, 76
Faith, preaching leads to, [446]45
the Manichæans exalted reason at the expense of, [447]63 (note)
the rule of, [448]67, [449]128
reason and, [450]93 and note
and sight, [451]201 (note)
Fame, the emptiness of popular, [452]68
Fasting enjoined by Justin Martyr as a preparation for baptism, [453]118 (note), [454]154 (note)
Faustus, a bishop of the Manichæans,
goes to Carthage, [455]80
eloquence of, [456]82, [457]83
his knowledge superficial, [458]82, [459]83
distinction between his teaching and that of Ambrose, [460]88
Fear, "pure," [461]69 (note)
joy in proportion to past [462]119, [463]120
Fever, Nebridius falls sick of a, and dies, 70
Augustin is attacked by, [464]4
Fichte's strange idea as to St. John's teaching concerning the word, [465]185 (note)
Fictions, Augustin's love of, [466]52, [467]53
evils of, [468]52, [469]53
results of, to Augustin, [470]61
Manichæan [471]63
Augustin's reply to Faustus as to Manichæan 93 (note)
Fideles, the, [472]89
Fig-tree, Manichæan delusions concerning, 66
Firmament, allegorical explanation of the, 195, [473]196, [474]199 (note)
Firminius,
a friend of Augustin's, [475]105
studies the constellations, and relates a story to disprove astrology, [476]105, [477]106;
Fish of the sea, symbolical interpretation of the, [478]80 (note), [479]200 (note)
Flesh,
the Word made, [480]107 and note, [481]108, [482]112-113, 162
as distinct from body, [483]164 (note)
Forgetfulness the privation of memory, [484]148, 149
Fortunatus, Augustin's controversy with, 103
Free-will, [485]76 and note
the cause of evil, [486]103, [487]104
absence of, the punishment of former sin, 125
the Pelagians held that through the power of, they could attain perfection, [488]140 (note)
Friendship,
of the world enmity to God, [489]51
false, [490]59, [491]70
between Augustin and Nebridius, [492]70
of Pylades and Orestes, [493]71
Lord Bacon's sentiments as to, [494]72 (note)
Fruit, distinction between the "gift" and the, 203, [495]200
of the earth allegorized, [496]203
Funerals,
Roman customs at, [497]139 (note)
rites at Monica's, [498]139 and note
Gassendi vitalized Epicureanism, [499]100 (note)
Genesis,
what Moses meant in the book of, [500]186
repetition of the allegorical interpretation of, [501]206
Gibbon, his description of the amphitheatre of Titus, [502]95 (note)
his charge of Platonism against Christianity, 107 (note)
Gifts,
diversities of, given by the Spirit, [503]197
distinction between the "gift" and the "fruit," [504]203-204
Gnostic opinion as to the origin of the world, 205
God,
worthy of praise, [505]45, [506]79
man desires to praise Him, His power and wisdom, [507]45
true rest in Him only, [508]45, [509]59, [510]74, [511]161
knowledge of, [512]45
Augustin longs for that knowledge, [513]158 (note)
omnipresence of, [514]79
attributes of, [515]45-46, [516]58
naught can contain, [517]46
He filleth all things, [518]46
by filling them He created them, [519]72
majesty of, [520]46 and note
unchangeableness of, [521]46, [522]63, [523]73, [524]79 (note), 116
beauty of, [525]46, [526]63
always working, yet always at rest, [527]46, 207
imperfect man cannot comprehend the perfect, 46 (note)
providence of, [528]47
eternal, [529]48, [530]109 and note
is Truth, [531]62, [532]72, [533]81, [534]109 and note, [535]151, [536]152, 187 and note
sought wrongly not to be found, [537]63
His care of us, [538]67
held by the Manichæans to be an unmeasured light, [539]68 (note)
the true light, [540]76 (note), [541]109 and note, 157
the source of light, [542]112 (note)
the fountain of light, [543]161
the architect and artificer of His Church, [544]72 (note)
wounds only to heal, [545]72 (note)
should be our highest love, [546]72
all good is from, [547]74
unity of, [548]77
our supreme good, [549]78, [550]151 (note)
to be preferred to learning, [551]87
Augustin's conception of, [552]102 and note, [553]103, 104
incomprehensible, [554]102
incorruptibility of, [555]103 and note, [556]104
never suffers evil, [557]104
the Chief Good, [558]105
subjection to, our only safety, [559]107
the Word, [560]108
"I am that I am," [561]109, 110 (note)
hope and joy in Him alone, [562]142,153
searchings after, [563]144-145
the Creator, [564]165
the Immutable Light of wisdom, [565]190 (note)
the mercy of, in conveying His truth by symbols, [566]199
Gods, why the poets attributed wickedness to the, [567]52
Homer transfers things human to the, [568]52
Gold of Egypt, [569]109 and note
Good,
the Manichæans taught that good and evil were primeval, and had independent existence, [570]64 (note)
all, is from God, [571]74
Augustin's conception of the chief, [572]75, 105
God our Supreme, [573]78, [574]151, [575]190 (note)
and evil illustrated, [576]110 (note)
God saw that everything in creation was, [577]204, 205