Moon, sun and, Manichean belief as to the, 63
its falsity, [906]82, [907]83 and note
influence of the, [908]103 (note)
the natural man and the, [909]198
Morality of the Manichæans, [910]95
Morals, authority and, [911]65
Mortality, skins the emblem of, [912]112 and note, 195
Mortification, pain better than, [913]100 and note
Moses [914]109 (note)
on Mount Nebo, [915]181 (note)
what he meant in book of Genesis, [916]186
he is supposed to have perceived all the truth in its words, [917]188
Mountain of milk and curds, [918]130 and note
Mountains of God, Augustin's interpretation of the, [919]191
Music, church, effect of, on Augustin, [920]156
Mysteries, of Scripture, God's reason for the, 48 (note)
the mystery and simplicity of Scripture, [921]62, 93
the unfolding of God's, in the future life only, [922]124 (note)
of Scripture, [923]164 (note)
symbolized, [924]164 (note)
well-regulated minds do not seek to pry into the, [925]193
when revelation is clear and devoid of, [926]196 (note)
of God can be revealed by Him alone, [927]207
Mystery or "sacrament," [928]118 (note)
Natures, the two, [929]125, [930]126
Nebridius, a goodly youth Augustin's friend, 70, [931]105, [932]130
he left Carthage for Milan to be near Augustin, [933]97
tried to dissuade Augustin from belief in the astrologers, [934]70, [935]105
his argument against Manichæanism, [936]103
consented to teach under Verecundus, [937]122
his humility, [938]122
dies in Africa after the conversion of his household, [939]131
letter of Augustin to, [940]131
Neo-Platonism, Aristotle and Zeno prepared the way for, [941]86 (note)
Amelius developed and formulated, [942]107 (note)
doctrine of, as to the "Word," [943]107 (note)
as to the soul's capacity, [944]198 (note)
Augustin speaks with admiration of, [945]117 (note)
Neptune, t [946]17
New Song, the, of Praise [947]45 (note)
New Testament, the Manichæans professed to believe in the, to entrap the unwary, [948]62 (note)
adversity the blessing of the, [949]76 (note)
the Manichæans asserted that the writings of, had been corrupted, [950]87 and note
Obedience, to teachers enjoined, [951]49
to princes, [952]65
to God, in or against human laws, necessary, 65, [953]66
Oblations, what they are, [954]85 (note)
Monica made them twice a day, [955]85
offered at Queen Victoria's coronation, [956]85 (note)
at the tombs of the martyrs, [957]90 (note)
Odours, the attraction of, [958]156
Oil of sinners, [959]160 and note
Old Testament, its histories, typical and allegorical, [960]65 (note)
prosperity the blessing of the, [961]76 (note)
Omnipresence of God, [962]45
Onesiphorus, hospitality of, [963]203
Oratories,
in memory of Cyprian, [964]84
in memory of the saints and martyrs, [965]90 and note
offerings at the, forbidden by Ambrose and afterwards by Augustin, [966]90
Monica discontinues hers, [967]90 and note
Oratory,
undue appreciation of, [968]53
the Christians forbidden by Julian to teach, 120
Orestes and Pylades, [969]71
Origen's knowledge of Hebrew, [970]165 (note)
Origin
of the law of death, [971]73 (note)
of evil, [972]104, [973]106
of the human soul, Augustin on the, [974]183 (note)
of the world, the Manichæan notion concerning the, [975]205
Ostia, Augustin and his mother stay at, 137
she dies at, and is buried there, [976]138
Ovid, quotations from, [977]71 (note)
Pachomius, the good done by the monks of, [978]122 (note)
Paganism, Constantius enacted laws against, but Julian the Apostate reinstated it in its former splendour, [979]120 (note)
Pain, spiritual and physical, better than mortification, [980]100 and note
Paraclete, the, of the Manichæans [981]62
Manichæus asserted that He was personally resident in him, [982]81 and note
the Spirit of Truth, [983]132
Paradise, allegorized by some, [984]92 (note)
Parents, make light of the childish troubles of their offspring, [985]5
ambition for their children's progress often injudicious, [986]50
our first, doctrine of the early Church concerning their immortality had they not sinned, [987]73 (note)
Past and future, in the, there is time, 169
they exist only in the soul, [988]170
Patriarchs, actions of the, prophetic, [989]65 and note
Patricius, the father of Augustin,
a poor freeman of Thagaste, he was only a catechumen when his son was to his sixteenth year, [990]56
he dies when Augustin is sixteen, [991]61
was at first unkind to his wife, but was melted by her enduring meekness, etc., [992]136
is gained over to God by her, [993]137
Paul, St., Augustin studies the writings of, 114
conversion of, [994]120 and note
his rejoicing at the good works of the Philippians, [995]203
Paul of Thebais, asceticism of, [996]122 (note)
Peace of heaven, the only true, [997]207 (note)
Pearl of great price, Augustin compares Christ to the, [998]117 (note)
Peiraterion a "warfare," [999]153 (note)
Pelagians, they laid claim to the attainment of perfection through power of freewill, [1000]140 (note)
Pelagius and the bishop, dispute between, 155
Pelican, the fable of the, [1001]164 (note)
Pen of the Spirit, [1002]114
Phantasies, unreality of, [1003]63
poetical fictions less dangerous than, [1004]63
Phantasm, Augustin thinks of God as a, [1005]71, 72
and of Christ also, [1006]85 (note), [1007]86, [1008]87
Augustin ceases to look upon God as a, [1009]111
Philo, the Therapeutae of, [1010]122 (note)
Philosophy, made the beginning of Augustin's conversion, [1011]61
in Greek, the love of wisdom is called [1012]62
effect of, on the writings of the Fathers, [1013]61 (note)
the various schools of, [1014]75 (note)
revelation alone can reconcile the different systems of, [1015]75 (note)
the academic and other schools of, [1016]86 (note)
unsatisfying, [1017]100 (note)
led the Greeks to Christ, [1018]107 (note)
Augustin's opinion of the various schools of, 107 (note)
Plato's, the nearest to Christ, [1019]117
Photimus heresy of, [1020]113,
Pyrrhonists, doctrine of the, [1021]86 (note)
Piety, confession to God is, [1022]81
Plato, works of, compared with the Word of God, [1023]81 (note)
dogmatic and sceptical sides of his philosophy, [1024]86 (note)
doctrine of, in connection with Christianity, 107 (note), [1025]114
parallels between his doctrine and that of God, [1026]109
much in Platonism in common with asceticism, 122 (note)
Platonic theory of matter, [1027]76 (note)
Platonists, Augustin studies the books of the, probably those of Amelius, [1028]107 and note
Pleasures, carnal, the beasts of the field symbolical of, [1029]80 (note), [1030]81
Plotinus, theories of, [1031]107 and note, [1032]112
Pneuma the, [1033]111 (note), [1034]113 (note)
Poetry, classical, evils of, [1035]51-53
Pompey, the ruse of, [1036]135 (note)
Pontitianus, a countryman of Augustin's, 122
his delight at finding
Augustin reading St. Paul's writings, [1037]122
he relates to him the history of Antony, 122
Porphyry's pride in regard to the Incarnation of Christ, [1038]161
Poverty, in what that which displeases God consists, [1039]123 (note)
Praise, God worthy of, [1040]45
Augustin begins his book with, [1041]45 (note)
man desires to praise God, [1042]45, [1043]79
God's, is inexhaustible, [1044]45, [1045]46 and note
silence the highest, to God, [1046]46 (note)
love of worldly, [1047]159, [1048]160 and note
sometimes not to be avoided, [1049]160
Prayers, the manner of Easterns when at, [1050]66 (note), [1051]84
God's answer to Monica's, [1052]67
how He answered them, [1053]84
Augustin's faith strengthened by answer to, 133
for the dead, [1054]139, [1055]141
Preaching, leads to faith, [1056]45
effect of Ambrose's, [1057]45
Pretium regium, meaning of, [1058]97 (note)
Pride, debases the heart, [1059]74 (note)
Augustin errs through, [1060]75-77
birds of the air symbolical of, [1061]80 (note)
temptation of, [1062]158
Priority of origin illustrated, [1063]187
Prodigal son, the, allusions to, [1064]53, [1065]63, 77
Progress, the law of, in Scripture, [1066]64
Prophorikos i.e. "made flesh," [1067]107 (note), [1068]166 (note)
Prosperity the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity of the New, [1069]76 (note)
Providence of God [1070]47
Psalms and hymns first sung in church at Milan, [1071]134
sung at death-beds and burials, [1072]139 (note)
Psaltery of ten strings, [1073]65 and note
Psuche the, [1074]111 (note), [1075]113 (note)
Psuchikos "soulish" or "natural," [1076]112 (note)
Punishment of sin, [1077]72, [1078]79 (note)
the absence of free-will a, [1079]125
Purgatory, prayers for the dead imply a belief in, [1080]141 (note)
Pylades and Orestes, [1081]71
rqy "the firmament," [1082]199
Rationalem, term applied to holy things, [1083]203 (note)
Rationalism, modern, Manichean system kindred to, [1084]63 (note)
Reason,
the Manichæans exalted it at the expense of faith, [1085]63 (note)
and faith, [1086]93 and note
leads us to a belief in the necessity of eternity, [1087]173 (note)
Reddere, used of the creed [1088]118 (note)
Regeneration, [1089]45 and notes
necessary before receiving the Eucharist, [1090]118 (note)
Rest, true, in God alone, [1091]45, [1092]58, [1093]59, [1094]74, [1095]94 (note)
in heaven, ours here an earnest of the future, 45 (note)
God ever worketh and yet is always at rest, 207
Retirement, Augustin finds in, preparation for future work, [1096]131 (note)
Revelation, law of the development of, [1097]64 (note)
can alone reconcile the difficulties of the various systems of philosophy, [1098]75 (note)
is like a broad and deep river, [1099]178 (note)
devoid of mystery, [1100]196 (note)
Rhetoric, Augustin becomes head in the school of, [1101]61
he teaches it at Thagaste, [1102]68,
then at Carthage, [1103]72,
then at Rome, [1104]83
Romanianus, a relative of Alypius,
rich and talented, and good to Augustin, [1105]100 and note
is influenced by Augustin to embrace the Manichæan, heresy, [1106]100, (note)
Augustin's explanation of his conversion to, 115 (note)
Rome, Augustin's motive for wishing to go to, 83, [1107]84
he leaves, [1108]88
Rule, the wooden, seen by Monica in her dream, 66
symbolical of the Rule of Faith, [1109]67, [1110]128
the, or "line," of Ps. xix. 3, 4, [1111]199 (note)
Rumination, spiritual, [1112]91 (note)
of the harts, [1113]164 (note)
Sacrament, or mystery, [1114]118 (note)
confirmation, etc., sometimes spoken of by the Fathers as a, [1115]118 (note), [1116]197 and note
Sacrifices were used by the soothsayers in their divinations, [1117]68
Saint, a Manichean [1118]66 and notes
Sallust, quotation from, [1119]58
Salt, seasoning with, on admission as a catechumen, [1120]52 and note, [1121]89 (note)
Sarx the "flesh," [1122]112 (note)
Satan, renunciation of, before baptism, 118
Schools,
Augustin disapproves of the method of instruction in, [1123]52, [1124]53
the different, of philosophy, etc., [1125]107 (note)
Science does not lead to God, [1126]80, [1127]158 (note)
Sciences called "liberal," [1128]68
Augustin read the books concerning, unaided, 77
Faustus was reputed to be skilled in, [1129]80, but had no real knowledge of them, [1130]82, [1131]83
Scipio's change of name, [1132]120 (note)
Scripture, God's reason for the mysteries in, 48 (note)
veiled in mysteries, [1133]62, [1134]94
made plain to the "little ones," being obscured to the mocking spirit of the Manichæans, [1135]62 (note)
Manichean perversion of, [1136]62 (note), [1137]67 (note)
they tried to deprive it of all authority, [1138]63 (note)
the law of progress in, [1139]64 and note
the Manichæans, when opposed, pretended that the, had been corrupted, [1140]81 (note)
what they censured in the, [1141]87
Ambrose expounded the, every Lord's day, 91
"letter"of, [1142]92 (note)
types in, [1143]92 (note)
Manichean cavillings at, [1144]93
authority of, [1145]93, [1146]117 (note)
belief in, [1147]93. (note)
plainness and depth of, [1148]93 and note
Augustin rejoices that he studied Plato before, and not the reverse, [1149]113, [1150]114
Augustin entreats of God that he may be led to the truth through the study of, [1151]163, [1152]164, [1153]178 and note
mysteries and right use of, [1154]164 (notes)
symbolized, [1155]164 (note)
the Hebrew and Greek, [1156]165
awful depth of, [1157]180
truth to be seen in, but not by all, [1158]182
Sea, allegorical explanation of the, [1159]196 and notes
Security, false, [1160]156 and note
Self-deception, Augustin's, [1161]123
Self-knowledge to be preferred to ignorance, 47 (note)
Self-love and pride the sources of sin, 65
Sense, God has given to each its proper pleasure as well as use, [1162]79 (note)
Sermons, Goodwin's description of the effect of, [1163]89
Shakespeare, quotation from, [1164]69 (note)
Shame, false, [1165]53, [1166]57
Sight, the allurements of, [1167]156
knowledge received by, [1168]201
faith and, [1169]201 (note)
Silence,
the highest form of praise to God, [1170]46 (note)
a consoler in grief, [1171]127 (note)
Simplicianus, and the Platonist, [1172]113 (note)
Augustin consults him about the renewing of his mind, [1173]116,117
he succeeded Ambrose as Bishop of Milan,. 117
his skill, [1174]117
his uncompromisingness, [1175]117
Sin, in infancy, [1176]47, [1177]48
original, [1178]47, [1179]48, [1180]84
the Manichæans, denied, [1181]76 (note)
guilt of, after baptism, greater than before, 50
our motives to, [1182]57, [1183]58
love of, for the sin's sake, [1184]59
self-love and pride the sources of, [1185]65
its own punishment, [1186]72, [1187]79 (note), [1188]143 (note)
the absence of free-will the punishment of former sin, [1189]125
forgiveness of, after baptism, [1190]140 and note, 141
has not substance, only weakness, [1191]192 (note)
Augustin compares it to blindness, [1192]192 (note)
Sinners cannot escape God, [1193]79
injure themselves, not God, [1194]79 (notes)
Skins, Augustine makes, the emblems of mortality, [1195]112 and note, [1196]195 (note)
Sodom, the sea of, [1197]60 and note
Solomon, the enigma of, [1198]63
Son, the prodigal, [1199]53
Song of Ambrose and Augustin, [1200]134 (note)
Soothsayer, the, promises Augustin victory on certain conditions which he despises, [1201]68
Sorrow, why sent to us, [1202]72 (note)
effect of time and consolations of friends on, 72
effect of silence in, [1203]127 (note)
Soul, Augustin fancied that he and Nebridius had only one soul between them, [1204]71
invocation to it to return to God, [1205]73
the Manichæan, notion concerning the, [1206]76 (note)
sight or eye of the, [1207]92
body, spirit, and, [1208]111 (note)
speculations concerning it after death, [1209]164 (note)
Augustin on the origin of the human, [1210]183 (note)
Neo-Platonic idea as to its capacity for seeing God, [1211]198 (note)
Sozomen's account of the origin of Monachism, 122 (note)
Spirit,
the letter and the, of Scripture, [1212]92 and note
body, soul, and, [1213]111 (note)