Books opened; the, [223]434*
Bread, they that were full of, --who? [224]341.
Breathing, the, of God, when man was made a living soul, distinguished from the breathing of Christ on His disciples, [225]259.
Brutus, Junius, his unjust treatment of Tarquinius Collatinus, [226]32, [227]52, [228]53; kills his own son, [229]99.
Bull, the sacred, of Egypt, [230]364.
Burial, the denial of, to Christians, no hurt to them, 9; the reason of, in the case of Christians, [231]10, etc.
Busiris, [232]367.
Cæsar, Augustus, [233]62.
Cæsar, Julius, the statement of, respecting an enemy when sacking a city, 4, etc.; claims to be descended from Venus, [234]44; assassination of, [235]62.
Cain, and Abel, belonged respectively to the two cities, the earthly and the heavenly, [236]285; the fratricidal act of the former corresponding with the crime of the founder of Rome, [237]286, etc.; cause of the crime. of, --God's expostulation with,--exposition of the viciousness of his offering, [238]288, [239]289; his reason for building a city so early in the history of the human race, [240]289, etc.; and Seth, the heads of the two cities, the earthly and heavenly, [241]298; why the line of, terminates in the eighth generation from Adam, [242]299?[243]302; why the genealogy of, is continued to the deluge, while after the mention of Enos the narrative returns to the creation, [244]302, etc.
Cakus (kakds), the giant, [245]408.
Camillus, Furius, the vile treatment of, by the Romans, [246]32, [247]54, [248]99.
Canaan, the land of, the time of the fulfillment of God's promise of, to Abraham, [249]338.
Canaan, and Noah, [250]310.
Candelabrum, a particular, in a temple of Venus, [251]456, [252]457.
Cannæ, the battle of, [253]56.
Canon, the ecclesiastical, has excluded certain writings, on account of their great antiquity, [254]383.
Canonical Scriptures, the, [255]206, [256]382; the concord of, in contrast with the discordance of philosophical opinion, [257]384, [258]385.
Cappadocia, the mares of, [259]456.
Captivity of the Jews, the, the end of, [260]374.
Captivity, the, of the saints, consolation in, [261]10.
Carnal life, the, [262]262, etc.
Carthaginians, the, their treatment of Regulus, [263]11.
Cataline, [264]37.
Catholic truth, the, confirmed by the dissensions of heretics, [265]392.
Cato, what are we to think of his conduct in committing suicide? [266]16; excelled by Regulus, [267]16; his virtue, [268]95; was his suicide fortitude or weakness? [269]402.
Catosus, the cook, [270]488.
Cecrops, [271]364, [272]365.
Ceres, [273]131, [274]133; the rites of, [275]131.
Chæremon, cited by Porphyry in relation to the mysteries of Isis and Osiris, [276]188.
Chaldæan, a certain, quoted by Porphyry as complaining of the obstacles experienced from another man's influence with the gods to his efforts at self-purification, [277]186.
Charcoal, the peculiar properties, of, [278]454.
Chariots, the, of God, [279]441.
Charity, the efficacy of, [280]476.
Chickens, the sacred, and the treaty of Numantia, [281]58.
Children of the flesh, and children of promise, [282]285.
Chiliasts, the, [283]426.
Christ, the preserving power of the name of, in the sack of Rome, 1, etc., 5, etc.; the mystery of the redemption of, at no past time awanting, but declared in various forms, [284]140, etc.; the incarnation of, [285]195: faith in the incarnation of, alone justifies, [286]195; the true Wisdom, but Porphyry fails to recognize, [287]198; the Platonists blush to acknowledge the incarnation of, [288]199, etc.; the grace of, opens a way for the soul's deliverance, [289]202, etc.; the knowledge of God, attained only through, [290]205, etc.; possessed true human emotions, [291]269, etc.; the passion of, typified by Noah's nakedness, [292]310; described in the [293]45th Psalm, [294]353. [295]354;the priesthood and passion of, described in the [296]110th and [297]22d Psalms, [298]355; the resurrection of, predicted in the Psalms, [299]355; the passion of, foretold in the Book of Wisdom, [300]356; the birth of, [301]389; the birth and death of, [302]394. [303]395; Porphyry's account of the responses of the oracles respecting, [304]415, etc.; the world to be judged by, [305]449, etc.; the one Son of God by nature, [306]465; the Foundation, [307]473; the world's belief in, the result of divine power, [308]484; the measure of the stature of, [309]495; the Perfect Man, and His Body, [310]496; the body of, after His resurrection, [311]498; the grace of, alone delivers us from the misery caused by the first sin, [312]500, [313]501.
Christian faith, the certainty of, [314]413.
Christian religion, the, health-giving, [315]41; alone, revealed the malignity of evil spirits, [316]141; the length it is to last foolishly and lyingly fixed by the heathen, [317]394-[318]396.
Christianity, the calamities of Rome attributed to, by the heathen, [319]11, [320]24; the effrontery of such an imputation to, [321]62.
Christians, why they are permitted to suffer evils from their enemies, [322]18; the reply of, to those who reproach them with suffering, [323]19; ought to be far from boasting, [324]99; the God whom they serve, the true God, to whom alone sacrifice ought to be offered, [325]415, etc.
Chronology, the enormously long, of heathen writers, [326]232, [327]233; the discrepancy in that of the Hebrew and other MSS. in relation to the lives of the antediluvians, [328]291, etc.
Church, the sons of the, often hidden among the wicked, and false Christians within the, [329]21; the indiscriminate increase of, [330]391, the endless glory of, [331]436, etc.; the body of Christ, [332]397, etc.
Cicero, his opinion of the Roman republic, [333]35; on the miseries of this life, [334]401; his definition of a republic, --was there ever a Roman republic answering to it? [335]155, [336]156; variously quoted, [337]27, [338]29, [339]30, [340]41, [341]51, [342]55, [343]60, [344]61, [345]78, [346]80, [347]81, [348]96, [349]121, [350]239, [351]483.
Cincinnatus, Quintus, [352]100.
Circe, [353]369, [354]370.
Circumcision, instituted, [355]326; the punishment of the male who had not received, [356]327.
City, the celestial, [357]97.
City of God, the, [358]196; the origin of, and of the opposing city, [359]205; nature of, and of the earthly, [360]284; Abel the founder of, and Cain of the earthly, [361]285; the citizens of, and of the earthly, [362]285; the weakness of the citizens of, during their earthly pilgrimage, [363]287, and the earthly compared and contrasted, [364]396; what produces peace, and what discord, between, and the earthly, [365]412, etc.; the eternal felicity of, [366]509-[367]511.
Claudian, the poet, quoted, [368]106.
Coelestis, [369]25 and note; the mysteries of, [370]40.
Collatinus, Tarquinius, the vile treatment of, by Junius Brutus, [371]32, [372]52, etc.
Concord, the temple of, erected, [373]59: the wars which followed the building of, [374]60, etc.
Confession of Christ, the efficacy of, for the remission of sins, [375]248.
Conflagration of the world, the, [376]435; where shall the saints be during? [377]437.
Confusion of tongues, the, [378]312, etc.; God's coming down to cause, [379]313, etc.
Conjugal union, the, as instituted and blessed by God, [380]278.
Constantine, [381]103, etc.; the prosperity granted to, by God, [382]105, etc.
Consuls, the first Roman, their fate, [383]52, etc.
Corn, the gods which were supposed to preside over, at the various stages of its growth, gathering in, etc., [384]68.
Creation, [385]206, [386]208; the reason and cause of, [387]216, [388]217; the beauty and goodness of, [389]380.
Creation, the, of angels, [390]209; of the human race in time, [391]234; of both angels and men, [392]479, etc.
Creator, the, is distinguished from His works by piety, [393]140, etc.; sin had not its origin in, [394]214.
Creatures, the, to be estimated by their utility, [395]214.
Cumæan Sibyl, the, [396]198.
Curiatii and Horatii, the, [397]50.
Curtius leaps into the gulf in the Forum, [398]99.
Curubis, a comedian, miraculously healed, [399]487.
Cybele, [400]25; the priests of, [401]26.
Cycles of time maintained by some, [402]234, [403]237, etc., [404]240, [405]241.
Cynics, the foolish beastliness of the, [406]277; further referred to, [407]399.
Cynocephalus, [408]31.
Damned, the punishment of the,
Danäe, [409]368. [[410]460.
Darkness, the, when the Lord was crucified, [411]51.
David, the promise made to, in his Son, [412]348, etc.; Nathan's message to, [413]349, etc.?, God's "ancient compassions" sworn to, [414]351, etc., [415]352; his concern in writing the Psalms, [416]352; his reign and merit, [417]357.
Day, the seventh, the meaning of God's resting on, [418]209.
Days, the first, [419]208.
Days, lucky and unlucky, [420]88, [421]89.
"Days of the tree of life," the, [422]447.
Dead, the, given up to judgment by the sea, death, and hell, [423]434.
Dead, prayers for the, [424]470.
Dead men, the religion of the pagans has reference to, [425]163.
Death, caused by the fall of man [426]245; that which can affect an immortal soul, and that to which the body is subject, [427]245; is it the punishment of sin, even in case of the good? [428]246; why, if it is the punishment of sin, is it not withheld from the regenerate? [429]246; although an evil, yet made a good to the good, [430]247; the evil of, as the separation of soul and body, [431]247; that which the unbaptized suffer for the confession of Christ, [432]248, etc.; the saints, by suffering the first, are freed from the second, [433]248; the moment of, when it actually occurs, [434]248, [435]249; the life, which mortals claim may be fitly called, [436]249; whether one can be living and yet in the state of, at the same time, [437]250; what kind of, involved in the threatenings addressed to our first parents, [438]250; concerning those philosophers who think it is not penal, [439]252; the second, [440]420, etc.
Death, when it may be inflicted without committing murder, [441]15.
Deborah, [442]368.
"Debts, forgive us our," [443]476, [444]477.
Decii, the, [445]358.
Deliverance, the way of the soul's, which grace throws open, [446]202.
Demænetus, [447]369.
Demon of Socrates, the, Apuleius on, [448]153, [449]154.
Demoniacal possessions, [450]401.
Demonolatry, illicit acts connected with, [451]185.
Demons, the vicissitudes of life, not dependent on, [452]37; look after their own ends only, [453]38; incite to crime by the pretence of divine authority, [454]39; give certain obscure instructions in morals, while their own solemnities publicly inculcate wickedness, [455]40, etc.; what they are, [456]153; not better than men because of their having aerial bodies, [457]154, etc.; what Apuleius thought concerning the manners and actions of, [458]155, etc.; is it proper to worship? [459]156, etc.; ought the advocacy of, with the gods, to be employed? [460]156, [461]157; are the good gods more willing to have intercourse with, than with men? [462]157; do the gods use them as messengers, or interpreters, or are they deceived by? [463]158, etc.; we must reject the worship of, [464]159; are there any good, to whom the guardianship of the soul may be committed? [465]166; what Apuleius attributes to, [466]167; the passions which agitate, [467]169; does the intercession of, obtain for men the favor of the celestial gods? [468]171; men, according to Plotinus, less wretched than, [469]171; the opinion of the Platonists that the souls of men become, [470]172; the three opposite qualities by which the Platonists distinguish between the nature of man, and that of, [471]172; how can they mediate between gods and men, having nothing in common with either? [472]172; the Platonist idea of the necessity of the mediation of, [473]174; mean by their intercession, to turn man from the path of truth, [474]176; the name has never a good signification, [475]176; the kind of knowledge which puffs up the, [476]176; to what extent the Lord was pleased to make Himself known to, [477]177; the difference between the knowledge possessed by, and that of the holy angels, [478]177; the power delegated to, for the trial of the saints, [479]193; where the saints obtain power against, [480]194; seek to be worshipped, [481]196; error of Apuleius in regard to, [482]197, etc.; strange transformations of men, said to have been wrought by, [483]369, [484]371; the friendship of good angels in this life, rendered insecure by the deception of, [485]406, etc.; various other references to, [486]82, [487]104, [488]105, [489]132, [490]135, [491]141, [492]142 [493]143, [494]147, [495]153, [496]154, [497]162, [498]174, [499]193, [500]197 [501]364, [502]394, [503]422.
"Desired One, the," of all nations, [504]388.
Deucalion's flood, [505]365.
Devil, the, how he abode not in the truth, [506]213; how is it said that he sinned from the beginning? [507]214; the reason of the fall of (the wicked angel), [508]282; stirs up persecution, [509]392; the nature of, as nature, not evil, [510]409, [511]410; the binding of, [512]426; cast into the abyss, [513]427; seducing the nations, [514]427; the binding and loosing of, [515]428, etc.; stirs up Gog and Magog against the Church,[516]432,, etc.; the damnation of, [517]434; of those who deny the eternal punishment of, [518]468.
Devil, a young man freed from a, at the monument of Protasius and Gervasius, [519]487; a young woman freed from a, by anointing, [520]488.
Devils, marvels wrought by, [521]457.
Diamond, the, the peculiar properties of, [522]455.
Diana, and Apollo, [523]131.
Dictator, the first, [524]54.
Diomede and his companions, who were changed into birds, [525]369, [526]370.
Dis, [527]131, [528]135, [529]139.
Discord, why not a goddess as well as Concord? [530]59.
Divination, [531]142.
Doctor, a gouty, of Carthage, miraculously healed, [532]487.
Duration and space, infinite, not to be comprehended, [533]207.
Earth, the, affirmed by Varro to be a goddess, --reason of his opinion [534]134.
"Earth, in the midst of the," [535]342, [536]343.
Earth, holy, from Jerusalem, the efficacy of, [537]487.
Ecclesiasticus and Wisdom, the Books of, [538]357.
Eclipses, [539]51.
Education, the divine, of mankind, [540]189.
Egeria, the nymph, and Numa, [541]142.
Egypt, a fig-tree of, a peculiar kind found in, [542]456.
Egyptians, the mendacity of, in ascribing an extravagant antiquity to their science, [543]384.
Eleusinian rites of Ceres, the, [544]133.
Eleven, the significance of the number, [545]301.
Eli, the message of the man of God to, [546]343-[547]345.