Ninus, [1197]362.
Noah, commanded by God to build an ark, [1198]306; whether after, till Abraham, any family can be found who lived according to God, [1199]309; what was prophetically signified by the sons of? [1200]309; the nakedness of, revealed by Ham, but covered by Shem and Japheth, its typical significance, [1201]310; the generation of the sons of, [1202]311, etc.
Noctes Atticæ, the, of Aulus Gellius, quoted, [1203]167, [1204]168.
Numa Pompilius, the peace that existed during the reign of, is it attributable to the gods? [1205]46; introduces new gods, [1206]47, etc.; the Romans add new gods to' those introduced by, [1207]48; the story of finding the books of, respecting the gods, and the burning of the same by the senate, [1208]141, etc.; befooled by hydromancy, [1209]142.
Numantia, [1210]58.
Numitor and Amulius, [1211]371, [1212]372.
Ogyges, [1213]365.
Old Testament Scriptures, caused by Ptolemy Philadelphus to be translated out of Hebrew into Greek, [1214]385, [1215]386.
Opimius, Lucius, and the Gracchi, [1216]59.
Oracles of the gods, responses of, respecting Christ, as related by Porphyry, [1217]415, etc.
Order and law, the, which obtain in heaven, and on earth, [1218]410.
Origen, the errors of, [1219]217, [1220]218.
Orme, [1221]402.
Orpheus, [1222]368.
Pagan error, the probable cause of the rise of, [1223]132, [1224]133, [1225]163.
Paradise, man in, [1226]272; would there have been generation in, had man not sinned? [1227]279-[1228]281; Malachi's reference to man's state in, [1229]446.
Paris, the gods had no reason to be offended with, [1230]44.
Passions, the, which assail Christian souls, [1231]169, etc.; which agitate demons, [1232]169.
Paterfamilias, [1233]411.
Patricians and Plebs, the dissensions between, [1234]32, [1235]33, [1236]53.
Paulinus, 8.
Paulus and Palladia, members of a household cursed by a mother-in-law, miraculously healed at the shrine of St. Stephen, [1237]490, [1238]491.
Peace, the eternal, of the saints, [1239]406, [1240]407; the fierceness of war, and the disquietude of men make towards, [1241]407-[1242]409; the universal, which the law of nature. preserves, [1243]409, etc.; the, between the heavenly and earthly cities, [1244]412, etc.; the, of those alienated from God, and the use made of it by God's people, [1245]419; of those who serve God in this mortal life, cannot be apprehended in its perfection, [1246]419; of God, which passeth all understanding, [1247]507.
Peacock, the antiseptic properties of the flesh of, [1248]454.
Pecunia, [1249]125; Jupiter so named, [1250]129.
Peleg, [1251]317, [1252]318.
Peripatetic sect, the, [1253]152.
Peripatetics, and Stoics, the opinion of, about mental emotions, --an illustrative story, [1254]167, [1255]168.
"Perish," or, "Vanquish," [1256]385.
Periurgists, [1257]190.
Persecution, all Christians must suffer, [1258]392; the benefits derived from, [1259]392; the " ten persecutions," [1260]393; the time of the final, hidden, [1261]394.
Persius, quoted, [1262]26, [1263]27.
Perturbations, the three, of the souls of the wise, as admitted by the Stoics, [1264]267; in the souls of the righteous, [1265]268, etc.; were our first parents before the fall free from? [1266]371.
Peter, ridiculously feigned by the heathen to have brought about by enchantment the worship of Christ, [1267]394; heals the cripple at the temple gate, [1268]395.
Petronia, a woman of rank, miraculously cured, [1269]489.
Philosopher, origin of the name, [1270]145.
Philosophers, the secret of the weakness of the moral precepts of, [1271]26; the Italic and Ionic schools of, [1272]145, etc.; of some who think the separation of soul and body not penal, [1273]252; the discord of the opinions of, contrasted with the concord of the canonical Scriptures, [1274]384, [1275]385.
Philosophy, Varro's enumeration of the multitudinous sects of, [1276]397-[1277]399.
Phoroneus, [1278]363.
Picus, king of Argos, [1279]368.
" Piety," [1280]181.
Pirate, the apt reply of a, to Alexander the Great, [1281]66.
Plato, would exclude the poets from his ideal republic, [1282]30, etc.; his threefold division of philosophy, [1283]146, etc.; how he was able to approach so near Christian knowledge, [1284]151, etc.; his definition of the gods, [1285]152; the opinion of, as to the transmigration of souls, [1286]200; the opinion of, that almost all animals were created by. inferior gods, [1287]243; declared that the gods made by the Supreme have immortal bodies, [1288]252, [1289]505; the apparently conflicting views of, and of Porphyry, if united, might have led to the truth, [1290]506.
Platonists, the opinions of, preferable to those of other philosophers, [1291]147, etc.; their views of physical philosophy, [1292]148, etc.; how far they excel other philosophers in logic, or rational philosophy, [1293]149; hold the first rank in moral philosophy, [1294]149; their philosophy has come nearest to the Christian faith, [1295]150; the Christian religion above all their science, [1296]150; thought that sacred rites were to be performed to many gods, [1297]152; the opinion of, that the souls of men become demons, [1298]171; the three qualities by which they distinguish between the nature of men and of demons, [1299]172, etc.; their idea of the non-intercourse of celestial gods with men, and the need of the intercourse of demons, [1300]174, etc.; hold that God alone can bestow happiness, [1301]180; have misunderstood the true worship of God, [1302]182; the principles which, according to, regulate the purification of the soul, [1303]194; blush to acknowledge the incarnation of Christ, [1304]199; refutation of the notion of, that the soul is co-eternal with God, [1305]201, [1306]202; opinion of, that angels created man's body, [1307]243; refutation of the opinion of, that earthly bodies cannot inherit heaven, [1308]492, etc.
Players, excluded by the Romans from offices of state, [1309]28, [1310]29.
Plays, scenic, which the gods have exacted from their worshippers, [1311]78.
Pleasure, bodily, graphically described, [1312]102.
Plebs, the dissensions between, and the Patricians, [1313]32, [1314]33, [1315]52; the secession of, [1316]53.
Plotinus, men, according to, less wretched than demons, [1317]171; regarding enlightenment from above, [1318]181.
Plutarch, his Life of Cato quoted, [1319]16; his Life of Numa, [1320]81.
Pluto, [1321]139.
Pneuma, [1322]259, [1323]260.
Poetical license, allowed by the Greeks, restrained by the Romans, [1324]27, [1325]29.
Poets, the, Plato would exclude from his ideal republic, [1326]30, etc., [1327]153; the theological, [1328]368.
Pontius, Lucius, announces Sylla's victory; [1329]38.
"Poor, He raiseth the, out of the dunghill," [1330]341.
Porphyry, his views of theurgy, [1331]185, etc., [1332]186, etc.; epistle of, to Anebo, [1333]187, etc.; as to how the soul is purified, [1334]194; refused to recognize Christ, [1335]195; vacillation of, between the confession of the true God and the worship of demons [1336]196; the impiety of, [1337]197; so blind as not to recognize the true wisdom, [1338]198; his emendations of Platonism, [1339]200, etc; his ignorance of the universal way of the soul's deliverance, [1340]202, etc.; abjured the opinion that souls constantly pass away and return in cycles, [1341]240; his notion that the soul must be separated from the body in order to be happy, demolished by Plato, [1342]249, etc.; the conflicting opinions of Plato and, if united, might have led to the truth, [1343]250; his account of the responses of the oracles of the gods concerning Christ, [1344]415-[1345]418.
Portents, strange, [1346]62; meaning of the word, [1347]459.
Possidonius, the story of [1348]85.
Postumius, the augur, and Sylla, [1349]38, [1350]39.
Præstantius, the strange story related by, respecting his father, [1351]370.
Praise, the love of, why reckoned a virtue? [1352]96; of the eradication of the love of human, [1353]97.
Prayer for the dead, [1354]470.
Predictions of Scripture, [1355]203.
Priest, the faithful, [1356]344.
Priesthood; the, the promise to establish it for ever, how to be understood, [1357]345; of Christ, described in the Psalms, [1358]355.
Proclus, Julius, [1359]51.
Projectus, Bishop, and the miraculous cure of blind women, [1360]488.
Proletarii, the [1361]54.
Prometheus, [1362]364.
Promises, the, made to Abraham, [1363]320, -[1364]322.
Prophetic age, the, [1365]337.
Prophetic records, the, [1366]336.
Prophecies, the threefold meaning of the, [1367]338, [1368]339; respecting Christ and His gospel, [1369]375, [1370]376. [1371]377, [1372]379, [1373]380.
Prophets, the later, [1374]360; of the time when the Roman kingdom began. [1375]375.
Proscription, the, of Sylla, [1376]61.
Proserpine, [1377]133, [1378]135.
Protasius and Gervasius, martyrs, a blind man healed by the bodies of, at Milan, [1379]485; a young man freed from a devil by, [1380]487.
Providence of God, the, [1381]93, [1382]447; not disturbed by the wickedness of angels or men, [1383]282.
Prudence, [1384]402.
Psalms, the, David's concern in writing, [1385]352.
Ptolemy, Philadelphus, causes the Hebrew Scriptures to be translated into Greek, [1386]385. [1387]386.
Puberty, was it later among the antediluvians than it is now? [1388]296, etc.
Pulvillus, Mafcus, [1389]100:
Punic wars; the; the disasters suffered by the Romans in, [1390]55; the second of these, its deplorable effects, [1391]56, etc.
Punishment, eternal, [1392]452; whether it is possible for bodies to last forever in burning fire, [1393]452; whether bodily sufferings necessarily terminate in the destruction of the flesh, [1394]452, [1395]453; examples from nature to show that bodies may remain unconsumed and alive in fire, [1396]454; the nature of, [1397]460, etc.; is it just that it should last longer than the sins themselves lasted? [1398]462, etc.; the greatness of the first transgression on account of which it is due to all not within the pale of the Saviour's grace, [1399]463, etc.; of the wicked after death, not purgatorial, [1400]463, [1401]464; proportioned to the deserts of the wicked, [1402]465; of certain persons, who deny, [1403]466; of those who think that the intercession of saints will deliver from, [1404]466, and note; of those who think that participation of the body of Christ will save from, [1405]467; of those who think that Catholic baptism will deliver from, [1406]467; of the opinion that building on the "Foundation" will save from, [1407]468; of the opinion , that alms-giving will deliver from, [1408]468; of those who think that the devil will not suffer, [1409]468; replies to all those who deny, [1410]469, [1411]472, etc., [1412]473.
Punishments, the temporary, of this life.; [1413]464; the object of, [1414]465.
Purgatorial punishments, [1415]445, [1416]446, [1417]470.
Purification of heart, the, whence obtained by the saints, [1418]194; the principles which, according to the Platonists, regulate, [1419]194; the one true principle which alone can effect, [1420]195.
Purifying punishment, the, spoken of by Malachi, [1421]445.
Pyrites, the Persian stone so called, [1422]456.
Pyrrhus, invades Italy, --response of the oracle of Apollo to, [1423]54; cannot tempt Fabricius, [1424]100.
Pythagoras, the founder of the Italic school of philosophy, [1425]145.
Queen, the, the Church, [1426]354.
Quiet, the temple of, [1427]72.
Radagaisus, king of the Goths, the war with, [1428]104.
Rain, portentous, [1429]62.
Rape of the Sabine women, the, [1430]48; [1431]49.
Rebecca, wife of Isaac, [1432]330; the divine answer respecting the twins in the womb of, [1433]330.
Recentness of man's creation, an answer to those who complain of, [1434]233.
Regeneration, the laver, or font of, [1435]487.
Regulus. as an example, of heroism, and voluntary endurance for religion's sake, [1436]10, etc:; the virtue of, far excelled that of Cato, [1437]16.
Reign of the saints with Christ for a thousand .years, [1438]382, etc.
Religion, [1439]181; no true, without true virtues, [1440]418.
Religions, false, kept up on policy, [1441]341.
Republic, Cicero's definition of a, --was there ever a Roman, answering to? [1442]414, [1443]415; according to what definition could the Romans or others assume the title of a? [1444]418.
Resting on the seventh day, God's, the meaning of, [1445]209.
Restitutus, presbyter of the Calamensian Church, a curious account of, [1446]280, [1447]281.
Resurrection, the, of the flesh of believers, to a perfection not enjoyed by our first parent's, [1448]255, [1449]256; [1450]257; the first and the second, [1451]425, [1452]426, [1453]427; Paul's testimony on, [1454]439; utterances of Isaiah respecting, [1455]440, etc.; some refuse to believe, while the world at large believes, [1456]481; vindicated against ridicule thrown on it, [1457]493; etc.; whether abortions shall have part in, [1458]494; whether infants shall have that body in, which they would have had if they had grown up, [1459]494; whether in the, the dead shall rise the same size as the Lord's body, [1460]495; the saints shall be conformed to the image of Christ in the, [1461]495; whether women shall retain their sex in, [1462]496; all bodily blemishes shall be removed in, [1463]497; the substance of our bodies, however disintegrated, shall be entirely reunited, [1464]498; the new spiritual body of, [1465]499; the obstinacy of those who impugn, while the world believes, [1466]504, etc.
Resurrection of Christ; the, referred to in the Psalms; [1467]255, [1468]256.
Reward, the, of the saints, after the trials of this life, [1469]406.
Rhea, or Ilia, mother of Romulus and Remus, [1470]371.
Rich man, the, in hell, [1471]462.
Righteous, the glory of the, is in God, [1472]97.
Righteous man, the, the sufferings of, described in the Book of Wisdom, [1473]357, etc.
Rites, sacred, of the gods, [1474]116.
Rituals of false gods, instituted by kings of Greece, from the exodus of Israel downward, [1475]366, [1476]367.
Roman empire, the, which of the gods presided over? [1477]68; whether the great extent and duration of, should be attributed to Jove, [1478]78; whether the worship of the gods has been of service in extending, [1479]79; the cause of, not fortuitous, nor attributable to the position of the stars, [1480]84, etc.; by what virtues the enlargement of, was merited, [1481]93, etc.
Roman kings, what manner of life and death they had, [1482]51, etc.
Roman republic, was there ever one answering to Cicero's definition? [1483]156, [1484]157, [1485]159, [1486]160.
Romans, the, the folly of, in trusting gods which could not defend Troy, 3, etc.; by what steps the passion of governing increased among, [1487]20; the vices of, not corrected by the overthrow of their city, [1488]21; the calamities suffered by, before Christ, [1489]24, etc., [1490]31, etc.; poetical license restrained by, [1491]27, etc.; excluded players from offices of state and restrained the license of players, [1492]28, [1493]29; the gods never took any steps to prevent the republic of, from being ruined by immorality, [1494]36, etc.; the obscenities of their plays consecrated to the service of their gods, contributed to overthrow their republic, [1495]41, etc.; exhorted to forsake paganism, [1496]41; was it desirable that the empire of, should be increased by a succession of furious wars? [1497]47; by what right they obtained their first wives, [1498]48; the wickedness of the wars waged by, against the Albans, [1499]49, [1500]50; the first consuls of, [1501]52, etc.; the disasters which befell in the Punic wars, [1502]55, [1503]56, etc.; the ingratitude of to Scipio, the conqueror of Hannibal, [1504]57; the internal disasters which vexed the republic, [1505]58, etc.; multiplied gods for small and ignoble purposes, [1506]68; to what profits they carried on war, and how far to the well-being of the conquered, [1507]98; dominion granted to, by the providence of God, [1508]102.