Rome, the sack of, by the Barbarians, 1; the evils inflicted on the Christians in the sack of, --why permitted, [1509]18; the iniquities practised in the palmiest days of, [1510]32, etc.; the corruption which has grown up in, before Christianity, [1511]33, etc.; Cicero's opinion of the republic of, [1512]35; frost and snow incredibly severe at, [1513]55; calamities which befell, in the Punic wars, [1514]55, etc., [1515]56, etc.; Asiatic luxury introduced to, [1516]57; when founded, [1517]372; the founder of, made a god, [1518]482.
Romulus, the alleged parentage of, [1519]44, [1520]45; no penalty exacted for his fratricidal act, [1521]45, etc.; the death of, [1522]51; suckled by a wolf, [1523]372; made a god by Rome, [1524]482.
Rule, equitable, [1525]411.
Rulers serve the society which they rule, [1526]410, [1527]411.
Sabbath, the perpetual, [1528]511.
Sabine women, the rape of the, [1529]31, [1530]48, [1531]49.
Sack of Rome, the, by the Barbarians, 1, etc.; of Troy, 3, etc.
Sacrifice, that due to the true God only, [1532]182; the true and perfect, [1533]183; the reasonableness of offering a visible, to God, [1534]192; the supreme and true, of the Mediator, [1535]193; of Abraham, when he believed, --its meaning [1536]324.
Sacrifices, those not required by God, but enjoined for the exhibition of the truth, [1537]183.
Sacrifices of righteousness, [1538]446.
Sacristan of Hercules, a, the story of, [1539]115.
Sages, the seven, [1540]374.
Saguntum, the destruction of, [1541]56, [1542]57.
Saints, the, lose nothing in losing their temporal goods, 7, etc.; their consolations in captivity, [1543]10; cases in which the examples of, are not to be followed, [1544]17; why the enemy was permitted to indulge his lust on the bodies of, [1545]18; the reply of, to unbelievers, who taunted them with Christ's not having rescued them from the fury of their enemies, [1546]19, etc.; the reward of, after the trials of this life, [1547]406; the happiness of the eternal peace which constitutes the perfection of, [1548]407; in this life, blessed in hope, [1549]414.
Salacia, [1550]134.
Salamander, the, [1551]454.
Sallust, quoted, 4, [1552]31, [1553]32, [1554]44, [1555]47, [1556]50, [1557]53, [1558]94, [1559]95, [1560]124, [1561]362.
Salt, the, of Agrigentum, the peculiar qualities of, [1562]455.
Samnites, the, defeated by the Romans, [1563]53.
Samothracians, the mysteries of the, [1564]139.
Samuel, the address of, to Saul on his disobedience, [1565]346, etc.; sets up a stone of memorial, [1566]347.
Saul, spared by David, [1567]345, [1568]346; forfeits the kingdom, [1569]346, [1570]347.
Sanctity, the, of the body, not violated by the violence of another's lust, [1571]12, [1572]13.
Sancus, or Sangus, a Sabine god, [1573]371.
Sarah, and Hagar, and their sons, --the typical significance of, [1574]285.
Sarah's barrenness, [1575]286; preservation of the chastity of, in Egypt, and in Gerar, [1576]276, [1577]328; change of the name of, [1578]327; the death of, [1579]330.
Satan, transforms himself into an angel of light, [1580]406. See Devil.
Saturn, [1581]69, [1582]123, [1583]125; and Genius, thought to be really Jupiter, [1584]129, [1585]130, etc.; interpretations of the reasons for worshipping, [1586]133; and Picus, [1587]368.
Saved by fire, [1588]473.
Scævola, the pontiff, slain in the Marian wars, [1589]60, [1590]61; distinguishes three kinds of gods, [1591]78, [1592]79.
Scenic representations, the establishment of, opposed by Scipio Nasica, [1593]20; the obscenities of, contributed to the overthrow of the republic, [1594]39, etc.
Schools of philosophers, [1595]145, etc.
Scipio Nasica, Rome's "best man," opposes the destruction of Carthage, [1596]19, [1597]20; opposes scenic representations, [1598]68.
Scripture, the obscurity of, --its advantages, [1599]215.
Scriptures, the canonical, the authority of, [1600]206; of the Old Testament, translated into Greek, [1601]385, [1602]386.
Sea, the, gives up the dead which are in it, [1603]434; no more, [1604]436.
Sects of philosophy, the number of, according to Varro, [1605]397-[1606]399.
Selenite, the stone so called, [1607]456.
Semiramis, [1608]362.
Seneca, Annæus, recognizes the guiding will of the Supreme, [1609]89; censures the popular worship of the gods, and the popular theology, [1610]119, [1611]120; what he thought of the Jews, [1612]120, [1613]121.
Septuagint, --is it or the Hebrew text to be followed in computing years? [1614]293, etc.; origin of the, [1615]385, [1616]386; authority of in relation to the Hebrew original, [1617]386, [1618]387; difference between, and the Hebrew text as to the days fixed by Jonah for the destruction of Nineveh, [1619]387, [1620]388.
Servitude introduced by sin, [1621]411.
Servius Tullius, the foul murder of, [1622]52.
Seth and Cain, heads of two lines of descendants, [1623]298; relation of the former to Christ, [1624]299.
Seven, the number, [1625]223, [1626]341.
Seventh day, the, [1627]223.
Severus, bishop of Milevis, [1628]455.
Sex, shall it be restored in the resurrection? [1629]239.
Sexual intercourse, [1630]276; in the antediluvian age, [1631]296, etc.
Shem, [1632]309; the sons of, [1633]311; the genealogy of, [1634]316, etc.
Sibyl, the Cumæan, [1635]197; the Erythræan, [1636]198, and note, [1637]373.
Sybilline books, the, [1638]55, and note, [1639]372.
Sicyon, the kingdom and kings of, [1640]362, [1641]363, [1642]371.
Silvanus, the god, [1643]117.
Silvii, [1644]371.
Simplicianus, bishop of Milan, his reminiscence of the saying of a certain Platonist, [1645]200.
Sin, should not be sought to be obviated by sin, [1646]17; should not be sought to be shunned by a voluntary death, [1647]18; had not its origin in God, but in the will of the creature, [1648]214; not caused by the flesh, but by the soul, [1649]263; servitude introduced by, [1650]411.
Sins, how cleansed, [1651]194.
Six, the perfection of the number, [1652]222.
Slave, when the word, first occurs in Scripture; its meaning, [1653]411.
Social life, disturbed by many distresses, [1654]403, etc.
Socrates, a sketch of, --his philosophy, [1655]145, [1656]146; the god or demon of, the book of Apuleius concerning, [1657]153, [1658]154.
Sodom, the region of, [1659]460.
Solomon, books written by, and the prophecies they contain, [1660]357. etc.; the kings after, both of Israel and Judah, [1661]358.
Son of God, but one by nature, [1662]464.
Sons of God, the, and daughters of men, [1663]302, etc.; not angels, [1664]303, etc.
Soranus, Valerius, [1665]130.
Soul, the immortal, [1666]121; the way of its deliverance, [1667]202; created in the image of God, [1668]241; Porphyry's notion that its blessedness requires separation from the body, demolished by Plato, [1669]249; the separation of, and the body, considered by some not to be penal, [1670]252.
Soul of the world, God not the, [1671]71; Varro's opinion of, examined, [1672]126.
Souls, rational, the opinion that there are three kinds of, [1673]153, [1674]154; the, of men, according to the Platonists, become demons, [1675]171; views of the transmigration of, [1676]200, [1677]201; not co-eternal with God, [1678]201; do not return from blessedness to labor and misery, after certain periodic revolutions, [1679]239.
Sophrosuue, [1680]402.
Speusippus, [1681]152.
Spirit, [1682]259, [1683]260.
Spiritual body, the, of the saints, in the resurrection, [1684]499.
Stars, the supposed influence of, on kingdoms, births, etc., [1685]84, [1686]85, [1687]86; some, called by the names of gods, [1688]130, etc.
Stephen, St., miracles wrought by the relics of, and at the shrine of, [1689]488, [1690]489, [1691]490.
Stoics, opinions of, about mental emotions, [1692]167, etc.; the three perturbations admitted by, in the soul of the wise man, [1693]267, etc.; the belief of, as to the gods, [1694]384; suicide permitted by, [1695]402, [1696]403.
Strong man, the, [1697]426.
Substance, the, of the people of God, [1698]350.
Suicide, committed through fear of dishonor or of punishment, [1699]12; Christians have no authority for committing, under any circumstances, [1700]14; can never be prompted to, by magnanimity, [1701]15; the example of Cato in relation to, [1702]16; should it be resorted to, to avoid sin? [1703]18; permitted by the Stoics, [1704]402, [1705]403.
Sun, the, stayed in its course by Joshua, [1706]459.
Superstition, [1707]80.
Sylla, the deeds of, [1708]38, [1709]39; and Marius, the war between, [1710]60.
Sylva, [1711]45.
Symmachus, [1712]24, and note.
Tarquinius, Priscus, or Superbus, his barbarous murder of his father-in-law, [1713]51; the expulsion of, from Rome, [1714]52.
Tatius, Titus, introduces new gods, [1715]76.
Tellus, [1716]69; the surnames of, and their significance, [1717]136.
Temperance, [1718]402.
Ten kings, the, [1719]443.
Terah, the emigration of, from Ur of the Chaldees, [1720]318; the years of, [1721]319.
Terence, quoted, [1722]27.
Terentius, a certain, finds the books of Numa Pompilius, [1723]141.
Terminus, [1724]77, [1725]80; and Janus, [1726]126.
Thales, the founder of the Ionic school of philosophy, [1727]145.
Theatrical exhibitions, publish the shame of the gods, [1728]27; the obscenities of, contributed to overthrow the republic, [1729]41.
Theodorus, the Cyrenian philosopher, his reply to Lysimachus, 9, note.
Theodosius, the faith and piety of, [1730]105, etc.
Theological poets, [1731]368.
Theology, Varro's threefold division of, [1732]112-[1733]115.
Theosebeia, [1734]181.
Theurgy, [1735]185, etc., [1736]186, etc.
Thousand years, the, of the Book of Revelation, [1737]426; the reign of the saints with Christ during, [1738]429, etc.
Threats employed against the gods to compel their aid, [1739]188.
Threskeia, [1740]181.
Tilon, the island of, [1741]456.
Time, [1742]208.
Time, times, and a half time, [1743]443.
Times and seasons, the hidden, [1744]394.
Titus, Latinius, [1745]153.
Torquatus, slays his victorious son, [1746]99.
Transformations, strange, of men, [1747]369; what we should believe respecting, [1748]370.
Transgression, the first, the greatness of, [1749]422.
Transmigration of souls, the Platonic views of, emended by Porphyry, [1750]200, [1751]201.
"Tree of life, the, the days of," [1752]447.
Trinity, the, [1753]195; further explained, [1754]210, [1755]211; further statements of, --indications of, scattered everywhere among the works of God, [1756]218; indications of, in philosophy, [1757]219, [1758]220; the image of, in human nature, [1759]220.
Troy, the gods unable to afford an asylum during the sack of, 3; were the gods justified in permitting the destruction of? [1760]44, etc.
Truth, the sad results where it is hidden, [1761]404, etc.
Tullus Hostilius, [1762]51, [1763]52.
Twelve thrones, [1764]424.
Twenty Martyrs, the, how a tailor got a new coat by praying at the shrine of, [1765]488.
Twins, on the difference of the health, etc., of, [1766]85; of different sexes, [1767]88.
Unbaptized, the, saved through the confession of Christ, [1768]248.
Unbelief of the Jews, the, foretold, [1769]356.
Unity, the, of the human race, [1770]241, etc.
Universe, the beauty of the, [1771]214.
Valens, a persecutor, [1772]393.
Valentinian, protected by Theodosius, [1773]105, a confessor, [1774]393.
Valerius, Marcus, [1775]100.
Varro, his opinion of the utility of men feigning themselves to be the offspring of gods, [1776]44; boasts of having conferred the knowledge of the worship of the gods on the Romans, [1777]75; what he thought of the gods of the nations, [1778]110; his book concerning the antiquities of divine and human things, [1779]111, etc.; his threefold division of theology into fabulous, natural, and civil, [1780]112, etc.; the opinion of, that God is the soul of the world, [1781]126, [1782]128; pronounces his own opinions respecting the gods uncertain, [1783]132; holds the earth to be a goddess, [1784]134, etc.; his doctrine of the gods not self-consistent, [1785]139; assigns the reason why Athens was so called, [1786]365; the opinion of, about the name of Areopagus, [1787]365, [1788]366; what he relates of the strange transformations of men, [1789]369, etc.; on the number of philosophical sects, [1790]397-[1791]400, etc; in reference to a celestial portent, [1792]459; his story of the Vestal virgin falsely accused, [1793]493; his work on The Origin of the Roman People, quoted in relation to the Palingenesy, [1794]506.
Vaticanus, [1795]70.
Venilia, [1796]134.
Venus, a peculiar candelabrum in a temple of, [1797]456, [1798]457.
Venus, the planet, a strange prodigy that occurred to, [1799]459.
Vesta, [1800]69, [1801]70, [1802]131.
Vestal virgin, a, to prove her innocence, carries water in a seive from the Tiber, [1803]493.
Vestal virgins, the punishment of those caught in adultery, [1804]45.
Vice, not nature, contrary to God, and hurtful, [1805]227.
Vicissitudes of life, the, on what dependent, [1806]37, etc.
Victoria, the goddess, [1807]72; ought she to be worshipped as well as Jove? [1808]73.
Virgil, quoted, 1, 2, 3, 4, [1809]13, [1810]37, [1811]42, [1812]44, [1813]48. [1814]50, [1815]94, [1816]127, [1817]128, [1818]138, [1819]156, [1820]157, [1821]181, [1822]193, [1823]198, [1824]201, [1825]264, [1826]368, [1827]444, [1828]457, [1829]463, [1830]471.
Virgin Mary, the, [1831]354.
Virgins, the violation of, by force, does not contaminate, [1832]12.
Virtue and Faith, honored by the Romans with temples, [1833]73, [1834]74; the Romans ought to have been content with, and Felicity, [1835]74; the war waged by, [1836]354.
Virtues, as disgraceful to make them serve human glory as to serve bodily pleasure, [1837]102; true, necessary to true religion, [1838]418, [1839]419.
Virtumnus and Sentinus, [1840]123.
Virtus, the goddess, [1841]124, [1842]125.
Vision, the beatific, [1843]507-[1844]509.
Vulcan, [1845]131.
Warfare, the Christian, [1846]465.
Wars, against the Albans, [1847]49; with Pyrrhus, [1848]54; the Punic, [1849]55, etc., [1850]56, etc.; the civil, of the Gracchi, [1851]59; the civil, between Marius and Sylla, [1852]60, etc.; the Gothic and Gallic, [1853]61; severe and frequent, before the advent of Christ, [1854]61; the duration of various, [1855]103; with Radagaisus, [1856]104; the miseries of, [1857]405.
Waters, the separation of the, [1858]225.
Wicked, the, the ills which alone are feared by, [1859]43; God makes a good use of, [1860]392; going out to see the punishment of, [1861]442; the end of, [1862]420; and the good, one event befalls, 5, [1863]422; the connection of, and the good together, 6.
Wickedness, not a flaw of nature, [1864]471.
Will, the consent of, to an evil deed, makes the deed evil, [1865]12; is it ruled by necessity? [1866]92; the enemies of God are so by, [1867]227, [1868]229; no efficient cause of an evil, [1869]230; the misdirected love by which it fell away from the immutable to the mutable good, [1870]230; whether the angels received their good, from God, [1871]231; the character of, makes the affections of the soul right or wrong, [1872]266, etc.; free in the state of perfect felicity, [1873]510.
Will of God, the eternal and unchangeable, [1874]480.
Wisdom, described in the Book of Proverbs, [1875]358.