Councils, weight of, against heretics, [984]365.
Creation, of man, what is to be believed concerning the, [985]302; all good, the whole better than each part, [986]444.
Creature, visible and invisible, [987]369; gives pleasure by approach to that which it loves, [988]534.
Credulousness, distinguished from faith, [989]357.
Creed, the Apostles', [990]238; current in 4th century, [991]318; expounded, [992]321 sq.; the rule of faith or symbol, [993]369 sq.; not written, repeated by Catechumens: scattered through Scripture, [994]369; calls, not the Son Almighty, yet implies this, [995]370.
Crimes, penance for, 575.
Crispina, mentioned, [996]434.
Critics, destructive, [997]448.
Cross, why Christ chose, [998]372.
Crown, for those who strive, [999]372; is not for the impatient, [1000]531.
Curia, of Tullium, [1001]546.
Curiosity, what it means, [1002]356, [1003]357; idle, danger of, in reading, [1004]398; forbidden, 573.
Curma, vision of, [1005]546.
Custom, binding power of, [1006]263 sq.
Cynegius, buried in the Basilica of St. Felix, [1007]539.
Cyprian, St., on the unity of the Church, note, [1008]365.
Danger, seeking, tempting God, [1009]520.
Daniel and St. Paul, [1010]423.
Darius Comes, Ep. to, [1011]337; St. Augustin's letter to, [1012]527.
David, a great saint, [1013]384; spake rashly, [1014]393; rash oath of, no example, [1015]490; his feigned madness, [1016]491; patient forbearance of, [1017]529.
Day, the first and the Lord's, [1018]515.
Dead, souls of the, benefitted by the sacraments and alms of living friends, [1019]272, [1020]550; care for, [1021]539-[1022]551; pagan opinions of, [1023]539, [1024]544, [1025]545: at rest, [1026]541, [1027]543, [1028]544, [1029]545; sacrifice for, in Maccabees, [1030]540; not affected by the condition of the body, [1031]540 sq.; unconscious when seen in visions, [1032]545 sq.; do not know what happens in this world, [1033]547-[1034]549; or their happiness would be affected, [1035]547; except in special cases, [1036]548; perhaps by information from other spirits, [1037]548; from Angels, [1038]548; by dispensation of the Holy Spirit: interpose not ordinarily, [1039]547 sq., [1040]549; not as they please, [1041]549; sometimes, [1042]548, [1043]549; a blessing thereby, [1044]547; by extraordinary Divine permission, [1045]549; we care and pray for, without knowing their state, [1046]548, [1047]549.
Death, of the body is man's peculiar punishment, [1048]246; the first and the second, consequences of, [1049]267; eternal, [1050]273; cannot injure the regenerate, [1051]275; question of lying to prevent, [1052]497, [1053]498; sin worse than, [1054]462; wrongly thought of as worst evil, [1055]474; for mercy and truth, a gain, [1056]497; sin the sting of, [1057]500.
Deceit, purpose of, implied in lying, [1058]458; may be by means of truth, [1059]458; safest to avoid, entirely, [1060]459; turns on itself, [1061]495.
Defamation, question of, to prevent crime, [1062]466; especially condemned, [1063]472.
Degrees of glory in Heaven, [1064]426, [1065]435.
Dei fica, [1066]532.
Demetrias, consecrated a Nun, [1067]441; her choice of virginity praised, and note, [1068]443, [1069]448; became like Virgin Mary was, [1070]449; before her mother in the kingdom, [1071]451; grandmother of, [1072]451; care needed for, being young, and a book recommended, [1073]454.
Demons, served, [1074]391; confess themselves tormented by Martyrs, [1075]550; by living Saints, [1076]550.
Deogratias, the book on Catechising the Uninstructed, written for, 282.
Deserter, mark of, not changed, [1077]375.
Desires, earthly, lead to endurance, [1078]528.
Devil, the, how he tempts, [1079]314; the, called a lion, [1080]491.
Dictinius, reformed from his error, [1081]483; his book called the "Pound," [1082]484, [1083]497, [1084]500.
Diet, what St. Augustin used, [1085]348.
Difficulties, to be borne with, [1086]550.
Discourse, a, often pleasant to the hearer and distasteful to the speaker, and probable explanation of the fact, 282 sq.
Disease, of nature, what, [1087]386.
Dives, care for his brethren did not imply that he knew of their state, [1088]548.
Divorce, why permitted the Jews, [1089]349; rebuked by Christ, [1090]402; may not take place for barrenness, [1091]402, [1092]406, [1093]412; does not dissolve marriage, [1094]402, [1095]406, [1096]412; dissolves marriage in the world's opinion, [1097]402.
Donatists, suicides of, [1098]530; not martyrdoms, [1099]531.
Donatus, the grammarian, [1100]355.
Dreams, See Apparitions, [1101]545 sq.
Drunkenness, a fault in act or habit, [1102]357.
Duty, of marriage among the early people of God, [1103]403, [1104]406, [1105]408, [1106]419; higher, supersede lower, [1107]474; cannot require a sin, [1108]489.
Duumvir, [1109]546.
Dwelling called "sitting," [1110]373
Earth, creation of the, [1111]369.
Ecclesiasticus, said to be written by Solomon, not canonical, [1112]548.
Economy, some, used toward aliens without lying, [1113]487; practiced by our Lord, [1114]491.
Educated, the, how to catechise, [1115]290 sq.
Egypt, represents the world, [1116]496.
Election, God's sovereign grace in, [1117]268; Divine, is grace, [1118]532, [1119]533; precedes faith, [1120]533; examples of, [1121]534.
Eligere, [1122]534.
Eloquence, few attain, yet masters of, known, [1123]354.
Emperor, heathen, grants pardon to the courage of Firmus, [1124]468.
End of the Lord, our example, [1125]373.
Endurance, not patience, [1126]426; of sufferings for worldly objects, [1127]527; of men for temporal objects praised, [1128]528; practised for wicked ends, [1129]528, [1130]529; not patience, but an example, [1131]528; in surgical cases, worldly, [1132]532, [1133]534; this is animal and devilish, [1134]532; like stupor of disease, [1135]534; frantic, of misguided lust, [1136]534.
Enemies, love of, [1137]261.
Epicurus, sometimes praises continence, [1138]352; his error about pleasure [1139]352; not fit to explain Archimedes, [1140]353.