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Heresy, pretence of, may cause real, [1541]483, [1542]484; how to be exposed: sometimes healed secretly, [1543]486.

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Heresy, pretence of, may cause real, [1541]483, [1542]484; how to be exposed: sometimes healed secretly, [1543]486.

Heretic, not every one a, who believes heretics, [1544]347; what makes a, [1545]348; silence to be kept to a: each claims name of Catholic, [1546]355, [1547]356; spoils that claim by pretending to reason, [1548]357, [1549]363; cannot claim authority, or do without it, [1550]362; that on which we believe Christ is against them, [1551]363.

Heretics, or schismatics compared to twigs lopped off the vine, [1552]310 sq.; all, would have us believe in Christ, [1553]362; many ways condemned, [1554]365; yet in their sins, [1555]375; continence of, should not persuade us, [1556]448; widows and virgins of, inferior to Catholic wives, [1557]448; not to be tracked out by lying, [1558]482; sin less in speaking heresy than Catholics would, [1559]483, [1560]485; little harm in believing, when they pretend Catholicism, [1561]483; converted, may take comfort in their former ignorance, [1562]485; converted, will correct others, [1563]486.

Hidden life with Christ, [1564]392.

History, explanation by, [1565]349; of the Exodus allegorical, though true, [1566]350.

Holy Spirit, the birth of Christ is of The, [1567]250; is not the Father of Christ, [1568]250; Holy Spirit and the Church, [1569]255; is not a creature, [1570]256; sin against The, [1571]264; signified by the expression, finger of God, [1572]305; mission of, on Pentecost, [1573]308; The third Person of the Trinity, [1574]327; His individuality and offices, [1575]329; body of any Christian, a temple of, [1576]444; speaking in St. Paul, [1577]513.

Homicide, lying to screen from punishment, [1578]468; justifiable, [1579]469.

Honoratus, several of the name, [1580]347; one a companion of St. Augustin, a lover of truth, [1581]347; prayed for, [1582]348, [1583]349; how led astray, [1584]348; not then a Christian, [1585]348; his friendship with St. Augustin, [1586]351; will wonder at the Old Testament being called pure, [1587]353; called on to take more pains, [1588]355; a sincere and earnest inquirer, [1589]365.

Honorius, laws of, against idols, [1590]337.

Hope, everything pertaining to, embraced in the Lord's Prayer, [1591]273; worldly, its objects, [1592]348; of discovery implied in search, [1593]361; of Christians in the Judgment, [1594]374.

Horace, fable quoted, [1595]494.

House, temporal and eternal, [1596]496.

Humility, most needful for virgins, [1597]428, [1598]437; who would follow Christ, [1599]436; its praise, [1600]428; instances of, [1601]428, [1602]429; commended by our Lord, [1603]428, [1604]430.

Humility, taught by Christ, near his Passion, [1605]429; learnt of Christ, [1606]430; unfeigned, needed, [1607]434; treated of fully by St. Augustin, [1608]436; of Saints, [1609]438; and holiness: need of in pious widows, [1610]448.

Hundredfold fruits of virginity, [1611]434.

Hunting, pleasure of, [1612]452.

Husband, and wife, their union, [1613]388; relative duties, [1614]389, [1615]391; might once have many wives, [1616]406, [1617]407; must have but one, [1618]408.

I AM, meaning of the Name, [1619]324.

Idleness leads to vain talking, [1620]516.

Idolaters, a minority, [1621]355.

Idolatry conforming to, to avoid violence, [1622]464; might be done to save life, if lying lawful, [1623]482; conformity to, nowhere allowed, [1624]493.

Idols, laws of Honorius against, [1625]337; some still believe in, [1626]341; rejection of, prophesied, [1627]342.

Ignorance, sometimes better than knowledge, [1628]242; result of evil, [1629]245, [1630]264; to be borne patiently, [1631]550.

Image, of God, in the mind, [1632]524.

Images, of persons and things seen in visions, [1633]545 sq.

Imitation of Christ, [1634]427.

Immanuel, [1635]340.

Immortality, the penny in the parable, [1636]426.

Impatience, evil of, [1637]527.

Impurity, legal, not always sin, [1638]409.

Incest, compared with adultery and fornication, [1639]402.

Incorruptible, begets Incorruptible, [1640]370.

Incorruption, future gain of, [1641]529.

Infirmity, a reason for not working, [1642]515; pleaded as an excuse, [1643]516.

Injury, not to be done to one man to save another, [1644]466, [1645]467.

Instrumental, goods, [1646]403.

Integritas, said of virgins and widows, [1647]450.

Intention, determines the character of an action, [1648]520.

Intercourse of the sexes venial in marriage state, [1649]263; when right, when wrong, [1650]487.

Interpolations supposed in Holy Scripture, [1651]350.

Involuntary continence estimated, [1652]429.

Isaac, son of Abraham: told no lie, [1653]491; inherited otherwise than his brothers, [1654]535.

Israel, prefigured the future Church, [1655]304; history of, and its significance, [1656]304 sq.; compared with Sodom, [1657]461; history of, figurative, [1658]470.

Israelites, whole people as it were a prophet, [1659]444.

Israelitess, without guile, Rahab became, [1660]497.

Jacob, his birth as typical of Christ's Incarnation, [1661]286; an ancestor of Christ, [1662]339; his example quoted for lying, [1663]460; his deceit was a mystery, [1664]491; acted in the figure of Christ, [1665]492.

Jealousy, attributed to God, [1666]527.

Jehu, falsehood of, no safe example, [1667]482.

Jericho, represents the world, [1668]496.

Jerome, St. opinion of, about St. Peter's simulation, and note, [1669]461.

Jerusalem, heavenly and earthly contrasted, [1670]496; Christian's living in common at, [1671]512; the heavenly, what gifts her sons have, [1672]535.

Jesus, supported by pious women, [1673]506.

Jewish Christians, kept the Law, [1674]509.

Jews, named from Judah, [1675]339; our witnesses to prophecy, [1676]342; permitted to ill-treat our Lord, [1677]373; many of, murderers of Christ, forgiven, [1678]374; and heathens, out numbered by Christians, [1679]355; their notions of defilements, [1680]469; priesthood of, become vile, [1681]470; heart of, called "stony," [1682]491; rites of, culled "sacramenta," [1683]493.

Job, his example cited, [1684]409; patience of, in various temptations, [1685]530; was thought to worship God, for temporal things: compared with Adam, [1686]530; trials of, extreme, [1687]372; tempted by his wife: stood fast in God, [1688]373; restored to prosperity for our example, [1689]373.

John, St. beautifully alluded to, [1690]390; his example cited, [1691]410; alluded to, [1692]426.

John, the Monk, [1693]539; he had the gift of prophecy: consulted by Theodosius: appeared to one in sleep, [1694]550.

Joke, a, not a lie, [1695]458.

Joseph, St. chosen to evidence the perpetual virginity of St. Mary, [1696]511.

Joseph, temptation of, [1697]487; his concealment no lie, [1698]491.

Josiah, sparing the Prophet's bones, [1699]544; spared the knowledge of the afflictions which followed after his death, [1700]547.

Jotham, parable of, [1701]494.

Joy, different degrees of, in Heaven, [1702]426; godly, given to us, [1703]534.

Judah, Jews named from, [1704]339.

Judah, fornication of, no example, [1705]495.

Judaism, how far St. Paul allowed, [1706]460. [1707]461, [1708]493.

Judas prophesied of, [1709]341; an example of evil tolerated, [1710]506; our Lord's patience with, [1711]529.

Judge, seems required for "false witness," [1712]467, [1713]468, [1714]473; information to, no betrayal, [1715]468; tortures inflicted by, [1716]528.

Judgment, reason for believing, [1717]341; will separate good and evil, [1718]343; of the just and the unjust, [1719]374.

Judgments of God, on fallen men and angels [1720]246; will be explained at the Resurrection, [1721]267; are just, [1722]268 sq.

Juliana, thanks St. Augustin for a warning: asked him to write, [1723]441; not to take all as written for herself, [1724]441, [1725]448; had children when left a widow, [1726]445, [1727]448; highest achievements open to, [1728]448; is to communicate the book to others, [1729]450; household of, a Church, [1730]454.

Kids, skins of, meant sins, [1731]492.

Kindred, spiritual, preferable to human, [1732]418.

Kingdoms, two distinct, after the resurrection; Christ's and the Devil's, [1733]273.

Kiss, not refused to Judas, [1734]529.

Knowledge, different ways of desiring, [1735]357; distinguished from opinion and belief, [1736]359; of evil, no misery, [1737]359; matter of belief may be called, [1738]360; and charity, two goods, [1739]403; all who know, partake of, [1740]528; of difficult questions, a divine gift, [1741]549.

Labor, pleasure in, [1742]453; those able to, happier, [1743]515; a duty of monks, [1744]514; practised in good monasteries, [1745]516; humbling effects of, on the wealthy, [1746]518; for the common store, [1747]519;. in the rich more charitable than alms-giving, [1748]535.

Lamb, The, followed by virgins, and married persons, [1749]426, [1750]432.

Lamps, burning, what, [1751]386.

Laurentius, the Enchiridion addressed to, [1752]237.

Law, counsel given beyond, [1753]461, [1754]462; of God unmoved by circumstances, [1755]489; of nature, [1756]407; under, in, without distinguished, [1757]509; Jewish, permitted eating in the fields, [1758]517; supposed wish to combine, with the Gospel, [1759]351; Ceremonial, mysteries of, [1760]351; in the letter, killeth; wants an expounder, [1761]353.

Laws, of man, in some sort Christian, [1762]356.

Laying out more, St. Paul, [1763]515.

Lazarus, buried, what signified in, [1764]494; borne by Angels, [1765]541; told Abraham the state of the Jews, [1766]548.

Lectures of Rhetoricians, [1767]545.

Leeches, [1768]529.

Left-hand, what means, [1769]374.

Legal purification shows not marriage sinful, [1770]409; was for the type of sin, [1771]409.

Leisure, what, had St. Paul, [1772]466.

Leonas, messenger of Consentius, [1773]481.

Lewdness, worse than theft, [1774]488 [1775]489.

Liar, not every is a, who lies, [1776]466.

Liberty, Christian, [1777]461, [1778]462, [1779]493.

Lie, never allowable, but differs much in guilt, [1780]243; not allowable to save another from injury, [1781]245; question if ever lawful, [1782]457 sq.; a joke is not a, [1783]458; nor a mistake, [1784]458; definition of, [1785]458, [1786]459, [1787]494; how to be safe from, [1788]460; question if ever useful, [1789]460, [1790]491; examples quoted in favor of, [1791]460, [1792]495, [1793]500; cases of danger requiring, [1794]460, [1795]462, [1796]490; condemned as false witness, [1797]460; condemned more generally, and note, [1798]460, .[1799]468, [1800]476; allegory is not, [1801]460, [1802]491; sometimes allowed in imperfect state, [1803]461; New Testament never favors, [1804]461, [1805]493; God hates, even to destroying, [1806]462, [1807]482; corrupts the soul, [1808]463; any sin as easily justified, [1809]463, [1810]495; good men lose authority by telling, [1811]464; about Christ, [1812]466; several cases of, [1813]466; none lawful in doctrine, [1814]466, [1815]490; not to be told to give pleasure, [1816]467; useful, question of, [1817]467, [1818]472, [1819]474, [1820]495; if not to defend crime, [1821]467; how to escape, when questioned, [1822]468; how to escape, when silence betrays, [1823]469; five kinds of, condemned: three still questioned, [1824]469; wish to use, forbidden, [1825]472; what, threatened with destruction, [1826]473; Deceit is, even if not "false witness," [1827]473; a harmless one, to save pudicity of body, allowed, [1828]475; eight sorts of, all shown to be evil, [1829]476; which sorts less culpable: none is good, [1830]481, [1831]482; examples of, quoted from Scripture, [1832]482, [1833]491; every, contrary to truth, [1834]482; pretending heresy worse kind of, [1835]483; metaphor or antiphrasis, is not, [1836]491; none is "just," [1837]495, [1838]484; no holy person glories in, [1839]496; one, leads to another, [1840]498; about religion worst, [1841]498, [1842]500; not to be told to save a soul, [1843]499; rather trust God, [1844]500; put for sin in general, [1845]500; not less than lewdness, [1846]500.

Life, eternal, through the reward of good works, is itself the gift of God, [1847]272; eternal, not to be given for temporal, [1848]462, [1849]474; good here, eternal hereafter, worth patience, [1850]528.

Light, real and pretended, [1851]348; strong, not born at once, [1852]361; beauty of, a standing miracle, [1853]364; coeval offspring of fire, [1854]371.

Lips, have spoken if the heart has consented, [1855]338.

Literal sense, the usual one of the Epistles, [1856]504.

Liturgy, quoted, [1857]449.

Living after man, is living after the flesh, [1858]383.

Lot, entertained Angels, [1859]463; his example discussed, [1860]463, [1861]489, [1862]490; excused by perturbation, [1863]490; knew not his guests to be Angels, [1864]497.

Love, greater than faith and hope, [1865]274; is the end of all the commandments, [1866]275; action of, [1867]286 sq.; "perfect, casteth out fear," [1868]330; act of, invisible, [1869]338; only way to attain the highest good, [1870]363; submits without hope of temporal rewards, [1871]373; of husband for wife, Apostolical argument for, [1872]388; fears to displease God, [1873]431; owed to God by virgins, [1874]433; of Christ, on the part of virgins, [1875]437; the remedy for pride, [1876]437; of neighbor as self, [1877]462; misdirected, makes false estimates, [1878]474; rectitude of, the soul's chastity, [1879]475, [1880]476; of God, is His gift, [1881]532; the ground of patience, [1882]532, [1883]534; kindled by The Holy Spirit, [1884]532; of creature: already in creature loving, [1885]534; of God, not in creature unless given, [1886]534.

Lucan, quoted, [1887]239, [1888]541.

Lucretius, error of, about the soul, [1889]352.

Lucus quod non luceat, [1890]491.

Lust, what is chiefly so called, [1891]380, [1892]381; our enemy, to be resisted, [1893]381; its resistance the business of man, [1894]382; proved to be of the soul as much as of the body, [1895]391; how put down, [1896]393; sexual, its sinfulness, [1897]401; definition of, [1898]463.

Maccabees, book of, referred to, [1899]540.

Madmen, strength of, not healthy, [1900]448.

Magic arts, [1901]391; in bringing up Samuel, [1902]548.

Male and female, contrasted, [1903]407.

Malefici, [1904]500.

Man, knowledge concerning, a part of wisdom, [1905]306; nature of, assumed by God, [1906]363; image of God in, [1907]369; begins in imperfection, [1908]372; living after, what, [1909]383.

Manhood, assumed by The Son, [1910]329; perfect in Christ, [1911]249.

Manichees, object to believing on authority, [1912]348; their pretence of reasons and learned discussions, [1913]348; refute rather than prove, [1914]348; their contemptuous phrases: attack the Old Testament, [1915]349; think Scripture interpolated, and how, [1916]350; of what error they accuse the Church, [1917]353; worship the sun, [1918]353; boasted of Faustus, [1919]356; inquire origin of evil, [1920]365; charges of, against Scripture: of bloodless bodies, but coarse minds, [1921]365, [1922]366; their heresy, [1923]385, [1924]386, [1925]388, [1926]389; refuted: dismissed, [1927]388, [1928]390; their saying, [1929]410; their heretical opinion, [1930]413; said the law was not of God, [1931]509.

Manichæans, place claimed for among the Apostles, [1932]350.

Mankind, how they might have multiplied had Adam not sinned, [1933]399, [1934]400.

Mansions, many in heaven, [1935]426.

Marriage, fools should consult the wise about [1936]361; many have learned to despise, [1937]364; its end, [1938]391; not regarded as unholy by the Fathers, [1939]398; a lower state than virginity: first bond of society: that of our first parents, holy, [1940]399; Christ went to one, [1941]400; how a good, [1942]400, [1943]402, [1944]412; intended as well for fellowship, [1945]400; of aged persons, [1946]400; continence in, praise-worthy, [1947]400; brings good out of evil: its uses, [1948]400, [1949]401 [1950]402; its grave joy, [1951]400; how far certain compacts deserve the name of, [1952]401; its abuse, not the sin of marriage, [1953]401; Sacramental, [1954]402, [1955]406, [1956]408; the lesser of two goods, [1957]403, [1958]411, [1959]422, [1960]423; of the just, better than the virginity of the impious, [1961]403; not evil, but good, [1962]402, [1963]403, [1964]409; in what sense it is "better" not to marry, [1965]403, [1966]407; was once a duty: St. Paul's view of, [1967]404; not sinful, [1968]404, [1969]408; to be not sinful must be without excess, [1970]404; holy, though the partner is unholy, [1971]405; that looks only to pleasing God, rare, [1972]405; how piously contracted by the old Fathers, [1973]406, [1974]407, [1975]408, [1976]413; cannot be dissolved, except by death, [1977]402, [1978]411, [1979]412; of many wives, allowable once, [1980]406; compared to the taking of food, [1981]407; was once contracted with spiritual desire, [1982]407; hard, to use it like Abraham, [1983]413; compared to ordination, [1984]411; goods of, three, [1985]413; of the old Fathers, holier than virginity now, [1986]413; summary of St. Augustin's book on, [1987]417; how that of the old Fathers must be regarded, [1988]422, [1989]423; not even indirectly condemned by St. Paul, [1990]422 [1991]423, [1992]424; its fruits thirty-fold only, [1993]434; of (professed) widows wrong but valid, [1994]441; ends with the life of either party, [1995]442; good of, shown, in that the bodies of married Christians are members of Christ, [1996]442; due of, not to be withheld for fear of temptation, [1997]442; the chastity in, God's gift, [1998]442, [1999]450; evil of excess in, not of marriage, but venial through it, [2000]442; ends of: that of Sacrament: second, allowable, [2001]443; second attacked by Montanists, etc., [2002]443; body as well as spirit, holy in, [2003]443, [2004]444; more desirable in Old Covenant, [2005]444; of Patriarchs, was for offspring, [2006]444; provides against temptation, [2007]445; not needed when we may have spiritual children, [2008]445, [2009]453; better than unstable purpose of widowhood, [2010]441; still good under the Gospel, [2011]446; desire of, wrong after vows, [2012]446; argument from "marriage to Christ" refuted, [2013]446; third or fourth, lawful, though less worthy, [2014]446; seventh, allowed by our Lord to be marriage, [2015]447; hard questions about, [2016]448, [2017]449; ranks below continence: holiness of, inferior by reason of cares, [2018]451; less needful since the world is perishing, [2019]452.

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