50. But those with whom we are arguing, or about whom we are arguing, are not to be despaired of, for they are yet in the body; but they cannot seek the Holy Spirit, except in the body of Christ, of which they possess the outward sign outside the Church, but they do not possess the actual reality itself within the Church of which that is the outward sign, and therefore they eat and drink damnation to themselves. [2565] For there is but one bread which is the sacrament of unity, seeing that, as the apostle says, "We, being many, are one bread, and one body." [2566] Furthermore, the Catholic Church alone is the body of Christ, of which He is the Head and Saviour of His body. [2567] Outside this body the Holy Spirit giveth life to no one seeing that, as the apostle says himself, "The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us;" [2568] but he is not a partaker of the divine love who is the enemy of unity. Therefore they have not the Holy Ghost who are outside the Church; for it is written of them, "They separate themselves being sensual, having not the Spirit." [2569] But neither does he receive it who is insincerely in the Church, since this is also the intent of what is written: "For the Holy Spirit of discipline will flee deceit." [2570] If any one, therefore, wishes to receive the Holy Spirit, let him beware of continuing in alienation from the Church, let him beware of entering it in the spirit of dissimulation; or if he has already entered it in such wise, let him beware of persisting in such dissimulation, in order that he may truly and indeed become united with the tree of life.
51. I have despatched to you a somewhat lengthy epistle, which may prove burdensome among your many occupations. If, therefore, it may be read to you even in portions, the Lord will grant you understanding, that you may have some answer which you can make for the correction and healing of those men who are commended to you as to a faithful son by our mother the Church, that you may correct and heal them, by the aid of the Lord wherever you can, and howsoever you can, either by speaking and replying to them in your own person, or by bringing them into communication with the doctors of the Church.
[2561] Matt. xii. 32.
[2562] John xv. 22.
[2563] John xx. 22, 23.
[2564] Rom. ii. 4, 5.
[2565] 1 Cor. xi. 29.
[2566] 1 Cor. x. 17.
[2567] Eph. v. 23.
[2568] Rom. v. 5.
[2569] Jude 19.
[2570] Wisd. i. 5.
THE ANTI-MANICHÆAN WRITINGS.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Abominations alleged to have been practised by the Manichæans, the legitimate result of Mani's own writings, [1]363 sq.
Abraham defended against Faustus, [2]284 etc.; and Hagar, [3]284; his denial of his wife, [4]285; the prophetic and typical character of, [5]287.
Abraham and Isaac, types, [6]191.
Abstemiousness on the part of Catholic ascetics, motives of, [7]61.
Abstinence from meats and drinks, [8]60 etc.; of the Manichæans, [9]76 etc.; reasons for, [10]77 etc., [11]78 etc.; view of Faustus respecting, [12]328 etc.; refutation of Faustus on the question of, [13]330 etc.
Actions, how to be judged, [14]76.
Adam and Eve, Mani's account of, [15]134 sq.; types, [16]186.
Adam fell, not because the tree was evil, but because obedience to God was something better than the fruit, [17]358 sq.
Adas, a Manichæan writer, [18]33.
Adimantus and his doctrine referred to, [19]170, [20]232, [21]233.
Adoneus, [22]218.
Adoption, symbolism of, and its application to the genealogy of Christ, [23]159, [24]160.
Agapius, a Manichæan writer, [25]33.
Albiruni's Chronology of Ancient Nations, referred to, 3, 9.
Alexander of Lycopolis, treatise of, on the Tenets of the Manichæans, referred to, 3.
Al-Sharastani's History of Religious Parties, referred to, 3.
Anathemas more suitable than arguments for Manichæan contradictions, [26]268.
Anchorites and Coenobites, the--the continence of, set off against the continence of the Manichæans, [27]59 etc.
Angel, the, wrestling with Jacob, [28]191 sq.
Animal food, inconsistency of the Manichæans in abstaining from, [29]82.
Animal sacrifices, why no longer binding on Christians, [30]169 sq.
Animals, the power ascribed to, by the Manichæans, [31]268.
Anthropology of the Manichæans, [32]12.
Anthropomorphisms of the Old Testament, ridiculed by Faustus and explained by Augustin, [33]319 sq.
Anthropomorphites, the, not so bad as the Manichæans, [34]139.
Aphthonius, a Manichæan writer, [35]33.
Apocryphal books quoted by Augustin as if canonical, [36]49; Augustin's predilection for, [37]250.
Appetites, legitimate use of, [38]284.
Arcadius Augustus, Consol, [39]113.
Archelaus, Acta Disputationis, referred to, 4, 7, 8, [40]22.
Aristocritus, Theosophy of, [41]33.
Ark, the, of Noah, its typical signification, [42]188 sq.; the raven and dove sent out of, [43]189 sq.; how Noah and his family entered and left, [44]191; and baptism, [45]243 sq.
Asceticism, Catholic, [46]59 sq.
Ascetics, Catholic, [47]166.
Athenian female criminals, [48]72 sq.
Atlas, [49]255.
Augustin, how he was ensnared by the Manichæans, [50]24 sq.; how he escaped through Greek philosophy, [51]25; how he found in Neo-Platonism the solution of the great problems that had hitherto baffled him, [52]25 sq.; how he used Neo-Platonism against Manichæism, [53]26 sq.; his perverse hermeneutical methods, [54]28; confirmed in Manichæism by his easy victories over ignorant Christians, [55]101; recounts his experience in Manichæan error, and expresses his sympathy with the deluded Manichæans, [56]129 sq.; dissatisfaction of, with his anti-Manichæan statements about free will, sin, etc., [57]96, [58]102, et passim.
Authority, ecclesiastical, position assigned to by Augustin, [59]130, [60]131.
Authority, the, of Scripture, [61]339.
Authorship of books, how ascertained, [62]343.
Babylon, the captivity in, and return from, [63]194.
Babylonian religion, ancient, dualistic elements in, 6 sq.; relation of, to Manichæism, [64]19 sq.
Bahraim, king of Persia, slays Mani, 8.
Baptism and the ark, [65]243 sq.
Barhebraeus' Historia Dynastiarum, referred to, 3.
Baur on the relation of Buddhism to Manichæism, [66]20, [67]21.
Baur's treatise on Manichæism, referred to, 4, [68]16, [69]20, [70]158, [71]253.
Beausobre's work on Manichæism referred to, 4, [72]31, [73]32, [74]33, [75]34.
Beauty, the, of the universe, a result of the corruption and destruction of inferior things, [76]352 sq.
Bema, the, of Mamchæus, [77]132 sq.
Bersabee, Uriah's wife, a type, [78]307 sq.
Bilhah and Zilpah [79]293.
Bindemann's treatise on Augustin, referred to [80]29, [81]35.
Biological blunders, [82]172.
Birth of Jesus, the, the absurd statement of Faustus respecting, [83]257 sq.
Blasphemies, Manichæan, concerning the nature of God, [84]360 sq.
Blood, abstinence from, [85]336.
Blunders of school-boys illustrative of Manichæan errors about God, [86]282 sq.
Bodies of saints, nothing disgraceful in, [87]327.
Body, of our neighbor, duty of doing good to the, [88]55; the human, man's heaviest bond, [89]53; God's handiwork, [90]267 sq.; and soul, the, [91]43.
Böhringer quoted, [92]32. [93]36.
Breast, the, Manichæan symbol of, [94]86, etc.
Broadus on Matthew, referred to, [95]161.
Buddhism, relation of to Manichæism, [96]20 sq.
Buddhist monks and the Elect of the Manichæans, [97]21.
Burton on the Heresies of the Apostolic Age referred to, [98]31.
Caiaphas, his prophecy, [99]228.
Cain, Abel's offering preferred to the offering of, [100]185, [101]186; counselled by God, [102]186; questioned by God respecting Abel, [103]135; cursed, [104]135, [105]136; a mourner and an abject, [106]187; the mark set on, [107]187.
Calderwood's Mind and Brain, referred to, [108]137.
Calf, the golden--significance of the grinding to powder, and burning of, [109]310.
Captivity, the, of the Jews, [110]194, [111]195.
Carpenter's Mental Physiology, referred to, [112]137.
Cataphrygians, [113]338.
Cave, on the writing of Faustus criticized by Augustin, [114]34.
Chambers on Hermes Trismegistus, cited, [115]200.
Christ, the birth of, denied by the Manichæans,--but defended, [116]177, [117]178, [118]179, [119]180, [120]181-[121]183; knowing, after the flesh, what it means, ibid.; types of, [122]186 etc., [123]190 etc.; prophecies of, [124]196 etc.; plain prophecies of, [125]197; the death of, real, [126]209; did Moses write of? [127]220 etc., [128]221 etc.; what Moses wrote of, [129]222 etc.; the Prophet like to Moses, [130]225; never sought to turn Israel from their God, [131]229; broke no command, [132]229; Manichæan notions of, [133]253 sq.; the power and wisdom of, [134]255; curious statement of Faustus respecting, [135]257 etc.; why descended from Zara of Tamar, [136]296; Son of David and Son of God, [137]314 sq.; son of Mary--Faustus' objections refuted, [138]316 etc. [See Jesus.]
Christians, the Church not to be blamed for bad, [139]60 sq.; semi and pseudo, [140]156; why Jewish laws are not observed by, [141]242 etc.; Jewish and Gentile, their relation respectively to the law, [142]244 sq.; observe the moral precepts of the law, [143]246; the morals of, [144]263 sq.
Christianity, Manichæan objections to, [145]22 sq.; relation of Manichæism to, [146]22 sq.
Church, the Catholic, the perfect truth is to be found only in, [147]50; the teacher of wisdom, [148]58; conspicuously visible, [149]204; the, identified by Augustin with Christianity, and apostrophised, [150]58, [151]62.
Chwolson on the Sabeans and Sabeanism, referred to, 5.
Cicero quoted, [152]271.
Circumcision, a prophecy of Christ, [153]134; why Christians do not practice, [154]242.
Clean and unclean food, [155]170, [156]172.
Clement of Alexandria mentioned, [157]69.
Clergy, praise of the, [158]60.
Cloud and pillar of fire, types, [159]193.
Coenobites and Anchorites, their abstinence as compared with that of the Manichæans, [160]59 etc., [161]60 etc.
Common report, [162]201.
Compassionate, [163]55.
Compassion regarded by fools as degrading, [164]56.
Constantius, a reformed Manichæan, [165]165.
Contrary nature urged by Fortunatus as the source of sin, [166]120 sq.
Corporeal natures all from God, [167]96.
Corruption, [168]71; counteracted by God, [169]71; evil is, [170]147; the source of, [171]147; comes from nothing, [172]149; what it tends to, [173]149; is by God's permission, and comes from us, [174]150; voluntary and penal, [175]352.
Cosmogony of the Manichæans, [176]11.
Covetousness the root of all evils, [177]51.
Cow dung used as fuel, [178]81.
Creating and forming, difference between, [179]71.
Creature of God, none evil, but to abuse a creature of God is evil, [180]359.
Creatures made of nothing, [181]356 sq.
Criticism, biblical, the true, [182]178; unfair, of Faustus, [183]314; subjective, of the Manichæans, [184]57 sq.
Critics, childish, severely censured, [185]282.
Cruelty imputed by the Manichæans to the God of the Old Testament, [186]276sq.; of the Manichæans in refusing to give food to others than the Elect, and in compelling children belonging to their own sect to eat immoderately, [187]83.
Cultus of the Manichæans, [188]14.
Cunningham's Hulsean Lectures, referred to, 5, [189]29, [190]58.
Cunningham on the relation of Buddhism to Manichæism, [191]21.
"Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree," [192]207 sq.
Curses, prophetic, [193]228.
Cyprian referred to, [194]165.
Cyril of Jerusalem on the Manichæans, referred to, 4.
Daniel's representation of the Son of Man, [195]197.
Darkness, the Manichæan kingdom of, [196]136; five natures in the, [197]142; refutation of the theory of, [198]142, [199]143; the Manichæan race of, [200]171.
Darmstetter's Introduction to the Zend-Avesta, and article in the Contemporary Review, referred to, [201]17, [202]18.
David, his virtues and his faults, [203]297 sq.; and Saul, [204]298; prophetic significance of the sin of,. [205]307.
Death, the effect of sin, [206]208; of Christ, the, a real death, [207]209; without birth a possibility on the part of Christ, [208]320 sq.
Decalogue, the, against the Manichæans, [209]215 etc.
Deities, false, [210]215.
Demons have no power apart from God, yet they have been made evil, not by God, but by sinning, [211]358.
Diligence and piety both necessary for finding the truth, [212]41.
Discipline, [213]56; what it implies, [214]56.
Disputations of Augustin with the Manichæans, [215]34.
Divorce, a bill of, [216]249 sq.; the law of Christ respecting, [217]251.
Docetism, [218]326 sq.; the, of Faustus, [219]323, [220]326 sq.
Dorner, A., his work on Augustin referred to, [221]26.
Dualism, [222]264 sq.; in the ancient Babylonian religion, 6 sq.
Eating, on the part of the Elect, a means of liberating the divine substance imprisoned in vegetables and fruits, [223]85.
Eclecticism with reference to the Old Testament, attributed by Faustus to the Catholics, [224]332 sq.
Edessa, Chronicle of, referred to, [225]31.
Egyptian, Moses killing the, [226]309.
Egyptians, spoiling the, [227]299 sq., [228]309.
Elect, secrecy of the rites of the, [229]114; Augustin's suggestion of shameful practices on the part of, [230]114.
Elijah, fed by ravens, etc., [231]194; the translation of--Faustus' objection to, answered, [232]320 sq., [233]322.
Elisha, the miracles of, [234]194.
Enoch, [235]188.
Ephraem Syrus, writings of, referred to, 3.
Epiphanius on the Manichæans, referred to, 4, [236]31.
Er and Onan, sons of Tamar, types, [237]306.
Eschatology of the Manichæans, [238]15.
Esnig, against Marcion and Mani, referred to, 3.
Esoteric doctrines among the Manichæans, [239]33.
Ethics of the Manichæans, [240]16.
Eusebius on the Manichæans, referred to, 4, 8, [241]31.
Eutychius' Annales, referred to, 3.
Evangelists, the authority of the, [242]174.
Everlasting punishment inconsistent with Augustin's view of evil, [243]70.
Evidence, the use of, [244]198.
Evil beings may entice to sin without themselves sinning, [245]106.
Evil, corruption of measure, form, and order, [246]352; did God institute it? [247]119 sq.; negativity of, [248]70 etc.; simply defect of good, and so not of God, [249]100 sq.; what? first answer, [250]69; second answer, [251]70; third answer, [252]71; not a substance but a disagreement hostile to substance, [253]72 etc.; Manichæan fictions about, [254]73, etc.; is corruption, [255]147; the source of, [256]147; origin of, [257]281 sq.
Evil and good, [258]270 sq.
Evils attributed by the Manichæans to the nature of God, before the supposed commingling with evil, [259]361 sq.; in what sense from God, [260]149.