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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series • VOL 4 • SECTION 287

Mouth, the, the value of the Manichæan symbol of, [640]74, etc.

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Mouth, the, the value of the Manichæan symbol of, [640]74, etc.

Mozley's Ruling Ideas in Early Ages, referred to, 5, [641]51, [642]107; quoted, [643]28.

Mugtasila, a Babylonian sect with which Mani was connected, 8.

Muller, Max, his Sacred Books of the East, referred to, [644]20.

Murder, the Manichæans guilty of, in cutting plants, [645]169.

Mythology of the Pagans compared with that of the Manichæans, [646]55 sq.

Nature, so far as it is nature, not evil, [647]354; every, as such, good, [648]136; cannot be without good, [649]146; corruption is not, [650]147; made by God, [651]148; and miracle, [652]321 sq.

Natures corruptible, because made of nothing, [653]353.

Nazareans, [654]240, [655]246.

Neander on the relation of Buddhism to Manichæism, referred to, [656]20.

Negativity of evil, [657]150.

Neighbor, the love of, [658]54 sq.; doing good to, [659]55 sq.

Neo-Platonism, dependence of Augustin on, [660]25 sq., [661]48, [662]150.

New Testament, the Manichæan treatment of the, [663]332, [664]335.

Nirvana, [665]20, [666]21.

Noah, and the ark, [667]188 sq.; age of, at the flood, [668]189; God's covenant with, [669]190; his drunkenness, [670]190; conduct of the sons of, [671]190.

Non-resistance, [672]249.

Obedience to the gospel, the Manichæan representation of, [673]162 etc.; reply to Faustus' statement respecting, [674]163 etc.; unavailing without faith, [675]164.

Oblasinski on the Acta-Disputationis, referred to, 4.

Old man, the, and the news [676]51.

Old Testament, the, and the New, the harmony of, [677]45 etc., [678]49 etc., [679]56, [680]57, [681]301 sq.; Faustus' objections to, and charges against answered, [682]161 etc., [683]167 etc., [684]175, [685]176 etc., [686]211 etc., [687]212 etc., [688]273 sq., [689]277 etc., [690]332 etc., [691]334 etc.; the functions of, [692]335; the typical nature of, [693]335.

Olive tree, the good, [694]176.

Omnipotence of God, the, [695]322.

Only-begotten, the, of God, [696]148.

Ophitic Gnosticism, relation of to the old Babylonian religion and its later sects, [697]19.

Order an element of the good, [698]352 sq.

Origin of evil, the, [699]281 sq.

Orpheus, [700]200, [701]205.

Paganism, imputed to the Catholics by Faustus, [702]253; the charge of, retorted, [703]254 etc.; Christians vindicated from the charge of, [704]261, [705]263.

Pain only in good natures, [706]355.

Paraclete, the claim of Mani, born of ordinary generation, to be the, inconsistent with the Manichæan objection to the birth of Christ from the Virgin, [707]132; Manichæus not the apostle of the, [708]131; when sent forth, [709]133; the mission of the, [710]337; the promise of refers not to Manichæus, [711]338; sent immediately after the resurrection of Jesus, [712]338.

Partridge, the, a type of heretics, [713]204.

Passover, the, [714]193.

"Patience of Israel, the," [715]205.

Patriarchs, the, with all their faults, superior to the Manichæan Elect, and even the Manichæan god, [716]282; Faustus' opinion of, [717]340; defended against the attacks of Faustus, [718]342.

Paul and Circumcision, [719]245; did he change his opinions respecting Christ? [720]177 sq.; harmony of his teaching, [721]180 sq.; the natural fierce energy of, made use of by God, [722]299.

Paul and Thecla, the apocryphal book of, referred to, [723]329.

Paulinus of Nola mentioned, [724]62.

Pelagian controversy more congenial to Augustin's mind than the Manichæan, [725]35.

Pelagians use Augustin's anti-Manichæan utterances against him, [726]102, [727]103 et passim.

Pentecost, [728]307.

Perfection not attainable in this life, [729]58.

Periods of the world, six, [730]185 sq.

Peter, [731]299.

Petrus Siculus on the Manichæans, referred to, 4.

Philo, his interpretation of Scripture, [732]195.

Photius on the Manichæans, referred to, 4.

Plants, Manichæan view of the sacredness of the life of, [733]84.

Poets, pagan, fictions of, more respectable than those of the Manichæans, [734]214 sq.

Polygamy, [735]289, [736]290.

Possidius' Life of Augustin, referred to, [737]34.

Power to do harm from God alone, [738]358.

Prayer of Augustin for the conversion of the Manichæans, [739]107.

Pride the cause of Manichæan error, [740]281.

Principles, the two, of Manichæanism, [741]270.

Procreation of children regarded as one of the greatest of evils by the Manichæans, [742]86 sq.

Property allowed to believers by the apostles, [743]62.

Prophecies of Christ, [744]183, [745]196, [746]197; the fulfillment of, its evidential power, [747]201.

Prophecy, Hebrew, [748]199, [749]200.

Prophecy, relation of Christ to, [750]235 sq.

Prophet, the, like unto Moses, [751]224 sq.

Prophets, the Hebrew, and their prophecies respecting Christ, defended against the assaults of Faustus, [752]183 etc.; [753]198, [754]199.

Prostitution condemned by divine and eternal law, [755]295.

Prudence, [756]54.

Punishment and forgiveness of sins prerogatives of God, [757]357 sq.

Punishment constituted for the sinning nature that it may be rightly ordered, [758]353.

"Pure, all things pure to the," [759]330 sq.

Pusey's statements about Mani referred to, [760]31.

Rachel and Leah, [761]290-[762]295.

Rationalism of the Manichæans, [763]134.

Raven and the dove, the, sent forth from the ark, [764]189.

Reason, the weakness of, in relation to God, [765]44.

Record of faith, the, [766]206.

Religious life of the Manichæans described by Faustus, [767]163.

Repentance, the utility of, proves that the souls are not by nature evil, [768]106.

Report, common, [769]201.

Resurrection of the dead, the, [770]179.

Rod of Moses, the, a type, [771]192.

Rufinus, Consol, [772]113.

Sabbath, the Jewish, [773]168, [774]169, [775]230, [776]231; why not binding on Christians, [777]243.

Sabeanism, relation of to Manichæism and to the old Babylonian religion, [778]19.

Sacraments, the, of the Old Testament, [779]544; of the Old Testament and the New, [780]244 sq.; relation of Gentile and Jewish Christians to the Old, [781]245 sq.

Sacrifice, the true one, and imitations of, [782]260.

Sacrifices of the Old Testament, [783]169, [784]170; typical, [785]238, [786]277.

Sadder, the book, cited, [787]16.

Sallust, referred to, [788]76.

Samson and the lion, [789]193 sq.

Sapor, King of Persia, [790]32.

Sarah, her conduct towards Hagar, [791]284; Abraham's denial of, as his wife, [792]285; and Abraham, types, [793]286, etc.

Sassanian inscriptions, 9.

Saturn, the fetters of, [794]238.

Saul, [795]296 sq.

Schaff's History referred to, 3.

Schism, as explained by Faustus, [796]235, [797]253.

Schneckenburger's criticism of Baur, 5.

Scriptural authority, [798]180.

Scriptures, the, authority of, [799]57, [800]239; Manichæan mode of dealing with, in controversy, [801]178; and other good books, [802]180; the record of faith, [803]206; how the record of the deeds of evil men in, is to be regarded, [804]295 sq.; the principle of interpretation to be applied to, [805]310 sq.; all, profitable, [806]311; Faustus would subject the, to himself, not be subject to, [807]339;the genuineness of, [808]342 sq.

Sect and schism, [809]253.

Secundinus, Augustin's estimate of his reply to the letter of, [810]35.

Seed, vegetable and animal, the nature of God in, liberated by being eaten by the Elect, [811]363 sq.

Shew-bread, [812]194.

Self-denial, Catholic, [813]165, [814]166.

Semi-Christians and pseudo-Christians, [815]156.

Sensible objects, not to beloved, [816]51, [817]52.

Serpent, the brazen, [818]193.

Sibylline books; [819]200, [820]205.

Signacula, the three, [821]16, [822]74 sq.

Simon Magus, [823]243, [824]290.

Sin only from the will, [825]101 sq.; definition of, [826]103; not apart from free will, [827]120 sq.; the relation of Adam's posterity to, [828]121; what is it? [829]283; not from God, but from the will of those sinning, [830]357; not the striving for an evil nature, but the desertion of a better, [831]358.

Socrates' History referred to, [832]31.

Solomon, [833]304.

Son of God begotten, not made [834]356; of David and Son of God, Christ the, denied by Faustus, [835]313, etc.; proved against Faustus, [836]314, etc.

Soteriology of the Manichæans, [837]13.

Soul, the chief good of man, [838]43; obtains virtue by following after God, [839]44; of our neighbor, duty of doing good to the, [840]56; sinned and therefore is miserable, [841]122; the, nature of the rational, [842]148; has no material form, and is present in every part of the body, [843]136, [844]137; has no material extension, [845]138; and body, [846]43; virtue gives perfection to, [847]43.

Souls, absurd Manichæan notions respecting, [848]82 etc., [849]83 etc.; two, treatise on, [850]95 sq.; can have their existence from God alone, [851]95 sq.; that are called evil by the Manichæans, being capable of intellectual perception, are better than any object of perception, [852]96 sq.; supposed complaint of against the Manichæan God for involving them in endless misery, without necessity, and apart from their own will, [853]117 sq., [854]120.

Spontaneous generation, supposed cases of, [855]85.

Star of the Magi, the; [856]157, [857]158.

Stars, Manichæan superstition regarding the, [858]158.

Stercutio, a Roman demi-god, [859]72.

Stokes' art, Manes and Manichæans, referred to, 5, [860]29.

Subjective method of dealing with Scripture practiced by the Manichæans, [861]178.

Sulpicius Severus mentioned, [862]62.

Sun worship on the part of the Manichæans, denied by Faustus, [863]252 sq.; the, Manichæan worship of, explained by Faustus, [864]252 etc.; absurd statements of Faustus exposed, [865]254.

Sunday, and the Lord's day, [866]238.

Swearing, [867]247 sq.

Symbolical nature of the Old Testament, [868]167 sq.

Symbolic precepts of the Old Testament, [869]167, [870]168.

Symbols, three moral, devised by the Manichæans, [871]74 etc., [872]83 etc., [873]86 etc.; material, visible speech, [874]244.

Tables of stone, the, [875]213, [876]214.

Tamar and Judah, [877]295 sq.; a type, [878]306 sq.

Teacher, the Great, [879]147.

Temperance, the duties of, [880]51.

Thecla, Paul and, [881]329.

Theodicy of Augustin incomplete, [882]282.

Theology of the Manichæans, [883]10.

"Thieves and Robbers," all who came before me are--who? [884]223.

Thomas, how taught by Jesus, [885]234; apocryphal story of, [886]304.

Tiele's Outlines of the History of Religion, quoted, [887]17.

Titus of Bostra on the Manichæans, referred to, 4.

Trechsel on the Canon, Criticism, and Exegesis of the Manichæans, referred to, 5.

Trinity, the, [888]49; absurd views of Faustus respecting, [889]252, [890]258; Fortunatus' profession of belief in, [891]114.

Truth, how to be sought, [892]130.

Turanian dualism, 6.

Turkestan, the refuge of Mani, [893]32.

Turpitudes in God imagined by the Manichæans, [894]362 sq.

Two men, the witness of, [895]223.

Two territories, Manichæan theory of, refuted, [896]138.

Type and testimony, [897]173.

Types, Adam and Eve, [898]186; Cain and Abel, [899]186; the ark, [900]188; the flood, [901]189; the raven and dove, [902]190; Noah's drunkenness, [903]190; Noah's sons, [904]190; Abraham and Isaac, [905]191; the angel wrestling with Jacob, [906]191; Jacob's stone, [907]191; Jacob's ladder, [908]192; Joseph, [909]192; the rod of Moses, [910]192; the Exodus, [911]192; in the wilderness, [912]193; the conquest of Jericho, [913]193; events during the time of the Judges, [914]193; events in the time of the Kings, [915]194; the Church, in captivity, and the return from captivity, [916]194, [917]195; must be acknowledged, [918]195; sacrifices, [919]236; other observances besides sacrifices, [920]242; fulfilled in Christ, [921]242 etc.; actions and persons, [922]305; Judah's incest, [923]305 etc.; Tamar, Er, and Onan, [924]306 sq.; David's crime, [925]307; Solomon, [926]308; various, [927]335 sq.

Typical actions, it is of no consequence whether they are good or bad, [928]305.

Unclean and clean food, [929]170, [930]172.

Uriah the Hittite, [931]308.

Vanity of the world, the, [932]52

Varanes, king of Persia, [933]32.

Vices, as objects of intellectual apprehension, better than light which is perceived by sense, [934]97 sq.

Virginity, Pagan and Christian, [935]262.

Virtue, Augustin's use of the word, [936]46; gives perfection to the soul, [937]44; the fourfold division, [938]48, [939]54.

Wars, the real evils of, [940]301 sq.; ordered by God, [941]301 sq.

Wegnern on Manichæan Indulgences, referred to, 5.

Wilderness, the, typical occurrences in, [942]193.

Wilson, of Bombay, on the Parsis, referred to, [943]36.

Williams, Monier, Indian Wisdom, quoted, 5.

Wine, the old and the new, [944]81; the Manichæan and the Catholic views of, [945]258.

Wisdom, [946]50; identified with Christ, [947]50 etc.

Witness, the, of two men, [948]223.

Words, on what the value of depends, [949]306.

Works of God, the, [950]266.

World, the, to be despised, [951]51, [952]52; the vanity of, [953]52.

World-bearer of the Manichæans, [954]255.

Youths and maidens sent by God to entice the female and male princes of darkness--immoral tendency of such fables, [955]254, [956]362 sq.

Zacagni's Collectanea, referred to, [957]34.

Zend-Avesta, quoted, [958]18.

Zilpah and Bilhah, [959]293.

Zittwitz on the Acta Disputationis, referred to, 4.

Zodiac, connection of the Manichæan worship with, [960]14.

Zoroastrianism, relation of to Manichæism, [961]16 sq.

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