Paul, of Samosata, false doctrine of, [1790]312 (note).
Peace, to be found in The Word, [1791]459; not to be looked for from the flesh, [1792]503; the end of all our trials, [1793]503.
Pelagians, errors of, reproved, [1794]295, [1795]455 sq.; the "Pharisee" better than, in that he "gave thanks," [1796]455; strive against "open" grace, and for that reason worse than Jews, [1797]504.
Pentecost, the conversion at, fruit of prayer on Cross, [1798]351.
Persecution, all things in, to be despised for sake of Christ, [1799]409 sq.; the attack of Satan from without upon those out of whom he has been cast, [1800]537 sq.
Perseverance, silences opposition, [1801]385; necessary to Christian character, [1802]509 sq.; the building on a Rock, [1803]510; freedom the reward of, [1804]510.
Peter, St., so called from the rock, [1805]340; type of Church when in danger from man's praise, [1806]339; walking on sea, type of Church in the world, [1807]340; in his confession an image of the strong, in his fear, of the weak in the Church, [1808]341; weak in himself, strong in Christ, [1809]341, [1810]342; his conduct a proof that what we cannot do in ourselves we can do in Christ, [1811]341; held chief place in Apostleship, [1812]340; of Apostles, first and chiefest, [1813]340, [1814]341, [1815]544; blessed when he spoke the things of God, rebuked when those of men, [1816]340 sq.; Christ the Rock, St. Peter the Christian people, [1817]340; a proof that denial of Christ is not the unpardonable sin against Holy Ghost, [1818]330; witness of Christ, [1819]492; Church founded singly in, [1820]519; good shepherd, [1821]523, [1822]524; figure of unity of all good shepherds, [1823]544; our Lord's words to, "Lovest thou Me?" show love to be the sign of the true shepherd, [1824]521, [1825]524; disturbed at our Lord's Passion, [1826]544.
Pharisees, the one in the parable lauded himself, but did not pray, [1827]455; the proud thoughts of him who invited Him, known to our Lord, [1828]416; they were the choice men amongst the Jews, [1829]435; scrupulous as to external purification, neglected internal, [1830]435; their want of love made their greater alms of no value, [1831]435, [1832]436; their leaven, seeking glory from one another, [1833]446; their zeal "not according to knowledge," [1834]496.
Philip, eye of, healed by faith so that he might see the Father in Christ, [1835]380.
Philosophers (Heathen), saw God at a distance, but saw not way to Him, [1836]531; saw God in works of nature, [1837]531; idolatry, their folly, [1838]531 sq.
Philosophy, natural, the gift of God, but abused if it has not love, [1839]314, [1840]315.
Photinians, divided against Arians, [1841]319; asserting that Christ is only man, [1842]320, [1843]401; deny existence of Holy Ghost, [1844]320.
Pool. See [1845]Bethesda.
Poor, our carriers who carry our goods for us to heaven, [1846]293; the portion of departed children to be given to Christ through, [1847]372; God the receiver for, [1848]369, and Christ the Keeper for, [1849]446, and will repay for them in world to come, [1850]426 sq., [1851]474; to give to, to give to God of His own, [1852]474; they should seek only sufficiency, since all not needed, a burden, [1853]368; warnings to them, [1854]367; the rich, if humble, better than they if proud, [1855]367.
Possessions, we must so possess, as not to be possessed by, [1856]479.
Poverty, voluntary, not to be despised in those who can receive it, [1857]479; not perfect without love, [1858]535.
Praise, danger of human, and preservative against it, [1859]339; flatterers, sellers of, [1860]404.
Prayer, our only hope in evils of this life, [1861]349-352; the part of those in peril, [1862]454; sleeps when desire grows cold, [1863]352; unceasing longing is unceasing prayer, [1864]352; enlightens ignorance, [1865]431; for enemies a duty, [1866]276; need of, if we would cure our soul's sicknesses, [1867]350; double alms ("give and forgive"), wings of, [1868]287; faith fountain of, [1869]454; benefit of persevering, [1870]430, as shown by parable of unjust judge and of the "friend," [1871]296, [1872]430 sq., [1873]454; why we are not to omit, although it be that God knoweth our wants before we ask, [1874]275, [1875]361; where earnest affection in, there effectual answer from Him who heareth it, [1876]275; what we ask in, would be given if good for us, [1877]352, but that we may in ignorance ask evil, no cause for not asking, [1878]350; two things to be learnt, what we are to ask in and from Whom, [1879]274 sq.; need of piety in, not of wordiness, [1880]275; precepts concerning not using "many words" in, reconciled with commands to "ask, seek, knock," [1881]349 sq.; heard when offered in submission of mind, not with restlessness, [1882]540.
Prayer, Lord's, the: explained, [1883]274-280, [1884]280-284, [1885]284-288, [1886]288-289; the rule and standard of all prayer, [1887]275; the blessing of, taught by our Advocate and Judge, [1888]284; said daily in church before altar, [1889]288; taught to the Competentes after the Creed, [1890]274, [1891]284; repeated by them at Baptism, [1892]284, [1893]288; undoes past sin, provides against future, [1894]280; remedy against daily venial sins, [1895]277; with alms, [1896]277; great importance of petition for forgiveness in, [1897]278; Apostles needed daily remission through, much more we, [1898]286; three first petitions of, relate to the Life Eternal, the rest to necessities of present life, [1899]280, [1900]282, [1901]287, [1902]288, [1903]289.
Pride, the worm of riches, [1904]297, [1905]367; greater in man who is mortal, than in Satan who is immortal, [1906]412; trust in God with alms its cure, [1907]297; God made Man great remedy against, [1908]345, [1909]475; death, its penalty, should be its cure, [1910]412; mysteries hid from, [1911]315; destroys our gifts, [1912]502; prevents us from returning by "strait way," [1913]533; incompatible with love, [1914]475, [1915]535; Christ repelled the proud man who would have followed Him, [1916]298.
Priests, peril of office of, [1917]362; in Old Testament were to offer for themselves, [1918]514.
Princes, as God's ministers, may restrain heathen or heretics, [1919]303, [1920]304.
Promises, having done what God commands, we may ask for His, [1921]442.
Prophets, foretold evil, but did not wish it, [1922]275; words of, explained by their acts, [1923]388.
Psalms, imprecations in, not curses, but predictions, [1924]275.
Pure, the, "reach" God, [1925]460, [1926]485.
Rebuke, for secret sins, to be given secretly, [1927]360 sq.; St. Joseph an example of this, [1928]360 sq.; for public, publicly, [1929]360; given by St. Stephen severely, but in love, [1930]396; love should always accompany, [1931]358; with meekness and charity, [1932]385.
Reconciliation, necessity of, with an aggrieved brother, before acceptance with God, [1933]358, [1934]359; difficulty of persuading men to the self-humiliation necessary for, although the real humiliation their own sin, [1935]359.
Remission, of sin, article in the Creed, [1936]286; given by Holy Ghost through Church, [1937]325, [1938]329-332, [1939]419; first gift of Spirit in Baptism, [1940]324; given not by man, but by God, [1941]418; through man or without man, [1942]419; Apostles taught to pray for, [1943]286; joint gift of The Three Persons in the Holy Trinity, [1944]326; effect of, deliverance from dominion of Satan, [1945]330; "Seventy times seven," complete remission, [1946]365.
Repentance, useless if barren of its fruit, almsgiving, [1947]294; figured by Lazarus raised from dead, [1948]415; place of, not denied in Church to any sins whatever, [1949]320; time of mercy granted for, [1950]442.
Repetition not wearisome in divine things, [1951]475.
Rest, our, foreshadowed by God's after work of creation, [1952]477 sq.
Restituta, the great church in Carthage, [1953]392 (note).
Resurrection, of body, ordained for all, [1954]488 sq.; difference between that of good and bad, [1955]489; great and incredible, but not more so than our first creation, [1956]491.
Rhadagaisus, [1957]434 (note).
Rich, the: equal with poor in life and death, [1958]296, [1959]297, [1960]368; danger of, in attaining to salvation, [1961]366, [1962]367; may use luxuries which their infirmities demand, if careful to give necessaries to poor, [1963]297, [1964]298; must lay out what they have, that they may receive what they have not, [1965]367; need not give all to poor, but must exceed a tenth, the Scribes' and Pharisees' portion, [1966]367; by them God helps the needy, and by needy proves them, [1967]368; real wants of, not more than those of poor, [1968]297 sq.; if humble, better than poor if proud, [1969]367; warned against pride, [1970]367; two kinds of, those of this world, and those of the next (i.e., the poor), [1971]367; have "received" all, and therefore give nothing of their own, [1972]474. See [1973]Alms.
Riches, only good when we do good with, [1974]295, being means of good, not goods in themselves, [1975]295 sq., [1976]333; with desire of more, a passion, [1977]295 sq., [1978]333; use of, [1979]297 sq., [1980]367; acquisition of, man's great vanity and source of unhappiness, [1981]290; vanity of, because nothing lasting in, [1982]290 sq., [1983]367; various mischances to which they are subject, [1984]291; to neglect Christ's words as to use of, to neglect Christ, [1985]291 sq.; who teaches us how to use them speaking to us as "one from dead," [1986]373; by laying up, on earth, we lay up for earth, [1987]292; calamities warn us to remove, to Heaven, [1988]292 sq.; the poor our carriers to remove our, to Heaven, [1989]293; great danger of coveting, [1990]368; possession of, the world's test of happiness (as contrasted with that of Holy Scripture, God), [1991]451, [1992]452, why called "mammon of iniquity," [1993]450, [1994]451; pride the worm of, [1995]297, [1996]367.
Riches, the True, what they are--cannot be lost, [1997]451; must be sought from and to God, [1998]452; consist in not requiring worldly riches, which we lose, that we may gain the True, and not be lost ourselves, [1999]346.
Righteous, the: though many, in comparison with wicked few, [2000]386, [2001]393; do righteousness for God, and account it God's, [2002]272.
Righteousness, burning lights, [2003]440; exercised in bearing the present, and fasting from world, [2004]479.
Rogatists, the, [2005]527.
Rome, founded by Trojans, [2006]357; built by Romulus, [2007]356; by Rome is meant the people of, not the city of: these will not perish if they praise God, if they blaspheme Him will, [2008]356 sq.; Christians care for, though heathen, because the Church sojourns in it, [2009]433, [2010]434; gods of, senseless, [2011]357, [2012]434; destruction of, falsely attributed to Christianity, [2013]433-435.
Sabbath, the, how typical of our Lord, [2014]515 sq.
Sabellians, called also by some Patripassians, as holding that the Father suffered, [2015]320.
Samaritan, Good, the, figures baptism, [2016]503. See [2017]Baptism and [2018]Church.
Samaritan woman. See [2019]Woman.
Samaritans, the harvest ripe among, [2020]422 sq.
Satan, slanders the good subtly, that we may think good hopeless, [2021]398; possesses us if God abandons us, [2022]282, but is conquered by our conquering self, [2023]283; torments of, to Christian, lightened by joys within, [2024]318.
Saved, the: the teaching of the "strait gate" proves to be few, [2025]445 sq.; few, that is, compared with the lost, but many that the Garner of Heaven may be filled, [2026]446.
Schism, wickedness of those who cause, [2027]319, [2028]437, [2029]478.
Scribes, the: who they were, [2030]335; though they had the keys of the kingdom of heaven, not "instructed" in it, [2031]335; though evil, to be heard and obeyed, as "sitting in Moses' seat," [2032]336.
Scripture, Holy: "the hem of" Christ's "garment" to heal us, [2033]300; "how to be read," [2034]259; pictures what it tells us, to our hearts, [2035]415 sq.; sometimes says things absolutely, to be interpreted in a limited sense, [2036]321, [2037]323; reckons in round numbers, [2038]257; idolatrous feasts forbidden by, [2039]300; godliness seeking truth, and humility, the key to, not mere criticism, [2040]247; some words and acts in, literal, [2041]390, some figurative, [2042]390, [2043]391, some both, [2044]390-392; terms in, not to be judged of by their use in world, [2045]335; exposition of, the setting forth of a banquet, to be received with praise, and followed by good works, [2046]406; we feed on plain parts of, [2047]321; are exercised by obscure, [2048]322, [2049]360, [2050]484; apparent contradictions, [2051]271, [2052]359; these opened to prayer, but not to be judged of, [2053]359 sq.; expressions in, teaching special earnestness, seemingly exaggerated, [2054]424; perverted by wicked, [2055]519; sense of, preserved by looking at whole, [2056]520.
Self, by stopping short in, we go out of, [2057]409; by denying, we turn to God, [2058]409; the duty of each to deny, as he has attained, [2059]411.
Senses, the five: indicated by the five virgins, [2060]402, by the five pairs of oxen, [2061]447; the windows of the soul, [2062]307, through which it perceives, [2063]263; useless when the inhabitant is gone, [2064]307; they who believe only, are kept back from higher things, [2065]447, [2066]448; for not their satisfaction, but faith, our food, [2067]448; sight, as the most eminent of them, stands for all of, [2068]449.
Serpent, the, in what to be feared, in what imitated, [2069]305 sq.
Seven, mystical meaning of, [2070]363, [2071]365, [2072]406, [2073]452.
Seventy and seven, mystical meaning of, [2074]258 sq., [2075]363, [2076]365.
Shepherds, true: they who preach for love, [2077]520, [2078]544; by which distinguished from hireling, [2079]521; figured in St. Peter, [2080]521, and their unity in the same Apostle, [2081]544; fewer than hirelings, [2082]544; prepared for every good work, [2083]521; act as, in God's presence, [2084]522; reprove and mourn for sin, [2085]522; awfulness of office of, [2086]543.
Ship, the Cross the, in which our weakness is carried over tempests of world, [2087]337; peril within, from storms of passion, destruction out of it, [2088]338; if Christ be absent from, each man the prey of storms within himself, [2089]338.
Sick, the: amongst Jews of two kinds, those who knew their own sickness, and came for health to Christ, those who knew it not, and mocked, [2090]350 sq.