HOMILIES ON PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, AND THESSALONIANS.
Aaron, why he was not smitten with leprosy as Miriam, [657]274.
Abel, suffered through love, [658]342; shall meet Christ, [659]356.
Abraham, example of good use of riches, [660]240; his offering Isaac a type of our Lord's death, [661]283; bid sacrifice Isaac, that he might be rewarded, [662]331; an example to bereaved parents, [663]336; prayed for Sodom, [664]342; preferred God to all things, [665]350; heard even his wife for God's sake, [666]350; blessed in his family for this, [667]350; not heard for Sodom, [668]358; his reward greater for his not knowing the future, [669]361; had children, but was not covetous, [670]369; his hospitality, [671]ib.; wronged by Lot, [672]ib.
Accusation, false, met by explanation, true by acknowledgment and amendment, [673]392.
Achaia, churches of, [674]381.
Achan, sacrilege of, punished, [675]359.
Actions, tradition by, [676]344, [677]394.
Acts, of mercy to be done against the last day, [678]202; noble acts not performed without daring, [679]226; evil actions spring from thoughts, [680]247.
Adam, first of mankind, [681]271; difference between him and a Christian, [682]287.
Adjuration, by Christ, once feared, now despised, [683]372; a woman rewarded for regarding, [684]373.
Admonition, indirect, most effective, [685]348; relieved by praise, [686]ib.; disliked, [687]366; should be gentle, [688]367; followed up with prayer, [689]371; of an offending brother, private, [690]395.
Admonitions, should be coupled with commendations, [691]219.
Adrian, sufferings of Jews from, [692]358.
Adultery, has worse effects than fornication, [693]248; is uncleanness, [694]342; forbidden to men as well as to women, [695]345; a work of darkness, [696]362; most insulting if open, [697]370.
Affliction, of self, now a virtue, at Day of Judgment an unprofitable reflection, [698]245; a benefit, [699]253; no one free from it even in this world's contests, [700]253; from it ease springs, [701]255; admits spiritual joy, [702]325 (see [703]Trial) ; the lot of Christians, [704]335; less felt when we have great blessings, [705]350; grace and comfort in, [706]380; unity a help in, [707]380-81; shakes the weak, confirms the strong, [708]380; comfort in, [709]382; a temptation against love of God, [710]393.
Ahithophel, example of flattery, [711]205.
Alexander the coppersmith, [712]391.
Alexander, called the Macedonian, [713]328; his conquests prophesied of, [714]ib.
Alms, adorn the soul, root out covetousness, raise soul toward heaven, bring blessings, assist the dead, [715]197; a help to catechumens, [716]ib.; measured by the purpose of the giver, [717]251-52; are a sweet savor to God, [718]ib.; should be given in proportion to the property a person has, [719]294; are a more beautiful clothing than golden ornaments, [720]307; surpassed by thanksgiving and losses, [721]337; giving, relieves one's losses, [722]338; stores for, [723]338; oil of our lamp, [724]371; are for those who cannot support themselves, [725]394.
Almsgiving, to ministers a gain to the giver, [726]187; the right disposition of giving, [727]187; removes sins of the giver, [728]ib.; should be to the poorer before the richer, [729]ib.; not to a saint in abundance, [730]ib.; should be without nice curiosity, [731]188; its good effects on man's nature, [732]248; does more good to the giver than the receiver, [733]249; shown to be the best thing by time present and future, [734]263.
Amalek, conquered by Moses' prayer, [735]391.
Ambassadors, honor due to, [736]330.
Amulets, used in sickness, [737]336; applied by old women, [738]298; a device of Satan's, [739]ib.; the use of them condemned by the better sort of heathens, [740]ib.
Ananias, sin and punishment of, [741]359.
Anarchy, Antichrist's opportunity, [742]389.
Anchor, hope of Resurrection, [743]377.
Angels, Colossians' notion about them refuted, [744]270; created by the Son, [745]271; all things done by them are of Christ, [746]ib.; aforetime enemies to man, were reconciled to him by Christ, [747]272; could not persuade men to reconciliation, for they could not bind Satan, [748]275; not needed since men are "knit" to Christ, [749]276; notion about them answered again by Christ's being in Christians, [750]280; Colossians' notion about them arose from some false teacher, out of his vainglory, [751]288; it caused them to let go their hold of Christ, and so be lost, [752]289; attend on children, [753]351; work of in the Resurrection, [754]355-56; host of, described as surrounding Christ, [755]382.
Anointing, metaphorically, for encouraging, [756]378.
Antichrist, might seem a sign of Christ's coming, [757]362; is not an exact one, [758]ib.; will come first, and so far a sign, [759]378; Christ left no room for his deceit, [760]378; he that shall come in his own name, [761]ib.; called the Apostasy, [762]386; will not setup idolatry, [763]ib.; will be worshiped in God's temple, i.e., in Churches, [764]ib.; miracles of, [765]ib.; is not Satan, [766]386; what withheld, the Roman Empire, [767]388-89; Nero a type of, [768]389; Christ's mere appearing shall destroy, [769]ib.; permitted for silencing of unbelievers, [770]ib.
Antioch, monks near, [771]394 (note 2) .
Apollinarius, of Laodicea, [772]206; his followers denied that our Lord took a soul, [773]214.
Apostasy. See [774]Antichrist.
Apostles, The, examples how we should meet pride arising from our wisdom, [775]205; a type, and their life-giving laws, [776]240; taught and then left those they had taught to teach in their place, [777]301; their ignorance no hindrance to the spread of the Preaching, [778]307; rejoiced in suffering, [779]325; chosen as unworldly, [780]329; at first curious about the time of Consummation, [781]360; not so afterwards, [782]ib.; not informed, [783]ib.; St. Peter chief of, [784]ib.
Appearing, not said of the Father, but of the Son, [785]207.
Archippus, probably held some office in the Church at Colossæ [786]257, [787]314; a person to whom St. Paul would have the Colossians entirely subject, [788]315.
Archangel, [789]355-56.
Arians, like Greeks in making a greater and a lesser God, [790]207.
Aristarchus, was brought up from Jerusalem fellow-prisoner with St. Paul, [791]310.
Arius of Alexandria, [792]206; how his heresy falls before St. Paul's text, [793]207.
Ark, one hundred years building, [794]357; resting-place of, [795]ib.
Armor, spiritual, [796]363.
Army, the Church like an, [797]367.
Article, the, often not placed, and yet the word God means The Father, [798]209.
Artisans, oppress their poorer fellows, [799]370.
Arts, knowledge of, should not make men proud, [800]217; to be used in God's service in serving one another, not to withdraw men from spiritual things, [801]233.
Ascalon, country beyond, [802]357; men of, conquered by Samuel's prayer, [803]391.
Assyrians, king of, conquered by Hezekiah's prayer, [804]391.
Atoms, notion of, [805]353.
Avarice, souls sacrificed to, [806]346; wickedness of, [807]368; vain excuses for, answered, [808]368-69; its bad effects, [809]210; consists in loving money at all, [810]211; hinders from seeing Christ's face, [811]ib.; is a root of evils, [812]ib.; hinders from being Christ's servant, [813]ib.
Audacity, examples of, [814]205; is shown in causeless rage, [815]206.
Baptism, called a seal, [816]197; men freed from sin by, and have the Holy Ghost given them, [817]237; men are delivered, as it were, from a fever and wholly diseased state by it, [818]ib.; it gives remission of sin, grace, and wealth, [819]238; prodigal son an example for those that have sinned after baptism, [820]ib.; is through the cross, [821]242; the way prepared for it by the things done of old in water, [822]283; is a circumcision of spirit, [823]285; not burial only, but resurrection, [824]ib.; a death unto sin, [825]286; prefigured in Red Sea, [826]290; its destroying and new-making effects no cause for marvel from what goes on in nature, [827]290; called sleep by heretics, [828]352; too often deferred, [829]361; St. Greg. Naz. on this practice, [830]361 (note 3) ; priest has one with people, [831]392.
Beasts, wild, do not hurt unless straitened, [832]368; man inferior to in bodily qualities, [833]379.
Beauty, no cause for being proud, [834]217.
Bee, lesson from, in that it dies in stinging, [835]368; commended in Scripture, [836]ib.
Beggars, adjure by Christ in vain, [837]373; succeed by praising ladies' beauty, [838]ib.; driven to low jesting and juggling, [839]ib.; and to loose music, [840]ib.; thankful under great privations, [841]ib.; at churches, [842]ib.; cruel treatment of, [843]395.
Begging, a shameful thing, [844]348; misery of, [845]368.
Beginning, used for first impulse, or for grounding, [846]378.
Belief, of things in heaven increased from what takes place on earth, [847]283.
Believers, sins of, punished, [848]359.
Belly, the many ways men make it their god, [849]243; moderation a boundary to it, as the sand to the sea, [850]ib.
Benjamin, tribe of, that in which the priest's portion was, [851]231.
Beræa, persecution at, [852]328.
Bishops, sometimes called presbyters and deacons, [853]184; have authority from Christ by succession, [854]274; come from God, [855]ib.; are ambassadors from God, [856]274-75.
Bishop (see [857]Chrysostom, [858]Priest, [859]Ruler) , responsibility of, [860]372.
Blasphemers, hated by God, taken up by the devil and the demons, [861]209.
Blood, resisting unto, [862]385.
Body, the, may be made spiritual, and at length shine in heaven like Christ's body, [863]243; shall be made immortal by the power of Christ, [864]244.
Body (see [865]Resurrection) , formation of, a mystery, [866]353-54; unity of, requires care of all parts, [867]381; place of head in, [868]397.
Bonds, a furtherance to the Gospel, [869]182, [870]189; a confirmation of the Gospel, [871]186; give confidence to others, [872]190; cause preaching both from envy and for good-will, [873]ib.; the great service they are to St. Paul and to his work, [874]306; a contrast between his and those the women bound their hair with, [875]307; St. Paul's, a support under all kinds of tribulations, [876]315; and in temptations to luxury, [877]315-16.