Books, of St. Paul, [3178]514.
Brutality, of mankind before Christ's coming, [3179]538.
Bulimy, disease called, [3180]502.
Cain, offense of, [3181]498.
Canker, false doctrine compared to a, [3182]493.
Children, good bringing up of, brings its own reward, [3183]436; great responsibilities of those who have, [3184]437; to be well trained from the first, [3185]ib.; greatest care to be taken in choice of tutors for, [3186]ib.
Children, The Three, example of, [3187]543.
Christ, great strength required to bear the name of, [3188]416; true disciples of, the admiration of angels, [3189]417; apathy of men towards, [3190]418; friends preferred before, [3191]ib.; died for the heathen, [3192]431; His suffering a testimony, [3193]ib.; meaning of His directions about prayer (Matt. vi. 6) , [3194]432; love of, not returned by us, [3195]431; should put us to shame, [3196]ib.; condescension of, [3197]463; sacramental union with, [3198]464; the good confession, [3199]471; unoriginated, [3200]ib.; cannot be seen in His divine apart from His human nature, [3201]ib., note; the cross of, a remedy against shame, [3202]480; power of, shown when His servants are oppressed, [3203]491; dying with, a pledge of life with, [3204]492; how to suffer for, [3205]512; why ministered to by others, [3206]542.
"Christ, through," meaning of the phrase, [3207]418.
Christians, must learn, and obey, and doubt not, [3208]410; not freed only from punishment, but gifted with immense privileges, [3209]418; must not pray against each other, [3210]427; engaged in a contest, [3211]424; bid to pray everywhere, [3212]432; bad, hinder conversion of heathen, [3213]440; how dead with Christ, [3214]492; should be prepared for everything, [3215]496.
Church, different stations in the, as in an army, [3216]424; the, a household, [3217]439; a pillar of truth in the world, [3218]442; maintains the preaching of the word, [3219]442; makes known the Incarnation, [3220]ib.; those directing the, assailed with difficulty, [3221]475; equality in the, [3222]547; knows no distinctions of rank, [3223]548.
Claudia, [3224]516.
Clergy, to be maintained, [3225]460; not to be stinted, [3226]ib.; not to spare themselves, [3227]ib.
Cloak, of St. Paul left at Troas, [3228]513.
Commandment, matters of, [3229]449; not left to choice, [3230]521.
Committed, things to us, imply that they are not our own, but to be kept with care, [3231]424.
Communicants, unworthy, delivered by God to Satan, [3232]425.
Communion, Holy, careless preparation for, reproved, [3233]425; one unworthy partaking of, presumption, [3234]ib.
Condescension, of God to man's weakness, [3235]529.
Conduct, of others, not to be judged, but our own, [3236]482.
Conscience, a good, brings rejoicing, [3237]446; a pure, a blameless life, [3238]476; torments of a bad, [3239]494; an impure, defiles all things, [3240]530.
Contentious persons, to be avoided, [3241]468.
Contest, those out of the, sometimes cause of the victory to those who gain it, [3242]485.
Controversy, some unavoidable, [3243]541.
Conversion, none without practical holiness, [3244]440.
Corah, insurrection of, [3245]482.
Corinthian, case of incestuous, [3246]424.
Counsels, of perfection, [3247]521.
Courtesans, finery of, [3248]433.
Covetousness, admits no friendship, [3249]469; cure of, [3250]470; to be brought under by the will, [3251]ib.; self-love source of, [3252]501; evils arising from, [3253]ib.
Creature, none unclean, [3254]445.
Cretans, who said they were liars, [3255]528; to be sharply rebuked, [3256]529.
Cross, the greatest sign of God's love, [3257]479; a rebuke to mistaken shame, [3258]480; sign of the, use of, [3259]499.
Crown, of righteousness, [3260]512; in store for all saints, [3261]ib.
Cynophontis, festival of, at Argos, [3262]470 (note) .
Daniel, humility of, [3263]553.
Daphne, burning of, [3264]508 (note) .
Daughters, to be trained religiously for marriage, [3265]437.
David, his love for Jonathan, [3266]503; humility of, [3267]553.
Day of Judgment, not borne in mind, [3268]462.
Deacons, qualities for, [3269]441; trial of, [3270]ib.; same virtues required of, as of bishops, [3271]ib.; temporal ministry of, [3272]442 (note) .
Deaconesses, [3273]441; necessary and useful to the Church, [3274]ib.
Death, in a monastery, [3275]457.
Demas, chose his own ease before danger, [3276]513, [3277]556.
Desires, foolish, [3278]469; as thorns, [3279]ib.
Despisers of their brethren, despise God, [3280]501.
Devil, his rage greater against the shepherd than the flock, [3281]409.
Devils, abhor the unguent of the Spirit, [3282]415; divinations of, condemned and defied, [3283]508.
Disputes, contagious, [3284]467, [3285]493.
Distinctions, spiritual to be sought for, [3286]444.
Divinations, failure in, [3287]508; sin to have recourse to, [3288]ib.
Divine things not to be measured by human reason, [3289]479.
Doctrine, corrupt, engendered by an evil life, [3290]419; orthodox, useless without a corresponding life, [3291]429; false, a growing evil, [3292]493.
Doxology, inference of heretics from (1 Tim. i. 17) , disproved, [3293]421.
Dramas of the heathens filled with abominations, [3294]538.
Dress, finery in, gives occasion of offense, [3295]434.
Drunkenness, drowns the soul, [3296]451.
Duties, plain neglect of, a denial of the Faith, [3297]453.
Earnestness, taught by the Epistle to Philemon, [3298]546.
Elders, bishops called, [3299]524.
Eli, perished for neglecting his children, [3300]436.
Eloquence, inferior to strength of mind, [3301]525.
Encratites, not often mentioned by St. Chrys. [3302]444 (note) ; mentioned by Clem. Al. etc., [3303]ib.
Envy of men passes on to Christ, [3304]419.
Elect, sufferings endured for the, [3305]489.
Epaphroditus, infirmity of, [3306]515.
Epimenides, [3307]528 (note) .
Epiphany, meaning of, [3308]512.
Episcopate, dangers of the, [3309]522.