Epistles, occasional, not superfluous, [3310]545.
Ephesus, false Judaizing apostles at, [3311]410.
Error, never stops, yet never advances, [3312]506.
Essence, no dissimilarity in the Divine, [3313]409.
Eucharist, Holy, always a Holy Passover, [3314]425; the same, whether offered by common men or by Paul, &c., [3315]483.
Evangelist, the work of an, [3316]511.
Eve, bad teaching of, [3317]436.
Excommunication, a proof of the Apostles' power, [3318]425.
Exercise, bodily, spoken of by St. Paul, not fasting, [3319]445; spiritual, [3320]ib. (note) , [3321]446; spiritual, rewarded, [3322]447.
Fables, what St. Paul means by, [3323]410; Jewish traditions such, [3324]445.
Faith, excludes questioning, [3325]410; sets reasoning at rest, [3326]ib.; excludes not prayer for knowledge, [3327]ib.; objects of being divine to be revered not questioned, [3328]ib.; adherence to the, safeguard against false opinions, [3329]411; earthly things depend on, [3330]ib.; exacted by heathens, [3331]ib.; produces love, [3332]412; a safe ship, [3333]424; without a good life unavailing, [3334]ib.; apostates from the, have no stay, [3335]ib.; an unshaken rock, [3336]472; dead, [3337]505; common to all, [3338]522.
Faithful, should assist each other, [3339]485.
Family, the, a model for all government, [3340]535.
Fasting, cleanses in vain if we return to sin, [3341]426; useless without alms, [3342]498.
Fate, doctrine of, excludes responsibility, [3343]411; arguments against doctrine of, [3344]ib.
Father, a bad, unfit to be a bishop, [3345]524.
Fear, prevents quarrels, [3346]427; utility of, [3347]462; love opposed to, [3348]477; of God, a firm foundation, [3349]513.
Fight, the Christian, [3350]511.
Flesh, those called, whose souls are dead, [3351]452.
Food, spiritual, [3352]445.
Forgiveness of injuries, [3353]427, [3354]428; peculiar to Christians, [3355]427; brings gain here, [3356]549.
Form, used in a good and in a bad sense, [3357]505.
Free will, not taken away by grace, [3358]418.
Friendship, benefits of, [3359]412; of David and Jonathan, [3360]503; among the wicked, [3361]412.
Freedom, Christian, causes greater faithfulness in serving, [3362]465.
Funeral, in a monastery, [3363]457.
Gamaliel, appears free from ambition, [3364]417.
Garlands, worn by bridegrooms, why, [3365]437.
Garments, vanity of worldly, [3366]414.
Gentiles, tenets of, human, and so to be examined, [3367]410.
Gentleness, comes from thinking what we once were, [3368]537.
Gift, given to Timothy for working miracles, etc., [3369]477.
Glory of the world useless, [3370]414; of the saints internal, [3371]ib.; real, described, [3372]490; a hard taskmaster, [3373]527.
Gluttony, disgusting effects of, [3374]452; unnatural to the body, [3375]ib.; nausea succeeds, [3376]453; evils of, [3377]451.
Gnostics, the name of assumed by pretenders to great knowledge, [3378]472.
God, blessings of, not conceived by reasoning, [3379]410; knowledge of, presupposes faith, [3380]ib.; belief in, destroys notions of fate and nativity, [3381]411; takes earthly gifts away, to lead men to heaven, [3382]412; gifts of, so great as to be incredible, [3383]419; how to be glorified, [3384]421; to be honored by works, [3385]422; longsuffering of, an example to ourselves, [3386]428; goodness of, to His enemies, [3387]ib.; not to be approached in costly ornaments, [3388]433; willeth salvation of all, therefore men must pray for all, [3389]430; threatens in mercy, [3390]461; to be loved not from fear of hell, but from desire of His kingdom, [3391]462; union of man with, in Christ, [3392]463; the best Master, but ill served, [3393]465; acts through evil men, [3394]482; threatens in mercy, [3395]485; why He defers punishment, [3396]486; His work not impaired by the instrument, [3397]483; appeal to, full of awe, [3398]492; charging before, [3399]493; His doings too deep for the curious, [3400]507; His power shown in man's weakness, [3401]515; teaches men through that which they know, [3402]528; our Creditor, [3403]549; goodness of, in punishing, [3404]556, [3405]557.
Godliness, mystery of, [3406]442; exercise of, [3407]445; a means of gain, but not worldly, [3408]468; beautiful in its own nature, [3409]470; requires daily nourishment of good works, [3410]486; the truth, according to, [3411]520.
Gold, good for almsgiving, [3412]432; to be used in loosing captives, not in enslaving the soul, [3413]ib.; bonds of, tend to the chains of hell, [3414]ib.; not to be worn by penitents, [3415]433.
Good, best done in person, [3416]455; real, may be seized by all, [3417]517.
Goods, named from use, [3418]443; inherited, not preserved without trouble, [3419]447; worldly, destroyed in a moment, [3420]ib.; spiritual, not gained without labor and pain, [3421]446.
Good works, perseverance in, [3422]485.
Gospel, why called glorious, [3423]414; gifts of, not of mercy only, but of love and affection, [3424]418; justice and mercy meet only in the, [3425]420; that committed to us, [3426]481; victorious through sufferings, [3427]489.
Government, an appointment of God, [3428]426.
Grace, indwelling and aiding, [3429]516; how gained, [3430]ib.
Grace and free will, [3431]520.
Graces, Christian, true ornaments, [3432]444.
Gratitude, God glorified in, [3433]554.
Habit, force of, [3434]499.
Hands, employed in almsgiving, holy, [3435]432.
Health, to be prized above beauty, [3436]422.
Heathen, the, to be prayed for, [3437]430; there would be no, if Christians were as they ought to be, [3438]440; errors of the wiser, [3439]539.
Heathenism, testimony of heathens against, [3440]528.
Heaven, to be won by pain and labor, [3441]517.
Hell, misery of, not the less for numbers, [3442]440; prepared by God because of His goodness, [3443]557.
Herald, duty of a, [3444]521.
Heresies, want of brotherly love, the cause, [3445]412; arise from love of power, [3446]ib.; foretold, [3447]444; propagated by Jews, [3448]475.
Heretics, to be prayed for, [3449]430; on the Church's disapproval of putting to death, [3450]ib. (note) ; measure heavenly things by human reasonings, [3451]479; no cause of offense, [3452]504; existed from the beginning, [3453]ib.; arguing with, useless, [3454]540.
Hermogenes [3455]484.
Holiness, the best converter from heathenism, [3456]440.
Honesty of living, in what consists, [3457]429.
Honor, dangerous, [3458]526; to be evaded when offered, [3459]527; to be rejected, [3460]526.
Hope, no real, but in repentance, [3461]441.
Hospitality, must be cheerful, [3462]454; kind of, intended by St. Paul, [3463]525.
Hours, canonical, of prayer, [3464]456.
Household, duty of regulating our, [3465]453.
Humiliation, our utmost due to Christ, [3466]554.
Humility, true, rarely to be met with, [3467]416; puffs up when not genuine, [3468]552; Scripture examples of, [3469]553.
Husband, how to win a heathen, [3470]532.
Idleness, teacher of every sin, [3471]459.
Immortality, admits not of degrees, [3472]421.
Incarnation, The, called The dispensation, [3473]442; immense mystery of, [3474]ib.; mystery of, made known by the Church, [3475]ib.; doctrine of, to be taught with discretion, [3476]ib.
Industry, practiced in monasteries, [3477]456.
Injustice, bitterness of, to those who practice it, [3478]494.
Insincerity, pernicious to the Church, [3479]441.
Intemperance, horrors of, [3480]452.
Intercession, priestly, [3481]426; advantages of, [3482]ib.; for those without never to be relaxed, [3483]ib.
Isaac, why kept in ignorance when about to be slain, [3484]458.
Jacob, had wealth, but it was earned, [3485]447.
Jannes and Jambres, magicians in the time of Moses, [3486]505.
Jews, crimes of the, [3487]414; had no prayers for heathens, [3488]431; their great stumbling block, the love of power, [3489]417; allowed to pray only in one place, [3490]432; tenets of, how fables, [3491]529.
Job, his afflictions, occasion of great good, [3492]504; his alms rewarded, [3493]ib.; his patience, [3494]512.
Joseph, won the confidence of a heathen master, [3495]534; honored in prison, [3496]ib.; a ruler, [3497]ib.
Judas, delivered to Satan, [3498]425; a golden vessel became earthen, [3499]496.
Judgment, day of, awfulness of, [3500]485; to come, a cause of fear to all, [3501]494.
Judging, faculty of, implanted in us, [3502]495.
Jugglers, condemned, [3503]509.
Justice, courts of, symbolical, [3504]486; universal on earth, though incomplete, [3505]ib.
Labarum, the, [3506]416 (note) .
Labor, worldly, vain, [3507]447.
Law, the, lawful use of, [3508]413; if used aright sends men to Christ, [3509]ib.; least needed by those who keep it best, [3510]ib.; necessary for the confirmation of the Gospel, [3511]414.
Life, a corrupt, produces similar doctrine, [3512]424; heathens admire a good, [3513]440; known from death by its acts, [3514]451; true, that of the soul, [3515]452; a dream, [3516]462; eternal, to be won only by great labor, [3517]469; eternal, secured by good works, 572; a time of trial, [3518]506.
Linus, when Bishop of Rome, [3519]516 (note) .
Longsuffering of God, to lead men to repentance, [3520]486.
Lord's Prayer, for all, [3521]428; everything contained in, [3522]ib.
Love, to enemies, possible, [3523]419; to man, brings love to God, [3524]502.
Luke, St., always adhered to St. Paul, [3525]513.
Lust, inordinate desire is, [3526]496.
Lusts, worldly, [3527]536.
Luxury, danger of, [3528]446; unworthy of man, [3529]451; weakens the soul, [3530]453.
Magic, condemned, [3531]440.
Man, union of, with God in Christ, [3532]464; Scriptural definition of a, [3533]452.
Manes, [3534]479.
Manichees, [3535]444 (note) .
Mansions, heavenly and earthly compared, [3536]463.
Marcion, [3537]479.
Marcionites, [3538]444 (note) .
Marriage, not forbidden, [3539]446; he that is chaste before, will be so after, and vice versa, [3540]437; those who contracted a second, ineligible for the episcopate, [3541]524; second objectionable, [3542]ib.; second, better to avoid, [3543]503.
Martyrdom, original idea of, [3544]479 (note) .
Martyrs, The sacrifice offered on the days of, [3545]425.
Masks, worn on the stage, [3546]527.
Masters, to forbear threatening, [3547]465.
Matrona, cave of, [3548]529.
Meat, abstinence from, the doctrine of devils, [3549]445.
Meats, typical, [3550]446; prohibited, to restrain luxury, [3551]ib.
Mediator, nature and office of a, [3552]430; our Lord as, must have two natures, [3553]ib.
Medicine, spiritual, [3554]495.
Men, of flesh, [3555]452.
Mercy, all else vain without, [3556]498; of God, men chiefly attracted by, [3557]ib.; of God, requires mercy in us, [3558]556; implies ill desert, [3559]417; the work of God, [3560]498; by it men resemble God, [3561]ib.
Miracles, not wrought on all occasions, and why, [3562]515.
Monastery, death and sickness in a, [3563]457.
Monasteries, house of mourning, in what sense, [3564]455; as lights to mariners, [3565]456; calm and peace of, [3566]ib.; manner of life passed in, [3567]ib.; morning, in, [3568]ib.
Money, loved before God, [3569]502; difficulties undergone to gain, [3570]ib.; lovers of, really mad, [3571]469; love of, seizes all classes, [3572]470; love of, the worse as not a natural passion, [3573]536; love of, the root of all evils, [3574]469; given for relief of the poor, [3575]ib.; to make amends for past sins, [3576]ib.; miseries caused by, [3577]ib.
Monks, sleep not naked, [3578]456; psalmody of, [3579]ib.; industry, meals, and sleep of, [3580]457; devotions of the, [3581]ib.
Mortification, for the sake of future blessings, [3582]446.
Mothers, advice to, [3583]437.
Mystery, of the Incarnation, [3584]442; not to be treated irreverently, [3585]ib.
Mysteries, dignity of those who are entrusted with, [3586]442.
Nature, chief blessings of, common to all, [3587]448.
Nero, compared with St. Paul in the Resurrection, [3588]491; called a lion, [3589]514; cupbearer of, converted by St. Paul, [3590]ib.; compared with St. Paul, [3591]490; worshiped as a God, [3592]ib.; tomb of, unknown, [3593]491.
Nicopolis, Titus bid to come to, and why, [3594]541; which, here meant, [3595]ib. (note) .
Nineveh, saved through fear, [3596]462.
Novelties, to be avoided, [3597]493.
Novices, not to be promoted to the episcopate, [3598]439.
Obedience, follows our election, [3599]520.
Oil, in the parable of virgins taken for almsgiving, [3600]498; for good works generally by St. Jerome, and St. Augustin, [3601]ib. (note) .
Onesiphorus, St. Paul's prayer for, [3602]485; his kindness to St. Paul, [3603]ib.
Onesimus, a true and not a true son, [3604]521; a son begotten in bonds, [3605]551; his fault overruled to good, [3606]552; came to St. Paul at Rome, [3607]545; was baptized there, [3608]ib.
Oppositions, certain, not to be answered, [3609]472.
Orders, Holy, none to be admitted to, without frequent and strict examination, [3610]464.
Ordinations, responsibilities of, [3611]464.
Ornaments, of the body to be avoided, [3612]422; of the soul alone to be sought for, [3613]423; inconsistent with penitence, [3614]433; suited to actors and dancers, not to Christians, [3615]ib.
Ostentation, in prayer, to be avoided, [3616]432.
Paint, condemned, [3617]422.
Parade, in religion to be avoided, [3618]527.
Paradoxes of the Gospel, [3619]443.
Parasceve, Holy Communion celebrated on the, [3620]425.
Parents, may be benefited by their children's virtue, [3621]436; to be requited, and how, [3622]450.
Paschal Feast, [3623]425.
Passions, the most cruel tyrants, [3624]473; evil, worse than wild beasts, [3625]512.
Patience, in teaching, [3626]497; shown from the fisher, the husbandman, [3627]ib.; all may exercise for Christ's sake, [3628]512; befits the aged, [3629]532.
Paul, St., why he wrote to Timothy and Titus only, [3630]407; mentions no particular age for the episcopate, [3631]ib.; instructions to Timothy, as to a Teacher, [3632]ib.; appointed by command of God, [3633]408; sent by Father and Son, [3634]ib.; anxiety for Timothy, extended to care for his bodily health, [3635]409; garments of, cast out devils, [3636]415; humility of, [3637]416; always conceals his own merit, [3638]ib.; his former life, dwelt upon as to the glory of God, [3639]417; his opposition not from ignorance, but from zeal, [3640]ib.; ignorance of, produced by unbelief, [3641]ib.; dwells on his sinfulness to extol God's mercy, [3642]420; righteousness of, under the law, [3643]ib.; how blameless, [3644]ib.; his life not impure, but compared with God's righteousness worthless, [3645]ib.; humility in describing his own case, [3646]420; ordained for the Gentiles, [3647]431; why he discourses so much of dress, [3648]433; his trials, encouragement to others, [3649]446; detained in prison, [3650]480; why say so often that he was a teacher of the Gentiles, [3651]ib.; gave offense to Nero, [3652]484; his prayer for Onesiphorus, [3653]485; a tent maker, [3654]490; his name celebrated all over the world, [3655]ib.; victorious over Nero, [3656]ib.; his tomb, in the royal city, its splendor, [3657]491; his glory at the Resurrection, [3658]ib.; no emperor ever so honored as, [3659]ib.; his travels, [3660]511; discourses of his own death, [3661]509; his death a drink offering, [3662]511; preached though imprisoned, [3663]513; whole life passed in afflictions, [3664]507; deserted by man, supported by God, [3665]514; cause of his death, [3666]ib.; more powerful than Plato, [3667]525; his thorn in the flesh, [3668]515; condescension of, [3669]532; "the stigmatized of Christ," [3670]547.