TATIAN.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Albigenses, 62.
Alexander, flattered by his preceptor, Aristotle, 65.
Alphabet, 65.
Anitus and Miletus, 66.
Anaxagoras, 73.
Apion, the grammarian, 80.
Apollo and Daphne, 73.
Argives, their kings, 80.
Aristippus, 65.
Aristotle, 65.
Astronomy, 65, 68.
Baptism, the renunciation of, 73.
Beausobre, 72.
Berosus, 80.
Busiris, 66.
Catholics, early, 62.
Chaldeans, 80.
witness to Moses, 80.
Christianity, Western, effect of Montanism on, 62.
Christians, two classes of, 62.
worship God only, 66.
their doctrine of Creation, 67.
belief in the resurrection, 67.
unjustly hated, 76.
philosophy of, 77.
older than that of Greece, 77.
doctrines of, 78.
opposed to dissensions, 78.
fitted for all men, 78.
free schools of, 78.
hymns of, 79.
Chronology, 78, 81.
Chrysostom, 69, 79.
Coliseum, 75.
Constellations, origin of, 69.
Corates, 66.
Creation, 67.
Crescens, loathsome character of, 73.
persecutes Justin, 73.
Cretans, always liars, 76.
Cross, mystery of, 71.
Democritus, 72.
Demons, 68.
turned into gods, 68.
teach the doctrine of fate, 68.
economize astronomy, 68.
to be punished, 78.
vain display of, 72.
false promises of, 72.
deceptions of, 73.
Demon worship, depravity of, 73.
Diogenes, 65.
Doctrines of the Greeks and Christians compared, 74.
Egyptians, 80.
Elijah, 62.
Empedocles, 66.
Encratites, the, 63.
Euripides, 66.
Eusebius, reference to, 61, 62.
Eventide, hymn of, 79.
Free-will, 69.
Geometry, 65.
Gladiators, 75.
God only to be feared, 66.
a spirit, 66.
Greek notions of, 74.
compared with Christian ideas, 74.
Gods of the heathen, 68.
absurdities concerning, 69.
Gospels, the four, testimony of the Diatessaron to, 61.
Greeks, not the inventors of the arts, 65.
foolish solemnities of, 74.
their play-actors, 75.
other amusements, 75.
idols of, 76.
studies of, 76.
legislation, 77.
Greek studies, ridiculed, 76.
Hellebore, 72.
Hercules, 66, 69.
Heraclitus, 66.
Herodotus, 79.
Holy Ghost, 62.
Homer, 77.
his period, 78.
Hus, reference to, 62.
Idioms, communication of, 71.
Irenæus, reference to Tatian, 61.
John the Baptist, 62.
Judaism, 61.
Justin Martyr, Tatian's relation to, 61.
Kaye, Bishop, reference to, 70.
Latin Church, sophistries of, 62.
Life, human shortening of, 71.
Logos, 67, 68.
Magic, 65.
Man, fall of, 67.
Marriage, 62.
Marsyas, 65.
Matter, not eternal, 67.
Mill, reference to, 61.
Modern science anticipated, 67.
Montanism, 62.
Moses, his antiquity, 80.
his time, 80.
compared with heathen heroes, 81.
superior antiquity of, 81.
Mythology, 68.
Orpheus, 65.
Paganism, 61.
Pherecydes, 66.
Philosophers, their vices, 65.
and absurdities, 66.
ridicule of, 66.
boastings and quarrels, 75.
Philosophy, Grecian and Christian, compared, 77.
Phoenicians, 80.
Phrygians, reference to, 62.
Pindar, quoted, 74.
Plato, 65, 66.
Psychic natures, 71.
Pugilists, 75.
Pythagoras, 66.
Resurrection, 67.
Rousseau quoted, 82.
Socrates, 66.
Solon, 80.
Soul, immortal, 70.
Southey, Robert, his remarks concerning John Wesley, 62.
Spirit, the Holy, 71.
Spirits, two kinds, 70.
St. Jerome, 61, 62.
St. Paul, 62.
Tatian, Introductory Note, 61.
equivocal position of, 61.
influenced by Justin, 61.
his falling away, 61.
possible mental decline, 61.
Tatian an Assyrian, 61, 62.
some of his works very valuable, 61.
some have perished, 61.
his Diatessaron, 61.
his encraty, 62.
his Address to the Greeks, sole surviving work, 62.
Epiphanius describes him as from Mesopotamia, 62.
embraced Christianity at Rome, 63.
Address to the Greeks, 65.
his conversion, 77.
visit to Rome, 79.
disgusted with the multiplicity of statues, 79.
concluding words of, 82.
Fragments of, 82, 83.
Terence, 66. (See Theophilus.)
Tertullian, reference to, 62.
Theodoret, reference to, 61.
Virgin, hymn of, 79.
Wiclif, reference to, 62.
Women, Christian, 78.
heathen, 78, 79.
Zeno, 66.
Zodiac, 69.
THEOPHILUS.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Abel, 105.
Abraham, 107.
Adam, 105.
Antioch, seat of the early Christians, 87.
described, Renan and Ferrar, 87.
see of Theophilus, 88.
bishops of, 88.
Atheists, philosophers proved to be such, 113.
others attribute crimes to the gods, 113.
Authors, profane, 111.
their ignorance, 111.
their contradictions, 111.
Autolycus, 89, and passim; second book addressed to, 94.
third book addressed to, 111.
misled by false accusations, 111.
concluding advice to, 121.
Babel, tower of, 106.
Cain, 105.
family of, 106.
Chaldeans, 106.
Chastity, 115.
Chedorlaomer, 107.
Christianity, antiquity of, 120.
Christians, scorned by Autolycus, 89.
Theophilus glories in the name of, 89.
their name, 92.
its meaning, 92.
honour God and his law, 114.
teach humanity, 114.
also repentance and righteousness, 114.
also chastity and love of enemies, 115.
their innocent manner of life, 115.
Chronology, biblical, Theophilus founder of, 87, 106, 118.
his system, 118.
from Adam to Saul, 119.
Saul to Jeremiah, 119.
Roman, to death of Aurelius, 119.
leading epochs, 120.
Creation, 97, 98.
its glory, 99.
its sympathy with man, 101.
its restoration, 101.
the fourth day, 100.
the fifth day, 101.
the sixth day, 101.
Delitzsch, 102.
his Psychology, 102.
Deluge, errors of Greeks about, 116.
contrasted with Scripture accuracy, 117.
Epochs, the leading chronological, 120.
Eusebius, his praise of the Fathers, 87.
Eve, why formed from Adam's rib, 105.
Eucharist, the, 112.
Evil, not created by God, 101.
Faith, 91.
the leading principle, 91.
Foot-baths, 92.
Genesis, the truth of its testimony, 103.
Gibbon, cited, 92.
God, his nature, 89.
his attributes, 90.
perceived through his works, 90.
and known by them, 90, 91.
to be seen hereafter in immortality, 91.
to be worshipped, 92.
absurd opinions of philosophers and poets concerning, 95.
his voice, 103.
his walking, 103.
his law and Christian doctrine, 113.
Gods, of the heathen, 91.
their immoralities, 91.
absurdities of their worship, 92.
their images, 94.
despicable when made, 94.
valuable when purchased, 94.
what has become of them, 94.
their genealogy, 96.
divers doctrines concerning, 112.
Hebrew historians contrasted with Greek, 119.
Hesiod, 95, 97, 99.
his origin of the world, 95.
Holiness, enjoined by the prophets, 107.
Holy Ghost, 97, 107.
anointing of, 92.
Homer, his opinion concerning the gods, 95.
Human race, how dispersed, 107.
Innocence, 115.
Inspiration, 93.
refinements about, 93.
of prophets, 97.
Kings, earthly, 92.
to be honoured, not adored, 92.
Knowledge, tree of, 104.
Light, created, 100.
Logos, 98.
the internal, 103.
and external, 103.
Luther, referred to, 102.
Man, his creation, 101, 102.
his life, 102.
or lives, 102.
tripartite nature, 102.
his fall, 102.
his expulsion from Paradise, 104.
his mortality, 105.
and immortality, 105.
and free-will, 105.
history of, after the flood, 106.
races of, dispersed, 107.
Manetho, 117.
his inaccuracy in history, 117.
Melchisedek, 107.
Moses, antiquity of, 117.
Paradise, 102.
its beauty, 103.
man's expulsion from, 104.
Philosophers, absurd opinions concerning God, 95.
teach cannibalism, incest, and other crimes, 112.
vague conjectures of, 116.
historical errors of, 116.
their mistakes about the deluge, 116.
Poets, 109.
confirm the Hebrew prophets, 109.
Profane history, 107.
its inconsistencies, 111.
Prophecies, 108.
Prophets, inspired by the Holy Ghost, 97, 107.
enjoin holiness, 108.
their precepts, 108.
more ancient than Greek writers, 118.
Providence, 97.
Repentance, 114.
Resurrection, 92.
illustrated, 93.
Righteousness, 114.
Sabbath, 99.
Scriptures, the prophetic, 93.
converting power of, 93.
Sea, the, 100, emblem of the world, 100.
its harbors, emblems of the churches, 100.
its perils, of heresies, 100.
Seth, his race, 106.
Serpent, the, 103.
Sibyl, 94, 97, 106, 108.
Temple, antiquity of, 117.
Terence, 87. (See Tatian.)
Theophilus, 87.
follows Ignatius, 87.
Barnabas, 87.
prophets and teachers of Antioch, 87.
oral discussions, 87.
founder of Biblical chronology, 87, 106.
his only remaining work, 87.
sixth bishop of Antioch, 88.
conjectural date of birth, 88.
Theophilus to Autolycus, book i., 89.
conversion of, 93.
his account of, 93.
writes second book to Autolycus, 94.
occasion of this writing. 94.
Tree of knowledge, 104.
Trinity, the, 101.
or Triad, 101.
first use of the word, 101.
Writings, Hebrew contrasted with Greek, 119.