ATHENAGORAS.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Angels, 141.
the fallen, 142.
Atheists, Christians not such, 130.
charge retorted on heathen, 131.
absurdity of this charge, 134.
Athenagoras, his place among primitive apologists, 125.
a trophy of St. Paul's preaching, 125.
Paris edition of, 126.
his writings harmonized with Justin Martyr and others, by Bishop Kaye, 126.
notes of Gesner and Stephans, 126.
no historical information concerning him, 127.
rare mention of his name in history, 127.
beauty and merit of his writings, 127.
Introductory Notes, 125-127.
Plea for the Christians, 129.
On the Resurrection, 149.
Body, functions of, 152.
the resurrection of, 152.
differs from the mortal, 152.
Calvin, quoted, 157.
Christian morality, 146.
Christianity, at the period of Athenagoras, 125.
its shackles falling, 125.
bolder tone of, 125.
its conflict with heresies, 125.
Sibylline predictions of, 125, 132.
entreats a fair hearing, 148.
his treatise of the resurrection, 149.
Christians, plea in their behalf addressed to Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, 129.
injustice towards, 129.
claim to legal protection, 130.
false charges against, 130.
superiority of their theology, 132.
worship the Trinity, 133.
their moral teaching, 134.
why they do not offer sacrifices, 134.
inconsistency of their accusers, 135.
distinguish God from matter, 135.
do not worship the universe, 136.
calumnies against, confuted, 145.
elevated morality of, 146.
their conjugal chastity, 146.
contrasted with their accusers, 147.
condemn cruelty, 147.
abolish gladiatorial shows, 147.
abhor foeticide, 147.
refuse worship to the emperors, 148.
Creator, 150.
who makes, can restore, 150.
Death, 157.
and sleep, 157.
analogy of, 157.
De Maistre, cited, 131.
Demons, 143.
tempt to idolatry, 143.
artifices of, 143.
Digestion and nutrition consistent with resurrection, 151.
Divine Providence denied by the poets and philosophers, 142.
Doctrine, Christian, 132.
Germans, 126.
their criticisms, 126.
valuable editorial labours, 125.
lack of sympathy with the primitive writers, 126.
and of devout exegesis, 126.
Giants, their progeny, 142.
God, testimony of the poets to unity, 131.
opinions of philosophers concerning, 131.
distinguished from matter, 135.
Heathen, their gods, 136.
and idols, 136.
recent invention of, 136.
a poetic fiction, 137.
absurd representations of gods, 138.
impure ideas concerning the gods, 138.
their shameful poetry, 139.
pretended explanations of mythology, 140.
their gods but men, 143.
Human flesh, not the proper food of man, 153.
Judgment, 156.
necessary to soul and body, 158.
Logos, 133, 146.
Man, argument from his nature, 156.
and from changes in his life, 158.
and from his liability to judgment, 160.
from his actions, 160.
and from such good and evil, 161.
and from laws of his nature, 161.
and from the objects of his existence, 162.
Marriage, chastity of Christians with respect to, 146.
Philosophers, opinions of, 131.
respecting the gods, 137.
Thales and Plato, 149.
deny a Providence, 142.
Aristotle, 142.
Plato and Pythagoras sustain the possibility of resurrection, 148.
Plato, opinion of, 140.
Poets, testimony of, 131.
describe the gods as originally men, 144.
reasons for this, 145.
Polytheism, absurdities of, 132.
Prophets, testimony of, 133.
Pusey, quoted, 157.
Resurrection, 149.
not impossible 150.
objections to, 151.
canibalism no impediment, 153.
nor man's impotency, 153.
will of the Creator concerning, 154.
argument continued, 155.
not merely for judgment, 156.
children to rise again, 156.
argument from man's nature, 156.
probability of, 158.
from changes in man's life, 158.
if none, man less favoured than brutes, 159.
concluding argument, 162.
its beauty and force, 162.
Rewards and punishments, 158.
St. Paul, his preaching on Mars Hill, 125.
its apparent sterility, 125.
Athenagoras its trophy, 125.
Sibyl, prediction of Christianity, 125, 132.
quotation from, 145.
Sleep, 157.
Soul and body, judgment of, 158.
Telemachus, heroic history of, 147.
Thales, opinion of, 140.
Universe, not worshipped by Christians, 136.
the Ptolemaic system of, 136.
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
[INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES.].
Abraham, elect, 445.
meaning of his name, 446.
Abstraction from material things, necessary to the knowledge of divine truth, 460.
Advent of Christ, precursors of, 519.
Agape, Christian, 238.
abuse of the term by heretics, 403.
Alexandria, centre of Christian culture, 165.
catechetical school of, 342.
Alms, how given and received, 578.
Amusements, good and bad, 289.
public (spectacles), forbidden, 290.
Anacharsis, forbids heathen mysteries, 177.
Angels, spiritual beings, 493.
ministry of, 517-518, 575.
inferior, given to Gentiles, 524.
guardian, 533.
Animals, clean and unclean, signification of, 556.
Apostles, how chosen, 514, 532.
marriage of, 541, 543.
Aristobulus, quoted, 487.
two of the name, 520.
Art, wisdom given by God, 304.
Arts, invented by Hebrews, 317.
Astronomy, mystery of, 501.
Baptism, of Christ, effect of, 215.
Christian, names and effects, 215-216.
illumination, 216.
with faith and repentance, 217.
for the remission of sins, 222, 361.
seal, 349, 462.
not to be repeated, 361.
sin after, 438, 443.
new birth in Christ, 439.
first of Christian mysteries, 461.
of the apostles, tradition of, 578.
Barnabas, St., an apostle, 354-355.
of the Seventy, 372, 567.
quoted, 355, 362, 366, 372, 459.
Basilides, heretic, errors of, 355, 358, 381, 423, 437, 440, 445.
Bath, behaviour in, 279.
right use of, 282.
Bean, prohibited by Pythagoras, 385, 402.
Beatitudes, true teaching of, 413, 441.
Beauty, true and false, 271.
"Because of the angels," interpreted, 578.
Beetle, fable concerning, 449, 484.
Birth and death, law of, 584.
Blood, symbol of the Word, 221.
Body, Christian, temple of God, 584.
Bread, symbol of the Word, 221.
Britain, legend of musical cave, 487.
Bunsen, Baron, Hippolytus, 297, 443.
Callimachus, quoted, 578.
Candlestick, the golden, symbol of the Holy Spirit, 452, 477.
Carpocratians, their heresies and practice, 383, 403.
Cassiodorus, note on, 571.
Causes, defined and classified, 565-567.
Children, Christ's name for his disciples, 212-213.
character and blessings, 214.
applied to those under the Law, 217.
nourished by the milk of the Word, 218.
Christian life, a system of reasonable actions, 235.
precepts of, in Scripture, 291-295.
Christians, sons of God, 195.
their unity, 197.
Chronology of Holy Scripture, 325-334, 346.
Church, Catholic, unity of, 555.
Jewish and Christian, one, 369.
earthly, image of heavenly, 421.
Clement of Alexandria, a reformer, 165.
pupil and successor of Pantænus, 166.
life and works, 167.
teacher of philosophic Christianity, 380.
his knowledge of Hebrew questioned, 439, 443, 446, 484.
Clement of Rome, St., an apostle, 428.
quoted, 308, 418, 428, 495.
Clothing, Christian use of, 263.
not to be dyed, 265.
of women, 266.
of the feet, 267.
becoming for Christians, 284.
Commandments, the two great, 599.
Concupiscence, forbidden by the law and by Christ, 394. (See Covetousness.)
Confession of Christ, public, 421.
promises to, 422.
true martyrdom, 422.
Continence, heretical opinions of, refuted, 381.
of Christians more excellent than of philosophers, 391.
in all things, not one only, 392.
Contrition, the only true penitence, 416.
Courage is not daring, 541.
Covetousness. (See Concupiscence.)
Creation, why not repeated, 584.
Crowns, floral, not used by Christians, 255.
Culture, Greek, useful to Christians, 307.
a divine gift, 308.
necessary for understanding Scripture, 310.
Customs, heathen, to be forsaken, 197-199.
debasing effects of, 200-201, 205-206.
overcome by divine truth, 201-202.
Death, Christian philosophy of, 411.
errors of Valentinus, concerning, 425.
Decalogue, interpreted, 511.
why ten commandments, 511.
omissions in interpretation of, 515, 522.
Deception, permitted by the sophists, 538.
modern casuistry on, 556.
Definitions of terms, necessary, 556, 561.
philosophical, nature, and classification, 562-563.
Degrees, in heaven, corresponding to order in the church, 505.
how attained, 505.
of knowledge, true Gnostic only perfect in, 507.
Democritus, on the idea of God, 465, 486.
Demonstration, defined, 559.
produces scientific belief, 559.
first principles indemonstrable, 559.
dilemma of suspense of judgment, 562.
Dialectics, a means to true wisdom, 340.
Disciplina arcani, true nature of, 343-344.
Dispensations, the seven, 476-477.
Doubt and assent, causes of, 564.
Dove, emblem of the Holy Spirit, 578.
Dress, heathen luxury in, forbidden to Christian women, 273.
to men, 275.
leads to licentiousness, 276.
Drinking, Christian principles of, 242.
abuses of, 244-245.
Eating, luxury in, heathen, 237.
Christian temperance in, 239-242.
Egyptian rites, 488.
Bishop Warburton on, 520.
women in, 521.
Elect, illustrated by Abraham, 445.
known by Christ, 533.
elect of elect, 601.
Electa, lady to whom St. John's Second Epistle was written, 577.
Elijah, example of frugality, 281.
Emblems, Christian, in the Catacombs, 297.
Empedocles, quoted, 384-385, 403, 446, 464, 466.
Epiphanes, 382.
opinion on community of women, 403.
Esoteric doctrine, use of, 302, 313, 343. 345.
Eucharist, 242.
peculiar customs of, 300.
received according to reason, 310.
heretics celebrate with water, 322.
typified by Melchizedek, 439.
Euripides, quoted, 384-385, 403, 469.
Evil, not sought for itself, 319.
works for good, 330.
Exhortation, The, of Clement, object of, 167.
Eye, government of the, 291.
Faith, possible without learning, 307, 345.
not a natural quality, 349.
only means to the knowledge of God, 349.
taught by Scripture to Greek philosophy, 352.
leads to repentance, hope, benevolence, 353, 357.
faith, not opinion, foundation of knowledge, 359.
twofold, relating to memory and hope, 360.
voluntary, 360.
necessary to justification, 444.
foundation of knowledge, 445.
heretical views of, 445.
saving, manifested by works, 505.
Fathers, apostolical, quoted, 348, 355, 357, 360, 362, 366, 422, 428, 460, 495-496, 510.
Fear of God, necessary, 354.
Figurative teaching of Scripture and philosophy, 450.
Filthy speaking and acts, reproved, 250.
Free-will, the original of sin, 319, 362-363.
necessary to faith and repentance, 349.
condition of judgment, 353.
proofs of, 424, 426, 437, 502, 524.
power of choosing salvation, 441.
error of Basilides, 444.
illustrated by Plato, 483.
source of obedience, 519, 527-528.
and of faith, 525, 527-528.
choice of virtue, 525.
Friendship, how threefold, 369.
Frugality, a mark of Christian living, 280.
examples of, 281.
Geometry, mystery of, 499-501.
Gnosis, true wisdom, revealed by God, 494.
Gnostic, true (Christian), as defined by Clement, 342.
his contempt for pain and poverty, 412.
divine contemplation, 414.
object of life, 418.
trained by Christian knowledge, 433, 438.
perfected by martyrdom, 433.
seeks good for itself, 434-437.
and knowledge, 495.
philosophic testimony to, 436.
how regards earthly things, 439.
an imitator of God, 440.
freed from passion and perturbation, 496.
uses all knowledge, 498.
conjectures things future, 501, 521.
alone attains perfection, 502.
represses sensual desire, 503.
worshipper of God, 523.
attains likeness to Christ, 526.
knowledge, 527.
content, self-control, 528.
his faith and trust, 536.
help to others, 536.
prayer and alms, 537. 545.
takes no oath, 537.
teaches by example, 538.
made perfect in knowledge, 539.
final reward, 539.
full character of, 540, 558.
lover of God and man, 542.
his self-restraint in lawful things, 543.
fasting, 544.
charity, 545.
continual devotion, 546.
long-suffering and forgiveness, 548.
Gnostics, false, tendency of, 380.
despisers of the body, 412.
God, known by science only as manifested in Christ, 438.
incomprehensible by human mind, 463.
knowledge of, a divine gift, 464.
this shown by philosophers, 464-465.
how far revealed to the heathen, 474-475.
eternal, 476.
knowledge of, in Greek philosophy, 489.
Gods of the heathen, their wickedness, 179-182.
cruelty of their worship, 183.
their temples, tombs, 184.
Goodness, divine, not inconsistent with justice, 225-227.
Grafting, illustrative of conversion, 507.
Greek, language of Christianity, 166.
type of early Christianity, 379.
poetry quoted, 469-474.
Gymnosophists of India, answers of, 488.
Hades, Christ preached to Jews in, and apostles to Gentiles, 490.
repentance in, 491.
Hair, may be trimmed, but not dyed, 286.
Hebrew names, meaning of, 439, 443, 446, 476.
Hebrews, Epistle to, translated by St. Luke, 579.
why not subscribed by St. Paul, 442, 579.
Heraclitus, quoted, 384-385, 403, 446.
Heresies, no argument against Christian belief, 550.
tested by Scripture, 551.
founded on opinion, 554.
new inventions, 556.
authors of, 556.
Heretics, their pretexts for licentiousness, 385.
claim all carnal things as lawful, 388.
condemn marriage, 389, 394.
character of, 555.
first heretics post-apostolic, 555-556.
St. John's course regarding, 577.
Hermas, Shepherd of, quoted, 348, 357, 360, 422, 510.
Herodotus, quoted, 384-385, 403.
Homer, quoted, 384-385, 403, 469.
Hope, Christian, witnessed to by philosophers, 447.
Household life, habits of, 251.
Hymns, to Christ, 295.
to the Poedagogus, 296.
evening, of Greek Christians, 298.
Idols, to be rejected, 519.
Images, heathen, shameful, 184-188.
Incarnation of Christ, benefits of, 202-204, 601.
Instruction, Christian, meaning of, 223.
heathen, folly of, 223.
given through the Law by the Word, 224, 234.
power of Christ's, 225.
effects in Christians, 235.
Iota and tittle, meaning of, 578.
Irreverence, reproof of, 585.
Isaac, type of Christian joy, 214.
James, St. the Great, 579.
tradition of his martyrdom, 579.
the Just, Bishop of Jerusalem, 579.
Jarvis, Dr. S. F., Church of the Redeemed, 477.
John, St., tradition of, 574.
his Second Epistle interpreted, 577.
origin of his Gospel, 580.
St. John and the robber, story of, 603-604.
John Baptist, St., voice of the Word, 174.
Jubilee, year of, 438, 443.
Jude, St., his relationship to our Lord, 573.
Kaye, Bishop, analysis of St. Clement's Miscellanies, 342.
Kiss of charity, abuse of, 291.
Knowledge, true, defined, 349-350, 364.
foundation in faith, 445.
by the senses, 445.
twofold, by apprehension and reason, 480.
of God, in Greek philosophy, 489.
degrees of, 507.
love of, 508.
true, in Christ only, 508.
philosophy and heresies, aids to, 509.
Laughter, abuse of, 249.
Law, penalty of, beneficent, 339.
natural and revealed, one, and divine, 341.