INDEXES OF SUBJECTS.
HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
Abraham, supposed by the Samaritans to have offered Isaac on mount Gerizim, [1]113; Christ talked with, [2]116; who the real seed of, [3]194; wrongly compared with Christ, [4]198; how he saw Christ's day, [5]198.
Adam, said to die from the moment of the Fall, because under sentence, [6]97.
Adulterers, salvation of, impossible, [7]234.
Adultery, the woman taken in, not mentioned by St. Chrysostom, [8]187.
Advice, to be welcomed from any, by Christ's example, [9]174.
Affliction, the best trial of faith, [10]125.
Affronts here, to be borne, from thought of heaven, [11]291, [12]293; from thought of our Christian membership, [13]294; of imperious women often borne by their lovers, [14]294.
Age, adds dignity to virtue, [15]332.
Agony, the, expressed the weakness of nature, [16]318.
Agreement, not always good, [17]206.
Alms, win praise of God and Angels, [18]256.
Almsgiving, wins forgiving, [19]29, [20]47; a pure sacrifice, [21]46; must not come from dishonest gain, [22]47; indispensable to our entering the kingdom, [23]83; a seal to the charitable, [24]86; will win treasure in heaven, [25]89; the way to true honor, [26]118, [27]143; to gain present delight and the future crown, [28]147; the meat that perisheth not, [29]158; to be practiced throughout life, [30]219; the measure of God's mercy to us, [31]ib.; necessary to life, yet easy, and sobering, [32]220; brings contentment, [33]244; cleanses from sin, [34]270; better none, than with covetousness, [35]ib.; duty of, enjoined, [36]284; neglect of, leads to hell, [37]285; due to Christ, [38]285; blessing of here and hereafter, [39]286; cleanses and heals the soul, [40]302; the best winding sheet for the dead, [41]321; profits both the dying and the dead, [42]322; raised Dorcas to life, [43]ib.
Altar, awfulness of the Christian, [44]167; danger of approaching in sin, [45]ib.; danger of profaning it with gifts from unjust gains, [46]270.
I Am, implies absolute being, [47]53.
Ancestry, nobility of, no protection to the bad, [48]75, [49]108; availed not the Jews, [50]108.
Andrew, St., praise of his zeal and modesty in coming to Christ, [51]64, [52]65; of his zeal in his brother's conversion, [53]67; his faith in the miracle of the loaves, [54]152.
Angel of counsel, a title of Christ, [55]53 (note).
Angels, learn from revelations given to the Church, [56]2; worshiped Christ in His human nature, [57]39; have appeared in brightness, [58]40; act under command, [59]41; have a well-ordered polity, [60]42; how men become like them, [61]ib.; are holy, [62]49; have not seen God in His Essence, but only in Christ, [63]52; their ministry to Christ a proof of His Deity, [64]73; behold but understand not the mystery of Regeneration, [65]88; their troubling the water of Bethesda a type of the work of the Spirit, [66]126; work without weariness, [67]127; their happiness in wanting nothing, [68]298.
Anger, not to be retained, [69]19; absurdity of, [70]20; brings remorse, [71]ib.; deformity of, [72]92; with servants, reproved, [73]93; its mischief and pitiableness, [74]175; a madness and foretaste of hell, [75]ib.; appeased by penitent sorrow, [76]219.
Antichrist, his characteristic, to glorify himself, [77]148; why more clearly predicted by St. Paul than by Christ, [78]ib.
Antioch, its covetousness and luxury, [79]280.
Apostles, the, mission of, [80]42; did not all witness all, [81]61; preached Christ absent, [82]63; why greater than Christ's kinsmen and countrymen, [83]75; did not believe at first, because not confirmed by the Spirit, [84]82; taught high doctrines gradually, [85]106; traveled without provision, [86]108; moderation of, [87]109; their reverence for Christ, [88]117; zeal of, seen in the Samaritan woman, [89]118; their love for Christ in urging him to eat, [90]119; slowness to understand his meaning: but forbore to ask, [91]ib.; reaped where the Prophets had sown, [92]120; their task the easier, [93]ib.; their inspiration immediate and complete, [94]135; their humble fare, [95]152; their distance from their Master in respect of grace, [96]ib.; their love for their Master shown on the sea, [97]155; witnessed some miracles alone, [98]ib.; disclaimed acting of themselves, [99]238; retired with Christ during the feasts, [100]242; spoke like Judas at Bethany, but with different intent, [101]ib.; understood not the mystery of the ass's colt, [102]245; their mutual love, [103]266; struck dumb hearing of persecution, [104]286; yet started not back, and comforted by Christ's Omniscience, [105]286, [106]287 [see Disciples].
Applause, in Church, [107]10.
Arius, heresy of, refuted by Christ's indwelling in His disciples, [108]304.
Article, the, why added in the phrase, "The Word," [109]7, [110]8; omission of, sometimes unimportant, [111]17, [112]18; distinguishes Christ from all, [113]64.
"As," expressing agreement not comparison, [114]41; said of the Father and the Son implies their equality, of men not so, [115]303, [116]304.
Asa, his gout a punishment for sin, [117]132.
Babel, an example of mischievous agreement, [118]206.
Baptism, promise at, [119]4; gift of the Spirit in, [120]36; regeneration in, [121]37; superior to natural birth, [122]88; not needful to Christ, [123]59; but Christ to it, [124]60; benefits of, [125]89, [126]126; an obligation to holiness, [127]89; danger of delaying, [128]90; in what sense an earthly thing, [129]93, [130]112; how connected with the Cross, [131]94; sin after, not unpardonable, [132]96; buries sin, [133]121; gifts of, typified in the miracle of Bethesda, [134]126; way prepared for the use of water under the law, [135]126; the only cure of sin, [136]190; cleanses from sin, [137]270; the work of all Three Persons of the Trinity, [138]289.
Baskets, the twelve, of fragments in number proved its truth, [139]153.
Basilides, [140]30 (note).
"Because," refers to the event, not the cause, [141]252.
Beasts, spare their own kind, [142]130.
Bethabara, why mentioned by John, [143]38.
Bethlehem, the Messiah expected from, [144]70, [145]71.
Bethesda, the miracle of, was to prepare the Jews for the regeneration of holy Baptism, [146]84.
Bibles, splendid copies of, written in gold letters, on fine parchment, a charm against the Devil, [147]114; unfolds the spectacle of the spiritual combat, [148]ib.
Birds, teach their young to fly by degrees, [149]45.
Blind man, the, his courage and truthfulness, [150]204, [151]208, [152]209; becomes a disciple, [153]209; bore reproach and suffering for the truth, [154]210.
Blindness, never cured until Christ, [155]200; a judgment on the Jews, [156]212; sensible and spiritual compared, [157]213.
Blood, the, of Christ, the soul's nourishment, [158]166; the terror of Demons, [159]ib.
Body, the, chastised for the soul's health, [160]131; of Christ includes all, [161]166; how worketh on the soul, [162]167.
Boldness, its virtue and reward, [163]58; comes by hearing, [164]210.