Christians, how sanctified, [582]48; duties of, high as their privileges, [583]50, [584]53; to imitate Christ by love of the brethren, [585]54; their duties as members one of another, [586]53, [587]54; indifference of, a stumblingblock to heathens, [588]61; taught by the zeal of heathens to study and to defend the truth, [589]62; should show their joy in Christ by works of love, [590]72; united only by common holiness, [591]89; their ingratitude towards Christ, [592]95; a ridicule to heathens and heretics, because ignorant of Holy Scripture, [593]105; inattention of, rebuked by the woman of Samaria, [594]110; their neglect of Holy Scripture and Christian doctrine, [595]114; exhorted to judge themselves, [596]121; must not demand miracles to support their faith, [597]125; to retire frequently to solitude, after the example of Christ, [598]151; must needs believe a Resurrection, [599]163; made one with Christ by partaking of Him, [600]166; specially bound to forgiveness of injuries, [601]174, [602]186; intended to be the teachers, leaven, salt, light of the world, [603]181; sin of, worse than of heathens, [604]250.
Chrysostom, St., why varied his preaching, [605]79; preached two days in the week, [606]87; his despair of his hearers, [607]105; an admirer of holy virginity, [608]206.
Church, the, wedded to God by a Voice, and teaching, [609]102; signified by "the true worshipers," [610]116; consists by the Water and the Blood, [611]319.
Churches, no worldly thoughts to intrude there, [612]8; spiritual surgeries, [613]9; behavior in, [614]10; attended for form's sake: preparation for, commended, [615]38; weariness of the congregation, [616]110; good effect of attending, [617]192; neglect of, [618]210; presiding over, a great matter, [619]216; frequented from curiosity, [620]306; attendance at useless, without good works, [621]ib.
Circumcision, was before the Law, and of equal obligation, [622]179; performed on the sabbath, [623]ib.
City of God, compared with earthly cities, [624]203.
Clamor, Paul against, [625]92.
Clay made by Christ, proves Him Creator, [626]201.
Clothing, costliness in, condemned, [627]95.
Coat, the, without seam, a type of Christ's nature, [628]317.
Comforter, the, proved a distinct Person from the Son, but of the same Substance, [629]274; came not, because not needed, before Christ's Sacrifice, [630]ib.; indwelling of, promised, [631]ib.; so called by reason of our afflictions, [632]276; credible, because the Spirit of Truth, [633]284.
Coming of Christ, means the Incarnation, [634]36; why said to be after the Baptist, [635]45; expected by St. Chrysostom, [636]121; its suddenness, [637]ib.
Commandments, keeping them the test of Christian love, [638]275, [639]276.
Communion, of Christians, depends on holiness, [640]89; joins men to the Body of Christ, [641]166; absolute necessity of, [642]168; to be understood spiritually, [643]169.
Company of wicked men dangerous and offensive, [644]206.
Conception of the Blessed Virgin, accredited in the Old Testament, [645]92.
Concubinage, sanctioned by heathen philosophers, [646]50.
Condescension, lessens not greatness, [647]38.
Confession, a way to pardon, [648]29; not needful to Christ, [649]59; best made by good works, [650]72; Nathanael's and Peter's contrasted, [651]72, [652]73.
Conscience, cleansing of, signified by Christ washing the disciples' feet, [653]259; a foretaste of judgment or of reward, [654]333; convicted Ahab to his good, [655]ib.
Consubstantiality of the Father and the Son, [656]254.
Consubstantiality and Condignity of the Father and the Son, [657]272.
Contention to be avoided by Christians, after the example of Christ, [658]50.
Continence, a higher path than married life, [659]318.
Conversation on religious matters recommended, [660]10.
Conversion, may be sudden, [661]6; of sinners by Christ, [662]42; efficacy of, [663]50; of the penitent thief, a kind of shaking the rocks, [664]317.
Corinthian, the, adulterer recovered by timely rebuke, [665]130, [666]131.
Covetousness, a hindrance to hearing the Word, [667]8; its power, [668]31; separates the brethren, [669]54; a betraying of Christ, [670]172; a subject for mourning, [671]240; examples of its evil effects in Judas and others, [672]243; the worst idolatry, [673]ib.; begins in envy, [674]ib.; ruins the merit of almsgiving, [675]270; without excuse, [676]273; its general spread and mischiefs, [677]280; spoils our charity and other virtues, [678]333.
Created things, have had a beginning, [679]11; implied in "Earth" and "Man," [680]12; the Word proved not one of them; [681]12, [682]13; not to be worshiped, [683]19; not "the Life" nor "the Light," [684]24; acknowledged Christ their Master, [685]41; described as willing, because independent of our will, [686]91; work on the sabbath, by continuance, [687]133.
Creation, an attribute of God, [688]18; lessens nothing in God, [689]23; was an act of grace, [690]49; works of, require faith as much as things spiritual, [691]87; superiority of the new, [692]88.
Cross, the, a Baptism, [693]89; how connected with Baptism, [694]94; opened the door to the Gentiles, [695]246; God's glory in, [696]249; foretold by Jacob, [697]251; being accursed, was to prevent any future remembrance of Jesus, [698]315; borne by Christ as a symbol of victory, [699]317; buried, and discovered in after times, [700]ib.
Crucifixion, the, glory of, [701]42; why foretold obscurely, [702]94; virtue of, exceeded that of its type, the brazen serpent, [703]ib.; the fountain of life, [704]95; the beginning of Grace, [705]184; and of Glory, [706]ib.; the time of, ordered by Christ Himself, not the Jews, [707]190; the beginning of Christ's Glory, [708]265.
Cup of the Lord's Supper, the, shown in the Blood from His Side, [709]319.
Curiosity, in divine mysteries a device of Satan, [710]27; leads away from the faith without satisfying, [711]85; may be too much and too little, [712]327; condemned in St. Thomas, [713]ib.
Dæmon, of the Gnostics, [714]30.
Dancers, preferred to Christ, [715]61; power of, to inflame the mind, [716]66; encouragement of, sinful, [717]154.
Daniel, [718]40, [719]61.
Darkness, used for death and error, [720]24; for sin, [721]ib.; caused by worldliness, [722]31; preferred to light, [723]97; by those who willfully continue in sin, [724]98; signifies error and sin, [725]188; put for sin, [726]277.
Day of Christ, what, [727]198.
Dead, prayers for the, [728]43 (note); to be honored not by mourning, but by good imitation, [729]231; to be clothed in almsgiving, not rich robes, [730]321; memory of, a benefit to the living, [731]322.
Death, overcome by Christ, [732]24; the cause of victory, [733]293; and immortality, [734]ib.; its awfulness to the unprepared, [735]306; to be neither feared nor sought, [736]318; the fear of, intended for a safeguard to life, [737]332.
Deceit, folly of, [738]150.
"Declared," hath, implies Christ's clearness in teaching, [739]53.
Dedication, great national Feast of the, [740]222.
Despair, condemned, [741]295.
Despondency, useful if leading to repentance, [742]286; increased by dwelling on the cause, [743]291; compared to childbirth, [744]ib.
Devil, the, tempts to curiosity in Divine mysteries, [745]28; fell by pride, [746]57; his versatility in attack, [747]79; afraid of the Bible, [748]114; does not make war on his own kind as malicious men, [749]130; flies from the mysteries, [750]167; called a wolf, a lion, a serpent, a dragon, [751]215; the works of Christ attributed to, because more than human, [752]219; ruler of the wicked only in the world, [753]277.
Devils, the authors of suicide, [754]332.
Disciples of John, some jealous of Christ, [755]64; two zealous in seeking him, [756]65; why questioned by our Lord, [757]ib.; their question with a certain Jew, [758]100 (note); their jealousy of Christ's disciples, [759]101; vainglory of, [760]102; slow to believe in Jesus Christ, [761]104.
Disciples of Christ, began to believe at Cana, [762]80; slow to believe the doctrines of the Resurrection and Incarnation, [763]82; because not at first informed by the Spirit, [764]ib.; the more perfect, attracted by Christ's teaching, the grosser sort by His miracles, [765]83; object of their baptism the same as of John's, [766]100; moderation of, [767]109; their reverence for Christ, [768]117; their manner of discoursing with Christ, [769]151; their faith in sitting down without question at the miracle of the loaves, [770]152; their love for Christ, [771]155; witnessed more miracles than the people, [772]ib.; in what sense some "went back," [773]170; faith of, still imperfect, [774]228; their fear of the Jews, [775]ib.; understood nothing perfectly of the Resurrection, [776]245; still ignorant of Christ's Equality, [777]248; "clean," because free from Jewish error, [778]259; their confession of Christ, [779]260; taught not to contend for greatness, by the washing, [780]ib.; gradually prepared for the Resurrection, [781]276, [782]277; understood not high doctrines until inspired, [783]276; their imperfect faith in Christ and the Resurrection, [784]ib.; their courage after Pentecost, [785]279; how taught to rejoice in persecution, [786]283; credible, because eye-witnesses, [787]284; slow, because unwilling, to believe in His death, [788]291; still imperfect, though professing knowledge, [789]292; not taught perfectly, but assured of peace, [790]293; in what sense not of the world, [791]303; sanctified by the Word, and by the Sacrifice, [792]ib.; their unity, through faith, [793]304; to be known in the world by their mutual love, [794]ib.; their glory given by Christ, [795]ib.; why took no part in the burial, [796]320; their hasty return home, [797]323; their mission, [798]325; received somewhat of grace by His breathing on them, [799]ib.; their candor in telling all their faults, [800]327; returned to their trade after Christ's Resurrection, [801]328; knew Him not at first on the lake, [802]329; awe-struck by Christ's risen form, [803]ib.
Disease, produced by sin, [804]131.
Discontent, comes of ambition, [805]231.
Dives, judged, because not self-judging, [806]121; tormented because he did no actual good, [807]147; his impunity in life increased his punishment, [808]157.
Divination, forbidden to the Jews, [809]48.
Docetæ, [810]39 (note).
Doctrine of Christ and of the Father one, [811]177; of men, aims at reputation, [812]ib.
Doctrines, growth of, harder than of natural seed, [813]62; general neglect of, condemned, [814]114; the higher cannot be received without faith, [815]115; the true, sanctify the soul, [816]303.
Domestics, patience with, taught by Christ's with Judas, [817]261.
Door of the fold, the Scriptures, [818]213.
Earthly things, their fleeting nature typified in the water at Cana, [819]78; how said of Holy Baptism, [820]93, [821]103.
Elijah, how glorified, [822]40.
Elisha, how glorified, [823]40.
Empedocles believed the Metempsychosis, [824]5 (note).
End of the world expected by St. Chrys., [825]121; implied a brief period, [826]ib.
Envy, evils of, seen in the Jews, [827]54, [828]55, [829]122; of the Jews towards Christ, contrasted with the goodwill of the Samaritans, [830]122; inexcusable because not from natural passion, [831]130; its evils extend to all times, [832]ib.; examples of, [833]ib.; a war against Christ, [834]ib.; hard to heal, [835]ib.; of Satan ruined the world: of the Jews made them murderers of Christ, [836]173; of the brethren, [837]174; examples of its sinfulness, [838]199, [839]200.
Equality of the Son with the Father, [840]13, [841]14, [842]22; declared to the Jews, to show Him Lord of the sabbath, [843]132; proved by His breaking the sabbath, [844]133; by His doing nothing of Himself, [845]135; of Christ with the Father, [846]199.
Esau ruined by envy, [847]130.
Essence, of the Father and the Son, one, [848]18, [849]28, [850]254, [851]272; of the Son, simple, [852]24; the Divine, in Christ, unchanged by the Incarnation, [853]38; and different from His flesh, [854]39.
Eternity, a subject difficult to contemplate, [855]7; of The Word, maintained, [856]11, [857]17, [858]27; Christ's proved by the phrase, "was in the beginning," [859]11, [860]12, [861]18; by His being called "Maker of the ages," [862]11; by His being Maker of "all things," [863]17; by His being "in the Bosom of the Father," [864]53; that of the Father involved in Christ's, [865]17; of Christ's manhood asserted, [866]53; shown in the Jewish types, [867]169.
Evangelists begin from different points, yet agree, [868]16; dwell on different periods, [869]58; truth of, shown by their reporting matters of reproach, and by their omitting miracles, [870]61; conciseness of, [871]67, [872]70; omit many particulars, but not general results, [873]123; were careful to correct any misapprehensions about Christ, [874]134; their candor in relating things apparently discreditable, [875]173; prove the reality of Christ's death in different ways, [876]233; candid in confessing the disciples' ignorance, [877]245; their veracity argued from their many omissions, [878]328.
Everlasting life, promised to obedience, [879]197.
Excuses of the negligent, [880]38.
Exhortation, duty of mutual, [881]172.
Eye, the noblest member, [882]201.
Faith without works insufficient, [883]19, [884]27, [885]37, [886]106; the only way to apprehend things spiritual, [887]87, [888]93; required in studying things natural, [889]88; without works a denial of Christ, [890]97; in heathens come from purity of intention, [891]98; in Christ is faith in God, [892]104; need of, [893]115; without a sign, exemplified in the Samaritans, [894]123; of the nobleman of Cana, imperfect, because after the miracle, [895]124; of the centurion (Matt. viii. 5) more perfect, because before it, [896]ib.; tried by affliction, [897]125; before sight, not required of strangers who had not seen Christ, [898]129; of the paralytic at Bethesda, [899]132; requires some greatness of soul, [900]162; must be founded on Holy Scripture, [901]184; the condition of receiving the Promises, [902]ib.; God's work, [903]202; the blind man had it, [904]ib.; Naaman had it not, [905]ib.; produced in some Jews, by Christ's condescension, but imperfectly, [906]192; of the blind man in going to Siloam, [907]204; most needed in things invisible, [908]205; the truest way to glorify God, [909]208; steps by which it was called forth in the blind man, [910]212; of the lepers, [911]ib.; with righteousness, its power, [912]234; triumphed in the Apostles, [913]ib.; nothing without holiness, [914]ib.; its object, the unseen, [915]327.
False Christs called strangers, [916]214; wherein differing from the True, [917]ib.; their evil designs, [918]ib.
Fasting, a way to pardon, [919]29, [920]142.
Fatalism inconsistent with a belief in the Resurrection, [921]163.
Father, His Eternity involved in the Son's, [922]17; unbegotten, [923]28; the manner, of His "working," [924]133; His witness to Christ, [925]146, [926]162; His Will one with the Son's, [927]165; "draweth" us, but not without our consent, [928]164; can not be seen by any, known only through the Son, [929]271; Consubstantiality of, with the Son, [930]272; His Greatness as the cause, hinders not the Son's Consubstantiality, [931]277; His union with the Son, as the Root of the Branches, [932]279; hated in the Son, [933]283.