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Ante-Nicene Fathers • VOL 2 • SECTION 339

divine, teacher of philosophy, 367.

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divine, teacher of philosophy, 367.

Lord's day, illustrated by Greek authors, 469.

day of Christ's resurrection, 545.

Love, Christian, how fulfils the law, 414.

extent of, 426, 430.

represses sensual passion, 430.

of man, rewards of, 601-602.

Luxury, household, forbidden to Christians, 247.

in dress and person, 272-277.

in servants, 278.

hindrance to charity, 279.

Maiden, the model, described by Zeno, 289.

Man, pre-existent in the Divine Mind, 210.

object of God's love, 210.

spiritual excellence of, 410.

Manliness, true Christian, 365.

Marcion, heretic, 384-385, 403, 445.

Mark, St., disciple of St. Peter, 561.

origin of his Gospel, 579.

Marriage, lawful use of, 259-263.

nature, conditions, and duty of, 377.

single commended, second permitted, 382, 403.

heretical perversions of Scripture regarding, 395, 398.

errors of Cassian refuted, 399.

its purity taught in Holy Scripture, 400, 403.

depravation of it a reproach to the Creator, 400, 403.

two heretical views of marriage to be shunned, 401.

true philosophy of, 402, 403-407.

of apostles, 533.

honourable in all, 533.

Martha of Bethany, Christ's rebuke of, 594.

Martyrdom, why to be desired, 411, 423.

spiritual, 412.

heathen, falsely so named, 412.

not needless death, 412, 423.

blessedness of, 416.

philosophy testifies to, 418-419.

sex and condition of martyrs, 420.

errors of Basilides on, 423-424.

testimony of Scripture, 427.

of St. Clement of Rome, 428.

Menander, witness to Scripture, 446.

Milk, symbol of spiritual nourishment, 218-222.

Ministry, how chosen, 504.

orders of, 505.

commissioned by Christ,.

Miracles of Christ, mystery of, 501.

Mixed cup in the Eucharist, 242.

Mosaic Law, a preparation for Christ, 339.

fourfold character of, 340.

Moses, history of, 335.

lawgiver and general, 336-338.

tradition of his burial, 511.

assumption of, 573.

slaying the Egyptian, 585.

Music, sanctified to God, 248.

instrumental, not Christian, 249.

mystery of, 499.

Mustard seed, parable of, interpreted, 578.

Mysteries, Christian, why celebrated by night, 435.

Eleusinian, vileness of, 175-177.

Mythology, heathen, absurd and impious, 175-177, 520.

its origin, 179-180, 530.

Names, conceptions and subjects (philosophical) classified, 564.

Neighbour, who is our, 599.

New creation in Christ, meaning of, 594.

Nicetas, commentary on Job, quoted, 577.

Nicolas, deacon, name and teaching abused by Nicolaitans, 385.

Numbers, mystery of, 499, 521.

symbols of, in the Decalogue, 512-514.

Occupations of Christians, 282.

Offences to be avoided, 426.

Ointments, abuse of, 253.

Ornaments, unsuited to Christians, 267-270.

Poedagogus, The, of Clement, object and contents of, 167.

Pantænus, teacher at Alexandria, 165-167, 343.

Parables of our Lord, mystery of, 501-502.

interpreted,--of the Labourers, 415.

Mustard Seed, 578.

Pearl, 578.

Good Samaritan, 599.

Prodigal Son, sermon on, 581-589.

Passover (last) of our Lord, date of, 565.

Paul, St., late witness of Old-Testament truth, 434, 442.

Pearl, parable of, interpreted, 578.

Perfection, distinct from completeness, 459, 478.

possible to human nature, 502.

attained by the true Gnostic alone, 502.

Peripatetic philosophy, 191.

Persecution, how understood, 598.

Peter, St., tradition of his wife's martyrdom, 541.

Philo Judæus, his interpretation of Scripture history, 306.

Philolaus, quoted, 382, 403.

Philosophers, heathen, opinions of, respecting God, 190.

taught truth by the Scriptures, 191-192.

opinions on the chief good, 374.

Christian, self-restraint of, 370.

Philosophy, use of, in Christian teaching, 303.

Greek, a preparation for Christ, 305, 321-323, 347-348.

what is true philosophy, 308, 311.

sects of, contain half-truths, 313.

successive schools of, 313.

Greek, foreign sources of, 314-317.

posterior to the Mosaic Law, 324-333, 341.

true philosophy seeks God, 358-359, 369.

taught by divine law in piety, charity, justice, purity, 367.

taught highest good by Scripture, 375

and other things by the same, 465, 478.

object of true philosophy, 493.

character and origin, 493.

gift of God to Jew and Greek, 495, 517, 521.

cannot give perfect knowledge of God, 515.

but a preparation for such knowledge, 516.

Greek, a recreation to the Gnostic, 517.

necessary to knowledge, 518.

its objective truth, 556.

Pictures, heathen, their licentiousness, 189.

Pindar, quoted, 382, 403.

Plagiarism, of Greek poets from each other, 481-483.

of philosophers and historians, 484-486.

of Greeks from Hebrew Scriptures, 486-488.

of philosophers, from Egypt and India, 488.

Plato, on language of animals, 333.

an imitator of Moses, 338.

falsely quoted by heretics, on community of women, and depravation of the natural creation, 382, 403.

on hope, 404.

on future rewards, 416, 436, 442.

city of, in heaven, 441, 443.

witness to Scripture, 446, 470, 479.

on spiritual knowledge, 448.

a divine gift, 464.

idea of God, 465.

philosophic teaching from Scripture, 466, 469.

illustrating the Trinity, 468.

the Lord's day, 469.

the Messiah, 470, 479.

free-will, 475.

Poets, heathen, testimony to the truth, 193.

Prayer, subject of, 533.

gestures, 534.

canonical hours, 534.

false Gnostic, ideas of, 534.

silent, 535.

why towards the East, 535.

of the wicked, 535.

of the true.

Gnostic, 535.

Prayer of St. Clement to the Poedagogus, 295.

Predestination, ground of, 497, 524.

Priesthood of Christians, 572.

Prophets, the, teachers of the truth, 194-195.

teach by parables and enigmas, 510, 522.

Providence, special, to be believed, 312.

Punishment, a mark of God's love, 226.

a means of salvation, 228-230.

leads to repentance, 232-233.

divine, object of, 437, 442.

Purity, law of, 259, 317, 348, 433.

Pythagoreans, falsely quoted against marriage, 385, 403.

sayings of Theano, 417, 431, 441-442.

on the idea of God, 465.

Regeneration of Christians by the Word, 357.

Religion in common life, 290.

Repentance, first and second, 361.

voluntary, 361.

what is true, 602.

Riches, true Christian, 279, 596, 600.

not to be thrown away, 594.

when profitless, 595.

want of, not salvation, 597.

how forsaken for Christ, 598.

Righteousness, true, 504.

impresses a likeness to God, 504.

in what sense attained through philosophy, 305, 323, 345-346.

Rings, for the ears, forbidden, 285.

for the hands, how allowed, 285.

signet, designs, 285.

Ruler, the young, character of, 594.

Sabbath, Jewish, right keeping of, 302.

Sacrifices, heathen, cruelty of, 183.

needless, 532.

sacrifices of prayer and praise, 532.

of the Law, 532.

Salome, apocryphal sayings of Christ to, 392.

Salvation before Christ, 428.

one to Jew and Gentile, 490.

Samaritan, good, signifies Christ, 599.

Scripture, holy, chronology of, 325-334.

threefold interpretation of, 341.

why veiled in parables, 509.

test of doctrinal truth, 550.

Segaar, Charles, annotator of St. Clement, 605.

Self-restraint of Christian philosophers, 370.

Septuagint, date and origin of, 334.

Servants, how kept by heathen, 278.

Servants, how treated by Christians, 288.

Sex, no distinction of, in instruction, 211.

Christian relations of, 419.

Sibyl, the, testimony to the truth, 192, 194, 346.

quoted, 384-385, 403.

Similitudes in instruction, use of, 281.

Sin, voluntary and involuntary, 361.

power to repent of, 361.

not to be predicated of the divine nature, 363.

Sleep, Christian use of, 257.

Socrates, on future rewards, 436, 442.

Sodomites, sin and punishment of, 282.

Son of God, Saviour and Lord of all, 524.

order of His government, 525.

not author of evil, 526.

Sophists, foolishness of, 304, 309.

Sophocles, witness to Scripture, 446.

Speech, subordinate to action, 310.

Spirits in prison, preached to, 490.

Stationary days, fasts of, 544.

Stromata, The, of Clement, object and character of, 168.

meaning of term, 408.

Symbols, Pythagorean, in philosophic proverbs, 450.

Egyptian, 454.

of philosophical language, 455.

of the Mosaic Law, 456.

reasons for, 457.

apostolic opinion of, 459.

Jewish, do not sanction image worship, 453, 477.

Tabernacle and its furniture, symbolic meaning of, 452.

Tatian on marriage, errors of, 396, 403-407.

Teachers of St. Clement, 301-302.

Teaching, right motives in, 300.

Temperance, in living, 251.

in conversation, 252.

Temple furniture, symbolism of, 585.

Temples, in what sense holy, 530.

heathen, tombs, 184.

Theano the Pythagorean, sayings of, 417, 431, 441-442.

Theognis, quoted, 382, 403.

Timothy, Epistle to, rejected by certain heretics, 359.

Tithes and firstfruits, maintenance of priests under the Law, 363.

Tradition of doctrine from the apostles, 301, 343.

unwritten, 494.

Trinity, doctrine of, illustrated by Plato, 468.

Truth, divine, contrasted with heathen fable, 171.

its power over men, 172.

spiritual nature of, 464.

attained through faith, as the gift of God, 519.

given to all, 522.

object of true philosophy, 556.

Unbelief, sin and danger of, 195-197.

Unity of Jew and Greek in Christ, 504.

"Unknown God," Athenian inscription to, 464, 478.

Valentinus, heretic, errors of, 355, 359, 425, 445.

Vestments of the high priest, symbolism of, 453.

Wife, character of a good, 432.

Wine, how used by Christians, 243.

how abused to drunkenness, 244.

Christ's example in, 246.

Wisdom, object of true philosophy, 492.

manifold, 518.

Witnesses, three earthly, interpreted, 576.

Women, right adorning of, 287.

chaste habits in, 288.

behaviour at church, 290.

examples of perfection in, 431.

Word, the, pre-existent, incarnate, teacher, 173.

restorer and guide of man, 209.

healer of the soul, 210.

symbolized by milk, 219, by bread and by blood, 221.

eternal and uncreate, 573.

Worship, true nature of, 532.

Xanthus, quoted, 383, 403.

Xenocrates, on the idea of God, 465, 486.

Zeno, description of a model maiden, 289.

Zephaniah (apocryphal), vision of heaven, 462.

Indexes

Index of Scripture References

Genesis

[145]1:1 [146]1:1 [147]1:1 [148]1:1 [149]1:1-3 [150]1:26 [151]1:26 [152]1:26 [153]1:26 [154]1:27-28 [155]1:28 [156]1:28 [157]1:28 [158]1:28 [159]1:29 [160]1:31 [161]2:4 [162]2:4-5 [163]2:7 [164]2:8 [165]2:8 [166]2:18 [167]2:23 [168]2:24 [169]3:1 [170]3:5 [171]3:20 [172]3:21 [173]3:24 [174]4:1 [175]4:1-2 [176]4:25 [177]6:1-2 [178]6:1-4 [179]6:3 [180]9:2-3 [181]9:23 [182]14:14 [183]14:23 [184]15:6 [185]16:6 [186]17:1-2 [187]17:3 [188]17:4 [189]18:6 [190]18:6 [191]18:8 [192]18:12 [193]18:22-23 [194]18:25 [195]18:27 [196]20:12 [197]20:12 [198]21:10 [199]22:3-4 [200]23:4 [201]23:6 [202]24:16 [203]26:8 [204]28:15 [205]29:9 [206]30:37 [207]32:24 [208]32:30 [209]33:11 [210]33:11 [211]46:3 [212]46:27 [213]49:6 [214]49:11 [215]49:11

Exodus

[216]2:10 [217]3:8 [218]3:14 [219]3:14 [220]3:16 [221]3:18-19 [222]10:28 [223]15:1 [224]16:36 [225]17 [226]19:15 [227]19:20 [228]20 [229]20:2 [230]20:2-3 [231]20:2-3 [232]20:3 [233]20:4 [234]20:5-6 [235]20:7 [236]20:12 [237]20:13 [238]20:13-16 [239]20:14 [240]20:14 [241]20:17 [242]20:17 [243]20:17 [244]20:17 [245]20:17 [246]20:20 [247]21:24 [248]21:33 [249]21:36 [250]22:1 [251]22:21 [252]23:1 [253]23:2 [254]23:4 [255]23:6 [256]25:23 [257]25:24 [258]28:3 [259]28:3 [260]28:3 [261]28:12 [262]28:29 [263]29:45 [264]31:2-5 [265]31:6 [266]32:6 [267]32:9-10 [268]32:32 [269]32:33-34 [270]32:33-34 [271]33:1 [272]33:10-11 [273]33:11 [274]33:11 [275]33:18 [276]33:18 [277]33:20 [278]34:2 [279]34:29

Leviticus

[280]2:1 [281]11:13-14 [282]15:18 [283]15:29 [284]16:23-24 [285]17:7 [286]18:1-5 [287]18:20 [288]18:22 [289]19:9 [290]19:10 [291]19:18 [292]19:23 [293]19:29 [294]19:33-34 [295]20:10 [296]20:24 [297]21:9 [298]25:2-7 [299]26 [300]26:12 [301]26:24 [302]26:30 [303]26:30

Numbers

[304]6:9 [305]6:12 [306]11:26-27 [307]15:30 [308]17:7 [309]17:8 [310]20 [311]23:22 [312]24:3-4 [313]24:6-7 [314]24:15 [315]24:16 [316]25:1-9 [317]25:8

Deuteronomy

[318]4:9 [319]4:12 [320]4:19 [321]4:19 [322]5 [323]6:2 [324]6:4 [325]6:4 [326]6:5 [327]6:5 [328]6:13 [329]8:2-3 [330]8:3 [331]8:3 [332]8:5 [333]8:18 [334]10:12 [335]10:16-17 [336]10:19 [337]13:4 [338]13:4 [339]14 [340]14:7 [341]14:12 [342]14:21 [343]18:15 [344]18:15 [345]18:19 [346]20:5-7 [347]20:10 [348]21:10-13 [349]21:11-13 [350]22:3 [351]22:5 [352]22:10 [353]22:12 [354]22:22 [355]22:22 [356]23:1 [357]23:7 [358]23:17 [359]24:10-11 [360]24:19 [361]24:20-21 [362]25:4 [363]25:13 [364]25:15 [365]26:17-18 [366]27:15 [367]29:17 [368]30:6 [369]30:15 [370]30:15 [371]30:15 [372]30:15-16 [373]30:19 [374]30:19 [375]30:20 [376]31:20 [377]32:5-6 [378]32:8-9 [379]32:10-12 [380]32:13-14 [381]32:20 [382]32:21 [383]32:23-25 [384]32:39 [385]32:39 [386]32:41-42 [387]33:5

Joshua

[388]5:13-15

Judges

[389]3:8 [390]4:6 [391]10:1 [392]12:8 [393]12:11

1 Samuel

[394]1:13 [395]1:13 [396]3:3-4 [397]3:11 [398]3:14 [399]8:13 [400]11:18 [401]16:7 [402]16:12

2 Samuel

[403]6:17-19 [404]6:20

1 Kings

[405]6:7 [406]7:13 [407]7:40 [408]8:27 [409]13:1-2 [410]15:12 [411]19 [412]19:4 [413]19:6

2 Kings

[414]1:8 [415]6:17-19 [416]22:8 [417]23:22

2 Chronicles

[418]11:15

Nehemiah

[419]9:17

Job

[420]1:1 [421]1:1 [422]1:21 [423]1:21 [424]5:7 [425]5:13 [426]5:25 [427]9:9 [428]11:2 [429]14:3 [430]14:4 [431]14:4-5 [432]16:4-5 [433]19:25 [434]28 [435]28:22 [436]42:2-3 [437]42:6 [438]42:8

Psalms

[439]1:1 [440]1:1 [441]1:1 [442]1:1-2 [443]1:1-3 [444]1:2 [445]1:3 [446]1:4 [447]1:4 [448]1:4 [449]1:4-5 [450]1:5-6 [451]1:6 [452]2:4 [453]2:8 [454]2:9 [455]2:9 [456]2:9 [457]2:10 [458]2:12 [459]2:12 [460]3:5 [461]3:13 [462]3:14 [463]4:2 [464]4:2 [465]4:4 [466]4:5 [467]4:6-7 [468]5:3-4 [469]5:6 [470]5:7-8 [471]6:8 [472]7:9 [473]8:2 [474]8:3 [475]8:4 [476]8:5 [477]8:5 [478]8:8 [479]9:9 [480]9:11 [481]9:15 [482]9:17 [483]10:2 [484]10:3 [485]10:3 [486]11:6 [487]11:7 [488]11:9 [489]11:10 [490]12:3-5 [491]12:5 [492]12:6 [493]12:6 [494]12:7 [495]12:9 [496]12:9 [497]12:9 [498]13:1 [499]14:1 [500]14:3 [501]15 [502]16:9-11 [503]16:11 [504]17:3-4 [505]18:6 [506]18:9 [507]18:11-12 [508]18:18 [509]18:18 [510]18:19 [511]18:19-20 [512]18:20 [513]18:24 [514]18:25-26 [515]18:26 [516]18:43-45 [517]19:1 [518]19:2 [519]19:2-3 [520]19:4 [521]19:9 [522]19:10 [523]19:10 [524]19:62 [525]19:66 [526]19:66 [527]19:96 [528]19:125 [529]19:130 [530]19:164 [531]22:22 [532]22:26 [533]23:4 [534]24:1 [535]24:1 [536]24:2 [537]24:3-6 [538]25:4-5 [539]25:5 [540]26:2 [541]26:5 [542]28:1 [543]29:3 [544]32 [545]32:1 [546]32:1-2 [547]32:10 [548]33 [549]33:1-3 [550]33:2 [551]33:2 [552]33:2 [553]33:6 [554]33:6 [555]34:8 [556]34:8 [557]34:9 [558]34:11 [559]34:11 [560]34:12 [561]34:13-14 [562]34:15-16 [563]34:15-17 [564]35:7 [565]36:1 [566]36:5 [567]37:25 [568]37:35-37 [569]39:7-10 [570]39:12 [571]41:2 [572]41:5 [573]44:5 [574]45 [575]45:1 [576]45:2 [577]45:4 [578]45:7-8 [579]45:9 [580]45:14 [581]47:20 [582]48:8 [583]48:10-11 [584]48:12 [585]48:13 [586]48:21 [587]48:21 [588]49:1-2 [589]49:3 [590]49:6 [591]49:12 [592]49:16-17 [593]49:20 [594]50:3 [595]50:5 [596]50:5 [597]50:7 [598]50:13 [599]50:14-15 [600]50:21 [601]50:21 [602]51:1-4 [603]51:6 [604]51:6 [605]51:7-12 [606]51:8 [607]51:17 [608]51:17 [609]51:17 [610]51:19 [611]58:4-5 [612]58:4-5 [613]62:4 [614]62:8 [615]62:12 [616]65:4 [617]68:8 [618]69:4 [619]70:4 [620]72:9 [621]73:1 [622]73:1 [623]78:1-2 [624]78:2 [625]78:8 [626]78:10 [627]78:32-35 [628]78:38 [629]82:1 [630]82:6 [631]82:6 [632]82:6 [633]82:6 [634]84:1 [635]86:2-3 [636]89:14 [637]89:21 [638]90:9-10 [639]94:11 [640]95:7 [641]95:8-9 [642]95:9-11 [643]96:1 [644]96:5

Proverbs

[645]1:1-4 [646]1:2-6 [647]1:5-6 [648]1:6 [649]1:7 [650]1:7 [651]1:7 [652]1:7 [653]1:10-12 [654]1:14 [655]1:15-17 [656]1:17-18 [657]1:18-19 [658]1:24-25 [659]1:33 [660]1:33 [661]1:33 [662]2 [663]2:1-2 [664]2:3-5 [665]2:4-5 [666]2:6 [667]2:21-22 [668]3:1 [669]3:3 [670]3:3 [671]3:5 [672]3:5 [673]3:5-7 [674]3:7 [675]3:8 [676]3:11 [677]3:11-12 [678]3:11-12 [679]3:12 [680]3:13 [681]3:13 [682]3:13-15 [683]3:16 [684]3:18 [685]3:19 [686]3:23 [687]3:23 [688]3:27 [689]4:8-9 [690]4:10-11 [691]4:18 [692]4:21 [693]4:25 [694]4:25 [695]4:25 [696]5:2-3 [697]5:3-5 [698]5:5 [699]5:5-6 [700]5:8 [701]5:9 [702]5:11 [703]5:15 [704]5:16 [705]5:20 [706]5:20 [707]5:22 [708]6:1-2 [709]6:6 [710]6:6 [711]6:8 [712]6:8 [713]6:9 [714]6:11 [715]6:23 [716]6:23 [717]6:27-29 [718]7:2 [719]8:4 [720]8:6 [721]8:9 [722]8:9-11 [723]8:10-11 [724]8:17 [725]8:19 [726]8:22 [727]8:22 [728]8:27 [729]8:30 [730]8:34 [731]9:3 [732]9:10 [733]9:11 [734]9:12 [735]9:13-18 [736]9:17 [737]10:4 [738]10:4 [739]10:4 [740]10:4-5 [741]10:7 [742]10:8 [743]10:10 [744]10:10 [745]10:10 [746]10:12 [747]10:14 [748]10:14 [749]10:17 [750]10:19 [751]10:19 [752]10:20 [753]10:21 [754]10:24 [755]10:31 [756]10:31 [757]11:1 [758]11:5 [759]11:13 [760]11:14 [761]11:21 [762]11:22 [763]11:23 [764]11:24 [765]11:24 [766]12:4 [767]13:5 [768]13:6 [769]13:8 [770]13:8 [771]13:9 [772]13:11 [773]13:11 [774]13:12 [775]13:24 [776]14:3 [777]14:6 [778]14:8 [779]14:16 [780]14:26 [781]14:27 [782]15:8 [783]15:14 [784]15:17 [785]16 [786]16:21 [787]17:6 [788]19:11 [789]19:17 [790]19:17 [791]19:17 [792]19:23 [793]19:29 [794]20:1 [795]20:27 [796]20:28 [797]21:1 [798]21:10 [799]21:11 [800]21:26 [801]22:3-4 [802]22:20-21 [803]23:3 [804]23:13 [805]23:14 [806]23:20 [807]23:21 [808]23:29-30 [809]24:21-22 [810]24:28 [811]26:5 [812]27:10 [813]27:14 [814]27:23 [815]27:25-26 [816]28:4-5 [817]28:5 [818]28:14 [819]28:14 [820]29:3 [821]30:2 [822]30:3 [823]31:19-20 [824]31:22 [825]31:26-28 [826]31:30

Ecclesiastes

[827]1:16-18 [828]7:13 [829]7:14 [830]12:12 [831]12:13

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Public Domain • Christian Classics Ethereal Library source edition.

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