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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series • VOL 2 • SECTION 273

GENERAL INDEXES.

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GENERAL INDEXES.

GENERAL INDEX TO SOCRATES' ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

Abdas, bishop of Persia, [1]157.

Abgarus, unknown person, excommunicated, [2]70.

Ablabius, an eminent orator, ordained a Novatian presbyter, [3]159.

Abramius of Urimi, [4]95.

Abundantius, a military commander, [5]156.

Acacians, a sect, explanation of their views, [6]70; meet at Constantinople, [7]71; meet at Antioch and assent to the Nicene Creed, [8]94.

Acacius, bishop of Amida, [9]164.

Acacius, bishop of Beroea, [10]150.

Acacius, bishop of Cæsarea, [11]37; helps eject Maximus, [12]65; composes a creed, [13]68, [14]69; deposed, [15]70; becomes head of sect (see Acacians), [16]72; with Eudoxius deposes Macedonius, Eleusius, Basil of Ancyra, Dracontius, Neonas, Sophronius, Elpidius, and Cyril, [17]72, [18]84.

Acacius, martyr, [19]153.

Acesius, a Novatian bishop; his conversation with Constantine, [20]17.

Achab (called John), a false accuser of Athanasius, escapes, [21]31.

Achæa, singular custom among the clergy of, [22]132.

Achetas, a deacon, [23]50.

Achillas, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Peter, [24]3.

Achillas, companion of Arius, [25]5.

Acts of the Apostles, quoted, [26]133.

Adamantius, a bishop in the reign of Constantine, [27]33.

Adamantius, Jewish physician of Alexandria, [28]159.

Adelphius, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, [29]55.

Adrianople, battle of, [30]117.

Adultery, peculiar punishment of, in Rome, [31]127.

Adytum of the Mithreum cleared, [32]79.

Aëtius (called Atheus), a heresiarch, [33]60; character of his heresy, [34]61, [35]98, [36]103, [37]134.

Africanus, an early writer, [38]60.

Agapetus, a Macedonian bishop, accepts the homoousion and supplants Theodosius at Synada, [39]155.

Agapius, an Arian bishop of Ephesus, [40]134.

Agatho, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, [41]55.

Agelius, Novatian bishop, [42]66; expelled by Valens, [43]99; absent from the Synod of Pazum, [44]113; advises Nectarius, [45]122, [46]123; his death, [47]124; was bishop for forty years, [48]129.

Agilo, a general under the rebel Procopius, killed, [49]97.

Alamundarus, a Saracen chief, [50]162.

Alaric, a barbarian chieftain, makes war against Rome, [51]157; takes and sacks Rome, [52]158; proclaims one Attalus mock emperor, [53]158.

Alemanni, a northern race, [54]120, [55]124.

Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Achillas, [56]3; writes circulars on Arian heresy, [57]3; collects opinions favorable to himself, [58]6; commended by the Nicene Council, [59]13; present at the Nicene Council, [60]19; his death, [61]20; had deposed Euzoïus, [62]28.

Alexander, bishop of Antioch, [63]157, [64]173.

Alexander, bishop of Constantinople, opposes Arius, [65]34; his death, [66]38.

Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, [67]173.

Alexander, bishop of Helenopolis, [68]173.

Alexander, the Macedonian (the Great), date from, [69]19; Julian compares himself to him, [70]90; oracle uttered to him, [71]93; Jews dwelt in Alexandria since his day, [72]159.

Alexander, the Paphlagonian, a Novatian presbyter, [73]66.

Alexandrians, an irritable people, [74]105.

Altar, alleged desecration of, by Macarius, [75]29; desecration of, by slaves, [76]171; usually set toward the east, [77]132; the holy table so called, [78]132, [79]140.

Alypius, a presbyter of the Alexandrian church, [80]29.

Amachius, governor of Phrygia, persecutes the Christians, [81]86.

Ambrose, a consul, proclaimed bishop of Milan, [82]113, [83]114; persecuted by Justina, [84]124.

Ammonius, three bishops of the name exiled under Constantius, [85]55.

Ammonius, a companion of Athanasius and unworldly monk, [86]108, [87]109.

Ammonius, a Nitrian monk, [88]160.

Ammonius, a pagan grammarian, [89]126.

Ammonius, a poet, [90]142.

Ammonius, one of the "Tall Brothers," [91]143.

Ammonius, bishop of Laodicea, [92]150.

Ammoun, a monk, history of, [93]106.

Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium, [94]122.

Amphion, bishop of Nicomedia, displaced by Eusebius, [95]20.

Amphitheatre, sports of the, [96]165.

Anagamphus, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, [97]55.

Anastasia, daughter of the emperor Valens, [98]99.

Anastasia, church of the Novatians so called, [99]66.

Anastasia, church of Gregory of Nazianzus, [100]120.

Anastasian baths, [101]99.

Anastasius, bishop of Rome, [102]157.

Anastasius, a presbyter, friend of Nestorius, [103]170.

Anatolius, Semi-Arian bishop of Beroea, [104]95.

Ancoratus, book so called, [105]135.

Andragathius, a philosopher, instructor of John Chrysostom, [106]138.

Andragathius, a general under Maximus, slays Gratian, [107]124.

Angarum, Novatian Council of, [108]129.

Angels, visions of, [109]142, [110]162, [111]166.

Anianus, Semi-Arian bishop of Antioch, exiled, [112]71.

Anicetus, bishop of Rome, [113]130.

Anomoion, term first used at Sardica, [114]47; again, [115]69, [116]84.

'Anomoeans,' [117]74, [118]95, [119]100.

Anthusa, mother of John Chrysostom, [120]138.

Anthemius, prætorian prefect during the minority of Theodosius the Younger, [121]154.

Anthony, a monk of the Egyptian desert, [122]25; study of nature, by, [123]107; congratulates Didymus, [124]110.

Anthony, bishop of Germa, persecutes the Macedonians, [125]170.

'Anthropomorphitæ,' [126]144.

Antichrist, [127]3.

Antioch, Synods of, [128]27, [129]38, [130]73, [131]94; a canon of, [132]150, [133]173; creed of, [134]39, [135]40, [136]70, [137]84, [138]97; the Emperor Constantius resides in, [139]41; divisions at, [140]73, [141]80, [142]83, [143]119, [144]121, [145]122, [146]125, [147]126.

Antiochenes, irritable temper of, [148]88.

Antiochicus and MisopOgOn, book so called, [149]88.

Antiochus, bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia, [150]146.

Antipater, Semi-Arian bishop of Rhosus, [151]95.

Antiphonal singing, [152]144, [153]165.

Antirrheticus, treatise of Evagrius, [154]107.

Anubion, a bishop in the reign of Constantine, [155]33.

Aphaca, [156]22.

Apollinaris, bishop of Hierapolis, [157]81.

Apollinaris, the elder, a learned man, [158]74.

Apollinaris of Laodicea (son of the former), [159]74, [160]75; peculiar views of, [161]86.

Apollinarians, a sect, [162]74, [163]75.

Apostles, church so called, [164]21, [165]35, [166]148, [167]177.

Apostles, mission-fields of, [168]23; council of, [169]133.

Apotheoses, pagan, [170]93, [171]94.

Applauding a preacher, [172]159.

Arabian, Semi-Arian bishop of Andros, [173]95.

Aratus, the Astronomer, [174]88.

Arbathion, a bishop in the reign of Constantine, [175]33.

Arbogastes, a commander under Valentinian the Younger with Eugenius murders his master, [176]135; commits suicide, [177]136.

Arcadius, emperor, son of Theodosius the Great, [178]114; proclaimed Augustus, [179]122; left with imperial authority at Constantinople, [180]124; assumes the government of the East, [181]137; summons John Chrysostom to Constantinople to become bishop, [182]138; commits the charge of affairs among the Goths to Gaïnas, [183]141; makes terms with him after he had rebelled, [184]141; proclaims him a public enemy, defeats and slays him, [185]142; his son Theodosius, the good, is born, [186]142; banishes John Chrysostom, [187]149; refuses to attend church on account of John, [188]151; banishes him again, [189]151; his death, [190]153.

Archdeacon, office of, [191]156.

Archelaus, governor of Syria, [192]30.

Archelaus, opponent of Manichæism, [193]26.

Ardaburius, Roman general, wages war with the Persians, [194]162, [195]163; sent against the usurper John, [196]165.

Areobindus, a Roman general, [197]162.

Arian controversy, beginning of, [198]3; occasion of, the misunderstanding of the word homoousios, [199]27; revival of, [200]36.

Arians, dissensions among, [201]72- 74, [202]123, [203]134; inconsistency of, [204]74; persecutions by, [205]57, [206]66, [207]103, [208]105; expelled from the churches by Theodosius, [209]129; excite a tumult in Constantinople, [210]125; set on fire the bishop's residence, [211]125; their meetings and nocturnal singing, [212]144.

Ariminum, [213]56; council of, [214]61, [215]67, [216]84, [217]101, [218]102; creed of, [219]61, [220]62; epistle of, to the Emperor Constantius, [221]63.

Aristotle, the ancient philosopher, [222]60, [223]93.

Arius, a presbyter in Alexandria, incited to controvert the unity of the Trinity, [224]3; relations to Melitianism, [225]6; anathematized by the Nicene Council, [226]10; exiled, [227]10; writes a book Thalia which is condemned, [228]13; procures his recall by feigning repentance, [229]20; goes to Constantinople, obtains interview with the emperor, feigns assent to the Nicene Creed, [230]28; recantation, [231]28, [232]29; returns to Alexandria, [233]29; Athanasius refuses to receive him, [234]29, [235]33; renews his efforts to spread his views, [236]29; is reinstated, [237]34; excites commotion in the church of Alexandria, [238]34; is summoned by the emperor to Constantinople, [239]34; his death, [240]34, [241]35; his dissimulation, [242]60.

Arius, partisans of, denounced by Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, [243]3.

Arrenius, bishop of Jerusalem, succeeds Cyril, [244]74.

Arsacius, bishop of Constantinople, succeeds John Chrysostom, [245]151.

Arsenius, Melitian bishop, alleged victim of Anthanasius' witchcraft, [246]30; appears before the council of Tyre, [247]31.

Arsenius, Egyptian monk, [248]106.

Ascholius, bishop of Thessalonica, attends the Synod of Constantinople, [249]121.

Asclepas, bishop of Gaza, expelled, [250]42; restored to his see, [251]51.

Asclepiades, Novatian bishop, his defense of their views, [252]167.

Aspar, son of Ardaburius, delivers his father and seizes the usurper John, [253]166.

Asterius, an Arian rhetorician, [254]33; excommunicated, [255]70.

Athanaric, king of the Goths, [256]115; submits to Theodosius, [257]122; his death, [258]122.

Athanasius, Semi-Arian bishop of Ancyra, [259]95.

Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, opposes Arianism in the Council of Nicæa while yet a deacon, [260]9; quoted, [261]19; succeeds to the see of Alexandria, [262]20; incident in his childhood, [263]20; Life of Anthony by, [264]25, [265]106; his ordination objected to, [266]26; refuses to receive Arius, [267]29; is therefore threatened by Constantine and conspired against, [268]29; accused of treason, declared innocent by the emperor, course taken by his opponents, [269]29, [270]30; hesitates to appear before the Council of Tyre, but does so when menaced by the emperor, [271]30; confounds his enemies, [272]31; protests against the participation of his personal enemies in the council which was trying him and withdraws from their jurisdiction, [273]31; appeals to the emperor, [274]32; the Synod deposes him, [275]32; banished by Constantine, [276]33; recalled and reinstated by Constantine the Younger, [277]37; returns to Alexandria and is joyfully welcomed, but is again banished, [278]37; escapes, [279]40; is accused of peculation, threatened with death, and flies to Rome, [280]42; appeals to the emperor and returns to Rome, [281]43; demands that a Synod should be convened to take cognizance of his deposition, [282]46; reinstated by the Council of Sardica, [283]47; recalled by Constantius, [284]49; repairs to Rome, [285]50; returns to the East, is admitted to an interview by Constantius, and restored by him to his see, [286]51; proceeds to Jerusalem, proposes a council of bishops, which is convened there by Maximus, [287]52; arouses hostility among the Arians by this course, [288]53; passes to Alexandria and on the way performs ordinations, thus occasioning fresh accusations against himself, [289]53; convenes a council of bishops in Egypt, [290]53; the emperor withdraws the immunities granted him and commands that he be put to death, [291]54; escapes by flight, [292]54; his account of the atrocities inflicted on Christians by George, [293]54, [294]55; a council of bishops assembles at Milan to condemn him, [295]60; their object is thwarted, [296]60; his attack on the creed of Ariminum, [297]62, [298]63; restored to the see of Alexandria, [299]80; with Eusebius of Vercellæ calls a council together, [300]81; his Apology for his Flight, [301]82, [302]83; Julian issues an edict for his arrest, but he escapes by flight and secretly returns to Alexandria, [303]86; after the death of Julian he is restored to the see of Alexandria, [304]94, [305]96; hides himself in his father's tomb for four months, [306]103; the emperor reinstates him, [307]103; his influence over Valens, [308]105; his death, [309]105; quoted, [310]106, [311]108.

Athenaïs, the pagan name of the empress Eudocia, [312]164.

Athenodorus, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, [313]55.

Athens, school of, [314]77.

Attalus, made mock-emperor by Alaric, [315]158.

Atticus, bishop of Constantinople, ordained, [316]151; friendship of, with Sisinnus the Novatian, [317]153; his character and learning, [318]154; progress of Christianity during his administration, [319]155; receives Persian suppliants, [320]162; his Christian benevolence, [321]166; labors to abolish superstitions, [322]167; changes the names of certain places, [323]167; his death, [324]167; succeeded by Sisinnius, [325]168.

Atys, a pagan priest, the founder of certain Phrygian rites, deified, [326]93.

Aurelian, a consular, delivered up to Gaïnas, [327]141.

Auxanon, a Novatian presbyter, [328]19; cruelly treated, [329]66.

Auxentius, Arian bishop of Milan, refuses to anathematize Arius, [330]62; deposed by the Synod of Ariminum, [331]63; death of, [332]113.

Azazene, captives from, ransomed by Acacius of Amida, [333]164.

Babylas, martyr, the relics of, [334]88.

Babylon, [335]25.

Bacurius, a prince among the Iberians, [336]25.

Bacurius, an officer under Theodosius, [337]135.

Baptism, of Constantine the Great, [338]35; of Constantius, [339]75; of Theodosius the Great, [340]120; of Eudocia, [341]164; customs respecting, [342]132, [343]155, [344]161, [345]170; form of, changed by some Arians, [346]135; name given at, [347]164; great sins after, treatment of, [348]17, [349]112, [350]128, [351]132, [352]152, [353]167.

Barbas, Arian bishop, succeeds Dorotheus, [354]156; his death, [355]170.

Barlamenus, Semi-Arian bishop of Pergamus, [356]95.

Bartholomew, the apostle, goes to India, [357]23.

Basil, bishop of Ancyra, sent to Ancyra, [358]34, [359]51, [360]55, [361]56; opposes Photinus, [362]58; fails to appear at the Synod of Seleucia, [363]68; deposed by Acacius, [364]72; petitions Jovian, [365]94.

Basil, bishop of Cappadocia, quoted, [366]108.

Basil, bishop of Cæsarea, labors against the Arian heresy, [367]110; a pupil of Himerius and Prohæresius, [368]110; also of Libanius, III; studies Origen, [369]111; ordained a deacon, [370]111; becomes bishop, [371]111; is threatened with martyrdom, but escapes, [372]111; companion of John Chrysostom, [373]139.

Basilicus, excommunicated, [374]70.

Beryllus, bishop of Philadelphia, heresy of, [375]81.

Berytus, [376]3, [377]27; school of, [378]74.

Bethlehem, church built in, [379]21.

Bishops, contentiousness of many, [380]26, [381]27, [382]118; dress of, [383]72, [384]152; thrones used by, [385]73, [386]149, [387]155; translations irregular, [388]73; not forbidden, [389]173; strife at election of, [390]113, [391]138, [392]169, [393]172, [394]177; not to interfere with one another, [395]121, [396]148; respect shown to, [397]146; benediction given by, [398]149; only one in a city, [399]152; departed, mention of, in church service, [400]166.

Boniface, bishop of Rome, succeeds Zosimus, [401]158.

Briso, bishop of Philippi, [402]150.

Briso, eunuch in the service of Eudoxia, [403]149.

Britain, Christians of, [404]15; a Novatian bishop lord-lieutenant of, [405]158.

Buddas (previously called Terebinthus), his death, [406]25.

Burgundians, conversion of, [407]169, [408]170.

Byzantium, enlarged by Constantine the Great and called Constantinople, [409]19-21.

Cæsarea in Palestine, Eusebius Pamphilus writes to, [410]11, [411]39.

Cæsareum, church called so in Alexandria, [412]160.

Cæsars, the, Julian's work entitled, [413]92.

Caius, bishop, exiled under Constantius, [414]55.

Callicrates, bishop of Claudiopolis, [415]94.

Callinicus, a Melitian, used as tool against Athanasius, [416]29.

Calliopius, a presbyter, [417]166.

Callistus, one of Julian's body-guards, writes poetry, [418]90.

Calvary, a temple of Venus erected on its summit by Hadrian, [419]21.

Candles, lighted, used at prayers in the churches of Achæa, [420]132; of Thessaly, and among the Novatians of Constantinople, [421]132.

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