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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series • VOL 2 • SECTION 277

Linen vestments, [1391]29.

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Linen vestments, [1391]29.

Loaves of benediction, [1392]158.

Logos, eternal and uncreated, [1393]4; personal, [1394]45.

Lucian of Arca, Semi-Arian bishop, [1395]95, [1396]109.

Lucifer, bishop of Carala, appointed to the see of Antioch, [1397]80; constitutes Paulinus their bishop and departs to Antioch, [1398]80, [1399]83; his adherents become a sect, he leaves them and returns to Sardinia, [1400]84.

Lucius, bishop of Adrianople, expelled and restored, [1401]42, [1402]51; dies in prison, [1403]54.

Lucius, Arian bishop at Alexandria, [1404]80, [1405]96; installed in the episcopal chair of Alexandria, [1406]105; attacks the Egyptian monasteries, [1407]109; attempts to ordain the Saracen Moses, [1408]116; expelled, [1409]117; retains authority although absent, [1410]119.

Lyons, city in Gaul, [1411]59.

Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem, written to by Constantine, [1412]16; present at the Nicene Council, [1413]19; aids Helena in recovering the cross, [1414]21; dies, [1415]38.

Macarius, a presbyter, conducted in chains to the Council of Tyre, [1416]30.

Macarius, monk, 'the Egyptian,' [1417]107; gives lesson in contentment, [1418]108; exiled, [1419]109.

Macarius, monk, 'the Alexandrian,' [1420]107; exiled, [1421]109.

Macarius, Novatian, [1422]129.

Macedonians, the, sect of, [1423]9, [1424]14, [1425]73, [1426]81, [1427]96, [1428]161; correspond with Liberius of Rome, [1429]100-103; accept the Nicene Creed, [1430]101; relapse and reject it again, [1431]119, [1432]121.

Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople, a deacon, [1433]38; elected bishop, [1434]41; installed as bishop, [1435]43; massacre on this occasion, [1436]43; holds meetings separately, [1437]51; persecutes those who differ from him, [1438]54; excites tumults and desolates the churches, [1439]65, [1440]66; becomes odious, [1441]67, [1442]68; deposed by Acacius, [1443]72; conspires to excite commotions, [1444]73.

Macedonius, bishop of Mopsuestia, [1445]31, [1446]44.

Macedonius, a Christian who endured cruel martyrdom, [1447]86.

'Macrostich,' creed so called, [1448]44-46.

Magi, attempt to deceive Isdigerdes, [1449]157.

Magic, [1450]30, [1451]39, [1452]72, [1453]76, [1454]78, [1455]105.

Magnentius, slays Constans, [1456]53, [1457]56; becomes master of Rome, [1458]59, [1459]77; is defeated and commits suicide, [1460]59.

Magnus, a quæstor, [1461]59.

Magnus, an unknown individual, excommunicated, [1462]70.

Magnus, Arian bishop of Chalcedon, [1463]95.

Magnus, treasurer, [1464]105.

Mamre, pagan altar at, a church built instead of, [1465]22.

Mancipes, their office, [1466]127.

Manes (Manichæus), born a slave, enfranchised and educated, [1467]25; put to cruel death, [1468]26.

Manichæans, [1469]55, [1470]119, [1471]144, [1472]171.

Mantinium, inhabitants of, defeat the troops of Macedonius, [1473]67.

Marathonius, bishop of Nicomedia, [1474]66, [1475]74.

Marcellus, bishop of Ancyra, deposed, [1476]33, [1477]44, [1478]45; is restored, [1479]34; expelled and restored, [1480]42; reinstated by the Council of Sardica, [1481]47; refuted by Eusebius Pamphilus, [1482]48; restored to his see by Constantius, [1483]51; again ejected, [1484]54; succeeded by Basil, [1485]72.

Marcian, a Novatian presbyter, [1486]99.

Marcian, Semi-Arian bishop of Lampsacus, [1487]121.

Marcian, Novatian bishop of Constantinople, [1488]129; his death, [1489]138.

Marcian, Novatian bishop in Scythia, succeeds Paul at Constantinople, [1490]178.

Marcus Aurelius, emperor, [1491]92.

Mardonius, a eunuch, [1492]76.

Mareotes, a district of Alexandria, so called, [1493]29, [1494]31, [1495]43.

Marinus, Arian bishop of Constantinople, succeeds Demophilus, [1496]124; his views, [1497]134.

Maris, Arian bishop of Chalcedon, defends Arianism, [1498]9; refuses to assent to the Nicene Creed, [1499]10; conspires against Athanasius, [1500]29, [1501]33, [1502]41, [1503]44; joins the Acacians, [1504]71; reproves Julian, [1505]85.

Mark, a Syrian bishop under Constantius, [1506]44; exiled, [1507]55.

Mark, another bishop exiled under Constantius, [1508]55.

Mark, bishop of Arethusa, [1509]56.

Marriage, not allowed after ordination, [1510]18; condemnation of, heretical, [1511]72.

Martyrdom, eagerness for, [1512]105.

Martyrius, one of the authors of the 'Lengthy Creed,' [1513]44.

Maruthas, bishop of Mesopotamia, treads on Cyrinus' foot, [1514]148, [1515]151; sent on a mission to the king of Persia, [1516]156; cures the king by his prayers, [1517]157.

Mary, the Blessed Virgin, [1518]56, [1519]170.

Massacre at the installation of Macedonius, [1520]43.

Matthew, the Apostle, preaches to the Ethiopians, [1521]23.

Mavia, queen of Saracens, heads a revolt against the Romans and offers to lay down arms on certain conditions, [1522]116; the Roman generals consent, [1523]116; gives her daughter in marriage to Victor, the commander-in-chief of the Roman army, [1524]116; enables the inhabitants, of Constantinople to repulse the Goths, [1525]118.

Maxentius, made emperor by the Prætorians, his atrocious acts, [1526]1; drowned, [1527]2.

Maximian, surnamed Herculius, lays aside the imperial dignity, [1528]1; attempts to regain it, [1529]1; dies at Tarsus, [1530]1.

Maximian, bishop of Constantinople, succeeds Nestorius, [1531]173; his death and funeral obsequies, [1532]175.

Maximin, Cæsar (Maximian Galerius) appointed by Maximian, [1533]1.

Maximin, a governor of Rome, [1534]113.

Maximin, assessor in the Roman armies, accompanies Helion to Persia, is imprisoned, released, and concludes a treaty of peace, [1535]163.

Maximus, bishop of Jerusalem, [1536]38, [1537]52; ejected, [1538]65.

Maximus, of Ephesus, a philosopher, put to death as practicer of magic, [1539]76; deludes Julian, [1540]90; taught Sisinnius, [1541]129.

Maximus, of Byzantium, distinguished from preceding, [1542]76.

Maximus, bishop of Seleucia, [1543]139.

Maximus, usurper, [1544]25; causes Gratian to be assassinated, [1545]124; is admitted by Valentinian II. as his colleague, [1546]124; Theodosius puts him to death, [1547]125.

Maximus, Novatian bishop of Nicæa, [1548]113.

Meletius (or Melitius), bishop of Sebastia, transferred to Beroea and thence to Antioch, exiled by Constantius, [1549]72, [1550]73; holds assemblies at Antioch, [1551]83, [1552]84; recalled by Jovian, [1553]94, [1554]95; expelled by Valens, [1555]97; his death, [1556]111, [1557]122; funeral oration of, by Gregory of Nyssa, [1558]111, [1559]122; retained his see at the accession of Theodosius, [1560]119, [1561]120.

Meletius (Melitius), bishop of Alexandria, deposed, becomes the head of the sect called Melitians, [1562]5, [1563]6; restored to communion by the Nicene Council, [1564]12, [1565]13.

Melitians, their origin and union with the Arians, [1566]5; separated from the church, [1567]13; accuse Athanasius of crimes, [1568]29.

Memnon, bishop of Ephesus, [1569]172.

Menander, Greek poet, [1570]81.

Menedemus, suffers martyrdom, [1571]104.

Meropius, a Tyrian philosopher, murdered, [1572]23.

Merum, martyrs at, [1573]86.

Methodius, bishop of Olympus in Lycia, author of XenOn, [1574]147.

Metrodorus, a philosopher, [1575]23.

Metrophanes, bishop of Constantinople, succeeded by Alexander, [1576]35.

Milan, Synod of, [1577]60; tumult at, and ordination of Ambrose, [1578]113, [1579]114.

Miracles, [1580]18, [1581]23, [1582]25, [1583]109, [1584]111, [1585]112, [1586]161, [1587]174, [1588]175.

MisopOgOn, book so called written by Julian, [1589]88.

Mithra, murderous rites in the temple of, unveiled, [1590]78, [1591]79.

Mithreum, cleansed, [1592]79; demolished, [1593]126.

Modestus, the prefect, burns eighty pious men in a ship, [1594]104.

Monasticism, extension of, [1595]66, [1596]109, [1597]161; harassed by Arians, [1598]106.

Monk, the, treatise by Evagrius, [1599]107.

Monks, of Egypt, their remarkable lives, [1600]106, [1601]107; their sufferings and Christian endurance, [1602]108, [1603]109; the 'Tall,' of Alexandria, [1604]143.

Monks, to the, living in communities, treatise by Evagrius, [1605]107.

Montanus and Montanism, [1606]27, [1607]63, [1608]171.

Mopsucrene, Constantius dies at, [1609]75.

Mopsuestia, [1610]44.

Moses, bishop of the Saracens, at the instance of Queen Mavia he is ordained, [1611]116.

Mulvian bridge, battle at, [1612]2.

Mursa, battle near, [1613]59.

Mysteries, name applied to the Eucharist, [1614]17, [1615]112, [1616]128, [1617]145.

Mythology, the pagan, impure, [1618]93, [1619]94.

Nails of the cross, the, [1620]22.

Names, many persons change their, to avoid death from suspicion, [1621]105; Atticus, changes ill-omened, [1622]167.

Narcissus, bishop of Neronias, under Constantius, [1623]44, [1624]54, [1625]72.

Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem, [1626]173.

Narsæus, Persian general, [1627]162.

Nectarius, bishop of Constantinople, elected, [1628]121; consulted by Theodosius the Great as to points of difference between the Christian sects, [1629]122, [1630]123; abolishes the office of penitentiary presbyter, [1631]128; his death, [1632]138.

Neonas, bishop of Seleucia, ejected, [1633]72.

Nepotian, a usurper, assumes the sovereignty of Rome and is slain, [1634]53.

Nestorius, a governor of Alexandria, [1635]52.

Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, native of Germania, invited to Constantinople, [1636]169; persecutes the Macedonians, [1637]170; his heresy, [1638]171; deposed by the Synod of Ephesus, [1639]172; banished to the Great Oasis, [1640]172.

New Jerusalem, church called by the name, [1641]21, [1642]32.

'New Rome,' Constantinople called, [1643]21, [1644]22.

Nicæa, Council of, summoned by Constantine, [1645]8; Eusebius Pamphilus' account of it, [1646]10-12; names of bishops present, [1647]19; period of the assembly of, [1648]19; did not alter the time of celebrating Easter, [1649]131.

Nice, town in Thrace, Arians hold a council at, [1650]65.

Nicene Creed, [1651]10; Arians scheme to subvert, [1652]39, [1653]47; not to be changed, [1654]62, [1655]70, [1656]102.

Nicocles, a grammarian, [1657]76.

Nicolaus Damascenus, a Greek writer, [1658]167.

Nilammon, a bishop exiled under Constantius, [1659]55.

Nile, superstitious views of its inundations, [1660]22; Athanasius on the, [1661]86.

Nisibis, [1662]91, [1663]162.

Nitria, monks of, [1664]106, [1665]160.

Nocturnal services, [1666]144.

Novatianism, principle of, [1667]17; origin of, [1668]112.

Novatians, orthodox as to faith, [1669]18, [1670]66, [1671]100, [1672]123, [1673]125, [1674]128, [1675]167; persecuted by the Arians, [1676]66, [1677]100; alter their Easter, [1678]113; divided among themselves respecting it, [1679]129, [1680]134.

Novatus, presbyter of the Roman church, [1681]42, [1682]112; secedes from it, [1683]112; suffers martyrdom, [1684]112.

Oak, Council of the, [1685]149.

Oak of Mamre, [1686]22.

Oasis, the Great, [1687]55, [1688]172.

Oaths, [1689]35, [1690]99, [1691]112, [1692]130, [1693]141, [1694]146.

OEnomaus, philosopher, condemns Apollo, [1695]94.

Olympius, a Thracian bishop proscribed by Constantius, [1696]54.

Optatus, pagan prefect of Constantinople under Arcadius, [1697]151.

Optimus, bishop of Antioch in Pisidia, [1698]122, [1699]173.

'Oracles, the Christian,' the New Testament, so called, [1700]60.

Oracles, pagan, [1701]22, [1702]88, [1703]93, [1704]94, [1705]99, [1706]105.

Ordination, necessity of, [1707]30; refused to the lapsed, [1708]33; the Holy Spirit conveyed at, [1709]70.

Orestes, prefect of Alexandria under Theodosius II., [1710]159; opposes Cyril, bishop of that city, [1711]159; is attacked by the monks, [1712]160.

Origen, views of, [1713]49, [1714]60, [1715]74, [1716]81, [1717]132, [1718]143, [1719]171; works of, [1720]110; pupils of, [1721]112, [1722]156; condemned by Theophilus, [1723]144, [1724]147; defense of, [1725]147, [1726]148; contrast between treatment of, and treatment of Chrysostom, [1727]177.

Origenists, a party in the church so called, opposed to the Anthropomorphitæ, [1728]145.

Origen's principles, on, treatise by Didymus, [1729]110.

Otreius, bishop of Melitena, [1730]122.

Ousia, used by the Nicene Council, [1731]10; various meanings of, [1732]81; rejected by Acacians, [1733]58, [1734]62, [1735]71; accepted later by the same, [1736]95.

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Pagan rites, [1737]79, [1738]86, [1739]126.

Palladius, governor of Egypt under Valens, [1740]105.

Palladius, bishop of Helenopolis, [1741]173.

Palladius, a monk, disciple of Evagrius, [1742]109.

Palladius, a celebrated courier, [1743]163.

Pallium (philosopher's cloak), [1744]78, [1745]94.

Pambos, an Egyptian monk, [1746]107.

Pamphilus, [1747]81, [1748]112.

Pancratius, bishop of Pelusium, [1749]56.

Paphlagonia, Arian violence in, [1750]67; temperament of people of, [1751]112.

Paphnutius, bishop of Upper Thebes, [1752]8; honored by the emperor for the truth's sake, [1753]18; opposes an austere view of marriage, [1754]18.

Parembole, a gnostic monk from, [1755]108.

Pasinicus, bishop of Zelæ (Zena), [1756]94.

Patricius, Arian bishop of Paltus, [1757]95.

Patripassians, a heretical sect, [1758]46, [1759]101, [1760]102.

Patrophilus, Arian bishop, conspires against Athanasius, [1761]33; ejects Maximus, [1762]65; not present at the Synod of Seleucia, [1763]68; deposed, [1764]70; Acacius favors him, [1765]73, [1766]101.

Paul, bishop of Tyre, [1767]31.

Paul of Samosata ('The Samosatan'), [1768]33, [1769]45, [1770]47, [1771]56, [1772]57, [1773]171.

Paul, bishop of Constantinople, elected, [1774]38; ejected by Constantius, [1775]38; reinstated, [1776]41; again expelled, [1777]42; returns to Rome, [1778]44; again reinstated by the Council of Sardica, [1779]47, [1780]49, [1781]51; strangled, [1782]54; his body honorably interred by Theodosius the Great, [1783]122.

Paul, the Apostle, at Athens, [1784]127; his opposition to Judaism, [1785]130.

Paul, reader, associated with John Chrysostom, [1786]149.

Paul, Novatian bishop at Constantinople, [1787]161; exposes a Jewish impostor, [1788]161; his piety, [1789]169; preserves a church from burning, through his prayers, [1790]175; his death, [1791]178.

Paulinus, bishop of Treves, exiled by Constantius, [1792]60.

Paulinus, bishop of Antioch, ordained by Lucifer, [1793]80, [1794]93, [1795]96; left unmolested by Valens, [1796]97; retains a portion of the church, [1797]119; protests against the association with him of Meletius, [1798]119.

Pazum, Novatian Council of, [1799]113, [1800]129.

Pelagius, Semi-Arian bishop of Laodicæa, accepts the Nicene Creed, [1801]95; invested with the administration of the churches in the East, [1802]122.

Pelargus, church at, [1803]66, [1804]175.

Pelusium, [1805]53.

Penitentiary presbyter, office of, abolished, [1806]128.

Perigenes, bishop of Patræ, [1807]173.

Persia, bishop of, at Nicæa, [1808]8; wars with, [1809]53, [1810]85, [1811]88, [1812]162; spread of Christianity in, [1813]156, [1814]157; persecution of Christians in, [1815]162.

Peter, bishop of Alexandria, suffers martyrdom, [1816]3; deposed by Meletius, [1817]5; celebration of martyrdom of, [1818]20.

Peter, another bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Athanasius, [1819]105; is deposed and imprisoned, [1820]105; exposes the falsehoods of Sabinus the Macedonian, [1821]106; returns from Rome, [1822]117; his death, [1823]117.

Peter, implicated in accusations against Athanasius, [1824]33.

Peter, Semi-Arian bishop of Sippi, [1825]95.

Peter, a monk, brother of Basil, [1826]111.

Peter, archpresbyter of the church of Alexandria, [1827]144.

Peter, a reader, ringleader in the murder of Hypatia, [1828]160.

Pharmaceus, a port in the Euxine, name of, changed, [1829]167.

Philadelphia, Synod of, [1830]81.

Philip, prætorian prefect under Constantius, entraps the bishop Paul, [1831]42, [1832]43.

Philip, a learned presbyter of Side, author of Christian History, [1833]168; a candidate for the see of Constantinople, [1834]172.

Philippopolis, Arian Council of, [1835]47, [1836]49.

Philo, bishop, exiled under Constantius, [1837]55.

Philosophers, Julian claims to be one of them, [1838]78, [1839]164; many resort to him, [1840]78; disagreement among, [1841]7, [1842]115.

Philosophy, studied among Christians, [1843]87, [1844]88, [1845]110, [1846]129, [1847]154; applied to ascetic life, [1848]24, [1849]107.

Philumenus, [1850]29.

Phoebus, excommunicated, [1851]70.

Photinus, bishop of Sirmium, heresy of, [1852]44, [1853]45; deposed, [1854]56, [1855]58; exiled, [1856]58; Nestorius accused of following, [1857]171.

Phrygians, temperament of, [1858]112.

Pilate, tablet of, recovered, [1859]21.

Pior, an Egyptian monk, [1860]106.

Piso, Semi-Arian bishop of Adana, [1861]95.

Piso, Semi-Arian bishop of Augusta, [1862]95.

Piterus, a learned Egyptian monk, gave scientific lectures, opening with prayer, [1863]107.

Placidia, mother of Valentinian III., and daughter of Theodosius the Great, [1864]114, [1865]166.

'Placidian,' an imperial palace so called, [1866]149.

Placitus (Flaccillus), bishop of Antioch, [1867]38, [1868]54, [1869]97.

Plato, ancient philosopher, [1870]60, [1871]87, [1872]90, [1873]92, [1874]156, [1875]160.

Plintha, commander-in-chief under Theodosius II., [1876]134.

Pliny, a bishop exiled under Constantius, [1877]55.

Plotinus, [1878]160.

Pneumatomachi, party among the Arians, [1879]74.

Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, suffered martyrdom under Gordian, [1880]130.

Polycarp, bishop of Sextantaprista, [1881]173.

Polytheism, Arians charged with, [1882]27; pagan philosophy teaches, [1883]87.

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