The City of God (part 2 of 3)

Entity, none contrary to the divine,⁵⁶⁷227.

Epictetus, quoted on mental emotions,⁵⁶⁸168.

Ericthonius,⁵⁶⁹367.

Errors, the, of the human judgment, when the truth is hidden,⁵⁷⁰357.

Erythræan Sibyl, the, her predictions of Christ,⁵⁷¹372.

Esau and Jacob, the dissimilarity of the character and actions of,⁵⁷²86; the things mystically prefigured by,⁵⁷³331, etc.

Esdras and Maccabees, the Books of,⁵⁷⁴382.

Eternal life, the gift of God,⁵⁷⁵121; the promise of, uttered before eternal times,⁵⁷⁶236.

Eternal punishment,⁵⁷⁷461. See Punishment.

Eucharius, a Spanish bishop, cured of stone by the relics of St. Stephen,⁵⁷⁸488.

Eudemons,⁵⁷⁹171,⁵⁸⁰173.

Eusebeia,⁵⁸¹181.

Evil, no natural,⁵⁸²216.

Evil will, a, no efficient cause of,⁵⁸³230.

Existence, and knowledge of it, and love of both,⁵⁸⁴220, etc.,⁵⁸⁵221, etc.

Eye, the, of the resurrection body, the power of,⁵⁸⁶508.

Fables invented by the heathen in the times of the judges of Israel,⁵⁸⁷367.

Fabricius and Pyrrhus,⁵⁸⁸100.

Faith, justification by,⁵⁸⁹195, etc.

Faith and Virtue, honored by the Romans with temples,⁵⁹⁰73,⁵⁹¹74.

Fall of Man, the, and its results, foreknown by God,⁵⁹²241; mortality contracted by,⁵⁹³245; the second death results from,⁵⁹⁴262; the nature of,⁵⁹⁵271, etc.,⁵⁹⁶272, etc.

Fate,⁵⁹⁷82; the name misapplied by some when they use it of the divine will,⁵⁹⁸89.

Fathers, the two, of the two cities, sprung from one progenitor,⁵⁹⁹298.

Fear and Dread, made gods,,⁶⁰⁰76.

Felicity, the gift of God,⁶⁰¹121; the eternal, of the city of God,⁶⁰²509,⁶⁰³511.

Felicity, the goddess of,⁶⁰⁴73; the Romans ought to have been content with Virtue and,⁶⁰⁵74,⁶⁰⁶75; for a long time not worshipped by the Romans; her deserts,⁶⁰⁷76,⁶⁰⁸77.

Fever, worshipped as a deity,⁶⁰⁹31 and note,⁶¹⁰48.

Fig-tree, a singular, of Egypt,⁶¹¹456.

Fimbria, the destruction of Ilium by,⁶¹²45.⁶¹³46.

Fire, the peculiar properties of,⁶¹⁴454.

Fire, the, whirlwind, and the sword,⁶¹⁵441.

Fire, saved so as by,⁶¹⁶473.

Fire, the, which comes down from heaven to consume the enemies of the holy city,⁶¹⁷432.

Fire, the, and the worm that dieth not,⁶¹⁸461; of hell,—is it material? and if it be so, can it burn wicked spirits?⁶¹⁹462, etc.

First man (our first parents), the, the plentitude of the human race contained in,⁶²⁰243; the fall of,⁶²¹245; what was the first punishment of?⁶²²251; the state in which he was made, and that into which he fell,⁶²³251; forsook God, before God forsook him,⁶²⁴251; effects of the sin of,—the second death,⁶²⁵262, etc.; was he, before the fall, free from perturbations of soul?⁶²⁶271; the temptation and fall of,⁶²⁷271,⁶²⁸272; nature of the first sin of,⁶²⁹273; the pride of the sin of,⁶³⁰274; justice of the punishment of,⁶³¹274,⁶³²275; the nakedness of,⁶³³276; the transgression of, did not abolish the blessing of fecundity,⁶³⁴278; begat offspring in Paradise without blushing,⁶³⁵281,⁶³⁶282.

First parents, our. See First Man.

First principles of all things, the, according to the ancient philosophy,⁶³⁷148.

First sin, the nature of the,⁶³⁸273.

Flaccianus,⁶³⁹372.

Flesh, the, of believers, the resurrection of,⁶⁴⁰255; the world at large believes in the resurrection of [see Resurrection],⁶⁴¹481; of a dead man, which has become the flesh of a living man, whose shall it be in the resurrection?⁶⁴²498.

Flesh, living after the,⁶⁴³263, etc.,⁶⁴⁴264, etc.; children of the, and of the promise,⁶⁴⁵285.

Florentius, the tailor, how he prayed for a coat, and got it,⁶⁴⁶488.

Foreknowledge, the, of God, and the free-will of man,⁶⁴⁷90, etc.

Forgiveness of debts, prayed for,⁶⁴⁸476,⁶⁴⁹477.

Fortitude,⁶⁵⁰402,⁶⁵¹403.

Fortune, the goddess of,⁶⁵²73,⁶⁵³124.

Foundation, the, the opinion of those who think that even depraved Catholics will be saved from damnation on account of, considered,⁶⁵⁴467, etc.,⁶⁵⁵473, etc.; who has Christ for?⁶⁵⁶473,⁶⁵⁷474.

Fountain, the singular, of the Garamantæ,⁶⁵⁸456.

Free-will of man, the, and the foreknowledge of God,⁶⁵⁹90, etc.

Free-will, in the state of perfect felicity,⁶⁶⁰510.

Friendship, the, of good men, anxieties connected with,⁶⁶¹405; of good angels, rendered insecure by the deceit of demons,⁶⁶²406, etc.

Fruit,⁶⁶³219.

Fugalia, the,⁶⁶⁴26.

Furnace, a smoking, and a lamp of fire passing between the pieces of Abraham's sacrifice, the import of,⁶⁶⁵325.

Galli, the,⁶⁶⁶26, and note,⁶⁶⁷136.

Games, restored in Rome during the first Punic war,⁶⁶⁸55.

Ganymede,⁶⁶⁹368.

Garamantæ, the singular fountain of the,⁶⁷⁰368.

Gauls, the, Rome invaded by,⁶⁷¹54.

Gehazi and Elisha,⁶⁷²507,⁶⁷³508.

Generation, would there have been, in Paradise if man had not sinned?⁶⁷⁴279, etc.,⁶⁷⁵280, etc.

Genius, and Saturn, both shown to be really Jupiter,⁶⁷⁶129, etc.

Giants, the offspring of the sons of God and daughters of men,—and other,⁶⁷⁷304, etc.,⁶⁷⁸305.

Glory, the difference between, and the desire of dominion,⁶⁷⁹101; shameful to make the virtues serve human,⁶⁸⁰102; the, of the latter house,⁶⁸¹390; the endless, of the Church,⁶⁸²436, etc.

God, the vicissitudes of life dependent on the will of,⁶⁸³37, etc.; not the soul of the world,⁶⁸⁴71; rational animals not parts of,⁶⁸⁵71; THE ONE, to be worshipped, although His name is unknown, the giver of felicity,⁶⁸⁶77,⁶⁸⁷78; the times of kings and kingdoms ordered by,⁶⁸⁸82; the kingdom of the Jews founded by,⁶⁸⁹82; the foreknowledge of, and the free-will of man,⁶⁹⁰90, etc.; the providence of,⁶⁹¹93, etc.,⁶⁹²190; all the glory of the righteous is in,⁶⁹³96; what He gives to the followers of truth to .enjoy above His general bounties,⁶⁹⁴140, the worship of,⁶⁹⁵180,⁶⁹⁶181,⁶⁹⁷182; the sacrifices due to Him only,⁶⁹⁸182, etc.; the sacrifices not required, but enjoined by, for the exhibition of truth,⁶⁹⁹183; the true and perfect sacrifice due to,⁷⁰⁰183, etc.; invisible, yet has often made Himself visible,⁷⁰¹189, etc.; our dependence for temporal good,⁷⁰²189; angels fulfill the providence of,⁷⁰³190; sin had not its origin in,⁷⁰⁴214; the eternal knowledge, will, and design of,⁷⁰⁵216, etc.; has He been always sovereign Lord, and has He always had creatures over whom He exercised His sovereignty?⁷⁰⁶235, etc.; His promise of eternal life uttered before eternal times,⁷⁰⁷236; the unchangeable counsel and will of, defended against objections,⁷⁰⁸237; refutation of the opinion that His knowledge cannot comprehend things infinite,⁷⁰⁹238; the fall of man foreknown by,⁷¹⁰241; the Creator of every kind of creature,⁷¹¹242; the providence of, not disturbed by the wickedness of angels or of men,⁷¹²282; the anger of,⁷¹³306, etc.,⁷¹⁴470; the coming down of, to confound the language of the builders of Babel,⁷¹⁵313, etc.; whether the, of the Christians is the true, to whom alone sacrifice ought to be paid,⁷¹⁶415, etc.; the will of, unchangeable and eternal,⁷¹⁷480.

Gods, the, cities never spared on account of, 2, etc.; folly of the Romans in trusting, 3, etc.; the worshippers of, never received healthy precepts from,—the impurity of the worship of,⁷¹⁸24; obscenities practised in honor of the Mother of the,⁷¹⁹25; never inculcated holiness of life,⁷²⁰26; the shameful actions of, as displayed in theatrical exhibitions,⁷²¹27; the reason why they suffered false or real crimes to be attributed to them,⁷²²28; the Romans showed a more delicate regard for themselves than for the,⁷²³29; the Romans should have considered those who desired to be worshipped in a licentious manner as unworthy of being honored as,⁷²⁴29; Plato better than,⁷²⁵30; if they had any regard for Rome, the Romans should have received good laws from them,⁷²⁶31; took no means to prevent the republic from being ruined by immorality,⁷²⁷36; etc.; the vicissitudes of life not dependent on,⁷²⁸37, etc.; incite to evil actions,⁷²⁹39, etc.; give secret and obscure instructions in morals, while their solemnities publicly incite to wickedness,⁷³⁰40; the obscenities of the plays consecrated to, contributed to overthrow the republic,⁷³¹41;the evils which alone the pagans feared, not averted by,⁷³²43, etc.; were they justified in permitting the destruction of Troy?⁷³³43; could not be offended at the adultery of Paris, the crime being so common among themselves,⁷³⁴44; Varro's opinion of the utility of men feigning themselves to be the offspring of,⁷³⁵44; not likely they were offended at the adultery of Paris, as they were not at the adultery of the mother of Romulus,⁷³⁶45; exacted no penalty for the fratricidal conduct of Romulus,⁷³⁷45; is it credible that the peace of Numa's reign was owing to?⁷³⁸46; new, introduced by Numa,⁷³⁹48; the Romans added many to those of Numa,⁷⁴⁰48; Rome not defended by,⁷⁴¹53, etc.; which of the, can the Romans suppose presided over the rise and welfare of the empire?⁷⁴²68, etc.; the silly and absurd multiplication of, for places and things,⁷⁴³68; divers set over divers parts of the world,⁷⁴⁴69; the many, who are asserted by pagan doctors to be the one Jove,⁷⁴⁵70, etc.; the knowledge and worship of the, which Varro glories in having conferred on the Romans,⁷⁴⁶75; the reasons by which the pagans defended their worshipping the divine gifts themselves among the,⁷⁴⁷77, etc.; the scenic plays which they have exacted from their worshippers,⁷⁴⁸77; the three kinds of, discovered by Scævola,⁷⁴⁹78, etc.; whether the worship of, has been of service to the Romans,⁷⁵⁰79; what their worshippers have owned they have thought about,⁷⁵¹80; the opinions of Varro about,⁷⁵²81; of those who profess to worship them on account of eternal advantages,⁷⁵³108, etc.; Varro's thoughts about the, of the nations,⁷⁵⁴110, etc.; the worshippers of, regard human things more than divine,⁷⁵⁵111, etc.; Varro's distribution of, into fabulous, natural, and civil,⁷⁵⁶112, etc.; the mythical and civil,⁷⁵⁷113; natural explanations of,⁷⁵⁸116, etc.; the special officers of,⁷⁵⁹117; those presiding over the marriage chamber,⁷⁶⁰117,⁷⁶¹118; the popular worship of, vehemently censured by Seneca,⁷⁶²119,⁷⁶³120; unable to bestow eternal life,⁷⁶⁴121; the select,⁷⁶⁵122; no reason can be assigned for forming the select class of,⁷⁶⁶123; those which preside over births,⁷⁶⁷123; the inferior and the select compared,⁷⁶⁸171; the secret doctrine of the pagans concerning the physical interpretation of,⁷⁶⁹125; Varro pronounces his own opinions concerning uncertain,⁷⁷⁰132; Varro's doctrine concerning, not self-consistent,⁷⁷¹139, etc.; distinguished from men and demons,⁷⁷²153; do they use the demons as messengers?⁷⁷³158; Hermes laments the error of his forefathers in inventing the art of making,⁷⁷⁴161; scarcely any of, who were not dead men,⁷⁷⁵163; the Platonists maintain that the poets wrong the,⁷⁷⁶169; Apuleius' definition of,⁷⁷⁷170; does the intercession of demons secure the favor of, for men?⁷⁷⁸171; according to the Platonists, they decline intercourse with men,,⁷⁷⁹174, etc.; the name falsely given to those of the nations, yet given in Scripture to angels and men,⁷⁸⁰178, etc.; threats employed towards,⁷⁸¹188; philosophers assigned to each of, different functions,⁷⁸²412.

Gods, the multitudes of, for every place and thing,⁷⁸³68, etc.,⁷⁸⁴74,⁷⁸⁵75,⁷⁸⁶117,⁷⁸⁷118,⁷⁸⁸122,⁷⁸⁹123.

Gods, the invention of the art of making,⁷⁹⁰161.

Gog and Magog,⁷⁹¹432.

Good, no nature in which there is not some,⁷⁹²409.

Good, the chief,⁷⁹³347; various opinions of the philosophers respecting,⁷⁹⁴397; the three leading views of, which to be chosen,⁷⁹⁵400, etc.; the Christian view of,⁷⁹⁶401, etc.

Good men, and wicked, the advantages and disadvantages indiscriminately occurring to, 5; reasons for administering correction to both together, 6, etc.; what Solomon says of things happening alike to both,⁷⁹⁷163.

Goods, the loss of, no loss to the saints, 7, etc.

Gospel, the, made more famous by the sufferings of its preachers,⁷⁹⁸391.

Gracchi, the civil dissensions occasioned by,⁷⁹⁹59.

Grace of God, the, the operation of, in relation to believers,⁸⁰⁰464; pertains to every epoch of life,⁸⁰¹465; delivers from the miseries occasioned by the first sin,⁸⁰²500,⁸⁰³501.

Great Mother, the, the abominable sacred rites of,⁸⁰⁴137,⁸⁰⁵138.

Greeks, the conduct of the, on the sack of Troy, 3, 4.

Habakkuk, the prophecy and prayer of,⁸⁰⁶377.

Hagar, the relation of, to Sarah and Abraham,⁸⁰⁷325.

Haggai's prophecy respecting the glory of the latter house,⁸⁰⁸390.

Hadrian yields up portions of the Roman empire,⁸⁰⁹70,⁸¹⁰80.

Ham, the conduct of, towards his father,⁸¹¹309; the sons of,⁸¹²311.

Hannah's prophetic song, an exposition of,⁸¹³339-⁸¹⁴343.

Hannibal, his invasion of Italy, and victories over the Romans,⁸¹⁵56; his destruction of Saguntum,⁸¹⁶56,⁸¹⁷57.

Happiness, the gift of God,⁸¹⁸121; of the saints in the future life,⁸¹⁹406,⁸²⁰407.

Happiness, the, desired by those who reject the Christian religion,⁸²¹34, etc.

Happy man, the, described by contrast,⁸²²66.

Heaven, God shall call to,⁸²³445.

Hebrew Bible, the, and the Septuagint,—which to be followed in computing the years of the antediluvians,⁸²⁴293, etc.

Hebrew language, the original,⁸²⁵317, etc.; written character of,⁸²⁶383.

Hebrews, the Epistle to the,⁸²⁷323.

Hecate, the reply of, when questioned respecting Christ,⁸²⁸416.

Heifer, goat, and ram, three years old, in Abraham's sacrifice,—the import of,⁸²⁹324.

Hell,⁸³⁰460; is the fire of, material? and if so, can it burn wicked spirits?⁸³¹461.

Hercules,⁸³²365,⁸³³367; the story of the sacristan of,⁸³⁴115.

Here,⁸³⁵193.

Heretics, the Catholic faith confirmed by the dissensions of,⁸³⁶133,⁸³⁷134.

Hermes, the god,⁸³⁸164.

Hermes Trismegistus, respecting idolatry and the abolition of the superstitions of the Egyptians,⁸³⁹159, etc.; openly confesses the error of his forefathers, the destruction of which he yet deplores,⁸⁴⁰161, etc.

Herod,⁸⁴¹393; a persecutor,⁸⁴²388,⁸⁴³389.

Heroes of the Church, the,⁸⁴⁴451.

Hesperius, miraculously delivered from evil spirits,⁸⁴⁵487.

Hippocrates quoted in relation to twins,⁸⁴⁶85.

Histriones,⁸⁴⁷30, note.

Holofernes, his inquiry respecting the Israelites, and Achior's answer,⁸⁴⁸319.

Holy Ghost, the,⁸⁴⁹259.

Homer, quoted,⁸⁵⁰43,⁸⁵¹90.

Hope, the influence of,⁸⁵²403; the saints now blessed in,⁸⁵³414.

Horace, quoted, 3,⁸⁵⁴96.

Horatii and Curiatii, the,⁸⁵⁵49,⁸⁵⁶50.

Hortensius, the first dictator,⁸⁵⁷54.

Hosea, his prophecies respecting the things of the gospel,⁸⁵⁸375,⁸⁵⁹376.

Human race, the, the creation of, in time,⁸⁶⁰234; created at first in one individual,⁸⁶¹241; the plenitude of, contained in the first man,⁸⁶²243.

Hydromancy,⁸⁶³142.

Hyrcanus,⁸⁶⁴388.

Ilium, modern, destroyed by Fimbria,⁸⁶⁵45,⁸⁶⁶46.

Image of the beast, the,⁸⁶⁷431.

Image of God, the human soul created in the,⁸⁶⁸241.

Images of the gods, not used by the ancient Romans,⁸⁶⁹81.

Imitation of the gods,⁸⁷⁰27.

Immortality, the portion of man, had he not sinned,⁸⁷¹245,⁸⁷²254.

Incarnation of Christ, the,⁸⁷³195,⁸⁷⁴389; faith in, alone justifies,⁸⁷⁵453, etc.; the Platonists, in their impiety, blush to acknowledge,⁸⁷⁶199, etc.

Innocentia, of Carthage, miraculously cured of cancer,⁸⁷⁷486.

Innocentius, of Carthage, miraculously cured of fistula,⁸⁷⁸485,⁸⁷⁹486.

Ino,⁸⁸⁰368.

Intercession of the saints,—Of those who think that, on account of, no man shall be damned in the last judgment,⁸⁸¹466, etc.,⁸⁸²469, etc.

Io, daughter of,⁸⁸³363.

Ionic school of philosophy, the founder of the,⁸⁸⁴145.

Irenæus, a tax-gatherer, the son of, restored to life by means of the oil of St. Stephen,⁸⁸⁵489.

Isaac, and Ishmael,⁸⁸⁶285; a type,⁸⁸⁷286; the birth of, and import of his name,⁸⁸⁸328,⁸⁸⁹329; the offering up of,⁸⁹⁰329; Rebecca, the wife of,⁸⁹¹330; the oracle and blessing received by, just as his father died,⁸⁹²331.

Isaiah, the predictions of, respecting Christ,⁸⁹³376.

Isis and Osiris,⁸⁹⁴164,⁸⁹⁵165,⁸⁹⁶186,⁸⁹⁷363,⁸⁹⁸364,⁸⁹⁹383,⁹⁰⁰384.

Israel, the name given to Jacob,—the import of,⁹⁰¹333.

Israel, the nation of, its increase in, and deliverance from Egypt,⁹⁰²335,⁹⁰³336; were there any outside of, before Christ, who belonged to the fellowship of the holy city?⁹⁰⁴390, etc.

Italic school of philosophy, the,⁹⁰⁵145.

Jacob, and Esau, the things mysteriously prefigured by,⁹⁰⁶331, etc.; his mission to Mesopotamia,⁹⁰⁷332; his dream,⁹⁰⁸333; his wives,⁹⁰⁹333; why called Israel,⁹¹⁰333; how said to have gone into Egypt with seventy-five souls,⁹¹¹334; his blessing on Judah,⁹¹²334; his blessing the sons of Joseph,⁹¹³335; the times of, and of Joseph,⁹¹⁴363, etc.

Janus, the temple of,⁹¹⁵46; the relation of, to births,⁹¹⁶123; nothing infamous related of,⁹¹⁷125; is it reasonable to separate Terminus and?⁹¹⁸126; why two faces, and sometimes four, given to the image of?⁹¹⁹127; compared with Jupiter,⁹²⁰127; why he has received no star,⁹²¹131.

Japheth,⁹²²309.

Jeroboam,⁹²³359

Jerome, his labors as a translator of Scripture,⁹²⁴386; his commentary on Daniel referred to,⁹²⁵443.

Jerusalem, the new, coming down from heaven,⁹²⁶435, etc.

Jews, the, the kingdom of, founded by God,⁹²⁷82; what Seneca thought of,⁹²⁸120,⁹²⁹121; their unbelief, foretold in the Psalms,⁹³⁰356; end of the captivity of,—their prophets,⁹³¹374, etc.; the many adversities endured by,⁹³²388, etc.; the dispersion of, predicted,⁹³³389; whether, before Christ, there were any outside of, who belonged to the heavenly city,⁹³⁴389.

Joseph, the sons of, blessed by Jacob,⁹³⁵335; the times of,⁹³⁶363; the elevation of, to be ruler of Egypt,⁹³⁷363; who were kings at the period of the death of?⁹³⁸364.

Joshua,⁹³⁹77; who were kings at the time of the death of?⁹⁴⁰366; the sun stayed in its course by,⁹⁴¹459; the Jordan divided by,⁹⁴²459.

Jove, are the many gods of the pagans one and the same Jove?⁹⁴³70; the enlargement of kingdoms improperly ascribed to,⁹⁴⁴72; Mars, Terminus, and Juventas, refuse to yield to,⁹⁴⁵76,⁹⁴⁶80. See Jupiter.

Judah, Jacob's blessing on,⁹⁴⁷334, etc.

Judgment, ever going on,—the last,⁹⁴⁸421; ever present, although it cannot be discerned,⁹⁴⁹422; proofs of the last, from the New Testament and the Old,⁹⁵⁰423, etc.; words of Jesus respecting,⁹⁵¹423,⁹⁵²424.⁹⁵³425,⁹⁵⁴426; what Peter says of,⁹⁵⁵437; predictions respecting,⁹⁵⁶441, etc.,⁹⁵⁷443, etc.,⁹⁵⁸445, etc.; separation of the good and bad in the,⁹⁵⁹447; to be effected in the person of Christ,⁹⁶⁰449, etc.

Julian, the apostate,⁹⁶¹103; a persecutor,⁹⁶²393.

Juno,⁹⁶³69,⁹⁶⁴70,⁹⁶⁵123.

Jupiter, the power of, compared with Janus,⁹⁶⁶127, etc.; is the distinction made between, and Janus, a proper one?⁹⁶⁷128; the surnames of,⁹⁶⁸129; called "Pecunia,"—why?⁹⁶⁹130; scandalous amours of,⁹⁷⁰368.

Justinus, the historian, quoted respecting Ninus's lust of empire,⁹⁷¹67.

Juventas,⁹⁷²76,⁹⁷³79.

Keturah, what is meant by Abraham's marrying, after the death of Sarah?⁹⁷⁴330.

"Killeth and maketh alive, the Lord,"⁹⁷⁵341.

Killing, when allowable,⁹⁷⁶15.

Kingdom, the, of Israel, under Saul, a shadow,⁹⁷⁷346; the description of⁹⁷⁸343; promises of God respecting,⁹⁷⁹348, etc.,⁹⁸⁰350, etc.; varying character of, till the captivity, and finally, till the people passed under the power of the Romans,⁹⁸¹359.⁹⁸²360.

Kingdom of Christ, the⁹⁸³430.

Kingdoms, without justice,⁹⁸⁴66; have any been aided or deserted by the gods?⁹⁸⁵67; the enlargement of, unsuitably attributed to Jove,⁹⁸⁶72; the times of, ordained by the true God,⁹⁸⁷82; not fortuitous, nor influenced by the stars,⁹⁸⁸84,⁹⁸⁹85; the three great, when Abraham was born,⁹⁹⁰321.

Kings, of Israel, the times of the,⁹⁹¹336; after Solomon,⁹⁹²358; after the judges,⁹⁹³371; of the earthly city which synchronize with the times of the saints, reckoning from Abraham,⁹⁹⁴362, etc.; of Argos,⁹⁹⁵364; of Latium,⁹⁹⁶371.

Knowledge, the eternal and unchangeable, of God,⁹⁹⁷206, etc.; of our own existence,⁹⁹⁸220, etc.; by which the holy angels know God,⁹⁹⁹221, etc.

Labeo, cited,¹⁰⁰⁰31,¹⁰⁰¹59,¹⁰⁰²153,¹⁰⁰³506.

Lactantius, quotations made by, from a certain Sibyl,¹⁰⁰⁴373.

Language, the origin of the diversity of,¹⁰⁰⁵312, etc.; the original,¹⁰⁰⁶317, etc.; diversities of, how they operate to prevent human intercourse,¹⁰⁰⁷405

Larentina, the harlot,¹⁰⁰⁸115.

Latinius, Titus, the trick of, to secure the re-enactment of the games,¹⁰⁰⁹78.

Latium, the kings of,¹⁰¹⁰371.

Latreia and Douleia,¹⁰¹¹181,¹⁰¹²182.

Laurentum, the kingdom of,¹⁰¹³368.

Laver of regeneration, the,¹⁰¹⁴464.

Law, the, confirmed by miraculous signs,¹⁰¹⁵191, etc.; of Moses must be spiritually understood, to cut off the murmurs of carnal interpreters,¹⁰¹⁶447,¹⁰¹⁷448.

Lethe, the river,¹⁰¹⁸201.

Lex Voconia, the,¹⁰¹⁹75.

Liber, the god,¹⁰²⁰109; and Libera,¹⁰²¹11I7,¹⁰²²123,¹⁰²³124,¹⁰²⁴368.

Liberty, the, which is proper to man's nature,¹⁰²⁵411, etc.

Life, the end of, whether it is material that it be long delayed, 9; the vicissitudes of, not dependent on the favor of the gods; but on the will of the true God,¹⁰²⁶37.

Life, eternal, the gift of God,¹⁰²⁷121; the promise of, uttered before the eternal times,¹⁰²⁸236.

Light, the, the division of, from the darkness,—the significance of this¹⁰²⁹215; pronounced "good"—meaning of this,¹⁰³⁰216.

Lime, the peculiar properties of,¹⁰³¹454,¹⁰³²455.

Livy, quoted,¹⁰³³78.

Loadstone, the,¹⁰³⁴455.

Locusts, a fearful invasion of Africa by,¹⁰³⁵62.

Lot, the parting of Abraham and,¹⁰³⁶322; the deliverance of, from captivity, by Abraham,¹⁰³⁷323.

Lot's wife,¹⁰³⁸328.

Love and regard used in Scripture indifferently of good and evil affections,¹⁰³⁹266.

Lucan's Pharsalia, quoted,¹⁰⁴⁰10,¹⁰⁴¹48,¹⁰⁴²60.

Lucillus, bishop of Sinita, cured of a fistula by the relics of St. Stephen,¹⁰⁴³488.

Lucina, the goddess,¹⁰⁴⁴70,¹⁰⁴⁵123.

Lucretia, her chastity and suicide,¹⁰⁴⁶13.

Lucretius, quoted,¹⁰⁴⁷455.

Lust, the evil of,¹⁰⁴⁸275; and anger, to be bridled,¹⁰⁴⁹277, etc.; the bondage of, worse than bondage to men,¹⁰⁵⁰134.

Lying-in woman, the, her god-protectors,¹⁰⁵¹117.

Maccabæus, Judas,¹⁰⁵²388.

Maccabees, the Books of,¹⁰⁵³382.

Madness, the strange, which once seized upon all the domestic animals of the Romans,¹⁰⁵⁴59.

Magic art, the impiety of,¹⁰⁵⁵15; the marvels wrought by,¹⁰⁵⁶457.

Magicians of Egypt, the,¹⁰⁵⁷185.

Magnets, two, an image suspended between, in mid air,¹⁰⁵⁸457.

Malachi,¹⁰⁵⁹445.

"Mammon of unrighteousness,"¹⁰⁶⁰477,¹⁰⁶¹478.

Man, though mortal, can enjoy true happiness,¹⁰⁶²173; recentness of the creation of,¹⁰⁶³233, etc.; the first,¹⁰⁶⁴243, etc.; the fall of the first,¹⁰⁶⁵245; the death with which he first was threatened,¹⁰⁶⁶250; in what state made, and into what state he fell,¹⁰⁶⁷251; forsook God before God forsook him,¹⁰⁶⁸251; effects of the sin of the first,¹⁰⁶⁹262, etc.; what it is to live according to,¹⁰⁷⁰264, etc. See First Man.

Manichæans, the, references to,¹⁰⁷¹217; their view of the body,¹⁰⁷²265, etc.

Manlius, Cneius,¹⁰⁷³58.

Manturnæ, the goddess,¹⁰⁷⁴117,¹⁰⁷⁵118.

Marcellus, Marcus, destroys Syracuse, and bewails its ruin, 4.

Mares, the, of Cappadocia,¹⁰⁷⁶456.

Marica, the Minturnian goddess,¹⁰⁷⁷38.

Marius,¹⁰⁷⁸37.¹⁰⁷⁹38; the war between, and Sylla,¹⁰⁸⁰60,¹⁰⁸¹61.

Marriage, as originally instituted by God,¹⁰⁸²278; among blood relations in primitive times,¹⁰⁸³297; between blood relations, now abhorred,¹⁰⁸⁴298.

Marriage bed-chamber, the, the gods which preside over,¹⁰⁸⁵117,¹⁰⁸⁶118.

Mars, Terminus, and Juventas, refuse to yield to Jove,¹⁰⁸⁷77,¹⁰⁸⁸80; and Mercury, the offices of,¹⁰⁸⁹130.

Martial, a nobleman, converted by means of flowers brought from the shrine of St. Stephen,¹⁰⁹⁰488.

Martyrs, the honor paid to, by Christians,¹⁰⁹¹164, etc.; the heroes of the Church,¹⁰⁹²193; miracles wrought by,¹⁰⁹³491,¹⁰⁹⁴492.

Marvels related in history,¹⁰⁹⁵454,¹⁰⁹⁶455.¹⁰⁹⁷458; wrought by magic,¹⁰⁹⁸457.

Massephat,¹⁰⁹⁹347.

Mathematicians, the, convicted of professing a vain science,¹¹⁰⁰87.

Mediator, Christ the, between God and man,¹¹⁰¹173; the necessity of having Christ as, to obtain the blessed life,¹¹⁰²176; the sacrifice effected by,¹¹⁰³193, etc.

Melchizedek, blesses Abraham,¹¹⁰⁴323.

Melicertes,¹¹⁰⁵368.

Men, the primitive, immortal, had they never sinned,¹¹⁰⁶254; the creation of, and of angels,¹¹⁰⁷479,¹¹⁰⁸480.

Mercury, and Mars,¹¹⁰⁹130; the fame of,¹¹¹⁰365.

Metellus, rescues the sacred things from the fire in the temple of Vesta,¹¹¹¹56.

Methuselah, the great age of,¹¹¹²292.

Millennium, the, and note,¹¹¹³426.

Mind, the capacity and powers of,¹¹¹⁴502.

Minerva,¹¹¹⁵69,¹¹¹⁶124,¹¹¹⁷131,¹¹¹⁸139,¹¹¹⁹365.

Miracles, wrought by the ministry of angels,¹¹²⁰185, etc.,¹¹²¹188, etc.,¹¹²²190; the, ascribed to the gods,¹¹²³191; the, by which God authenticated the law,¹¹²⁴191, etc.; against such as deny the, recorded in Scripture,¹¹²⁵192, etc.; the ultimate reason for believing,¹¹²⁶200,¹¹²⁷201; wrought in more recent times,¹¹²⁸227-¹¹²⁹234; wrought by the martyrs in the name of Christ,¹¹³⁰234, etc.

Miseries, the, of this life, Cicero on,¹¹³¹401; of the human race through the first sin,¹¹³²499-¹¹³³501; deliverance from, through the grace of Christ,¹¹³⁴501; which attach peculiarly to the toil of good men,¹¹³⁵501, etc.

Mithridates, the edict of, enjoining the slaughter of all Roman citizens found in Asia,¹¹³⁶58.

Monstrous races,—are they derived from the stock of Adam, or from Noah's sons?¹¹³⁷54.¹¹³⁸55.

Moses, miracles wrought by,¹¹³⁹185; the time of,¹¹⁴⁰335,¹¹⁴¹336. who were kings at the period of the birth of?¹¹⁴²364; the time he led Israel out of Egypt,¹¹⁴³366; the antiquity of the writings of,¹¹⁴⁴383.

Mother of the gods, the obscenities of the worship of,¹¹⁴⁵25, etc.; whence she came,¹¹⁴⁶48.

Mucius, and king Porsenna,¹¹⁴⁷99.

Mysteries, the Eleusinian,¹¹⁴⁸125; the Samothracian,¹¹⁴⁹133.

Mystery, the, of Christ's redemption often made known by signs, etc.,¹¹⁵⁰140.

Mystery of iniquity, the,¹¹⁵¹437,¹¹⁵²438.

Nahor,¹¹⁵³318.

Nakedness of our first parents, the,¹¹⁵⁴276.

Nathan, his message to David,¹¹⁵⁵348;: the resemblance of Psalm lxxxix. to the prophecy of,¹¹⁵⁶349, etc.

Natural history, curious facts in:—the salamander,¹¹⁵⁷454; the flesh of the peacock,¹¹⁵⁸454; fire,¹¹⁵⁹454; charcoal,¹¹⁶⁰454; lime,¹¹⁶¹454 the diamond,¹¹⁶²455; the loadstone,¹¹⁶³455; the salt of Agrigentum,¹¹⁶⁴456; the fountain of the Garamantæ, and of Epirus,¹¹⁶⁵456; asbestos,¹¹⁶⁶456; the wood of the Egyptian fig-tree,¹¹⁶⁷456; the apples of Sodom,¹¹⁶⁸456; the stone pyrites,¹¹⁶⁹456; the stone selenite,¹¹⁷⁰456; the Cappadocian mares,¹¹⁷¹456; the island Tilon,¹¹⁷²456; the star Venus,¹¹⁷³459.

Nature, not contrary to God, but good,¹¹⁷⁴227; of irrational and lifeless creatures,¹¹⁷⁵228; none in which there is not good,¹¹⁷⁶409,¹¹⁷⁷410.

Natures, God glorified in all,¹¹⁷⁸228.

Necessity, is the will of man ruled by?¹¹⁷⁹92.

Necromancy,¹¹⁸⁰142.

Neptune,¹¹⁸¹131,¹¹⁸²139, and Salacia, and Venilia,¹¹⁸³134.

Nero, the first to reach the citadel of vice,¹¹⁸⁴101; curious opinions entertained of him after his death,¹¹⁸⁵438.

New Academy, the uncertainty of, contrasted with the Christian faith,¹¹⁸⁶413.

New heavens, and new earth, the,¹¹⁸⁷434,¹¹⁸⁸435, etc.

Nigidius, cited in reference to the birth of twins,¹¹⁸⁹86.

Nimrod,¹¹⁹⁰311,¹¹⁹¹312,¹¹⁹²317.

Nineveh,¹¹⁹³311; curious discrepancy between the Hebrew and Septuagint as to the time fixed for the overthrow of, in Jonah's prophecy,¹¹⁹⁴387; spared,¹¹⁹⁵467; how the prediction against, was fulfilled,¹¹⁹⁶471.

Ninus,¹¹⁹⁷362.

Noah, commanded by God to build an ark,¹¹⁹⁸306; whether after, till Abraham, any family can be found who lived according to God,¹¹⁹⁹309; what was prophetically signified by the sons of?¹²⁰⁰309; the nakedness of, revealed by Ham, but covered by Shem and Japheth, its typical significance,¹²⁰¹310; the generation of the sons of,¹²⁰²311, etc.

Noctes Atticæ, the, of Aulus Gellius, quoted,¹²⁰³167,¹²⁰⁴168.

Numa Pompilius, the peace that existed during the reign of, is it attributable to the gods?¹²⁰⁵46; introduces new gods,¹²⁰⁶47, etc.; the Romans add new gods to' those introduced by,¹²⁰⁷48; the story of finding the books of, respecting the gods, and the burning of the same by the senate,¹²⁰⁸141, etc.; befooled by hydromancy,¹²⁰⁹142.

Numantia,¹²¹⁰58.

Numitor and Amulius,¹²¹¹371,¹²¹²372.

Ogyges,¹²¹³365.

Old Testament Scriptures, caused by Ptolemy Philadelphus to be translated out of Hebrew into Greek,¹²¹⁴385,¹²¹⁵386.

Opimius, Lucius, and the Gracchi,¹²¹⁶59.

Oracles of the gods, responses of, respecting Christ, as related by Porphyry,¹²¹⁷415, etc.

Order and law, the, which obtain in heaven, and on earth,¹²¹⁸410.

Origen, the errors of,¹²¹⁹217,¹²²⁰218.

Orme,¹²²¹402.

Orpheus,¹²²²368.

Pagan error, the probable cause of the rise of,¹²²³132,¹²²⁴133,¹²²⁵163.

Paradise, man in,¹²²⁶272; would there have been generation in, had man not sinned?¹²²⁷279-¹²²⁸281; Malachi's reference to man's state in,¹²²⁹446.

Paris, the gods had no reason to be offended with,¹²³⁰44.

Passions, the, which assail Christian souls,¹²³¹169, etc.; which agitate demons,¹²³²169.

Paterfamilias,¹²³³411.

Patricians and Plebs, the dissensions between,¹²³⁴32,¹²³⁵33,¹²³⁶53.

Paulinus, 8.

Paulus and Palladia, members of a household cursed by a mother-in-law, miraculously healed at the shrine of St. Stephen,¹²³⁷490,¹²³⁸491.

Peace, the eternal, of the saints,¹²³⁹406,¹²⁴⁰407; the fierceness of war, and the disquietude of men make towards,¹²⁴¹407-¹²⁴²409; the universal, which the law of nature. preserves,¹²⁴³409, etc.; the, between the heavenly and earthly cities,¹²⁴⁴412, etc.; the, of those alienated from God, and the use made of it by God's people,¹²⁴⁵419; of those who serve God in this mortal life, cannot be apprehended in its perfection,¹²⁴⁶419; of God, which passeth all understanding,¹²⁴⁷507.

Peacock, the antiseptic properties of the flesh of,¹²⁴⁸454.

Pecunia,¹²⁴⁹125; Jupiter so named,¹²⁵⁰129.

Peleg,¹²⁵¹317,¹²⁵²318.

Peripatetic sect, the,¹²⁵³152.

Peripatetics, and Stoics, the opinion of, about mental emotions,—an illustrative story,¹²⁵⁴167,¹²⁵⁵168.

"Perish," or, "Vanquish,"¹²⁵⁶385.

Periurgists,¹²⁵⁷190.

Persecution, all Christians must suffer,¹²⁵⁸392; the benefits derived from,¹²⁵⁹392; the " ten persecutions,"¹²⁶⁰393; the time of the final, hidden,¹²⁶¹394.

Persius, quoted,¹²⁶²26,¹²⁶³27.

Perturbations, the three, of the souls of the wise, as admitted by the Stoics,¹²⁶⁴267; in the souls of the righteous,¹²⁶⁵268, etc.; were our first parents before the fall free from?¹²⁶⁶371.

Peter, ridiculously feigned by the heathen to have brought about by enchantment the worship of Christ,¹²⁶⁷394; heals the cripple at the temple gate,¹²⁶⁸395.

Petronia, a woman of rank, miraculously cured,¹²⁶⁹489.

Philosopher, origin of the name,¹²⁷⁰145.

Philosophers, the secret of the weakness of the moral precepts of,¹²⁷¹26; the Italic and Ionic schools of,¹²⁷²145, etc.; of some who think the separation of soul and body not penal,¹²⁷³252; the discord of the opinions of, contrasted with the concord of the canonical Scriptures,¹²⁷⁴384,¹²⁷⁵385.

Philosophy, Varro's enumeration of the multitudinous sects of,¹²⁷⁶397-¹²⁷⁷399.

Phoroneus,¹²⁷⁸363.

Picus, king of Argos,¹²⁷⁹368.

" Piety,"¹²⁸⁰181.

Pirate, the apt reply of a, to Alexander the Great,¹²⁸¹66.

Plato, would exclude the poets from his ideal republic,¹²⁸²30, etc.; his threefold division of philosophy,¹²⁸³146, etc.; how he was able to approach so near Christian knowledge,¹²⁸⁴151, etc.; his definition of the gods,¹²⁸⁵152; the opinion of, as to the transmigration of souls,¹²⁸⁶200; the opinion of, that almost all animals were created by. inferior gods,¹²⁸⁷243; declared that the gods made by the Supreme have immortal bodies,¹²⁸⁸252,¹²⁸⁹505; the apparently conflicting views of, and of Porphyry, if united, might have led to the truth,¹²⁹⁰506.

Platonists, the opinions of, preferable to those of other philosophers,¹²⁹¹147, etc.; their views of physical philosophy,¹²⁹²148, etc.; how far they excel other philosophers in logic, or rational philosophy,¹²⁹³149; hold the first rank in moral philosophy,¹²⁹⁴149; their philosophy has come nearest to the Christian faith,¹²⁹⁵150; the Christian religion above all their science,¹²⁹⁶150; thought that sacred rites were to be performed to many gods,¹²⁹⁷152; the opinion of, that the souls of men become demons,¹²⁹⁸171; the three qualities by which they distinguish between the nature of men and of demons,¹²⁹⁹172, etc.; their idea of the non-intercourse of celestial gods with men, and the need of the intercourse of demons,¹³⁰⁰174, etc.; hold that God alone can bestow happiness,¹³⁰¹180; have misunderstood the true worship of God,¹³⁰²182; the principles which, according to, regulate the purification of the soul,¹³⁰³194; blush to acknowledge the incarnation of Christ,¹³⁰⁴199; refutation of the notion of, that the soul is co-eternal with God,¹³⁰⁵201,¹³⁰⁶202; opinion of, that angels created man's body,¹³⁰⁷243; refutation of the opinion of, that earthly bodies cannot inherit heaven,¹³⁰⁸492, etc.

Players, excluded by the Romans from offices of state,¹³⁰⁹28,¹³¹⁰29.

Plays, scenic, which the gods have exacted from their worshippers,¹³¹¹78.

Pleasure, bodily, graphically described,¹³¹²102.

Plebs, the dissensions between, and the Patricians,¹³¹³32,¹³¹⁴33,¹³¹⁵52; the secession of,¹³¹⁶53.

Plotinus, men, according to, less wretched than demons,¹³¹⁷171; regarding enlightenment from above,¹³¹⁸181.

Plutarch, his Life of Cato quoted,¹³¹⁹16; his Life of Numa,¹³²⁰81.

Pluto,¹³²¹139.

Pneuma,¹³²²259,¹³²³260.

Poetical license, allowed by the Greeks, restrained by the Romans,¹³²⁴27,¹³²⁵29.

Poets, the, Plato would exclude from his ideal republic,¹³²⁶30, etc.,¹³²⁷153; the theological,¹³²⁸368.

Pontius, Lucius, announces Sylla's victory;¹³²⁹38.

"Poor, He raiseth the, out of the dunghill,"¹³³⁰341.

Porphyry, his views of theurgy,¹³³¹185, etc.,¹³³²186, etc.; epistle of, to Anebo,¹³³³187, etc.; as to how the soul is purified,¹³³⁴194; refused to recognize Christ,¹³³⁵195; vacillation of, between the confession of the true God and the worship of demons¹³³⁶196; the impiety of,¹³³⁷197; so blind as not to recognize the true wisdom,¹³³⁸198; his emendations of Platonism,¹³³⁹200, etc; his ignorance of the universal way of the soul's deliverance,¹³⁴⁰202, etc.; abjured the opinion that souls constantly pass away and return in cycles,¹³⁴¹240; his notion that the soul must be separated from the body in order to be happy, demolished by Plato,¹³⁴²249, etc.; the conflicting opinions of Plato and, if united, might have led to the truth,¹³⁴³250; his account of the responses of the oracles of the gods concerning Christ,¹³⁴⁴415-¹³⁴⁵418.

Portents, strange,¹³⁴⁶62; meaning of the word,¹³⁴⁷459.

Possidonius, the story of¹³⁴⁸85.

Postumius, the augur, and Sylla,¹³⁴⁹38,¹³⁵⁰39.

Præstantius, the strange story related by, respecting his father,¹³⁵¹370.

Praise, the love of, why reckoned a virtue?¹³⁵²96; of the eradication of the love of human,¹³⁵³97.

Prayer for the dead,¹³⁵⁴470.

Predictions of Scripture,¹³⁵⁵203.

Priest, the faithful,¹³⁵⁶344.

Priesthood; the, the promise to establish it for ever, how to be understood,¹³⁵⁷345; of Christ, described in the Psalms,¹³⁵⁸355.

Proclus, Julius,¹³⁵⁹51.

Projectus, Bishop, and the miraculous cure of blind women,¹³⁶⁰488.

Proletarii, the¹³⁶¹54.

Prometheus,¹³⁶²364.

Promises, the, made to Abraham,¹³⁶³320, -¹³⁶⁴322.

Prophetic age, the,¹³⁶⁵337.

Prophetic records, the,¹³⁶⁶336.

Prophecies, the threefold meaning of the,¹³⁶⁷338,¹³⁶⁸339; respecting Christ and His gospel,¹³⁶⁹375,¹³⁷⁰376.¹³⁷¹377,¹³⁷²379,¹³⁷³380.

Prophets, the later,¹³⁷⁴360; of the time when the Roman kingdom began.¹³⁷⁵375.

Proscription, the, of Sylla,¹³⁷⁶61.