The City of God (part 3 of 3)

Proserpine,¹³⁷⁷133,¹³⁷⁸135.

Protasius and Gervasius, martyrs, a blind man healed by the bodies of, at Milan,¹³⁷⁹485; a young man freed from a devil by,¹³⁸⁰487.

Providence of God, the,¹³⁸¹93,¹³⁸²447; not disturbed by the wickedness of angels or men,¹³⁸³282.

Prudence,¹³⁸⁴402.

Psalms, the, David's concern in writing,¹³⁸⁵352.

Ptolemy, Philadelphus, causes the Hebrew Scriptures to be translated into Greek,¹³⁸⁶385.¹³⁸⁷386.

Puberty, was it later among the antediluvians than it is now?¹³⁸⁸296, etc.

Pulvillus, Mafcus,¹³⁸⁹100:

Punic wars; the; the disasters suffered by the Romans in,¹³⁹⁰55; the second of these, its deplorable effects,¹³⁹¹56, etc.

Punishment, eternal,¹³⁹²452; whether it is possible for bodies to last forever in burning fire,¹³⁹³452; whether bodily sufferings necessarily terminate in the destruction of the flesh,¹³⁹⁴452,¹³⁹⁵453; examples from nature to show that bodies may remain unconsumed and alive in fire,¹³⁹⁶454; the nature of,¹³⁹⁷460, etc.; is it just that it should last longer than the sins themselves lasted?¹³⁹⁸462, etc.; the greatness of the first transgression on account of which it is due to all not within the pale of the Saviour's grace,¹³⁹⁹463, etc.; of the wicked after death, not purgatorial,¹⁴⁰⁰463,¹⁴⁰¹464; proportioned to the deserts of the wicked,¹⁴⁰²465; of certain persons, who deny,¹⁴⁰³466; of those who think that the intercession of saints will deliver from,¹⁴⁰⁴466, and note; of those who think that participation of the body of Christ will save from,¹⁴⁰⁵467; of those who think that Catholic baptism will deliver from,¹⁴⁰⁶467; of the opinion that building on the "Foundation" will save from,¹⁴⁰⁷468; of the opinion , that alms-giving will deliver from,¹⁴⁰⁸468; of those who think that the devil will not suffer,¹⁴⁰⁹468; replies to all those who deny,¹⁴¹⁰469,¹⁴¹¹472, etc.,¹⁴¹²473.

Punishments, the temporary, of this life.;¹⁴¹³464; the object of,¹⁴¹⁴465.

Purgatorial punishments,¹⁴¹⁵445,¹⁴¹⁶446,¹⁴¹⁷470.

Purification of heart, the, whence obtained by the saints,¹⁴¹⁸194; the principles which, according to the Platonists, regulate,¹⁴¹⁹194; the one true principle which alone can effect,¹⁴²⁰195.

Purifying punishment, the, spoken of by Malachi,¹⁴²¹445.

Pyrites, the Persian stone so called,¹⁴²²456.

Pyrrhus, invades Italy,—response of the oracle of Apollo to,¹⁴²³54; cannot tempt Fabricius,¹⁴²⁴100.

Pythagoras, the founder of the Italic school of philosophy,¹⁴²⁵145.

Queen, the, the Church,¹⁴²⁶354.

Quiet, the temple of,¹⁴²⁷72.

Radagaisus, king of the Goths, the war with,¹⁴²⁸104.

Rain, portentous,¹⁴²⁹62.

Rape of the Sabine women, the,¹⁴³⁰48;¹⁴³¹49.

Rebecca, wife of Isaac,¹⁴³²330; the divine answer respecting the twins in the womb of,¹⁴³³330.

Recentness of man's creation, an answer to those who complain of,¹⁴³⁴233.

Regeneration, the laver, or font of,¹⁴³⁵487.

Regulus. as an example, of heroism, and voluntary endurance for religion's sake,¹⁴³⁶10, etc:; the virtue of, far excelled that of Cato,¹⁴³⁷16.

Reign of the saints with Christ for a thousand .years,¹⁴³⁸382, etc.

Religion,¹⁴³⁹181; no true, without true virtues,¹⁴⁴⁰418.

Religions, false, kept up on policy,¹⁴⁴¹341.

Republic, Cicero's definition of a,—was there ever a Roman, answering to?¹⁴⁴²414,¹⁴⁴³415; according to what definition could the Romans or others assume the title of a?¹⁴⁴⁴418.

Resting on the seventh day, God's, the meaning of,¹⁴⁴⁵209.

Restitutus, presbyter of the Calamensian Church, a curious account of,¹⁴⁴⁶280,¹⁴⁴⁷281.

Resurrection, the, of the flesh of believers, to a perfection not enjoyed by our first parent's,¹⁴⁴⁸255,¹⁴⁴⁹256;¹⁴⁵⁰257; the first and the second,¹⁴⁵¹425,¹⁴⁵²426,¹⁴⁵³427; Paul's testimony on,¹⁴⁵⁴439; utterances of Isaiah respecting,¹⁴⁵⁵440, etc.; some refuse to believe, while the world at large believes,¹⁴⁵⁶481; vindicated against ridicule thrown on it,¹⁴⁵⁷493; etc.; whether abortions shall have part in,¹⁴⁵⁸494; whether infants shall have that body in, which they would have had if they had grown up,¹⁴⁵⁹494; whether in the, the dead shall rise the same size as the Lord's body,¹⁴⁶⁰495; the saints shall be conformed to the image of Christ in the,¹⁴⁶¹495; whether women shall retain their sex in,¹⁴⁶²496; all bodily blemishes shall be removed in,¹⁴⁶³497; the substance of our bodies, however disintegrated, shall be entirely reunited,¹⁴⁶⁴498; the new spiritual body of,¹⁴⁶⁵499; the obstinacy of those who impugn, while the world believes,¹⁴⁶⁶504, etc.

Resurrection of Christ; the, referred to in the Psalms;¹⁴⁶⁷255,¹⁴⁶⁸256.

Reward, the, of the saints, after the trials of this life,¹⁴⁶⁹406.

Rhea, or Ilia, mother of Romulus and Remus,¹⁴⁷⁰371.

Rich man, the, in hell,¹⁴⁷¹462.

Righteous, the glory of the, is in God,¹⁴⁷²97.

Righteous man, the, the sufferings of, described in the Book of Wisdom,¹⁴⁷³357, etc.

Rites, sacred, of the gods,¹⁴⁷⁴116.

Rituals of false gods, instituted by kings of Greece, from the exodus of Israel downward,¹⁴⁷⁵366,¹⁴⁷⁶367.

Roman empire, the, which of the gods presided over?¹⁴⁷⁷68; whether the great extent and duration of, should be attributed to Jove,¹⁴⁷⁸78; whether the worship of the gods has been of service in extending,¹⁴⁷⁹79; the cause of, not fortuitous, nor attributable to the position of the stars,¹⁴⁸⁰84, etc.; by what virtues the enlargement of, was merited,¹⁴⁸¹93, etc.

Roman kings, what manner of life and death they had,¹⁴⁸²51, etc.

Roman republic, was there ever one answering to Cicero's definition?¹⁴⁸³156,¹⁴⁸⁴157,¹⁴⁸⁵159,¹⁴⁸⁶160.

Romans, the, the folly of, in trusting gods which could not defend Troy, 3, etc.; by what steps the passion of governing increased among,¹⁴⁸⁷20; the vices of, not corrected by the overthrow of their city,¹⁴⁸⁸21; the calamities suffered by, before Christ,¹⁴⁸⁹24, etc.,¹⁴⁹⁰31, etc.; poetical license restrained by,¹⁴⁹¹27, etc.; excluded players from offices of state and restrained the license of players,¹⁴⁹²28,¹⁴⁹³29; the gods never took any steps to prevent the republic of, from being ruined by immorality,¹⁴⁹⁴36, etc.; the obscenities of their plays consecrated to the service of their gods, contributed to overthrow their republic,¹⁴⁹⁵41, etc.; exhorted to forsake paganism,¹⁴⁹⁶41; was it desirable that the empire of, should be increased by a succession of furious wars?¹⁴⁹⁷47; by what right they obtained their first wives,¹⁴⁹⁸48; the wickedness of the wars waged by, against the Albans,¹⁴⁹⁹49,¹⁵⁰⁰50; the first consuls of,¹⁵⁰¹52, etc.; the disasters which befell in the Punic wars,¹⁵⁰²55,¹⁵⁰³56, etc.; the ingratitude of to Scipio, the conqueror of Hannibal,¹⁵⁰⁴57; the internal disasters which vexed the republic,¹⁵⁰⁵58, etc.; multiplied gods for small and ignoble purposes,¹⁵⁰⁶68; to what profits they carried on war, and how far to the well-being of the conquered,¹⁵⁰⁷98; dominion granted to, by the providence of God,¹⁵⁰⁸102.

Rome, the sack of, by the Barbarians, 1; the evils inflicted on the Christians in the sack of,—why permitted,¹⁵⁰⁹18; the iniquities practised in the palmiest days of,¹⁵¹⁰32, etc.; the corruption which has grown up in, before Christianity,¹⁵¹¹33, etc.; Cicero's opinion of the republic of,¹⁵¹²35; frost and snow incredibly severe at,¹⁵¹³55; calamities which befell, in the Punic wars,¹⁵¹⁴55, etc.,¹⁵¹⁵56, etc.; Asiatic luxury introduced to,¹⁵¹⁶57; when founded,¹⁵¹⁷372; the founder of, made a god,¹⁵¹⁸482.

Romulus, the alleged parentage of,¹⁵¹⁹44,¹⁵²⁰45; no penalty exacted for his fratricidal act,¹⁵²¹45, etc.; the death of,¹⁵²²51; suckled by a wolf,¹⁵²³372; made a god by Rome,¹⁵²⁴482.

Rule, equitable,¹⁵²⁵411.

Rulers serve the society which they rule,¹⁵²⁶410,¹⁵²⁷411.

Sabbath, the perpetual,¹⁵²⁸511.

Sabine women, the rape of the,¹⁵²⁹31,¹⁵³⁰48,¹⁵³¹49.

Sack of Rome, the, by the Barbarians, 1, etc.; of Troy, 3, etc.

Sacrifice, that due to the true God only,¹⁵³²182; the true and perfect,¹⁵³³183; the reasonableness of offering a visible, to God,¹⁵³⁴192; the supreme and true, of the Mediator,¹⁵³⁵193; of Abraham, when he believed,—its meaning¹⁵³⁶324.

Sacrifices, those not required by God, but enjoined for the exhibition of the truth,¹⁵³⁷183.

Sacrifices of righteousness,¹⁵³⁸446.

Sacristan of Hercules, a, the story of,¹⁵³⁹115.

Sages, the seven,¹⁵⁴⁰374.

Saguntum, the destruction of,¹⁵⁴¹56,¹⁵⁴²57.

Saints, the, lose nothing in losing their temporal goods, 7, etc.; their consolations in captivity,¹⁵⁴³10; cases in which the examples of, are not to be followed,¹⁵⁴⁴17; why the enemy was permitted to indulge his lust on the bodies of,¹⁵⁴⁵18; the reply of, to unbelievers, who taunted them with Christ's not having rescued them from the fury of their enemies,¹⁵⁴⁶19, etc.; the reward of, after the trials of this life,¹⁵⁴⁷406; the happiness of the eternal peace which constitutes the perfection of,¹⁵⁴⁸407; in this life, blessed in hope,¹⁵⁴⁹414.

Salacia,¹⁵⁵⁰134.

Salamander, the,¹⁵⁵¹454.

Sallust, quoted, 4,¹⁵⁵²31,¹⁵⁵³32,¹⁵⁵⁴44,¹⁵⁵⁵47,¹⁵⁵⁶50,¹⁵⁵⁷53,¹⁵⁵⁸94,¹⁵⁵⁹95,¹⁵⁶⁰124,¹⁵⁶¹362.

Salt, the, of Agrigentum, the peculiar qualities of,¹⁵⁶²455.

Samnites, the, defeated by the Romans,¹⁵⁶³53.

Samothracians, the mysteries of the,¹⁵⁶⁴139.

Samuel, the address of, to Saul on his disobedience,¹⁵⁶⁵346, etc.; sets up a stone of memorial,¹⁵⁶⁶347.

Saul, spared by David,¹⁵⁶⁷345,¹⁵⁶⁸346; forfeits the kingdom,¹⁵⁶⁹346,¹⁵⁷⁰347.

Sanctity, the, of the body, not violated by the violence of another's lust,¹⁵⁷¹12,¹⁵⁷²13.

Sancus, or Sangus, a Sabine god,¹⁵⁷³371.

Sarah, and Hagar, and their sons,—the typical significance of,¹⁵⁷⁴285.

Sarah's barrenness,¹⁵⁷⁵286; preservation of the chastity of, in Egypt, and in Gerar,¹⁵⁷⁶276,¹⁵⁷⁷328; change of the name of,¹⁵⁷⁸327; the death of,¹⁵⁷⁹330.

Satan, transforms himself into an angel of light,¹⁵⁸⁰406. See Devil.

Saturn,¹⁵⁸¹69,¹⁵⁸²123,¹⁵⁸³125; and Genius, thought to be really Jupiter,¹⁵⁸⁴129,¹⁵⁸⁵130, etc.; interpretations of the reasons for worshipping,¹⁵⁸⁶133; and Picus,¹⁵⁸⁷368.

Saved by fire,¹⁵⁸⁸473.

Scævola, the pontiff, slain in the Marian wars,¹⁵⁸⁹60,¹⁵⁹⁰61; distinguishes three kinds of gods,¹⁵⁹¹78,¹⁵⁹²79.

Scenic representations, the establishment of, opposed by Scipio Nasica,¹⁵⁹³20; the obscenities of, contributed to the overthrow of the republic,¹⁵⁹⁴39, etc.

Schools of philosophers,¹⁵⁹⁵145, etc.

Scipio Nasica, Rome's "best man," opposes the destruction of Carthage,¹⁵⁹⁶19,¹⁵⁹⁷20; opposes scenic representations,¹⁵⁹⁸68.

Scripture, the obscurity of,—its advantages,¹⁵⁹⁹215.

Scriptures, the canonical, the authority of,¹⁶⁰⁰206; of the Old Testament, translated into Greek,¹⁶⁰¹385,¹⁶⁰²386.

Sea, the, gives up the dead which are in it,¹⁶⁰³434; no more,¹⁶⁰⁴436.

Sects of philosophy, the number of, according to Varro,¹⁶⁰⁵397-¹⁶⁰⁶399.

Selenite, the stone so called,¹⁶⁰⁷456.

Semiramis,¹⁶⁰⁸362.

Seneca, Annæus, recognizes the guiding will of the Supreme,¹⁶⁰⁹89; censures the popular worship of the gods, and the popular theology,¹⁶¹⁰119,¹⁶¹¹120; what he thought of the Jews,¹⁶¹²120,¹⁶¹³121.

Septuagint,—is it or the Hebrew text to be followed in computing years?¹⁶¹⁴293, etc.; origin of the,¹⁶¹⁵385,¹⁶¹⁶386; authority of in relation to the Hebrew original,¹⁶¹⁷386,¹⁶¹⁸387; difference between, and the Hebrew text as to the days fixed by Jonah for the destruction of Nineveh,¹⁶¹⁹387,¹⁶²⁰388.

Servitude introduced by sin,¹⁶²¹411.

Servius Tullius, the foul murder of,¹⁶²²52.

Seth and Cain, heads of two lines of descendants,¹⁶²³298; relation of the former to Christ,¹⁶²⁴299.

Seven, the number,¹⁶²⁵223,¹⁶²⁶341.

Seventh day, the,¹⁶²⁷223.

Severus, bishop of Milevis,¹⁶²⁸455.

Sex, shall it be restored in the resurrection?¹⁶²⁹239.

Sexual intercourse,¹⁶³⁰276; in the antediluvian age,¹⁶³¹296, etc.

Shem,¹⁶³²309; the sons of,¹⁶³³311; the genealogy of,¹⁶³⁴316, etc.

Sibyl, the Cumæan,¹⁶³⁵197; the Erythræan,¹⁶³⁶198, and note,¹⁶³⁷373.

Sybilline books, the,¹⁶³⁸55, and note,¹⁶³⁹372.

Sicyon, the kingdom and kings of,¹⁶⁴⁰362,¹⁶⁴¹363,¹⁶⁴²371.

Silvanus, the god,¹⁶⁴³117.

Silvii,¹⁶⁴⁴371.

Simplicianus, bishop of Milan, his reminiscence of the saying of a certain Platonist,¹⁶⁴⁵200.

Sin, should not be sought to be obviated by sin,¹⁶⁴⁶17; should not be sought to be shunned by a voluntary death,¹⁶⁴⁷18; had not its origin in God, but in the will of the creature,¹⁶⁴⁸214; not caused by the flesh, but by the soul,¹⁶⁴⁹263; servitude introduced by,¹⁶⁵⁰411.

Sins, how cleansed,¹⁶⁵¹194.

Six, the perfection of the number,¹⁶⁵²222.

Slave, when the word, first occurs in Scripture; its meaning,¹⁶⁵³411.

Social life, disturbed by many distresses,¹⁶⁵⁴403, etc.

Socrates, a sketch of,—his philosophy,¹⁶⁵⁵145,¹⁶⁵⁶146; the god or demon of, the book of Apuleius concerning,¹⁶⁵⁷153,¹⁶⁵⁸154.

Sodom, the region of,¹⁶⁵⁹460.

Solomon, books written by, and the prophecies they contain,¹⁶⁶⁰357. etc.; the kings after, both of Israel and Judah,¹⁶⁶¹358.

Son of God, but one by nature,¹⁶⁶²464.

Sons of God, the, and daughters of men,¹⁶⁶³302, etc.; not angels,¹⁶⁶⁴303, etc.

Soranus, Valerius,¹⁶⁶⁵130.

Soul, the immortal,¹⁶⁶⁶121; the way of its deliverance,¹⁶⁶⁷202; created in the image of God,¹⁶⁶⁸241; Porphyry's notion that its blessedness requires separation from the body, demolished by Plato,¹⁶⁶⁹249; the separation of, and the body, considered by some not to be penal,¹⁶⁷⁰252.

Soul of the world, God not the,¹⁶⁷¹71; Varro's opinion of, examined,¹⁶⁷²126.

Souls, rational, the opinion that there are three kinds of,¹⁶⁷³153,¹⁶⁷⁴154; the, of men, according to the Platonists, become demons,¹⁶⁷⁵171; views of the transmigration of,¹⁶⁷⁶200,¹⁶⁷⁷201; not co-eternal with God,¹⁶⁷⁸201; do not return from blessedness to labor and misery, after certain periodic revolutions,¹⁶⁷⁹239.

Sophrosuue,¹⁶⁸⁰402.

Speusippus,¹⁶⁸¹152.

Spirit,¹⁶⁸²259,¹⁶⁸³260.

Spiritual body, the, of the saints, in the resurrection,¹⁶⁸⁴499.

Stars, the supposed influence of, on kingdoms, births, etc.,¹⁶⁸⁵84,¹⁶⁸⁶85,¹⁶⁸⁷86; some, called by the names of gods,¹⁶⁸⁸130, etc.

Stephen, St., miracles wrought by the relics of, and at the shrine of,¹⁶⁸⁹488,¹⁶⁹⁰489,¹⁶⁹¹490.

Stoics, opinions of, about mental emotions,¹⁶⁹²167, etc.; the three perturbations admitted by, in the soul of the wise man,¹⁶⁹³267, etc.; the belief of, as to the gods,¹⁶⁹⁴384; suicide permitted by,¹⁶⁹⁵402,¹⁶⁹⁶403.

Strong man, the,¹⁶⁹⁷426.

Substance, the, of the people of God,¹⁶⁹⁸350.

Suicide, committed through fear of dishonor or of punishment,¹⁶⁹⁹12; Christians have no authority for committing, under any circumstances,¹⁷⁰⁰14; can never be prompted to, by magnanimity,¹⁷⁰¹15; the example of Cato in relation to,¹⁷⁰²16; should it be resorted to, to avoid sin?¹⁷⁰³18; permitted by the Stoics,¹⁷⁰⁴402,¹⁷⁰⁵403.

Sun, the, stayed in its course by Joshua,¹⁷⁰⁶459.

Superstition,¹⁷⁰⁷80.

Sylla, the deeds of,¹⁷⁰⁸38,¹⁷⁰⁹39; and Marius, the war between,¹⁷¹⁰60.

Sylva,¹⁷¹¹45.

Symmachus,¹⁷¹²24, and note.

Tarquinius, Priscus, or Superbus, his barbarous murder of his father-in-law,¹⁷¹³51; the expulsion of, from Rome,¹⁷¹⁴52.

Tatius, Titus, introduces new gods,¹⁷¹⁵76.

Tellus,¹⁷¹⁶69; the surnames of, and their significance,¹⁷¹⁷136.

Temperance,¹⁷¹⁸402.

Ten kings, the,¹⁷¹⁹443.

Terah, the emigration of, from Ur of the Chaldees,¹⁷²⁰318; the years of,¹⁷²¹319.

Terence, quoted,¹⁷²²27.

Terentius, a certain, finds the books of Numa Pompilius,¹⁷²³141.

Terminus,¹⁷²⁴77,¹⁷²⁵80; and Janus,¹⁷²⁶126.

Thales, the founder of the Ionic school of philosophy,¹⁷²⁷145.

Theatrical exhibitions, publish the shame of the gods,¹⁷²⁸27; the obscenities of, contributed to overthrow the republic,¹⁷²⁹41.

Theodorus, the Cyrenian philosopher, his reply to Lysimachus, 9, note.

Theodosius, the faith and piety of,¹⁷³⁰105, etc.

Theological poets,¹⁷³¹368.

Theology, Varro's threefold division of,¹⁷³²112-¹⁷³³115.

Theosebeia,¹⁷³⁴181.

Theurgy,¹⁷³⁵185, etc.,¹⁷³⁶186, etc.

Thousand years, the, of the Book of Revelation,¹⁷³⁷426; the reign of the saints with Christ during,¹⁷³⁸429, etc.

Threats employed against the gods to compel their aid,¹⁷³⁹188.

Threskeia,¹⁷⁴⁰181.

Tilon, the island of,¹⁷⁴¹456.

Time,¹⁷⁴²208.

Time, times, and a half time,¹⁷⁴³443.

Times and seasons, the hidden,¹⁷⁴⁴394.

Titus, Latinius,¹⁷⁴⁵153.

Torquatus, slays his victorious son,¹⁷⁴⁶99.

Transformations, strange, of men,¹⁷⁴⁷369; what we should believe respecting,¹⁷⁴⁸370.

Transgression, the first, the greatness of,¹⁷⁴⁹422.

Transmigration of souls, the Platonic views of, emended by Porphyry,¹⁷⁵⁰200,¹⁷⁵¹201.

"Tree of life, the, the days of,"¹⁷⁵²447.

Trinity, the,¹⁷⁵³195; further explained,¹⁷⁵⁴210,¹⁷⁵⁵211; further statements of,—indications of, scattered everywhere among the works of God,¹⁷⁵⁶218; indications of, in philosophy,¹⁷⁵⁷219,¹⁷⁵⁸220; the image of, in human nature,¹⁷⁵⁹220.

Troy, the gods unable to afford an asylum during the sack of, 3; were the gods justified in permitting the destruction of?¹⁷⁶⁰44, etc.

Truth, the sad results where it is hidden,¹⁷⁶¹404, etc.

Tullus Hostilius,¹⁷⁶²51,¹⁷⁶³52.

Twelve thrones,¹⁷⁶⁴424.

Twenty Martyrs, the, how a tailor got a new coat by praying at the shrine of,¹⁷⁶⁵488.

Twins, on the difference of the health, etc., of,¹⁷⁶⁶85; of different sexes,¹⁷⁶⁷88.

Unbaptized, the, saved through the confession of Christ,¹⁷⁶⁸248.

Unbelief of the Jews, the, foretold,¹⁷⁶⁹356.

Unity, the, of the human race,¹⁷⁷⁰241, etc.

Universe, the beauty of the,¹⁷⁷¹214.

Valens, a persecutor,¹⁷⁷²393.

Valentinian, protected by Theodosius,¹⁷⁷³105, a confessor,¹⁷⁷⁴393.

Valerius, Marcus,¹⁷⁷⁵100.

Varro, his opinion of the utility of men feigning themselves to be the offspring of gods,¹⁷⁷⁶44; boasts of having conferred the knowledge of the worship of the gods on the Romans,¹⁷⁷⁷75; what he thought of the gods of the nations,¹⁷⁷⁸110; his book concerning the antiquities of divine and human things,¹⁷⁷⁹111, etc.; his threefold division of theology into fabulous, natural, and civil,¹⁷⁸⁰112, etc.; the opinion of, that God is the soul of the world,¹⁷⁸¹126,¹⁷⁸²128; pronounces his own opinions respecting the gods uncertain,¹⁷⁸³132; holds the earth to be a goddess,¹⁷⁸⁴134, etc.; his doctrine of the gods not self-consistent,¹⁷⁸⁵139; assigns the reason why Athens was so called,¹⁷⁸⁶365; the opinion of, about the name of Areopagus,¹⁷⁸⁷365,¹⁷⁸⁸366; what he relates of the strange transformations of men,¹⁷⁸⁹369, etc.; on the number of philosophical sects,¹⁷⁹⁰397-¹⁷⁹¹400, etc; in reference to a celestial portent,¹⁷⁹²459; his story of the Vestal virgin falsely accused,¹⁷⁹³493; his work on The Origin of the Roman People, quoted in relation to the Palingenesy,¹⁷⁹⁴506.

Vaticanus,¹⁷⁹⁵70.

Venilia,¹⁷⁹⁶134.

Venus, a peculiar candelabrum in a temple of,¹⁷⁹⁷456,¹⁷⁹⁸457.

Venus, the planet, a strange prodigy that occurred to,¹⁷⁹⁹459.

Vesta,¹⁸⁰⁰69,¹⁸⁰¹70,¹⁸⁰²131.

Vestal virgin, a, to prove her innocence, carries water in a seive from the Tiber,¹⁸⁰³493.

Vestal virgins, the punishment of those caught in adultery,¹⁸⁰⁴45.

Vice, not nature, contrary to God, and hurtful,¹⁸⁰⁵227.

Vicissitudes of life, the, on what dependent,¹⁸⁰⁶37, etc.

Victoria, the goddess,¹⁸⁰⁷72; ought she to be worshipped as well as Jove?¹⁸⁰⁸73.

Virgil, quoted, 1, 2, 3, 4,¹⁸⁰⁹13,¹⁸¹⁰37,¹⁸¹¹42,¹⁸¹²44,¹⁸¹³48.¹⁸¹⁴50,¹⁸¹⁵94,¹⁸¹⁶127,¹⁸¹⁷128,¹⁸¹⁸138,¹⁸¹⁹156,¹⁸²⁰157,¹⁸²¹181,¹⁸²²193,¹⁸²³198,¹⁸²⁴201,¹⁸²⁵264,¹⁸²⁶368,¹⁸²⁷444,¹⁸²⁸457,¹⁸²⁹463,¹⁸³⁰471.

Virgin Mary, the,¹⁸³¹354.

Virgins, the violation of, by force, does not contaminate,¹⁸³²12.

Virtue and Faith, honored by the Romans with temples,¹⁸³³73,¹⁸³⁴74; the Romans ought to have been content with, and Felicity,¹⁸³⁵74; the war waged by,¹⁸³⁶354.

Virtues, as disgraceful to make them serve human glory as to serve bodily pleasure,¹⁸³⁷102; true, necessary to true religion,¹⁸³⁸418,¹⁸³⁹419.

Virtumnus and Sentinus,¹⁸⁴⁰123.

Virtus, the goddess,¹⁸⁴¹124,¹⁸⁴²125.

Vision, the beatific,¹⁸⁴³507-¹⁸⁴⁴509.

Vulcan,¹⁸⁴⁵131.

Warfare, the Christian,¹⁸⁴⁶465.

Wars, against the Albans,¹⁸⁴⁷49; with Pyrrhus,¹⁸⁴⁸54; the Punic,¹⁸⁴⁹55, etc.,¹⁸⁵⁰56, etc.; the civil, of the Gracchi,¹⁸⁵¹59; the civil, between Marius and Sylla,¹⁸⁵²60, etc.; the Gothic and Gallic,¹⁸⁵³61; severe and frequent, before the advent of Christ,¹⁸⁵⁴61; the duration of various,¹⁸⁵⁵103; with Radagaisus,¹⁸⁵⁶104; the miseries of,¹⁸⁵⁷405.

Waters, the separation of the,¹⁸⁵⁸225.

Wicked, the, the ills which alone are feared by,¹⁸⁵⁹43; God makes a good use of,¹⁸⁶⁰392; going out to see the punishment of,¹⁸⁶¹442; the end of,¹⁸⁶²420; and the good, one event befalls, 5,¹⁸⁶³422; the connection of, and the good together, 6.

Wickedness, not a flaw of nature,¹⁸⁶⁴471.

Will, the consent of, to an evil deed, makes the deed evil,¹⁸⁶⁵12; is it ruled by necessity?¹⁸⁶⁶92; the enemies of God are so by,¹⁸⁶⁷227,¹⁸⁶⁸229; no efficient cause of an evil,¹⁸⁶⁹230; the misdirected love by which it fell away from the immutable to the mutable good,¹⁸⁷⁰230; whether the angels received their good, from God,¹⁸⁷¹231; the character of, makes the affections of the soul right or wrong,¹⁸⁷²266, etc.; free in the state of perfect felicity,¹⁸⁷³510.

Will of God, the eternal and unchangeable,¹⁸⁷⁴480.

Wisdom, described in the Book of Proverbs,¹⁸⁷⁵358.

Wisdom, the Book of, a prophecy of Christ in,¹⁸⁷⁶357.

Wives, how the Romans obtained their first,¹⁸⁷⁷48.

Woman, shall she retain her sex in the resurrection?¹⁸⁷⁸495; the formation of, from a rib of sleeping Adam, a type,¹⁸⁷⁹496.

World, the, not eternal,¹⁸⁸⁰206; the infinite ages before, not to be comprehended,¹⁸⁸¹207; and time, had both one beginning¹⁸⁸²208; falseness of the history which ascribes many thousand years to the past existence of,¹⁸⁸³232; of those who hold a plurality of worlds,¹⁸⁸⁴233; predictions respecting the end of,¹⁸⁸⁵444, etc.

Worlds without end, or ages of ages,¹⁸⁸⁶238, etc.

Wonders, lying,¹⁸⁸⁷484

Worm, the, that dieth not,¹⁸⁸⁸443,¹⁸⁸⁹461.

Worship of God, distinction between latria and dulia,¹⁸⁹⁰180,¹⁸⁹¹181,¹⁸⁹²182, etc.

Xenocrates,¹⁸⁹³152.

Years, in the time of the antediluvians,¹⁸⁹⁴292, etc.,¹⁸⁹⁵295, etc.; in the words, "their days shall be an hundred and twenty years,"¹⁸⁹⁶305, etc.; the thousand, of the Book of Revelation,¹⁸⁹⁷426; the three and a half, of the Book of Revelation,¹⁸⁹⁸443.

Zoroaster,¹⁸⁹⁹464.