Doctrinal and Moral Treatises (part 3 of 4)

Idols, laws of Honorius against,¹⁶²⁵337; some still believe in,¹⁶²⁶341; rejection of, prophesied,¹⁶²⁷342.

Ignorance, sometimes better than knowledge,¹⁶²⁸242; result of evil,¹⁶²⁹245,¹⁶³⁰264; to be borne patiently,¹⁶³¹550.

Image, of God, in the mind,¹⁶³²524.

Images, of persons and things seen in visions,¹⁶³³545 sq.

Imitation of Christ,¹⁶³⁴427.

Immanuel,¹⁶³⁵340.

Immortality, the penny in the parable,¹⁶³⁶426.

Impatience, evil of,¹⁶³⁷527.

Impurity, legal, not always sin,¹⁶³⁸409.

Incest, compared with adultery and fornication,¹⁶³⁹402.

Incorruptible, begets Incorruptible,¹⁶⁴⁰370.

Incorruption, future gain of,¹⁶⁴¹529.

Infirmity, a reason for not working,¹⁶⁴²515; pleaded as an excuse,¹⁶⁴³516.

Injury, not to be done to one man to save another,¹⁶⁴⁴466,¹⁶⁴⁵467.

Instrumental, goods,¹⁶⁴⁶403.

Integritas, said of virgins and widows,¹⁶⁴⁷450.

Intention, determines the character of an action,¹⁶⁴⁸520.

Intercourse of the sexes venial in marriage state,¹⁶⁴⁹263; when right, when wrong,¹⁶⁵⁰487.

Interpolations supposed in Holy Scripture,¹⁶⁵¹350.

Involuntary continence estimated,¹⁶⁵²429.

Isaac, son of Abraham: told no lie,¹⁶⁵³491; inherited otherwise than his brothers,¹⁶⁵⁴535.

Israel, prefigured the future Church,¹⁶⁵⁵304; history of, and its significance,¹⁶⁵⁶304 sq.; compared with Sodom,¹⁶⁵⁷461; history of, figurative,¹⁶⁵⁸470.

Israelites, whole people as it were a prophet,¹⁶⁵⁹444.

Israelitess, without guile, Rahab became,¹⁶⁶⁰497.

Jacob, his birth as typical of Christ's Incarnation,¹⁶⁶¹286; an ancestor of Christ,¹⁶⁶²339; his example quoted for lying,¹⁶⁶³460; his deceit was a mystery,¹⁶⁶⁴491; acted in the figure of Christ,¹⁶⁶⁵492.

Jealousy, attributed to God,¹⁶⁶⁶527.

Jehu, falsehood of, no safe example,¹⁶⁶⁷482.

Jericho, represents the world,¹⁶⁶⁸496.

Jerome, St. opinion of, about St. Peter's simulation, and note,¹⁶⁶⁹461.

Jerusalem, heavenly and earthly contrasted,¹⁶⁷⁰496; Christian's living in common at,¹⁶⁷¹512; the heavenly, what gifts her sons have,¹⁶⁷²535.

Jesus, supported by pious women,¹⁶⁷³506.

Jewish Christians, kept the Law,¹⁶⁷⁴509.

Jews, named from Judah,¹⁶⁷⁵339; our witnesses to prophecy,¹⁶⁷⁶342; permitted to ill-treat our Lord,¹⁶⁷⁷373; many of, murderers of Christ, forgiven,¹⁶⁷⁸374; and heathens, out numbered by Christians,¹⁶⁷⁹355; their notions of defilements,¹⁶⁸⁰469; priesthood of, become vile,¹⁶⁸¹470; heart of, called "stony,"¹⁶⁸²491; rites of, culled "sacramenta,"¹⁶⁸³493.

Job, his example cited,¹⁶⁸⁴409; patience of, in various temptations,¹⁶⁸⁵530; was thought to worship God, for temporal things: compared with Adam,¹⁶⁸⁶530; trials of, extreme,¹⁶⁸⁷372; tempted by his wife: stood fast in God,¹⁶⁸⁸373; restored to prosperity for our example,¹⁶⁸⁹373.

John, St. beautifully alluded to,¹⁶⁹⁰390; his example cited,¹⁶⁹¹410; alluded to,¹⁶⁹²426.

John, the Monk,¹⁶⁹³539; he had the gift of prophecy: consulted by Theodosius: appeared to one in sleep,¹⁶⁹⁴550.

Joke, a, not a lie,¹⁶⁹⁵458.

Joseph, St. chosen to evidence the perpetual virginity of St. Mary,¹⁶⁹⁶511.

Joseph, temptation of,¹⁶⁹⁷487; his concealment no lie,¹⁶⁹⁸491.

Josiah, sparing the Prophet's bones,¹⁶⁹⁹544; spared the knowledge of the afflictions which followed after his death,¹⁷⁰⁰547.

Jotham, parable of,¹⁷⁰¹494.

Joy, different degrees of, in Heaven,¹⁷⁰²426; godly, given to us,¹⁷⁰³534.

Judah, Jews named from,¹⁷⁰⁴339.

Judah, fornication of, no example,¹⁷⁰⁵495.

Judaism, how far St. Paul allowed,¹⁷⁰⁶460.¹⁷⁰⁷461,¹⁷⁰⁸493.

Judas prophesied of,¹⁷⁰⁹341; an example of evil tolerated,¹⁷¹⁰506; our Lord's patience with,¹⁷¹¹529.

Judge, seems required for "false witness,"¹⁷¹²467,¹⁷¹³468,¹⁷¹⁴473; information to, no betrayal,¹⁷¹⁵468; tortures inflicted by,¹⁷¹⁶528.

Judgment, reason for believing,¹⁷¹⁷341; will separate good and evil,¹⁷¹⁸343; of the just and the unjust,¹⁷¹⁹374.

Judgments of God, on fallen men and angels¹⁷²⁰246; will be explained at the Resurrection,¹⁷²¹267; are just,¹⁷²²268 sq.

Juliana, thanks St. Augustin for a warning: asked him to write,¹⁷²³441; not to take all as written for herself,¹⁷²⁴441,¹⁷²⁵448; had children when left a widow,¹⁷²⁶445,¹⁷²⁷448; highest achievements open to,¹⁷²⁸448; is to communicate the book to others,¹⁷²⁹450; household of, a Church,¹⁷³⁰454.

Kids, skins of, meant sins,¹⁷³¹492.

Kindred, spiritual, preferable to human,¹⁷³²418.

Kingdoms, two distinct, after the resurrection; Christ's and the Devil's,¹⁷³³273.

Kiss, not refused to Judas,¹⁷³⁴529.

Knowledge, different ways of desiring,¹⁷³⁵357; distinguished from opinion and belief,¹⁷³⁶359; of evil, no misery,¹⁷³⁷359; matter of belief may be called,¹⁷³⁸360; and charity, two goods,¹⁷³⁹403; all who know, partake of,¹⁷⁴⁰528; of difficult questions, a divine gift,¹⁷⁴¹549.

Labor, pleasure in,¹⁷⁴²453; those able to, happier,¹⁷⁴³515; a duty of monks,¹⁷⁴⁴514; practised in good monasteries,¹⁷⁴⁵516; humbling effects of, on the wealthy,¹⁷⁴⁶518; for the common store,¹⁷⁴⁷519;. in the rich more charitable than alms-giving,¹⁷⁴⁸535.

Lamb, The, followed by virgins, and married persons,¹⁷⁴⁹426,¹⁷⁵⁰432.

Lamps, burning, what,¹⁷⁵¹386.

Laurentius, the Enchiridion addressed to,¹⁷⁵²237.

Law, counsel given beyond,¹⁷⁵³461,¹⁷⁵⁴462; of God unmoved by circumstances,¹⁷⁵⁵489; of nature,¹⁷⁵⁶407; under, in, without distinguished,¹⁷⁵⁷509; Jewish, permitted eating in the fields,¹⁷⁵⁸517; supposed wish to combine, with the Gospel,¹⁷⁵⁹351; Ceremonial, mysteries of,¹⁷⁶⁰351; in the letter, killeth; wants an expounder,¹⁷⁶¹353.

Laws, of man, in some sort Christian,¹⁷⁶²356.

Laying out more, St. Paul,¹⁷⁶³515.

Lazarus, buried, what signified in,¹⁷⁶⁴494; borne by Angels,¹⁷⁶⁵541; told Abraham the state of the Jews,¹⁷⁶⁶548.

Lectures of Rhetoricians,¹⁷⁶⁷545.

Leeches,¹⁷⁶⁸529.

Left-hand, what means,¹⁷⁶⁹374.

Legal purification shows not marriage sinful,¹⁷⁷⁰409; was for the type of sin,¹⁷⁷¹409.

Leisure, what, had St. Paul,¹⁷⁷²466.

Leonas, messenger of Consentius,¹⁷⁷³481.

Lewdness, worse than theft,¹⁷⁷⁴488¹⁷⁷⁵489.

Liar, not every is a, who lies,¹⁷⁷⁶466.

Liberty, Christian,¹⁷⁷⁷461,¹⁷⁷⁸462,¹⁷⁷⁹493.

Lie, never allowable, but differs much in guilt,¹⁷⁸⁰243; not allowable to save another from injury,¹⁷⁸¹245; question if ever lawful,¹⁷⁸²457 sq.; a joke is not a,¹⁷⁸³458; nor a mistake,¹⁷⁸⁴458; definition of,¹⁷⁸⁵458,¹⁷⁸⁶459,¹⁷⁸⁷494; how to be safe from,¹⁷⁸⁸460; question if ever useful,¹⁷⁸⁹460,¹⁷⁹⁰491; examples quoted in favor of,¹⁷⁹¹460,¹⁷⁹²495,¹⁷⁹³500; cases of danger requiring,¹⁷⁹⁴460,¹⁷⁹⁵462,¹⁷⁹⁶490; condemned as false witness,¹⁷⁹⁷460; condemned more generally, and note,¹⁷⁹⁸460, .¹⁷⁹⁹468,¹⁸⁰⁰476; allegory is not,¹⁸⁰¹460,¹⁸⁰²491; sometimes allowed in imperfect state,¹⁸⁰³461; New Testament never favors,¹⁸⁰⁴461,¹⁸⁰⁵493; God hates, even to destroying,¹⁸⁰⁶462,¹⁸⁰⁷482; corrupts the soul,¹⁸⁰⁸463; any sin as easily justified,¹⁸⁰⁹463,¹⁸¹⁰495; good men lose authority by telling,¹⁸¹¹464; about Christ,¹⁸¹²466; several cases of,¹⁸¹³466; none lawful in doctrine,¹⁸¹⁴466,¹⁸¹⁵490; not to be told to give pleasure,¹⁸¹⁶467; useful, question of,¹⁸¹⁷467,¹⁸¹⁸472,¹⁸¹⁹474,¹⁸²⁰495; if not to defend crime,¹⁸²¹467; how to escape, when questioned,¹⁸²²468; how to escape, when silence betrays,¹⁸²³469; five kinds of, condemned: three still questioned,¹⁸²⁴469; wish to use, forbidden,¹⁸²⁵472; what, threatened with destruction,¹⁸²⁶473; Deceit is, even if not "false witness,"¹⁸²⁷473; a harmless one, to save pudicity of body, allowed,¹⁸²⁸475; eight sorts of, all shown to be evil,¹⁸²⁹476; which sorts less culpable: none is good,¹⁸³⁰481,¹⁸³¹482; examples of, quoted from Scripture,¹⁸³²482,¹⁸³³491; every, contrary to truth,¹⁸³⁴482; pretending heresy worse kind of,¹⁸³⁵483; metaphor or antiphrasis, is not,¹⁸³⁶491; none is "just,"¹⁸³⁷495,¹⁸³⁸484; no holy person glories in,¹⁸³⁹496; one, leads to another,¹⁸⁴⁰498; about religion worst,¹⁸⁴¹498,¹⁸⁴²500; not to be told to save a soul,¹⁸⁴³499; rather trust God,¹⁸⁴⁴500; put for sin in general,¹⁸⁴⁵500; not less than lewdness,¹⁸⁴⁶500.

Life, eternal, through the reward of good works, is itself the gift of God,¹⁸⁴⁷272; eternal, not to be given for temporal,¹⁸⁴⁸462,¹⁸⁴⁹474; good here, eternal hereafter, worth patience,¹⁸⁵⁰528.

Light, real and pretended,¹⁸⁵¹348; strong, not born at once,¹⁸⁵²361; beauty of, a standing miracle,¹⁸⁵³364; coeval offspring of fire,¹⁸⁵⁴371.

Lips, have spoken if the heart has consented,¹⁸⁵⁵338.

Literal sense, the usual one of the Epistles,¹⁸⁵⁶504.

Liturgy, quoted,¹⁸⁵⁷449.

Living after man, is living after the flesh,¹⁸⁵⁸383.

Lot, entertained Angels,¹⁸⁵⁹463; his example discussed,¹⁸⁶⁰463,¹⁸⁶¹489,¹⁸⁶²490; excused by perturbation,¹⁸⁶³490; knew not his guests to be Angels,¹⁸⁶⁴497.

Love, greater than faith and hope,¹⁸⁶⁵274; is the end of all the commandments,¹⁸⁶⁶275; action of,¹⁸⁶⁷286 sq.; "perfect, casteth out fear,"¹⁸⁶⁸330; act of, invisible,¹⁸⁶⁹338; only way to attain the highest good,¹⁸⁷⁰363; submits without hope of temporal rewards,¹⁸⁷¹373; of husband for wife, Apostolical argument for,¹⁸⁷²388; fears to displease God,¹⁸⁷³431; owed to God by virgins,¹⁸⁷⁴433; of Christ, on the part of virgins,¹⁸⁷⁵437; the remedy for pride,¹⁸⁷⁶437; of neighbor as self,¹⁸⁷⁷462; misdirected, makes false estimates,¹⁸⁷⁸474; rectitude of, the soul's chastity,¹⁸⁷⁹475,¹⁸⁸⁰476; of God, is His gift,¹⁸⁸¹532; the ground of patience,¹⁸⁸²532,¹⁸⁸³534; kindled by The Holy Spirit,¹⁸⁸⁴532; of creature: already in creature loving,¹⁸⁸⁵534; of God, not in creature unless given,¹⁸⁸⁶534.

Lucan, quoted,¹⁸⁸⁷239,¹⁸⁸⁸541.

Lucretius, error of, about the soul,¹⁸⁸⁹352.

Lucus quod non luceat,¹⁸⁹⁰491.

Lust, what is chiefly so called,¹⁸⁹¹380,¹⁸⁹²381; our enemy, to be resisted,¹⁸⁹³381; its resistance the business of man,¹⁸⁹⁴382; proved to be of the soul as much as of the body,¹⁸⁹⁵391; how put down,¹⁸⁹⁶393; sexual, its sinfulness,¹⁸⁹⁷401; definition of,¹⁸⁹⁸463.

Maccabees, book of, referred to,¹⁸⁹⁹540.

Madmen, strength of, not healthy,¹⁹⁰⁰448.

Magic arts,¹⁹⁰¹391; in bringing up Samuel,¹⁹⁰²548.

Male and female, contrasted,¹⁹⁰³407.

Malefici,¹⁹⁰⁴500.

Man, knowledge concerning, a part of wisdom,¹⁹⁰⁵306; nature of, assumed by God,¹⁹⁰⁶363; image of God in,¹⁹⁰⁷369; begins in imperfection,¹⁹⁰⁸372; living after, what,¹⁹⁰⁹383.

Manhood, assumed by The Son,¹⁹¹⁰329; perfect in Christ,¹⁹¹¹249.

Manichees, object to believing on authority,¹⁹¹²348; their pretence of reasons and learned discussions,¹⁹¹³348; refute rather than prove,¹⁹¹⁴348; their contemptuous phrases: attack the Old Testament,¹⁹¹⁵349; think Scripture interpolated, and how,¹⁹¹⁶350; of what error they accuse the Church,¹⁹¹⁷353; worship the sun,¹⁹¹⁸353; boasted of Faustus,¹⁹¹⁹356; inquire origin of evil,¹⁹²⁰365; charges of, against Scripture: of bloodless bodies, but coarse minds,¹⁹²¹365,¹⁹²²366; their heresy,¹⁹²³385,¹⁹²⁴386,¹⁹²⁵388,¹⁹²⁶389; refuted: dismissed,¹⁹²⁷388,¹⁹²⁸390; their saying,¹⁹²⁹410; their heretical opinion,¹⁹³⁰413; said the law was not of God,¹⁹³¹509.

Manichæans, place claimed for among the Apostles,¹⁹³²350.

Mankind, how they might have multiplied had Adam not sinned,¹⁹³³399,¹⁹³⁴400.

Mansions, many in heaven,¹⁹³⁵426.

Marriage, fools should consult the wise about¹⁹³⁶361; many have learned to despise,¹⁹³⁷364; its end,¹⁹³⁸391; not regarded as unholy by the Fathers,¹⁹³⁹398; a lower state than virginity: first bond of society: that of our first parents, holy,¹⁹⁴⁰399; Christ went to one,¹⁹⁴¹400; how a good,¹⁹⁴²400,¹⁹⁴³402,¹⁹⁴⁴412; intended as well for fellowship,¹⁹⁴⁵400; of aged persons,¹⁹⁴⁶400; continence in, praise-worthy,¹⁹⁴⁷400; brings good out of evil: its uses,¹⁹⁴⁸400,¹⁹⁴⁹401¹⁹⁵⁰402; its grave joy,¹⁹⁵¹400; how far certain compacts deserve the name of,¹⁹⁵²401; its abuse, not the sin of marriage,¹⁹⁵³401; Sacramental,¹⁹⁵⁴402,¹⁹⁵⁵406,¹⁹⁵⁶408; the lesser of two goods,¹⁹⁵⁷403,¹⁹⁵⁸411,¹⁹⁵⁹422,¹⁹⁶⁰423; of the just, better than the virginity of the impious,¹⁹⁶¹403; not evil, but good,¹⁹⁶²402,¹⁹⁶³403,¹⁹⁶⁴409; in what sense it is "better" not to marry,¹⁹⁶⁵403,¹⁹⁶⁶407; was once a duty: St. Paul's view of,¹⁹⁶⁷404; not sinful,¹⁹⁶⁸404,¹⁹⁶⁹408; to be not sinful must be without excess,¹⁹⁷⁰404; holy, though the partner is unholy,¹⁹⁷¹405; that looks only to pleasing God, rare,¹⁹⁷²405; how piously contracted by the old Fathers,¹⁹⁷³406,¹⁹⁷⁴407,¹⁹⁷⁵408,¹⁹⁷⁶413; cannot be dissolved, except by death,¹⁹⁷⁷402,¹⁹⁷⁸411,¹⁹⁷⁹412; of many wives, allowable once,¹⁹⁸⁰406; compared to the taking of food,¹⁹⁸¹407; was once contracted with spiritual desire,¹⁹⁸²407; hard, to use it like Abraham,¹⁹⁸³413; compared to ordination,¹⁹⁸⁴411; goods of, three,¹⁹⁸⁵413; of the old Fathers, holier than virginity now,¹⁹⁸⁶413; summary of St. Augustin's book on,¹⁹⁸⁷417; how that of the old Fathers must be regarded,¹⁹⁸⁸422,¹⁹⁸⁹423; not even indirectly condemned by St. Paul,¹⁹⁹⁰422¹⁹⁹¹423,¹⁹⁹²424; its fruits thirty-fold only,¹⁹⁹³434; of (professed) widows wrong but valid,¹⁹⁹⁴441; ends with the life of either party,¹⁹⁹⁵442; good of, shown, in that the bodies of married Christians are members of Christ,¹⁹⁹⁶442; due of, not to be withheld for fear of temptation,¹⁹⁹⁷442; the chastity in, God's gift,¹⁹⁹⁸442,¹⁹⁹⁹450; evil of excess in, not of marriage, but venial through it,²⁰⁰⁰442; ends of: that of Sacrament: second, allowable,²⁰⁰¹443; second attacked by Montanists, etc.,²⁰⁰²443; body as well as spirit, holy in,²⁰⁰³443,²⁰⁰⁴444; more desirable in Old Covenant,²⁰⁰⁵444; of Patriarchs, was for offspring,²⁰⁰⁶444; provides against temptation,²⁰⁰⁷445; not needed when we may have spiritual children,²⁰⁰⁸445,²⁰⁰⁹453; better than unstable purpose of widowhood,²⁰¹⁰441; still good under the Gospel,²⁰¹¹446; desire of, wrong after vows,²⁰¹²446; argument from "marriage to Christ" refuted,²⁰¹³446; third or fourth, lawful, though less worthy,²⁰¹⁴446; seventh, allowed by our Lord to be marriage,²⁰¹⁵447; hard questions about,²⁰¹⁶448,²⁰¹⁷449; ranks below continence: holiness of, inferior by reason of cares,²⁰¹⁸451; less needful since the world is perishing,²⁰¹⁹452.

Married, faithful women are mothers of Christ,²⁰²⁰419; fruitfulness may not vie with virgin chastity,²⁰²¹419,²⁰²²420; persons may follow the Lamb,²⁰²³427,²⁰²⁴436; persons in one respect cannot follow the Lamb,²⁰²⁵427; may be fitter than virgins for Martyrdom,²⁰²⁶434.

Martha and Mary,²⁰²⁷403.

Martyr, supposed terms put to a,²⁰²⁸464; no place for, if doctrine may be denied,²⁰²⁹482; makes real gain,²⁰³⁰497.

Martyrs, effect of their sufferings on mankind,²⁰³¹464; not prayed for at the Altar,²⁰³²489; patience of, in scorn and pain,²⁰³³529; true, do not kill themselves,²⁰³⁴530; who suffer out of the Church,²⁰³⁵535; memorials of,²⁰³⁶542,²⁰³⁷549,²⁰³⁸550; prayers to,²⁰³⁹542; care for others, the living,²⁰⁴⁰542,²⁰⁴¹544 sq.; ashes and bodies dispersed, of Gaul, and elsewhere,²⁰⁴²542,²⁰⁴³544; overcame natural regard for the fate of their bodies,²⁰⁴⁴544; removed from knowledge of earthly things,²⁰⁴⁵549; tormenting demons,²⁰⁴⁶550.

Martyrdom, often a hidden gift: common among Christians,²⁰⁴⁷364; higher than virginity,²⁰⁴⁸435.

Mary (see Virgin), the Blessed Virgin of the Jewish race,²⁰⁴⁹339; Virgin after Christ's birth,²⁰⁵⁰339,²⁰⁵¹511; Christ born of,²⁰⁵²371; suspected: conceived Christ in chastity,²⁰⁵³486; holy virgins become like,²⁰⁵⁴449.

Mary and Martha,²⁰⁵⁵403,²⁰⁵⁶413,²⁰⁵⁷423.

Master, opposed to "schoolmaster,"²⁰⁵⁸351; of grammar,²⁰⁵⁹353; one, to many slaves,²⁰⁶⁰408; power of, over slaves,²⁰⁶¹490.

Mechanics, became Monks,²⁰⁶²516.

Mediator, a, needed by fallen men,²⁰⁶³248,²⁰⁶⁴253,²⁰⁶⁵257; must be God in order to redeem us,²⁰⁶⁶272.

Medicine, taking, implies hope of recovery,²⁰⁶⁷361.

Meditation, in the Law of God,²⁰⁶⁸452; consistent with work,²⁰⁶⁹514.

Members of sin, how mortified,²⁰⁷⁰392; all members, though differing in honor,²⁰⁷¹444.

Memorials of Martyrs,²⁰⁷²539²⁰⁷³542; prayers offered there, obtain special blessings,²⁰⁷⁴539,²⁰⁷⁵540,²⁰⁷⁶542; buried,²⁰⁷⁷550.

Men, fallen, God's judgments on,²⁰⁷⁸246; restored through the mercy of God,²⁰⁷⁹246; the restored part succeeds to the place lost by the rebellious angels,²⁰⁸⁰247; not saved by good works, but by grace through faith,²⁰⁸¹247; needed a mediator,²⁰⁸²248; all born of Adam are under condemnation,²⁰⁸³246,²⁰⁸⁴254; Christians truly so,²⁰⁸⁵523; figure the ruling principle of the mind,²⁰⁸⁶524.

Mercy of God, free and abounding,²⁰⁸⁷264,²⁰⁸⁸268,²⁰⁸⁹271; how far an excuse for wrong actions,²⁰⁹⁰496.

Metaphor, is no lie,²⁰⁹¹491.

Midwives, believed, as to parents,²⁰⁹²360; Hebrew, quoted for lying,²⁰⁹³460,²⁰⁹⁴495; were not prophesying,²⁰⁹⁵460,²⁰⁹⁶496; temporarily rewarded,²⁰⁹⁷460; excused as beginners,²⁰⁹⁸470,²⁰⁹⁹495.

Mind, things in, perceived without sight,²¹⁰⁰337; of others, not directly perceived, etc.,²¹⁰¹337 sq.; prepared for truth by believing,²¹⁰²358,²¹⁰³362; of the wise brought in contact with God,²¹⁰⁴363; sovereign power of, disgraced by body's sin,²¹⁰⁵487; parts of the, how figured,²¹⁰⁶524; patience a virtue of,²¹⁰⁷529; wounds of,²¹⁰⁸529; incomprehensible to itself, 569.

Miracle, spread of the Gospel a,²¹⁰⁹340.

Miracles, meant to produce faith,²¹¹⁰363; what are,²¹¹¹364; better than reasons to impress fools,²¹¹²363; point out authority,²¹¹³364; some more gracious, some more wonderful: why less frequent, and note,²¹¹⁴364; witness of, against heretics,²¹¹⁵365.

Mistrust of self, our security,²¹¹⁶383.

Monachism, a holy purpose,²¹¹⁷521.

Monasteries, introduction of, into Carthage,²¹¹⁸503; good, practise manual labor,²¹¹⁹516; indifferent to which one's property has been given,²¹²⁰519; time divided for labor and devotion and study,²¹²¹521.

Monastery, some may labor, others instruct,²¹²²514; owes a maintenance to those who have surrendered their property to it,²¹²³519; division of works in,²¹²⁴519.

Monica, St., failed not to visit St. Augustin every night,²¹²⁵547.

Monks, not laboring for their own support,²¹²⁶503; the work of, occasion of writing,²¹²⁷504; honest trades for men; a holy society,²¹²⁸511; laziness of, a trap,²¹²⁹515; cause scandals,²¹³⁰516; to avoid giving offense, to labor and be obedient,²¹³¹514; ecclesiastical occupations and teaching of,²¹³²514,²¹³³515; life holy and praiseworthy,²¹³⁴514; their many religious offices,²¹³⁵515; who have been delicately brought up, to be borne with,²¹³⁶516; not Evangelists nor Priests: supporters of the Monastery,²¹³⁷519; persons admitted without signs of amendment,²¹³⁸516; a heavy sin not to admit as, slaves, peasants, mechanics: some became exemplars,²¹³⁹516; kept stores of provisions,²¹⁴⁰517; might have dressed provisions,²¹⁴¹517,²¹⁴²518; who have been rich not compelled to bodily labor,²¹⁴³519; none to be idle: disentangled from secular affairs,²¹⁴⁴520,²¹⁴⁵521; trusting for support in labor if able, without, if unable: called servants of God,²¹⁴⁶521; poor of Christ,²¹⁴⁷519; objects of the Bishop's care,²¹⁴⁸521; hypocritical and vagrant, pretended ones,²¹⁴⁹521; a device of Satan to discredit that life by scandal,²¹⁵⁰521; accused of wishing to be maintained in idleness: of hawking: costuming: lying stories: begging,²¹⁵¹521; wearing long hair,²¹⁵²522; life preferred to Bishop's,²¹⁵³521; good ones accused and unsettled by the idle,²¹⁵⁴522; idle ones regarded as more holy,²¹⁵⁵523.

Monstrous births, and the resurrection,²¹⁵⁶265.

Montanists, attacked second marriages,²¹⁵⁷443.

Moral government of the world,²¹⁵⁸385.

Mortification of the members, what?²¹⁵⁹392.

Moses, veil of,²¹⁶⁰523; appeared after death,²¹⁶¹548.

Mothers, of Christ, who?²¹⁶²418,²¹⁶³419.

Mouth of the heart as well as the body,²¹⁶⁴380,²¹⁶⁵381; not to be always literally taken in Scripture,²¹⁶⁶380; of the heart,²¹⁶⁷471,²¹⁶⁸472; confession with the mouth required,²¹⁶⁹486.

Multitude, testimony of followed in common life,²¹⁷⁰355; must be led by steps to religion,²¹⁷¹358: is believed regarding Christ,²¹⁷²362; gathered by Him in the way of faith,²¹⁷³363; led by faith to approve many good things,²¹⁷⁴364,²¹⁷⁵365; witness of, against heretics,²¹⁷⁶365.

Mysteries, holy, words used in celebrating,²¹⁷⁷449.

Mystery, defense of, not popular,²¹⁷⁸349; to be borne with,²¹⁷⁹534.

Nabal, David right in sparing,²¹⁸⁰490.

Naboth, charge against,²¹⁸¹491.

Name, eternal, promised to the eunuchs,²¹⁸²425.

Narration, to be employed in catechising,²¹⁸³285 sq.,²¹⁸⁴289.

Nations blessed in Christ,²¹⁸⁵339; come to God, by believing,²¹⁸⁶341.

Nativity, Eternal, of the Son,²¹⁸⁷371; of Christ in time,²¹⁸⁸374.

Nature, the Christian knows little of, except that the goodness of the Creator is the cause of all things,²¹⁸⁹239; knowledge of the causes of, unessential to happiness,²¹⁹⁰242; wonders of, familiar,²¹⁹¹364; all, is good,²¹⁹²386; lust is a disease of,²¹⁹³386.

Nazarites, long hair a figure of the veil of the Law,²¹⁹⁴523.

Neighbor, even an alien is,²¹⁹⁵487.

Net, of the Gospel, takes bad and good,²¹⁹⁶343.

Novations, against second marriages,²¹⁹⁷443.

Nuns, holy, deceased,²¹⁹⁸434.

Nurses, believed as to parents,²¹⁹⁹360.

Obedience, the Christian's work,²²⁰⁰372; above continence,²²⁰¹411; implies chastity,²²⁰²412; unmurmuring, duty of Monks,²²⁰³514.

Old persons, why they marry,²²⁰⁴400.

Olibrius, husband of Juliana,²²⁰⁵452.

Omnipotence of God,²²⁰⁶322.

Opinatio,²²⁰⁷360.

Opinion, distinguished from knowledge and belief,²²⁰⁸359; different from belief,²²⁰⁹458.

Ordination, to be withheld from a husband who had a second wife,²²¹⁰408; a sacrament,²²¹¹412.

Original sin, remitted by Baptism,²²¹²386.

Pagans, soldiers: poets: yet in their sins,²²¹³375; idolatrous heathen so called,²²¹⁴509,²²¹⁵511; opinions of burial,²²¹⁶540; philosophers,²²¹⁷540.

Paint, not to be used by women,²²¹⁸451.

Parables, are no lies,²²¹⁹494.

Paradise, man deceived in,²²²⁰372; Adam careless in,²²²¹530; how man forfeited,²²²²531; vision of, also baptism necessary for admission to,²²²³546.

Parcae quad non parcant,²²²⁴491.

Pardon, granted implies sin,²²²⁵404; to what granted by St. Paul,²²²⁶404.

Pardon of sin conditioned by penitence, and has reference chiefly to the Judgment,²²²⁷258; not given to those who forgive not others,²²²⁸261.

Parents, not to be recognized when they hinder our ministry,²²²⁹325; known by testimony,²²³⁰339; known to children by faith: yet love due to,²²³¹360.

Parricide, Cataline, of his country,²²³²528; why worst homicide,²²³³530.

Passion, foretold by same writers as things now seen fulfilled,²²³⁴341; in Jewish Scriptures,²²³⁵342.

Passions, how attributed to God,²²³⁶527.

Patience, of Christ,²²³⁷372; of Job,²²³⁸372; is not to be for temporal hopes,²²³⁹372,²²⁴⁰373; differs from endurance,²²⁴¹391; a great gift of God,²²⁴²527; attributed to God: in what sense,²²⁴³527; of God, without passion,²²⁴⁴527,²²⁴⁵528; in man, what,²²⁴⁶527,²²⁴⁷528; waits for good,²²⁴⁸527,²²⁴⁹529; compared with worldly endurance,²²⁵⁰528,²²⁵¹531; for ill ends is no patience,²²⁵²528; truth of, is in the cause,²²⁵³528; not like science: both in mind and body,²²⁵⁴529; shown without bodily pain: of our Lord toward Judas,²²⁵⁵529; greatest against Satan's assaults,²²⁵⁶530; is God's gift,²²⁵⁷531; being from love of God, is from grace,²²⁵⁸532; likens to God,²²⁵⁹532; her words by St. Paul,²²⁶⁰535; is it God's gift?²²⁶¹535,²²⁶²536.

Patriarchs, had several wives for offspring,²²⁶³444; marriages of, attacked by Faustus,²²⁶⁴448; fed cattle,²²⁶⁵511; ignorant of what befell the Jews,²²⁶⁶547.

Paul, his speaking by permission not of commandment, expounded,²²⁶⁷262 sq.; once a persecutor,²²⁶⁸309; his counsels and commands concerning marriage and virginity,²²⁶⁹421; what "he spared,"²²⁷⁰422; the Teacher: "vessel of election,"²²⁷¹442. chose the unmarried state as higher good,²²⁷²442; rightly allows second marriage,²²⁷³443; cared not for men's praise,²²⁷⁴453; St. Peter corrected by,²²⁷⁵461,²²⁷⁶462; kept good repute with care,²²⁷⁷461; his answer to the high priest,²²⁷⁸470; his oaths,²²⁷⁹470,²²⁸⁰474,²²⁸¹477; right in not "living of the Gospel,"²²⁸²470; used sympathy, not falsehood,²²⁸³476; charged by some with a lie,²²⁸⁴477; not compelled by want to preach,²²⁸⁵509; not using his liberty,²²⁸⁶506²²⁸⁷509,²²⁸⁸510; bearing with the weak,²²⁸⁹509; condescending, not of craft,²²⁹⁰509,²²⁹¹510; becoming all things to all men: "becoming weak,"²²⁹²509; relieved by distant Churches,²²⁹³510; declined gifts to avoid suspicion of venal motives,²²⁹⁴510,²²⁹⁵511; labored in temporal as well as spiritual works,²²⁹⁶511; avoiding suspicion of dishonesty,²²⁹⁷513; rejoicing in the liberality of believers,²²⁹⁸513; had special times for labor and teaching, at Troas: at Athens,²²⁹⁹513,²³⁰⁰514; could work by day and night,²³⁰¹515; not receiving support was to avoid offense,²³⁰²515,²³⁰³517; because his ministry was among the Gentiles,²³⁰⁴515; not contrary to his Lord,²³⁰⁵518; used means for self-preservation,²³⁰⁶520; rapt into Paradise,²³⁰⁷548.

Paulinus, St., of Nola, inquires about burial: his opinion, 569.

Peace, on earth,²³⁰⁸257; the prize of continence,²³⁰⁹386.

Peasants, became Monks,²³¹⁰516,²³¹¹519.

Pelagianism, noted by St. Augustin in his book on widowhood,²³¹²441,²³¹³449.²³¹⁴450; dangerous approaches to²³¹⁵450.

Pelagians, think patience man's attainment,²³¹⁶531; argument of, for free-will,²³¹⁷531,²³¹⁸532.

Penance, done openly in Church: way of remission for the baptized,²³¹⁹375; refusal of, condemned,²³²⁰473.

Penitence, needful for pardon of sins,²³²¹258.

Penitents, order of,²³²²375.

Penny, in the parable,²³²³426.

Pentecost,²³²⁴308.

Peoples, and nations, our witnesses to Christ,²³²⁵362.

Perfect, are not even to wish to lie,²³²⁶472.

Perfecting, good and evil,²³²⁷387.

Perjury, strangely justified by some,²³²⁸498; none can be allowable,²³²⁹499; real though not of truth,²³³⁰499; feared even by the adulterous,²³³¹500.

Permission, not same as consent,²³³²475.

Persecution, flight from,²³³³520,²³³⁴521.

Perseverance, need of grace for,²³³⁵453,²³³⁶454.

Persian fable of Manichees,²³³⁷365.

Peter, St., his example cited,²³³⁸410; simulation of, corrected,²³³⁹461,²³⁴⁰493; his denial,²³⁴¹462; justifying him makes St. Paul a liar,²³⁴²477; denied only with the mouth, yet sinned,²³⁴³486.

Pharisee and Publican,²³⁴⁴428.

Physician, best judge for the sick,²³⁴⁵373; hates sickness, loves the sick,²³⁴⁶534.

Pity, how attributed to God,²³⁴⁷527.

Plato, hidden meanings of, in amorous writing,²³⁴⁸355.

Pleasure, thought chief good by Epicurus,²³⁴⁹352; in holy labor,²³⁵⁰452; of earthly things a known motive to natural will,²³⁵¹534.

Pontius Pilate, named to mark the date,²³⁵²371.

Poor, feeding, for man's praise not good,²³⁵³487; of Christ, monks so called,²³⁵⁴519; patience of the,²³⁵⁵531; long for the inheritance,²³⁵⁶535; of Christ to be made rich,²³⁵⁷536.

Posture, in prayer increases fervor,²³⁵⁸542.

Powers that be, subjection to the, illustrated,²³⁵⁹306.

Prayer, the Lord's,²³⁶⁰238,²³⁶¹274; called "The Prayer,"²³⁶²375; needed against temptation,²³⁶³449.

Prayer, the daily, of the believer makes satisfaction for daily trivial sins,²³⁶⁴260; remission of lighter sins by,²³⁶⁵375; does more than exhortation,²³⁶⁶450; spiritual delight in,²³⁶⁷452,²³⁶⁸453; helped by alms,²³⁶⁹452; of the obedient heard,²³⁷⁰514; interrupted for necessary labors,²³⁷¹518; posture at, increases fervency: yet is not necessary to it,²³⁷²542.

Prayer, for the dead,²³⁷³434; an universal practice,²³⁷⁴539; at the Altar,²³⁷⁵540; authority for, though not in Scripture: also profit of,²³⁷⁶539,²³⁷⁷540; do not profit all,²³⁷⁸539,²³⁷⁹542,²³⁸⁰550; for all the faithful departed,²³⁸¹542,²³⁸²543; for our departed friends, especially,²³⁸³550.

Preaching, the Gospel, reward of,²³⁸⁴509; the Gospel for support might offend the weak,²³⁸⁵510,²³⁸⁶511; for the sake of a maintenance wrong,²³⁸⁷519.

Predestination, to eternal life is wholly of God's free grace,²³⁸⁸268.

Pride, and envying,²³⁸⁹428; to be guarded against,²³⁹⁰531; ground of false patience,²³⁹¹531.

Priesthood, of the Jews become vile,²³⁹²470.

Priscillian, artful praise of,²³⁹³483; himself detected without lies,²³⁹⁴485.

Priscillianists, exposed by Consentius,²³⁹⁵450; inquiries of Consentius about,²³⁹⁶457; thought it lawful to deny doctrines,²³⁹⁷481,²³⁹⁸486,²³⁹⁹492; some of their notions,²⁴⁰⁰484; sin less than Catholics in blaspheming,²⁴⁰¹484,²⁴⁰²485; heresy of, overthrown by Catholic Bishops,²⁴⁰³485; anathematize Priscillian in pretence,²⁴⁰⁴485.

Proba Faltonia, mother-in-law of Juliana, and note,²⁴⁰⁵448,²⁴⁰⁶454; grandmother of Demetrias,²⁴⁰⁷451.

Property, management of,²⁴⁰⁸361; question of lying to save,²⁴⁰⁹467,²⁴¹⁰476; giving up of, a pattern to us,²⁴¹¹518.

Prophecy, evidence of, conclusive,²⁴¹²339,²⁴¹³340; even for Gospel records,²⁴¹⁴340,²⁴¹⁵341; of things we see proves things unseen: Passion foretold in,²⁴¹⁶341,²⁴¹⁷342.

Prophecies, Old Testament, fulfillment of, pointed out,²⁴¹⁸313.

Prophetic meaning of Patriarchs' care for burial,²⁴¹⁹541.

Prophets, effect of their teaching on multitudes,²⁴²⁰364; in time of, women served God by marriage: God's ancient people a prophet,²⁴²¹444; marriages of, attacked by Faustus,²⁴²²448; knew only what God thought fit,²⁴²³548.

Providence, not excluding our exertions,²⁴²⁴520,²⁴²⁵521.

Provision, for the morrow, how forbidden,²⁴²⁶470; to be made for the future,²⁴²⁷518.

Psalmody, a spiritual delight,²⁴²⁸452; no hindrance to work,²⁴²⁹514.

Psalms, to be learnt by heart,²⁴³⁰514.

Publican and Pharisee,²⁴³¹428.

Punishment, eternal,²⁴³²341; for sin inevitable,²⁴³³385; less for schismatics who suffer for Christ,²⁴³⁴535.

Punishments, future, eternity of,²⁴³⁵273; threatened to correct the foolish,²⁴³⁶351.

Purgatorial fire, possible,²⁴³⁷260.

Purification, why ordered under the Law,²⁴³⁸409.

Quick, the, and the dead, Christ shall judge, expounded,²⁴³⁹255,²⁴⁴⁰373.

Rahab, not approved for lying,²⁴⁴¹495; how she might have avoided it,²⁴⁴²496.

Reading, three kinds of error in,²⁴⁴³351,²⁴⁴⁴352; spiritual delight in,²⁴⁴⁵452²⁴⁴⁶453; pursued to the neglect of doing what is read,²⁴⁴⁷514.

Reality of Christ's flesh,²⁴⁴⁸389.

Reason, Manichees would prove all by,²⁴⁴⁹348,²⁴⁵⁰354; not enough to keep men from sin,²⁴⁵¹351; why not to be followed before faith,²⁴⁵²357; unable to master religion,²⁴⁵³360.

Refuge, is one seeking, to be saved by a lie?²⁴⁵⁴460,²⁴⁵⁵462,²⁴⁵⁶468.

Regeneration, effects of,²⁴⁵⁷275; prayer for, for Catechumens,²⁴⁵⁸375; in Baptism,²⁴⁵⁹386; had we no other birth we should not sin,²⁴⁶⁰500.

Relics of martyrs (pretended ones), hawked about,²⁴⁶¹521.

Religion, search after true,²⁴⁶²354; search for true, presupposes belief in God,²⁴⁶³361.

Repentance, true,²⁴⁶⁴264; of God without error,²⁴⁶⁵527.

Report, good, duty of keeping,²⁴⁶⁶453.

Resurrection, the, of the body,²⁴⁶⁷264 sq.; of the saints,²⁴⁶⁸266; of the lost,²⁴⁶⁹266; derided by some,²⁴⁷⁰313; is certain,²⁴⁷¹332; of Christ, prophesied,²⁴⁷²341.

Retreat of monks, for prayer,²⁴⁷³517,²⁴⁷⁴518.

Revelations, by visions,²⁴⁷⁵546; to Prophets partial,²⁴⁷⁶548.

Reward, of Christian soldier,²⁴⁷⁷453; of evangelizing,²⁴⁷⁸509.

Rhadamanthus, fable of,²⁴⁷⁹352.

Rhetoric, learned from the few whom the many acknowledge,²⁴⁸⁰354.

Rhyming terminations,²⁴⁸¹527.

Rich, the, humbled before the Church,²⁴⁸²340; healed of pride, in becoming poor,²⁴⁸³518; men, become monks,²⁴⁸⁴519.

Riches, desire of, condemned in widows,²⁴⁸⁵452; what men will suffer to gain,²⁴⁸⁶528; of God,²⁴⁸⁷531.

Right Hand of God, what meant by,²⁴⁸⁸327,²⁴⁸⁹373.

Rising with Christ, what,²⁴⁹⁰392.

Robbers, lying in wait,²⁴⁹¹458,²⁴⁹²459.

Rome, the usage of, in respect of divorce,²⁴⁹³402; love of the commonwealth,²⁴⁹⁴519.

Root-virtue, continence,²⁴⁹⁵412.

Ruffinus, translated Eusebius' Ecel. Hist.,²⁴⁹⁶543.

Rule of Faith, the Creed,²⁴⁹⁷369 sq.

Ruth, blessed, though Anna more so,²⁴⁹⁸443; continent widows may not set themselves above: married again to be an ancestor of Christ,²⁴⁹⁹444.

Sacraments, of New Law, supersede the old,²⁵⁰⁰461; truth intimated in,²⁵⁰¹475.

Sacrifice, for sin, called sin,²⁵⁰²495.

Sacrifices, legal, not for Christians,.²⁵⁰³351.

Sadducees, our Lord's answer to,²⁵⁰⁴447.

Saints, the, resurrection of,²⁵⁰⁵266; shall know at the resurrection the benefits they have received by grace,²⁵⁰⁶267; Church daily renewed in the,²⁵⁰⁷340; general effect of their examples,²⁵⁰⁸364; in heaven cannot sin,²⁵⁰⁹385,²⁵¹⁰387; differ in merits: in glory: and joy,²⁵¹¹426; number of the, to be completed,²⁵¹²453; of Old Testament saved by grace through faith,²⁵¹³533.²⁵¹⁴534; intercession of: prayers to,²⁵¹⁵549; prayers to: patrons,²⁵¹⁶539,²⁵¹⁷542 sq.; memorial chapels. of,²⁵¹⁸539,²⁵¹⁹542.