i. 313, 351;

invades Judea, ii. 275.

Alexandra, queen of the Jews, ii. 276.

Alms-deeds, of those who think that they will free evil-doers from damnation in the day of judgment, ii. 449, 464.

Altor, i. 288.

Alypius, ii. 485.

_Amor_ and _dilectio_, how used in Scripture, ii. 10, etc.

Amulius and Numitor, ii. 240, 241.

Anaxagoras, i. 308; ii. 268.

Anaximander, i. 307.

Anaximenes, i. 308.

'Ancient compassions, Thine,' sworn unto David, ii. 195, etc.

Andromache, i. 104.

Anebo, Porphyry's letter to, i. 397, etc.

Angels, the holy things common to men and, i. 347, etc.; not mediators, 370; the difference between the knowledge of, and that of demons, 377; the love of, which prompts them to desire that we should worship God alone, 392; miracles wrought by the ministry of, for the confirmation of the faith, 392, etc., 400, etc.; the ministry of, to fulfil the providence of God, 403; those who seek worship for themselves, and those who seek honour for God, which to be trusted about life eternal, 404; rather to be imitated than invoked, 418; the creation of, 445, etc.; whether those who fell partook of the blessedness of the unfallen, 450; were those who fell aware that they would fall? 452; were the unfallen assured of their own perseverance? 452, 453; the separation of the unfallen from the fallen, meant by the separation of the light from the darkness, 458; approbation of the good, signified by the words, 'God saw the light that it was good,' 459; the knowledge by which they know God in His essence, and perceive the causes of His works, 473; of the opinion that they were created before the world, 476; the two different and dissimilar communities of, 477, etc.; the idea that angels are meant by the separation of the waters by the firmament, 479; the nature of good and bad, one and the same, 481; the cause of the blessedness of the good, and of the misery of the bad, 487; did they receive their good-will as well as their nature from God? 491; whether they can be said to be creators of any creatures, 516; the opinion of the Platonists that man's body was created by, 518; the wickedness of those who sinned did not disturb the order of God's providence, ii. 46; the 'sons of God' of the 6th chapter of Genesis not, 92, etc.; what we are to understand by God's speaking to, 114; the three, which appeared to Abraham, 144; Lot delivered by, 146; the creation of, 472.

Anger of God, the, ii. 97, etc., 454.

Animals, the dispersion of those preserved in the ark, after the deluge, ii. 115, etc.

Animals, rational, are they part of God? i. 151.

Antediluvians, the long life and great stature of, ii. 63, etc.; the different computation of the ages of, given by the Hebrew and other MSS. of the Old Testament, 65, etc.; the opinion of those who believe they did not live so long as is stated, considered, 68; was the age of puberty later among, than it is now? 75, etc.

Antichrist, the time of the last persecution by, hidden, ii. 288, etc; whether the time of the persecution by, is included in the thousand years, 371; the manifestation of, preceding the day of the Lord, 381, etc.; Daniel's predictions respecting the persecution caused by, 393, etc.

Antiochus of Syria, ii. 275.

Antipater, ii. 276, 277.

Antipodes, the idea of, absurd, ii. 118.

Antiquities, Varro's book respecting human and divine, i. 234, 235.

Antiquity of the world, the alleged, i. 494, etc.

Antisthenes, ii. 268.

Antithesis, i. 457.

Antoninus, quoted, i. 18.

Antony, i. 132.

Apis, and Serapis, the alleged change of name; worshipped, ii. 222, 223.

Apocryphal Scriptures, ii. 95.

Apollo and Diana, i. 279.

Apollo, the weeping statue of, i. 101.

Apostles, the, whence chosen, ii. 282.

Apples of Sodom, the, ii. 421.

Apuleius, referred to, or quoted, i. 56, 137, 324; his book _concerning the God of Socrates_, 326; his definition of man, 329; what he attributes to demons, to whom he ascribes no virtue, 354, 355; on the passions which agitate demons, 360; maintains that the poets wrong the gods, 361; his definition of gods and men, 362; the error of, in respect to demons, 419, etc.

Aquila, the translator, ii. 95, and note.

Archelaus, i. 308.

Areopagus, the, ii. 227.

Argos, the kings of, ii. 222, 223; the fall of the kingdom of, 233.

Argus, King, ii. 223, 224.

Aristippus, ii. 268.

Aristobulus, ii. 276.

Aristotle, and Plato, i. 323.

Ark, the, of Noah, a figure of Christ and of His Church, ii. 98, etc.; and the deluge, the literal and allegorical interpretation of, 100; the capacity of, 101; what sort of creatures entered, 101, 102; how the creatures entered, 102; the food required by the creatures in, 102, 103; whether the remotest islands received their _fauna_ from the animals preserved in, 115, etc.

Ark of the covenant, the, i. 407.

Art of making gods, the invention of the, i. 343.

Asbestos, ii. 421.

Assyrian empire, the, ii. 219; close of, 240.

Athenians, the, ii. 219.

Athens, the founding of, and reason of the name, ii. 226.

Atlas, ii. 224.

Atys, the interpretation of the mutilation of, i. 291, 292.

Audians, i. 479, and note.

Augury, the influence of, i. 162, 168, 169.

Augustus Cæsar, i. 132.

Aulus Gellius, the story he relates in the _Noctes Atticæ_ of the Stoic philosopher in a storm at sea, i. 356, 357.

Aurelius, Bishop, ii. 487.

Aventinus, king of Latium, deified, ii. 240, 241.

Babylon, the founding of, ii. 111, etc.; meaning of the word, 112, 269.

_Bacchanalia_, the, ii. 232.

Baptism, the confession of Christ has the same efficacy as, i. 527, 528, 544; of those who think that Catholic, will free from damnation, ii. 447, etc., 457, etc.; other references to, 489, 490.

Barbarians, the, in the sack of Rome, spared those who had taken refuge in Christian churches, i. 2.

"Barren, the, hath born seven," ii. 173, 174.

Bassus, the daughter of, restored to life by a dress from the shrine of St. Stephen, ii. 494.

Bathanarius, count of Africa, and his magnet, ii. 420.

Beast, the, and his image, ii. 366, 367.

Beatific vision, the nature of, considered, ii. 534-540.

Beauty of the universe, the, i. 457.

"Beginning, in the," i. 476.

Berecynthia, i. 52, and note.

Binding the devil, ii. 357.

Birds, the, offered by Abraham, not to be divided,--import of this, ii. 137.

Birds, the, of Diomede, ii. 234, 238.

Blessed life, the, not to be obtained by the intercession of demons, but of Christ alone, i. 374.

Blessedness, the, of the righteous in this life compared with that of our first parents in Paradise, i. 451; of good angels,--its cause, 487, etc.; the true, ii. 43; eternal, the promise of, 475.

Blessings, the, with which the Creator has filled this life, although it is obnoxious to the curse, ii. 522-529.

Boasting, Christians ought to be free from, i. 209.

Bodies, earthly, refutation of those who affirm that they cannot be made incorruptible and eternal, i. 538; refutation of those who hold that they cannot be in heavenly places, 540, etc.; of the saints, after the resurrection, in what sense spiritual, 546; the animal and spiritual, 547-551; can they last for ever in burning fire? ii. 414-418; against the wise men who deny that they can be transferred to heavenly habitations, 476; the Platonists refuted, who argue that they cannot inhabit heaven, 501; all blemishes shall be removed from the resurrection bodies, the substance of, remaining, 572; the substance of, however they may have been disintegrated, shall in the resurrection be reunited, 515; the opinion of Porphyry, that souls must be wholly released from, in order to be happy, exploded by Plato, 531.

Body, the, sanctity of, not polluted by the violence done to it by another's lust, i. 26, 27; the Platonic and Manichæan idea of, ii. 8, etc.; the new spiritual, 516; obviously meant to be the habitation of a reasonable soul, 526.

Body, the, of Christ, against those who think that the participation of, will save from damnation, ii. 447, 448.

Body of Christ, the Church the, ii. 511.

Books opened, the, ii. 374.

Bread, they that were full of,--who? ii. 173.

Breathing, the, of God, when man was made a living soul, distinguished from the breathing of Christ on His disciples, i. 551.

Brutus, Junius, his unjust treatment of Tarquinius Collatinus, i. 68, 111, 112; kills his own son, 210.

Bull, the sacred, of Egypt, ii. 223.

Burial, the denial of, to Christians, no hurt to them, i. 19; the reason of, in the case of Christians, 20, etc.

Busiris, ii. 230.

Cæsar, Augustus, i. 132.

Cæsar, Julius, the statement of, respecting an enemy when sacking a city, i. 7, etc.; claims to be descended from Venus, 94; assassination of, 132.

Cain, and Abel, belonged respectively to the two cities, the earthly and the heavenly, ii. 50; the fratricidal act of the former corresponding with the crime of the founder of Rome, 54, etc.; cause of the crime of,--God's expostulation with,--exposition of the viciousness of his offering, 57-61; his reason for building a city so early in the history of the human race, 61, etc.; and Seth, the heads of the two cities, the earthly and heavenly, 81; why the line of, terminates in the eighth generation from Adam, 84-89; why the genealogy of, is continued to the deluge, while after the mention of Enos the narrative returns to the creation, 89, etc.

Cakus (κακός), the giant, ii. 317.

Camillus, Furius, the vile treatment of, by the Romans, i. 68, 115, 211.

Canaan, the land of, the time of the fulfilment of God's promise of, to Abraham, ii. 166.

Canaan, and Noah, ii. 106.

Candelabrum, a particular, in a temple of Venus, ii. 423, 424.

Cannæ, the battle of, i. 121.

Canon, the ecclesiastical, has excluded certain writings, on account of their great antiquity, ii. 264, 265.

Canonical Scriptures, the, i. 438, ii. 263; the concord of, in contrast with the discordance of philosophical opinion, 267, 268.

Cappadocia, the mares of, ii. 422.

Captivity of the Jews, the, the end of, ii. 246.

Captivity, the, of the saints, consolation in, i. 22.

Carnal life, the, ii. 2, etc.

Carthaginians, the, their treatment of Regulus, i. 23.

Cataline, i. 80.

Catholic truth, the, confirmed by the dissensions of heretics, ii. 283-285.

Cato, what are we to think of his conduct in committing suicide? i. 34; excelled by Regulus, 35; his virtue, 202; was his suicide fortitude or weakness? ii. 305.

Catosus, the cook, ii. 492.

Cecrops, ii. 224, 226.

Ceres, i. 279; the rites of, 283.

Chæremon, cited by Porphyry in relation to the mysteries of Isis and Osiris, i. 399.

Chaldæan, a certain, quoted by Porphyry as complaining of the obstacles experienced from another man's influence with the gods to his efforts at self-purification, i. 395, 396.

Charcoal, the peculiar properties of, ii. 418.

Chariots, the, of God, ii. 389.

Charity, the efficacy of, ii. 466.

Chickens, the sacred, and the treaty of Numantia, i. 124.

Children of the flesh, and children of promise, ii. 51.

Chiliasts, the, ii. 357.

Christ, the preserving power of the name of, in the sack of Rome, i. 2, etc., 9, etc.; the mystery of the redemption of, at no past time awanting, but declared in various forms, 299, etc.; the incarnation of, 414; faith in the incarnation of, alone justifies, 416; the true Wisdom, but Porphyry fails to recognise, 422, 423; the Platonists blush to acknowledge the incarnation of, 423, etc.; the grace of, opens a way for the soul's deliverance, 430, etc.; the knowledge of God attained only through, 437, etc.; possessed true human emotions, ii. 17, etc.; the passion of, typified by Noah's nakedness, 106; described in the 45th Psalm, 201-204; the priesthood and passion of, described in the 110th and 122d Psalms, 204; the resurrection of, predicted in the Psalms, 205; the passion of, foretold in the Book of Wisdom, 209; the birth of, 277; the birth and death of, 290, 291; Porphyry's account of the responses of the oracles respecting, 334, etc.; the world to be judged by, 406, etc.; the one Son of God by nature, 441; the Foundation, 460; the world's belief in, the result of divine power, 483; the measure of the stature of, 508; the Perfect Man, and His Body, 511; the body of, after His resurrection, 514; the grace of, alone delivers us from the misery caused by the first sin, 520, 521.

Christian faith, the certainty of, ii. 328.

Christian religion, the, health-giving, i. 88; alone, revealed the malignity of evil spirits, 300; the length it is to last foolishly and lyingly fixed by the heathen, ii. 289-292.

Christianity, the calamities of Rome attributed to, by the heathen,