i. 182;

the things mystically prefigured by, ii. 153, etc.

Esdras and Maccabees, the Books of, ii. 262.

Eternal life, the gift of God, i. 257; the promise of, uttered before eternal times, 504.

Eternal punishment, ii. 433. _See_ Punishment.

Eucharius, a Spanish bishop, cured of stone by the relics of St. Stephen, ii. 493.

_Eudemons_, i. 365, 368.

Εὐσέβεια, i. 384.

Evil, no natural, i. 461.

Evil will, a, no efficient cause of, i. 490.

Existence, and knowledge of it, and love of both, i. 469, etc., 471, etc.

Eye, the, of the resurrection body, the power of, ii. 537.

Fables invented by the heathen in the times of the judges of Israel, ii. 231.

Fabricius and Pyrrhus, i. 213.

Faith, justification by, i. 416, etc.

Faith and Virtue, honoured by the Romans with temples, i. 156, 157.

Fall of man, the, and its results, foreknown by God, i. 514; mortality contracted by, 521; the second death results from, ii. 1; the nature of, 22, etc., 25, etc.

Fate, i. 178; the name misapplied by some when they use it of the divine will, 189.

Fathers, the two, of the two cities, sprung from one progenitor, ii. 81.

Fear and Dread, made gods, i. 161.

Felicity, the gift of God, i. 257; the eternal, of the city of God, ii. 540-545.

Felicity, the goddess of, i. 155; the Romans ought to have been content, with Virtue and, 157, 158; for a long time not worshipped by the Romans; her deserts, 161, 162, 163.

Fever, worshipped as a deity, i. 65 and note, 102.

Fig-tree, a singular, of Egypt, ii. 421.

Fimbria, the destruction of Ilium by, i. 96, 97.

Fire, the peculiar properties of, ii. 418.

Fire, the, whirlwind, and the sword, ii. 389.

Fire, saved so as by, ii. 460.

Fire, the, which comes down from heaven to consume the enemies of the holy city, ii. 370.

Fire, the, and the worm that dieth not, ii. 433; of hell,--is it material? and if it be so, can it burn wicked spirits? 434, etc.

First man (our first parents), the, the plenitude of the human race contained in, i. 519; the fall of, 521; what was the first punishment of? 534; the state in which he was made, and that into which he fell, 534, 535; forsook God, before God forsook him, 535; effects of the sin of,--the second death, ii. 1, etc.; was he, before the fall, free from perturbations of soul? 20; the temptation and fall of, 22-25; nature of the first sin of, 25; the pride of the sin of, 28; justice of the punishment of, 28-31; the nakedness of, 32; the transgression of, did not abolish the blessing of fecundity, 37; begat offspring in Paradise without blushing, 44-46.

First parents, our. _See_ First Man.

First principles of all things, the, according to the ancient philosophy, i. 313.

First sin, the nature of the, ii. 25.

Flaccianus, ii. 242.

Flesh, the, of believers, the resurrection of, i. 544; the world at large believes in the resurrection of [_see_ Resurrection], ii. 477; of a dead man, which has become the flesh of a living man,--whose shall it be in the resurrection? 515.

Flesh, living after the, ii. 2, etc., 4, etc., 6, etc.; children of the, and of the promise, 51.

Florentius, the tailor, how he prayed for a coat, and got it, ii. 492.

Foreknowledge, the, of God, and the free-will of man, i. 190, etc.

Forgiveness of debts, prayed for, ii. 467, 468.

Fortitude, ii. 304, 305.

Fortune, the goddess of, i. 155, 263.

Foundation, the, the opinion of those who think that even depraved Catholics will be saved from damnation on account of, considered, ii. 448, etc., 460, etc.; who has Christ for? 460, 461.

Fountain, the singular, of the Garamantæ, ii. 421.

Free-will of man, the, and the foreknowledge of God, i. 190, etc.

Free-will, in the state of perfect felicity, ii. 542.

Friendship, the, of good men, anxieties connected with, ii. 311; of good angels, rendered insecure by the deceit of demons, 313, etc.

Fruit, i. 467.

_Fugalia_, the, i. 54, 55.

Furnace, a smoking, and a lamp of fire passing between the pieces of Abraham's sacrifice, the import of, ii. 139.

Galli, the, i. 56, and note, 289, 290.

Games, restored in Rome during the first Punic war, i. 118.

Ganymede, ii. 232.

Garamantæ, the singular fountain of the, ii. 421.

Gauls, the, Rome invaded by, i. 115, 116.

Gehazi and Elisha, ii. 536, 537.

Generation, would there have been, in Paradise if man had not sinned? ii. 39, etc., 41, etc.

Genius, and Saturn, both shown to be really Jupiter, i. 275, etc.

Giants, the offspring of the sons of God and daughters of men,--and other, ii. 93, etc., 96.

Glory, the difference between, and the desire of dominion, i. 215; shameful to make the virtues serve human, 217; the, of the latter house, ii. 280, 281; the endless, of the Church, 377, etc.

God, the vicissitudes of life dependent on the will of, i. 79, etc.; not the soul of the world, 151; rational animals not parts of, 151, 152; THE ONE, to be worshipped, although His name is unknown, the giver of felicity, 164, 165; the times of kings and kingdoms ordered by, 175; the kingdom of the Jews founded by, 175; the foreknowledge of, and the free-will of man, 190, etc.; the providence of, 198, etc., 403; all the glory of the righteous is in, 205; what He gives to the followers of truth to enjoy above His general bounties, 199; the worship of, 383, 384, 386; the sacrifices due to Him only, 387, etc.; the sacrifices not required, but enjoined by, for the exhibition of truth, 388; the true and perfect sacrifice due to, 390, etc.; invisible, yet has often made Himself visible, 401, etc.; our dependence for temporal good, 402; angels fulfil the providence of, 403, 404; sin had not its origin in, 457; the eternal knowledge, will, and design of, 459, etc.; has He been always sovereign Lord, and has He always had creatures over whom He exercised His sovereignty? 501, etc.; His promise of eternal life uttered before eternal times, 504; the unchangeable counsel and will of, defended against objections, 505; refutation of the opinion that His knowledge cannot comprehend things infinite, 507; the fall of man foreknown by, 514; the Creator of every kind of creature, 516; the providence of, not disturbed by the wickedness of angels or of men, ii. 46; the anger of, 97, etc., 454; the coming down of, to confound the language of the builders of Babel, 113, etc.; whether the, of the Christians is the true, to whom alone sacrifice ought to be paid, 333, etc.; the will of, unchangeable and eternal, 474.

Gods, the, cities never spared on account of, i. 3, etc.; folly of the Romans in trusting, 4, etc.; the worshippers of, never received healthy precepts from,--the impurity of the worship of, 51; obscenities practised in honour of the Mother of the, 53; never inculcated holiness of life, 55; the shameful actions of, as displayed in theatrical exhibitions, 57; the reason why they suffered false or real crimes to be attributed to them, 59; the Romans showed a more delicate regard for themselves than for the, 61; the Romans should have considered those who desired to be worshipped in a licentious manner as unworthy of being honoured as, 62; Plato better than, 63; if they had any regard for Rome, the Romans should have received good laws from them, 66; took no means to prevent the republic from being ruined by immorality, 77, etc.; the vicissitudes of life not dependent on, 79, etc.; incite to evil actions, 83, etc.; give secret and obscure instructions in morals, while their solemnities publicly incite to wickedness, 85; the obscenities of the plays consecrated to, contributed to overthrow the republic, 87; the evils which alone the pagans feared, not averted by, 91, etc.; were they justified in permitting the destruction of Troy? 92; could not be offended at the adultery of Paris, the crime being so common among themselves, 93; Varro's opinion of the utility of men feigning themselves to be the offspring of, 94; not likely they were offended at the adultery of Paris, as they were not at the adultery of the mother of Romulus, 94; exacted no penalty for the fratricidal conduct of Romulus, 95; is it credible that the peace of Numa's reign was owing to? 98; new, introduced by Numa, 101; the Romans added many to those of Numa, 102; Rome not defended by, 114, etc.; which of the, can the Romans suppose presided over the rise and welfare of the empire? 143, etc.; the silly and absurd multiplication of, for places and things, 144; divers set over divers parts of the world, 146; the many, who are asserted by pagan doctors to be the one Jove, 148, etc.; the knowledge and worship of the, which Varro glories in having conferred on the Romans, 159; the reasons by which the pagans defended their worshipping the divine gifts themselves among the, 163, etc.; the scenic plays which they have exacted from their worshippers, 165; the three kinds of, discovered by Scævola, 166, etc.; whether the worship of, has been of service to the Romans, 168; what their worshippers have owned they have thought about, 170; the opinions of Varro about, 172; of those who profess to worship them on account of eternal advantages, 229, etc.; Varro's thoughts about the, of the nations, 233, etc.; the worshippers of, regard human things more than divine, 235, etc.; Varro's distribution of, into fabulous, natural, and civil, 238, etc.; the mythical and civil, 240; natural explanations of, 246, etc.; the special offices of, 248; those presiding over the marriage chamber, 249, 250; the popular worship of, vehemently censured by Seneca, 252-254; unable to bestow eternal life, 256, 257; the select, 258, 259; no reason can be assigned for forming the select class of, 260; those which preside over births, 260; the inferior and the select compared, 364; the secret doctrine of the pagans concerning the physical interpretation of, 266; Varro pronounces his own opinions concerning, uncertain, 280, 281; Varro's doctrine concerning, not self-consistent, 295, etc.; distinguished from men and demons, 326; do they use the demons as messengers? 335; Hermes laments the error of his forefathers in inventing the art of making, 343; scarcely any of, who were not dead men, 348; the Platonists maintain that the poets wrong the, 361; Apuleius' definition of, 363; does the intercession of demons secure the favour of, for men? 363; according to the Platonists, they decline intercourse with men, 371, etc.; the name falsely given to those of the nations, yet given in Scripture to angels and men, 378, etc.; threats employed towards, 399; philosophers assigned to each of, different functions, ii. 327.

Gods, the multitudes of, for every place and thing, i. 144, etc., 158, 159, 248, 249, 259, 260.

Gods, the invention of the art of making, i. 343.

Gog and Magog, ii. 369.

Good, no nature in which there is not some, ii. 320.

Good, the chief, ii. 288; various opinions of the philosophers respecting, 293; the three leading views of, which to be chosen, 299, etc.; the Christian view of, 301, etc.

Good men, and wicked, the advantages and disadvantages indiscriminately occurring to, i. 10; reasons for administering correction to both together, 11, etc.; what Solomon says of things happening alike to both, 348.

Goods, the loss of, no loss to the saints, i. 14, etc.

Gospel, the, made more famous by the sufferings of its preachers, ii. 282.

Gracchi, the civil dissensions occasioned by, i. 126.

Grace of God, the, the operation of, in relation to believers, ii. 441; pertains to every epoch of life, 442; delivers from the miseries occasioned by the first sin, 520, 521.

Great Mother, the, the abominable sacred rites of, i. 292, 293.

Greeks, the conduct of the, on the sack of Troy, i. 6, 7.

Habakkuk, the prophecy and prayer of, ii. 252.

Hagar, the relation of, to Sarah and Abraham, ii. 139.

Haggai's prophecy respecting the glory of the latter house, ii. 280, 281.

Hadrian yields up portions of the Roman empire, i. 169, 170.

Ham, the conduct of, towards his father, ii. 105; the sons of, 109.

Hannah's prophetic song, an exposition of, ii. 170-179.

Hannibal, his invasion of Italy, and victories over the Romans, i. 120; his destruction of Saguntum, 121, 122.

Happiness, the gift of God, i. 257; of the saints in the future life, ii. 314, 315.

Happiness, the, desired by those who reject the Christian religion, i. 72, etc.

Happy man, the, described by contrast, i. 138.

Heaven, God shall call to, ii. 398.

Hebrew Bible, the, and the Septuagint,--which to be followed in computing the years of the antediluvians, ii. 70, etc.

Hebrew language, the original, ii. 121, etc.; written character of, 265, 266.

Hebrews, the Epistle to the, ii. 135.

Hecate, the reply of, when questioned respecting Christ, ii. 335.

Heifer, goat, and ram, three years old, in Abraham's sacrifice,--the import of, ii. 136, 137.

Hell, ii. 432; is the fire of, material? and if so, can it burn wicked spirits? 434.

Hercules, ii. 225, 230; the story of the sacristan of, i. 244.

Here, i. 411.

Heretics, the Catholic faith confirmed by the dissensions of, ii. 283, 284.

Hermes, the god, i. 349.

Hermes Trismegistus, respecting idolatry and the abolition of the superstitions of the Egyptians, i. 339, etc.; openly confesses the error of his forefathers, the destruction of which he yet deplores, 342, etc.

Herod, ii. 277; a persecutor, 287.

Heroes of the Church, the, ii. 411.

Hesperius, miraculously delivered from evil spirits, ii. 490.

Hippocrates quoted in relation to twins, i. 179.

_Histriones_, i. 63, note.

Holofernes, his inquiry respecting the Israelites, and Achior's answer, ii. 126.

Holy Ghost, the, i. 553.

Homer, quoted, i. 92, 189.

Hope, the influence of, ii. 307; the saints now blessed in, 330.

Horace, quoted, i. 5, 204.

Horatii and Curiatii, the, i. 105, 106.

Hortensius, the first dictator, i. 116.

Hosea, his prophecies respecting the things of the gospel, ii. 247-249.

Human race, the, the creation of, in time, i. 500; created at first in one individual, 513, 514; the plenitude of, contained in the first man, 519.

Hydromancy, i. 302.

Hyrcanus, ii. 276.

Ilium, modern, destroyed by Fimbria, i. 96, 97.

Image of the beast, the, ii. 366, 367.

Image of God, the human soul created in the, i. 515.

Images of the gods, not used by the ancient Romans, i. 173.

Imitation of the gods, i. 56.

Immortality, the portion of man, had he not sinned, i. 521, 542, etc.

Incarnation of Christ, the, i. 414, ii. 277; faith in, alone justifies, 416, etc.; the Platonists, in their impiety, blush to acknowledge, 423, etc.

Innocentia, of Carthage, miraculously cured of cancer, ii. 488, 489.

Innocentius, of Carthage, miraculously cured of fistula, ii. 485-488.

Ino, ii. 233.

Intercession of the saints,--of those who think that, on account of, no man shall be damned in the last judgment, ii. 445, etc., 451, etc.

Io, daughter of, ii. 221.

Ionic school of philosophy, the founder of the, i. 307.

Irenæus, a tax-gatherer, the son of, restored to life by means of the oil of St. Stephen, ii. 494.

Isaac, and Ishmael, ii. 52; a type, 53; the birth of, and import of his name, 146, 147; the offering up of, 148; Rebecca, the wife of, 149; the oracle and blessing received by, just as his father died, 152.

Isaiah, the predictions of, respecting Christ, ii. 249.

Isis and Osiris, i. 349, 351, 395, ii. 221, 223, 264, 266.

Israel, the name given to Jacob,--the import of, ii. 157.

Israel, the nation of, its increase in, and deliverance from Egypt,