Chapter IX: On the Different Kinds of Causes (2)

vi. 1, 4, 9, i. 338

vi. 11, ii. 63

vi. 12, ii. 133, 161, 284, 419

vi. 14–17, i. 104

PHILIPPIANS.

i. 7, ii. 181

i. 9, 10, i. 386

i. 13, 14, ii. 148

i. 20–24, ii. 115

i. 29, 30, ii. 181

ii. 6, 7, i. 24

ii. 7, i. 274

ii. 10, 11, i. 456

ii. 15, i. 340

ii. 20, 21, ii. 181

iii. 12–14, i. 148

iii. 15, i. 148

iii. 20, ii. 130, 145

iv. 5, i. 83

iv. 8, 9, ii. 138

iv. 11–13, ii. 185

iv. 18, ii. 415

COLOSSIANS.

i. 9–11, ii. 257

i. 25–27, ii. 257

i. 28, i. 358

ii. 2, 3, ii. 258, 269

ii. 4, i. 385

ii. 4, 8, i. 384

ii. 6, 7, i. 385

ii. 8, i. 384, 385, ii. 339, 340, 372

ii. 11, ii. 104

ii. 18–23, ii. 108

iii. 4, 10, ii. 104

iii. 5, ii. 391

iii. 5, 6, i. 323

iii. 8, 9, ii. 415

iii. 11, ii. 168

iii. 12, 14, 15, ii. 164

iii. 12–15, ii. 169

iii. 18–25, ii. 168

iv. 1, ii. 168

iv. 2, ii. 258

iv. 3, 4, ii. 258

1 THESSALONIANS.

ii. 5, 6, 7, i. 352

ii. 6, 7, i. 127

ii. 17, i. 280

iv. 3–8, ii. 178

iv. 9, i. 132

iv. 17, ii. 366

v. 5–7, i. 242

v. 6–8, ii. 204

v. 13–15, 19–22, ii. 339

v. 21, i. 386

2 THESSALONIANS.

ii. 4, ii. 457

iii. 1, 2, ii. 231

1 TIMOTHY.

i. 5, i. 466

i. 7, i. 466

i. 7, 8, ii. 162

i. 8, i. 466

i. 9, ii. 413

i. 14, i. 82

i. 18, 19, ii. 19, 143

i. 25, i. 200

ii. 3, 4, ii. 137

ii. 9, i. 330

ii. 9, 10, i. 271

ii. 15, ii. 127

iii. 15, i. 83

iii. 16, 17, i. 83

iv. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ii. 125

iv. 1, 3, i. 108

iv. 6–8, i. 339

iv. 10, i. 83, ii. 400

iv. 12, ii. 185

v. 14, 15, ii. 127

v. 18, ii. 55

v. 21, i. 351

vi. 2, i. 339

vi. 3–5, i. 376

vi. 10, i. 214

vi. 16, ii. 322, 347

vi. 20, 21, ii. 32

2 TIMOTHY.

ii. 1, 2, i. 350

ii. 14, 16, 17, i. 383

ii. 23, ii. 385

ii. 28, ii. 223

iii. 2, i. 409

iii. 15, i. 410

TITUS.

i. 6, ii. 137

i. 10, i. 137

i. 12, 13, i. 391

i. 15, ii. 137

i. 16, ii. 172

ii. 3–5, ii. 198

ii. 11–13, i. 22

ii. 14, i. 411

iii. 3–5, i. 20

HEBREWS.

i. 1, i. 365, ii. 241, 277, 337, 351

i. 3, ii. 448

ii. 11, i. 102

iii. 5, ii. 71

iv. 8, 9, ii. 77

iv. 12, ii. 431

v. 12, ii. 339

v. 12, 13, ii. 258

v. 13, i. 386

v. 14, i. 372, 386, ii. 407

vi. 1, ii. 258

vi. 11–20, ii. 77

vii. 2, ii. 13

viii. 8–10, ii. 327

vii. 10–12, i. 102

ix. 14, ii. 112

x. 26, 27, ii. 36

x. 32–39, ii. 186

xi. 1, 2, 6, ii. 6

xi. 3, 4, 25, ii. 8

xi. 26, 27, ii. 187

xi. 36–40, ii. 186

xii. 1, 2, ii. 186

xii. 5, 6, i. 369

xii. 13–17, ii. 198

xii. 21, i. 80

xiii. 4, ii. 198

JAMES.

ii. 8, ii. 403

ii. 23, ii. 12

iv. 6, ii. 107, 188

v. 20, ii. 90

1 PETER.

i. 6–9, ii. 198

i. 14, 15, 16, ii. 138

i. 17–19, i. 332

i. 21, 22, ii. 138

ii. 1–3, i. 143

ii. 12, i. 313

ii. 18, i. 324

ii. 24, ii. 40

iii. 1–4, i. 320

iii. 8, i. 324

iii. 13, i. 333

iii. 19, ii. 331

iii. 19, 20, ii. 329

iv. 3, i. 332, ii. 391

iv. 5, ii. 188

iv. 8, i. 334, 336, 466, ii. 40, 190

iv. 12, 13, 14, ii. 161

v. 5, ii. 107

1 JOHN.

i. 6, 7, ii. 98

ii. 2–6, i. 340

ii. 4, ii. 104

ii. 18, 19, ii. 105

iii. 3, ii. 103

iv. 7, i. 330

iv. 8–16, ii. 191

iv. 16, ii. 428

iv. 16–18, ii. 185

v. 3, ii. 185

v. 16, 17, ii. 40

JUDE.

5, 6, i. 307

8, 17, ii. 89

22, 25, ii. 341

REVELATION.

i. 8, i. 138

iv. 4, ii. 366

v. 6, ii. 241

vi. 9, 11, i. 259

ix. 10, ii. 136

xi. 16, ii. 366

xxi. 6, ii. 388

xxii. 12, ii. 202

II.--INDEX OF SUBJECTS FORMALLY OR INCIDENTALLY CONSIDERED.

Abandoned, the, i. 190.

Abimelech, what he represents, i. 128, 129.

Abodes granted to believers according to their respective merits,
ii. 370.

Abraham, the lesson taught him by God, i. 281;
and Isaac and Jacob, ii. 12;
and Sarah, 362.

Abraham, the three days’ journey of, to Moriah, ii. 264, 265.

Abstinence enjoined, i. 201.

Abstraction from material things necessary to obtain a true
knowledge of God, ii. 261, etc.

Accusation, employed by the Instructor, i. 168.

Acephalus, the star so called, i. 209.

_Acrothorakes_, i. 202, and note.

Act well, to, better than to speak well, i. 381.

Adages, the, of philosophers, ii. 392.

Adam, the state in which he was created, ii. 359.

Admonition, i. 164, 177.

Adornment, in what case permitted to women, i. 315.

Adornment, the true, i. 268.

Advent, the, of Christ, the benefits conferred by, i. 100.

Advent, the, of the Instructor, pre-intimations of, ii. 404.

Æacus, and the Delphic oracle, ii. 319.

Ægis, the, of Jove, described poetically, ii. 69.

Æsop quoted, ii. 429.

Æschylus quoted, ii. 288, 296.

Afflictions, voluntary, i. 304.

Agapæ, i. 188, 189.

Agatho, the tragedian, quoted, ii. 300.

Αἰῶνες, i. 342, note.

Alcmæon, i. 403.

Alexander the Great, canonized as a god, i. 90;
and the Indian Gymnosophists, a curious story of, ii. 324, 325.

Alexander, the philosopher, referred to, i. 397.

Alexander Polyhistor quoted, i. 436.

Alexarchus, i. 59.

Alexis, the comic poet, quoted, i. 271.

Altar, the true, ii. 428, 429.

Amaranth, i. 237.

Ambiguity prevented by definition, ii. 496, etc.

Amosis, i. 421.

Amours of the gods, the, i. 39, etc.

Amphion of Thebes, i. 17;
quoted, ii. 286.

Amusements, i. 325.

Anacharsis, king of the Scythians, a story of, i. 33.

Anacharsis, the philosopher, i. 399, 403; ii. 247.

Anacreon quoted, i. 322.

Analysis and demonstration, ii. 495.

Anaxagoras, i. 403.

Anaxarchus, i. 373.

Androcydes quoted respecting the _Ephesian Letters_, ii. 247;
on drunkenness and gluttony, 430.

Angels, ii. 275;
distributed to the nations, 398;
good things given by God through, 400;
other references to, 412, 414.

Angels that fell, i. 283.

Anger of the gods, the, i. 159, 163.

Animal-worship, i. 45, 46;
superior to image-worship, 56.

Animals, the sort forbidden to the Jews as food, i. 326;
distinction between, of clean and unclean, its symbolical
significance, ii. 488, 489.

Animals, the dialect of, i. 443.

Animals and plants, ii. 497.

Anointing the feet of Jesus, i. 230.

Anointing of Jesus by God, i. 233.

Antinous, i. 55.

Antiochus of Cyzicus, i. 57.

Antipatrus quoted, ii. 278.

Antiphanes, the comic poet, quoted, i. 278.

Antiphon, i. 404.

Antiquity, the, of the Hebrew philosophy, i. 421, etc.

Antisthenes quoted, i. 71, 74; ii. 62.

Anxiety, i. 256.

Aod, i. 425, 426.

Apelles, an anecdote of, i. 270.

Aphrodite, i. 28, 42, 44, 45.

Apion quoted, i. 421.

Apis, an Egyptian god, i. 54, 57, 424.

Apollo, i. 42, 44;
meaning of the name, 488.

Apollodorus of Corcyra quoted, ii. 250.

Apollodorus of Cuma, i. 404.

Apostles, the opinion of the, respecting veiling the mysteries of
the faith, ii. 257–261;
why chosen, 365.

Appetite, the third division of the soul, i. 273;
what, ii. 37.

Arabs, the, i. 290.

Aratus quoted, i. 73, 102; ii. 81;
quoted by St. Paul, i. 413.

Archilochus quoted, ii. 294.

Archons, the, of Athens, i. 257.

Ares, derivation of the name, i. 66.

Arion of Methymna, i. 17.

Aristippus, the Cyrenean, quoted, i. 232, 234; ii. 67.

Aristo quoted, ii. 62.

Aristocritus, his _Positions against Heracliodorus_ quoted, ii.
239.

Aristophanes quoted, i. 269, 278; ii. 159, 160, 370.

Aristotle quoted, ii. 10, 272.

Ark, the, of the Covenant, ii. 242.

Armour of God, the, i. 104.

Ἄρνες, i. 121.

Art, i. 60, 61, 65, 90.

Artapanus quoted, i. 451.

Artist, the great, i. 90, 91.

Artorius, i. 202.

Arts, the, proceed from God, i. 364.

Arts, the Barbarians inventors of the, i. 401.

Arts, sophistical and useless, i. 376.

Asclepius, i. 37.

Asking, ii. 490.

Ass, the fish so called, i. 198.

Assent, the causes of, ii. 505.

Assimilation to God, according to Plato, the chief good, i. 74–78.

Associates, i. 325.

Association, with whom to be sought, i. 292.

Ἀστραγάλοι, i. 325, note.

Astronomy, the influence of the study of, ii. 356.

Ἀσωτία and ἄσωστον, i. 206.

Ἀσώτους, i. 190.

Athene, i. 30;
six so named, 36.

Athenodorus, i. 54.

Atheist, the, and the superstitious man, ii. 408.

Atheists, who were so called among the heathen, i. 33, 34, 66.

Athlete, the ancient, i. 297.

Athlete, the true, described, ii. 419.

_Attica_, the, quoted, i. 423.

Attis, i. 30.

Authors and speakers compared, i. 349–359.

Bacchic Orgies, the, i. 27.

Bacchylides quoted, ii. 262, 286, 299.

Balance, stepping over the, forbidden by Pythagoras, ii. 238.

Banquets, proper conduct at, i. 225.

Baptism, various references to, i. 91, 132, 133, 134, 135, 147,
181, 417; ii. 7, 208.

Baptism, the, of Christ, i. 131.

Barbarian philosophy, the, the Greeks pilferers of, ii. 1;
perfect, 3.

Barbarians, the, hate luxury, i. 290;
the Greek philosophy in great part derived from, 395, etc.;
inventors of the arts, 401.

Barnabas quoted, ii. 19, 22, 41, 50, 66, 258, 340.

Basilides, and Valentinus, and their followers, their views of
faith, ii. 6, 7, 17;
the vagaries of, as to fear being the cause of all things, 22,
25;
his opinions respecting continence and marriage refuted, 84–86;
his idea of martyrdom refuted, 175–179;
and Valentinus, and Marcion, 486, 487.

Βατάλοι, i. 289.

Baths, shameful behaviour in, i. 296, 297;
why we should use, 308, 309.

Barley loaves, the five, and the two fishes, the mystical
significance of, ii. 358.

Baubo and Demeter, i. 31.

Beard, the, the ornament of the man, i. 286;
not to be plucked, 289;
as to shaving, 317.

Beatitudes, the, some points in, ii. 150.

Beauty, the true, i. 268, 271, 273–275, 319, 320.

Beds, luxuries to be avoided, i. 240–243.

_Bedu_, ii. 248, 249.

Believer, the, the most punished of all men, ii. 367.

Belly-demon, the, i. 197.

Beneficence, i. 302; ii. 57.

Benefits, the many, conferred by the advent of Christ, i. 100.

Benevolence, ii. 18.

Berosus’ _Chaldaics_ quoted, i. 67.

Bewailing one’s fate, i. 168.

Bezaleel, i. 364.

Bion, i. 60.

Birds, the voices of, i. 244.

Birds of prey, and ravenous, forbidden the Jews as food, i. 326;
ii. 252.

Blackbird, the, i. 245.

Blame and praise, i. 177.

Blood of Christ, the, i. 140, 200.

Blood, the, of the Word, ii. 141, 142, 143, 145.

Bocchoris, the just decision of, ii. 192.

Body, the proper care of the, i. 186;
against embellishing the, 276–283.

Book, who first published a, i. 403.

Boys and girls to be denied wine, i. 201.

Bread from heaven, the, i. 144.

Breastplate, the, of the high priest, its symbolical importance,
ii. 242, 243.

Brimo, i. 28.

Britain, a curious cave in the island of, ii. 322.

Bryaxis, i. 54.

Buddha, i. 399.

Burning bush, the, i. 238.

Butter, its spiritual significance, i. 148.

Buying and selling, i. 328.

Cabiri, the orgies and mysteries of the, i. 30.

Cadmus, i. 401, 402, 424.

Callimachus quoted, i. 37, 43; ii. 262, 280, 281, 284, 285.

Calling, the sin of neglecting God’s, i. 80, etc.

Calves, believers figuratively called, i. 123.

Camels, the, of the Arabs, i. 290.

Cambyses, i. 57.

Captivity, the, of Israel, i. 433, 434.

Carpocrates and Epiphanes, their opinion respecting a community of
women refuted, ii. 86–89.

Castor and Pollux, i. 38.

Cause and causation, i. 406–408, 418, 419.

Causes, different kinds of, ii. 508–514.

Censure, i. 157.

Cernos, the, i. 29, note.

Chains of gold, fetters, i. 269.

“Chair of pestilence, the,” ii. 41.

Charioteers, the two, in which Heaven delights, i. 282.

Charity, the kiss of, i. 329.

Charon, the centaur, i. 400.

Chastisement, i. 465.

Cherubim, the golden, ii. 242.

Chickens, believers so called, i. 124.

Chiding, i. 177.

Chief good, the, various opinions of the philosophers respecting,
ii. 71–74;
Plato’s opinion of, 74–78.

Child, the, and the man, i. 136.

Child, the little, who, i. 125.

Child born, Christ the, i. 130.

Children of God, who are, i. 122, etc.;
the name does not imply instruction in elementary principles,
131, etc.;
mode of disciplining, 164.

“Chrestoi,” ii. 11.

Christ the Saviour, a hymn to, i. 343.

Christ, the many benefits conferred by the advent of, i. 100–105;
the Word, 104;
the Son of God, in the form of man, free from human passions,
115;
typified by Isaac, 129;
the voice from heaven to, at His baptism, 131;
in what sense all who came before Him were thieves and robbers,
406;
free from all human affections, ii. 344.

Christian, the, alone rich, i. 298.

Christian life, the, a compendious view of, i. 213, etc.;
general precepts for the regulation of, 332, etc.

Christians, ii. 11.

Chronology in relation to Greek and Hebrew philosophy, i. 421,
etc., 447.

Church, the, a mother, i. 142.

Church, the traditions of, prior to heresy, ii. 485.

Church, the true, ii. 487.

Church, the grades of dignity in, imitations of angelic glory, ii.
366.

Church, going to, i. 328;
behaviour out of, 329.

Cinyras, i. 28.

Classification, ii. 506.

Clean and unclean animals, the symbolical significance of the
distinction between, ii. 488.

Cleansing, spiritual, i. 309.

Cleanthes quoted, i. 72; ii. 231, 286, 429, 430.

Clemens, Titus Flavius, a sketch of the history of, i. 11;
an account of his works, 12–16;
refers to his own writings, 355–359.

Clement of Rome, passages from his Epistle to the Corinthians
respecting martyrdom, ii. 187–190;
other quotations from, 340, 341.

Clothes, considerations and counsels respecting, i. 255, etc.;
anxiety about, 256;
given for a covering, 258;
foolish kinds of, 258;
dyeing of, forbidden, 258, 259;
gorgeous, 259;
of the primal man, 261;
of John the Baptist, 261;
long, 261, 262;
extravagance in, to be avoided, 262;
purple, prohibited, 262, 263;
shoes, 264, 265;
plain, 313;
white, 314;
substantial, 314;
suited to sex, age, etc., 315.

Cnaxzbi, ii. 250.

Coat, Joseph’s, of many colours, interpreted, ii. 253.

Colour in clothes, i. 258, 259;
white, 314.

Colts, untamed, i. 124.

Comic poets, nameless, quoted, i. 322.

Command, the universal, i. 101.

Commandments, the, expounded: the first and second, ii. 383;
the fourth, 386–391;
the fifth, sixth, and seventh, 391;
the eighth and tenth, 392.

Communion, the innate and original, of man with heaven, i. 34.

Community of women, Carpocrates’ and Epiphanes’ opinions
respecting, refuted, i. 86–89.

Complaint, i. 165.

Compositions, written and spoken, compared, i. 349–359.

Concupiscence, the Lord free from, ii. 458.

Conjecture, ii. 10.

Contempt for pain and poverty, ii. 148.

Continence, in what respect that of Christians excels that claimed
by the philosophers, ii. 110, etc.

Conversation, the regulation of, i. 228.

Coveting, the mandates of the law and of Christ prohibiting, ii.
117.

Corybantes, the orgies of the, i. 30.

Costly vessels and furniture, i. 211.

“Counsel of the ungodly, the,” ii. 41.

Counsels, the, of the Instructor, i. 174, 175.

Courage and cowardice, ii. 453, 454.

Crapulousness, i. 204.

Crates, the Theban, quoted, ii. 68, 69.

Cratinus quoted, i. 363; ii. 249.

Criterion, the, for distinguishing between truth and error, ii.
476.

Crœsus, i. 49.

Cropping the hair, i. 317, 318.

Crowns, the use of, as ornaments, disapproved, i. 235–237.

Cruelty, the, involved in sacrifices to the gods, i. 48.

Cud, chewing the, i. 326; ii. 251, 252, 448.

Custom, the, of forefathers, objections to abandoning, refuted, i.
85, 89;
to be abandoned, 106, etc.

Culture, the benefits of, i. 371, 379.

Cups of gold and silver censured, i. 211.

Dactyli, i. 400.

Daniel, i. 432;
the chronology of the book of, 445, etc.

Dardanus, i. 27.

Darkness hides not the fornicator from God, i. 253.

Day, the seventh, ii. 386, etc.

Death, Valentinian’s vagaries about the abolition of, refuted, ii.
179–182.

Deborah, i. 426.

Decalogue, the Gnostic exposition of the, ii. 383, etc.

Definition, the need of perspicuous, ii. 491, 492;
prevents ambiguity, 496, etc.

Degrees of glory in heaven, ii. 365, etc.;
more than salvation, 366, etc.

Degrees of knowledge, ii. 371.

Deities, female, their vile character, i. 40.

Deluge, the, ii. 334.

Demeter, i. 28;
the mysteries of, 28;
and Baubo, 31.

Demetrius, king, raised to the rank of a god, i. 59.

Demetrius of Phalerus, i. 448.

Demetrius, his book on the kings in Judæa quoted, i. 442.

Democritus, i. 397.

Demons, i. 60; ii. 271, 294;
plagues, etc., attributed to, 321.

Demonstration, ii. 472, etc.;
and syllogism, 493;
and analysis, 495.

Denunciation, i. 168.

Desire, the duty of repressing, ii. 192, 193.

Devil, the, matched by our Lord, i. 380;
a thief and a robber, 408;
a wicked spirit, referred to by Plato, ii. 276;
transformed, 341.

Dialects of men, gods, and animals, i. 443; ii. 380, 381.

Dialectic, the true, i. 467.

Dice prohibited, i. 325.

Didymus, the grammarian, quoted, ii. 248.

Diogenes quoted, ii. 68.

Dino, i. 67.

Dion, the philosopher, cited, ii. 194.

Dion Thytes quoted, ii. 248.

Dionysian mysteries, the, i. 29;
a vile story of, 41.

Dionysius, i. 41, 45.

Dionysius Iambus quoted, ii. 249.

Dionysius, the tyrant, i. 57.

Dionysius Thrax quoted, ii. 248.

Diphilus, the comic poet, quoted, ii. 291, 423.

Directions for those who live together, i. 225.

Discipline, various modes of, adopted by the Instructor, i. 164,
etc.

Dives and Lazarus, i. 257.

Divination, i. 26, 27.

Divine things wrapped up in figures, ii. 232, etc.

Division, logical, ii. 503.

Dogs, giving holy things to, ii. 5.

Δόξα, i. 257.

Doubts, the causes of, ii. 505.

Draco, i. 404.

Dreams, i. 243; ii. 192, 193.

Dress. See Clothing.

Drinking, water most suitable for, i. 199;
water to be preferred to wine for, 201;
intemperance in, censured, 205, etc.;
decency in, 207;
the example of Jesus as to, 208;
considered in relation to women, 209.

Drunken bouts, and drunkards, i. 204.

Dyeing of the hair, the impropriety of, i. 235;
and the clothes, 257.

Earrings, i. 315.

Ears, the, not to be bored for rings or drops, i. 272.

East, turning to the, ii. 436.

Eating, the regulation of ourselves in, i. 186;
the end of, is to live, 186, 187;
epicurism in, to be avoided, 187, etc.;
moderation in, 192;
viewed in relation to things sacrificed to idols, 193;
temperance in, 193, 194;
speaking while, to be avoided, 195;
proper food for, 196.

Eating the flesh of Christ, i. 140, 143.

Eclectic philosophy, the, paves the way to virtue, i. 374.

Eetion, i. 27.

Effeminacy in men described and condemned, i. 284–291.

Egyptian styles of writing, ii. 233.

Egyptian symbols of sacred things, ii. 245, 246.

Egyptian temples, i. 276.

Egyptians, their various objects of worship, i. 45;
inventors of arts, 401;
gods of the, 438;
temples of the, i. 276;
sacred symbols of the, ii. 245, 246;
styles of writing of the, 233;
the Greeks drew many of their philosophical tenets from, 323,
324;
did not allow their priests to feed on flesh, 430.

Egyptians, the, spoiled by the Israelites, i. 453;
overthrown in the Red Sea, 457.

Elements, the, worshipped by the heathen, i. 386.

Eleusinian mysteries, the, i. 32.

Elias, i. 301.

Embellishing the body, considerations condemnatory of, i. 276–284.

Empedocles quoted, i. 36; ii. 209, 225, 231, 249, 250, 269, 283,
292, 301.

Emperors, the Roman, i. 444.

Empirics, the, i. 379.

Employments, useful, the propriety, decency, and profitableness of,
i. 310–312.

Encouragement, i. 175.

Enemies, loving our, ii. 181, 182.

Enigmas, ii. 233.

_Ephesian Letters_ quoted, the, ii. 247.

Epicharmes quoted, ii. 15, 217, 381, 389, 424.

Epicurism, i. 187.

Epicurus, i. 68;
his view of faith, ii. 10;
of pleasure, 71, 72.

Epigenes on the _Poetry of Orpheus_, quoted, ii. 351.

Ἐπιστήμη, ii. 205, 206.

Equivocal terms, ii. 507.

Eratosthenes, i. 404.

Eros, i. 50.

Errors, an exhortation to forsake old, i. 106, etc.

Esoteric and exoteric, ii. 55.

Esther, adorns herself for her husband, i. 281;
her influence, ii. 194.

Eternity, i. 389.

Eubulus, the comic poet, quoted, ii. 427.

Eucharist, the, i. 201, 416.

Εὐκράσια, i. 179.

Εὐλάβεια, ii. 20.

Eumolpidæ, the, i. 31.

Eunomos, the Locrian and the Pythic grasshopper, i. 17.

Eunuch, a, forbidden by Moses to enter the congregation, i. 34.

Euphorbion, the poet, quoted, ii. 239, 249.

Eupolemus quoted, i. 442, 451.

Euphrone, night so called, why? ii. 204.

Euripides quoted, i. 34, 38, 70, 75, 107, 281, 282, 283, 305, 377,
400, 468; ii. 39, 62, 91, 163, 196, 197, 263, 266, 287, 300.

Eurysus, the Pythagorean, cited, ii. 238.

Εὐτέλεια, i. 304, note.

Eva, the bacchanal cry of, i. 27.

Eve, i. 286.

Evil, hatred of, i. 160.

Excellence, the true, of man, ii. 142.

Excess forbidden, i. 194, 206.

Execestus, tyrant of Phocis, i. 438.

Exercises, the, suited to a good life, i. 310–312.

Exhortation, i. 175.

Exhortation, to turn to God from idols, i. 87–99;
to abandon old errors, 106, etc.

Exodus, the, of Israel from Egypt, i. 439, 452, 453.

Expectation, ii. 16, 17.

Experience, ii. 43.

Eyes, the improper movements of, i. 322;
the government of, 230.

Ezekiel, the Jewish tragedian, quoted, i. 452, 453.

Face, painting the, censured, i. 319.

Face of God, the, i. 152.

Faith, connected with salvation, i. 133, 134, 135;
the knowledge of God attained through, ii. 3–6;
not a product of nature, 6–8;
the foundation of all knowledge, 8–12;
its excellence, 16–20;
the knowledge which comes through, the surest of all, 30–33;
twofold, 33–35;
further and fuller discussion of, 220, etc.;
the objects of, perceived by the mind alone, 229, etc.;
must be followed by works, 367;
the foundation of knowledge, 446;
itself a comprehensive knowledge, 447.

Falsehood and theft, i. 420.

Fast, and fasting, the true, i. 335; ii. 363;
as practised by the true Gnostic, 461.

Father, God recognised by the heathen as, ii. 297, 298.

Father of the universe, the, i. 128.

Fear, the influence of, i. 168;
two sorts of, 171, 172;
the utility of, ii. 20–22;
the silly notion of Valentinian and Basilides respecting, 22–25;
good, 25.

Feasts, reason to rule at, i. 204;
the conduct to be observed at, 215.

Feet, bare, recommended, i. 264, 265.

Feet of the Lord, the, i. 230.

Fetters, gold chains asserted to be, i. 269.

Figures, divine things enveloped in, ii. 232, etc.

Filthy speaking condemned, i. 222–224.

Finery, the evil of love of, i. 279, 280.

Fire corrects superstition, i. 58.

Fire, the pillar of, i. 458.

Fire-worship, i. 67.

First-born sons, i. 81.

First Cause, the, of the universe, to be apprehended by faith only,
ii. 9.

First principles, ii. 8, 9, 494.

Five loaves, the, broken by Christ, the mystical signification of,
ii. 240, 241.

Flesh, animal, its effects as food, ii. 429, 430.

Flesh of Christ, eating the, i. 140, 143, 145.

Flock, the, of the Lord, i. 462.

Flowers, not to be woven into a crown, i. 235, 236;
the peculiar properties of some, 236;
the beauty of, 255.

Food, discrimination to be used as to, i. 186, 187;
epicurism in, to be avoided, 187, 188;
the proper kinds of, 196, etc.

Forefathers, the objections against abandoning the customs of,
refuted, i. 85–99.

Forgiveness, i. 336.

Fornication, the sin of, i. 253.

Fortitude, ii. 454.

Fortune, the goddess of, i. 56.

Friendship, three kinds of, ii. 59.

Frugality, i. 95;
enjoined on the Jews, 197;
a good provision for the Christian, 301–304.

Games, the Grecian, i. 41.

Γαστριμαργία, i. 194.

Generalization and induction, ii. 502.

Generalship, the ideas involved in, i. 456.

Geometry, the mystic meanings in the ratios of, ii. 353.

Germans, the, i. 399.

Gideon, i. 426.

Glory, degrees of, in heaven, ii. 365, 366, etc.

Gluttony, i. 193, 194.

Gnosis, ii. 43.

Gnostic, the true, an imitator of God, ii. 57;
exercises patience and self-restraint, 60;
described, 199–202;
does good for the sake of the good, 202, etc.;
erudite, 340, 344;
free from all perturbations of the soul, 344–348;
avails himself of the help of all human knowledge, 449–451;
the extent of his knowledge, 357;
how he benefits men, 400;
the use of philosophy to, 401, etc.;
a true worshipper of God, unjustly calumniated, 406, etc.;
aims at the nearest likeness to God, 414, etc.;
the sort of prayer employed by, and how it finds acceptance with
God, 431, etc.;
is kingly and priestly, 432;
magnanimous, 438;
mild, meek, and contented, 439;
self-trained, 439, 440;
rejoices in present good, 440;
helped by God, 440, 441;
demands his reward like a successful athlete, 441;
prays always, 442;
is far from being ready to lie and swear, 442, 443;
a description of the life of, 449, etc.;
beneficent, content, and despising worldly things, 455, etc.,
465, etc.;
further description of, 466, etc.;
description of, furnished by an exposition of 1 Cor. vi. 1, etc.,
468–472;
abides by Scripture, and prospers, 484.

Gnostic exposition of the Decalogue, ii. 383–393.

Goats, and goats’ flesh, ii. 430.

God, alone to be worshipped, i. 65;
opinions of the philosophers respecting, 66, etc.;
the sin of neglecting the calling of, 80;
the folly of forsaking, 87;
the great Artist, 90, 91;
the image of, 91, 109, 110;
sin and misery of ignorance of, 92, 93;
why He created man, 118, 119;
the children of, described, 122;
His love, 155, 156;
is good, 159, 161;
His anger, 159, 163;
seeks to lead men to repentance, 160;
one, 161;
no darkness hides from, 253;
the arts proceed from, as well as divine knowledge, 364, etc.;
not the author of evil, 407;
seeing Him, 415;
the knowledge of, to be obtained only through faith, ii. 3;
near and far off, 4;
explanation of the Scriptures which ascribe human affections to,
43–45;
abstraction from things material, necessary to obtain a true
knowledge of, 261, etc.;
a conception of, how to be reached, 264;
not capable of being expressed, 264;
one temple erected to, by Moses, and no image of, 265;
made the world, not from need, being all-sufficient, 266;
cannot be embraced in words, or by the mind, 268–270;
difficult to discourse of, 269, 270;
the knowledge of, a divine gift, 270–273;
the ever-existing manifestation of, to all right-thinking men,
273;
man made in the image of, 277;
heathen testimonies to, 285;
not to be thought of, according to the opinion of the multitude,
286, 292, 293–297;
some knowledge of, possessed by the Greeks, 326–328;
an imperfect knowledge of, conveyed by philosophy, 393, etc.;
the sacrifice required by, 415;
self-sufficient, and not influenced or warped by sacrifices, 416;
the soul of the righteous an image of, 417;
not to be localized or circumscribed, 425, 426;
hears prayer in every place, 433;
is good, not involuntarily, but of choice, 436;
hears prayer, although unuttered, 437.

God, seeing, i. 25.

Gods, the, the origin of, i. 34, 35;
human, 37;
the loves of the, 39, etc.;
vile conduct of, 41, etc.;
cruelty involved in the sacrifices offered to, 48;
tombs of, 50, 51;
shameful images of, 52, etc.;
opinions of the philosophers respecting, 66–68;
the ministers of, 86;
ideal and imaginary, 93;
of the Egyptians, 438;
dialect attributed to, by Plato, 443;
made by the heathen like themselves, ii. 421, etc.

Gold and silver, the symbolical import of, i. 232.

Gold and silver cups and vessels, condemned, i. 211;
against fondness for, 266, etc.

Good, the chief, various opinions of the philosophers respecting,
ii. 71–74;
Plato’s opinion of, 74–78.

Good life, a, the exercises suitable to, i. 310, etc.

Good man, the, without passions, ii. 453.

Good manners at feasts, i. 229.

Gospel, the, preached to Jews and Gentiles in Hades, ii. 328–335.

Gospel, the, the universal diffusion of, in contrast to philosophy,
ii. 405.

Gothoniel, i. 425.

Grasshopper, the Pythic, i. 17.

Greece, a succession of philosophers in, i. 391.

Greek philosophy, derived in great part from the Barbarians, i.
395;
gave utterance to some truth, 413, 415;
its use in contributing to the comprehension of divine truth,
418–420.

Greek translation of the Old Testament, i. 448.

Greeks, the, imitated Moses’ generalship, i. 456, 457;
but children compared with the Hebrews, 469;
pilferers of the Barbarian philosophy, ii. 1;
drew from the sacred Scriptures, proved, 12–15;
derived their ethics from the Mosaic law, 47–57;
plagiarisms of, from the Hebrews, 272;
plagiarisms from one another, illustrated at large, 304, etc.;
plagiarism of the miracles related in Scripture, 319, etc.;
derived many of their philosophical tenets from the Egyptians and
Indian Gymnosophists, 323–325;
possessed some knowledge of the true God, 326–328.

Guidance, divine, i. 150.

Γύνιδες, i. 289.

Gymnosophists, the, i. 398, 399;
the Greeks indebted to, for some of their philosophical tenets,
ii. 324, 325.

Hades, the gospel preached to Jews and Gentiles in, ii. 328–335.

Hagar, i. 368, 369.

Hair, the, the impropriety of dyeing, i. 235;
the custom of eradicating, by pitch plasters, censured, 284–287;
regulations as to, 317;
false, forbidden, 318.

Hatred of evil, i. 160.

Hay, the figurative import of, i. 257.

Head, a cropped, commended, i. 318.

Health and knowledge, the difference between, i. 114.

Heart, eating the, ii. 239.

Heart, an uncared, ii. 65.

Heathen, the, exhorted to forsake impious rites, i. 17, etc.;
the abominable rites practised by, described, 26, etc.;
the gods of, 34, etc.;
cruel sacrifices among, 48, etc.;
absurdity of the images of their gods, 52, etc.;
the objections of, to abandoning the customs of their
forefathers, refuted, 85, etc.;
treated righteously by God, ii. 368;
made gods like themselves, 421, etc.

Heaven, degrees of glory in, ii. 365.

Heavenly bodies, the, given by God to the Gentiles to be
worshipped, ii. 368.

Hebraic character, the, of the Greek philosophy, i. 392.

Hebrew dialects, ii. 380.

Hebrew philosophy, the, of higher antiquity than that of the
Greeks, i. 421, etc.

Hebrew prophets, the, i. 425, 435, 439.

Hebrews, the Greeks but children compared with, i. 469, etc.;
the plagiarisms of the Greeks from, ii. 274, etc.

Hellenic philosophy, the multitude frightened at, ii. 350.

Hellenic truth, i. 419.

Helots, the Lacedæmonian, i. 305.

Hephæstus, i. 37.

Heracleon, the Valentinian, quoted, ii. 171.

Heraclitus, the Ephesian, quoted, i. 32, 67; ii. 11, 15, 162, 204,
205, 226, 301.

Hercules, i. 38, 40, 400.

Heresies, the diversities of, made an objection to join the church,
ii. 472–474.

Heresies and philosophy, aids in discovering truth, ii. 376, etc.

Heresy, i. 416;
the criterion of distinguishing between, and truth, ii. 476,
etc.;
the traditions of the church prior to, 485, etc.

Heretics, the pretexts used by, for indulging licentiousness and
lusts of every kind, ii. 95, etc.;
two sorts of, 102–105;
passages of Scripture perverted by, to the disparagement of
marriage, 112, etc., 116, etc., 121, 129, etc., 130, 132.

Hermas quoted, i. 408, 467, 470; ii. 27, 28, 34.

Herodotus quoted, ii. 91.

Hesiod quoted, i. 46, 73, 290, 296, 305, 364, 372, 424, 470; ii.
230, 280, 295, 427.

Hevia, i. 27.

Hiccup and sneezing, i. 229.

High priest’s robe, the, its symbolic import, ii. 243.

Hipparchus, the Pythagorean, quoted, ii. 255.

Hippias, i. 457.

Hippo, immortalizes his own death, i. 59;
Euripides quoted respecting, 400.

Hippocrates of Cos quoted, ii. 71.

Hippodamus, the Pythagorean, quoted, ii. 59.

Hiram, i. 436.

Holy place, the, of the tabernacle, ii. 240.

Holy things not to be given to dogs, ii. 5.

Holy women among the Germans, i. 399.

Homer, time of the birth of, i. 429;
quoted, 37, 39, 40, 47, 49, 51, 60, 63, 75, 93, 103, 106, 147,
228, 268, 282, 364, 392, 468; ii. 281, 284, 288, 289, 295,
305, 306, 393, 401, 421.

Honey, its spiritual import, i. 147, 179.

Hoof, dividing the, i. 326; ii. 251, 488.

Hope, ii. 17, 228, 229;
the objects of, perceived by the mind, 229.

Horse, the, forbidden to be eaten, ii. 252.

Hosanna, i. 122.

Hospitality, ii. 26.

Human affections, how ascribed to God, ii. 43–45.

Human sacrifices among the heathen, i. 48.

Husband and wife, i. 304, 332, etc.

Husband, the, of the barren woman, i. 25.

Husbandry, twofold, i. 352.

Husbandry, the, of the Mosaic law, its typical import, ii. 56.

Hyena, the, i. 246, 247.

Hylobii, the, i. 399.

Hymn to Christ the Saviour, a, i. 343–345.

Hymn, a noble, of God, i. 96, 97.

Hypotyposes, the, of Clement, i. 15.

Idanthuris, king of the Scythians, his symbolic message to Darius,
ii. 247.

Idolatry, the origin of, i. 34, 35.

Idols to be rejected, ii. 402.

Idols, the ministers of, i. 86.

Idols, things sacrificed to, to be rejected, i. 91.

Illumination, i. 132; ii. 259.

Image of God, the, i. 91, 109, 110; ii. 277.

Images of the gods, the, the absurdity and shamefulness of some, i.
52, etc.;
the stupidity of the worship of, 56, 57;
often of beautiful material and form, but senseless and shameful,
61, 91.

Immodesty of women in baths, i. 296, 297.

Indignation, i. 168.

Indians, the philosophy of the, ii. 324, 325.

Induction, ii. 502.

Inquiry, philosophical and theological, its object, ii. 490.

Instructor, the, the office of, i. 113;
His treatment of our sins, 115;
the philanthropy of, 118;
men and women alike under the charge of, 121;
who He is, 149–151;
deals with us as we do with children, 164;
mode of His discipline, 165;
instructs by the law and the prophets, 179, 180;
His severity and benignity, 181.

Instructors among the Persians, i. 150.

Insult, the fruit of drunkenness, i. 225.

Intellect, the, i. 273.

Intemperance, i. 204.

Intercourse, the regulation of, i. 225.

Intoxication, i. 204, 208, 210.

Invective, i. 166.

Inventors, and inventions among the Barbarians, i. 402.

Invitation addressed to the heathen to come to Christ the Word, i.
107, etc.

Involuntary, how a thing may be, ii. 37.

Ionic Muses, the, quoted, ii. 56.

Iophon, the comic poet, quoted, i. 363.

_Iota_, i. 171.

_Ipse dixit_, the, of the followers of Pythagoras, ii. 15.

Isaac, the import of the name, i. 128;
a type, 129, 369; ii. 12.

Isidore, son of Basilides, quoted, ii. 65, 334.

Isis, i. 424.

Isocrates quoted, ii. 262.

Israel, ii. 12.

Jacob, i. 24, 369.

Jerusalem, i. 367.

Jerusalem, the heavenly, its garniture, i. 266, 267.

Jesting, i. 227.

Jesus Christ, the Instructor and Shepherd, i. 149, 151;
as an example in eating and drinking, 208;
anointed by the woman who was a sinner, 230, etc.;
anointed by the Father, 233.

Jesus, the son of Nave, his vision of Moses ascending to heaven,
ii. 382.

Jewels, excessive fondness of, censured, i. 266.

Jewish laws, of higher antiquity than Greek philosophy, i. 421,
etc.

Jews, frugality enjoined on, i. 197, 198;
antiquity of the philosophy of, 399.

Jibing condemned, i. 226.

John the Baptist, the forerunner of the Word, i. 24;
his clothing, 261;
his confession, ii. 253, 254.

Joking, i. 227.

Joseph, his chastity, i. 321, 322;
envied by his brothers, his coat of many colours, ii. 252, 253.

Josephus, i. 446.

Joshua, i. 425.

Judas, i. 231.

Judges, the, of Israel, i. 425, etc.

Judgment, the, Diphilus the comic poet quoted on, ii. 291.

Judith, ii. 194.

Julius Cassianus, _De Continentia vel Castitate_, a reply to, ii.
128, etc.

Jupiter, three of the name, i. 36;
character of, 43;
the image of, stripped by Dionysius, 57.

Just One, the, is also good, i. 155, etc.

Κιναίδες, i. 294.

King, Christ the, typified by Abimelech, i. 129.

Kingly office, the, i. 455.

Kings, the, of Israel, i. 426, etc.;
of Persia, 435;
of Macedon, 435.

Kiss, the, between husbands and wives, i. 332.

Kiss of charity, the, i. 329.

Knocking, ii. 490.

“Know thyself,” the adage, ii. 234, 420.

Knowledge, i. 343;
objections to, answered, 357;
the advantage of, 361;
different degrees of, 371;
and love, 374;
true, found in the teaching of Christ alone, 375, 403;
human, necessary to the understanding of the Scriptures, i. 379,
380;
the primary, 403;
of the truth, whence it is, 403;
of God, to be attained only through faith, ii. 3;
faith the foundation of all, 8, etc.;
that which comes through faith, the surest of all, 30–33;
of things predicted, 33;
various kinds of, 45, 46;
of God, to be obtained only through abstraction from material
things, 361;
an imperfect kind of, conveyed by philosophy, 393.

Knowledge and health, the difference between, i. 114.

Knowledge of God, a divine gift, ii. 270, etc.

Kore, i. 29.

Κραπάλη, i. 204.

Lacedæmonian helots, the, i. 305.

Laertius cited in reference to the celebrated αὐτὸς ἔφα, ii. 15.

Λαγνεία, i. 249.

Lambs, the, of Christ, i. 123, 125.

Lamp, the golden, of the tabernacle, ii. 241.

Language, the proper regulation of, i. 222–224.

Laughter, i. 219;
how to be regulated, 220;
excessive, forbidden, 227.

Laughter, spiritual, i. 128, 129.

Law, its dignity, ii. 12.

Law, the, given by Moses, i. 153;
designed to restrain transgression, 179;
aims at the good of men, 464;
the beneficent action of, 466;
fourfold division of, 467;
how to be interpreted, 468;
the terrors of, ii. 21;
the source of all ethics, 47–57;
the humanity of, 51;
the mercy of, 53.

Laws, divine, i. 97.

Laws, the Jewish, more ancient than the philosophy of the Greeks,
i. 421, etc.

Lazarus and the rich man, i. 257.

Learned, the truly, i. 379.

Learning, the necessity of, i. 372, 373.

Leaven, the parable of the, ii. 269.

Legislator, Moses a divine, i. 461, etc.

Liberorum, de procreatione, quænam tractanda sint, i. 244, etc.

Licentiousness, i. 288.

Life, religion in ordinary, i. 327, 328.

Light, i. 133.

Likeness of God, the, i. 109, 110.

_Little Iliad, The_, quoted, i. 421.

Lord, the, our Helper, the methods He employs to bring men to
salvation, i. 23.

Lord Christ, the, the Redeemer, i. 98;
the temptation of, 380;
the duration of His teaching, ii. 486.

Lord’s Day, the, Plato speaks prophetically of, ii. 284.

Lot, i. 243.

Lot’s wife, i. 94.

Love, celestial food, i. 189.

Love a part of the true beauty, i. 274.

Love and the kiss of charity, i. 329.

Love, the many forms of, ii. 52.

Love, Christian, commended, ii. 190.

Love, its influence, ii. 454.

Love, the divinity of, ii. 346.

Love due to God from us, i. 119.

Love and knowledge, ii. 374.

Love, God is, i. 156.

Love, is punishment inconsistent with? i. 156.

Love of money, i. 214.

Loving our enemies, ii. 181, 182.

Lust, i. 274.

Lustrations, ii. 263.

Lusts, unnatural, forbidden, i. 248.

Lusts, pretexts of the heretics for indulging in, ii. 95.

Luxury, i. 187, etc., 212, 213.

Luxury, the true, i. 267.

Lycurgus, i. 404.

Lyre, the, its mystical significance, ii. 355.

Macedonian kings, the, i. 435.

Mænades, the, i. 107.

Magi, the, fire-worshippers, i. 67;
they foretold the Saviour’s birth, 398.

Magi, the, three curious mountains in the country of, ii. 322.

Maiden, the model, i. 325.

Makar and Megaclo, i. 38.

Man, the, made in the image of God, ii. 277;
his fall and redemption, i. 100.

Man, the responsibility of, i. 92;
why created by God, 118.

Man, the true excellence of, ii. 142, etc.

Man, an immortal, a noble hymn to God, i. 96, 97.

Man, the Lord called a, i. 126.

Manliness and modesty, i. 272; ii. 48, 49.

Marcionites, the, why they abstain from marriage, ii. 86, etc.

Marriage, its use and importance, ii. 78–83;
Basilides’ opinion respecting, refuted, 84–86;
why the Marcionites and other heretics abstain from, 89–94;
passages of Scripture perverted to the disparagement of,
vindicated, 112, etc., 116, etc., 129, 130, 132, etc.;
those who vituperate, vituperate the Creator and the gospel
dispensation, 133, etc.;
two extreme opinions respecting, to be avoided, 135, etc.

Married women not to be associated with at banquets, i. 226.

Mars, i. 37.

Martyr, the blessedness of the, ii. 158.

Martyrdom eulogized, ii. 145;
why called perfection, 146;
the confession of God, _ibid._;
women and slaves, as well as men, candidates for the crown of,
165;
Christ’s sayings respecting, 170;
those who needlessly offer themselves to, reproved, 173;
Basilides’ idea of, refuted, 175–179;
passages from Clement’s Epistle to the Corinthians respecting,
187–190.

Martyrs, passages of Scripture respecting the patience, constancy,
and love of, ii. 184–187.

Matthew, traditional words of, ii. 466.

Matthias, ii. 365.

Meaning of Scripture, reasons for veiling the, ii. 378, etc.

Meats offered in sacrifice to idols, to be rejected, i. 193.

Mediator, the, i. 274.

Megasthenes quoted, i. 399.

Melampus, i. 28.

Melanippides quoted, ii. 287.

Men, the folly of, in forsaking God for idols, i. 87;
and women, under the Instructor’s charge, 121;
who embellish themselves, 284;
effeminate, 284, 289, 293, 294;
employments of, 310–312.

Menander, his description of the superstitious man, ii. 422–424;
quoted variously, i. 70, 74, 120, 277; ii. 227, 290 _bis._, 295,
427.

Menelaus and Helen, ii. 61, 62.

Merciful, the, ii. 156.

Methods, the, used by God in bringing men to salvation, i. 23.

Metrodorus, the Epicurean, quoted, ii. 300.

Midas, i. 27.

Midianite women, the, seduce the Israelites, ii. 49, 50.

Milk, feeding with, i. 138, 145, 146, 147;
and water and wine, 147.

Milk and meat, ii. 260, 261.

Miltiades, i. 457.

Mind, the culture of the, i. 371.

Minerva, i. 30.

Ministers of idols, the, i. 86.

Minos, ii. 12.

Miracles, the, related in Scripture, plagiarized by the Greeks, ii.
319, etc.

Miriam, ii. 194.

Mirrors, the use of, reprobated, i. 280, 281.

Mistake, ii. 39.

Model maiden, the, i. 325.

Money, the love of, i. 214.

Mosaic law, the, the fourfold division of, i. 467;
the source of all ethics, ii. 47–57.

Moses, an instructor, i. 152;
the law given by, 153;
the antiquity of the philosophy of, 421;
the birth and education of, 451;
meaning of the name, 451;
as a military leader, 455;
his strategy, 457;
Plato an imitator of, 459;
rightly called a divine legislator, 461;
his dignity, ii. 12, 13;
erected one temple to and no image of God, 265;
ascends the mount, and enters the darkness by himself, 267;
the shining of the face of, 364.

Moses, the prophet like unto, i. 153.

Muses, the, i. 38;
and Syrens, 383.

Music, the inventors of, i. 424.

Music to be banished from feasts, i. 215.

Music, the mystical significance of, ii. 354;
its use, 355, 366.

Mustard, i. 179.

Mysteries, the, of the Christian faith, not to be divulged to all,
i. 388;
celebrated in the night, ii. 204;
reasons for veiling, 254, 255;
opinion of the apostles about veiling the, 257, etc.

Mysteries, the heathen, i. 26, 27;
derivation of the word, 27;
of Demeter, 28;
the Sabazian, 29;
of Dionysius, 29;
the Eleusinian, 32;
of Plato, Pythagoras, and the Epicureans, ii. 255.

Mystical meanings in the proportions of numbers, etc., ii. 352–359.

Nabla, the, i. 402, and note.

Nard, i. 232.

Nations, the number of, i. 443.

Nature possesses an adaptation for perfection, ii. 359.

Neanthes of Cyzicum quoted, ii. 249.

Necessaries and luxuries, i. 267.

Nechephres, king of Egypt, i. 452.

Neglect of God’s gracious calling, the sin of, i. 80.

Nicagorus, i. 59.

Nightingale, the, i. 245.

Noah, his drunkenness, i. 210.

Nobility, ii. 58.

Noses, making sounds of lewdness or of provocation through,
censured, i. 294.

Νουθέτησις, i. 177.

Numa, i. 398.

Numbers, the mystical meaning in the proportions of, ii. 352, etc.

Numenius quoted, i. 449.

Nymphodorus quoted, i. 424.

Oath, the, avoided by the true Gnostic, ii. 442–444.

Objurgation, i. 168.

Offence, avoiding, ii. 183.

Oil, the use of, i. 234.

Ointments, the use of, not necessary to Christians, i. 230;
varieties of, 232, 239;
render effeminate, 233;
not to be wholly laid aside, 234.

Old age, i. 319.

Old men may drink wine, i. 202.

Old Testament, the Greek translation of, i. 448.

Olive, the wild, ii. 372, 373.

Oracles of divination, i. 26, 27.

Orgies, the Bacchic, i. 27;
derivation of the word, _ibid._;
full of imposture and quackery, 28;
of the Corybantes, 30.

Ornamentation, the, of the body, i. 276, etc.;
when permitted, 315.

Ornaments, i. 256;
excessive fondness for, censured, 266;
excuses for wearing, 267;
the true and the false, 268, 269, 271;
Aristophanes’ catalogue, 269, 270;
the love of, 273, etc.

Orpheus, i. 19;
quoted, 30, 31, 73; ii. 248, 267, 292, 293, 294, 295.

Osiraphis, i. 54.

Osiris, i. 54.

Ox, the, and the bear dwelling together, ii. 333.

Ox, the, and the ass forbidden to be yoked together, ii. 55, 56.

Ὀψοφαγία, i. 194.

Pactolus, the, i. 82.

Pædagogus, the, a prayer to, i. 342;
verses to, 346.

Pædagogy, i. 121, 125.

Παιδάριον, i. 121.

Pain and poverty, contempt for, ii. 148.

Painting the eyes, etc., condemned, i. 277.

Painting the face censured, i. 319.

Palladium, the, i. 53.

Pallas, i. 30.

Pantænus, the teacher of Clement, i. 11;
referred to, 355.

Pantarkes, i. 58.

Panyasis quoted, i. 42.

Parabolic style of Scripture, the, ii. 379.

Parmenides, the Eleatic, quoted, ii. 256, 287, 300.

Passions, the, ii. 37;
how called by Basilides, 64;
to be subdued, 66, 67;
the true Gnostic free from, 346.

Patience or endurance, ii. 60.

Peacemakers, ii. 157.

Pearls, the wearing of, i. 266, 358.

Pearls, casting, before swine, i. 388.

Penitents, ii. 156.

Pentheus, i. 389.

People, the new and the old, i. 128.

Perfection, i. 126, 131, 182;
women as well as men capable of, ii. 193, etc.;
consists in the knowledge and love of God, 212–215;
nature adapted to, 359, etc.;
the Gnostic alone attains, 362–364;
steps to, 446, etc.

Perfect man, the, described, ii. 199–202;
does good for the sake of the good, 202, etc.;
how he treats the body and the things of the world, 215.

Peripatetics, the, i. 68.

Persian kings, the, i. 455.

Persians, the, fire-worshippers, i. 67;
instructors among, 150.

Perturbations of the soul, the true Gnostic free from, ii. 344–348.

Peter, the _Preaching_ of, quoted, i. 470; ii. 326, 379, 380.

Peter, the story of his wife’s martyrdom, ii. 451, 452.

Petulantia, i. 247.

Phalloi, i. 41.

Phanothea, i. 404.

Phemonoe, i. 424.

Pherecrates, the comic poet, quoted, ii. 427.

Pherecydes quoted, i. 392; ii. 247.

Pherephatta, i. 29.

Phidias, i. 58.

Philanthropy, ii. 26.

Philanthropy, the, of our Instructor, i. 118.

Philemon, the comic poet, quoted, i. 269, 324; ii. 294, 423.

Philip of Pella, i. 59.

Philo, his interpretation of Sarah and Hagar, i. 368.

Philolaus quoted, ii. 91.

Philosopher, the, to what he applies himself, ii. 29, 30.

Philosophers, the variety of, respecting God, i. 66–68;
by divine inspiration, sometimes hit on the truth, 69;
objections to extracts from the writings of, answered, 360, 361;
a succession of, in Greece, 391, etc.;
their philosophy Hebraic, 392;
the first so called, _ibid._;
thieves and robbers--how? 406;
attained to some truth, 413, ii. 396;
varieties of opinions among, respecting the _chief good_, 71–74.

Philosophical inquiry, its object, ii. 490.

Philosophy, i. 361;
the handmaid of theology, 366;
what it is, 368, 369;
the eclectic, paves the way to virtue, 374;
that which the apostle bids us shun, 384;
all sections of, contain a germ of truth, 389;
schools of, 392;
the Grecian, derived in great part from the Barbarian, 395;
prepares the way for higher teaching, 405;
a true spark of divine fire in, 409;
how it contributes to the comprehension of divine truth, 418;
the Jewish laws of higher antiquity than, 421, etc.;
given by God, ii. 339–344;
the study of, 366;
an imperfect knowledge of God conveyed by, 395, etc.;
absurdity of those who say it is not from God, 397–399;
given to the Greeks as the law was to the Jews, 399;
use of, to the Gnostic, 402, etc.

Philosophy, the Barbarian, followed by Christians, perfect, ii. 3.

Philosophy, the true, ii. 335–339.

Philydeus, the comic poet, quoted, ii. 248, 249.

Phocylides quoted, ii. 294.

Phœbus, i. 149.

Phœnix, i. 150.

_Phoronis, The_, quoted, i. 458.

Φῶς and φώς, i. 133.

Φρένωσις, i. 168.

Phryne, the courtesan, i. 58.

Piety, i. 185.

Pigeons to be offered to God, i. 124.

Pilferers, the Greeks, of the Barbarian philosophy, ii. 1;
and of each other, 304, etc.

Pillar of fire, the, i. 458.

Pindar quoted, i. 37, 323, 383, 420, 424, 470; ii. 162, 282, 295,
299.

Pit, opening a, ii. 253.

Pitch plasters to eradicate hair, censured, ii. 284, 285, 287.

Pittacus, king of Miletus, i. 311.

Plagiarisms, the, of the Greeks, from the Hebrews, ii. 274, etc.;
from one another, 304, etc.

Plants and animals, ii. 497.

Plasters of pitch to eradicate hair, i. 284, 285, 287.

Plato an imitator of Moses, i. 459.

Plato, his view of the _chief good_, ii. 74–78;
respecting marriage, 89–94;
variously quoted or referred to, i. 69, 70, 71, 198, 248, 254,
314, 378, 382, 385, 395, 396, 397, 414, 443, 469; ii. 13,
14, 58, 91, 92, 93, 147, 151, 163, 226, 230, 231, 252, 260,
266, 267, 271, 275, 276, 279, 282, 283, 284, 285, 297, 299.

Plato, the comic poet, quoted, ii. 429.

Pleasure, ii. 61, 62, 63;
not a necessity, 67, 68.

Plutus, i. 280.

Poets, the, their testimony to the truth, i. 73–75;
their employment of the symbolic style, ii. 247.

Polemo, the disciple of Xenocrates, cited, i. 76.

Poseidon, i. 66.

Pot, the mark of, not to be left on the ashes, according to
Pythagoras, ii. 237.

Praise to God, ii. 216, 217;
and prayer, 426.

Praise and blame, i. 177.

Prayer to the Pædagogus, i. 342.

Prayer, such as employed by the Gnostic, and how it is heard by
God, ii. 431, etc.;
the right sort of, 434;
hours of, 435;
the false doctrine of certain heretics respecting, _ibid._

Prayer and praise the best sacrifices, ii. 426, etc.

Praxiphanes, i. 404.

Praxiteles, i. 50.

_Preaching_, the, of Peter, referred to or quoted, i. 470; ii. 326,
379, 380.

Presbyter, who is a true? ii. 365.

Procreatione liberorum, de, i. 244, etc.

Prodicus, the Ceian sophist, his delineation of vice and virtue, i.
260.

Prophecy, ii. 34;
is full knowledge, 343;
why it employs figurative forms of expression, 380.

Prophet, the, like unto Moses, i. 35.

Prophets, the, the truth to be found in, i. 76–79;
their knowledge, 380;
the antiquity of, 425, 435, 439.

Propriety of conduct, i. 293.

Proserpine, i. 27.

Prosymnus, i. 41.

Proteus, i. 273.

Pruning-hook, the, ii. 341.

Ptolemy Philadelphus, i. 448.

Ptolemy, the priest, referred to, i. 421.

Punishment, the reason and end of divine, ii. 210, 211.

Punishment after death, ii. 275.

Punishment and love reconciled, i. 156, 157;
aims at the good of men, 464.

Punishments and threatenings, i. 306, 307.

Πῦρ, i. 443.

Pure in heart, the, ii. 157.

Purification, i. 91, ii. 263;
a sufficient, 205.

Purple colour in dress forbidden, i. 262.

Pyrrhonism, its self-contradictions, ii. 500.

Pythagoras, his symbols, ii. 236.

Pythagoras referred to or quoted, i. 393, 394, 395, 397; ii. 54.

Pythagoreans, the, i. 72, 177, 383.

Pythic grasshopper, the, i. 17.

Reason to rule at feasts, i. 204.

Rebecca and Isaac, i. 128, 129.

Redemption through the Word, i. 100–105.

Religion in ordinary life, i. 327.

Repentance, an earnest exhortation to, i. 87, etc.;
the nature of, ii. 17;
first and second, 35–37.

Reproach, i. 157.

Reproof, i. 157, 158, 166, 169.

Reprover, the, i. 172.

Respect of persons, none with God, ii. 340.

Responsibility, the, i. 92.

Revelling, i. 215.

Revenge, i. 160.

Rhetoric, i. 376.

Rich, the believer alone is, i. 298; ii. 13.

Rich man, the, and Lazarus, i. 15.

Riches, i. 212–214, 298.

Righteous man, the, ii. 285, 331.

Righteousness, true riches, i. 299.

Righteousness, the Sun of, i. 102.

Ring, a, engraven with the images of the gods, prohibited by
Pythagoras, ii. 237.

Rings, on the wearing of, i. 315–317.

Robe of the high priests, its symbolic import, ii. 243, 244, 245.

Roman emperors, the, i. 444.

Ῥόμβος, i. 30, note.

Royalty, different kinds of, i. 455, 456.

Sabazian mysteries, the, i. 29.

Sacrifices, the, of the law, ii. 429.

Sacrifices, the, of the heathen to their gods, the absurdity of,
ii. 427, etc.

Sacrifices, the cruelty of some of the heathen, i. 48, etc.

Sailing on land forbidden by Pythagoras, ii. 237.

Salvation, i. 82, 132, 382;
one unchangeable gift of, ii. 366.

Sambuca, the, i. 402, and note.

Samson, i. 321.

Samuel sent to anoint David, i. 281.

Sappho, i. 237.

Sarah, i. 368, 369;
her laughter, ii. 262.

Sardanapalus, i. 322, 323; ii. 67.

Sarmanæ, i. 399.

Sauromatæ, the, i. 67.

Saved, something greater than being, ii. 367.

Saviour, the, i. 98;
His supreme dignity, ii. 13;
free from human affections, 344;
the Son of God, 410.

Scents, i. 234.

Scripture, the criterion for distinguishing between truth and
heresy, ii. 476, etc.

Scriptures, the, i. 82;
the Hebrew, translated into Greek, 375;
human knowledge necessary to the understanding of, 379.

Scythians, the, i. 290.

Seal-rings, i. 315–317.

Sects or schools of philosophy, i. 392.

Seducer, the, i. 23.

Seeing double, an effect of much wine, i. 203.

Seeing God, i. 25, 415.

Self-conceit, the cure of, ii. 480.

Self-restraint or self-control, ii. 48, 61, 454.

Self-sufficiency, Christian, i. 182.

Selling and buying, i. 328.

Sepulchres of the gods, i. 50, 51.

Serapis, i. 54, 424.