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• 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, 480, 482.

Cincinnatus, Quintus, i. 213.

Circe, ii. 235, 237.

Circumcision, instituted, ii. 141;

• the punishment of the male who had not received, 141, 142.

City, the celestial, i. 207.

City of God, the, i. 418;

• the origin of, and of the opposing city, 436;
• nature of, and of the earthly, ii. 47;
• Abel the founder of, and Cain of the earthly, 50;
• the citizens of, and of the earthly, 51;
• the weakness of the citizens of, during their earthly pilgrimage, 56;
• and the earthly, compared and contrasted, 292;
• what produces peace, and what discord, between, and the earthly, 326, etc.;
• the eternal felicity of, 540-545.

Claudian, the poet, quoted, i. 225.

Coelestis, i. 52, and note;

• the mysteries of, 86.

Collatinus, Tarquinius, the vile treatment of, by Junius Brutus, i. 68, 111, etc.

Concord, the temple of, erected, i. 126;

• the wars which followed the building of, 128, etc.

Confession of Christ, the efficacy of, for the remission of sins, i. 527.

Conflagration of the world, the, ii. 377;

• where shall the saints be during? 380.

Confusion of tongues, the, ii. 111, etc.;

• God's coming down to cause, 113, etc.

Conjugal union, the, as instituted and blessed by God, ii. 38.

Constantine, i. 219, etc.;

• the prosperity granted to, by God, 223, etc.

Consuls, the first Roman, their fate, ii. 111, etc.

Corn, the gods which were supposed to preside over, at the various stages of its growth, gathering in, etc., i. 144.

Creation, i. 439, 443;

• the reason and cause of, 461, 462;
• the beauty and goodness of, ii. 258.

Creation, the, of angels, i. 445;

• of the human race in time, 500;
• of both angels and men, ii. 472, etc.

Creator, the, is distinguished from His works by piety, i. 297, etc.;

sin had not its origin in, 456.

Creatures, the, to be estimated by their utility, i. 455.

CumÆan Sibyl, the, i. 421.

Curiatii and Horatii, the, i. 105.

Curtius leaps into the gulf in the Forum, i. 211.

Curubis, a comedian, miraculously healed, ii. 490.

Cybele, i. 52,

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 disturb -15.htm.html#Page_434" class="pginternal">434.

Hercules, ii. 225, 381, 382.

Nahor, ii. 125.

Nakedness of our first parents, the, ii. 32.

Nathan, his message to David, ii. 189;

• the resemblance of Psalm lxxxix. to the prophecy of, 191, etc.

Natural history, curious facts in:—the salamander, ii. 417;

• the flesh of the peacock, 417, 418;
• fire, 418;
• charcoal, 418;
• lime, 418, 419;
• the diamond, 419;
• the loadstone, 420;
• the salt of Agrigentum, 421;
• the fountain of the GaramantÆ, and of Epirus, 421;
• asbestos, 421;
• the wood of the Egyptian fig-tree, 421;
• the apples of Sodom, 421;
• the stone pyrites, 421, 422;
• the stone selenite, 422;
• the Cappadocian mares, 422;
• the island Tilon, 422;
• the star Venus, 429.

Nature, not contrary to God, but good, i. 484;

• of irrational and lifeless creatures, 485;
• none in which there is not good, 320, 321.

Natures, God glorified in all, i. 486.

Necessity, is the will of man ruled by? i. 195.

Necromancy, i. 302.

Neptune, i. 279, 296;

• and Salacia, and Venilia, 285.

Nero, the first to reach the citadel of vice, i. 216;

• curious opinions entertained of him after his death, ii. 382.

New Academy, the uncertainty of, contrasted with the Christian faith, ii. 328.

New heavens, and new earth, the, ii. 373, 374, 376, etc.

Nigidius, cited in reference to the birth of twins, i. 181.

Nimrod, ii. 108, 109, 112, 122.

Nineveh, ii. 109;

• curious discrepancy between the Hebrew and Septuagint as to the time fixed for the overthrow of, in Jonah's prophecy, 273, 274;
• spared, 446;
• how the prediction against, was fulfilled, 455.

Ninus, ii. 219, 220.

Noah, commanded by God to build an ark, ii. 98;

• whether after, till Abraham, any family can be found who lived according to God, 325;
• • the theological, ii. 232, 233.
• Pontius, Lucius, announces Sylla's victory, i. 82.
• "Poor, He raiseth the, out of the dunghill," ii. 175.
• Porphyry, his views of theurgy, i. 394, etc., 396, etc.;
• • epistle of, to Anebo, 397, etc.;
  • as to how the soul is purified, 413;
  • refused to recognise Christ, 414;
  • vacillation of, between the confession of the true God and the worship of demons, 418;
  • the impiety of, 419;
  • so blind as not to recognise the true wisdom, 422;
  • his emendations of Platonism, 426, etc.;
  • his ignorance of the universal way of the soul's deliverance, 430, etc.;
  • abjured the opinion that souls constantly pass away and return in cycles, 511;
  • his notion that the soul must be separated from the body in order to be happy, demolished by Plato, 531, etc.;
  • the conflicting opinions of Plato and, if united, might have led to the truth, 532, 533;
  • his account of the responses of the oracles of the gods concerning Christ, ii. 334-339.
• Portents, strange, i. 133;
• • meaning of the word, ii. 429.
• Possidonius, the story of, i. 179.
• Postumius, the augur, and Sylla, i. 81, 82, 83.
• PrÆstantius, the strange story related by, respecting his father, ii. 237.
• Praise, the love of, why reckoned a virtue? i. 204;
• • of the eradication of the love of human, 205.
• Prayer for the dead, ii. 453.
• Predictions of Scripture, i. 434.
• Priest, the faithful, ii. 181.
• Priesthood, the, the promise to establish it for ever, how to be understood, ii. 184;
• • of Christ, described in the Psalms, 204, 205.
• Proclus, Julius, i. 108.
• Projectus, Bishop, and the miraculous cure of blind women, ii. 492, 493.
• Proletarii, the, i. 116.
• Prometheus, ii. 224.
• Promises, the, made to Abraham, ii. 129, etc., 131, etc., 133.
• Prophetic age, the, ii. 165.
• Prophetic records, the, ii. 163.
• Prophecies, the threefold meaning of the, ii. 167-169;
• • respecting Christ and His gospel, 247-249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 258, 259.
• 81;
• • relation of the former to Christ, 82.
• Seven, the number, i. 475, ii. 173, 174.
• Seventh day, the, i. 475.
• Severus, bishop of Milevis, ii. 420.
• Sex, shall it be restored in the resurrection? ii. 509, 510.
• Sexual intercourse, ii. 34;
• • in the antediluvian age, 75, etc.
• Shem, ii. 105;
• • the sons of, 109;
  • the genealogy of, 119, etc.
• Sibyl, the CumÆan, i. 421;
• • the ErythrÆan, 422.
• Sibylline books, the, i. 118.
• Sicyon, the kingdom and kings of, ii. 219, 220, 221, 239.
• Silvanus, the god, i. 249.
• Silvii, ii. 239.
• Simplicianus, bishop of Milan, his reminiscence of the saying of a certain Platonist, i. 426.
• Sin, should not be sought to be obviated by sin, i. 36;
• • should not be sought to be shunned by a voluntary death, 38;
  • had not its origin in God, but in the will of the creature, 456;
  • not caused by the flesh, but by the soul, ii. 4;
  • servitude introduced by, 323.
• Sins, how cleansed, i. 413.
• Six, the perfection of the number, i. 474.
• Slave, when the word, first occurs in Scripture;
• • its meaning, ii. 324.
• Social life, disturbed by many distresses, ii. 307, etc.
• Socrates, a sketch of,—his philosophy, i. 308-310;
• • the god or demon of, the book of Apuleius concerning, 325, 327.
• Sodom, the region of, ii. 431.
• Solomon, books written by, and the prophecies they contain, ii. 209, etc.;
• • the kings after, both of Israel and Judah, 213.
• Son of God, but one by nature, ii. 441.
• Sons of God, the, and daughters of men, ii. 91, etc.;
• • not angels, 92, etc.
• Soranus, Valerius, i. 274.
• Soul, the, immortal, i. 257;
• • the way of its deliverance, 430;
  • created in the image of God, 515;
  • Porphyry's notion that its blessedness requires separation from the body, demolished by Plato, 531;
  • the separation of, and the body, considered by some not to be penal, 536.
• Soul of the world, God not the, i. 151;
• • Varro's opinion of, examined, 267.
• Souls, rational, the opinion that there are three kinds of, i. 325, 326 ss="pgexternal">147, 148, 279.
• Vestal virgin, a, to prove her innocence, carries water in a sieve from the Tiber, ii. 503.
• Vestal virgins, the punishment of those caught in adultery, i. 95.
• Vice, not nature, contrary to God, and hurtful, i. 484.
• Vicissitudes of life, the, on what dependent, i. 79, etc.
• Victoria, the goddess, i. 152, 153;
• • ought she to be worshipped as well as Jove? 154.
• Virgil, quoted, i. 2, 4, 5, 6, 29, 78, 89, 92, 101, 103, 106, 107, 199, 200, 270, 272, 294, 332, 333, 384, 412, 421, 428, ii. 5, 234, 397, 425, 439, 470.
• Virgin Mary, the, ii. 204.
• Virgins, the violation of, by force, does not contaminate, i. 25.
• Virtue and Faith, honoured by the Romans with temples, i. 156, 157;
• • the Romans ought to have been content with, and Felicity, 157;
  • the war waged by, ii. 203.
• Virtues, as disgraceful to make them serve human glory as to serve bodily pleasure, i. 217;
• • true, necessary to true religion, ii. 340, 341.
• Virtumnus and Sentinus, i. 260, 261.
• Virtus, the goddess, i. 263, 264.
• Vision, the beatific, ii. 534-540.
• Vulcan, i. 279.
• Warfare, the Christian, ii. 442.
• War, against the Albans, i. 105;
• • with Pyrrhus, 116;
  • the Punic, 117, etc.; 119, etc.;
  • the civil, of the Gracchi, 126;
  • the civil, between Marius and Sylla, 128, etc.;
  • the Gothic and Gallic, 130;
  • severe and frequent, before the advent of Christ, 131;
  • the duration of various, 220;
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