ANALYTICAL INDICES OF THE MATTERS AND TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME
The reader is directed to the numbers in bolder type expressed in the text.
ON COSMAS INDICOPLEUSTES
A Abdiu foretells Christ, 232. Adam expelled on the sixth day, and brought back through the cross on the sixth day again, 153. Adulis, a maritime city of Ethiopia, 138, 140. Egypt, why it is free from earthquakes, 121. Ethiopians inhabit the ends of the earth, 523. The position of the Ethiopians according to Ephorus, 148. Agame, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Agau in Ethiopia, 159. Where the sources of the Nile are, 140. Alexander, history of his passing through Jerusalem, 311. Alexandria, its position and the shadow of the sun there, 261. The distance from Alexandria to the cataracts, 138. Almedon, the same as Enoch, 541. Aloe is brought from China, 357. Alorus, the same as Adam, 341. Habakkuk prophesies concerning Christ, 234. Amempsinachus, that is, Methuselah, 541. Ammelagarus, that is, Malaleel, 541. Ammeon, the same as Cainan, 541. Amos predicts concerning Christ, 251. Amphilochius of Iconium, a friend of Basil, declared the Catholic Epistles to be of doubtful authority, 292. Anaboleis, they are called those who sail from northern parts to the southern, 155. Anastasius, a mechanic and learned man, 264. Angabe, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Angels, it is proved that they exist in the world, 286. Angels are circumscribed, 158. Individuals are appointed to guard individual men, 157. The office of good and evil angels, 150 et seqq. What the angels thought during the creation, 167. Soul, it is circumscribed, 123, 157, 158. Annine, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Antichthones cannot exist, 119. Antioch, its climate, 265. Why Antioch is prone to earthquakes, 121, 122. Antipodes cannot exist, 119. Against the Antipodes, 157. Apion the Grammarian, a writer on Egyptian affairs, 341. Mentions Moses, ibid. Apollinarius is accused of impiety, 212. The error of Apollinarius, 212. Apollonius Molo, a writer on Egyptian affairs, 311. Mentions Moses, ibid. Arabia Felix has Christians, 179. Arabic or Erythraean Gulf, 152. Arabitae conquered by Ptolemy Euergetes, 143. Ark of Noah, what shape it had, 214. Archimedes alone discovered the quadrature of the circle, 182. Argelia, an Indian tree, 336. Arius’ error, 242. Aristotle, 177, 311. Aristotle and Plato, the leaders of the philosophers, 183. Aristotelians’ opinion concerning the elements, 117. Arsinoe, wife of Ptolemy Philadelphus, 141. Arts are perfected gradually, 180. Aru, the name of the rhinoceros, 336. Asbas, prefect of Adulis, 141. Ataimo, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Athagaos, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Atlantis island, 340. Ava, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Augustus subdued Egypt for the Romans, 450. Amara, what it is, 197. Gold called Tancharas in the furthest borders of Ethiopia, 139. Axomi, how great the distance is to the ends of Ethiopia, 138. Axonis or Axumis has Christians, 179. Position of Axomeos in Ethiopia and the solar shadow there, 264, 265. Axomite trade for bringing gold, 139. The port of the Axomites, ibid.
B Bactrians have Christians, 179. Bactrians are very near India, 132. Baptism, the rite of, 208. In baptism, the renunciation of Satan, 117. Barbaria in Ethiopia, 131. It is an incense-bearing land, 132. Basanitis stone, 140. Bega, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 143. Bel is called Saturn by the Greeks, 136. Berosus’ account of the ancient kings of the Chaldeans, 340. Blemmyes, an Ethiopian tribe, 339. Bombonaria, that is, breeches, 204. Borysthenes climate, 265. Ox, a wild animal of India, 335. Bosor signifies flesh, 290. Bulgarians have Christians, 179. Byzantium, how far distant from Alexandria, 138. The climate of Byzantium, 263. Caber in India produces Alabandan [stone], 337. Cadmus brought letters into Greece, 206. Calaa, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Calliana in India, where copper originates, 337. A great emporium, ibid. A bishop is ordained there for Persia, 178. Camelopardalis, an Indian animal, 335. Careni people (Charan) in Mesopotamia, 219. Clove is brought from China, 337. Caspian Sea, Cosmas says it flows into the land from the Ocean, 15. Casturi, that is, musk, an Indian animal, 335. Cataracts from Axomi, what the distance is, 138. Catholic Epistles, whether they have authority, 292. Cedar in further Arabia, 521. Ceitorum, their position according to Ephorus, 148. Cetii, that is, Cyprians, 131. Chaeremon, a writer on Egyptian affairs, 341. Mentions Moses, ibid. Chaldaic writers made mention of the flood, 341. Cham was not truly cursed, 214. Chorelaphus, an Indian animal, 336. Christians pray toward the east, 201. Christ did not perform even one miracle for the sake of punishment, 16 et seqq. Ciboria, or Egyptian beans, 119. Cinadocolpitae in Arabia subdued by Ptolemy Euergetes, 143. Climates, schema of, 267. Clysma, the place where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea on dry land, 194. Heaven, that it is fixed, is proved, 118, 120. Heaven does not encompass all things as one, but is joined with the earth, 126, seqq. Confession of the Trinity and of the resurrection in baptism, 208. Constantinus, a friend of Cosmas, 113. Corinth fell by an earthquake, 122. Cosmas published a description of the world, 113. Also astronomical tables, 114, and an interpretation of the Song of Songs, 500. Cretans used customs, not laws, 343.
ANALYTICAL INDICES
A Hippopotamus is an Indian animal, 356. Daniel and the three youths are represented in pictures, 236. Daonus is the same as Jared, 341. David, commemoration of, on the feast of the Lord's Nativity, 195. Delphis, a fish, 336. Description of the world by Cosmas, 113. Dei trini (Of the Trinity) one operation, 257. God is one in three hypostases, 212. God did not condemn man to death out of anger, but out of compassion, 210, 211 et seqq. Deluge, why it was sent, 136. Deluge, mention of, made by Chaldean writers, 341. Dioscorides island, whose inhabitants speak Greek, are Christians, 179. Δισσάκκιον (Dissakkion), what it is, 198. Diversoria (in), it is the custom to inscribe names, 205. Dius wrote the annals of the Tyrians, 342. He mentions Solomon, ibid. Drachma of the Persians, 358.
[E] Ela, an emporium of Egypt, 140. Elamites have Christians, 179. Eleazar sends the LXX interpreters to Ptolemy Philadelphus, 341. Elephants, Troglodytic and Ethiopian, used for war, 141. Elesbaan, king of the Axumites, undertakes an expedition against the Homerites, 141. Elim is now called Rhaithu, where twelve springs were seen in the time of Cosmas, 195. Ephorus, philosopher and historiographer, 148, 149; his passage, 148. Epicycles, 119. Epiphany of the Lord, why it is celebrated after the Nativity, 194. Epiphanius, passages from, 326. Erythraean or Arabian Gulf, 132. Euclid, prince of geometers, 182. Eudoxus of Cnidus received the opinion of the sphere from the Egyptians, 159. Evedorachus, that is, Enoch, 341. Euphrates river, from Persarmenia, 149. Why it has a rapid course, 133. Eusebius Pamphili, 174. He declared the catholic epistles to be doubtful, 292. Eutyches, his error, 212. Ezechiel prophesies concerning Christ, 236.
[F] Femoralia, that is, Bombonaria, 204. Franks have Christians, 179.
[G] Gabala, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Gambela, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Garamantes have Christians, 179. Gaza, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Gehon is the Nile, 133. Golias, king of the Huns in India, very powerful, 338. He captures a city in an astonishing manner, ibid. Greeks consider themselves more prudent and wise than all men, 342. Greeks' opinion of the world, 270. Gregory Nazianzen, passages from, 310 et seqq.
[H] Harisi, the name of the rhinoceros, 334. Hebrews first learned letters in the desert, 205. They carved inscriptions on stones that remained in the time of Cosmas, 205. They handed down the use of letters to the Phoenicians, 206. Ismaelite and Midianite merchants supplied the Hebrews with provisions in the desert, 204, 205. Hebrew language expresses heaven and heavens by a single word, 275. Hellespont, climate of, 265. Hercules, symbol of, 141. Heruli have Christians, 179. Hieroglyphics are not letters, but symbols of letters, 161. Hierosolymites' custom regarding the Lord's Nativity, 193. Homerus never used the word νόμος, 343. Homerites, region of, 151, 153. It is Saba, ibid. Homerites in Arabia Felix have Christians, 179. Man is a small world (microcosm), 289. Link of the nature of things, 210. Homologus, a deacon to whom Cosmas dedicated astronomical tables, 114. Huns towards India, 152; in India, whose king is called Gollas, 338. Huns have Christians, 179. Hyacinth, a stone in Taprobana, 336. Region of the hyacinth, ibid. Hyperides, passage from, 197. Hypostases, three, 212. Hyrcanian Sea, Cosmas says it flows into the land from the Ocean, 132. Hyrcanians have Christians, 179.
[I] Incarnation, the manner of, 263. India, interior, 137. Indi (Indians) have Christians, 179. Indi, position of, according to Ephorus, 148. Inscription, Greek, of Ptolemy Euergetes, 141, 142. Inscriptions carved on stones by the Hebrews, 205. Irenaeus of Lyons declared the catholic epistles to be doubtful, 292. Isaiah predicts Christ, 179. Israelites, traces of, in the Red Sea, 194. Their garments worn out in the desert, 205.
[J] James, brother of the Lord, apostle, commemoration on the day of the Lord's Nativity, 195. Jeremiah prophesies concerning Christ, 235. Jerusalem turned into a desert, 178. John, on what occasion he wrote the Gospel, 248. John Chrysostom was badly treated by Theophilus of Alexandria, by Epiphanius of Cyprus, and by Severianus of Gabala, 327. His passages, ibid. Joel the prophet announces Christ, 230, 231. Jonah the prophet announces Christ, 232. Josephus, writer, 171. Juvia or Hunnia, near India, 132.
[L] Lacedaemonians were governed by customs, not by laws, 343. Lactra, a road, 118, 119. Lazica has Christians, 179. Lazine, an Ethiopian tribe defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. The name "Law" was not even known to the Greeks in antiquity, 343. Λευκὴ κώμη (Leuke Kome), "White Village," a place in Arabia, 145. Leucoge, a place in Arabia, 143. Libanus, a mountain looming over Phoenicia, 483. Locrians' legislator, Teucrus, 342. Lotaria, 149. Luke, on what occasion he wrote the Gospel, 247. Lycurgus, legislator, 342. Lysimachus, writer of Egyptian affairs, 341. He makes mention of Moses, ibid.
[M] Maeotis, climate of the marsh, 265. Malachias prophesies concerning Christ, 237. Male in India, 178. Where there is a church of Christians, there it is. Where pepper is produced, 178, 357. Manethon, writer of Egyptian affairs, 341. He makes mention of Moses, ibid. Mangaruth, an emporium of Male in India, 337. Manichaeans, their error, 262. Manichaeans reject the flesh and declare the world to be the creation of an evil principle, 212. They think the heaven is spherical, 271. Maratio in India produces shells, 337. Marcionites reject the flesh and declare that the principle of things is evil, 212. Mark wrote the Gospel at the command of Peter; epitome of his Gospel, 246, 317. Matthew, on what occasion he wrote the Gospel, 245. Epitome of his Gospel, ibid. and 246. Passage of Matthew, 382. Medes have Christians, 179. Melchisedech was consulted by Rebecca, 217. Melchisedech, why he is said to be without father and mother, 117. Figure of Christ, ibid.
Menander the Tyrian wrote chronicles, 342. Solomon is mentioned by him, ibid. A passage of Menander, 198. Menas the Merchant, later a monk of Raithou, 141. The symbol of Mercury, 141. The further southern regions are not habitable due to the heat of the sun, 135. The climate of Meroë, 265. The Metime, an Ethiopian nation, defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Micah prophesies concerning Christ, 235. The Milliarense coin, 338. The celebrity of Mithras among the Persians in memory of the sign under Hezekiah, 176. The error of the Montanists, 262. Moschus, an Indian animal, 335. Moses, the first writer in the world, 174. Taught letters by God, 174. He taught men the knowledge of letters, 222. Why faith in Moses is obtained through his miracles, 162. Moses is mentioned by writers of Egyptian affairs, 341. The construction of the world from contrary qualities, 156. The world is proven not to be eternal, 182. Why the world was not made in one day, 170.
N. Nahum prophesies concerning Christ, 234. Nalopatana, an emporium of Male in India, 337. The day of the Lord's Nativity, when it is, 194. Nilagathia, what it is, 149. Why the Nile flows with a slow course, 133. The journey from Nisibis to Seleucia, 138. Noah’s crossing from the further land, 131. The Nobatae have Christians, 179. Roman coinage is used everywhere throughout the world for trade, 148.
O. The error of Origen, 298. Orrhotha, an emporium of India, 337. Hosea prophesies concerning Christ, 230. Oliortes, that is Lamech, 341.
P. Pamphilus of Jerusalem, 124. To whom Cosmas dedicates his Christian Topography, 114. [Pupiliones], Gallice *Pavillons*: Jerome uses the word *pupiliones* in the same sense in Isaiah, 203. Where Paradise is situated, 131. Parti, an emporium of Male in India, 337. Patricius, an astronomer and master of Cosmas, 125. A compendium of Paul’s Epistles, 251 and following. Paul wrote to the Hebrews in Hebrew; but his Epistle was translated either by Luke or by Clement, 233. We do not obtain the remission of sins except through fire, 277. The Persian empire destroyed by Alexander, 147. Later subjugated by the Parthians, ibid. Restored again by the Magi, ibid. The Persians have Christians, 179. The length of Persia, 138. The Persian Gulf, 132. Peter, a friend of Cosmas, 300. Pharan, once Raphidin, 195. It is six miles distant from Mount Sinai, 196. Passages of Philo of Carpathus from the book on the Canticle and the book on the Hexaemeron, 329. Phison waters the Indian region, 149. Others say it is the Indus, others the Ganges, 149. Phison brings forth the same things as the Nile, ibid. What a seal (*Phoca*) is, 336. The Phoenicians handed down letters to the Greeks, 543. Phoenicon, the place where the Israelites crossed, 195. Piper, an Indian tree, 336. Placidus succeeded Euphronius in the see of Antioch, 212. Plato, 177, 341. He received the opinion of the sphere from the Egyptians, 159. Plato and Aristotle, the princes of philosophers, 182. The opinion of the Platonists concerning the elements, 117. The climate of the Euxine Sea, 265. Proclus, 541. Proconnesian marble, 140. How the Psalms were edited by David, 223. The Psalms of David are sung in all the Churches of the world, 229. Ptolemy Lagides and Berenice, gods and saviors, 141. Ptolemy Philadelphus and Arsinoe, sibling gods, 141. Ptolemy Philadelphus collected the books of the Jews, 544. Ptolemy Philadelphus and Euergetes accustomed elephants to use in war, 142. Ptolemy Euergetes, son of Ptolemy and Arsinoe, 141. He subjected many kingdoms to his dominion, 141 et seqq. Ptolemy Physcon repressed by God, 341. Ptolemy the writer, 177. A most expert astronomer, 183. Pudapatana, an emporium of Male in India, 337. Pythagoras received the opinion of the sphere from the Egyptians, 159. The account of Pytheas of Massilia, 149.
Q. The Church of Quirinus at Alexandria, 332.
R. Raitau is Elim, 195. Raphidim was called Pharan in the time of Cosmas, 195. The Rausi, an Ethiopian nation, defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. The Kingdom of Heaven cannot endure according to the sphere, 272. How God will separate bodies in the resurrection, 261, 281, 282. The Rhinoceros, an Indian animal, its description, 334. Rhinocorura, a town situated at the mountain between Egypt and Palestine, 262. The climate of Rhodes, 265. Romania, that is, the Roman dominion, 132. The Roman empire will never be destroyed, 147. Ronchosor, a tribe of the Argelli, 336.
S. Saba is the kingdom of the Homerites, 139. The region of the Sabaeans in Arabia, 143. The priest’s vestments, 203. Salopatana, an emporium of Male in India, 337. The error of the Samaritans, 262. The Church of Saint Sarapammon at Alexandria, 332. Sasus in Ethiopia, 143. The furthest part of Ethiopia, 138, 139. The office of the scribes in the temple, 258, 259. The royal archives, 239. The position of the Scythians according to Ephorus, 148. The Scythians have Christians, 179. How far Seleucia is from Gades, 138. A marble chair with an inscription, 140. The Semena, an Ethiopian nation, having their seats on craggy and snowy mountains, defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Criminals are sent there into exile, 144. The northern parts of the earth are higher, while the southern are lower, 133. The furthest northern parts are not inhabited, 153. Sericum, and the region from which it is brought, 137. It is brought from Sina, 337. The Sesea, an Ethiopian nation, defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Localities of the Severiani of the Gabali, 320. Severianus proscribed the Catholic Epistles, 292. Sihor, an emporium of India, 337. Sielediva is Taprobana (today Ceylon), 137, 356. There are two kings in Sielediva, 337. The Church of the Christians, ibid. Σιγιστρόπυλον, what it is, 198. The Sigue, an Ethiopian nation, defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Sina, 337. Where it is situated, 137. How much space there is from the furthest Sina to the Persian [Gulf], 138. There are four gulfs on the earth, 132. Socrates, 179. The sun occupies the magnitude of only two climates, 265. The Solate, an Ethiopian nation, defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. The history of Solon, 342. Solon the legislator, 342. The memorable history of the merchant Sopater, 338. Zephaniah prophesies concerning Christ, 235. The sphere is attacked, 117, 154, 155 et seqq. The Kingdom of Heaven cannot endure with the sphere, 272, 298. The opinion of the sphere began in the construction of the Tower of Babylon, 159. It is the invention of the Chaldeans, ibid. and 161. The Chaldeans handed down the opinion of the sphere to the Egyptians, the Egyptians to the Greeks, 162. The motion of the sphere cannot stand, 119. Who the motion of the stars belongs to, 118, 119. Stephen the abbot, most expert in lunar calculations, 204. Στρωματόδεσμος, 198. The Suspha bird, 132. The climate of Syene, 265. The Syrians have only three Catholic Epistles, 298.
Timæus the philosopher, 540. Timotheus the younger, Alexandrian, 332. The Tabernacle is a figure of this world, 173, 196, 311. Tancharas, thus gold is called in the farthest part of Ethiopia, 159. The Tangaita, an Ethiopian race defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Taprohana, an island in the Ocean toward inner India, or Sielediva, 137, 178, 336. Where there was a Church of Christians, 178. Taurelaphus, an Indian animal, 334. The Temple of Alexandria, 333. The shape of the Earth, 151. Its length, 138. Its latitude from north to south, 158. The Earth cannot be suspended, 132. Whence earthquakes, 121, 156. The tortoise, 336. Teucrus, legislator of the Locrians, 342. Thaddeus preaches the Gospel in Persia, 147. In the Thebaid it does not rain, 122. The church of St. Theodore at Alexandria, 332. Theophilus, friend of Cosmas, 300. The places of Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria, 320. Theras signifies the Thracians, 131. Thomas of Edessa, disciple of the Patrician, raised to the archiepiscopal thrones of Persia, 125. The frankincense-bearing region, 138 et seqq. Called Barbary, 152. The Tiama, an Ethiopian race defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. The Tigris from Persarmenia, 149. Why it has a rapid course, 153. The Trinity shadowed forth in the Old Testament, 238. Tryphon Phalereus tells Ptolemy Philadelphus about the Jewish books, 314. What Tulla is, 335. The shape and size of the Tower of Babylon, 161. The Unicorn, an Ethiopian animal; its description, 335. The priest’s vestments, 203. The church of St. Victor at Alexandria, 332. Foolish virgins not damned, but remaining outside the bridal chamber, 243. The narrative of Xenophanes of Colophon, 149. Xisuthrus, the same as Noah, 340, 341. The Zaa, an Ethiopian race defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Zechariah the prophet prophesies concerning Christ, 237. Concerning the error regarding Zechariah and Abia, 202. Zenobia supports Paul of Samosata, 20. The Zingabene, an Ethiopian race defeated by Ptolemy Euergetes, 142. Zingium, beyond the Arabian gulf, 139.
ON ST. JOHN CLIMACUS
The faith regarding a certain religious man, Abhseyri, his patience and singular tolerance in enduring tribulations, 57. What renunciation is according to the wise, 218, 219. Renunciation of secular life, 1. It is threefold, 14. In what abdication of one’s own judgment consists, 42 and 93. Abdication of the will, how necessary for one wishing to live among religious, 98. Those who have renounced the world must persevere in the monastery, 16. Of those who have renounced the world, some build bricks upon stones, others place columns in the earth, others walk on foot: the meaning of these words, 8 and 17. In what self-abnegation consists, 41 and 92. Abraham’s simple obedience, 65. Abraham as a true pilgrim, 33. Renunciation made through some contingency or necessity is not to be condemned, 9 and 18. The power and nature of wormwood and honey, 80. How narrow and strait is the way of abstinence, 207. One kind of abstinence befits the innocent, another the guilty, 204. Description of abstinence, 241. By it the body is chastened and brought into bondage, ibid. Abstinence does not always prevent a fall, 218. Abstinence is a work of nature, not a compensation for the kingdom, 296. Abstinence without humility profits nothing, 121, 215. Abstinence from evil is the beginning of repentance, 396. Acacius’ simplicity, prudence, and singular patience, 83. And his obedience unto death, 83. Acceptors of persons are the progeny of pride, and are detected as such, 346. There is no acceptance of persons with God, 3. Accusation signifies two things, 325. Whence acedia arises, and what it is, 197 and 200. Acedia and sloth dissipate the whole treasure of virtue, 199. To be avoided, ibid. Acedia visits religious at midday, rejoices in the frequency of guests, moves the anchorite, etc., 198. The spirit of acedia provides a way for the spirit of fornication, 415. How they must be struggled against, ibid. The spirit of acedia tempts religious three hours before supper, 198. The spirit of acedia is more troublesome than all, 408. If it be vanquished, there is no need to toil, 410, and 422. It attacks the solitary, 413, 414. “Axos,” which means pain or sadness, 475. Things easily acquired perish quickly, 442. The wondrous actions of the mind and progress through humility, 311, 315. Bodily actions without inner pain or sadness are like an inanimate corpse, 131. The best money-changer and curator of actions, 86, 112. Adam did not weep until after his sin, 126. The fall of Adam from gluttony, 208, 215, and 216. The evangelical youth, having heard of the selling of goods, went away sad, 22 and 26. The age of a youth, 95. What those desiring the discipline of religion should especially do, 25. Of young women, some are brazen, others hidden, 186, 191. How guests are to be treated, 421, 429. The flatterer is a minister of the devil, a teacher of pride, etc., 277. Those who are said to build bricks upon stones without cement, 125, 136. How a sick person is to be treated by a pastor, 471, 475, 476. The sick person is refreshed by the presence and sight of the physician, 468. The sick, having experienced the healing hand of the physician, and not yet perfectly healed, ought not to desert this one and, in contempt, flee to another, 73. Egypt is to be fled without hope of return, 31. What Egypt represents, how it is to be abandoned, and Pharaoh fled, 5 and 16. To emulate others, what it is, 409. An example and image of the emulation of God, 453. He who chooses struggles and ignominy for the truth walks the apostolic way, 98. Present struggles are gladly to be endured by him who wishes to remove and extinguish future ones, 99. What our age is, 542. The seven ages of man, 15. Impure affection is called dung or filth, 251. Affections or passions, what they are called, 254, 280. Affection toward money and wealth, toward parents and human glory, etc., how it is to be pruned, 20 and 25. Evil affections arise from the senses, 250. Affections sometimes to be feigned, 388. He who indulges in affections rejoices in feasts and celebrations, 212. The mind exposed to evil affections cannot see the place of prayer, 165. Affliction does not harm, but provides patience, 100. The greater the affliction of the soul, the greater the honor that accrues to it, and it is increased by God, 137. A small affliction accepted or tolerated for the sake of fasting is worth more than a great work done without affliction, 99. Those who afflict others are in turn afflicted by others, 89 and 111. “Ayéρωχος,” a word, 98. To attack. See Work. We should not rely upon the good deeds and virtues of others, 76 and 107. The alphabet of religious tyros, 355, 356 and 112. Of those proficient and perfect, 336.
ANALYTICAL INDICES
A True lover, what sort he is, 453. He who persists in his own opinion, even if it be true, suffers from the disease of ambition, 68 and 101. Friendship on account of God becomes a proof of virtue, 389. Friend, or who is to be considered a lover of God, 3. The friends of God, who they are called, 2. The friends who are to be sought, 32 and 38. How one ought to approach friends, 353 and 366. Impure love can be turned into pure, 128. Love is not to be demonstrated by words, but by deeds, 147. The example and image of the love of God, 453. The anchorite who remembers injuries is a nest of vipers, 183. The anchorites: by what vices they are chiefly attacked, 221, 229, 245. Anchorites are accustomed to be disturbed while they are involved in the very meditation on death, 146. Angels alone are always present to themselves, 78. A sign of good and evil angels, 36. It is of the nature of angels never to fall; in what sense this is to be understood, 59 and 100. They overcome both men and demons, 101. Anguish, what fear it is, 317. The human soul is tripartite, 388. A penitent soul is how pleasing to God, 490. The soul is either wax, as a lover of God, or mud, as attached to bodies, 441. The soul is impure when it does not act and operate according to nature; [it is] the bridal chamber of simplicity, ibid. The soul's wondrous subsistence before and after the body, 334 and 367. When the soul's thoughts are good, when bad, 103. The health and disease of the soul, 10 and 18. The habits and appearance of the soul, how they are regarded by our enemies, 11 and 18. The price of one soul, how great, 491. Humble and contrite souls, which are called so by Climacus, 417 and 454. A constant and immovable mind produces patience, but a wavering and uncertain one creates infidelity, 108. A spiritual mind is also endowed with spiritual sense, 337, 337. The mind is both a ruler, or Prince, and a Pontiff, 414. The tranquility of the mind is twofold, 109. The tranquility of the mind is variously defined, 445, 446 et seq., 450, 451. Disturbance and blindness of mind result from the filth of the flesh, 355, 366. Inconstancy of mind creates offenses and calamities for itself, 78. Elation of mind, how pernicious it is, 421, 428. Pain and sadness of mind is greater than that of the body, 325. Stupor of mind and hardness of heart are the same to Climacus, 259. Submission of mind, according to 366. The disciples of Antioch: license requested from the master, departure, vision, and the narration of the self, 84, 85. 'Aπάθεια (Apatheia), what it is, 445, 446, 472. Tasting water, what should be thought, 151. Free will, see Liberum. A certain archdeacon deprived of the honor of his ministry by a superior, his incredible patience and tolerance, 58, 59. Arduous and difficult things are sources of joy and exultation for those who are well exercised, 142 and 146. Aristotle's dictum concerning the proud, but rude and ignorant adolescent, 428. Every proud person is like an unclean thing before God. Pride and self-esteem are diminished by outward humility, 106. Assiduity ends in capability, 162. The appellation "astute" signifies two things, 98. The athlete of Christ rejoices in the time of combat, 212. It should be known against which enemies the athletes of Christ must contend from afar and at close quarters, 419, 427. For an athlete in the very entrance to the struggle to grow weak is a sure sign of his coming ruin, 7. Attention seeks and finds prayer: and whether this follows that, 415. Avarice is and is called the root of all evils, 257. Avarice, what it imagines for itself, 254. Avarice, under a pretext, feigns kindness to the poor, afterwards hates them fiercely, 253, 254. What is contained under the name of avarice, 23, 27. Description of avarice, 233. Whence the vice of avarice is detected, 417, 431. The spirit of avarice feigns humility, 319, 361. The avaricious man is a mocker of the Gospels and a voluntary prevaricator, 253, 255. An avaricious man will never lack trouble and anger, 297. The avaricious man, where he has lacked the love of God, worships the idols of men, 251, 256. Who is more avaricious than the avaricious, 283, 287. The life of the avaricious is like the repast of the dead, 251. Why many, from being avaricious, do not fare badly, 286. Whence the audacity of the heart is born, 271. The slave of gold will fight upon the needle even unto death, 257. Who is called 'Aὐτομέριμνος (Automerimnos), 133. Divine aid is present only to believers, 338, 558.
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Baptism defiled is restored to its brightness by tears, 149. Not all who are baptized are saved, 6, 17. The baptized ought not to live negligently, 325. By what reason the enmities of two blessed ones were dissolved, 377. All ancient warriors were understood by the name of pugilists, 40, 92. War shuns the timid, 354. To whom it is fitting to do good, 406, 408, 437, 443. The calumniator of a benefactor will sustain the same judgment as Judas, 114. Honey increases bile, 80. Unspeakable blasphemy is the offspring of pride, 298, 302. What kind of enemy it is, and when it invades, 298. Thoughts of blasphemy are suggested by no one except the demon, 298, 299. By what reason they are to be averted, ibid. et seq. Whom they occupy most of all, 300, 301, 302. From whom the Good can be comprehended and attained, 401. Consisting in working the good and declining from evil, ibid. Those who become rich without labor dissipate goods, 340, 360. Some goods are nature, which are vitiated by evil causes and become evils, 286. To throw away goods is easy, to acquire them difficult, 20. How affection towards them can be cast off, 20, 21, 26. Goods should be said even to one doing evil, 334, 356. Why the selling of goods and distribution to the poor is recommended by the Lord, 22, 26. Some are totally intent on and deceived by present goods as if they were true, 212.
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Cacodemons: whom they flee, 150. The cacodemon’s war against the disciples of obedience, 70, 103. The fallen man is miserable; more miserable is he who provokes to a fall, 219. To whom the celibate among affairs is similar, 10. Every calamity is light to a man of weight, 159. Calumny against a religious father is not to be received, 90, 113, 114. Calumnies in public matters cause secessions, 79. A dog, once injured, rises more fiercely, 131. A dog as a figure for a demon, 439, 444. Captivity is manifold, 233. Captivity follows the conjunction or meeting and conversation of the soul with an incident thought, 232, 249. Prison: what place it is, 66. Prison as a place of penance, 115. The region of the mourning, ibid. Our flesh is an enemy and a friend; why it is called death by the Apostle, and a vicious nocturnal handmaid by Gregory Nazianzen, 223, 243. Making in desire, and keeping a memory of injuries, it adores and worships the creature instead of the Creator, 112. The victory of the flesh over demons is miraculous, 232, 249. No one can defeat and conquer his own flesh by his own labor and virtue alone, 219. No one attains chastity by his own labors, 217. Chastity makes us familiar and similar to God, 223. Chastity makes a person a true disciple of theology, 455. How eternal chastity can be acquired, 141, 146. Description and commendation of chastity, 216. Chastity as the first judgment of one rising, 217. Who is to be called chaste, 216, 217, 230. A fall differs from a fall, 69, 103. Which are the falls accustomed to happen suddenly, 379, 390. Many falls arise from gluttony, 208, 532, 366. Things done by some fall are often firmer and surer than those done by counsel or deliberate will, 9. Cataplasm, what it is, 466. Cautery, what it is, 467. The cell: whatever comfort is produced in it is by no means to be revealed, 415, 421. And frequent staying outside it is to be utterly rejected, ibid. Censors of the faults of others: into what vice they fall, 187, 188. Struggles are neither to be declined nor is one to rush rashly into them, 380, 390. Charity is the prince of virtues, 27. Charity is both the first and last of virtues, 463. Why charity is greater than faith and hope, 452. There is one charity that is natural to the soul, and another that is instilled into it by the Holy Spirit, 439. Charity is greater than prayer, 346. Solid and genuine charity is lost and abolished by luxury, just as a dove is corrupted by a louse, 183, 185. Charity according to its nature, according to efficacy, and according to property, what it is, ibid. What charity is strictly, and how it differs from peace of soul and the adoption of the children of God, 453. Charity of...