ANALYTICAL INDEX OF THINGS AND WORDS
In Saint Clement of Rome and other Apostolic Fathers whose writings this volume II contains. The former number signifies the volume, the latter the columns of our edition.
A Aaron, anointed for the priesthood with chrism, II, 295, 806. Aaron, a figure of bishops, and his sons of priests, II, 806. Abel. The significance of this name, the virtues of him and his descendants, II, 127. Abortion is strictly prohibited, I, 999. Accusations proceed from a spirit of envy rather than charity, II, 794. Not all accusers are to be believed, I, 690. How great a crime it is to falsely accuse priests, II, 792, 793. An impenitent adulteress should be dismissed by her husband; but the husband should not marry another, II, 919. Adultery, a horrendous crime, I, 270, 987. The consequences of adultery, I, 467; II, 171. The advent of Christ was necessary to dispel error from the world, I, 1215. Indeed, without a prophet, it was impossible for philosophers to discover the truth, II, 83. See Jesus Christ. Edification. We ought to be a good example to our brothers and to the heathen, A I, 432, 434. Egyptians, the errors of the Egyptians concerning the Divinity, I, 1339. Emulation (that is, envy). Its effect: it caused Cain to kill Abel; Joseph to be sold by his brothers. Envy destroyed Dathan and Abiron. It rendered David hateful to foreigners and even to Saul. Envy was the cause of persecutions against the Christians, I, 218. It is the beginning of division between spouses and of the subversion of nations, I, 222. It leads to eternal death, I, 227. The effects of envy enumerated again, II, 1047, 1050. Aeons. Concerning the Aeons, according to Simon Magus, I, 934. Equanimity. The Holy Spirit rejoices with equanimity, II, 923, 926. Aeon (Age). The female is called the present age; the male is called the future age, II, 87. Agapes (Love feasts) of the early Christians. What order is to be observed at the agapes, I, 674. Certain allegories of the Gentiles, I, 1441. Altercations among Christians are to be avoided, I, 706, 707. Amon, a sad end, I, 651. Anacletus. The epistles of Pope Anacletus, II, 790. His two decrees concerning the accusations of bishops and their pilgrimage to the thresholds of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, II, 817, 818. Andrew, one of the twelve Apostles, undergoes interrogation, and when he refuses to deny the doctrine of Christ, he is condemned to death and fastened to the cross, II, 1226. Annubion the philosopher, a disciple of Simon Magus, II, 162. The citizens of Antioch, first deceived by Simon, receive Peter with joy, I, 1452. More than ten thousand men baptized by St. Peter at Antioch, I, 1453. At Antioch, the disciples of Christ are first called Christians, II, 814. See Peter. Apostasy, a great crime, I, 834, 835, 838. The doctrine of the Apostles against the first heretics is clearly expounded, I, 935, 938. Devoid of the art of dialectic, the Apostles explained simply what they had seen and heard, II, 66. Appion, a hater of the Jews, becomes a disciple of Simon Magus, II, 162. He writes many books against the Jews, II, 175. How, through allegory, he explained the creation of the world from the names, deeds, and origin of the gods, II, 195. Water. Concerning the virtue of water according to the ancient philosophers, I, 1385. St. Clement opined that all things originated from the waters, I, 504. Concerning the blessing of water, I, 1126. See Baptism. Aquila. How he is bought with his brother Nicetas from the Syrophoenician widow, healed by the Lord, and becomes a hearer of Simon, II, 91. See Clement. Free choice. Free choice is defined, I, 1293. Man enjoys free choice, I, 1333; which is evident from the laws instituted among all peoples, from the way of acting of God, who rewards virtue and punishes sin, I, 1415, 1416. The consequences of the denial of this truth, I, 1292, 1293, 1294. The Ascension of the Lord. Concerning the time and manner of the celebration of this feast, I, 895. The Testament of Asher, II, 1119. He rebukes men of double face; he exhorts his sons to work rightly and in simplicity the good, II, 1119, 1122, 1123. He foretells the crimes of his descendants, the captivity of Israel, the advent of Jesus Christ, the unbelief, and at the consummation of the age, the conversion of the Jews, II, 1124, 1126. He dies in the one hundred and twentieth year of his life, II, 1126. Astrology. The science of astrologers is false and deceptive, I, 1426, 1427. It is refuted by the different morals of peoples who do not follow those things which are inspired by the constellation under which they were born; who change their own morals under the same constellation, those who under different ones maintain old morals, I, 1405, 1408. Athenodorus, one of the first heretics, adhering to Simon, II, 162. Aufidianus, the governor, is sent to the Chersonesus; he orders the martyrdom of St. Clement, II, 595. Augury and divination are prohibited, I, 1003. Avarice is condemned in many places of Scripture, I, 559. The effects of avarice, I, 559; II, 1079. Concerning the avaricious man, I, 810.
B Baptism is necessary for salvation, whether for the just or the unjust, I, 504, 505, 1242, 1244, 1352, 1353. Baptism is not to be deferred, I, 950. Baptism is supplied by martyrdom, I, 838. Preparation for baptism is necessary, I, 1368. Who are to be admitted to baptism, and who are to be kept away, according to St. Paul, I, 1127, 1130, 1131, 1134. Proximate preparation for baptism, I, 1011, 1014, 1311. Concerning the administration of baptism in the first centuries, I, 493. Baptism and other sacraments ought not to be administered by women, I, 782, 783, 786, 787; but by bishops and priests alone, I, 787. It is not permitted to receive baptism from heretics; such a baptism is null, I, 947. Rebaptizing is not permitted, I, 947. The ceremonies of baptism, I, 798, 1011, 1311; their significance, I, 799, 1000. The significance of the water used in baptism, I, 504, 505, 1352, 1402. The water of baptism is often foretold in the Old Law, II, 755, 758, 759. Barnabas. The preaching of Barnabas, I, 1210, 1211, 1212. The Catholic Epistle of St. Barnabas, II, 727. Basilides, one of the first heretics, I, 926. Benefits, both natural and supernatural, of the Lord toward us, I, 330, 331. The Testament of Benjamin, II, 1142. He exhorts his sons to imitate the chaste Joseph; he says a pure mind does not devise any evil, does not conceive any evil, II, 1142, 1143, 1146. He foretells the fornications of his descendants, the advent, passion, death, and resurrection of the Son of God, the descending Holy Spirit, the resurrection of the flesh, and the final judgment, II, 1146, 1147. He dies in the one hundred and twentieth year of his life, II, 1149. Benjamin B is created as an assistant to Zacchaeus, Bishop of Caesarea, instituted by St. Peter, I, 1312. Berenice receives Clement and his two brothers at Tyre, who were coming to observe Simon, II, 159, 162.
A Beastiality, a detestable crime, I, 983, 999. Good. Something is intrinsically good, I, 1424. Every good comes from God, I, 1395. C Ceremonies. How sacred ceremonies were celebrated in the time of St. Clement, I, 723, 726. Cain, the first murderer, II, 126, 127. The meaning of this name, II, 127. Calumniator. What punishment should be imposed upon a calumniator, I, 699. See Detraction. The goat, was a type of Christ, II, 743, 746, 747. Flesh, he who is of the flesh speaks of worldly things, does worldly things, and there is no good in the flesh, I, 398. One must make use of all flesh, I, 1011. The spiritual meaning of the laws of Moses by which the eating of certain animals was forbidden, II, 751, 754, 755. Chastisement. The fruit of chastisement and discipline, if anyone happens to fall into guilt, I, 322, 323, 326. Chastity. We must keep the body chaste, because we were called in the flesh, and we shall come in the flesh, I, 342. Chastity is commended, I, 505, 506, especially for wives, I, 225; for all, 1353, 1354. Precautions to be taken to preserve chastity, I, 422, 424, 426, 430, 1370. Chastity is preserved by fasting and prayers, II, 1130, 1131. The reward for chastity, I, 1370. See Virginity. Catechumens, what they needed to know before they approached baptism, I, 1039. What they needed to learn immediately before they were baptized, I, 1039. They needed to amend their conscience first, I, 1042. The formula of renunciation of demons and of ascription to Christ, to be pronounced by catechumens, I, 1042. Various ceremonies to be used in the baptism of catechumens, I, 1043, 1046, 1047. Intercourse in meals with catechumens or with heretics was not permitted, I, 1181, 1182, 1367. Charity toward God, the excellence of charity, I, 311, 314. It is necessary for salvation, I, 474. The characters and effects of charity toward God, I, 310. Whoever has the charity of God keeps the commandments, I, 310. The fruits of the charity of Christ toward us, I, 311. Charity toward one’s neighbor, in what it consists: first, that it causes no harm; second, that it performs good, I, 474. Whatever goods one desires for oneself, one should likewise bestow upon another in need, II, 278. Charity toward one’s neighbor is necessary for salvation, I, 474. Examples of charity taken both from Holy Scripture and from the annals of the nations, I, 315, 318, 319, 322. Let us help one another, I, 283, 467. Order is commended in charity toward one’s neighbor, I, 408. Alms are not to be given to the lazy, the drunkard, the glutton, I, 599. The distinction between humanity and charity, II, 322. Cerinthus, one of the first heretics, I, 926. Conflict. A brief exhortation to endure the spiritual conflict, and the punishment of those who did not endure it bravely, I, 338, 339. Christians. The manner of life of Christians: In human affairs, they are not distinct from others, II, 1174. They observe the laws of the region in which they live, they love all and are loathed by all, and their haters cannot indicate the cause of their envy, II, 1174, 1175. They are in the world as the soul is in the body, II, 1175. Christians were taught by the Creator himself, by the Word, by Wisdom, II, 1175, 1178. The circumcision of the ear and heart is substituted for the circumcision of the Jews, II, 750, 751. Keys. The power of the keys was given to Peter and his successors, I, 464. Clement. Born of his mother Matthidia, who was of the family of Caesar, and of his father Faustinianus, I, 1359. How Matthidia, with her two twins, was sent to Athens, I, 1359, 1366. How the father, to search for them, left Clement under guardians and set out, I, 1359, 1360. He studies philosophy at Rome: his doubts and vacillations, I, 1207, 1208, 1209. He takes Barnabas with him and hears him, I, 1212. He sails to Judea, I, 1213. Or according to another version, he arrived at Alexandria where he met Barnabas, II, 163. He meets Barnabas and Peter, I, 1213. He is instructed by St. Peter concerning God, the true prophet, creation, the flood, the birth of idolatry, the calling of Abraham, Moses, the old law, the history of the people of God, the advent of Christ, the election of the apostles, the preaching of the truth, the obduracy of the Jews, the priestly anointing, the dual advent of Jesus Christ, the error of the Jews, eternal life, the salvation of those living before Christ, the disputation of the apostles with the Jews, the sedition that arose after the preaching of James at Jerusalem, and other truths of religion, I, 1214. Clement writes a book on the true prophet, I, 1216. St. Peter declares that Clement will always remain with him, I, 1312. At Peter’s command, Clement writes what Peter used to teach at Caesarea, I, 1314. What those books contained, I, 1314, 1315, 1316. Clement is baptized by St. Peter, I, 1355. He sets out for Antioch with St. Peter, I, 1355, 1356. According to another version, he sets out for Tyre, where he disputes with Appion, II, 163. He confounds the Greek opinion regarding Divinity; he says that pagans are incited to vice by the examples of the gods, and he extols one God, the rewarder of virtue and the avenger of crime, II, 167... Then he follows St. Peter, who is directing his steps to Sidon, to Berytus, to Byblos, to Tripolis... See Peter. How Clement’s mother, Matthidia, is found by St. Peter on the island of Aradus; an account of the mother’s shipwreck, I, 1361, 1362, 1363. St. Clement’s brothers are also recognized, I, 1366, 1367. How they were saved from the waves; their life and conversion; St. Clement’s mother is baptized, I, 1370. St. Clement’s father is found at Laodicea, II, 347. St. Clement, along with his mother and his brothers, recognizes his father, I, 1419. Clement, with St. Peter, is received by the citizens of Antioch, I, 1452. He is constituted bishop of Rome by St. Peter, II, 575, 578. On the zeal, on the charity of St. Clement, bishop of Rome, II, 582, 583. Sisennius lays snares for him and wishes to take him captive, II, 586, 587. In the city of Rome, a sedition arises against Clement under the leader Publius Tarquitianus, II, 591. Clement is banished across the Pontus by the command of Trajan, and arriving there, he finds a thousand Christians in the marble quarries, II, 594. How they lived there, II, 594, 595. St. Clement uncovers a spring of water, II, 595. He stirs up envy against himself by many conversions, II, 595. Aufidianus, the governor, is sent to Cherson, and orders Clement to be cast into the sea, II, 595, 598. Miracles that occurred at the tomb of St. Clement, I, 598. Cleobius, one of the first heretics, I, 923. Clerics, all should be men of one wife, I, 956, 958. Clerics must remain in their own order, I, 1150, 1151, 1154, 1155. The crime and punishment of those who have usurped the functions of a higher rank, I, 1151, 1154, 1155. See Bishop, Presbyter, Deacon. An assembly of unbelievers is to be avoided, I, 750, 751. The assembly of the faithful with the bishop is commended; the punishment of those who neglect them, I, 155. Communion with the wicked is forbidden, I, 831; with infidels, I, 959, 962. Communion, the participation in the body and blood of Christ is necessary for salvation, I, 1242. With what reverence communion is to be received, I, 484. Not all are to be admitted to communion, I, 1019. The common life is useful for perfection, I, 506, 507. In the time of the apostles, all things were common among the faithful, I, 507. Lewd embraces are to be avoided, I, 270. Concord among brethren is commended, I, 471. Concupiscence. Even the concupiscence of a woman is forbidden and accounted as a sin, II, 893, 894, 918. The diversity of conditions is necessary and proves the wisdom of God, I, 1402, 1403. The forgiveness of injuries is commended, I, 715, 718, 998. The confession of sins is pleasing to God, I, 315. Confessors should not usurp ecclesiastical functions, I, 1119. Confirmation. An exhortation to receive confirmation, I, 505. Confirmation is also treated, I, 695, 922. Conjugation. The doctrine of "conjugation": According to this doctrine, in inanimate things the former are better, but the latter are worse; but in men, the former are worse, and the latter better; thus St. Peter proves that Simon is a deceiver because he came first, but that he himself is the legate of the true prophet, because he came later, II, 87, 88, 100. Custom. The difference between custom and truth, I, 163. Contempt. The imprudence of those who sin out of contempt, I, 650, 651. Contentions should be avoided; a wife, especially, should avoid contentions with her husband, I, 587. Controversy. Let the faithful avoid controversies with infidels, I, 706. Reviling is forbidden to everyone, I, 794. Heart. Let us not harden our heart, but rather confess our sins: the punishment of a hardened heart, I, 314, 315. Cornelius, a disciple of St. Clement, II, 598. Cornelius the centurion causes Simon Magus to flee from Antioch, I, 1447. The body must be kept clean, because it is the temple of the Holy Spirit, II, 963, 964. Correction. The different manner of correcting and admonishing, I, 615, 616. The order to be observed in corrections according to Scripture, I, 690, 691.
A Creatio (Creation). All things created for the sake of man, I, 503, 1351. How God could create those whom He foresaw would sin, I, 1324. The variety of creation proves the divine power and wisdom, II, 131, 134. All creation rises up against man because of his ungrateful spirit toward God, II, 282, 283. Crux (Cross). In the Old Law, there are many figures of the cross, and of Christ hanging from it, II, 759, 762, 763. Cultus (Worship). God demands both internal worship and external worship, I, 334. That those who do not offer worship to God are ungrateful, I, 1351. The unspeakable and deplorable consequences of idol worship, II, 287. Cupiditas (Cupidity/Desire). Cupidity is twofold: of good and of evil, II, 946. The effects of both, II, 947. Let us perform good works of desire and flee evil works, II, 947, 950. D B Dæmon (Demon). A singular doctrine concerning the origin of demons, II, 238. Why demons rejoice to enter the bodies of men, II, 247, 250. Dan. The Testament of Dan, II, 1098. He assigns the effects of anger and lying, II, 1099, 1102. He foretells the sins of his tribe, the struggle with the tribe of Levi and Judah, the captivity of Israel, and the coming of the Son of God, who will reign in every place, II, 1102, 1103. He dies in the hundred and twenty-fifth year of his life, II, 1103. Common meals among the faithful are recommended, I, 467. Decimæ (Tithes). Clerics ought to live from the tithes offered by the faithful, and distribute the remainder to the poor, I, 659, 662, 663, 666. On the obligation of paying tithes, I, 682, 683. On the blessing of tithes, I, 1126. Deus (God). God is one, unbegotten, Creator, Judge, I, 1265, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1285; II, 375, 378, 379. In what sense these words are to be heard: "Let us make man," II, 374, 375. God is immense; a magnificent description of the immensity of God, II, 391, 394. God is not only good, but must be acknowledged as just, I, 1299. The doctrine of God’s justice is clearly unfolded, I, 84, 87; II, 404, 406. If God were not just, He would not be good, I, 1299. God is Lord of heaven and earth, I, 1336. In what sense that which God wills is, I, 1293. God alone is to be worshipped, I, 1337, 1338, 1339. The name of God is incommunicable, I, 1340, 1341. No one in the flesh can see God, II, 399. He does not need our praises, but requires them to keep us on the good path, I, 1343; II, 1171. He does not punish immediately after sin, waiting for sinners to repent, and because He would take away free will, I, 1342. He does not suggest to the mind all that it thinks, I, 1342. If anyone wishes to find God, it is necessary that he first seek justice, I, 1399. Without a true prophet, no one can know God, I, 1399. No evil can be affirmed of God, II, 106, 107. God has a form according to the Scriptures, but cannot be compared with the place in which He resides, II, 390, 391. In three ways God is said to be who He is, I, 1268, 1269, 1339. The origin of pagan gods is ridiculous, I, 1430, 1431. The foolishness of those who offer veneration to such gods, I, 1434, 1436. Pagans offered adoration even to humans, as if they were gods, whom they knew to be mortals, and whose tombs were shown, I, 1434, 1435. The gods of the pagans were very often men, in their own lifetime given to magic, II, 215. They paid punishment to temporal kings because they attributed to themselves what was imputed to gods, II, 215. The insane worship of gods: I, 1435, 1436. The malice of detraction, II, 815, 816. We must abstain from detractions, and detractors are to be avoided, II, 816, 817, 915. Detraction is to be borne with patience, II, 793, 794. Diaconus (Deacon). On the ordination of deacons, from the constitution of Philip, I, 1115. The dignity of a deacon, I, 678. What kind of men deacons ought to be, I, 794, 802. They should be subject in all things to the bishops, I, 678, 679. The office of deacons, I, 468, 469, 492, 667, 703, 1126. The office of deacons is summed up in ministering, I, 802. With what zeal they ought to occupy their office, imitating Jesus Christ, I, 802, 803. Diaconissa (Deaconess). On the constitution of a deaconess, from Bartholomew, I, 1115. The office of a deaconess, I, 667, 795, 798, 1126. Dilatio (Delay). Let us not delay our conversion, I, 487, 488, 1347, 1348. Neither old men nor young men should delay conversion, I, 1442, 1443. Diluvium (Flood). The flood came to punish the iniquities of men, I, 1320. A system concerning the cause and manner of the corruption of men before the flood, II, 231, 234, 235. Dissensiones (Dissensions). Dissensions are to be avoided, I, 468. He who favors dissensions among the faithful tears apart the members of Christ, I, 306. Dissensions among brothers are the cause of ruin, II, 1098. The punishment of a man who favors dissensions, I, 306. Divitiæ (Riches). Let us neglect temporal riches, so that we may have care for heavenly things, II, 952, 954. Divortium (Divorce). Divorce is condemned, I, 946, 947. C Doctor (Teacher). The vanity of the doctrine of false teachers, I, 406. The condemnation of false teachers from Scripture; a most harsh judgment will be made against them, I, 406. Doctrina (Doctrine). The necessity of learning the doctrine of Christ, I, 1298; Jesus Christ sent the apostles to teach the nations, II, 390. It is necessary to teach what Jesus Christ taught; without their knowledge, there is no charity, no life, II, 1183, 1186. The evidence of Christ’s doctrine, I, 1216, 1217. The effects of Christ’s doctrine, in men of good will, I, 1333, 1334. Take care that your doctrine may serve the faithful, I, 408. Those who teach evil doctrines will suffer double condemnation, I, 343. Youth that is brought up in evil doctrine is corrupted, and returns with difficulty to better morals, II, 170. Dominus (Lord). The Lord is the seeker of hearts, I, 258. He sustains the just, He scourges sinners, I, 258. The duties of masters toward servants and vice versa, I, 823, 1007. We must celebrate the Lord's Day, I, 906. On the manner of celebrating this day, I, 1022. In the Old Law, it was foreshadowed that the Lord's Day was to be substituted for the Sabbath, II, 771. Dositheus, II, 92, 96. E Ebrietas (Drunkenness). Drunkenness is to be avoided, II, 1078, 1079. The effects of drunkenness, II, 1078, 1079. Ecclesia (Church). The Church is called the spouse of Christ, I, 467. It is compared to a ship, I, 469, 470, 471. The duties of bishops, presbyters, and deacons in this ship, I, 469, 470, 471. The Church is compared to a tower built in the middle of a field, upon a gate and a rock, guarded by six virgins, constructed by innumerable workers, surrounded by twelve mountains. An eminent man directs the building with other sublime men. The meaning of the tower, the rock, and the gate, who the six virgins are, who the workers are, who the eminent man is, who the sublime men are; the meaning of the mountains and stones according to color and shape, II, 981. Outside the Church no salvation can be obtained, II, 222. Eleemosyna (Alms). Almsgiving is recommended, I, 683, 766, 767, 819, 822; II, 915, 1011. How alms are to be given, I, 791. The distribution of alms is entrusted to the bishops, I, 686, 671. From certain public sinners alms are not to be accepted, I, 811, 814, 815, 818; [let not gifts be accepted from them;] those gifts are to be sent for coals, I, 819, 822. The reward for alms, I, 766, 767. The elements of the world cannot be God, II, 215. Ephraim, Archbishop of Cherson, testifies to the miracles wrought at the tomb of St. Clement, II, 634. Episcoporum (Bishops). The most ancient institution of bishops and deacons, I, 291, 294. The apostles hand down an order of succession in the episcopate so that contentions may be avoided, I, 298. The ceremonies to be observed in the ordination of bishops, I, 1070, 1071, 1074, 1123. On the ordination of bishops from Anacletus, II, 802. Let them not be ordained except by three bishops, II, 807. A bishop ought not to be ordained for a small city, II, 812. The first see of bishops was the see of Rome, the second Alexandria, the third Antioch, II, 812. A bishop ought to be irreproachable in morals, learned, skilled in speech, I, 594, 595. He ought to be adorned with all Christian virtues, and be a wise administrator, the husband of one wife, I, 598, 603. He should not be hot-tempered or avaricious, I, 599. Let him be just, sober, clement, an assiduous reader of Scripture, I, 602, free from all secular cares, I, 602, 603. A bishop ought not to be corrupted by bribes, I, 608, 610. He should not adhere to seditious laymen, I, 622. So that he may be able to punish sinners, he must be without sin, I, 627, 628. He should not be too ready to forgive a sinner, I, 610, 611. And yet he should treat sinners with mercy, I, 615, 617. With what diligence he ought to care for his people, both the just and sinners, I, 630. The qualities of a bishop are enumerated in the whole of the second book of the Apostolic Constitutions. The dignity and power of bishops, I, 611, 615, 678, 679, 1123. They are the keys of the Church, I, 478. Bishops are the light of the world, I, 478. They are called the Throne of God, II, 155. They hold the place of the twelve apostles, II, 806, 807. The duties of bishops, I, 470, and in the whole of the first epistle of St. Clement, I, 631, 635, 638, 639, 662, 663, 665, and throughout the second book of the Apostolic Constitutions, I, 1123. The duties of bishops are indicated, II, 151, 154. With what ceremonies a bishop ought to celebrate, II, 796, 797. What sort of people those who are present at the sacrifice ought to be, II, 796, 797. The grave burden of bishops, I, 606, 631; II, 4. What account will be demanded from negligent bishops, I, 631, 634. Unworthy bishops will be punished, I, 1067, 1070. Bishops are not to be accused, D but their judgment is to be left to God,
II, 803, 804, 805. Because God considers them as the apple of His eye, II, 805. Ethnic commerce is to be avoided, I, 471, 487. On the day of judgment, the ethics will condemn us by their virtues, I, 500; II, 298. The word of God was to be announced to the ethnics, II, 339. By many prophecies taken from the Old Law, it was foretold that the ethnics, not the Jews, would be the future heirs of the new covenant, II, [ellipsis in source] The example of holy penitents casts hope into us, I, 642. Exhortation. How we ought to exhort the brethren, I, 418. Exorcism. How exorcisms ought to be performed, I, 410. Exorcists are not ordained, but simply chosen, I, 1122.
F Face. Men are accused of double-facedness, II, 1122, 1123. Famine. Men experience famine, so that they might turn themselves to the arts, I, 1402. Faustinianus, the father of St. Clement, is taught by his sons and by Peter, I, 1430. According to another version, Simon disputes with St. Peter before Faustinianus, and the latter is convinced by hearing him, II, 367. By the art of Simon Magus, his face is turned into the face of Simon, I, 1446. He departs for Antioch with his wife and twin sons under the guise of Simon, I, 1450. He persuades the citizens of Antioch that he is Simon and a deceiver, and that Peter was sent by the true prophet, I, 1451, 1452. He recovers his own face and is baptized by St. Peter, I, 1453. Faustinianus, during the reign of Tiberius, proceeds to Rome with his wife: he is showered with honors and lives piously for a long time, II, 575. Woman, all seduction, II, 127. Woman is craft for capturing men, II, 1043. Feasts. The observance of feasts is commended, I, 832. Which festal days ought to be observed, I, 1134, 1135. Faith comes from God; it is infused freely, not by force, I, 1420, 1421; II, 227. The reason strengthens faith, I, 1280. Faith in things to come is given from those things which have already happened, I, 1295. God always provides the predestined with the opportunity of acquiring faith, I, 1421, 1422. Faith in God the Father and in God the Son is necessary for salvation, I, 473. Let our faith be firm in God’s promises, I, 343, 346, 1007. What order there is in faith, I, 1215. The method of testimony, not of inquiry, is to be applied in faith, II, 83, 84. What sort of happiness belongs to those who receive faith, II, 1182, 1183. Children's duties toward parents, I, 1007. Firmament, why it was made by God, I, 1295. Why it is to be dissolved, I, 1295. Covenant. The new covenant had been predicted by the prophets, II, 738, 739, 742, 743. The new covenant is for our salvation, but for the destruction of the Jews, II, 733, 734, 735, 736, 738.
G Gad, testament of. He revokes his hatred toward Joseph, II, 1114. He detests hatred, enumerates its effects, and encourages his children to flee from hatred, II, 1115, 1118, 1119. He foretells the Savior’s birth from Judah. He dies in the one-hundred and twenty-seventh year of his life, II, 1119. Gamaliel to some extent suppresses the fury of the Jews against the apostles, I, 1241. He secretly serves the apostles, I, 1243, 1244, 1246. Generation. What generation in God is, I, 1286, 1287. Genius. There are two spirits in man, the spirit of equity and the spirit of iniquity... Whose suggestions [they are], II, 927, 930. Giants, I, 1223. From whom they were born, II, 234. Greeks, regarding the origin of the gods and the formation of man, their various systems, I, 1138, 1139. Thanksgiving formula, I, 1015, 1018; after communion, I, 1018.
H Heresy. Heresies are to be avoided, I, 910, because, although being different among themselves, they all lead to hostility, I, 927, 975, 978. Who was the father of heresies, I, 919, 922, 923. Heresies in the time of St. Clement, I, 13, 919, 927, 975, 978. Helena, the woman whom Simon Magus used in his magic, II, 95. Hermas. Hermas, of the apostolic men. The Shepherd, II, 893. Hesiod. Hesiod’s system concerning the creation of the world, the formation of man, and the origin of the gods, I, 1437. Hierarchy, ecclesiastical, as it is among us now, established, I, 475, 476; II, 800, 808. Homicide. There are three types of homicide: that which is properly so called; detraction; and hatred, I, 480. Man. Foolish opinions of the philosophers concerning the creation of man, I, 1429. The structure of man demonstrates the providence and wisdom of God, I, 1386, 1387. The image of God is to be honored in man, I, 1341; II, 379. Man, made in the image of God, ought to imitate Him and expect everything from Him, II, 797, 798, 799. Man ought to act toward that for which he was destined, and not change the divine order, II, 1106, 1107. Man is a small world in another world, I, 1386. The regeneration of man by Christ, II, 742. Honor. Honor toward elders is commended, I, 255. Hospitality. How hospitality was practiced in the time of St. Clement, I, 420, 422. The fruit of hospitality: on account of hospitality, Rahab the harlot is saved, I, 231. Humility, definition of, from the Holy Spirit, I, 235. Humility is commended especially to those upon whom God bestows gifts, I, 243, 246. The greater one seems to be, the more humble he should be, I, 243, 246; in the advent, in labors, and in the death of Jesus Christ, I, 239, 242.
I Idolatry. Idolatry is impiety and the greatest impiety, I, 854; II, 242. Idols are powerlessness, I, 1337; II, 1170; since neither bronze, nor water, nor fire is God, I, 503; therefore it is absurd, I, 1336; II, 267, 270, 271, 274. God permitted idolatry to be absurd, so that men might more easily be turned away from it, I, 1440. Worshippers of idols are ungrateful toward God, I, 1345. How men fell into idolatry, I, 1319. How after the flood men again fell into idolatry, II, 243, 246. The stars and fire were the first idols, I, 1327, 1328. The apostles were sent to overturn idolatry, I, 1320, 1321. Men were addicted to the worship of idols on account of festive games and drunkenness, I, 1320. Insane ceremonies of idol worship, I, 1345. Wicked consequences of idol worship, I, 1345, 1346, 1329. Idolatry is confounded, I, 503. Various punishments for idolatry, I, 1319. Idolothyta. One must abstain from things sacrificed to idols, I, 1011. Ignatius (St.) is appointed bishop of Antioch by St. Peter, II, 814. Ignorance, what it is, I, 404. Triple kind of ignorance, I, 1416. Effects of ignorance, I, 494, 1333, 1334. It is the source of every evil, I, 1333. It is pernicious in itself and a cause of damnation, I, 1338. A distinction between ignorance and error, II, 259. Imaginations. Phantasies and vain fictions are to be eradicated, I, 1278. Everything that is conceived is absolutely possible, but it does not always exist, I, 1279. Immortality of the soul is proven by the justice of God, I, 1300. The consequences of the opposite doctrine are the disturbance of everything and the overthrow of morals, I, 1501. Impiety is the single cause of the evils that happen in the world, I, 1393, 1394. Impiety. The elements of the world are indignant against the impious, I, 1243. Frequently the impious are not punished in this world, because they are reserved for eternal fire, I, 1405. The punishment of the impious man dying in his impiety, I, 1243. Infirmities, diseases; sudden death come from the intemperance of men, I, 1403, 1404. We ought to love our enemies; to forgive them and willingly bear their injuries, because he who harms us harms himself more, II, 338, 362. How God rewards the forgiveness of injuries, II, 1138. Intention. For the value and imputation of an act, intention is required, II, 337. Involuntary [action] does not defile a man, but only impiety, I, 999, 982. Wrath of God, how it is just, I, 1414. Those who have long been involved in sins and ignorance ought to conceive wrath against themselves, I, 502. What kind of sin wrath is, II, 1099. Consequences of wrath, II, 1099, 1102. Wrath puts the Holy Spirit to flight, II, 922. Mocker. Mockers are rebuked, I, 414. Issachar, testament of, II, 1086. He recalls the circumstances of his birth, 1086. He says he always lived in simplicity and without sin; he foretells the sins of his people; he praises a simple life and dies in the one-hundred and twenty-second year of his life, II, 1087, 1090.
J Fasting primarily consists in abstinence from evil and in good works, II, 957, 958. Fasting should be accompanied by good works and almsgiving, II, 731. The Quadragesimal fast is commended, I, 839, 862; in what it consisted, I, 862, 891. The Paschal fast is commended; in what it consisted, I, 867. Regarding the manner of observing it, I, 890, 891.
A On the eighth day after Pentecost, a new fast is commended, I, 902. Fasting is urged on Wednesday and Friday and on various days, I, 904, 1014, 1015. Examples of fasting are brought forward, I, 902, 903.
Jesus Christ. Why he is called Christ, I, 1233, 1234. The consecration of Christ is much better than the consecration of Aaron, I, 1234. Jesus Christ was born and begotten by the Father, I, 1234. He is the Messiah, which is proved by the prophecies concerning the time of his advent, his life, his death, and their fulfillment in him, and by the miracles performed by him, I, 886, 1213, 1334, 1335. heaven itself bears witness to Jesus Christ, I, 146. Various prophecies concerning the power and mercy of Jesus Christ, I, 895, 898, 899. The passion of Jesus Christ had been foretold by many prophets, II, 738, 739. The passion of Jesus Christ is recounted, I, 874, 875, 878, 879. Jesus Christ suffered for our salvation, and also so that we might suffer similar things as his example, II, 123. The doctrine of Jesus Christ regarding the ancient scriptures, II, 143, 146, 147. Jesus Christ did not appear sooner, so that men might understand that they cannot attain the truth without his protection, II, 1179, 1182.
Testament of Joseph, II, 1126. He recalls the principal events of his life, II, 1126... The solicitations of Potiphar's wife to fornication, II, 1127, 1130, 1131. He says he preserved his chastity through prayers and fasting, II, 1130, 1131. He remembers all that he endured so as not to shame his brothers, II, 1134, 1135, 1138. He forgave them after he had recognized them, II, 1138. He foretells that a Lamb will arise from Judah, strong as a lion, and devouring all wild beasts, the joy of all the earth, II, 1139. He predicts the persecution of the Egyptians and dies, II, 1139.
Joshua, by his own name, foretold Christ, II, 763. The Jews, according to the prophecies, were no longer to remain the people of God after Jesus Christ, I, 915, 918. The blindness of the Jews is to be deplored and one must pray for them, I, 883, 886. The Jews were oppressed by the Romans, I, 974, 975.
Testament of Judah, II, 1070. He commemorates his courage and the battles he endured, his marriage with Bathshua, from whom he received Shelah, II, 1070, 1071, 1074. He speaks of Er, of Onan, of Tamar, and detests their crimes, II, 1074, 1075. He laments his incest with Tamar, II, 1075. He assigns the consequences of drunkenness, II, 1078; he condemns avarice, II, 1079. He foretells the sovereignty of his tribe and the priesthood of Levi, and the abominations of his descendants, II, 1082. He predicts the advent of the Son of God and the propagation of his doctrine, and dies in the one hundred and nineteenth year of his life, II, 1083, 1086.
Judas, who is also called Barsabas, is sent to the Church of Antioch, I, 943.
Judgment. Everyone shall be judged according to his deeds, I, 622, 711, 713. A reason for the severe judgment will be required, I, 640, 642. The sad effects of unjust judgment, I, 639. Concerning ecclesiastical judgments, II, 799, 800. With what prudence ecclesiastical judgments are to be handled, I, 638, 639, 710, 711. Difficult cases are to be referred ultimately to the Holy See, II, 800, 801, 815. Rash judgment is forbidden, I, 489, 687, 690. The time of the general judgment is unknown, I, 346. What things precede the general judgment, I, 1022, 1023. The memory of the ultimate judgment restrains passions, I, 1406. Men sin because they do not fear the ultimate judgment, II, 451.
Jupiter. His flagitious acts, I, 1430, 1431, 1432, 1433, 1434.
Oaths are prohibited, I, 858. The formula of an oath pronounced by those who received the books of the apostles' preaching, II, 30.
Justification cannot be obtained by ourselves, but through faith and good works, I, 271. The just man on earth often cannot be distinguished from the unjust, II, 935, 936, but in the life to come he will be recognized, II, 956, 957, 958.
L Readers. Concerning the ordination of readers, from the constitution of St. Matthew, I, 1118.
Testament of Levi: The vision he had concerning the priesthood of his tribe and the principality of Judah, II, 1054. The order of the seven heavens which Levi saw, II, 1054. It is foretold to him that his seed will be an illumination to Israel until the Son of God comes; then the Jews will lay hands upon him, II, 1055, 1063, 1066. He recalls the slaughter of the sons of Hamor on account of Dinah, II, 1055. How Levi was consecrated a priest through the vision, II, 1058, 1059. He foretells the impiety and the dispersion of the Jews, II, 1059. He indicates his grandchildren and the years of the priesthood, II, 1062. He foretells all the abominations of his tribe, II, 1063, 1066. He prophesies about the priesthood until the advent of Christ, II, 1066; he predicts the captivity of the Jews and the destruction of the temple, II, 1066; and the institution of a new priesthood throughout the whole world, II, 1067. He dies in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of his life, II, 1067.
Law. Positive precepts, rites, and ceremonies were added by God to the natural law to prevent idolatry and impiety, I, 963, 966, 967, 1320. Jesus Christ gave testimony to the ancient law, I, 963. Jesus Christ abolished the ancient law, as far as rituals and judicial matters are concerned, in order to establish it, I, 971, 974. The Law of the Lord is the perfection of the tree which covers the whole earth, II, 971, 972, 973, 974, and of which every believer has received a branch; the signification of each branch as it is rendered, whether green, or dry, or cut, or whole, or bearing fruit, or not bearing fruit, II, 971... The complete knowledge of the law is summarized in the knowledge of Moses and Jesus Christ, II, 230.
Books. With what caution the books of the apostles' preaching were to be handed down, II, 26, 27; and to be kept by those who received them, II, 30. One must abstain from the books of the Gentiles that detract from the faith, I, 570, 571. Apocryphal books must be avoided, I, 950, 951, 954, 955. After Moses had handed down the books of the law to the seventy elect, the written law could receive certain false things against God, II, 103, 106. In the books of the Old Law, Jesus Christ admits that some things are false, II, 143.
Liturgy of St. Clement, II, 606...
Loquacity is reproved in the wife of Hermas, II, 898.
Light. Concerning the incomprehensible light admitted by Simon Magus, I, 1271, 1272. That doctrine is absurd, I, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277.
M Magic. Mesraim, son of Ham, after the flood, hands down the discipline of the magical art, I, 1326. Thus magic was the beginning of idolatry, I, 1325. Magic is condemned, I, 999. The injustice of the magical art, II, 178.
Evil. There is something intrinsically evil, I, 1424. Evil does not come from God, I, 1397, nor do the evil thoughts of men, II, 279. Evil proceeds from man, I, 1393, 1394, 1395. On the origin of evil, II, 435, 438. How God turns evil to good, I, 1324, 1325. Jesus Christ taught that the devil is evil, II, 423. One must abstain from evil deeds, II, 931, 934, 935.
Mamertinus, prefect of Rome, wants to induce Clement to sacrifice to the gods, II, 594.
Manasseh the king sins against God; his captivity, conversion, and liberation, I, 642, 643, 646, 647, 650.
Meekness is commended, II, 1099.
Marcus, one of the first heretics, I, 926.
Maro is ordained bishop of Tripoli, I, 1356.
Martyrs. The dignity and holiness of the martyrs, I, 827, 830. Martyrs should be in honor among us, I, 854. We ought to assist the martyrs out of our substance, I, 830. They must be aided even with danger to one's life, I, 832, 834.
Marriage is legitimate, I, 986. Various rules regarding the intercourse of a man with a woman, I, 986. Young people should contract marriage to avoid fornication, II, 154.
Menander, one of the first heretics, I, 926.
A lie is essentially evil, impossible to God, I, 267. The consequences of a lie, II, 1099, 1102.
The deceits of a harlot are to be feared and avoided, I, 575, 578.
Mesraim, son of Ham, from whom the Egyptians, Babylonians, and Persians descend, II, 245.
The folly of the Metamorphoses, I, 1435.
Method. Concerning the method to be used in the investigation of the truth concerning Christ, I, 1264, 1265.
Ministers of the Church. Caution must be used in choosing ministers of the Church, I, 487. See bishop, presbyter, deacon, cleric... Let them be subject to the bishops in all things, I, 497. Ministers of the Church must avoid the company of women, I, 486. Various dispositions concerning married ministers, I, 486.
Miracles. Not all have the gift of miracles, I, 1062, 1063, 1066. For what cause God grants the gift of miracles, I, 1062. It is not right to exalt oneself because of this accepted gift, I, 1066, 1067, 1070. The way of distinguishing true miracles from false: false ones are of no use to anyone, true ones are useful to men, I, 1308; II, 100, 102.
Mercy is commended, I, 238. Praises of mercy, I, 1027... The mercies of the Lord toward sinners, I, 654.
Mission. Jesus Christ was sent by the Father; the apostles were sent by Jesus Christ, I, 291.
Modesty is commended, I, 575, especially for women, I, 586, 587.
Corruption of morals prevents one from turning the heart to the truth, I, 1298, 1300.
Moses was a figure of Christ, II, 810.
Exterior cleanliness is commended, I, 505.
The world is not eternal, I, 1376, 1377, therefore it dem-
demonstrates the existence of the Creator, I, 1379. Various opinions of the philosophers regarding the principles of the world, I, 1379. It could not have been formed by the collision of atoms, I, 1379. Systems of the philosophers regarding the structure of the world, I, 1379, 1380, 1381, 1429. Gifts are not to be accepted from the wicked, I, 779, 782. Ecclesiastical offices: what kind of crime it is to usurp them, I, 670, 671, 787. Mysteries. Concerning the ordinance of John, the brother of Zebedee, for celebrating the holy mysteries, I, 1091...
N Nature: the name is often taken for God, I, 1338. Nature is depicted as a false prophetess, II, 126. Her prophecy is called feminine, II, 126. A Christian should live content with necessities, I, 1358. Testament of Naphtali, II, 1103; born of Bilhah, whom Rachel fraudulently foisted upon Jacob, II, 1106. He says that every human has received from God a destination from which it is not permitted to depart, II, 1106, 1107. He predicts the crimes of his tribe, their captivity, the priesthood of Levi and the principate of Judah, the calamities by which the Jews will be tested, and the advent of the Son of God, II, 1110, 1111. He dies in the one hundred and thirtieth year of his life, II, 1111. Nicæla, brother of S. Clement, is bought by a widow and becomes a hearer of Simon, II, 91. See Aquila and Clement. Nicolaitans: what their doctrine was, I, 927. Ninus or Nimrod, devoted to the magical art, I, 1327. Noah, saved from the flood on account of his righteousness, I, 1320. Second marriages were permitted, third were condemned, I, 762, 763.
O Obedience. One must be obedient to the divine will, I, 283, 1313. Obedience is a character that God demands of us, I, 1313. Because they obeyed God, Enoch is translated to heaven, Noah is preserved, Abraham is called, I, 227, 230. Lot escapes safe, I, 231. Obedience toward bishops is commended, I, 471, 498; so much so that everyone should consider him an enemy who disparages a bishop, II, 816; toward priests, I, 482, 488, 492; toward temporal authorities, I, 225; toward superiors in general, I, 477. Blindness of those who prefer the pleasures of the world to the promises of Christ, I, 343. Ordinance of offerings, I, 1019, 1022. Detraction should be avoided, I, 270. Detractors are severely rebuked, I, 478. Hatred is prohibited, I, 718. The duty of the laity toward bishops, I, 634; toward all ministers of the Church, I, 682, 683. On the vesper office, from James, the brother of the Lord, I, 1138. The meaning of oil, and how it must be blessed, I, 1126. Works are necessary to obtain the blessing of God, I, 271; for salvation, I, 334, 335, 484, 505, 1259; II, 227, 230. Exhortation to do good works, by the example of God who created so many and such great things, and rejoices in His works, I, 275; II, 733, 734. Our good works are the light that illuminates us in this world, and our brothers, 382, 384. Workers. What the gifts of the workers of the Lord's harvest are, I, 416. Prayer. To pray, one must be pure, I, 1010. What the prayer of the faithful should be, I, 1015. In praying, one must not use empty repetition, II, 810. One must pray without doubt, with firm faith, and what is asked will be received, II, 935, 1138. At what hour one must pray, I, 1135, 1138. One must pray for infidel parents, I, 503. The power of prayer, I, 478. Ordination: used in the most ancient times, instituted by Jesus Christ, I, 475. In the time of the apostles, ordination was done by anointing, I, 492. It must be done by bishops alone, I, 788, 790, 803, 806. Bishops should be ordained by three, or at least two bishops, I, 803. Qualities of those to be ordained, I, 1022. Ecclesiastical ornaments. With what reverence vestments and sacred vessels are to be held, even ancient ones, I, 485. Ornaments are to be avoided by Scripture, I, 563, and left to foolish women, I, 566, 567, because they lead to luxury, I, 563. They are a proximate occasion of scandal, I, 563. Orphans: how we ought to regard them, I, 667. To gather orphans is a work pleasing to God, I, 807. Bishops should care for orphans, I, 807. Orpheus' system regarding the creation of the world and the formation of man, I, 1436, 1437. Idleness is to be shunned; the path of idleness follows sterility, I, 754, 755, 758.
P Pascha. On the manner and time of the celebration of the Pascha, I, 887, 894. Parents. Duties of parents toward children, I, 823. Children are to be educated and disciplined, II, 895, 896. Fathers are often disciplined for their children, II, 970, 971, 972. That parental affection should not deter us from the severity of discipline, I, 1370. Pastors of the Church ought to be devoted to the study of Scripture and doctrine, I, 466. The faithful ought to provide sustenance for pastors, II, 155, 158. False pastors are to be shunned, I, 466. See Bishop, Presbyter. Paul the persecutor, I, 1246. The poor, when they receive alms, ought to give thanks to the Creator and pray for their benefactors, I, 810, 811. The poor man assists the rich with prayers, II, 955. Peace. The Lord is the God of peace, I, 1261, 1262. The doctrine of peace established by Jesus Christ is unfolded, I, 1262, 1263. In what sense Christ came to disturb peace, I, 1348. Peace ought to reign among the faithful, I, 1342. Sinners. Jesus Christ came to call sinners, I, 334. Sinners who wish to convert to the Lord are to be helped, I, 622, 694. Sinners, even if they have sinned again, are not to be spurned, I, 694. How sinners are to be received to penitence, I, 695, 698; communication with sinners is prohibited, but only regarding their acts, I, 618, 619, 622. Yet one should not frequent public sinners, I, 959, 962. Consequences of original sin, I, 1319. Sin is to be avoided, I, 615, 617. The day of Pentecost should be celebrated in honor of the Holy Spirit, who descended upon the apostles, I, 889. Perfection. We ought to tend toward perfection, I, 1336. Condemnation of perjury, I, 1002. Persecution. Persecution always comes from the unjust, I, 304. Suffer persecution for Christ's sake, I, 831. We must suffer persecution and torments like Christ, I, 834, 835; II, 791, 792. Persecutions appear under the figure of a great beast. What the four colors signify—black, bloody, golden, and white—of the head of this beast, II, 911, 912. Peter is sent to Caesarea by James to confound Simon, I, 1247. He is received by Zacchaeus, I, 1247, 1248. He prepares himself to argue with Simon, I, 1256, 1257, 1258. Disputation of Peter against Simon, I, 1259... Peter sends disciples to watch Simon, I, 1312. He baptizes ten thousand men at Caesarea, I, 1314. He departs for Tripoli, I, 1314. He arrives at Tripoli with his assistants and is received by the rejoicing citizens, I, 1315, 1316. He addresses the people, I, 1319... He departs for Antioch, I, 1356. In many places, Peter heals the sick and liberates those vexed by demons, I, 1296, 1318, 1347, 1445, 1451, 1452, 1453. On the island of Aradus, he heals a paralytic woman, I, 1364. He arrives at Laodicea: what was done in that city; he heals the host's daughter vexed by a demon, I, 1420. Finally, he touches Antioch, I, 1452. According to another version, thus are the pilgrimages and preachings of S. Peter ordered. He seeks Tyre and addresses the people of that city. He frees some from diseases contracted at banquets with Simon, teaches the truth, baptizes many; he appoints a bishop at Tyre, and directs his steps to Sidon, II, 219. Here he does the same and departs for Berytus; he puts to flight Simon who was staying here with his followers; he heals, teaches, and baptizes many, appoints a bishop, goes to Byblos, then proceeds to Tripoli, following in the footsteps of Simon, II, 223, 226. Then he goes to Antharadus, II, 302. From Antharadus he goes to Laodicea, where he holds a disputation with Simon Magus, II, 368. In almost the entire disputation, the subject is the origin of evil, II, 368... Then he arrives at Antioch, II, 467. From Antioch, having traveled through surrounding cities, he directs his steps to Rome, and having brought a huge multitude to the true religion, and his own death having been predicted, he appoints Clement as bishop of Rome, II, 575, 578. The final sermon of S. Peter to the people, II, 578, 579. S. Peter is called the foundation or base of the Church, II, 33. On the primacy of S. Peter and the bishops of Rome, II, 814. The vain and uncertain doctrine of the ancient philosophers, I, 1207, 1208, 1209; regarding God, II, 1178, 1179. Philosophers, by either denying providence or the existence of God, or by ascribing everything to fate or introducing the worship of false gods, destroyed morals, I, 1444. Philosophers cannot incite souls to virtue because they do not profess the doctrine of reward and punishment, I, 1443, 1444. Philosophers gave credence to fables about the origin and deeds of the gods, I, 1439. That if, in order to cover the true origin of things, the philoso-
philosophers and ancient wise men supposed a ridiculous origin of the gods, and monstrous deeds, they are rather destroyers of morals than wise men, II, 210, 211. Phoebus, a disciple of St. Clement, II, 598. Piety. One must persevere in piety, I, 1010. Plato’s testimony concerning the creation of the world, I, 1381. Punishment should be proportioned to the guilt, I, 710. Penitence. At all times, God has called men to penitence, I, 718, 722. Penitence is absolutely necessary for salvation, II, 115. Let us perform penance while we live, I, 342. On the manner of penance observed in the primitive Church, I, 626. Examples of penance, I, 642, 643, 646, 647, 692, 694. Effects and fruits of penance, I, 226, 642, 643, 646, 647, 650. For a sinner who has relapsed, penance is most difficult, II, 919. Penance is not completed in one instant, II, 970, 971, 972. Possession by a demon, how it occurs, I, 1321, 1322; II, 247. Various species of possession, II, 250, 251. The cause of possession is infidelity and sin, I, 1332. How demons are put to flight, I, 1321, 1322. We should not therefore boast that demons are put to flight by us, II, 258. Description and praises of divine power and wisdom, I, 247... I, 1026. Potentiana and Praxes, daughters of Pudens and Savinilla, instructed in chastity and the divine law, bestow their goods upon the poor, II, 1021. They dedicate a font of baptism, and in this font, on the holy day of Easter, ninety-six are baptized, II, 1022. Potentiana passes to the Lord at sixteen years of age, II, 1022. Her body is transferred to the cemetery of Priscilla, on the Via Salaria, II, 1022. Praxes passes the rest of her life in piety, II, 1022. Precept. He who loves God keeps the commandments, I, 474. The least commandments must be observed, I, 342. God's commandments are not impossible, II, 947, 950. But if anyone does some good beyond the commandments for the sake of perfection, it shall be counted to him, II, 959. Spiritual guidance. Those are guilty who neglect to provide spiritual guidance to those whom they love, I, 1369. Presumption, what kind of vice it is, I, 1333. Presbyters, how they are ordained, according to the constitution of John, beloved of the Lord, I, 1114, 1115. Presbyters hold the place of the seventy-two disciples, II, 807. Presbyters must keep chastity, I, 466; cultivate all virtues, I, 492; instruct the people, I, 492; administer the sacraments, I, 466, 467; II, 154. Unworthy presbyters shall be punished, I, 1067. One must obey princes, I, 826. The beginning is one, not double, I, 1285. True prophet. He taught us everything concerning the knowledge of the truth, I, 1399, 1400. Characters of a true prophet, II, 80, 83, 119, 122, 123. A prophet is easy to find, II, 83. When he is found, he is to be believed, II, 84. True prophets are distinguished from false ones by spirit and works, II, 943, 944. False prophets shall come at the end of the age, I, 962. One must beware of false prophets and false teachers, I, 1330; II, 731, 732, 733, 734, 801. Purgatory. Prayer for the dead is commended, I, 481. Prayer for the dead, I, 1143. On the days and the manner in which the commemoration of the dead should be made, I, 1146, 1147. External purifications are commended as a sign of internal purification, I, 1353. One must abstain from the vain purifications and observances of the Jews and pagans, I, 979, 982, 990. Q Question. One must abstain from vain questions, I, 1299; especially concerning God, I, 1398, 1399. R Reason. That truths concerning God, concerning worship and morals, cannot be discerned by reason alone, I, 1399, 1400, 1401. Possession of the kingdom of heaven is acquired by faith and works, I, 382. There are two kingdoms, one earthly, the other heavenly, II, 450. Those who obey the earthly king shall perish, but those who obey the heavenly one shall attain eternal life, II, 450. Religion. The vain excuse of those who say they hold the religion of their parents, II, 290, 291. Remuneration. To obtain the remuneration of eternal life, vices must be avoided, and virtues must be cultivated, I, 278. Resurrection is hinted at by day and night succeeding each other, I, 239; by the sowing of grain, which germinates, I, 262; by the resurrection of a certain bird which is called the phoenix, I, 263, 843; taken from the Sibylline books, I, 843. Scripture is proved in various places, by miracles and by reason, I, 266. Jesus Christ is the pledge of our resurrection, I, 894. The qualities of bodies after the resurrection, I, 839. Reverence toward parents is commended, I, 488. Toward bishops and priests, even if they are bad, I, 471, 476, 478, 479, 480. Toward one’s neighbor in general, I, 414. Jewish rites, after the coming of Jesus Christ, no longer oblige, I, 939, 942, 943. Testament of Reuben, II, 1038. He laments his sins, and especially detests incest and fornication, II, 1043. He recommends his sons to listen to Levi and to be subject to Judah, whose leadership he foretells, II, 1046. He dies in the hundred and twenty-fifth year of his life, II, 1046. S Priests. On the ordination of priests from Anacletus, II, 803. Priests ought to prefer knowledge and a good life, I, 471. They must instruct the people in the law of the Lord, I, 491, 492; correct the faithful, I, 488; exhort sinners, I, 623, 626. Praises of priests, I, 479. One must not rise up against priests, even if they are bad, but rather leave their judgment to God, II, 815, 816. See Presbyters. Priesthood. How the priesthood was established in the tribe of Levi, I, 295. Sacrifices of the ancient law, already odious to God before Christ, Jesus Christ abolished in order to fashion a pure heart, I, 967, 970, 971; II, 729, 730. The sacrifices of the new law must be offered only by those rightly ordained, and in places permitted by the bishops, I, 498. Without priests, let no sacrifice be offered, I, 675. Sadducees denied the resurrection, I, 1237. Salvation. Through Jesus Christ we are saved, I, 279, 282. We attain salvation through the exercise of good works, I, 335, 338. Samaritans denied the resurrection, I, 1237. Saturninus, one of the first heretics, I, 926. Scandal. One must take care that the weak are not scandalized, either by our life or by our words, I, 428, 430. The penalty for scandal, I, 478. In what sense the words are to be heard: If thy right eye... I, 1370. Schisms. Schisms have for their author the spirit of wickedness, I, 978. Schisms are to be fled, I, 910, 1006. The authors of schisms are to be avoided, I, 915. In the Old Testament, the punishments of schismatics, I, 910, 911, 914. Those who rise up against temporal authority are punished; a fortiori, those who rise up against ecclesiastical authority, I, 911. Man does not possess universal knowledge, I, 1427, 1428. One must read the Holy Scripture, I, 570, 571, 574, but according to tradition, I, 508, 1441, 1442. There are in the Scriptures certain obscure things, so that those who seek the truth ungratefully may not find it, but the Scriptures are sufficiently clear to men of good will, II, 118, 374. Passages of Scripture that assume some imperfection in God are false, II, 139. Impius speeches are severely refuted, I, 478. The seditions of the ancient serpent, I, 1338. He persuades man not to seek the truth, I, 1338; to worship many gods, I, 1341, 1342. See Unclean spirits, Demon. Servants. The duties of servants toward their masters, I, 1007. The true servant of God is liberated from evil, I, 1346, 1347. Why sometimes the servant of God is tested by God, I, 1346. That, by the example of Christ, we must not be ashamed to be servants of the brethren, I, 1358. Service. Let us serve God who made us the people of His election, I, 270. The service of God is to be preferred to the service of men, I, 270. Silas is sent by the apostles to rule the Church of Antioch, I, 943. Testament of Simeon, II, 1346. He is punished by God because of his envy toward Joseph, his brother; he detests envy, II, 1047, 1030. He predicts the struggle of the sons against the sons of Levi, the destruction of the Canaanites and other peoples, the coming of Christ, and the overthrow of idolatry, the priesthood of Levi, and the leadership of Judah, II, 1050, 1051. He dies in the hundred and twentieth year of his life, II, 1051. Simon Magus, the first heretic, I, 922, 923. He is confounded by St. Peter, I, 1258. Simon the orator, nourished in dialectic, a magician, I, 1250; a wicked man, 1251. His life, errors, and crimes, I, 1251...; II, 91, 92, 95, 96, 99, 100, 218. The heresy of Simon, I, 1246, 1247, 1303; II, 91, 92, 95, 96, 99, 100. Simon Magus’s errors concerning God. He sets out for Rome and throws the workshop of his crimes into the sea, I, 1310. Throughout the Roman province, Simon’s preaching is deceitful, I, 1314. With Peter standing by,
A Simon stirs up the citizens of Antioch against S. Peter, I, 1446. According to another version, the travels of Simon are ordered thus: Simon stirs up the citizens of Tyre against Peter, and Clement, in this city, precedes S. Peter with his twin brothers, Aquila and Nicetas, II, 158, 159, 162. He flees from Tyre to Sidon, and from Sidon, with Peter pressing upon him, to Berytus, II, 219. He leaves Berytus with his disciples, having been driven out with clubs, II, 223, and goes to Tripoli, II, 226. He flees from Tripoli to Syria, II, 227, and comes from Antioch to dispute with S. Peter at Laodicea, II, 368. He flees to Judea, II, 467. He is forced to depart from Antioch, I, 1447, and touches Judea, I, 1447. The snares of Simon are turned against himself, I, 1446, 1450.
Simplicity. Praises of a simple life, II, 1087, 1090. Sisinnius, a friend of Tiberius, is led by S. Clement to the true religion and is baptized with his whole house and many more illustrious citizens of Rome, II, 390, 391. Sodomy, an execrable crime, I, 985, 999. Sobriety is commended especially to clerics and to all, I, 1147, 1150. Dreams are not a rule of certainty, II, 398, 399. Not only the just see visions, II, 399. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Only-Begotten, as He from the Unbegotten. Exposition of that procession, I, 1287, 1288. A double spirit in man, evil and good. They are to be distinguished by their works, I, 946. From the seven spirits given to man by the Creator for a good work, there proceed B to evil work seven other spirits given by Belial, II, 1039, 1042. Unclean spirits were not so created by God, I, 1397. By God’s permission they sometimes prophesy, I, 1323, 1324; because they often know what men are ignorant of, I, 1323; II, 254: but they are not therefore gods. They tempt men, I, 1321, 1322, but have no power over men except by their consent, I, 1330; II, 238. They are not to be feared, but contemned, II, 930, 931, 950. Bride. A man enlightened by the doctrine of the truth is called the bride of Christ, II, 130. Sweetness of the service of the Lord, I, 1445. Subdeacon. Concerning the ordination of subdeacons from the constitution of S. Thomas, I, 1118. The office of subdeacons, I, 1126. Offices of subjects toward the king and magistrates, I, 1010. We must avoid pride and vain praise, I, 270, 271. Creed. For the attaining of salvation, the faith of all things contained in the Creed, and in its articles, is necessary, I, 472, 473.
T The temple of Jerusalem was to be destroyed, as displeasing to God. We are the temple of God, II, 774, 775. S. Clement compelled the faithful to build temples, I, 489. Regarding the structure of temples, I, 723. Temples are to be frequented by the faithful, I, 743, 746, 747, 750. Temptations. God permits the good to be tempted by the evil, I, 1306. Here God proves and punishes the faithful, so that eternal punishments may be avoided, II, 287, 363. Snares and temptations suggested by demons, II, 251. The testament which had been broken by Moses, we have recovered by the death of Jesus Christ, II, 767. The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, II, 1038. Witnesses. What kind they ought to be, I, 710, 711. Enemies are not to be admitted as witnesses, II, 815. Theodora, wife of Sisinnius, a holy woman, seeks her husband’s conversion from the Lord, II, 587. Theophilus of Antioch receives S. Peter, I, 1454. Fear. Let us fear God, the avenger of crime, I, 267, 270. There is no pleasure that is not cut off by the fear of God, I, 1405, 1406. Salutary effects of the fear of the Lord, II, 395; it turns us away from evil and impels us to good, II, 930, 931. Let the vain fear of men be cast aside, and let God alone be feared, I, 1336. Tribulation. The advantages of tribulations, I, 489. That in true religion they serve some purpose, I, 1360. Sadness grieves the Holy Spirit dwelling within us, and inspires nothing good, II, 939, 942, 943.
U Vengeance is forbidden, I, 562. God often delays vengeance so as to await the conversion of sinners, I, 1444. C A wife ought to love and reverence her husband, I, 578, 579, 986, 987. Let her leave vain ornaments to harlots, I, 582. Praises of a good wife, II, 339, 342. How intolerable is a bad wife, I, 583.
V Cow. The sacrifice of the cow was a type of Christ, II, 747, 750. Vanity. Vain are they who resist God, I, 286. The Word of God is to be announced, I, 703; but it is not to be explained or announced by everyone, I, 667, 775. It is not to be held before the impious, so as to avoid profanation, I, 499. With what reverence the Word of God is to be received; he who announces the divine word is to be honored, I, 1006. All peoples (according to the prophets) run to hear the Word of God; but only those can hear it with fruit who love their own soul, I, 1309, 1317, 1318. Freedom of mind is required to hear the Word of God with fruit, II, 78. They who hear the Word of God and do not bring forth fruit will be punished, I, 1334. Truth. How harmful is he who neglects to inquire after the truth, I, 1305. Way. There are two ways: the way of life, the way of death, I, 996, 998. What the way of life is, I, 998, 999. What the way of death is, I, 1010; II, 222. There are two ways: the way of light, the way of darkness, II, 775. The way of light is the way of the good, II, 778, 779. The way of darkness is the way of the evil, II, 779, 927. Widows. How we must regard widows, I, 667. What widows ought to be, I, 766, 767, 769. Younger women are not to be admitted into the rank of widows, I, 759, 762. A widow who contracts a second marriage sins, I, 759. Praises of widowhood, I, 762. The prayers of widows are heard, I, 778. Obligations of widows, I, 790. Man (Husband). How a husband ought to act with a chaste wife, II, 390, 326. Excellence of virginity, I, 388, 390, 400. Virgins are called the city of God, lights of the world, and the seed which the Lord has blessed, II, 400. Jesus Christ preferred virginity to other states and recommended it as more perfect, I, 392, 394. Virgins ought to be free for good works, I, 382; because without good works virginity is useful for nothing, I, 384, 386. Let the virgin always have God present, I, 388; let her be an imitator of Christ, I, 392. Virgins should visit orphans, widows, and those harassed by evil spirits, and generally anyone laboring under any pain; let them cultivate brotherhood and hospitality, I, 408, 410, 412. Virginity has renounced this word: "Increase and multiply"... it has likewise renounced all the cares and thoughts of the world, I, 386; it ought to remove from itself the concupiscences of the flesh, I, 396. Virgins ought to avoid the frequenting of the opposite sex, feasts, idleness, vain conversations, and curiosity, I, 402, 418, 422, 436, 438, 440, 444. The cause that brings about the ruin of virginity is the frequenting of the opposite sex; those who have avoided such frequenting have persevered; those who have neglected to take this precaution have lost their virginity, which is proved by the example of Joseph, I, 436, 438; Samson, I, 438; David, I, 438, 440; Solomon, I, 442; the two elders who tried to violate Susanna, I, 442. Examples are brought forth from the life of Moses, Aaron, Joshua, the prophets, Jesus Christ, and the apostles, who avoided persons of the opposite sex, and persevered to the end, I, 444, 446, 450. The reward of virginity, I, 388, 390, 400. Voluptuary. A double kind of voluptuaries: the former destined for destruction, the latter for penitence. How these are treated, II, 964, 965, 966, 967. Pleasure. The memory of pleasure inflicts long punishments on the sinner, II, 967, 970.
Z Zacchaeus is ordained bishop of Caesarea, I, 1311. Zebulun, testament of, II, 1090. He recalls the circumstances of the selling of Joseph, II, 1091, 1094, 1095. He was a fisherman, II, 1095. He says that divisions are to be avoided, for they are the cause of ruin. He foretells the crimes and conversion of his own, the coming of Jesus Christ, and he dies in the one hundred and fourteenth year of his life, II, 1098. Zoroaster teaches the magical art; he is burned, I, 1326, 1327. He is worshiped as a star, I, 1327; II, 243.
INDEX OF GREEK TERMS
INDEX OF NOTABLE WORDS
Which are found in the Clementines. The reader is referred to the numerical notes in larger type placed in the text.Δ Aaron 66, 350, 405. Abdera 145. Abel 53, 91, 102, 379. Abimelech 349. Abraham 54, 76, 100, 102, 108, 183, 335, 349, 363, 402. Haggai 45. To exact/compel (ἀγγαρεύειν) 276, 310, 311. Anchinius (?) 143. Anchinoos (?) 143 note. Way of acting (ἀγωγή) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. To be in agony/dread (ἀγωνιᾶν) 9 note, 257; to contend 120. To contend/struggle (ἀγωνίζεσθαι) 9. Adam 53, 76, 99, 101, 102, 320, 335, 354, 355, 363, 400. Brother-marriage (ἀδελφογαμεῖν) 120 note. Brother-incest (ἀδελφοκοιτεῖν) ibid. Fratricide (ἀδελφοκτονεῖν) ibid. Brother-corrupting (ἀδελφοφθορεῖν) 128. To be distressed (ἀδημονεῖν) 409. Differently (ἀδιαφόρως) 283, 315. Admetus 145. Weak/feeble (ἀδρανής) 16. Implacable (ἀδυσώπητος) 37. Adonis 162. Immortality (ἀθανασία) 390. Death-maker (ἀθανατοποιός) 81. Athena 156, 161, 165. Athens 261, 266, 302. Athenian 122. Athenodorus the Epicurean 122, 154, 173, 179, 316, 408, 411, 414. Aeacus 143. Aegina 143. Egypt 28, 59, 170, 356. Egyptians 66, 136, 170, 198, 200, 222, 223, 305, 392. Haemon 145. Aeneas 45. Cause (αἰτία), on account of (per, ob): 14, 79, 87, 112, 175, 204, 209, 247, 344, 362, 376, 385, 390, 392, 406. Etna 143 note. Incomprehensible (ἀκατάληπτος) 34, 342. Fearlessly/steadfastly (ἀκαταπλήκτως) 33. Unobserved/not scanned (ἀκατάσκοπος) 296. Acrisius 143. Amorites 103. Vine (ἄμπελος) 145. Uninitiated (ἀμύητος) 49, 135, 147. Amyclas 145. Amphitrite 140. Amphitryon 143. Amoion 143. To regenerate (ἀναγεννᾶν) 6, 178, 247. Regeneration (ἀναγέννησις) 6, 253. Recognition/discovery (ἀναγνωρισμός) 271, 289, 306. Blameless (ἀναίτιος) 313. Ananias 45. Rest/repose (ἀνάπαυσις) 19, 22, 88, 92, 118, 236, 342. To recall to memory (ἀναπολεῖν) 333. To be unharmonious (ἀναρμοστεῖν) 390. To be formed/shaped (ἀνατυποῦσθαι) 304. Andrew 259. Clay statue of a king (ἀνδριὰς πήλινος βασιλέως) 330. Ceaselessly/incessantly (ἀνελλιπῶς) 50. Undoubtfully/unwaveringly (ἀνενδοιάστως) 50, 210. Unrestrainedly/instantly (ἀνεπισχέτως) 132. Humanity (ἀνθρωπότης) 200, 390. Eating human flesh (ἀνθρώπων σάρκας ἐσθίοντες) 388. To reply/counter-object (ἀνθυποφέρειν) 27. Appion 122, 154, 173, 176, 305, 306, 406, 409, 410, 411, 414. Unordered (ἀνοικονόμητος) 58. Lawless (ἄνομος) 4, 211. Antaradus 255, 272. To contend with someone (ἀντεξετάζεσθαί τινι) 122. Antiopa 142. Antioch 254, 271, 306, 316, 406, 407, 408, 412, 414, 415, 416. Antiochene 415. Antipathy (ἀντιπάθεια) 97. Counter-breaths/winds (ἀντίπνοιαι) 20. To inquire in return (ἀντιπυνθάνομαι) 70. Antisthenes 147. Counter-pairing (ἀντισυζυγία) 95. Counter-image (ἀντιτυπία) 343. Antichrist 54. Antonius 57. Without delay (ἀνυπερθέτως) 288. Highest (ἀνώτατος) 57, 60 note, 78, 164, 214, 332, 335, 352, 353. From above (ἀνωτάτω) 60, 353 note. Unprofitable (ἀνωφέλητα) 30. Aquila 45, 57, 62, 119, 183, 255, 281, 285, 289. To make void (ἀκυροῦν) 104. Salt (ἅλας); Salts (ἅλες) 9, 16, 122, 173, 252, 287, 289, 303, 315, 395, 410. Alexandria 32, 46, 57. Alexandrian 122. Alexander 170. Alcibiades 147. Alcmene 143, 146. Amalthea 143. Unrepentant (ἀμεταμέλητος) 103, 104. Ammenoi 45 note. Upright/guileless (ἀπανούργος) 34. Uprightly/guilelessly (ἀπανούργως) 32. Altogether/simply (ἀπαξαπλῶς) 251, 279. Beginning/first fruits (ἀπαρχή) 10. Incomparably (ἀπαραβλήτως) 71, 338, 309. Unpreparedly (ἀπαρασκευάστως) 32. To detain someone with something (ἀπασχολεῖν τινά τινος) 14, 283. To sell off (ἀπεμπολήν) 16. Apis 222. Coming from above/gaseous (ἀπόγειος) 20. Offspring (ἀποκύημα) 158. Apollo 127, 144, 162. To be languid/faint (ἀποναρκᾶν) 37. To distract/call away (ἀποσχολεῖν τινα εἴς τι) 25, 36. Effective/thorough (ἀποτελεστικός) 300. Apion 122, 123, 132, 133, 134, 135, 152, 153, 154, 167, 172, 173, 177, 406, 409, 411, 414, 415. Unforeknown (ἀπρόγνωστος) 98. Needing nothing (ἀπροσδεής) 73. Aradus 263. Argos 147. Ares 150, 170. Ariadne 146. Aristippus 147. Arcas 143, 146. Sickle/hook (ἅρπη) 128, 155. Man-woman/hermaphroditic (ἀφρενόθηλυς) 159, 163. Unmanly/depraved mixing (ἀρδενομιξία) 167. To speak unspeakable things (ἀῤῥητουργεῖν) 128. Unspeakable utterance (ἀῤῥητουργία) 167. Artemis 162. The ruler stationed in Hades (ἄρχων ὁ καθεστὼς ἐν ᾅδῃ) 236. Asclepius 143 note, 145, 170. Stars (ἄστρα) 150. Astrologer (ἀστρολόγος) 300, 301, 305, 414. Immunity/asylum (ἀσυλία) 116. To occupy (ἀσχολεῖν) 14, 31, 45, 46, 333, 338. Occupation (ἀσχόλημα) 14. Business/affairs (ἀσχολία) 13, 242. Asopus 143. Atlas 149. Atra 150 note, 170. Atymnius 143 note. Master/possessor (αὐθέντης) 362. Self-powered/free-willed (αὐτεξούσιος) 52, 231, 385, 396, 406. Self-begotten (αὐτογέννητος) 328. To be un-Hellenized (ἀφελληνίζεσθαι) 288 note. Aphrodite 127, 147, 150, 156, 162, 164, 165, 166, 170. Achelous 143. Acherusian Lake (Ἀχερουσία λίμνη) 150. Achilles 145, 165, 170. To speak the truth (ἀψευστεῖν) 91.
B Babylon 326. Babylonians 198, 200. Valania 281. Barnabas 32, 36, 38, 39, 46, 47. To confirm something in the mind (βεβαιοῦν τι εἰς νοῦν) 26. Benjamin 45. Berytius 181. Book (βίβλος) 181. Deep (βάθυνος) 5. Berenice 119, 120, 122. Beirut (Bytus) 177, 179, 181. To be led astray by hopes (βουκολεῖσθαι ἐλπίσιν) 200. To gnash teeth (βρύχειν οδόντας) 395. Branchus 145. Britons 383. Byblos 181 note.
Γ Gabala 281. Ganymede 144, 146.
A Gerizim 58. Gehenna 336. Genesis (— fate) 126, 298, 299, 305, 414. Generic 89. Born of women 51, 89, 107. Geth [?] 57 note. Earth 155. Giants 190, 192. Gittai 38, 57. To crave 38, 86, 202, 274. Darkness 73, 103. Gomorrah 94. Bowing the knee 77. To live in nakedness 21.
Δ David 363. To be possessed by demons 34, 228, 315, 334, 407. Danae 143, 146. Danaus 137. Daphnis 145. Commander of ten 221. Dolphin 146. Deucalion 53. Second place 15. Demeter 128, 147, 155, 162. To create 40, 69, 168, 398. Thing created 158. Creation 34, 168. Creator 73, 99, 101, 127, 218, 236, 311, 332, 335, 337, 341, 352, 353, 361, 363, 364, 365, 366, 369, 371, 386, 387. Disposition of birth 301. Deacon 10, 11, 18, 20, 115, 118, 254. Dialectical skill 32. Testimony 8. Constitutions, book cited 15 note, 16 note, 17 note, 19 note. To differ, to vanish, to be extinguished 208, 209, 257, 385 note, 285, 304. Two-sea [Dithalassos] 20. Justice 146. Diogenes 147. Administrator 221. Dionysius cited 341 note. Dionysus 127, 144, 145, 146, 147, 150, 156, 162, 170. Diospolite 122. Two-faced 65. Discord 18. Dione 128 note. Examination/Proof 78, 79. Shaken by hopes 31. Dositheus 59, 60. Dryops 145. Dually 66. Power 122. Infirmly 134. Hard to wash off 31. Subject to change 129. Evil-mindedness 84. Evil-mindedly 29, 69. Dodona [?] 128, 142. Dositheus 59 note.
E Spring turning 20. Mystery of the week 342. Seventy, the languages 350. Seventy, the 3, 4, 5, 69, 104, 356. Hebrews 10, 32, 184, 229, 253, 356. To delay 111. Idea 61 note. Eileithyia 142. To twist 96. Eima [?] 143. Fate 126. Introduction 40. Centurion 221, 407. To defend someone/something 26, 41, 94, 336, 339, 360, 361. Vengeance 336. To find out 82. To be probed/examined 334, 343. To foam out 192, 245, 261. Church 3, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19, 23, 24, 114, 115, 116, 118, 177, 179, 253, 254, 291, 351. To marry out 144. To go around 166. Hector 170. Liberality 123. Freedom of manners 123 note. Helen 58, 60, 144, 146, 156. Eliezer 45. Greece 146. Greeks 48, 124, 125, 130, 132, 190, 198, 233, 241, 309, 313. Greek 35, 57, 123, 128, 318. Elisha 45. Emmanuel 327. Circumcised 6. Fixed 85, 87. Clear manifestation 337, 345, 346, 352. Clear 352. Clearly 63, 345. To commit adultery within 233, 242 note, 324 note. To lurk within 202, 204, 210, 222, 233, 237, 240, 242, 324. Endymion 144. Active 89. Enoch 335, 363. Investigative 42. To go out 4. To enchant/sing 237, 242. Recurrence 149. Highest 22 note. To be taken away/removed 7. To flow back 158. Incantation 97. Province 255, 407. Prefect 226. Exercise 59. Urgent impulses [?] 225. To write/refer something to someone 208, 235, 262, 200. Epidaurus 170. To claim something 23, 234. To defile 40. Epicurean 316. Epicurus 122, 147, 286. To be shaped by 144. Bishop 7, 8, 9, 11, 18, 20, 21, 115, 117, 177, 179, 181, 254, 416. Bishop of bishops 10. Intensely 35. To visit someone 17, 19, 231, 279. To provide 86, 220. Seven pillars 301. Since 405. Strife 156, 165, 166. B Hermaphroditus 145. Hermes 144, 145, 150, 156, 165, 170. Hermopolis 150. Ersaeus [?] 143. Love (Eros) 139, 140, 141, 142, 148, 151. Hesperides 150, 166. Standing 57, 59, 60, 362, 364. Different inclination 20. Easily drifted 130. Euryale 146. Eurymedusa 143. Eurystheus 145. Europe 143, 146. Good conscience 343. With a good conscience 68. Cheerfulness 15. To be useful 83, 238. To unfold 73, 245. Ephesian 268. To equip/instruct someone 4, 14, 69, 261, 327. C Z Zacynthus 144. Zacchaeus 45, 56, 67, 93, 112, 113, 117, 118, 333, 337. Zacharias 45. Zeus, Dios, Zena 127, 128, 133, 141, 144, 145, 146, 150, 155, 156, 160, 161, 162, 164, 168, 169, 170, 171. Zethus 143. Zeno 147. Zoroaster 198, 199. H Ede [?] 142. Elias 54. Helios 161, 170. Day-baptist 58. Hera 128, 142, 147, 156, 161, 165, 166. Heracles 128, 143, 145, 146, 166, 170. Isaiah 365, 366. Esau 54. Hesiod 157. Hephaestus 142, 145, 200. Θ Sea 142. Goddess 155. Theaters 130. Theia 155 note. Foundation 10, 351. Themis 146, 155. God-willed 11. Theogony of Hesiod 157. Theology 79. Therses 145. Thestius 144. Thetis 156, 164. Thebes 150. Vault-like 162 note, 162. Thrace 150, 170. To gossip about someone 53. Rumor 36. Thomas 45. I Jacob 54, 76, 108, 184, 327, 336, 363, 366, 402. James 3, 6, 9, 24, 253; bishop 3, 9; bishop of bishops 11. Iamni 45.
Iamnites 45 adnot. Iapetus 155. Idea 61, 206, 207, 324, 330, 334, 334. To act/think privately 124. Layman 49, 129, 317. Priests of offerings pilfer many things 227 227. Jeremiah in the Lamentations 350. Jerusalem 58, 252. Hierophant 20. Jesus 3, 10, 11, 55, 106, 108, 122, 184, 185, 336, 337, 346, 351, 353, 356, 361, 361, 365. Lynx 20, 158. Ilithyia 142 adnot. Ilium 170. Imalia 143 adnot. Image 121. Ixion 27, 145. Judah 105. Judea 29, 31, 32, 37, 38, 286, 409, 411, 415. Jews 29, 98, 127, 132, 133, 135, 152, 176, 207, 241, 286 adnot., 317, 319, 321, 322, 327, 363, 415. Justa 55, 119, 120, 286. Hippolytus 145. Isaac 54, 108, 184, 326, 363. Angel-like 348. Ishmael 54. Equivalent 383, 386, 387, 403. Israel 109, 322, 356, 366, 367, 402. To relate something, to see something, to have an interest in some matter 32, 37, 62, 63, 66, 114, 182, 196, 221, 270, 271 adnot., 301, 318, 376. History/inspection 263. John 58, 59. Jonas 252. Joseph 349, 405. Josephus 45. Iota 5, 106. Cadmus 144. Cathedra (seat) 3, 5, 11, 12, 22, 23, 24, 87, 111, 113, 117, 249. Cain 53, 90, 102, 379. Caesar 29, 123, 210, 211, 221, 227, 235, 260, 301, 304, 407, 408. Caesarea Stratonis 38, 42, 120, 172, 258, 286, 407. Evil action 17, 18. To maltreat 51, 277, 278, 280. Maltreatment 66, 203, 259, 276 adnot., 284. Callisto 143, 145, 146. Beetle 248. Canon of symmetry/conjugation 55, 66. Prophetic canon 53. Car 150 adnot., 170. Heart, that which is above and below 311, 342. Carca (?) 150. Carrae 150 adnot. Cassiopeia 143. Castor 144, 146. To bewitch 120. Anathema 8. Storms 97. To reduce to silence 34. To place among the stars [catasterize] 145, 149. Condemned 351. To mortgage 194. Catechist 118. Those being catechized 19. Caucasian mountains 150. Tittle 5, 106. Proclamation 1, 51, 252, 253, 255, 351. Proclamations 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24. Cinyras 144. Clement 10, 11, 13, 16, 19, 41, 24, 25, 38, 40, 45, 46, 55, 62, 65, 70, 73, 74, 77, 79, 119, 123, 135, 154, 183, 256, 268, 269, 270, 280, 281, 295, 303, 309, 406, 412, 415. Coeus 155. Core (maiden) 162. Cornelius 407. Rocky 159. Crius 155. Cretans 170. Crete 150. Onion 222, 223. Cronius 143. Cronus 128, 133, 142, 150, 151, 155, 159, 160, 163, 164, 169. Cynosura 145. To be pregnant 79, 86, 88. Cypress 145. Cypris 142. Cyprus 150, 170. Dogs 389. Cavity/belly (of a ship) 143. Gnat 33, 34. Lazarus 45, 404, 405. Layman 14. Lais 147. Lacedaemon 146. Lamia 144. Firefly 159. Laodicea 255, 281, 410, 414, 415. Laonis 145. Vegetable 258. Deserter 18, 22. White 170. Leda 144, 146, 171. Topic/theme 100. Lesson 20. Stone-throwing 326. To desert 241. To calculate 97. Lycaon 431. Lycurgus 147 adnot. Madness 46, 115, 130, 131, 247. To be mad 131. Mad/rabid 226. Macedonian 170. Sheepfold 117. Mariam 350. Marounes 182, 186, 254. To labor in vain 27. Matthidia 260 adnot., 280 adnot., 294 adnot., 303 adnot., 413 adnot. Mattidia 260, 280, 294, 303, 413. Veil/maphorion 310. Mesopotamia 170. Egypt (Mestraim) 198 adnot. To re-arrange 4. Transubstantiation 405 adnot. Substance 89, 341, 343. Mestrem 198. B Metis 128, 142, 150, 155, 161, 169. Mithras 162. Minos 141, 143, 446. Jew-hater 135. Micah 45, 399, 403. Mnemosyne 144, 155. Monarchy 3, 78, 82, 110, 112, 198, 219, 222, 316, 386. Monarchical religion 181, monarchical mind 153, monarchical soul 72. Uniform 95. Muses 144. Myrmidon 443. Filthy/abominable 80, 88, 388. Moses 3, 76, 103, 104, 107, 108, 245, 327, 302, 402; of Moses 5, 6, 67, 69, 87, 104, 105, 117, 185, 249, 351, 392, 401; to Moses 133, 184; Moses (acc.) 336, 350; Moses (pl./declined) 104, 105, 184, 185, 366. Nebuchadnezzar 405, 339. Temples, tombs of dead men 248. Numbness 4. Shipwreck 262, 266, 262, 309. Ship-owners 20. Sea-sickness 21. Shipwreck 261, 262 adnot., 266 adnot., 272 adnot., 281, 309 adnot. Nimrod 198, 199. Nile 402. Necromancy 28, necromancy 28 adnot. Nemesis 143. New moon 392. Nereids 164. Nicetes 45, 62, 64, 65, 120, 183, 255, 281, 282, 285, 286. Ninevites 252. To take a share 15. Lawful 4, 56, 347. Disease-making 21. Nycteus 142. Bride/nymph 13, 15, 92, 119, 280. Bridegroom 15, 92, 280, 292. Noah 76, 198, 335, 363. Wooden image/idol 78, 200, 204, 206, 207, 227. Odryses 145. More dragging/attracting 207; most attractive 104. Attractiveness 170. Burnt offering 109. Homer 157. Discourse/conversation 14, 20, 23, 24, 42. Table-companion 175, 194, 307. Fellow-national 3, 37. Fellow-national 3 adnot. Meal-companion 174. Fellow-tribesman 3, 5. Opuntians 170. Vision 337, 345, 346. Visions and dreams 345, 368. Orthosia 254. To set out from the same 8; setting out from secular education 33, 128, 129. Orpheus 145, 157, 459. Osiris 162, 201. Drunkard 76. Oppia (?) 443 adnot. Heaven 128, 142, 155. Substances, four 381, 382. Substantially 371, 378. C D
snake-like 60. wagons 222. 11 snare (- net) 15. The Palici 143 adnot. throbbing 161. Pallas 101. to brandish 101, 208, 282. Paltus 281. mother of all 60. Pan 145. inn 256. suffering everything 126, 127, 153. paradise 99, 320. deposit 8, 47. to deposit 8. Pargaeus (?) 143. sitting beside 64. camp castrum 211. entangled 14; to entangle 169. s sidus Virginis) 146. 6, 165. 31. 5. provider largitor 248. Partaeus (?) 143 adnot. Patrae (?) 150 adnot., 170 adnot. Patroclus 170. Paul in the Epistle to the Ephesians 341 adnot. burning with anger 317. Pelops 144, 451. fated 298, 299. enclosure 312. to contain an account 393. support 165. to enclose with a trench 85. Persians 198, 199, 200, 388. Perseus 143, 145, 146. Persephone 128, 144. Peter 3, 6, 10, 38, 43, 66, 67, 68, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 120, 122, 173, 174, 176, 177, 179, 180, 182, 183, 186, 229, 237, 262, 263, 264, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 278, 279, 280, 281, 311, 353, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 393, 394, 395, 396, 399, 401, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416. inquiry 33. Peleus 145, 156, 164, 165. Plato 145 adnot. cited 343. victor in many games 122, 406. Pluto 127, 144, 150, 155, 160, 163. polemarch 93. way of life vitæ institutio 3, 48, 56, 95, 195, 212, 283, 366. Polydeuces 144, 146. worship of many gods 78. talkativeness 361. Polyxena 165. manifoldly 117. having many meanings 4. Polyphemus 145. capacious 159. postpone 158. Porto 261, 262. Poseidon 127, 141, 140, 150, 155, 160, 163. Potnieus 145. elders 9, 10, 15, 17, 20, 21, 115, 118, 177, 179, 181, 185, 253, 254, 407, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416. Sisyphus 27, 137, 149. to flay 29. flaying 45. flaying 259. Sodom 94, 99. Solomon 251. wisdom of God 325. sophistry 40. Sophonias 45 adnot. Sophonias 45, 395, 396, 399, 400, 401. Spartaeus 143 adnot. by way of seed 350. drop 86, 88, 405. weight 17. to be seditious 137. to be in straits 21. foundation 95, 323. conjectures 5, 48, 49, 96, 310, 404. columns of stone at Aradus 263. to cast down together 60. to consider together 40 adnot. conjunction 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 66, 85, 89, 110. yoke-fellow 89. syllogisms 33, 43. to gather together 21 adnot. to lodge together 21. to inquire together 75, 377. to think together 82. to consent 13. Syria 183, 254, 302. Syrophoenician woman 55. system cœtus, conventus 30, 255; system of the Church 15. to adapt oneself to someone 171. Socrates 146, 146 adnot. 147. Socratic 147. T to lament deplorare 27. Tantalus 27, 137, 149. taxiarch 22. Tartarean 20. Tartarus 27, 96, 128, 405. to 159. confidently 84. art-bearing 150. four-born 158. Tethys 155. Tenos 150 adnot. Tiberius 29, 123, 200. Titans 156. Tityus 27, 137, 149. row-master 20. volume 42. banker 76, 106, 112, 368. decad of thirty 57. old cloak 124, 147. small cloak 258. storm 20. Tripolis 181, 229, 254. thrice-blessed 210, 213, 247, 283. spring solstice 29; autumn solstice 30, turnings 97, 246, 400, 404. Troilus 145. grave-robbers 227. Tymnaeus 145. Tyre 119, 131, 154, 173, 176, 183. of things relative 387. Y Hyacinthus 145. water-vessel 213, 229. Aquarius 146. Hylas 145.
ORDER OF THINGS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME
dlassein 36. Hymenaeus 145. existent 390. consular 221. Hyperion 155. to refrain from saying, same as to say 372, cf. note. Footwear (— shoe) 258. to slander 59. A Theme 10, 41, 42, 43, 125, note, 126, 139, 237, 362; theses 26, 27, 41, 49, 167, 234. suspicion 59, 60, 124, 230, 232, 237, 357. retreat 160. footstool 109. sediment 160, 163, 171. to plunder 58, 92. to promise 92 note. B Φ Phanes 159, 163. Pharaoh 327, 349. Pharisees 87, 249, 355. Faustinianus 260, 281, 285, 296, 303, 304, 412. Faustinus 260, 281, 285, 286, 287, 289, 296, 303, 304, 402. Faustus 260, 303, 304, 316, 406, 407, 408, 409, 414. Phidias 263. autumn equinox 30. philanthropy 272, 273. to love the chief seat 12. to be judged C separately to exist 381. Philoctetes 145. philologist opp. 310. philosopher 35, 49. garrulous 4. Phogor 104. Phoebus 146. Phoenicia 110, 119, 254. Phoenix 343. Phorbas 145. to be chosen 403. Phocus 143. light-bringer 73. X Ham 198. Canaanite 55, 119, 120 note. chaos 157. Charybdis 21. to lay on hands 119. to live in the desert 19, 230. D widow-related 254. chiliarch 221. to be called/act as 206, 207, 208, 209, 266, 302. to be useful 91, 97, 216, 238. Christ 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 22, 57, 58, 88, 111, 114, 115, 116, 117, 122, 351, 363, 380. Chrysippus 147. Chrysos 145. Chonus 145. Ψ False apostle 332. False prophet 20. Psoros 30. Ω Ocean 155. Orion 146. to observe the hour 199. to observe the time 199 note.
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S. CLEMENT I, ROMAN PONTIFF. CLEMENTINES. Testimonies of the ancients regarding the Clementines 9 Gallandius’s prefatory dissertation on the Clementines 11 TWENTY HOMILIES OF CLEMENT OF ROME, now first complete. Monitum to the Reader 19 Epistle of Peter to James 25 Epistle of Clement to James 31 Homily I 57 Homily II 78 Homily III 112 Homily IV 158 Homily V 174 Homily VI 195 Homily VII 248 Homily VIII 226 Homily IX 242 Homily X 259 Homily XI 275 Homily XII 302 Homily XIII 330 Homily XIV 346 Homily XV 355 Homily XVI 366 Homily XVII 383 Homily XVIII 403 Homily XIX 422 Homily XX 447 EPITOME OF CLEMENT ON THE ACTS OF S. PETER 469 LITURGY OF S. CLEMENT OF ROME 603 APPENDIX TO S. CLEMENT. Martyrdom of S. Clement, Pope of Rome 617 Narrative of Ephraim, Archbishop of Cherson, regarding the miracle performed on a boy by S. Clement the martyr 633
S. BARNABAS APOSTLE. Prolegomena 647 Testimonies of the ancients regarding S. Barnabas and his epistle 647 Cotelerius’s judgment on the epistle of S. Barnabas the apostle 651 Dissertation of D. Le Nourry on the epistle of S. Barnabas 673 Article I. — Analysis of the epistle of S. Barnabas 673 Article II. — That this is the same epistle which is praised by the most ancient Fathers of the Church 674 Article III. — Opinions of ancient writers on the author of this epistle 674 Article IV. — Opinion of the moderns 675 Article V. — The first argument is examined 676 Article VI. — The second argument is weighed 677 Article VII. — The third argument is examined 677 Article VIII. — Moynius’s conjectures are discussed 678 Article IX. — When this epistle was written 679 Article X. — To whom this epistle was written 680 Article XI. — On the fortune of this epistle and its various editions 681 Article XII. — On the notes and observations on this epistle 682 Article XIII. — New observations on this epistle 683 Gallandius’s dissertation on the same epistle 685 Chapter I. — Whether S. Barnabas is the author of the epistle which is circulated under his name 685 Chap. II. — Stronger objections are diluted, and especially that by which the integrity of this epistle is attacked 689
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Chap. III. — Inquiry into the time at which it was written. 693 Chap. IV. — Of its authority, and how high it is to be esteemed. 698 Chap. V. — The judgment of Cl. Mazochius; whose learned observations on certain passages of the same epistle, passed over by other editors, are brought forward. 699 Chap. VI. — On the various editions and versions of the same epistle; especially on the old Latin version, with some minor remarks on the care taken by Gallandius. 702
CATHOLIC EPISTLE OF SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE
I. — Greeting of Barnabas to the brethren. 727 II. — The Jewish sacrifices are abolished. 729 III. — The fasts of the Jews are neither true nor acceptable to God. 729 IV. — The Antichrist is at the gates: therefore let us flee from the errors of those who Judaize and from the works of the evil way. 731 V. — The new covenant, founded upon the passion of Christ, is for our salvation, but for the destruction of the Jews. 733 VI. — The passion of Christ and the new covenant are already announced by the prophets. 737 VII. — The fast and the goat are a type of Christ. 743 VIII. — The red heifer is a type of Christ. 747 IX. — On the circumcision of the ear and heart, and on the typical circumcision of Abraham. 749 X. — Commandments concerning food, misunderstood by the Jews, are made plain to Christians. 751 XI. — God has already foreshadowed baptism and the cross in the Old Testament. 755 XII. — The cross of Christ is frequently announced in the Old Testament — Joshua is a type of Christ. 759 XIII. — It is already announced in the Old Testament that Christians, not Jews, are the heirs of the divine covenant. 765 XIV. — The covenant which Moses received and broke, the Lord has given to us. 767 XV. — The Sabbath of the Jews is not the true one; the Sabbath acceptable to God. 769 XVI. — Not the temple of the Jews, but the spiritual temple of the Christians, has pleased God. 771 XVII. — Epilogue of the first part. 775 XVIII. — On the two ways. 775 XIX. — On the way of light. 777 XX. — On the way of darkness. 779 XXI. — Admonitory conclusion. 779 A saying of Saint Barnabas the Apostle which is not found in his Catholic epistle. 781
SAINT MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE
Fragments. 783SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE
Brief opinion. 785ANACLETUS POPE
Notice. 787 Epistles and Decrees. 789 A First Epistle. — On the oppression of Christians and on the accusation of a bishop, on the ordination of archbishops and the rest, and on primates and patriarchs, and their ministry. 789 I. — On those who accuse priests. 791 II. — That a bishop offering sacrifice to God should have witnesses with him. 794 III. — On foreign and provincial judges. 798 IV. — That one oppressed by the judgment of seculars should appeal to the judgment of priests, and on major causes to be referred to the Apostolic See. 799Epist. II. — On the ordination of archbishops and the remaining bishops and priests, and on the faith and other causes. 801 I. — On the ordinations of bishops and all the clergy. 802 II. — On the accusations of bishops. 802 III. — That a bishop should not be ordained by fewer than three bishops. 807 IV. — In which cities primates and in which metropolitans ought to be. 807
Epist. III. — On patriarchs and primates, and the remaining bishops; and that the Roman Church is the hinge and head of all churches. 810 I. — On the bipartite order of the priesthood. 812 II. — On the constitution or ordination of bishops and presbyters. 812 III. — On the discretion of bishops and cities. 813 IV. — That more difficult causes are to be referred to the Apostolic See. 814 V. — That those who were previously enemies should not be admitted to accusation or testimony, and on the final judgment. 815 Two decrees of Pope Anacletus. 816 I. — Why laity are not heard in the accusation of bishops. 817 II. — That every year bishops who are subject to apostolic ordinations should visit the thresholds of the apostles. 817