ANALYTICAL INDEX OF MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE BOOKS ON WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH
*The reader is referred to the numbers expressed in larger type in the text.*
A Aaron, why joined to Moses, 74. Signifies Christ, 452. Ablution of hands and feet, what it signifies, 312. Abomination, the idol so called in Holy Scripture, 41. Abraham, conquering five kings, what it signifies, 137. Access to God, what it ought to be, 312, 314, 515. Adolescence, who are marked by its vices, 482. Advent of Christ and time of grace, how signified: similar to morning, 341. Signified at evening, 423. The redemption of the Jews takes place, 469. In the consummation of the ages it is signified at evening, 553. The Advent of Christ as a figure, 594. Egyptians, worshipped a calf, 40. Egyptian custom of avoiding the encounter of a corpse, 36. Egyptian custom at the entrance of temples, 64. Egyptian golden vessels, what it means to transfer them, 45. The custom of Egyptian women at the entrance of a temple, 311. Equity is prescribed by God and demonstrated by nature itself, 203. Age, still tender in Christ, should not be burdened with weightier precepts, 575. Vicious affections spread daily unless they are cut short, 538. Lamb, why sacrificed toward the north, 562. Why a suckling was not sacrificed, 359. The lamb to be sacrificed was Christ, 391, 595. How it was to be eaten, and what it signified, 598. At what time it was sacrificed in the figure of Christ, 607. Breaking of wings, what it signifies, 364. Altar on which sacrifices are offered is Emmanuel himself, 290 and 324. (Altar of) bronze, what it signifies, 305. The incense of the altar is explained, 305. The golden one signifies Christ, 335. The golden one smeared with blood signifies the death of Christ, 351. Why it was forbidden in the Law to ascend the altar, 534, 435. To walk with God, what it means, 168. Love of worldly things makes one fearful, 130. One love toward God, another toward one’s neighbor, 245. Angels are designated for the aid of the just, 115. Established to bring help to the faithful, 121. The angel appearing to Moses in the bramble in the form of fire, what it signifies, 61. The desire of the angels to see God, 293. Angels are administrators; their desire surpasses our measure, 560. Soul, that it ought to be chaste and pure, 487. The varied meaning of "soul" in Scripture, 565. Souls of the saints, released from their bodies, are in heaven, 188. Souls of those not yet baptized, but already faithful, are virgins betrothed to Christ through faith, 258. Clean animal is said to be that which chews the cud, 500. Animals lacking a tail, why they were rejected, 523. Scripture compares the qualities of living creatures and inanimate things to man, 497, 498. The distinction between clean and unclean, what it signifies, 498. The signification of many living creatures, 505–509. Mind captivated by pleasure is weak for the works of God, 113. Christ is not joined to unclean minds, 434. Who are of an unclean and impure mind, 483. Seventh and fiftieth year, what they signified, 406. Year of remission, the time of grace, and the advent of Christ, 271. Antichrist is an alien, 279. Apocalypse is described by John and received by the Church, 188. Apostates, who are so called, 184. Apostles are called columns, 81. The chorus of the Apostles is signified by the administrators of Aaron, 454. Living and pure water signifies life-giving word of God, 498. Ark covered the Law, that is, the word of God, 158. Ark of the Testament signifies the body of Christ, 292, 293. Mystical exposition of the Ark of the Testament, 292, 293. Ark in the Scriptures, what it signifies, 98. Shoulder, jaws, and stomach, 464. Roasted shoulder signifies fortitude joined with a gentle mind, 587. Punishment of astrologers in the old Law, 185, 186. Vanity of auguries and incantations, 209. Workmanship of the curtains or tapestries, what it signifies, 315. Ears cut off signify him who does not obey the faith, 597. Gold is a symbol of divinity, 293, 500. It signifies grace and glory, 299. And immortal nature, 303. Unleavened bread signifies men purged by baptism, 445. Why unleavened bread is applied to the lamb, 80.
B History of Balaam is set forth, 191, 192. Baptism is not repeated, 186. It is performed not by sensible fire, but by the Holy Spirit, 456. Figure of baptism, 312. Beard signifies the reason of a prudent man, 546. Mutual benevolence, that it should be used in moderation, 266. Beseleel and Eliab, craftsmen of the tabernacle, what they signified, 323. Blasphemy was punished by death in the Law, 214. Goods, when we possess them, we do not make much of them, 16. Ox, what it signifies, 368. It signifies the sacred and pure race of men, 250. The sacrifice of an ox, what it signifies, 561.
C The reason for various ceremonies, 481. Alleviating the calamities of others, 271. Candelabrum, that it might signify the light of Christ, 535. Exposition of the candelabrum of the tabernacle, 298. Hairs from the head signify thoughts existing from the mind, 579. Woman led to the judge with head uncovered, what it may mean, 493. Head bears the type of the mind, 516, 562. Uncovering the head signifies open impudence, 547. Canaanites, what they are, 345, 399. Flesh sometimes signifies carnal sense in Scripture, 496. Sinners are detained by the works of the flesh and empty distractions, 31. Chastity as the first-fruits of a holy conversation, 240. Praises of chastity, 515, 516, 517. How great a punishment those deserve who are traitors to the chastity of children, 240. Catechumens are called virgins betrothed to Christ, 415. Heron, ibis, porphyrio, pelican, fishes are cast away, 506. Character of baptism, in the likeness of a military character, is not repeated, 186. Charity toward the poor, 271. Chidra (lettuce), vegetables signify Christ, 612. Christ’s reformation, of what kind it is; he reformed the state of human nature, 69. Christ’s death was the final sign to the world, 72. Christ is truly eloquent, of whom Moses speaks, 73. Necessary for the fulfilling of the Law, 74. (He) interprets the Law to the slow of speech, 71. As equal, and as greater than Moses, 79.
A How he is a pillar, 84. Why he is called a mediator, 86. He is called an angel and a pillar, 86. Christ subjected to the law is a figure of Joshua obeying Moses, 88. Jethro is a figure of how the Gentiles become wiser through Christ, 93, 94. How he is called a calf, 99. How he is signified by the figure of lead, stone, pearl, and tin, 102, 103. Mixed with our nature corporally and spiritually, he purged its filth, 103. To prove that he has given the law, 157. He goes before us, as the ark (goes before) the people, with fire, 159. What it is to cling to Christ, 163. He grants three approaches, 164. The bread of angels and of men, 255. The advent of Christ is signified by the year of remission, 277. Cyril maintains that Christ, by his descent into hell, also liberated the souls of those who were guilty of crimes, but through the impulse of carnal concupiscence, 285. Likewise, he is both one God and man, 290. The body of Christ figured in the ark, 293, 295. Christ signified by the propitiatory, 298. In Christ we are brought into the sight of God the Father, 307. The figure of Christ by incense, 308, 324. Figured in the blood of purgation, 310, 311. He is one and variously figured, 316. Christ is light, 322. He is one and manifold regarding divine properties, 331. The priest and expiation of the people, 349. Why he suffered outside the gate, 351. In order to sanctify all things, 353. The oblation of Christ was truly a whole burnt offering, 362, 363. Various figures of Christ, 365. The glory of Christ is signified by the stole, 379. A figure of his having suffered outside the city, 394. The weeping of Christ for Lazarus, 453. Christ is signified not in one way, but in a varied and multiform manner, 459. Christ is undivided and one, 532. A figure of Christ, 532. Through Christ, perfect justification is accomplished, 535. Participation in Christ clings to pure souls, 536. Christians ought to seek nothing worldly, 145. Individuals sang praises and hymns publicly and privately, 415. The Christian life is adorned with a variety of virtues, 4. Why the Cherubim surround the propitiatory, 298. What the crown and girdle signified, 389. What the never-laid-aside crown signifies, 432, 435. By circumcision in the spirit, death is restrained, 78. What was the time for spiritual circumcision, 78. Why God willed that the priest carry out the ashes, 437. The city signifies the Church of God, 229. What the baking pan and the gridiron signify, 567. The lame man signifies him who is moved sluggishly toward performing deeds, 414, 415, 416. Concupiscence of the flesh is ingrained in us, 19. A figure of concord in the faith, 600. Contemplation of the heavenly fatherland is the greatest remedy for casting off sin, 20. The highest contemplation of God cannot be attained unless God lowers himself, 224. Christ and the apostles are a pillar, 84. What the pillars of the tabernacle signify, 317. What the gilded and silvered pillars signify, 334. Of what sort the constancy of the saints ought to be, 147. That the sacrifice of continuation might be performed, 622. What the curtains signified, 315. A figure of the body taken from the Virgin, 534. The body of Christ was incorruptible according to its nature by divine participation, 387. Vitiated bodies signify the vices of the soul in the Law, 346. The emerald is a sign of heaven, 381. The blind man signifies the slow and dull man, 414. Whom the bruised man signifies, 240. Association with vicious men is dangerous, 484, 485. The raven signifies the malicious man, 506. What the nourishment of hair signifies, 378. Those who receive the cross overcome Satan, just as Moses did by lifting up his hands, 89. A figure of the cross, 510. Through our own guilt we slip into sins, 14.
D No one ought to inflict loss for the sake of his own profit, 219. Demons are most greedy for glory, 211. Exposition of the Decalogue, 188. The worship of golden gods forbidden, 289. God is life according to nature, 9. Perfect knowledge of God could not be had by the Law alone, 61. What the name of God is like, and that it is impious to pursue the transgressor with piety, 181. God alone knows future things, and predicts them with certainty, 193. The justice of God is admirable, 203. God even accommodated time to things which have an essence subject to decay, 205. What the summit of the contemplation of God is, 224. What God descending onto the mountain signifies, 223. The knowledge of God is sublime, and demands a sublime soul, 222. It is not lawful for God to be seen by anyone, 295. God comes to those who have become superior to earthly things, and what the figure of this was, 222. The simple essence of God contains many attributes, so that it may be figured, 299. The place of God is above everything that has been created, 307. God cannot be approached except through Christ, 328, 329. A minister of God ought to be free from fault, 457. All things are open to God the judge, 48. The true knowledge of God is indicated by the figure of Jethro, 93. Tithes are defined for the Levites as a reward for their labor, 461. A description of the people from twenty years old and upward, 457. The devil binds men to himself by human pleasures and advantages, 13, 18. He holds fast those he has subjected to himself by the works of the flesh, 34. When he can do no more, he dissuades (men from) a life perfect in every part, 59. The craftiness of the devil, 37. Those dedicated to God through a whole burnt offering are signified, 438. Why those who foolishly fear the fifth and eighth day, 207, 208. That the first and eighth day signify rest, 620. A day signifies the time of the advent of Christ, 84. What the finger of God signifies, 8. How the disciples of Christ are figured as co-workers, 378. Contentions of disputing in useless questions are to be condemned, 239. A symbol of divinity, 293, 300. The principal mark of divinity is to know future things, 181. Lords have a right not to the nature of servants, but to their condition, 263. If a lord forces his servant toward impiety, the servile tie is dissolved, 264. The Church accepts even small gifts, so that the poor may not be rejected, 566.
[E] How the Church is signified from the Gentiles, 78. The Church is called an ark in the Scriptures, 98. What the riches and ornaments of the Church are, 131. Gathered from the Gentiles, it is figured by the tabernacle, 131. That it has need of the work of preaching, 166. It is called the city of God, 229. Who the stones of the building of the Church are, 290, 291. Figured by the tabernacle, 288, 291. A figure of the heavenly Church, 292. A figure of the Church, 519. Whom the Church casts out from itself, 485, 483. The choice of those things which are done is in our power, 201. Who those are who transfer secular eloquence to religion, 45. Those who partake of the Eucharist overcome death, 80. That the Eucharist may perfect us, 91. A figure of the Eucharist, 97. Fat, blood, and a table signify the Eucharist, 60. The Eucharist signified by the bread of proposition, 297. A figure of the Eucharist, 564. It behooves those taking the Eucharist to have holy minds, 398. Unbelievers and heretics are kept away from the Eucharist, 419. The Eucharist is signified by the unbloody host, 457. In how many ways eunuchs are made, 483. The evangelical life, not far removed from the legal, provided its precepts are understood spiritually, 2. It is informed by the Law understood spiritually, 3. Evangelical institutions signified by unleavened bread, 80. The significance of the evangelical life, 80. A figure of the evangelical life, 314. The Gospel converts the Law to demonstrate the truth, 5. The letter of the Law is an image and shadow of the Gospel, 5. That the Gospel might not injure the crude nature of the Jews, 5, 6, 7. The Gospel described by a reed, that is, by the Son of God, 8. The four books of the Gospels are figured by the differences of (the four) signs, 167. The justice of the Gospel exceeds the justice of the Law, 214. That pleasure may operate in us by the gift of Eve, 10. The "Exoleti" are those who feign the dignity of men, 419.
[F] The fables of the poets are like waters, 596. A germ of an ignoble mind is deceit, 216. Fate, fortune, and genesis are most empty things, 197, 198. The female sex is not excluded from blessing, 352. Leaven signifies craftiness, 324, 614. What the times of the ancient festivals are, 591. It least becomes those keeping a festival day to commit sin, 609. From where the faith of believers has arisen, 72. Faith in Christ is the way to sanctification, 81. It leads to Christ by a brief compendium, 83. Why the justice of faith was not given from the beginning
55. Right faith in God is the beginning of every praiseworthy life, 183. It precedes the precepts of life, 183. The instability of faith is the greatest impiety, 185. Faith in Christ is called a spiritual fetus, 260. Faith without works is dead, 485, 486. The children of Israel in Egypt called God the heaven, 381. What the education of children ought to be, 240. The Son is the countenance of the Father, 405. Through the Son being exalted, peace has been established between us and God, 406. Access to the Father is made through the Son of God, 290. The scourges of Christ, 277. A spiritual fetus is faith in Christ, 260. Spiritual fornication is a falling away from the true faith, 432. The spiritual fortitude with which one must be exercised in matters, 183. Why the law ordered that one should abstain from new fruits, 612. Knowledge of future things is proper to God, 184. [G] The region of the Gentiles was situated mostly to the North, 335. The customs of the Gentiles are to be avoided in our religion, 560. A figure of the Gentiles, 369. The custom of the Gentiles of dedicating shorn hair to the gods, 578. A figure of the conversion of the Gentiles and Jews in the branches of the olive trees, 302. A figure of the conversion of the Gentiles, 360. A figure of the Gershonites and Merarites of the Israelites, 458. A humped person signifies a man inclined toward earthly things, 416. The glory of the blessed is unequal, 140, 608. One destitute of the grace of God, so that he slips into any vices, 13. One grace of God is internal, another is external, 26. How the grace of Christ pertains to the ancient fathers, 79. It is necessary for attaining virtue, 106. He who scorns the grace of Christ has a part with the Gentiles, 104. How grace was not given through the law, 151. [H] The habit of virtue is like the mother and origin of right actions, which proceed from it, 268. Kids signify the workers of iniquity, 530. The punishment of heretics who plot to deceive others, 258. He who is led astray by the fraud of heretics, neglecting the abundance of the Church's teacher, is held by the same crime, 259. Heretics fashion another tabernacle for themselves, 355. From where the Hebrews learned idolatry, 178. Bitter herbs signify the pressures of the evangelical life, 80. The hin, a measure for liquids, 626. A goat was a sacrifice to expiate the sins of the people, 401. By what reason man fell into sin, 8, 9. Why it was permitted to man by God to be turned in either direction, 9. Man, adorned with the gift of the Holy Spirit when God breathed into him, 9. Why he was first subjected to the law, 10. That, being destitute of grace, he might slip into vices, 11. Man’s intellect, when the devil has subjugated it, he holds in the bonds of pleasures, 13. Spiritual sacrifices are faith, meekness, temperance, 41. By what rite the sacrifice of praise was performed, and what it signified, 444. The sacrifice of a saving offering, 623. Human nature, which had withered by death, germinates anew through Christ, 331. One stock of the human race is Adam, the other is Christ, 360. Humiliation in Scripture signifies the deflowering of a virgin, 259. How humility is to be sought, 435. What the hyacinth signified, 316. The custom of singing hymns in the Church, 445. When a hymn is to be sung, when one is to stand, or when those who would warn us to be silent, 451. Hypocrisy is signified by a garment woven from wool and linen, 245. [I] Idols and likenesses of the gods are to be demolished, 186. The names of idols are not even to be spoken with the mouth, 186. The Hebrews learned idolatry from the Gentiles, who invented the nymphs, 178. The crime of idolatry is sanctioned by the ultimate punishment in the law, 180. How the slothful are figured in Pharaoh, 109. What the imposition of the hands of the people on the Levites signified, 401. A Impetigo signifies a vice that grows worse daily, 418. One who is shameless and does not care to hide his own crimes, 417. How Christ by His incarnation has purged our filth, 103. What the symbol of iniquity was, 146. He who can restrain iniquity, but does not do so, is a participant in it, 247. Cyril thinks the infernal regions are far from the world, 282. By what things the faithless and the foolish were signified, 522. Enemies are to be loved by the example of the law and Christ, 269. That one must forgive an enemy, 275. An injury is greater against the saints than against sinners, 248. Inquilini (inhabitants) signify those who are joined to Christ by faith alone, 424, 425. [J] Those fasting, but not from the heart, as they are figured, 170. Why the fast of Moses, and likewise of Christ, lasted forty days, 260. What the fasting of the women at the door of the tabernacle signified, 314. How crude the intellect of the Jews was toward evangelical perfection, 5, 6, 7. How the perfidy of the Jews was figured, 75. The Jews made the Antichrist their leader, an alien, having rejected Christ, 279. How the conspiracy of the Jews against Christ was figured, 304. The region of the Jews was situated mostly to the south, 562. The Jews will finally come even to Christ, although they were called first, 371. Those Jews are contaminated who put Christ to death, 603. Judges should not recede from justice through anyone's favor, nor for their own gain, 278. Judgment in either direction concerning preachers and teachers is reproved, 259. What the Holy Scripture calls judgment, 383. How men in an imperfect judgment are figured in the discerning of things, 415, 416. When it is permitted to use an oath, 214. No creature is to be added to an oath, even if it be superior, 213. There are two kinds of justice, 244. The ratio of justice is compared to measures, weights, and scales, 214. Justice ought to be free from all deceit and simulation, 245. The just is exceeded by the good, 244. Perfect justification through Christ, 555. What youth signifies, 112. [L] What the laver signified, 311, 312. What it signified to put a lid over someone who is digging a pit, 249. Stone knives signify circumcision in the spirit, 278. Robbers and cutthroats are signified by wild beasts, 509. Leprosy is an incurable and most odious disease, 70. Leprosy signifies the mortification from dead works, 509, 510, 542. The family of Levi was a gift dedicated to God, 411. What the rite of the consecration of the Levites signifies, 406. Why a Levite is necessarily and everywhere assumed, 175. Why cities of refuge were granted to the Levites, 365. Why the Levitical tribe was devoid of possessions, 461. How the law was abolished, and that the Savior did not come to dissolve it, but to fulfill it, 2. How the old agrees with the evangelical, 3. Understood spiritually, it informs the evangelical life, 3. That the evangelical conversation is contained in the womb of the law, 3. The law was not destroyed by the Gospel, but brought back to a more express form of truth, and converted to demonstrate the truth, 4. The Jews easily bore the letter of the law, but not the clarity of the Gospel, 5. Why the law was given first, since the infirmity of the Jews could not endure evangelical perfection, 5, 6, 7. Evangelical law is described by the finger, that is the Spirit, of God, 7. It was given to the first man so that it might coerce his pride, 10. Why concupiscence is called the law of sin, 19. The observance of the law led to the beginnings of a perfect life, 29. By the law one cannot arrive at the perfect knowledge of God, 64. The law could not exempt anyone from the dominion of the devil, 66. It does not have enough support for salvation, 73. The preaching of the law was not heard beyond Judea, 73. The law is infirm and imperfect in itself, 75. The interpretation of the law, 74. How the conduct of the law was imperfect and figured, 75. That the law might lead to the mysteries of Christ through elements, 78. It led to Christ through many paths, 81. Christ is subjected to the law, 88. The law, bringing the Gentiles to the first beginnings of knowledge, so that it might be figured, 93. So that it might demonstrate sin, 52. It proposes the knowledge of the one true God, 173. God compelled the law to be observed by fear,
220. The law did not labor to lead to itself, but to Christ, and what the figure of this thing was, 222. The letter of the law is obscure, and wrapped in darkness, 223. It is expressed by the low voice of the resounding Gospel, 223. Given by the Son of God through the ministry of angels, 224. It is honored in Christ, 225. It was linked to Christ through spiritual contemplation, so that it might be figured, 225. The mysteries of the law cannot be known except by those who approach the faith of Christ, 225. The law was elementary, and uses promises, 280. It decreed various kinds of punishments for various crimes, 281, 282. It is like an orchard of most fertile gardens to Moses, 283. It began to be abrogated by the prophets, and with the shadows removed, the truth was preached, 286. It reached its goal through Christ, 309. It led only to the beginnings of the mysteries of God, 337. To retain the worship of the law after the Gospel is impious, 558. If the law is separated from Christ, it is weak, 376, 377. As far as shadows are concerned, it was silent; regarding the spiritual sense, it always cries out, 401. The liberation of a servant who had served for six years, what it signifies, 250, 251. Why free will was given to men, 9. Who are inscribed in the book of God, 113. The incredulous are not inscribed, 136. Linen garments signify dead works, 596. Why an animal having a severed tongue was rejected from sacrifices, 522. Those are blear-eyed who distort their own prudence toward impious dogmas, 417. Why a holy place was given to the priests for eating, 448. What the seven lamps signified, 299. What those lit by Aaron signify, 521, 545, 344, 345. It is foolish to undertake no work or journey when the moon is waning, 208.
M Some stains cling even to holy men, 122. Spotted, that is, *pη̃os*, signifies the impudent, 416. Pomegranates hold the figure of cities, 387. One must beware lest a curse be cast upon anyone, 271. What manifestation and truth signify in the rational [breastplate], 385. Gentleness figured by sheep, 365. How evangelical gentleness is signified, 563. Who are counted under the name of males, 114. A male victim signifies Christ, 560, 594. Through Christ the Mediator, the things below are connected to those above, 584. Honey signifies pleasure, and why it was not to be burned for an odor of sweetness, 524. How cutting into pieces in a sacrifice signifies the Word of God, 561. Allegorical exposition of the table of showbread, 297. Mercenaries are those who came to the faith of Christ for the sake of their own gains, 424, 425. What kind of reward, answering in proportion to our deeds, will be repaid by God, 370, 371. How the merits of those who are wounded are participated in twofold, 117. A kite signifies a plunderer, 506. Mercy toward the poor, 271, 372. What the miter and golden plate signified, 388. Moabites, that is, the crowds of the Gentiles, 486. Death from sin, 76. What the victory of death is, 80. How death may be restrained, 78. Those who are joined in the likeness of deeds to a dead person are defiled in him, 430. Death and corruption broke into nature because of transgression, 554. The death by which we are put to death to the world is most pleasing to God, 567. Who is said to be defiled in a dead person, 603. What the perfect mortification of Christ is, 407, 408. What praiseworthy mortification is, 541, 542. Mortification in perverse deeds is signified by leprosy, 541. The custom of the Gentiles in purgations is reproved, 194. It is dangerous to admire the customs of the Gentiles, 229. The custom of Egyptian women at the entrance of the temple, 313, 314. Why Aaron was joined to Moses, 79. Moses is a mediator, Christ is more excellent, 50, 51. What it signifies that Moses, calling the people, did not do so that they might hear him, but God speaking, 222. Sent for the liberation of Israel from Egypt, 377. He bore the figure of God, 397.
N The prestiges of necromancy in calling up shades, 191. The new moon signifies a new age in Christ, 624. What the new moon signifies, 331.
Nox signifies the time before the advent of Christ, 81. What the cloud that led the people signified, 159. What the cloud and fire that were over the tabernacle signify, 355. What the marriages of priests were under the old law, 450; honorable, but not to be conferred with virginity, 525.
O Obedience due to priests, 476. By whom an offering ought to be made to God, 128. A ready offering, even in small things, is praised, 291. What the offering of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle signified, 362, 364. Why the offering of the princes was different, 369, 370. The observation of days, times, and years is reproved, 204. The offense of others is to be avoided, even if we seek our own conveniences, 266. Offenses against brothers are to be satisfied by deed, 536. What oil and ointment signify, 521. They signify the hilarity of hope, 391. They signify joy, 445, 570. A likeness of fatness, 626. Good works are not approved unless they are carried through to the end, 285. Those who have receded from vices ought to be cleansed by good works, 551. Good works signify hilarity and smell of a fragrance, 533. What the order of the arrangement of the camps by tribes signified, 373. What the prophet Hosea signifying by taking a harlot as a wife, 195. Bones signify the solidity of heavenly doctrine, 275.
P What the eating of bread signifies, 94. Christ is the bread of angels and men, 235. The number twelve of the loaves signifies the apostles, 346. Leavened bread signifies a life not yet cleansed by baptism, 445. The loaves of proposition signify the Eucharist, 457. Bread is a figure of life, 533. Unleavened loaves signify a pure and simple life, 524. Parents hold the second place after God in the decalogue, 235, 236. Their care for the religion of their children, 242. The Passover of the Lord, that is, the transition, 598. The celebration of the Passover, 605, 606, 607. The Passion of the Savior is foreshadowed in the old law, 277. The figure of the Passion of Christ in roasting, 595. By the Passion of Christ our sacrifice is accepted by God the Father, 626. By patience we are liberated from the servitude of sin, 254. The knowledge of the Father introduces the knowledge of the Son, 235. The grace of Christ saved the fathers of the old law, 79. The reward of the poor is not to be defrauded, 271. One must lend to the poor without hope of usury, 273. The outcry of the poor to God is most to be feared, 271. What the fall of sin was, 9. Deformity, 10. How it is effected in us, 10. By the grace of God we are liberated from the dominion of sin, 15. The fall of sin is our fault, 14. A certain sickness of the soul precedes sin, 17. Pleasure, cupidity, and conveniences draw one toward it, 19. The remedy for overcoming sin, 20. That we may be liberated from it, spiritual integrity is necessary, 20. And for this, beyond divine admonitions, we are also helped by effective aid, 21. We are liberated from it by the internal and external grace of God, 26. It is dangerous to withdraw with difficulty and languor from sin, 27. Original sin introduced death, 76. It was taken away through the death of Christ, 100. How God, offended by sins, repeats punishments, 159. What the punishment for sinners is, 143. For those who sin voluntarily, there will be a terrible expectation of judgment, 159. We are liberated from the servitude of sin in Christ, 51. That the cessation of sin may be signified by the Sabbath, 227, 228. Those subject to it are counted among the servants, 254. The most grievous of sins committed against women is adultery, 257. Those who sin secretly for shame are not as wicked as those who sin openly, 504. Sin brings sadness to the sinner, and has no fragrance, 533. The remission of sins through Christ, 534. It seems that original sin is transmitted through concupiscence, 554. Feet signify the end and progress in things to be done, 397, 398. The figure of Pentecost, 612. How grave a sin perjury is, 212. The signification of perfection, 614, 615.
A Perfect man: who he may be, 497. Those who are more perfect require little admonition, 167. The figure of a perfect life, 559, 560. What the plague that spread throughout the people of Israel until the hour of mid-day signifies, 97. What it signifies that Pharaoh preserves the female sex, 110. Phoebus is pure and unpolluted, hence *phoebare*, that is, to purify, 196. What the shaving of hair signifies, 408, 409. The lobe of the liver signifies concupiscence, which according to some is seated in the liver, 568. The ears of the people ought not to be open to teachers who teach different things, 259. We follow Christ, being called by preaching, just as Israel moved their camp at the sound of trumpets, 165, 166. There is one kind of preaching that pertains to dogmas, and another to morals, 166. Differences in preaching are accommodated to four kinds of men, 167. Preaching is appropriate for priests, 168. The sound of preaching is figured by the golden bells, 387. The precept for preachers, 259. Those who receive the words of preachers poured out extemporaneously and describe them, put grapes into a vessel, 267. With what punishment it is avenged not to obey prelates, 476. A reward corresponding to one’s own correctly performed deeds will be repaid by God, 370. Presbyters perform the role of those to whom the altar was entrusted, and those things which were kept within the veil, 454. That the leaders of the people should honor God with more perfect gifts, 130. Even very upright men require repentance, 368. Three journeys are attributed to Christ, 164. How a prophet is to be distinguished from a soothsayer, 186. The mercy-seat is explained, 294, 295. Why the mercy-seat was of gold, 296. The mercy-seat became Christ, 550. That those who distort prudence toward depraved morals should be depicted as such, 417. Prudence and fortitude are necessary in the administration of divine things, 455. A light military garment is a type of iniquity, 116. Boys and those of soft spirit are inept at offering gifts to God, 132. What the purification of a woman in childbed signifies, 553. How ridiculous the purification of fire and water is after the manner of the Gentiles, 194. All purification is made through Christ, 527. A certain signification of purgatory, as it seems, 548. One must be purified before we approach God, 513, 514, 515. Through whose agency the pythoness raised Samuel, 187. The pythoness did not evoke Samuel, but a certain shadow fashioned in his likeness, 191. B Q. Forty stripes were inflicted upon the guilty, 176. Israel wandered through the desert for forty years because of the offense against God, 278. What the five columns before the door of the tabernacle signify regarding preachers, 336. R. Branches from ever-verdant trees signify grace, 620. What the appearance of the breastpiece was and what it signified, 382, 383, 384. When the redemption of fields and houses was to take place, 466. What it means by figure to return to one's possessions, 170. Death reigned from Adam until Moses, 76. The enigma of the kingdom of Christ, 458. Remission of sins is compared to clean wool, 535. Remission of sins, even those committed against God, through Christ, 554. What that which happened among the Hebrews every seventh year signified, 252, 274, 277. The kidneys are a figure of the faculty of discernment, 568. The resurrection of Christ figured by the flowering rod, 610. The figure of the resurrection, 610, 611. What the burning bush of Moses signifies, 61. S. Sabbatismos is a rest from all carnal works, 558. The Sabbath signifies the rest through which we cease from sinning, 227, 228. The Sabbath is a figure of the future age, 234. What the sacrifices of the Sabbath were like, 316. What the Sabbaths of Sabbaths signify, 319. The law judges nothing unworthy of the priestly office, provided it pertains to divine worship, 437. Priests blowing trumpets signify preaching, 398. How priests ought to be admonished continually in the holy place, 399, 400. For natural defects they are kept from sacred things by the old law, 412. Why the law did not permit priests to be defiled by the dead, unless among those most closely related, 430. How it is figured that a priest ought always to exhale a good odor, 410. What the participation of priests in the first-fruits was and what it signifies, 417. A priest should join to himself those who are adorned with the probity of their morals, and who are full of divine love, 448. Why the law prohibited them from drinking wine, 449; how great a crime it is not to temper it, 476. What things ought to be present in a priest, 464. How great their purity is, 480. A priest performs the office of a mediator, 585. A figure of the priesthood of Christ, 401, 402. The eternity of the priesthood of Christ figured, 432, 433. The punishment of those who attribute to themselves the honor of the priesthood, 451. The dignity of the priesthood is illustrious, 477. The reformation of priesthood and sacrifices in the new law, 59. How those who receive the sacraments with difficulty are figured, 170. The manifold comparison of Sacred Scripture, 497. It was not permitted to sacrifice outside the holy land, 47. Sacrifice is offered to God by those who mortify the vices of the flesh, 40. How they differed in Egypt and in the desert, 41. Old sacrifices did not lead to perfect virtue, 439. Why sacrifice was performed without leaven, 439. The two-part genera of sacrifices, 520. That male sacrifices ought to be immaculate, and what they signify, 521. Why for sin they were offered without oil and without incense, 533. What the offering of cooked sacrifice signifies, 566. The signification of many sacrifices, 403. Morning and evening, 622. What it was like in the New Moons, 624. What things God grants to the administrators of sacred things, 477. The sanctification of the future age, 598. What salt meant in sacrifices, 447, 448, 449. Whether Samuel was raised by divine works, 187. What the participation in the merits of the saints is like, 117. Holy men do not escape some stain, 122. The deeds of the saints are the wealth and ornaments of the Church, 130. Holy men ought to be firm and stable, 147. The life of holy men is signified by fine flour, 387. The holier ones undergo greater things and tolerate heavier burdens, 457. The assembly of the saints is compared to stones, 497. The life of the saints in the other age, 561. How the assembly of the saints is signified, 623. What the blood of the purification of sins signified, 510. Why it was not permitted to eat blood in the old law, 556, 557. Blood is a figure of life, 395. A woman laboring with a flow of blood is unclean, 352. What blood joined with hyssop signifies, 601. Faith is the approach to wisdom, 309. It is necessary to satisfy our brothers even in deed, 336. Untamed scabies signifies excess in some vice, 418. How much scandal is to be avoided, 249. The Feast of Tabernacles represents the habitation of paradise, 619. And the resurrection, 621. Writers of divine things ought to beware of the occasion of scandal, 249. Why the Seraphim covered their faces and feet with their wings, 467. What a seminally-emissive man signifies, 550. Who is called a eunuch, 419. The historical sense is useful, 256. Zipporah signifies the Church from the Gentiles, 78. Seven days signify the whole time of life, 551. The number seven is a symbol of perfection, 299. The seventh day is holy, 600. What the manumission of slaves signified, 230, 231. That servitude may be abolished, 264. What a servant of God ought to be, 287. What the difference in signs figured, 167. Fine flour signifies bread, that is, Christ, 564. Perfumed with oil, it declares the hope of celestial life, 405. It signifies a holy life, subject to God, 438. Simulation is a most grave crime, 245. An emerald is described and refers to the image of the sky, 380, 381. The society of the wicked is to be avoided, 423. Egyptian women carry a mirror and a sistrum, 513, 514.
ANALYTICAL INDEX
Meaning of the ears of corn, 611. Why spiritual worship is not holy from the beginning, 56. What spiritual sacrifices are, 41. How the Holy Spirit was breathed into man, 9. That He remains forever in Christ is signified, 436, 437. What the stole signifies, 379. The ostrich and the gull are insatiable birds, 507. How great a sin pride and striving for higher things is, 461. The shape and meaning of the superhumeral garment, 380. Superstitious observers of times offer sacrifices in Egypt, 42.
T The tabernacle fashioned in the desert, what it signifies, 131. The tabernacle fixed throughout the desert signifies the Church of God, 288. What mystery it contains is explained, 315. The tabernacle signifies the firmness of holy conversation, 489. What those who direct the tabernacle signify, 325, 326. The rewards of temperance, how great they are, 515. Egyptians avoid contact with a corpse when entering temples, 36. The faithful are the temple of God, 330. There is a season for all things that rise and perish, 205. What mystery the time when the tabernacle was erected contains, 329. Scripture is accustomed to divide all time into two parts, 357. What darkness signifies, 321. The threefold genus of the temptations of Satan, 111. How the triad number pertains to the divinity, 79. In what way the New Testament was given, 149. That incense signifies human and divine nature, 133. What it signifies, 320, 321, 324. Tolerance signified by the ox, 363. It was ignominious and mournful to be shorn, 579, 581. Why the shearing took place at the door of the tabernacle, 586. What the order of the tribes around the ark signified, 373. The figure of the Trinity in the breastplate, 384, 385. Two beaten trumpets signify a twofold type of preaching, 166. What the sound of the trumpet signified when the law was given, 166. What the full-length tunic was like, and what it signified, 386. Christ is compared to the turtledove and the pigeon, 532.
U What anointing signifies, 352, 353. What the cloven hoof in animals signifies, 499-505. What the urn full of manna signifies, 538, 539. Usury is forbidden, 266, 271-274.
V Who exacts a tax from filthy things, 491. The veil of the Holy of Holies signifies the body of Christ, 335, 336. The veil before the exterior door of the tabernacle signifies the letter, 336, 337. Venial sins exist even in holy men, 545. If they are not checked, they lead to mortal sins, 546. That sellers should redeem the thing sold, 466, 467. The ventricle signifies fecundity, 464. The figure of the Word generated from God, 306. The figure of the Word of God, 316, 317. Who the home-born slaves are, 425.
Vesper signifies the coming of the Lord, 552. What a sacrifice for sin signified, 442. Which sacrifices for sin it was lawful to eat, 464. Why a blind sacrifice was rejected, 552. Various rejected ones, 521, 522. How victory over the devil is figured, 13. The Churches took care of those in bonds, 465. Why it was forbidden for priests to drink wine while ministering, 449, 450. Wine is a sign of joy, 626. The rod is a sign of kingdom, 68. The flowering rod of Aaron signifies Christ, 241. Why it was almond wood, 342, 343. Why the deflowering of a virgin is called humiliation by Holy Scripture, 259. Symbol of the Virgin’s womb, 317, 318. The most holy Virgin was not subject to the law of purification, 553. Virtue cannot be acquired immediately by converted men, 28. To cultivate even imperfect virtue does not happen without divine favor, 30. Through the accompaniment of prudence and fortitude one arrives at its perfection, 31. Virtue needs fortitude and greatness of soul, 107. He who begins to cultivate it is vexed by temptation, 153. Those raw in the way of virtue are ruled more gently by God, those more accustomed, more severely, 165. The labors of virtue are rendered sweet in Christ, 155. Those seeking it should discard many attachments of the soul, 45. The virtue of a person should not be explored and tempted beyond measure, 266, 267. Visions before the advent of Christ were shadows of the advent of Christ, 291. God Himself is life according to nature, 9. The perfect vanity of life is reserved for the next century, 123. Figures empty of the good odor of life, 533. What it means to live in Christ, 541. A figure similar to life from wheat, 570. Vices. One must rise completely from vices, 32. What the mortification of vices is, 40. We cannot leave vices or progress in virtue without Christ, 165. Bodily vices, through which priests were repelled from the ministry of sacred things, 412. What the hyacinthine ribbon with fringes, bound to the hand, signifies, 219. The cult of the calf among the Egyptians, 40. The immaculate calf is a figure of Christ, 350. The bull signifies Christ, but the heifers signify us, 365, 366, 394, 528. It was offered for the universality, 627. Signification of the calling to the faith, 627. It is foolish to observe the flight of birds, 209. The pleasures of Eve function in us by gift, 10. Pleasure, cupidty, and convenience pull one toward sin, 18. The devil entices men through pleasures, 10. Some pleasures are inborn in us, others adventitious, 19. External ones are those received through the eyes, 19. It helps to spurn them in order to emerge from sin, 20. Pleasure is an untamed evil, 505. By what pact a great vow might be rendered, and what it signified, 576, 577. Vows are to be rendered quickly, 576, 588. Those who are under the power of others are not held to render vows, 588. What the slender voice of Moses signified, 73. What the voice sent from the propitiatory signified, 369. The vulture signifies the arrogant, 506.
Z The girdle signifies the martial fortitude of Christ, by which He defeated invisible enemies, 389.