Saint John Chrysostom, His Life and Times / A sketch of the church and the empire in the fourth century

INDEX.

• ABLAVIUS, the prefect, grandfather of Olympias, 280.
• Acacius, bishop of Berœa, carries a petition to Rome, 237;
  • a leader of the faction hostile to Chrysostom, 282;
  • plots against Chrysostom after his recall, 329;
  • undertakes the responsibility, with Antiochus, of the archbishop’s deposition, 332, 339;
  • bribes Lucius to disperse the people at the Baths, 336;
  • assists in ordaining Porphyry, 358.
• Acacius of Cæsarea preaches at Antioch, 19.
• Æmilius, a champion of Roman freedom, 242.
• Æmilius, bishop of Beneventum, one of the Italian deputation, 353.
• Aëtius, an extreme Arian, 109.
• Africa, Church of, maintains communion with Theophilus and Chrysostom, 385.
• African Council, resolution of, wishing for intercourse between Rome and Alexandria, 385.
• Alaric, a royal Visigoth, 187;
  • descends into Thrace and ravages the country round Constantinople, 207;
  • mock interview with Rufinus, 207;
  • overruns Greece, 207;
  • spreads devastation over Peloponnesus, 210;
  • made commander-in-chief of the forces of the East, 210;
  • efforts to gain Rome, 359.
• Alexander, governor at Antioch, 11.
• Alexander of Basilinopolis, a friend of Chrysostom, 329.
• Alexander Severus, Emperor, 46.
• Alexander succeeds Porphyry in the see of Antioch, 377;
  • pays honour to Chrysostom, 388.
• Alexandria, vices of the Christian population of, 11;
  • tumults at, 30;
  • products of monks shipped to, 64;
  • religious riots at, 65;
  • parochial divisions, 103 note;
  • sedition at, 151;
  • order restored by Cynegius, 151;
  • its mixed population, 195;
  • flight of Theophilus to, 325.
• Alexandrian school, allegorical interpretations of, 28.
• Almsgiving, Chrysostom on the duty of, 228.
• Amantius, chamberlain of Eudoxia, 241.
• Ambrose, archbishop of Milan, 41 note;
  • a layman when consecrated, 56;
  • converts multitudes of women to celibacy, 61;
  • sides with Theodosius, 142;
  • reply to the appeal of Symmachus, 145, 146;
  • prohibits feasts in the churches, 182;
  • his character, 187;
  • before the royal council, 187;
  • refuses to surrender the Portian Basilica, 187;
  • will not recognise the edict, 188;
  • served with an order of banishment, but refuses to depart, 189;
  • declines the proposal of arbitration, and remains master of the field, 190;
  • his triumph, 190;
  • mission to Maximus, 190;
  • letter to Theodosius on his commanding the bishop of Callinicum to restore the Jewish synagogue, 192;
  • sermon at Milan on the same subject, 192, 193;
  • the Emperor succumbs, 193;
  • mission to obtain clemency for the Thessalonians, 195;
  • withdraws from Milan into the country, 196;
  • exhorts the Emperor to deep repentance, 196;
  • refuses Theodosius admittance to the cathedral, 196;
  • repulses Rufinus the minister, 197;
  • prescribes penance to the Emperor, 197;
  • testimony of Theodosius to his nobility of character, 198;
  • strife with Flavian, 199;
  • receives the Emperor after his defeat of Arbogastes, 201;
  • administers the Eucharist to Theodosius, 201;
  • urges Nectarius to depose Gerontius, 273.
• Ammianus Marcellinus on the luxury of bishops of great cities, 217.
• Ammon, bishop of Laodicea, 266;
  • a leader of Chrysostom’s enemies, 329.
• Ammonius, a Nitrian monk, baptizes Rufinus, 204;
  • one of the “tall brethren,” 294;
  • struck by Theophilus, 295;
  • interview with Epiphanius, 305;
  • his death, 316;
  • prediction of persecution to the Church, 316;
  • buried at “the Oak,” where he had baptized the minister Rufinus, 316;
  • Theophilus weeps over his death and eulogises him, 316.
• Anastasius, Pope, anathematises Origen, 296.
• Anathematising denounced by Chrysostom, 133.
• Anchorites, the, 60.
• Ancyra in Phrygia, the summer retreat of Arcadius, 209;
  • spectacle of the Emperor’s departure to, 211.
• Anomœan doctrine, 110, 111;
  • Chrysostom’s homilies against, 115-117.
• Anthemius, master of the offices, appealed to, to disperse the congregation at the Baths, 336;
  • refuses to interfere, but directs Lucius to exhort the people to return to the churches, 336;
  • Chrysostom’s letter to, on his being made prefect and consul, 374.
• Anthropomorphites, or Humanisers, 288;
  • denounced by John, bishop of Jerusalem, 290;
  • Theophilus declares himself in their favour, 295.
• Anthusa, mother of Chrysostom, 9;
  • a widow at twenty, 10;
  • great love for her son, 10;
  • abstains from marrying again, 11;
  • appeals to Chrysostom not to enter into retirement, 25-27.
• Antioch, the birthplace of Chrysostom, 9;
  • vices of its Christian inhabitants, 11;
  • Chrysostom resident at, 57;
  • persecutions at, 57, 58;
  • St. Jerome at Church of, 61;
  • monasteries near, 62, 63;
  • monks in the mountainous heights near, 66;
  • population of, 89;
  • description of, 90, 91;
  • “the great church” at, 91;
  • character of the inhabitants, 92;
  • bishop’s relations to the city, 103;
  • Chrysostom appointed preacher at, 104;
  • resides here ten years, 107;
  • the cradle of Arianism, 109;
  • passion of the people for chariot-races, 118;
  • influence of the Jews, 126, 127;
  • character of its population, 137;
  • its paganism, 137;
  • sedition at, 150;
  • proclamation of edict levying the tribute, 151;
  • sedition at, 150-153;
  • dejection of the people, 153;
  • arrival of the commissioners from the Emperor, 165;
  • the city degraded, 165;
  • Chrysostom remonstrates against the prevalent discontent, 168, 169;
  • the city is pardoned, 170;
  • joy of the people, 170;
  • excitable feelings of the populace, 215;
  • Chrysostom’s forcible removal from the city, 215.
• Antioch, Church of, vicissitudes in the, 17-22;
  • the see in the hands of the Arians for some time, 17;
  • its Arian bishops, 17-20;
  • split into three parties, 20;
  • its three rival bishops, Paulinus, Meletius, and Euzoius, 20;
  • a fourth added by the Apollinarians, 20;
  • the people favour Meletius, 21;
  • the schism finally healed by Chrysostom, 21;
  • its three sections of Meletians, Eustathians, and Arians, 133.
• Antioch, Council of (A.D. 341), Twelfth Canon of the, 328;
  • swayed by Arian influence, 329;
  • its object the harassment of Athanasius, 330;
  • Chrysostom’s enemies stake their whole issue on its Twelfth Canon, 330;
  • question as to its validity, 330;
  • its Canons pronounced by Innocent invalid, 351.
• Antiochus, bishop of Ptolemais, discourses at Constantinople, 276;
  • a leader of the faction hostile to Chrysostom, 282;
  • plots against the archbishop after his recall, 329;
  • rage at the proposal of Elpidius, 331;
  • undertakes the responsibility, with Acacius, of Chrysostom’s deposition, 332, 339;
  • urges the Emperor to remove him from the city, 339;
  • assists in ordaining Porphyry, 358.
• Antiochus Epiphanes, 91.
• Antiochus the Great, 126.
• Antiphonal singing, 189 note.
• Antoninus, bishop of Ephesus, grave charges against, 266;
  • flatly denies the charges, 268;
  • is alarmed when the archbishop proposes to visit Asia Minor, 268;
  • his interest at court produces opposition to Chrysostom’s departure, 268;
  • is reconciled to his accuser, 269;
  • the farce of the inquiry, 269;
  • his death, 270.
• Antonius, a reader, made bishop, 56.
• Antony, the Anchorite, 60;
  • wholesome saying of, 64.
• Apollo, oracle of, at Daphne, 100.
• Apostolical constitutions, 56.
• Applause of the congregation, 118;
  • sternly repressed, 164.
• Arabianus, bishop, at the assembly at Constantinople, 266.
• Arabissus, a fortified town near Cucusus, 383;
  • attacked and nearly captured by Isaurians, 383.
• Arbogastes, Valentinian’s general of the forces, 199;
  • his ambition and treachery, 200;
  • repulses the first attack of Theodosius, 200;
  • is overthrown, his army routed, and himself slain, 201;
  • his children pardoned and baptized, 201.
• Arcadius, son of Theodosius, 150;
  • Rufinus appointed his guardian, 203;
  • does not oppose the ambition of Rufinus, 204;
  • Eutropius gains complete mastery of his feeble mind after the death of Rufinus, 209;
  • neglect of his empire, 210;
  • becomes a mere puppet, 211;
  • his palaces and pageants, 211;
  • dismisses Eutropius, 248;
  • promises Chrysostom to respect his minister’s retreat in the church, 251;
  • entreats the troops to refrain from violence towards Eutropius, 251;
  • misgivings as to beheading his late minister, 255;
  • yields to the demands of Gaïnas, 259;
  • ratifies the deposition of Chrysostom by the “Synod of the Oak,” 316;
  • refuses to attend church on Christmas Day until the archbishop has cleared himself, 329;
  • the patriarch’s case pleaded before him, 330, 331;
  • orders Chrysostom to be removed from the church to his palace, 332;
  • his alarm, 332;
  • sends for Acacius and Antiochus, 332;
  • turns a deaf ear to the entreaty of the forty bishops, 333;
  • permits a concourse of Christians at Pempton to be dispersed, 337.
• Archelaus invited Socrates to court, 76.
• Arian controversy, the, 17-22.
• Arianism, at Antioch, 109, 110;
  • Chrysostom’s homilies against, 110-117.
• Arians, the, 50;
  • their danger to Christianity, 109;
  • forbidden by Theodosius to hold assemblies, 142;
  • stronghold of, at Constantinople, in the time of Gregory of Nazianzus, 235;
  • molest the peace in Chrysostom’s time, 236.
• Aristides, resistance of, to ambition, 95.
• Arius, probably instructed by Lucian, 109;
  • his Thalia, 236.
• Arsacius elevated to the see of Constantinople, 344;
  • his character, 344;
  • persecution of the Johnites, 344;
  • his death, 371.
• Ascension Day, Sunday before, 177 note.
• Ascetic life, commencement of, 24;
  • relapse from, 31, 32.
• Asceticism considered the highest form of life, 82.
• Ascetics, youthful association of, 27;
  • primitive, 59;
  • called by Eusebius “earnest persons,” and by Clemens Alexandrinus “more elect than the elect,” 60.
• Asia, Church of, disgraceful state of the, 373.
• Asia Minor, Chrysostom desires to visit, 268;
  • three delegates appointed to visit, 269;
  • the Church of, needs a healing hand, 270;
  • Chrysostom visits, 271;
  • Theophilus travels through, seeking for disaffected bishops, 306.
• Asterius, count of the East, assists in removing Chrysostom from Antioch, 215.
• Aterbius, a pilgrim, applies himself to the detection of heresy at Jerusalem, 288;
  • denounces John the bishop, Jerome, and Rufinus as Origenists, 289.
• Athanasius, archbishop of Alexandria, obscurity of the early years of, 9;
  • return to Alexandria from exile, 20;
  • consecrated at an early age, 56;
  • accompanied to Rome by monks, 61;
  • the Twelfth Canon of the Council of Antioch aimed against, 329.
• Atticus, a presbyter, an opponent of Chrysostom, elected to the see of Constantinople during the archbishop’s banishment, 283, 356;
  • obtains imperial rescripts against the clergy and laymen, 356;
  • the Johnites refuse to hold communion with him, 388;
  • admits the name of Chrysostom into the diptychs of the Church at Constantinople, 388.
• Augustine, St., 40;
  • permits sitting during the reading of the Acts of the Saints, 178;
  • on the honour due to saints and martyrs, 180;
  • prohibits feasts in the churches, 182;
  • traits of earlier life and baptism, 189;
  • on the discharge of episcopal duties, 212;
  • eulogium on Chrysostom, 385;
  • comparison with Chrysostom, 430.
• Aurelian, prætorian prefect, presides over the suit instituted against Eutropius, 255;
  • the Empress procures his elevation to the consulship, 256;
  • his surrender demanded by Gaïnas, 257;
  • insulted by Gaïnas, and afterwards delivered up, 257.
• Aurelius, bishop of Carthage, 182;
  • receives a letter from Chrysostom, 385.
• Auxentius, the Arian bishop, 190.
• Avarice, denunciations of, 223, 224.
  
  
• BABYLAS, the martyr, Chrysostom’s book on, 92;
  • his remains taken to the grove of Daphne, 101;
  • removed hence by Julian, but afterwards brought back, 102.
• Basil, bishop of Raphanea, 14;
  • his friendship with Chrysostom, 14;
  • his line of life the “true philosophy,” i.e. monasticism, 15;
  • project for a life of seclusion, 27;
  • reluctance to be made a bishop, 40-42;
  • remonstrates with Chrysostom, 42;
  • parting from Chrysostom on his appointment to a bishopric, 54.
• Basil, bishop of Seleucia, 14.
• Basil (the Great), bishop of Cæsarea, 14;
  • contends against the misconceptions of baptism, 16;
  • sides with Theodosius, 142;
  • reprobates trading near the “martyries,” 182;
  • qualified admiration of Origen’s teachings, 287.
• Basiliscus, bishop of Comana, suffered martyrdom, 386;
  • story of his appearing to Chrysostom, 387.
• Baths of Constantine, interrupted services carried on at, 334;
  • people refuse to leave, 336;
  • scenes of violence at, 336.
• Bautho, father of Eudoxia, 205.
• Benedict, St., 60;
  • establishment of his monastery, 144.
• Benedictines of Camaldoli, 62.
• Bequests made by codicils renounced by Theodosius, 193.
• Bethlehem, Jerome’s monastic establishment at, 289.
• Bishops, mode of electing, 40, 46, 47;
  • violence at elections of, 47, 48;
  • age at which eligible for, 56, 57;
  • laymen consecrated, 56;
  • their high social position, 212;
  • canvassing and bribery at their elections, 213;
  • luxurious style of living, 217.
• Bithynia, Chrysostom conveyed to, 340.
• Bosporus, the, Chrysostom crosses, to intercede with Gaïnas, 257;
  • a messenger sent across to seek for Chrysostom, 321;
  • studded with boats on the patriarch’s return, 322;
  • “the sea became a city,” 324;
  • its waters crowded to welcome the reliques of Chrysostom, 388.
• Botheric, governor of Thessalonica, imprisons a favourite charioteer, 194;
  • refuses to release him, 195;
  • is mortally wounded, 195.
• Briso, Eudoxia’s chamberlain, wounded in a street fray, 236;
  • the bearer to Chrysostom of a letter from the Empress, 321;
  • intercedes for Chrysostom, 361.
• Brison, bishop of Philippopolis, a leader of Chrysostom’s enemies, 329.
• British Isles, 112;
  • reached by Christianity, 123;
  • evangelised, 238.
    
    
• CÆSAREA, pre-eminence of the see of, over that of Jerusalem, 292;
  • Chrysostom arrives at, on his exile, 362;
  • violent scenes at, 363.
• Cæsarius, Chrysostom’s letter to, 433, 434.
• Cæsarius, commissioner to Antioch, 165;
  • goes to the Emperor to intercede for the people, 166;
  • his arrival at Constantinople, 170;
  • his errand anticipated, 171.
• Cæsarius of Arles made reader at the age of seven, 23.
• Caligula, destruction of Antioch in the reign of, 90.
• Callinicum, 191;
  • its people destroy a Jewish synagogue, 191;
  • the bishop commanded to restore the building, 192;
  • Ambrose objects to this, and Theodosius gives way, 192, 193.
• Camillus, a champion of Roman freedom, 242.
• Capua, council of Western bishops at, 199.
• Carterius superintends the studies of youthful ascetics, 27.
• Carthage, Fourth Council of, 23.
• Cassianus, John, founder of a monastery at Marseilles, 61;
  • his rules of the cloister, 61;
  • remains a friend of Chrysostom, 279;
  • custodian of the church treasury at Constantinople, 342;
  • flies to Rome, 350.
• Castricia, 257;
  • an enemy of Chrysostom, 282, 328.
• Catechumens, period of probation for, 15.
• Celibacy of the clergy, Chrysostom on, 95, 96;
  • canons of the Council of Nice upon, 219;
  • “the ancient tradition of the Church” concerning, 219.
• Chalcedon, Council of (A.D. 451), 14;
  • the title of “Patriarch” first appears in its Acts, 216 note;
  • extends the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople, 274;
  • grants him equal privileges with the Patriarch of Rome, 275;
  • decides on the precedence of the see of Jerusalem over that of Cæsarea, 289 note.
• Chalcedon, “The Oak” a suburb of, where the synod hostile to Chrysostom was held, 204;
  • a church, monastery, and palace built here by Rufinus, 309.
• Character, Eastern and Western, compared, 173.
• Chariot-races censured, 119, 224-226.
• Christian morals, Chrysostom on the state of, 70.
• Christian responsibilities, 231.
• Christian wife, portrait of a, 229.
• Christianity, recognised position of, 10;
  • partially paganised, 11;
  • “the philosophy” of, 15, 24;
  • imperilled by corruption of morals and faith, 107;
  • its progress, 123;
  • recognition by the empire, 126;
  • its humanising influence in a heartless age, 174.
• Christmas, observance of, 134, 136.
• Christmas Day, the Emperors attend divine service in state on, 329.
• Christ’s equality with the Father, 113-116;
  • zealous defence of His pure divinity, 181, 182.
• Chromatius, bishop of Aquileia, sends a letter by the Italian deputation, 368;
  • Chrysostom’s letters to, 334, 335, 384.
• Chrysostom, St. John: Probable date of his birth, 9.
  • His birthplace Antioch in Syria, 9.
  • His parents, 9.
  • Father’s death, 10.
  • Early training, 12.
  • Destined for the legal profession, 12.
  • Attendance at the lectures of Libanius, 12.
  • Nascent powers of eloquence, 13.
  • Appellation of Chrysostomos, or the “Golden Mouth,” 13, 427.
  • Libanius praises his speech in honour of the Emperors, 13.
  • Commences practice as a lawyer, 13.
  • Disgust with a secular life, 14.
  • Study of Holy Scripture, 14.
  • Early friendship with Basil, bishop of Raphanea, 14.
  • Forms acquaintance with Meletius, bishop of Antioch, 15.
  • Delay in his baptism, 15;
  • alleged cause for the delay, 21, 22.
  • Baptized by Meletius, 22.
  • Becomes for a time an enthusiastic ascetic, 22.
  • His intense piety and love to God, 22.
  • Ordained reader by Meletius, 23.
  • Project for retiring into seclusion, 25.
  • Frustrated by his mother’s entreaties, 25-27.
  • Letters of exhortation to Theodore, 32-39.
  • Reluctance to be consecrated a bishop, 40, 41.
  • His “pious fraud,” 42.
  • Dissension with Basil, 42, 43.
  • Books on the priesthood, 40-55.
  • Reasons for declining a bishopric, 53.
  • Narrow escape from persecution, 58.
  • Retirement into a monastery, 58.
  • Exults at the growth of monasticism in Egypt, 62.
  • Description of the daily life of the monks, 66, 67.
  • Admiration for monastic communities, 67.
  • Treatises composed during monastic life, 69.
  • Epistle to Demetrius, 70, 71.
  • Epistle to Stelechius, 71, 72.
  • Treatise addressed “to the assailants of monastic life,” 73-80.
  • Becomes an ardent ascetic, 82.
  • Enters a cave near Antioch, 82.
  • Breakdown of health, and abandonment of monastic life, 82.
  • Returns to his home at Antioch, 82.
  • Epistle to Stagirius, 82-85.
  • Ordained a deacon by Meletius, 86.
  • Congenial duties of the diaconate, 89.
  • Treatise “On Virginity,” 92.
  • Letter to a young widow, 92-95.
  • Views on marriage and celibacy, 95-100.
  • Treatise, “De S. Babyla contra Julianum et Gentiles,” 100-102.
  • Ordained to the priesthood by Flavian, 103.
• Chrysostom, St. John, as preacher at Antioch: Inaugural discourse at Antioch, 104-106.
  • Preaches at Antioch for ten years, 107.
  • Sermon on bishop Meletius, 108.
  • Homilies against Arians, 109-115.
  • Profound acquaintance with Scripture, 116.
  • All argument based upon Scripture, 117.
  • Rebukes his hearers for their neglect of the celebration of the Eucharist, 117;
  • for applauding his words, 118;
  • and for their love of the circus, 118-120.
  • Homilies against Pagans, 121-124.
  • Occasional defects of interpretation of the Scriptures, 125.
  • Homilies against Jews and Judaising Christians, 126-133.
  • Homily against anathematising, 133.
  • Sermon on Christmas Day, 134, 135.
  • Indignation at riotous festivity, 136.
  • Homily on New Year’s Day, 136, 137, 151.
  • Rebukes gross and senseless superstitions, 137.
  • Agrees with the Emperor Theodosius, 142.
  • Immense efforts after the tumult at Antioch, 154.
  • Encourages the people to hope for clemency, 154.
• Chrysostom, St. John, as preacher at Antioch: Homilies on the statues, 154-164.
  • Exhortations to repentance, 156;
  • on this world’s wealth, 156, 157;
  • on the method of keeping Lent, 157, 158;
  • on fasting, 159;
  • against rash oaths, 159;
  • on death, 161;
  • on the signs of a Creator, 162, 163.
  • Similes from Nature, 163.
  • Ethical doctrine, 163.
  • Praise of the hermits for their courage, 166, 167.
  • Expostulates with the people on their discontent, 169.
  • Thanksgiving for the pardon of Antioch, 170.
  • Describes the interview between Flavian and the Emperor, 171-174.
  • His illness, 177, 184.
  • Homilies on festivals of saints and martyrs, 177-183.
  • Belief in the intercessory power of saints, 179.
  • Exhorts the people to imitate the lives of the martyrs, 180.
  • Homily on the Sunday before Ascension Day, 184.
  • Praise of the peasant clergy, 184.
  • Elected to the see of Constantinople, 214.
  • Force and fraud employed to remove him from Antioch, 215.
• Chrysostom, St. John, as archbishop of Constantinople: Arrival at Constantinople, 215.
  • His consecration as archbishop, 216.
  • The “sermo enthronisticus,” 216.
  • Too much the saint of the cloister for his new position, 217.
  • His unpopular reforms, 218.
  • Denounces “spiritual sisters,” and implores the clergy to liberate themselves from these disgraceful connections, 219-221.
  • Exacts rigorous discipline from the clergy, 222.
  • Conducts, with the Empress, a torch-light procession on the removal of some martyrs’ reliques, 222, 223.
  • Eulogium on the Empress, 223.
  • Denunciations of avarice, 224.
  • Censures the people for their attachment to chariot-races, 224, 225.
  • Denounces fashionable follies, 226-228.
  • Portrays the character of a Christian wife, 229.
  • Represents to property holders their duties, 230.
  • Dilates on Christian responsibilities, 231.
  • Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, 231 note.
  • Indignation at the practice of oath-taking, 231, 232.
  • Censures addiction to the pleasures of the table, 232.
  • Character of his flock, 233, 234.
  • Combats the errors of the Novatians and Arians, 235, 236.
  • Labours to heal the schism at Antioch, 237.
  • Missionary efforts in Scythia, Syria, and Palestine, 237.
  • Assigns a church at Constantinople for the Scythians (or Goths), 238.
  • Endeavours to extirpate paganism, 238, 239.
  • Affords protection to Eutropius, 250.
  • Maintains, when taken before the Emperor, the Church’s right of asylum, 251.
  • Sermon on the degradation of Eutropius, 252-254.
  • Intercedes with Gaïnas, 257.
  • Homily after returning from his intercession, 257, 258.
  • Contest with Gaïnas, who desired the law prohibiting Arian worship within the city to be abolished, 280.
  • Proposes to visit Asia Minor to investigate the charges against Antoninus, 268.
  • His visit opposed by the court, 268.
  • Appoints delegates to proceed to Asia, 269.
  • Solicited by the clergy of Ephesus to come to them, 270.
  • Proceeds to Ephesus, and is welcomed by the clergy and seventy bishops, 271.
  • Proposes Heracleides as bishop of Ephesus, who is elected, 271.
  • Holds a synod at Ephesus, and deprives six simoniacal bishops of their sees, 272.
  • Returning through Bithynia, he deposes Gerontius, 273.
  • Extent of his jurisdiction as Patriarch of Constantinople, 274.
  • Received with demonstrations of joy on his return, 275.
  • Dismisses Severian from the city, but recalls him by command of the Empress, 276, 277.
  • Denounces crimes and follies, and becomes unpopular, 278.
  • His friends, 279, 280.
  • Leaders of the hostile faction, 282.
  • Qualified admiration of Origen’s teaching, 287.
  • Reception of the Nitrian monks, 298.
  • Letter to Theophilus, beseeching him to be reconciled with the fugitives, 298.
  • Refuses to join in the condemnation of Origen and his writings, 301.
  • The plots of his enemies, 302.
  • Farewell to Epiphanius, 319.
  • Irritates the Empress by a sermon against the follies of fashionable ladies, 306.
  • Theophilus refuses his hospitality, and declines all communication, 307, 308.
  • Directed by the court to preside at the inquiry at Pera into the conduct of Theophilus, 308.
  • Declines to judge him out of his province, 308.
  • Scene at the palace with his bishops, 310, 311.
  • Summoned to appear before the “Synod of the Oak,” 311.
  • Indignation of his bishops, and their reply to Theophilus, 312.
  • Letter refusing to attend the synod until his declared enemies are ejected, 312, 313.
  • Charges laid against him by archdeacon John and Isaac the monk, 313, 314.
  • Steadfastly refuses to attend the synod, and appeals to a general council, 315.
  • Deposed by the synod, 316.
  • Deposition ratified by the Emperor, and sentenced to banishment, 317.
  • Sermon before departing, 317, 319.
  • Bows to the storm, and surrenders himself, 320.
  • Embarks, and is conveyed to Hieron, 320.
  • Removes to Prænetum, opposite Nicomedia, 320.
  • Receives an abject letter from the Empress, entreating him to return, 321.
  • Crosses the Bosporus, and refuses at first to enter Constantinople until acquitted by a general council, 322.
  • Urged to enter the city, and consents, 322.
  • Halts before the Church of the Apostles, but is borne in by the people, 322.
  • Compelled to sit on the throne, and pronounce a benediction, 322.
  • An extempore address, 322, 323.
  • Sermon after recall, in which he extols the Empress, 324.
  • Denounces the ceremony at the erection of the image of Eudoxia, 327.
  • Incurs the resentment of the Empress, 328.
  • Further plots of his enemies, 328.
  • Continues to discharge his duties, 331.
  • Will not cease to officiate unless compelled by force, 332.
  • Removed from the church to his palace, 332.
  • Letter to Innocent I. on the disturbances at Constantinople, 334, 335.
  • His flock, after many trials, broken up, 338.
  • Attempts made to assassinate him, 338.
  • Receives the mandate of deposition, 339.
  • Farewell to his bishops and deaconesses, 339.
  • Departure from the Church—“the Angel of the Church went out with him,” 340.
• Chrysostom, St. John, in exile: Conveyed to the Bithynian coasts, 340.
  • Suspected of incendiarism, and loaded with chains, 342.
  • Implores the Emperor to be allowed to defend himself and clergy against the atrocious charges, 342, 343.
  • Journeys to Nice, 343.
  • Encourages his suffering friends, 343.
  • Cheered by the fortitude and loyalty of Olympias, 346, 347.
  • Persuades Pentadia to remain at Constantinople, to support the afflicted, 347.
  • Letter to Constantius, missionary priest, 361.
  • Travels from Nice to Cæsarea, where fanatical monks besiege the house in which he is lodged, 362, 363.
  • Falls ill with fever, 362.
  • Is removed from Cæsarea to the house of Seleucia, who is menaced by Pharetrius, 364.
  • Taken thence, and totters in darkness along the Cappadocian mountains, 364.
  • Monks and nuns meet him on the road, and bewail his calamities, 365.
  • Cucusus, the place of his exile, is reached, 365.
  • Received with much consideration and kindness, 366.
  • Letters to Olympias from Cucusus, 367, 372.
  • Letters to friendly bishops and laymen, to Gemellus, and to Anthemius, 373, 374.
  • Receives old friends from Antioch, who come to him for guidance, 374.
  • Letters to clergy and others, 376.
  • Influence over the empire in his exile, 377, 378.
  • Sufferings from the winter cold, 379.
  • Interest in the mission in Phœnicia, 380.
  • Letters to Gerontius and Rufinus the Presbyter, 380-382.
  • Privation, anxiety, and rapid removals, bring on illness, 383.
  • Letters to the Italian bishops, to Chromatius, to Innocent, and to Aurelius, 383-385.
  • Suffers less, and thinks God will restore him to his position in the Church, 385, 386.
  • His enemies get him removed to Pityus, in a desolate country, 386.
  • Arrives at Comana, in Pontus, 386.
  • Story of the vision of the martyred Basiliscus, 387.
  • Wishes to remain at the church, but is hurried on by his guards, 387.
  • Is taken ill, and brought back to the martyry, where he dies after partaking of the Eucharist, 387.
  • Honoured after his death, 388.
  • His reliques brought to Constantinople, and deposited in the Church of the Apostles, 388, 389.
• Chrysostom, St. John, theological teaching of: Survey of his theological teaching, 390.
  • Practical character of his works, 391.
  • His natural and forcible language, 391.
  • On the nature of man, 392, 393.
  • Sin and necessity, 393, 394.
  • Free-will and grace, 394-396.
  • God’s will and man’s freedom, 397, 398.
  • Co-operation of God’s will with man’s, 398.
  • Divine grace, 399, 400.
  • Nature of the Godhead, 401, 402.
  • Manhood and Godhead in Christ, 402-404.
  • The Redemption, 404-406.
  • Justification, 406, 407.
  • Faith and good works, 407, 408.
  • The efficacy of prayer, 408, 409.
  • Baptism, 409-412.
  • The Holy Eucharist, 412-415.
  • No trace of confession, purgatory, or Mariolatry, 416-418.
  • No acknowledgment of papal supremacy, 418, 419.
  • Liturgical forms, 419-421.
  • Character as a commentator, 421-424.
  • The New Testament a completion of the Old, 424.
  • Variations in the Gospel narratives, 424, 425.
  • Inspiration of the Bible, 425.
  • Characteristics as a preacher, 425, 426.
  • Personal appearance, 425, 426.
  • Preservation of his discourses, 427.
  • Style of language, 428.
  • Allusions to Greek classical authors, 428, 429.
  • Depreciation of Pagan modes and ideas, 429.
  • Compared with St. Augustine, 430.
  • His fight in the cause of Christian holiness, 431.
• Church, the, Chrysostom does not rely on the tradition of, 117;
  • its power and progress, 123, 124;
  • claims pre-eminence over civil law, 192;
  • tradition with regard to clerical celibacy, 219;
  • custom concerning the preaching of strangers, 226;
  • its stability, 318;
  • its degradation, 359.
• Claudian, his verses on Stilicho, 205, 208;
  • his appeal against the consulship of Eutropius, 242;
  • companion of Stilicho, 242 note;
  • sarcasm aimed at the adulation of the Byzantines, 243;
  • dramatic account of Tribigild’s meeting with his wife, 244, 245;
  • his description of Leo, 246.
• Claudius, Antioch shattered in the reign of, 90.
• Clemens Alexandrinus terms ascetics “more elect than the elect,” 60.
• Clergy, the, treatment of, by Constantine and Theodosius, 147;
  • Jerome on their worldly hospitality, 217;
  • exempted from curial office by Constantine, 272;
  • those who were curiales forbidden to be ordained, 272.
• Cœnobia, the, founded by Pachomius, 60.
• Comana, in Pontus, Chrysostom arrives at, 386;
  • dies at the martyry outside the town, 387.
• Commodus, the Olympic games instituted in the time of, 92, 101.
• Communicants received within the rails and close to the altar, 225 and note.
• Congregation rebuked by Chrysostom, 117;
  • its applause of Chrysostom’s words, 118;
  • customary to stand while the preacher sat, 154 note.
• Conscience, the law of, 163.
• Constantia, sister of the Emperor, 17.
• Constantine favours the Arians, 17;
  • deposes the Catholic bishops, 17;
  • commences building “the great church” of Antioch, 91;
  • statutes concerning the Jews, 126;
  • exemptions of the clergy, 147;
  • his forgiveness of an injury, 171, 172;
  • right of asylum transferred in his time from Pagan temples to Christian churches, 249;
  • exempted the clergy from curial office, 272.
• Constantinople, vices of the Christian population of, 11;
  • Arian synod at, 18;
  • tumults at, 30;
  • St. Jerome at church of, 61;
  • religious riots at, 65, 66;
  • division into districts, 103;
  • passion of the people for chariot-races, 118;
  • edict of Theodosius, 142;
  • surrounding country ravaged by Alaric, 207;
  • competition for its see, 213;
  • Chrysostom appointed archbishop, 214;
  • mixture of population, 223;
  • its forms of error, 234, 235;
  • stronghold of Arianism in the time of Gregory of Nazianzus, 235;
  • occupied by Gaïnas and the Goths, 259;
  • circular to its clergy announcing Chrysostom’s deposition, 316;
  • the people, enraged at the sentence, guard him against abduction, 317;
  • the populace demand the restoration of the patriarch, 321;
  • visited by an earthquake, 321;
  • sanguinary frays in the streets, 325;
  • flight of Theophilus from, 325;
  • shocking tumult at St. Sophia on Easter Eve, 333;
  • its churches deserted during Chrysostom’s absence, 334;
  • the interrupted services continued at the Baths, 334;
  • fresh scenes of violence, 336-338;
  • fury of the people on discovering the removal of Chrysostom, 341;
  • the cathedral-church and senate-house burnt down, 341, 342;
  • visited by destructive hailstorms, 354;
  • coercion ineffectual in bringing the people to submit to Atticus and his clergy, 357.
• Constantinople, Council of (A.D. 381), 14;
  • presided over by Meletius, 21, 86;
  • project for a general council after, 142;
  • restricts the jurisdiction of the archbishop of Constantinople, 274;
  • gave him first rank after the bishop of Rome, 274.
• Constantius, a missionary in Phœnicia, receives a letter from Chrysostom, 361.
• Constantius, a priest, described by Palladius, 357, 358;
  • the people of Antioch desire to make him their bishop, 358;
  • Porphyry procures his banishment, 358;
  • escapes to Cyprus, 358;
  • follows Chrysostom into exile, 366.
• Constantius, Emperor, 17;
  • deposes Stephen, bishop of Antioch, 17;
  • summons a general council, 18;
  • orders the creed of Rimini to be signed, 18;
  • visits Antioch, 19;
  • finishes “the great church” at Antioch, 91;
  • statutes concerning the Jews, 126.
• Cornelius, bishop of Rome, 47.
• Crates resists ambition, 95.
• Creator, signs of a, in the universe, 161, 162.
• Crito, 76.
• Cross, honour paid to the, 123.
• Cucusus, a village in the Tauric range, subject to attacks from Isaurians, 360;
  • selected by Eudoxia as the place of Chrysostom’s exile, 361;
  • arrival of the archbishop at, 365;
  • ravaged by the Isaurians, 382.
• Cynegius, prefect of the East, 143;
  • enforces the law against informers, 151;
  • quells the sedition at Alexandria, 151.
• Cyprian on a legitimate ordination, 47;
  • consecrated bishop when a layman, 56.
• Cyprus, Council of, decree of the, 299.
• Cyriacus, bishop of Synnada, accompanies Chrysostom on board the vessel, 340;
  • detained in chains at Bithynia, 342;
  • taken to Chalcedon, 342;
  • dismissed, 342;
  • a fugitive to Rome, 350;
  • accompanies the Italian deputation, 353;
  • confined in a Persian fortress, 355;
  • intercedes for Chrysostom, 361.
• Cyril, successor of Theophilus, reluctant to recognise Chrysostom, 388.
• Cyrinus, bishop of Chalcedon, joins Chrysostom at Bithynia, 271;
  • denounces the archbishop, 307;
  • plots against him after his recall, 329;
  • urges the Emperor to remove Chrysostom from Constantinople, 338, 339;
  • his death, 307, 354.
    
    
• DAMASUS contests the see of Rome, 47.
• Damophilus exiled by Theodosius, 142.
• Dante, the position assigned in Paradise to Chrysostom by, 431.
• Daphne, grove of, 92;
  • description of, 101;
  • destruction of its temple, 102.
• Deacons, called “Levites of the Christian Church,” 87;
  • duties of, 88;
  • their peculiar office in the early Church, 88, 89.
• Death, Chrysostom on, 93, 161.
• Decious, persecution of, 60.
• Demetrius, bishop of Pessina, Chrysostom’s epistle to, 69-71;
  • denounces the “Synod of the Oak,” and returns to Chrysostom, 315;
  • accompanies the Italian deputation, 353;
  • dies of harsh treatment when being conveyed to one of the Egyptian oases, 355.
• “De Sacerdotio,” Chrysostom’s, 40-46.
• Diocese, meaning of, 274 note.
• Diodorus, influence of, upon Chrysostom and Theodore, 27;
  • founder of a method of Biblical interpretation, 28;
  • made bishop of Tarsus by Meletius, 28;
  • attacked by Julian, 28;
  • commentary on the Old and New Testaments, 28, 29;
  • his theology, 29-31;
  • its rationalistic tendency, 30;
  • writings condemned by the Fifth Œcumenical Council, 31;
  • rational system of conducting monasteries, 66.
• Diogenes, 95.
• Dionysius, the tyrant of Sicily, 76.
• Dioscorus, a Nitrian monk, one of the “tall brethren,” 294;
  • made bishop of Hermopolis by Theophilus, 294;
  • a victim of the rage of Theophilus, 296;
  • his death, 316.
• Dispensations, teaching of the Old and New, 99.
• Divination, arts of, 143.
• Domitianus, widows and virgins in the care of, 376.
• Domninus blinded to the preparations of Maximus, 191.
• Doxology, Arian form of the, 18.
  
  
• EASTER DAY, vast crowds attend the church on, 234, 331.
• Easter Eve, a great day for the baptism of converts, 332;
  • the vigil on, interrupted at St. Sophia, 333.
• Easter kept according to Jewish calculation, 130;
  • this practice condemned by the Council of Nice, 130;
  • and denounced by Chrysostom, 130.
• Eastern Church, the, acknowledges Meletius as bishop of Antioch, 20;
  • the parent of asceticism, 59;
  • the festival of Christmas in, 134;
  • favourable to clerical celibacy, 218;
  • finds the teaching of Origen congenial, 287;
  • the “Synod of the Oak” a stain upon, 313;
  • appeals to the Western Church, 335, 348;
  • not famed for missionary enterprise, 382;
  • desire to maintain communion with the West, 388.
• Education in monasteries, Chrysostom urges the advantage of, 81.
• Elpidius, a priest, bribes a slave to assassinate Chrysostom, 338.
• Elpidius, bishop of Laodicea, friendly to Chrysostom, 329;
  • his adroit proposal, 331;
  • deposed and imprisoned for his attachment to Chrysostom, 377;
  • the archbishop writes thanking him for his zeal, 377;
  • restored to his see by Alexander, bishop of Antioch, 377.
• Elvira, synod of, enjoins celibacy of the clergy, 218.
• Emperors, fate of, 94;
  • half idolatrous homage paid to, 326, 327;
  • custom of attending church in state on Christmas Day, 329.
• Epaminondas not allured by ambition, 95.
• Ephesus, Chrysostom arrives at, 271;
  • election of a bishop to the see of, 271;
  • synod at, 271, 272;
  • worship of Midas suppressed at, 274;
  • its see occupied by a monster of iniquity, 357.
• Epiphanius, bishop of Constantia and Cyprus, 289;
  • visits Jerusalem, and accepts the hospitality of Bishop John, 289;
  • preaches against the doctrines of Origen, 290;
  • leaves Jerusalem, and breaks off communion with its bishop, 290, 291;
  • forcibly ordains Paulinian deacon and priest, 291;
  • receives an apologetic letter from Theophilus, 299;
  • goes to Constantinople, irregularly ordains a deacon, and refuses the hospitality of Chrysostom, 302, 303;
  • his attempt to enter the church and denounce the writings of Origen prevented by Serapion, 304;
  • his prayers implored by the Empress on her son’s behalf, 304;
  • interview with Ammon and his brethren, 305;
  • his compunction and departure from Constantinople, 305.
• Essenes, the, 59.
• Eucharist, congregation neglect the celebration of the, 117;
  • Chrysostom censures irreverent conduct at, 135;
  • character of some of its partakers, 233.
• Eucharistic elements burned at the pillage of the Nitrian monks, 297;
  • profaned by soldiers at St. Sophia, 333.
• Eudoxia, 189;
  • weds Arcadius, 206;
  • baptized and educated in the Christian faith, 206;
  • Chrysostom’s eulogium of, at the removal of the remains of some martyrs, 222, 223;
  • aims at the fall of Eutropius, and makes an ally of Chrysostom, 240;
  • contributes to the support of the churches and the relief of the poor, 241;
  • profound jealousy of the power of Eutropius, 248;
  • relates the minister’s insults to her to Arcadius, 248;
  • remains mistress of the field after the death of Eutropius, 256;
  • stands unrivalled in the management of the empire, 263, 264;
  • gives birth to a male heir to the throne, 264;
  • proclaimed Empress under the title of Augusta, 264;
  • commands Chrysostom to recall Severian and admit him to communion, 276, 277;
  • becomes the enemy of Chrysostom, 283, 284;
  • accosted by the Nitrian monks, and promises that the council they desire shall be convened, 301;
  • implores the prayers of the monks, 301;
  • asks the prayers of Epiphanius on her son’s behalf, 304;
  • terrified by an earthquake, 321;
  • sends a humble letter to Chrysostom, entreating him to return, 321;
  • her image placed in front of the cathedral, 327;
  • ceremony at its erection denounced by Chrysostom, 327;
  • her fierce resentment, 328;
  • will not listen to the entreaty of the forty bishops, 333;
  • receives a solemn warning from Paul, bishop of Crateia, 333;
  • her death, 354.
• Eudoxius, bishop of Germanicia, seizes the see of Antioch, 18;
  • made archbishop of Constantinople, 18.
• Eugenius’s children pardoned and baptized, 201.
• Eugraphia, 256;
  • an enemy of Chrysostom, 283;
  • her house the rendezvous of the disaffected, 283.
• Eulysius, bishop of Apamea, accompanies Chrysostom on board the vessel, 340;
  • detained in chains at Bithynia, 342;
  • taken to Chalcedon, 342;
  • dismissed, 342;
  • a fugitive to Rome, 350;
  • accompanies the Italian deputation, 353;
  • imprisoned in Arabia, 355.
• Eunomians forbidden by Theodosius to hold meetings, 142.
• Eunomius, an extreme Arian, 109;
  • founder of the Eunomian or Anomœan sect, 109.
• Euphronius, Arian bishop of Antioch, 17.
• Eusebius, a deacon, seeks an interview with Innocent I., 348.
• Eusebius, a Nitrian monk, one of the “tall brethren,” 294;
  • made presbyter by Theophilus, 294.
• Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, instructed by Lucian, 109.
• Eusebius, bishop of Valentinopolis, presents grave charges against Antoninus, 266;
  • commits the crime he has denounced, and is reconciled to Antoninus, 269;
  • postpones the production of witnesses, 269;
  • departs for Constantinople, and affects illness, 270;
  • is excommunicated, 270;
  • requests to be readmitted to communion with his brethren, 271.
• Eusebius, bishop of Vercelli, goes to Antioch to heal the division, 20.
• Eusebius, of Cæsarea, calls ascetics “earnest persons,” 60;
  • use of the word “martyry,” 178.
• Eustathius, bishop of Antioch, deposed by Constantine, 17.
• Euthymius, a Nitrian monk, one of the “tall brethren,” 294.
• Eutropius, a reader and Johnite, tortured to the death, 345.
• Eutropius, the chamberlain, 187;
  • frustrates Rufinus’s scheme for marrying his daughter to Arcadius, 205;
  • strange career and rise, 208;
  • became the adviser of Arcadius, and virtually his master, 209;
  • tyrannous conduct, 209, 210;
  • abolishes the right of asylum in the Church, 210;
  • probably suggested Chrysostom’s election, 214;
  • scheme for removing Chrysostom from Antioch, 215;
  • threatens Theophilus for refusing to assist at Chrysostom’s ordination, 215;
  • does not find Chrysostom a complaisant servant, 240;
  • induces the Emperor to make him consul, 241;
  • adulation of the Byzantines at his inauguration, 243;
  • indignation in the West, 243;
  • treats the rebellion of Tribigild as a petty insurrection, and offers him a bribe, 245;
  • appoints Leo a commander of the legions, 246;
  • his arrogance towards the Empress Eudoxia, 248;
  • degraded by the Emperor, 248;
  • seeks asylum in the Church, 250;
  • protected by Chrysostom, 250;
  • the populace demand his death, 251;
  • his degradation made the subject of a sermon by Chrysostom, 252-254;
  • secretly quits the sanctuary, 255;
  • banished to Cyprus, 255;
  • accused of treason, recalled from Cyprus to Chalcedon, and there beheaded, 256.
• Euzoius, an associate of Arius, made bishop of Antioch, 19.
• Evagrius, 28;
  • recognised by Ambrose as bishop of Antioch, 199;
  • sudden death, 199.
• Evethius, a priest, companion of Chrysostom in his exile, 364;
  • takes letters to the Italian bishops from Chrysostom, 383.
    
    
• FASHIONABLE follies censured, 227-229.
• Fasting, Chrysostom on, 157-159.
• Flaccilla, daughter of Eudoxia, 248.
• Flacilla, the Empress, 148;
  • her humility and gratitude, 148;
  • influence upon Theodosius, 148;
  • her death, 148.
• Flavian, bishop of Antioch, 59;
  • elected by the Meletians, 87;
  • accused of perjury, 87;
  • ordains Chrysostom to the priesthood, 103;
  • Chrysostom’s encomium on, 105, 106;
  • besought by the people of Antioch to intercede for them after their rioting, 153;
  • undertakes the mission of mercy, 153;
  • Chrysostom is hopeful of his mission, 155;
  • arrives at Constantinople, and obtains pardon for Antioch, 170;
  • returns to Antioch in time for the Easter celebration, 170;
  • reception by the people, 170;
  • interview with the Emperor, 171-174;
  • removes the remains of some saints, 181 note;
  • rivalry with Evagrius produces strife with Ambrose, 199;
  • his death, 357.
• Fravitta, a loyal Goth, defeats Gaïnas in several engagements, 262;
  • pursuit of the enemy, 262;
  • made consul, 263.
    
    
• GAÏNAS returns with Stilicho’s troops, 207, 208;
  • is commanded to compass the death of Rufinus, 208;
  • sympathises with his relative Tribigild, 244;
  • is retained at Constantinople in command of the city troops, 246;
  • despatched, after Leo’s defeat, to confront Tribigild, 247;
  • believes the surrender of Eutropius would cause Tribigild to become loyal, 247;
  • disdains to be directed by the Empress and her lady advisers, and joins his forces with those of Tribigild, 256, 257;
  • menaces Constantinople, 257;
  • opens negotiations with the Emperor, and demands the surrender of three court favourites, 257;
  • subjects them to insults and a grim practical jest, 257;
  • interview with the Emperor, 258;
  • demands to be made consul and commander-in-chief, to which the Emperor yields, 259;
  • demands the abolition of the law forbidding Arian worship, 259;
  • is opposed in this by Chrysostom, who debates the question with him, 259, 260;
  • his rapacity, 260;
  • flight from the city, 272;
  • declared by royal decree a public enemy, 261;
  • takes to a life of plunder, 262;
  • defeated in several engagements by Fravitta, and a large portion of his army afterwards drowned in crossing the Hellespont, 262;
  • retreat towards the Danube, 262;
  • final defeat and death, 263.
• Gallus Cæsar endeavours to reform the licentiousness of Daphne, 101.
• Gaudentius, Count, appointed to suppress paganism, 143.
• Gelasius, Pope, forbade reading the Acts of the Saints, 178.
• Gemellus, Chrysostom’s letter to, 373.
• General Council, Chrysostom is willing to be judged by, 315;
  • demanded by the people of Constantinople, 317, 320;
  • summonses issued, 325;
  • counterfeited, and packed with bishops hostile to Chrysostom, 328;
  • desired by Innocent, 352;
  • suggested by Honorius to be held at Thessalonica, 352.
• George of Laodicea discourses at Antioch, 19.
• Germanus, a priest, friend of Chrysostom, 279;
  • custodian of the church treasury at Constantinople, 342;
  • goes to Rome, 350.
• Gerontius, archbishop of Nicomedia, 273;
  • skill in curing diseases, 273;
  • deposed by Chrysostom, 273;
  • accompanies Theophilus to Constantinople to oppose Chrysostom, 307.
• Gerontius, a presbyter, anxious to visit Cucusus, 380;
  • persuaded by Chrysostom to go direct to Phœnicia, 380.
• Gervasius, the martyr, discovery of the remains of, 190.
• Gibbon, his character as an historian, 140;
  • his admiration of Chrysostom in exile, 378.
• Gluttony censured by Chrysostom, 232.
• God, nature of: Chrysostom on the, 110-112.
• Godhead, Three Persons of the: Chrysostom on the, 110-112.
• Goths, the, 93;
  • menace the Danubian frontier, 150;
  • hear the Bible read in their own tongue at Constantinople, 238;
  • revolt under Tribigild, 244;
  • defeat the army of Leo, 247;
  • occupy Constantinople, 259;
  • numbers perish after the flight of Gaïnas, 262.
• Gratian, the Emperor of the West, 140;
  • his flight and assassination, 141;
  • succeeded by his brother Valentinian, 141.
• Grecian legend, 100.
• Greek theology, 391, 392.
• Gregories, the two, 16, 142.
• Gregory of Nazianzus, 86;
  • made archbishop by Theodosius, 142;
  • elected to the see of Constantinople when it was
  • a stronghold of Arianism, 235;
  • subdued the Arian opposition, 236;
  • letter on the marriage of Olympias, 280;
  • sends a poem to Olympias on her duties, 281;
  • qualified admiration of Origen’s teachings, 287.
• Gregory of Nyssa, funeral oration of, on Meletius, 21;
  • preaches the sermon at the baptism of Rufinus, 204.
    
    
• HADRIAN, 126.
• Heaven and hell, Chrysostom on, 34-36.
• Helladius, bishop of Heraclea, consecrates Gerontius, 273;
  • a friend of Chrysostom, 279.
• Hellebicus, commissioner to Antioch, 165;
  • remains at Antioch to keep order, 167;
  • receives the rescript of pardon for the city, 170;
  • received everywhere with ovation, 170.
• Heracleides, a deacon, elected to the see of Ephesus, 271;
  • friend of Chrysostom, 279;
  • accusations made against him by Theophilus and his partisans, 325;
  • his friends and Chrysostom protest against the illegality of such proceedings, 325.
• Heretics, edict of Theodosius against, 142.
• Hermione, Theodore wishes to marry, 31;
  • Chrysostom’s reference to, 36, 38;
  • abandoned by Theodore, 39.
• Hermits, intercession of, for the people of Antioch, 166;
  • Chrysostom’s joy at their courage, 166, 167;
  • their letter to Theodosius, 167.
• Hesychius, bishop of Parium, withdraws from his appointment as delegate to Asia, 269.
• Hieron, Chrysostom is conveyed to, 320 and note.
• Hilarius introduces Pachomian monasticism into Syria, 60, 61.
• Hilary of Arles charged with ordaining bishops without the people’s consent, 47.
• Hippodrome, the, 118-120.
• Holy Saturday, vast crowds assemble in the churches on, 331.
• Holy Scripture, Chrysostom’s intimate acquaintance with, 85, 116, 117;
  • Arians do not deny its authority, 117;
  • disputes as to its interpretation, 117;
  • Chrysostom’s occasional defects of interpretation, 125.
• Honorius accompanies his father Theodosius to Rome, 193;
  • is sent for to Milan by his father, 201;
  • Stilicho appointed his guardian, 202;
  • receives a deputation of Romans on the consulship of Eutropius, 242;
  • gives a favourable reply, and nominates Mallius Theodorus consul, 243;
  • convenes an Italian synod to consider the state of the Church at Constantinople, 352;
  • suggests to his brother Arcadius a general council to be held at Thessalonica, 352.
• Hymn of Pachomian monks, 63.
  
  
• IGNATIUS, effect of the death of, in confirming souls, 181.
• Illyria ravaged by Huns, 354.
• Illyrian provinces occupied by Alaric, 207.
• Infant baptism the ordinary practice of the early Church, 15;
  • popular reasons for delaying, 15, 16;
  • the two Gregories, the great Basil, and Chrysostom contend against its misconceptions, 16.
• Innocent I., bishop of Rome, appealed to by Chrysostom, 334, 335;
  • is advised by Theophilus to cease communion with Chrysostom, 348;
  • four bishops bring him Chrysostom’s letter, 348;
  • decisive letter to Theophilus, 348;
  • receives another letter from him, on the minutes of the “Synod of the Oak,” 349;
  • sends a second letter of reproof to Theophilus, 349;
  • orders prayers and fasts for the restoration of concord, 349;
  • letter of condolence to the clergy of Constantinople, 349;
  • treats the letter of the cabal with disdain, 350;
  • reply to the letter brought by Germanus, 350, 351;
  • writes to Chrysostom a letter of encouragement and consolation, 351, 352;
  • intercedes with Honorius for the Church of Constantinople, 352;
  • remains attached to Chrysostom’s cause, 358;
  • approves of the restoration of Elpidius to his see, 377;
  • letter from Chrysostom in exile, 384, 385.
• Isaac, a Syrian monk, sent to Antioch to inquire into Chrysostom’s early life, 284;
  • brings a list of charges against the archbishop at the “Synod of the Oak,” 314;
  • comes to the archbishop with a peremptory message, 315.
• Isaurians ravage Syria and Asia Minor, 354;
  • Cucusus, the destination of Chrysostom, subject to attacks from, 360, 361;
  • ravage the neighbourhood of Cæsarea, 363;
  • molest the roads round Cucusus, 380;
  • cause extreme misery to the inhabitants of Cucusus and the neighbourhood, 382, 383.
• Isidore, abbot of Pelusium, on the discharge of episcopal duties, 212.
• Isidore, presbyter of Alexandria, a candidate for the see of Constantinople, 213;
  • the depositary of an awkward secret of Theophilus’s, 213;
  • carries a petition to Rome, 237;
  • despatched to Palestine, 292;
  • some account of his life, 293;
  • accepts a charitable trust, 293;
  • refuses to surrender the money to Theophilus, who charges him with a horrible crime, 294;
  • is expelled from the priesthood, and flies to the desert of Nitria, 294.
• Italian deputation to Arcadius, 352;
  • maltreated, 353;
  • failure of its mission, 354;
  • returns home, 354.
• Italian synod convened by Honorius, 352;
  • result of its deliberations, 352;
  • memorialise Arcadius on the restoration of Chrysostom, 353.
    
    
• JEALOUSY of wives and husbands, 97.
  • Jeremy Taylor quoted, 393 note;
  • as a preacher, 426.
• Jerome quoted, 18;
  • promotes the advance of monasticism, 61;
  • sides with Theodosius, 142;
  • three years’ residence at Rome, 194;
  • admonition on the worldly hospitality of the clergy, 218;
  • description of Theophilus of Alexandria, 285;
  • opinion of Origen’s merits, 288;
  • repudiates Aterbius’s charge of being an Origenist, 289;
  • sides with Epiphanius, 291;
  • strife with John of Jerusalem, 291, 292;
  • commendation of Theophilus’s letter on Origenistic errors, 300;
  • styles Chrysostom a parricide, 302.
• Jerusalem the only lawful place for Jewish sacrifices, 130, 131;
  • see of, 289;
  • made a patriarchate, its precedence over Cæsarea, 289 note.
• Jews, Chrysostom’s opposition to, 50;
  • danger to Christianity, 107;
  • Chrysostom’s method of argument against, 121, 124, 125;
  • homilies against, 126-128;
  • their character and influence at Antioch, 126, 127;
  • statutes concerning, 126;
  • ranged on the Arian side in dissensions, 127;
  • scenes at their festivals, 127, 128;
  • increasing influence in Antioch, 128, 129;
  • Chrysostom’s vehemence against, 129-131;
  • their sacrifices, 130, 131;
  • the four Captivities foretold, 131;
  • revolts under Hadrian and Constantine, 131;
  • jeer at the tumult at Constantinople, 340.
• John, archdeacon of Constantinople, cherishes malice against Chrysostom, 313;
  • brings a list of charges against him at the “Synod of the Oak,” 314.
• John, bishop of Jerusalem, an admirer of Origen, 288;
  • indignation at the accusation of Aterbius, 289;
  • his pride wounded, 289;
  • preaches against the Anthropomorphites, and on the Christian verities, 290;
  • places the monasteries of Bethlehem under an interdict, 291;
  • strife with Jerome, 291, 292.
• John, Count, appointed Comptroller of the Royal Treasury, 256;
  • his surrender demanded by Gaïnas, 257;
  • insulted by Gaïnas, and afterwards delivered up, 257.
• John, hermit of the Thebaid, consulted by Theodosius, 200.
• Johnites, followers of Chrysostom, prisons filled with, 338;
  • persecuted by Arsacius and Optatus, 344, 345.
• Jovinus, Count, commissioned to suppress paganism, 143.
• Judaising Christians, 128-130.
• Julian, Emperor: his efforts to resuscitate paganism, 11;
  • friend of Libanius, 12;
  • recalls all the exiled prelates, 20;
  • his death, 94;
  • consulted the oracle of Apollo at Daphne, 102;
  • attempt to rebuild the Temple frustrated, 131;
  • beheaded two soldiers for being Christians, 179.
• Jupiter, destruction of the temple of, at Apamea, 143.
• Justina, the queen-mother, 187;
  • her flight to Thessalonica, 191.
• Justinian, 47.
  
  
• KEBLE, Rev. John, quoted, 275 note.
  
  
• LAODICEA made the capital of Syria, 165.
• “Laura,” a, or street, 60.
• Law, the profession of, the avenue to distinction, 13.
• Lent, how to keep, 157-159.
• Leo appointed to the command of the troops sent against Tribigild, 246;
  • crosses the Bosporus and pursues the enemy to Pamphylia, 246;
  • want of discipline in his army, 246;
  • his camp attacked by night, the troops fleeing in disorder, 247;
  • is drowned in mud, 247.
• Leontius, the eunuch, Arian bishop of Antioch, 17;
  • tries to conciliate the Catholics, 17;
  • instructed by Lucian, 109.
• Leontius, bishop of Ancyra, a leader of Chrysostom’s enemies, 329;
  • utters a palpable lie, 330;
  • Chrysostom escapes him when journeying into exile, 362.
• “Let us pray,” in our Liturgy, 88.
• Letters to Olympius, remarks on the, 370, 371.
• Libanius the sophist, 12;
  • an eloquent defender of paganism, 12;
  • his lectures attended by Chrysostom, 12;
  • an opponent of Christianity on principle, 73;
  • elegy over the shrine of Apollo, 102;
  • apology for paganism, 145;
  • attachment to antiquity, 145;
  • invective against the monks, 146;
  • regrets the destruction of the Pagan temples, 147;
  • before the commissioners at Antioch, 165;
  • orations in honour of Theodosius and the commissioners, 166.
• “Love-feast,” 182.
• Lucian, bishop of Antioch, held doctrines afterwards called Arian, 109;
  • presbyter of Antioch, 109;
  • teacher of Eusebius, Leontius, and probably Arius, 109;
  • suffered martyrdom, 387.
• Lucifer of Cagliari at Antioch, 21;
  • consecrates Paulinus bishop, and increases the confusion, 20, 86, 199.
• Lucius directed by Anthemius to implore the people to return to the churches, 336;
  • harangues the congregation, but with no effect, 336;
  • is bribed by Acacius, and commits scenes of violence at the Baths, 336;
  • waiting with troops to compel Chrysostom’s departure, if need be, 339.
    
    
• MACEDONIANS forbidden by Theodosius to hold assemblies, 142.
• Macedonius, archbishop of Constantinople, deposed, 18.
• Macedonius the hermit, 166;
  • his appeal for the people of Antioch, 166.
• Magical arts, decree of Valens against the practisers of, 57, 58.
• Mallius Theodorus nominated consul by Honorius, 243.
• Manes, error of, 113.
• Manichæans, the, 50;
  • celibacy of, 95;
  • their danger to Christianity, 107;
  • forbidden to hold assemblies, 142.
• Marcellina, the example of, converted many women to celibacy, 61.
• Marcellus, bishop, killed, 143.
• Marcia, 256;
  • an enemy of Chrysostom, 282, 328.
• Marcion, error of, 113.
• Marcionites, 95;
  • their danger to Christianity, 107.
• Mariamna, Chrysostom arrives at, 322.
• Marriage, Chrysostom on, 95;
  • how arranged, 96, 97;
  • its trials and troubles, 97-100.
• Martin, St., bishop of Tours, 40;
  • founder of religious houses, 61;
  • followed to his grave by two thousand brethren, 61.
• Martyries, 177, 178;
  • trading near, 182, 183;
  • visited by Arcadius and Eudoxia at Easter-tide, 333.
• Martyrs, appeal for assistance to, 132;
  • churches built to commemorate their death, 177;
  • their numerous festivals, 178;
  • Chrysostom’s homilies on, 177-183;
  • St. Augustine on the honour to be paid to them, 180;
  • increasing veneration to them in the Church, 181;
  • discovery of skeletons, and cures effected, 181;
  • procession conducted by Chrysostom and the Empress, on the removal of some reliques, 222, 223.
• Maruthas, bishop of Martyropolis, in Persia, an active missionary, 375 and note.
• Maruthas, bishop of Mesopotamia, accidentally causes the death of Cyrinus, 307.
• Maximian, persecution of, 56.
• Maximin, persecution of, 60.
• Maximus, bishop of Seleucia, adopts a secluded life, 27.
• Maximus the usurper’s progress arrested by Theodosius, 141;
  • his disloyalty, 190;
  • passage of the Alps, 191;
  • defeated by Theodosius, 191;
  • beheaded, 191.
• Meletius, bishop of Antioch, 15;
  • translated from Sebaste in Armenia to Antioch, 18;
  • preaches by command of Constantius on the text, “The Lord possessed me,” 19;
  • dissents from the Arians, and is banished to Melitene, 19;
  • recalled by Julian, 20;
  • banished again in A.D. 367, and afterwards by the Emperor Valens, 21, 40;
  • returns after the death of Valens (A.D. 378), 21;
  • presided over the Council of Constantinople (A.D. 381), 21;
  • died during its session, 21;
  • his funeral oration, 21;
  • one of his last acts, 86;
  • Chrysostom’s encomium, 108;
  • invocation to, 108.
• Milan, astonishment of the people of, at Theodosius’s act of treachery, 195, 196.
• Milman, Dean, quoted, 127.
• Moduarius, a deacon, a messenger to Chrysostom in exile, 376.
  
  Monasteries of Bethlehem placed under an interdict by John of Jerusalem, 291.
• Monasteries, tranquillity of, 80;
  • education at, 80.
• Monasticism, 53;
  • rise of, 59;
  • rule of Pachomius, 60;
  • introduced into Syria by Hilarion, 60;
  • promoted in the West by St. Jerome, 61;
  • Eastern and Western, 64-66;
  • St. Chrysostom’s admiration for, 67;
  • contemplative form of, 67, 68;
  • enemies of, 73;
  • its necessity, 74, 75;
  • called “the true philosophy,” 75.
• Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, 189.
• Monk, calm life of the, 53;
  • powerful influence of the, 77.
• Monks, custom of reading aloud during dinner, 63 note;
  • interfere in political contests, 65;
  • Eastern and Western monks, 65;
  • daily life, 66, 67;
  • reception of the Eucharist, 66 note;
  • persecution of, by Valens, 72, 73;
  • exempt from love, avarice, etc., 76;
  • fanatical fury, 143;
  • Libanius’s invective against, 146.
• Monks of Nitria, 294;
  • the “tall brethren,” persecuted by Theophilus, 295-297;
  • they fly to Palestine, and find a new home at Scythopolis, 297;
  • the malice of their persecutor follows them here, 297;
  • they embark for Constantinople, and reach that city fifty in number, 297;
  • they appeal to Chrysostom, who receives them with kindness, but acts cautiously, 297, 298;
  • resolve to appeal to the civil powers, 300;
  • draw up documents of charges against Theophilus and their accusers, 301;
  • accost the Empress, who promises the council they desire shall be called, 301;
  • interview with Epiphanius, 304;
  • Theophilus reconciled with “the tall brethren,” 316.
• Monks, Pachomian, number of, 62;
  • period of probation, 62;
  • dress and habits, 63;
  • division into classes, 64.
    
    
• NEBRIDIUS, prefect of Constantinople, husband of Olympias, 280;
  • his death two years after marriage, 281.
• Nebridius, husband of Salvina, 279.
• Nectarius, bishop of Constantinople, 47;
  • his subservience to the Emperor, 198;
  • his death, 212;
  • had desired to make Arsacius bishop of Tarsus, 344.
• Neocæsarea, Council of (about A.D. 320), 56.
• Nestorius consecrated a bishop when a layman, 56.
• New Year’s Day a riotous festival, 136.
• Nice, Council of (A.D. 325), 17, 56;
  • the custom of keeping Easter according to Jewish calculation condemned, 130;
  • proposal of clerical celibacy defeated by Paphnutius, 219;
  • prohibition as to unmarried clergy living with women other than mother, sister, or aunt, 219;
  • canons of, on ecclesiastical affairs being judged in their own province, 308, 312, 351.
• Nicolaus, a priest, supplies money and men to the Phœnician mission, 380.
• Nilus, an anchorite, addresses letters of warning to Arcadius, 354.
• Novatians, pretension of the, to purity of doctrine and life, 235;
  • refuse readmission of penitents, 235;
  • incur Chrysostom’s indignation, 235.
    
    
• OATHS, the taking of, excites Chrysostom’s indignation, 231, 232.
• Œcumenical Council, the Fifth (A.D. 553), 31.
• Olympias, the deaconess, friend of Chrysostom, 280;
  • early life, 280;
  • married to Nebridius, 280;
  • death of her husband, 281;
  • devotes herself to the interests of the Church, 281;
  • attends to the wants of the Nitrian monks, 298;
  • Chrysostom’s farewell to, 339, 340;
  • accused of incendiarism, 346;
  • conduct before Optatus, 346;
  • refuses communion with Arsacius, 346;
  • is fined, and retires to Cyzicus, 346;
  • intercedes for Chrysostom, 361;
  • the archbishop’s letters to her from Cucusus, 367-373.
• Olympic games instituted by Commodus at Antioch, 92, 101.
• Optatus, a Pagan, succeeds Studius as prefect at Constantinople, 342;
  • persecutes Chrysostom’s followers, 342, 345;
  • fines Olympias, 346.
• Origen, allegorical interpretations of, 28;
  • his voluminous writings, and the controversy upon his teachings, 286-288;
  • the Egyptian Church proud of him, 287.
• Orontes, the, 17, 28, 58, 90, 91, 100, 101.
• Ostrogoths, a colony of, established in Phrygia and Lydia, 140.
  
  
• PACHOMIUS, the Benedict of the East, 60;
  • his practice of asceticism, 62;
  • his rule acknowledged by three thousand monks during his lifetime, and fifty thousand after his death, 62.
• Pagan temples, edict for the destruction of, 238.
• Paganism, Chrysostom’s method of argument and homily against, 121-124;
  • Theodosius’s laws against, 142, 143;
  • its hold upon the people, 144;
  • its apologists, 144, 145;
  • prevalent in Phœnicia, 238;
  • not extirpated in the fifth century, 382.
• Pagans, conversion of, 175, 176.
• Palladius, bishop of Hellenopolis, visits the Egyptian monasteries, 64;
  • his narrative of events, 265 and note;
  • a delegate on the affair of Antoninus, 269;
  • joins Chrysostom at Bithynia, 271;
  • on Chrysostom’s consistency, 278;
  • account of Chrysostom and his bishops before being summoned to “the Synod of the Oak,” 309-311;
  • description of Arsacius, 344;
  • a fugitive to Rome, 350;
  • accompanies the Italian deputation, 353;
  • imprisoned near Ethiopia, 355;
  • description of Constantius the priest, 357, 358.
• Pamphylia, Tribigild awaits Leo at, 246.
• Pansophius, bishop of Pissida, desired to “offer the gifts,” 267.
• Pansophius elected to the see of Nicomedia, 273.
• Paphnutius, an Egyptian monk, defeats the proposal of clerical celibacy at the Council of Nice, 219.
• Parents, worldliness of, reproved by Chrysostom, 78, 79.
• Paschal letter, the, 288 note.
• Paternus, an emissary from the cabal to Innocent, 349.
• Patriarch, the title, 216 and note.
• Patricius, the notary, conveys to Chrysostom the mandate of his deposition, 339.
• Paul, bishop of Crateia, solemnly warns Eudoxia, 333.
• Paul, bishop of Heraclea, deputed to conciliate Eusebius, 267;
  • joins Chrysostom at Bithynia, 271.
• Paul, bishop of Tibur, interrupted while consecrating Ursicinus, 47.
• Paul of Samosata deposed from the see of Antioch, 109;
  • his Sabellian doctrines, 109;
  • originally a sophist, and unfitted to build up a system, 109.
• Paul the Anchorite retires to the Egyptian Thebaid during the persecution of Decius, 60.
• Paulinian forcibly ordained deacon and priest by Epiphanius, 291.
• Paulinus consecrated bishop by Lucifer of Cagliari, 20;
  • recognised by Ambrose as bishop of Antioch, 199.
• Peanius praised for his loyal zeal, 377.
• Peasant clergy, Chrysostom’s praise of, 184, 185;
  • simplicity of their wives, 185.
• Pempton, congregation at, dispersed, 337.
• Pentadia, wife of Timasius, friend of Chrysostom, 280;
  • the archbishop’s farewell to, 339;
  • imprisoned, and charged with incendiarism, 347;
  • protests her innocence and silences her enemies, 347;
  • is persuaded by Chrysostom to remain at Constantinople, 347.
• Persecution intensifies attachment to the Church, 357.
• Peter, a priest, the bearer of a letter from Theophilus to Innocent, 349.
• Pharetrius, bishop of Cæsarea, does not greet Chrysostom on his journey, 362, 363;
  • his envy of the exile, 363;
  • menaces Seleucia, at whose house Chrysostom is lodged, 364.
• Philippopolis, Arian Council of, 17.
• “Philosophers” of Antioch, cowardice of, 167;
  • peasant clergy more than a match for, 184.
• Phœnicia, mission in, 380-382;
  • Pagan resistance to the mission, 381.
• Phrygia overrun by Tribigild, 245.
• Pityus, on the Euxine, Chrysostom to be removed to, 386.
• Placidia, sister of Honorius, 201.
• Plato, dialogues of, 55;
  • compared with Dionysius the Tyrant, 76;
  • Chrysostom on the teaching of, 428, 429.
• Polycarp, bishop, removal of his remains, 179.
• Porphyry, a priest, procures the banishment of Constantius, 358;
  • imprisons some of the clergy of Antioch, 358;
  • enters the church, and with closed doors is hurriedly ordained bishop of Antioch by Acacius, Severian, and Antiochus, 358;
  • is threatened by the populace, and protected by troops, 358.
• Porphyry, bishop of Gaza, urges the destruction of Pagan temples, 238.
• Preaching, Chrysostom’s remarks on, 51, 52.
• Priesthood, the, Chrysostom’s books on, 40-55;
  • probable date of writing, 55;
  • age at which eligible for, 55, 56.
• Priestly office, dignity, difficulty, and danger of, 43-45;
  • qualifications for, 50.
• Priscillianists, the, ruthlessly persecuted, by Maximus, 190.
• Prisoners, custom of releasing, 172 and note.
• Procla, Chrysostom’s farewell to, 339.
• Proclus, friend of Chrysostom, 279;
  • elevated to the see of Constantinople, 388;
  • gains the consent of the Emperor to transport Chrysostom’s remains to the city, 388.
• Procopius, uncle and guardian of Olympias, 280.
• Promotus assassinated by order of Rufinus, 205.
• Property holders, duties of, 230.
• Protasius, discovery of the reliques of, 190.
• Ptolemy Philadelphus deposits the Septuagint in the temple of Serapis, 128.
• Pulcheria, daughter of Eudoxia, 248.
• Pusey, Dr., quoted, 417, 418.
  
  
• RAVENNA, Honorius at, 352;
  • court of, not powerful enough to enforce the convocation of a general council, 359.
• Reader in the Church, office of, 23;
  • ceremony of ordination to, 23.
• Reliques, importance attached to, 382.
• Remigius of Rheims made bishop at the age of twenty-two, 56.
• Repentance, Chrysostom on, 34.
• Rhadagaisus covets Rome, 359.
• Right of asylum in the Church abolished by Eutropius, 210;
  • transferred from Pagan temples, 249;
  • sought by Eutropius, 250;
  • maintained by Chrysostom, 251.
• Rimini, the creed of, 18, 188.
• Roman Catholic countries, abuse of saints’ days in, 183.
• Rome, bishop of, growing tendency of Christendom to appeal to, 335;
  • no jealousy entertained by Chrysostom of him, 335.
• Rome, contest for the see of, 47;
  • persecutions at, 58;
  • St. Jerome at, 61;
  • division into districts, 103;
  • love of the people for chariot-races, 118;
  • triumphal entry of Theodosius, 193;
  • its mixed population, 195;
  • deputation of the inhabitants to Stilicho and Honorius against the consulship of Eutropius, 242;
  • arrival of fugitives from Constantinople, 350;
  • efforts of Alaric to conquer, 359.
• Rufinus, a presbyter, sent to Phœnicia to restore peace, 381;
  • Chrysostom’s letter to, 381, 382.
• Rufinus, minister of Theodosius, 187;
  • his view of the sedition at Thessalonica, 195;
  • endeavours to console Theodosius, 197;
  • seeks an interview with Ambrose, but is repulsed, 197;
  • appointed guardian to Arcadius, and regent of the East, 203;
  • some account of his life, 203;
  • his “accursed thirst” for gain, and his extortions, 204;
  • display of piety, 204;
  • builds a monastery and church at “the Oak,” and is baptized therein, 204;
  • surrounds himself with a powerful party, 204;
  • jealousy of Stilicho, 205;
  • scheme to marry his daughter to Arcadius frustrated, 205;
  • villanous plot of overrunning the country with Huns, Goths, etc., 206, 207;
  • his death just when he had attained the height of his ambition, 208.
• Rufinus, monk of Aquileia, a warm admirer of Origen, 288;
  • is accused of being an Origenist by Aterbius, and refuses to defend himself, 288;
  • sides with Bishop John of Jerusalem, 291.
    
    
• SABELLIANS, the, 50;
  • their danger to Christianity, 107.
• Sabiniana, the deaconess, follows Chrysostom into exile, 366.
• Saints’ days, abuse of, 182, 183.
• Saints, the Old Testament, 84, 99;
  • growth of devotion to, 108;
  • appeal for assistance to, 132;
  • their festivals grow numerous, 178;
  • special days of commemoration, 178;
  • character of the festivals, 178;
  • their Acts or Passions, 178 and note;
  • Chrysostom’s belief in their intercessory power, 178;
  • feeling in the Church in regard to their invocation, 179;
  • popular faith in the miraculous power of their remains, 180, 181;
  • pilgrimages to their tombs, 181;
  • relics removed by Flavian, 181 note.
• Salustius, a priest, rebuked by Chrysostom, 345, 376.
• Salvina, daughter of Gildo, friend of Chrysostom, 279;
  • the archbishop’s farewell to, 339.
• Saracens, the nomadic, 61.
• Sardica, Council of (A.D. 342), 17;
  • (A.D. 343, 344), 56;
  • repudiates the Twelfth Canon of the Council of Antioch, 329, 351.
• Saturninus, husband of Castricia: his surrender demanded by Gaïnas, 257;
  • insulted by Gaïnas, and afterwards delivered up, 257.
• Savile, Sir Henry: his edition of Chrysostom’s works, 9.
• Savonarola, 3;
  • character of the people preached to by, 233;
  • compared with Chrysostom, 426.
• Schism of Antioch, 20, 21.
• Secundus, father of Chrysostom, 9;
  • his death, 10.
• Seleucia lodges Chrysostom at her house, 364;
  • is threatened by Pharetrius, 364.
• Seleucus, Count, father of Olympias, 280.
• Septuagint, the, 128.
• Serapion, archdeacon, encourages Chrysostom in his severity towards the clergy, 222;
  • his dislike of and discourtesy to Severian, 276;
  • remains Chrysostom’s friend, 279;
  • exclamation on the teaching of Theophilus, 288;
  • summoned before the “Synod of the Oak,” 311;
  • now bishop of Heraclea, scourged and exiled, 345;
  • seeks shelter with Gothic monks, 375.
• Serapis, the temple of, Septuagint deposited at, 128;
  • silver image of, at Alexandria, destroyed, 144.
• Serena, wife of Stilicho, 201.
• Severian, bishop of Gabala, deputed to act for Chrysostom during his absence, 270;
  • endeavours to undermine the archbishop’s influence, 275;
  • his efforts to win admiration, 276;
  • irritation with Serapion’s discourtesy, 276;
  • expelled from Constantinople by Chrysostom, but recalled by command of Eudoxia, 276, 277;
  • becomes a leader of the faction hostile to Chrysostom, 282;
  • extols the deposition of the patriarch, 321;
  • again plotting against him after his recall, 329;
  • urges the Emperor to remove Chrysostom from the city, 338, 339;
  • assists in secretly ordaining Porphyry, 358.
• Severus, Emperor Alexander: his admiration of the mode of electing bishops, 46.
• Shakespeare quoted, 95 note, 161 note.
• Sicinnius, the Novatian bishop, writes against Chrysostom, 235;
  • admired by Socrates, 235 note.
• Silk, the use of, 227 and note.
• Simeon Stylites on his pillar, 61;
  • a caricature of the anchorite, 65.
• Siricius, Pope, decree of, on celibacy of the clergy, 218.
• Socrates, 76;
  • invited by Archelaus to court, 76;
  • resists the allurements of ambition, 95.
• Socrates, historian, terms dedicatory churches “martyries,” 178;
  • says the treatises of Chrysostom on “spiritual sisters” were composed during his diaconate, 220;
  • account of the pursuit of Gaïnas, 263;
  • stories of Maruthas, 375 note.
• Sozomen on the dress of Pachomian monks, 63;
  • on their industries, 64;
  • his account of the pursuit of Gaïnas, 263.
• Spiritual agency, 82-84.
• “Spiritual sisters” of priests, 219.
• Stagirius, excessive austerities of, 82;
  • their effect, 83;
  • consoled by Chrysostom, 84.
• Stanley, Dean, quoted, 40.
• Stelechius, Chrysostom’s book addressed to, 69, 71.
• Stephen, bishop of Antioch, president of the Arian Council of Philippopolis, 17;
  • deposed by the Emperor Constantius, 17.
• Stilicho, 187;
  • Theodosius commends to him Honorius and the West, 202;
  • likened by Claudian to Scipio, 205;
  • Honorius betrothed to his daughter, 205;
  • advances against Alaric, but is prevented from attacking him by a message from Constantinople, 207;
  • sends back his troops under Gaïnas, 207, 208;
  • again hastens to attack Alaric, but hears that he is commander-in-chief of the forces of the East, 210;
  • receives a deputation of Romans on the consulship of Eutropius, 242;
  • rumours of his march to the East, 247;
  • efforts to restrain Alaric and Rhadagaisus, 359.
• Strabo’s description of Daphne, 101.
• Superstitions, description of, 137;
  • rebuked by Chrysostom, 137, 138.
• Swearing, admonition against, 159, 160.
• Symmachus, his apology for paganism, 145;
  • eloquent appeal for the retention of the statue of Victory, 145;
  • his character, 145 note;
  • Ambrose’s reply to his appeal, 145, 146;
  • obtains a professorial chair for St. Augustine, 189;
  • cordially received by Theodosius, 194.
• Syncletius, bishop of Trajanopolis, a delegate on the affair of Antoninus, 269.
• “Synod of the Oak,” 309;
  • Chrysostom summoned to the, 309;
  • not an Œcumenical Council, 313;
  • its display of formalities, 313;
  • the archbishop refuses to attend, and is deposed, 315, 316;
  • its sentence ratified by the Emperor, 316, 317;
  • its proceedings declared illegal, 325.
• Syria: Antioch degraded, and Laodicea made its capital, 165;
  • Theophilus travels through, bringing disaffected bishops to Constantinople, 306;
  • overrun by Isaurians, 354.
• Syrus, an old ascetic, 82.
  
  
• “TALL brethren” persecuted by Theophilus, 294, 295;
  • their dwellings pillaged, 295;
  • fly to Palestine, 297;
  • thence to Constantinople, 297;
  • Theophilus is reconciled to them, 316.
• Temple, the only lawful place to offer sacrifices, 131 note;
  • Julian commands its restoration, 131 note;
  • failure to rebuild, 131.
• Tertullian, saying of, 177.
• Thalia, the, of Arius, 236.
• Thebaid, the Egyptian, 60;
  • Pachomius, a native of the, 62.
• Theodore, bishop of Mopsuestia, 9;
  • joins an ascetic brotherhood, 27;
  • returns to a worldly life, 31, 32;
  • letters of lamentation from Chrysostom, 32-39;
  • returns again to the brotherhood, 39;
  • made bishop of Mopsuestia (A.D. 394), 39;
  • his character, 39.
• Theodore of Tyana, friendly to Chrysostom, 329;
  • quits Constantinople on seeing the unfair construction of the council, 329.
• Theodoret’s story of the meeting of Gaïnas and Chrysostom, 263;
  • on the jurisdiction of Chrysostom, 274;
  • on idolatry in Phœnicia, 382.
• Theodoras executed, 57, 94.
• Theodosia, sister of Amphilocius, and instructress of Olympias, 280.
• Theodosius I., on amicable terms with Libanius, 12;
  • his defeats of the Goths, 93;
  • deservedly called “The Great,” 139;
  • his services against Scots and Saxons, Moors and Goths, 139;
  • disgraced, and retires to Spain, 139;
  • recalled, and made Emperor, 140;
  • his character, 140;
  • military achievements, 140, 141;
  • a Christian, 141;
  • efforts to establish a uniform type of religion, 141;
  • his baptism, 141;
  • solemn declaration of faith, 141;
  • makes Gregory of Nazianzus bishop, 142;
  • project for a general council, 142;
  • edict against heretics, 142;
  • forbids the practice of divination, 143;
  • laws against Pagans, 142, 143;
  • his impartiality, 147, 148;
  • his wife Flacilla, 148;
  • choleric temper, 148;
  • pardons Antioch after the tumult, 170;
  • interview with Flavian, 171-174;
  • victory over Maximus, 191;
  • generosity to his enemies, 191;
  • commands the bishop of Callinicum to rebuild the Jewish synagogue, 191;
  • remonstrance of Ambrose, 191, 192;
  • the order annulled, 193;
  • triumphal entry into Rome, 193;
  • two popular enactments, 193, 194;
  • abstains from interfering in religious debates, 194;
  • resentment at the sedition of Thessalonica, 195;
  • barbarous act of ferocity, 195;
  • confronted by Ambrose, and refused admittance to the cathedral, 196;
  • exhorted to deep repentance, 197;
  • his penance, 197, 198;
  • forbidden to sit with the clergy during the celebration, 198;
  • collects a huge force, and solicits the favour of heaven, 200;
  • arrives near the scene of his former victory, 200;
  • assaults Arbogastes, but is repulsed, 200;
  • his vision, 200;
  • rallies his army, and completely defeats the enemy, 201;
  • received at Milan with transports of joy, 201;
  • free pardon granted to the Milanese who had revolted, 201;
  • his health gives way, 201;
  • receives the Eucharist at the hands of Ambrose, 201;
  • beseeches the Western bishops to acknowledge Flavian, 201;
  • implores the Pagan Roman senators to become Christians, 201, 202;
  • last appearances in public, 202;
  • his death, 202;
  • his law on the right of asylum, 249;
  • conduct towards Olympias, 281.
• Theodosius II., attacked by an alarming illness, 304;
  • suppresses the Pagan homage paid to Emperors, 327;
  • consents to Chrysostom’s reliques being brought to Constantinople, 388;
  • implores forgiveness for his parents’ wrongs to the saint, 388.
• Theodosius the elder, 139;
  • executed at Carthage, 139 note;
  • his statue destroyed by the mob at Antioch, 152.
• Theophilus, a priest, rebuked by Chrysostom, 345, 376.
• Theophilus, archbishop of Alexandria, appointed arbitrator between Flavian and Evagrius, 199;
  • pushes the claims of Isidore for the see of Constantinople, 213;
  • refuses to take part in Chrysostom’s ordination until threatened by Eutropius, 215;
  • his opposition is silenced, and he assists in the consecration, 215, 216;
  • joins Chrysostom in urging the recognition of Flavian, 237;
  • behaviour to Olympias, 282 note;
  • becomes the chief of Chrysostom’s foes, 285;
  • his character, 284, 285;
  • earnest defender of the teaching of Origen, 287;
  • made arbitrator between Jerome and John of Jerusalem, 292;
  • his letter intended for John is delivered to Vinctius, 292;
  • changes sides, 292, 293;
  • brings a horrible charge against Isidore, who is ejected from the ministry, 294;
  • persecutes the “tall brethren,” 294-297;
  • his malice follows the Nitrian monks to Palestine, 297;
  • schemes for the overthrow of Chrysostom, 298, 299;
  • apologetic letter to Epiphanius, 299;
  • writes a sharp complaint to Chrysostom, 300;
  • summoned to Constantinople to defend his conduct towards the Nitrian monks, 301;
  • arrival at the city with twenty-eight bishops, 306;
  • declines the hospitality of Chrysostom, 307;
  • resides at Pera, in a house of the Emperor’s, 307;
  • refuses all communication with the archbishop, 308;
  • his house the resort of the disaffected, 308;
  • bribes to the city, 308;
  • draws up a list of accusations against Chrysostom, 309;
  • holds a synod at “the Oak,” and summons the archbishop to appear, 309;
  • after his object is attained, is reconciled to the “tall brethren,” 316;
  • arrives at Constantinople with a large retinue, and restores the worthless clergy, 320, 321;
  • remains in the city after the recall of Chrysostom, 324, 325;
  • his flight when summonses were issued for a general council, 325;
  • excuses himself from attending the council, 325;
  • invited by Chrysostom’s enemies again to visit Constantinople, 328;
  • declines, and sends three “pitiful bishops,” 328;
  • his letter to Pope Innocent received with displeasure, 348;
  • reproved by Innocent, 348, 349.
• Theotecnus brings to Innocent a letter from twenty-five bishops, 349.
• Theotimus, a Goth, bishop of Tomis, at Constantinople, 266;
  • a determined opponent of Epiphanius, 303;
  • called by the Huns “the god of the Christians,” 303;
  • denounces the unseemly condemnation of the works of Origen, 303.
• Therapeutæ, the, 59.
• Therasius: Chrysostom addresses a letter to the widow of, 93.
• Thermopylæ, pass of, violated by Alaric, 210.
• Thessalonica, sedition at, 195;
  • its Christian population, 195;
  • failure of the mission of Ambrose to obtain clemency, 195;
  • barbarous massacre of 7000 inhabitants, 195.
• Thrace, Flacilla dies at, 148;
  • overrun by Alaric, 207;
  • ravaged by Gaïnas, 263;
  • ravaged by Huns, 354.
• Tiberias, Patriarch of, 126.
• Tiberius restricted the right of asylum, 249.
• Tigrius summoned before the “Synod of the Oak,” 311;
  • scourged, and put on the rack, 345;
  • survives, and is banished to Mesopotamia, 345.
• Tillemont’s opinion of Theodore, 39 note;
  • floating synod at Constantinople, 266 note.
• Tomis, a market of Goths and Huns, 303.
• Tradition, Chrysostom’s arguments not based on, 117.
• Trajan, Antioch nearly destroyed in the reign of, 90.
• Tranquillus, a friend of Chrysostom, 329.
• Tribigild, the Ostrogoth, solicits promotion for himself and more pay for his soldiers, 244;
  • his suit coldly dismissed by the Emperor’s minister, 244;
  • returns home, and resolves to cast off allegiance to the empire, 245;
  • overruns Phrygia, and captures some fortified towns, 245;
  • refuses to treat with Eutropius, 246;
  • his army retreats to Pamphylia, where he awaits Leo, 246;
  • swoops down upon his prey at night, scattering Leo’s army, 247;
  • his forces joined with those of Gaïnas, 257.
• Trinity Sunday, 178 note.
  
  
• ULDES, or Uldin, pursues Gaïnas and kills him, 263.
• Ulphilas, preaching of, to the Goths, 382.
• Unilas, a Gothic bishop, appointed by Chrysostom, 237;
  • dies after a short but active career, 375.
• Ursicinus, consecration of, by Paul, bishop of Tibur, violently stopped by Damasus, 47.
  
  
• VALENS, the Emperor, on amicable terms with Libanius, 12;
  • favoured the Arians, 21;
  • expelled bishop Meletius, 40;
  • his decree against the practisers of magic, 57;
  • persecution of the monks, 72-75;
  • destruction by the Goths, 92, 94;
  • forbids the sacrifice of animals, 143.
• Valentinian, his decree against magicians, 57;
  • his fate, 94;
  • territory secured to him by Theodosius, 141;
  • forbids the sacrifice of animals, 143.
• Valentinian II., 187;
  • flight to Thessalonica, 191;
  • accompanies Theodosius to Rome, 193;
  • in possession of his dominions, 199;
  • treachery of his general of the forces, Arbogastes, 200;
  • found strangled, 200.
• Valentinians, a church of, set fire to by fanatics, 191.
  
  Valentinus, error of, 113.
• Valentinus, entreated to benevolence by Chrysostom, 377.
• Venerius, bishop of Milan, Chrysostom’s letter to, 334, 335;
  • sends a letter by the Italian deputation, 353.
• Vincentius, presbyter and friend of Jerome, 292.
• Victor Uticensis, 23.
• Victory, news of, proclaimed gratuitously by Theodosius, 194.
• Visigoths, a colony of, established in Thrace, 140.
  
  
• WEALTH, Chrysostom on, 156, 157.
• Wesley, John, at Oxford, 27;
  • as a preacher, 425.
• Western Church, the, acknowledges Paulinus as bishop of Antioch, 20;
  • favourable to clerical celibacy, 218;
  • does not fully accept Origen’s teachings, 287;
  • appealed to by the Eastern Church, 335;
  • not able to insist on justice to Chrysostom, 349;
  • breaks off communion with Theophilus and Atticus, 358;
  • demands the convocation of a general council, 358.
• Western theology, 391, 392.
• Westminster, sanctuary of, 249.
• Women, influence of, on early Christianity, 10, 11;
  • they baffle Julian and Governor Alexander at Antioch, 11;
  • Libanius’s letter on, 11;
  • interference in the election of bishops, 48;
  • multitudes take vows of celibacy, 61;
  • degraded position in the East, 96.
    
    
• ZOSIMUS, 153 note;
  • account of the pursuit of Gaïnas, 262, 263.