II.—INDEX OF PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.

• Abaris, the Hyperborean, ii. 112.
• Abraham, i. 419;
  • and Isaac and Jacob, the names of, united with that of God, potent against demons, ii. 195-197.
• Abstinence, the, practised by the Pythagoreans and Christians, the different reasons for, ii. 320.
• Acts of Paul, The, quoted, i. 20.
• Adam, not the name of an individual but of the whole race, ii. 206.
• Ader [Hadad], i. 389.
• Adrian and Jesus, ii. 117, 118.
• Adultery, reasons why the followers of Zeno and Epicurus abstain from, ii. 484.
• Advents of Christ, two, predicted, i. 459.
• Æsculapius and his supposed heavenly power, ii. 102, 103, 104.
• Africanus, the letter of, to Origen, i. 369, 370;
  • reply of Origen to, 371, etc.
• Ages, the, i. 85.
• Allegories in Scripture, ii. 209, 210;
  • Celsus accuses Christians of having recourse to, when ashamed of Scripture histories, 214;
  • Celsus’ objection to, refuted, 215-217.
• Altar, the only, recognised by Christians, ii. 505.
• Altars, images, and temples, why Christians reject and abhor, ii. 480-487.
• Ammon forbids the use of cows’ flesh, ii. 306.
• Anaxarchus, anecdote of, ii. 475, 476.
• Angel, the, who had power to hurt the uncircumcised, ii. 318, 319.
• Angels, doctrine of the Church respecting, i. 7;
  • how referred to by Paul, 45;
  • a particular office assigned to each, 65;
  • diversities among, the result of merit, 66;
  • capable of good or evil, 67, 69;
  • the substance of, 122, 123;
  • superior to men, ii. 189, 190;
  • employment and dignity of, 271, 519, 520;
  • not to be worshipped or invoked, 272;
  • that waited on Jesus, 327, 328.
• Angels, evil, ii. 517.
• Animal man, the, i. 120, 121.
• Animals, irrational, the superiority of man to, ii. 244-256;
  • power of sorcery attributed to, by Celsus, 252;
  • knowledge of God attributed to, by Celsus, 254-256;
  • division of, by Moses, into clean and unclean, 260;
  • according to Celsus, nearer to God and more beloved by Him than men, 263, 264.
• Annihilation of material substances not possible, i. 58.
• Anthropopathy, the, of Scripture, ii. 236, 239.
• Antichrist, ii. 385-388.
• Antinous, ii. 117, 118, 119.
• Ἀντίχθονες, i. 86.
• Ants and bees asserted by Celsus to be not inferior in intelligence to man, ii. 246-248.
• Apollonius of Tyana, ii. 380.
• Apopompœus, i. 223.
• Apostles, the subjects of their preaching, i. 3, etc.
• Archilochus, the poet, ii. 105.
• Aristeas of Proconnesus, the story of, ii. 106-108;
  • and Jesus, 108-111.
• Aristotle flees from persecution, i. 471.
• Ark, the, of Noah, ii. 207.
• Artaxerxes and Mordecai, i. 231.
• Ascension of Moses, The, quoted, i. 222.
• Ἀσώματον, i. 5.
• Augury, ii. 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257;
  • demons the real source of, 259-261;
  • forbidden by Moses, 262.
• Avenging injuries, ii. 479, 480.
• Babel, the overthrow of the tower of, ii. 180, 181.
• Barnabas, The Epistle of, quoted respecting the two ways, i. 231;
  • respecting the disciples of Jesus, 468.
• Bees and ants asserted by Celsus to be not inferior to man in intelligence, ii. 246-256.
• Betrayal, the, of Jesus by Judas, ii. 15, etc., 17, etc.
• Bethlehem, Jesus born in, i. 453.
• Birds, divination or augury by, ii. 254, 255, etc., 258, 259.
• Birth, the influence of, i. 427.
• Blessedness, the future, of the saints, not carnal, i. 145, 146;
  • but spiritual, 147-153.
• Bodily nature, the perpetuity of the, i. 77-79.
• Body, the, can rational creatures live without?, i. 80, 82;
  • to be made immortal and incorruptible, the resurrection of, 137, ii. 284-292;
  • varieties in the resurrection body, i. 138;
  • a word to weak believers respecting the resurrection body, 139, etc.;
  • as well as the soul, the work of God, Celsus refuted, ii. 220-224, 225, 226;
  • Celsus misrepresents the views of Christians respecting, 533, 534;
  • the care of, assigned by the Egyptians to thirty-six demons, 542, 543.
• Breath of the power of God, the, i. 26-28.
• Brightness of the Father’s glory, Christ the, i. 24.
• Calimachus, his hymn to Jupiter quoted, ii. 124, 125.
• Callatians, a horrid custom of, ii. 307.
• Camel, easier for a, to go through the eye of a needle, etc., ii. 354, 355.
• Chæremon, his Treatise on Comets cited, i. 462.
• Christ, the words of, i. 1;
  • apostolical doctrine respecting, 3;
  • the only-begotten Son of God, 18;
  • the wisdom of God, 18, 19, 20;
  • the eternal generation of, 19, 22;
  • generated by the divine will, 23;
  • the image of the invisible God, 23, 24;
  • the brightness of the glory of God, 24, 25;
  • the figure of God’s person or subsistence, 25;
  • the breath of the power of God, 26;
  • the efflux of God’s glory, 28;
  • the splendour of eternal light, 30;
  • the stainless mirror of God’s ἐνέργεια, 31;
  • the image of God’s goodness, 31, 32;
  • the incarnation of, 106;
  • His union with God, 108;
  • His union with God the reward of His love, 109;
  • possessed a human and rational soul, 110, 111;
  • anointed with the oil of joy, 111, 112;
  • and Moses, as lawgivers, 275, etc.;
  • predicted, 279, etc., 285, etc.;
  • all the majesty of His divinity not confined within the limits of the body of, 345-347;
  • Jacob’s prophecy of, 454;
  • sufferings of, predicted, 456;
  • two advents of, predicted, 459, etc.;
  • the belief of Jews and Christians in the advent of, Celsus answered, ii. 180.
  • See Jesus.
• Christianity, the power of, i. 277, etc., 424, 425, 426;
  • its own defence, 393, 395;
  • its real evidence, 399, 400;
  • general conspiracy against, 400;
  • not a secret system, 403;
  • martyrs for, praised by Celsus, 404;
  • adaptability of, to all orders of mind, ii. 464;
  • the object of, to make all men wise, 126, 127, 128, 152;
  • Celsus’ slanders of the teachers of, refuted, 153, 154, 155, 156.
• Christians, the, accused of entering into secret associations, i. 398, 399;
  • hostility of the heathen to, 400;
  • the morals of, 400, 401;
  • regulations of, relating to idolatry, 401, 402;
  • use no incantations in casting out demons, 402, 403;
  • do not believe without a reason, 405;
  • reformed by the power of their religion, 406;
  • the points of difference between the Jews and, not trifling, ii. 85, 86, 88;
  • not rebels against the Jewish State, 90, 91;
  • the zeal of, to diffuse their principles, 92;
  • few at first, yet not very few, 93;
  • differences of opinion among, from the first, 94;
  • existence of heresies among, no reproach to, 94-96;
  • the basis of the union of, 96, 97;
  • charged with inventing terrors, 98;
  • the religion of, compared by Celsus with that of the Egyptians, 98, 99;
  • charged by Celsus with inviting to their ranks the ignorant only, 125-131;
  • further calumnies of Celsus against, 131, 133;
  • their mode of admitting members, 132;
  • instructions given by, graduated to the capacity of the hearers, 133;
  • desire to instruct all classes of men, 134;
  • Celsus’ calumnies respecting the way their teachers deal with the young and ignorant, 135-138;
  • the worst invited by, to do them good, 139, 140, 141;
  • slander of Celsus, that wise men are driven from the religion of, 151;
  • charged with seeking after the unintelligent, 152;
  • other charges against the teachers of, repelled, 153-156;
  • not won by vain hopes, 158;
  • Celsus’ ridicule of, as bats and ants, etc., 183, 184;
  • the acknowledged opinions of, which make them noble, 185, 186;
  • the character of, 187, 188;
  • do not profess to monopolize God, 188, 189;
  • the argument between the Jews and, 329;
  • sects and heresies among, 331, 333, 335;
  • old calumnies against, 365, 366;
  • Celsus confounds them with certain silly errorists, 365, etc.;
  • Celsus reviles—answer to Celsus’ revilings of, 373-376;
  • their views of God misrepresented by Celsus, 449-450;
  • their hope after death, 450-451;
  • further calumnies of Celsus, 462;
  • instructed and stigmatized by Celsus, 468, 469;
  • how they live, 471;
  • why they reject images, temples, and altars, 483-487;
  • not inconsistent in their rejection of images, 487;
  • use no barbarous words in prayer, 522;
  • do not revile the statues of the gods, 523, 524, 525;
  • the loving zeal of, for the salvation of men, 536;
  • the liberty of, 538, 539, 540;
  • urged by Celsus to help the king and fight for him—how they do this, 556-558;
  • why they refuse to take office under government, 558.
• Christs, false, 460, 461.
• Chrysippus’ treatise On the Cure of the Passions quoted, i. 470;
  • On the Subjugation of the Passions, ii. 535.
• Churches of the Christians, and heathen assemblies, compared and contrasted, ii. 110, 112.
• Circumcision, i. 419;
  • as practised by the Jews different from that practised by the Gentiles, ii. 316, 318;
  • of Moses’ son, 318, 319;
  • abolished by Christ, 319.
• Clean and unclean animals, the reason of the Mosaic division into, ii. 260.
• Clement of Rome quoted, i. 86, 87.
• Cleomedes, the boxer, of Astypalea, ii. 105, 114.
• Clothing, the, of the soul and of the body, i. 81.
• Condescension, the, of God, ii. 172, 174, 175.
• Conflagration, the, of the world, Celsus’ cavils against, ii. 281-285.
• Conflict, the, with the powers of evil, i. 232, etc.
• Confusion of tongues, the, at Babel, ii. 297-299.
• Consummation, the, i. 53-59.
• Controversy between Jason and Papiscus, The, concerning Christ, referred to, 218, 219.
• Conversion possible for the very worst, ii. 145-148.
• Converts from Judaism do not desert the law of their fathers, ii. 1, 2.
• Corporeal and incorporeal being, i. 59-65.
• Corporeity, will it ever be destroyed?, i. 82, 83, etc.
• Corruptible, the, putting on incorruption, i. 80, 81.
• Cosmogony, the Mosaic, the criticism of Celsus on, answered, ii. 390-392, 402, 403.
• Cows’ flesh forbidden by Ammon, ii. 306.
• Creation, the, of the world in time, i. 253, etc.;
  • objection to the creation of the world in time answered, 255;
  • the peculiar term employed in Scripture to express, 258.
• Creation of man, the, ridiculed by Celsus, ii. 199, 200;
  • and of beast, the work of God, 220-224.
• Creature, the, subjected to vanity, i. 63-65, 257, 258.
• Creatures, made by God in the beginning, i. 126;
  • changeable and mutable, 128;
  • varieties of, 129, 130.
• Crocodiles, Celsus has no fault to find with the worshippers of, ii. 310.
• Cup, the prayer of Jesus respecting the, ii. 32.
• Customs, ought those of our respective countries to be followed?, ii. 305, etc.;
  • the variety and absurdity of, 306, etc.
• Cycles of mortal things, asserted by Celsus, refutation of the notion of, ii. 232, 233;
  • taught by the Stoics, 389, 390.
• Dan and Bethel, i. 390.
• Daniel, the wisdom of, ii. 127.
• Daniel, additions to the book of, in the LXX., i. 371, 372, 373.
• Darkness, outer, i. 144.
• Darkness, the rulers and powers of, obtained their degrees of evil by their own conduct, i. 69.
• Darkness, the, round about God, ii. 355.
• Days, sacred, ii. 509, 510.
• Death, how could the Jews in captivity pass the sentence of?, i. 385.
• Death, the hope of Christians after, ii. 450, 451.
• Death, the last enemy, destroyed, i. 268, 269.
• Defection, the, of men, i. 43.
• Deluge, the, the cavils of Celsus respecting, ii. 206-208, 401.
• Demons, formulœ used against, ii. 195, 196, 197;
  • the source of augury by birds, etc., 259, 260, 261;
  • the seven ruling, referred to by Celsus, 368, 369;
  • cast out by Christians, 487;
  • the worship of, inconsistent with the worship of God, 488-490;
  • eating things offered to, 514-517;
  • have nothing to do with food and drink, 516-518;
  • first-fruits not to be offered to, 519;
  • can inflict no injury on Christians, 521, 522;
  • Jesus not a demon, 524;
  • afraid of martyrs, 528;
  • not set over the fruits of the earth, 542;
  • thirty-six, among the Egyptians, have assigned to them the care of the human body, 542;
  • caution, according to Celsus, required in the service of, 544-546;
  • other references to, 110, 113, 114, 115, 117, 194, 232, 259, 260, 261, 264, 272, 512, 544.
• Desire of knowledge, the, to be satisfied in a future state, i. 146-151.
• Deuteronomy, the book of, i. 338, 339.
• Devil, the, and his angels, the doctrine of the Church respecting, i. 5;
  • the titles of, 45;
  • not incapable of goodness, 68;
  • the agency of, as set forth in the Old Testament, 222;
  • as revealed in the New Testament, 224;
  • not the prompter to all sins, 227-229;
  • how he and his allied powers tempt, 229;
  • the contest against, 232, etc.;
  • the charges of Celsus against the Christians in relation to, refuted, ii. 380-384;
  • the fall of, 385.
• Diagram, a curious, referred to by Celsus as in use among certain heretics, ii. 362, 363, 368, 369, 376, 377.
• Disciples, the, of Jesus, their devotion to their Master, i. 430;
  • defended against Celsus, 466-470;
  • justified in fleeing from persecution, 471;
  • truthfulness of, ii. 21, 23.
• Dionysius, ii. 103.
• Dioscuri, the, and Hercules, and Æsculapius, no gods, ii. 102, 103.
• Divination, ii. 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259.
• Doctrine of Peter, The, the apocryphal work so called, quoted, i. 6.
• Dositheans, the, ii. 349.
• Dove, the descent of a, on Jesus, i. 440, 441, 442-446.
• Earth, the distribution of the several parts of, among superintending spirits, according to Celsus, ii. 293, etc.;
  • the correct view respecting, 296, 297.
• Ebionite, meaning of the name, i. 329.
• Ebionites, who so called, ii. 1.
• Efflux of the glory of God, Christ the, i. 28.
• Egypt, how the Hebrews were delivered from, ii. 89, 90.
• Egyptians, the, what the Israelites did with the spoil of, i. 388, 389;
  • the Jews not descended from, ii. 88-90;
  • the religion of, foolishly compared by Celsus to that of the Christians, 98, 99;
  • inconsistently lauded by Celsus, 423;
  • assign the care of the human body to thirty-six demons, 542, 543.
• Elephants, the fidelity of, to oaths, according to Celsus, ii. 265.
• End, the, when it will come, i. 54;
  • and the beginning, 55;
  • what shall be after, 58;
  • admonitory remarks respecting, 262-273.
• Enemy, the last, destroyed, i. 268, 269.
• Enoch, The book of, quoted, i. 352, ii. 325.
• Epictetus, an anecdote of, ii. 475, 476.
• Epicureans, reasons of the, for abstaining from adultery, ii. 484.
• Eros, the story of, from the Symposium of Plato, ii. 203-205.
• Esaias sawn asunder, i. 377, 378.
• Esoteric and exoteric doctrines of Christianity, the, i. 403.
• Eternal generation of Christ, the, i. 19, 23.
• Etymological fancies in Scripture, i. 383.
• Euphrates, ii. 367.
• Euripides quoted, ii. 243.
• Eve, the formation of, ridiculed by Celsus, ii. 201.
• Evidences of the truth of Christianity, i. 445, 446.
• Evil, or good, every rational created nature capable of, i. 68;
  • God, not the author of, 395-398;
  • what sort of, God may be said to cause, 398;
  • the final complete destruction of, 555.
• Evil beings, made such by themselves in their respective degrees, i. 69.
• Evils, never more nor fewer, according to Celsus—refutation of this opinion, ii. 228, 229, 230;
  • the inquiry into the origin of, difficult, 231, 232;
  • the source of, 232;
  • seeming, 235, 236;
  • allowed for good ends, 398.
• Eyes, open and shut,—the inner and outer, ii. 461.
• Faith, the reforming power of the Christian, i. 406;
  • the call to, rational, 407.
• Faith in Jesus, ii. 120.
• Fallen spirits, i. 57;
  • the restoration of, 57, 58.
• Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a summary of the doctrine of the, i. 342, etc.
• Figure of the Father’s person, Christ the, i. 25.
• Fire, eternal, the threatening of, i. 40-43.
• Fire, God a consuming, i. 9;
  • why God is represented as, ii. 172, 173.
• Flesh and spirit, i. 245-248.
• Floods and conflagrations, ii. 171.
• Food, spiritual, i. 147;
  • different ways of preparing, i. 480, 481.
• Foolishness, the kind recommended by Christianity, i. 410.
• Foreknowledge, does not necessitate the events foreseen, ii. 25, 26, 27, 28;
  • the gift of, does not necessarily imply virtue, 105;
  • no proof of divinity, 262, 263.
• Foundation of the world, the, i. 256.
• Free-will, i. 4, 132, 133;
  • fully asserted, 157, etc.;
  • able to resist external causes, 161;
  • proved from Scripture, 165, etc.;
  • passages of Scripture apparently opposed to, explained, 168-221.
• Gehenna, ii. 263, 264.
• Generation, eternal, the, of Christ, i. 19, 22, 23.
• Glory, human, forbidden, ii. 447.
• God, apostolic doctrine respecting, i. 3;
  • a Spirit, 8-11;
  • light, ibid.;
  • fire, 9;
  • incomprehensible, 11;
  • revealed in His works, 12, 13;
  • simple and uncompounded in His nature, 12, 15;
  • the nature of, surpasses natural bodies, 15, 16;
  • invisible,—how said to be seen, 16, 17;
  • the image of, 23, 24, 262, 263;
  • omnipotent, 28, 301, ii. 149;
  • nature of His power, 31;
  • created all things, i. 34;
  • the, of the law and the prophets the same as the Father of Jesus Christ, 91, etc.;
  • not a body, 91;
  • anthropopathic expressions respecting, in the Old Testament, explained, 96, 97;
  • the justice and goodness of, 97-105;
  • the soul of, 125, 126;
  • nothing happens without the permission of, 235;
  • what was He doing before He created the world?, 256;
  • in the end, all in all, 264, 265;
  • one, believed in by the Jews, 420, 421;
  • His dealing with the good and the bad, ii. 149, 150;
  • His descent upon earth objected to by Celsus,—meaning of His descent, 162-166, 172;
  • by descending on earth He does not vacate heaven, 166;
  • why He desires to make Himself known to men, 167, 168;
  • in every age has passed into the souls of men, 168;
  • has revealed Himself to some preeminently, 169;
  • Celsus accuses Christians of babbling about, 171;
  • a consuming fire, 172, 173;
  • the condescension of, 172, 173, 174, 175;
  • further objections of Celsus to the descent of, to earth, answered—object of the incarnation of, 177, 178;
  • figurative language used to describe, 200, 404;
  • the one Creator of body and soul, man and beast, 220-224;
  • anger, wrath, etc., ascribed to—how this is to be understood, 237-239;
  • made all things for the sake of man, 239, 240, 241, 242;
  • ever near His people, 280;
  • the name given to, is not unimportant, but the contrary, 315-317;
  • darkness round about, 355;
  • those who call Him “accursed,” 365, 366, 367;
  • in what sense said to make evil, 395, 397;
  • not incapable of persuading men, 398, 399;
  • in what sense said to repent, 399, 400;
  • the resting attributed to, 403;
  • man made in the image of, 405, 406;
  • can He be reached by a word?, 408;
  • how to know, 408, 409, 410, 411;
  • the Spirit of, 413, 414;
  • Celsus misrepresents the views of Christians respecting, 449, 450;
  • how seen, 455;
  • not confined to place, 456;
  • not known by the senses, 457, etc.;
  • hard to find out, 464, 465;
  • adapts His truth to all classes, 464; seen in Christ, 465, 466;
  • known by the simplest Christian, through the help of divine grace, 466, 467;
  • the worship of Christ consistent with the sole worship of, 500, 501;
  • worshipped equally well in different languages, 522.
• Gods, Scythian and Greek, ii. 377, 378;
  • many, not to be served, 492, etc., 496-500;
  • Christians do not revile the statues of the, 523.
• Goodness, divine, i. 32;
  • and justice, 97, etc.;
  • consistent with the infliction of punishment, 98, etc.
• Gospel, the, not perverted by Christians, ii. 33.
• Gospels, the, not all pure history, i. 315, 317, 320;
  • their character and authors, ii. 121.
• Greek philosophy and learning to be made subservient to Christianity, i. 388.
• Gregory Thaumaturgus, letter of Origen to, i. 388.
• Hardening, the, of Pharaoh’s heart, i. 169, etc., 176-191.
• Healing art, the possession of the, does not necessarily imply virtue, ii. 105.
• Heaven, i. 88, 89, 90, 152.
• Heavenly bodies, the, animated and endowed with souls, i. 59-65.
• Heavenly Dialogue, A, quoted by Celsus, ii. 503.
• Heavens, the, opened to Jesus at His baptism, i. 448, 449, 450;
  • not called God, nor worshipped by the Jews, ii. 275-279.
• Hebrew Master, the, of Origen, cited, i. 35.
• Hebrews, the, not Egyptians by descent,—how freed from Egyptian bondage, ii. 88-92.
• Hercules, proposed by Celsus to Christians as an object of homage,—the character of, ii. 475, 476.
• Heresies among Christians no reproach, ii. 96-98, 331-333, 335.
• Hermas, The Shepherd of, quoted, i. 34, 35, 230, 301.
• Herod seeks to destroy the child Jesus, i. 464, 465.
• Heroes proposed by Celsus to the Christians as objects of homage superior to their own, ii. 475.
• Hesiod quoted as to the formation of Pandora, ii. 201, 202.
• Holy Spirit, the, the apostolic doctrine of, i. 3;
  • what, 10;
  • the existence of, 33;
  • what we are taught in Scripture respecting, 34;
  • not created, 35;
  • one of the two seraphim of Isaiah, ibid.;
  • reveals God, 36;
  • the nature of His working as distinguished from that of the Father and the Son, 37-40, 41, 43;
  • taken from the unworthy, 39;
  • dwells in the renewed, 39, 40;
  • bestowed on the saints, 40;
  • one, 114;
  • every rational creature receives a share of, 114, 115;
  • the advent of, after the ascension of Christ, 115;
  • gifts of, 116;
  • the Paraclete, 116, 117.
• Homer quoted respecting the sparrow, serpent, and eagle, ii. 258.
• Hope, the, of Christians after death, ii. 450, 451.
• Human nature, the dignity of, ii. 183-186.
• Humility, ii. 352, 353.
• Idol festivals, why not take part in?, ii, 511, 512.
• Idolatry, even heathen philosophers condemn, i. 401.
• Idols, abstinence from meats offered to, ii. 514, 515, 516.
• Ignorance receives no sanction from Christianity, ii. 125-131, 154.
• Image of God, the, man made in, i. 262-264, ii. 405, 487.
• Image of God’s goodness, the, i. 32.
• Image of the invisible God, Christ the, i. 23, 24.
• Images, not gods, ii. 121;
  • the making of, forbidden to the Jews, 193;
  • why Christians reject, 480-487;
  • the true, of God, 505, 506.
• Immortality, the, of rational natures, i. 353.
• Incantations, not used by Christians, i. 402, 403;
  • the power of names in, ii. 315, 316.
• Incarnation, the, of Christ, i. 105;
  • the wonderfulness of, 106, 107;
  • the intermediacy of Christ’s soul between the flesh and God in, 108, 109;
  • the assumption of the soul in, a reward of that soul’s virtues, 109;
  • difficulty as to Christ’s possessing a human soul, removed, 110;
  • the subject illustrated, 111, 112;
  • implies no change in God, the object of, ii. 174, 175, 176-179;
  • cavilled at and ridiculed by Celsus, 415, 416, 421, 422.
• Incorporeal, meaning of the term, i. 5, 6.
• Inspiration, the, of the Scriptures, i. 274, 285.
• Instinct and reason, ii. 250-253.
• Interpretation, of the promises, not literal, but spiritual, i. 143-148;
  • of the Scriptures, the true method of, 291-323.
• Isis and Osiris, ii. 309.
• Israel, the carnal and spiritual, i. 327.
• Jacob, and Esau, i. 133, 134;
  • wrestles with an angel, 234;
  • his prophecy of Christ, 455.
• James, the brother of our Lord, i. 447.
• Jesus, His conversation with the woman of Samaria, i. 11;
  • silence of, before His judges, 393;
  • charge of sorcery against, power of His name, 402, 403;
  • acted by a divine power, 424, 425, 426;
  • Celsus introduces a Jew disputing with, and refuting, 426, 427;
  • Celsus’ defamation of, turned into an argument to enhance the glory and divine power of, 427, 430;
  • the attachment of His disciples to, and His death for men, 430, 431;
  • the miraculous birth of, vindicated against Celsus, 431, 432;
  • predicted to be born of a virgin, 433;
  • no rational objection to the birth of, from a virgin, 437;
  • absurdity of imputing the miracles of, to magic, 438, 439;
  • descent of a dove on, 440, 441, 442, 443;
  • no grounds for believing in Moses while He is rejected, 444, 445;
  • evidence of the divinity of the doctrine of, 445, 446;
  • the heavens open to, 448, 449, 450;
  • prophecies relating to, 451, 452, etc.;
  • born in Bethlehem, 453;
  • the disciples of, Celsus’ account of them, 466-470;
  • flight of, into Egypt, justified against Celsus, 472, 473;
  • the miracles of, defended, 474;
  • the miracles of, not wrought by magic, 474-476;
  • Celsus’ silly carping about the body of, exposed, 476, 477;
  • His promise of the Spirit of truth, ii. 3;
  • observed the Jewish law, 7, 8;
  • not arrogant, but meek and lowly, 8;
  • inconsistency of the Jews in rejecting, 9, 10;
  • Celsus’ impeachment of the Godhead of, answered, 10, 11;
  • never broke His promise, 13;
  • never attempted disgracefully to hide from His enemies, 14;
  • the betrayal of, 15;
  • the argument of Celsus founded on the betrayal of, answered, 17, etc.;
  • predictions respecting,—Celsus’ mode of dealing with the predictions respecting, refuted, 18, 21;
  • the disciples of, lovers of truth, 21;
  • really suffered, died, and was raised from the dead,—an objection met, 22-24;
  • if He foreknew the traitor and perjurer, why did they not desist from their purpose?, 24, 25;
  • His foreknowledge did not compel the events foreknown, 25-28;
  • His suffering real, and voluntarily and submissively endured, 29-33;
  • predictions concerning the life of, 34, 35;
  • the union of kingdoms at the time of the birth of, 35, 36;
  • objection of Celsus drawn from the genealogies of, 37;
  • ‘what great deeds did He perform, being a God?’ answered, 37, 38;
  • could He not have delivered Himself from His enemies?—punishment of the enemies of, 38, 39, 40;
  • blood and water flow from the side of,—Celsus’ mockery of this, 40;
  • vinegar and gall given to, 41;
  • objection of Celsus that He gained over no one in His life,—why the Jews are blamed for not believing in, 42-45;
  • Celsus’ assertion that He did not show Himself pure from evil, 43, 44;
  • numbered with transgressors, 45, 46;
  • conduct of the disciples on His being apprehended,—Celsus’ argument founded on this refuted, 47;
  • Celsus’ assertion that He only gained over ten sailors and tax-gatherers, 47, 48;
  • why Christians were won over to, 48, 49;
  • refutation of Celsus concerning the miracles of, 49-57;
  • and the heroes of heathenism compared, 59, 60;
  • the resurrection of, 60;
  • ought He to have appeared after His resurrection to His persecutors?, 65-70;
  • why did He not escape from the cross?, 71, 72;
  • to whom He appeared after His resurrection, 74;
  • purposes of His mission, 75;
  • Celsus’ argument derived from the incredulity of the Jews, answered, 77-81;
  • censured by Celsus for using threats, 79, etc.;
  • unbelief of the Jews as to, predicted and punished, 82, 83;
  • the power of, to diffuse His doctrine and convert men, 83, 84;
  • not to be compared with Æsculapius, Hercules, etc., 102, 103;
  • nor with Aristeas of Proconnesus—advantages derived from, 106-111;
  • nor with Abaris the Hyperborean, 112;
  • nor with the Clazomenean, 113;
  • nor with Cleomedes of Astypalea, 114;
  • nor with Zamolxis, 115, 116;
  • nor with Adrian, 117, 118;
  • nor with Antinous, 119, 120;
  • the human nature of, changed into God, 122, 123;
  • and Cretan Jove, 124, 125;
  • Celsus’ objection that He was sent to sinners, 141, 142, 143;
  • suffering of the Jews for their crime against, 182, 526, 527;
  • cavils of Celsus respecting—not the only one sent from God to men, 321, 322;
  • angels wait on—reply to Celsus on this point, 327, 328;
  • the soul of, joined to the Word, 389, 390;
  • personal appearance of—Celsus’ reproaches respecting this, 418-420;
  • appearances after His resurrection not shadowy, 456;
  • conduct of, under His sufferings, 476, 477;
  • death of, 478;
  • the worship of, consistent with the worship of the one God, 500, 501;
  • the Son of God, 501, 502;
  • not a demon, 523, 524;
  • fruitfulness of the death of, 527.
• Jews, the, mutilated the Scriptures of the Old Testament, i. 377, 379;
  • Celsus casts a slight upon, 411, 412;
  • Numenius and others speak favourably of, 412, 413;
  • the antiquity of, 413;
  • believe in one God, 420, 421;
  • falsely accused by Celsus of angel-worship and sorcery, 424;
  • the inconsistency of, in rejecting Jesus,—their unbelief foretold, ii. 9, 10, 77, 82, 83;
  • punishment of their unbelief, 10;
  • what they are to be blamed for respecting Jesus, 41;
  • the points of difference between Christians and, not foolish, 85, 86, 88;
  • how they adhere to their religion, 87, 88;
  • blunder of Celsus as to the Egyptian descent of, 88, 89;
  • the punishment of, for their treatment of Jesus, 182;
  • Celsus’ ridicule of Christians and, 183;
  • vindicated against Celsus, the law and polity of, 192, 193;
  • the genealogy of, 195, 197, 198;
  • do not worship the heavens, 272, 273;
  • do not consider the heavens to be God, 274;
  • do not bow down to angels, 276, 277, 278;
  • defended against the false charges of Celsus, 312, 313;
  • have nothing in common with the Persians in the worship of God, 314;
  • the circumcision practised by, different from that of other nations, 317, 318;
  • reason of their abstinence from swine’s flesh, 319, 320;
  • were highly favoured by God, 320, 321, 530, 531.
• Job, additions to the book of, in the LXX., i. 378;
  • and in the Hebrew text, ibid.
• John the Baptist referred to by Josephus, i. 447.
• Jonah and Jesus, ii. 478.
• Joseph, Celsus’ cavils respecting, ii. 213.
• Judaism, converts from, do not desert the law of their fathers, ii. 1, 5, 6.
• Judas, the conduct of, in betraying, and after betraying, Jesus, ii. 15, 16;
  • foretold, 27.
• Judea and Jerusalem, figures of a heavenly land, ii. 451.
• Jupiter, the Cretan, ii. 124, 125.
• Just man, the, promised riches, ii. 444;
  • how he slays and prevails, 445.
• Justice and goodness, their harmony and consistency, i. 97-105.
• Καταβολή, i. 256, 258.
• Kings, the favour of, according to Celsus, to be sought, ii. 547, 548;
  • swearing by the fortune of, 549;
  • how Christians fight for and help, 556, 557.
• Knowledge, the increase of, in the future state, i. 148-151.
• Κόσμος, i. 86.
• Labour, the wisdom of the necessity of, laid on man, ii. 242.
• Laius, and the oracle given to, ii. 26, 27.
• Land, the good, promised by God to the righteous, ii. 450, 451, 452.
• Languages, the confusion of, at Babel, ii. 297, 298, 299.
• Law, is it the king of all things?, ii. 310, 311.
• Law of Moses, the, the irrationality and impossibility of some of its precepts taken literally, i. 317-320;
  • twofold, ii. 443, 444;
  • promises riches to the just, 444.
• Laws, ancestral, is it impiety to abandon them?, ii. 293-298;
  • when those of states and natural, are opposed, which to be followed?, 307, 308.
• Light, the, not to be worshipped, ii. 278, 279;
  • and darkness, 409, 410.
• Light, God is, i. 8, 31.
• Lot and his daughters, the story of, assailed by Celsus,—explanation of, ii. 211, 212.
• Lucifer, his fall from heaven, i. 51-53.
• Magi, the visit of the, to Jesus, i. 461, 464.
• Magic, the miracles of Jesus not wrought by, i. 474-476;
  • over whom it has power, ii. 379, 380.
• Man, the account of the creation of, ridiculed by Celsus, ii. 199, 200;
  • all things made for the sake of, 239, 240-244;
  • superiority of, over irrational animals, 244-256.
• Marcion, ii. 324, 417.
• Martyrs, demons afraid of, ii. 528.
• Masters, no man can serve two, ii. 493.
• Meats and drinks, abstaining from, ii. 514, 515, 516.
• Mediator, the, through whom we come to God, ii. 271, 272.
• Men, not be compared to bats and worms, as Celsus compares them,—the dignity of their nature, ii. 182-185;
  • God’s care over the first, 246.
• Minerva, ii. 550.
• Miracles of Jesus, the, their greatness, i. 474;
  • not wrought by magic, 474-476;
  • vindicated against Celsus, ii. 49-57.
• Miraculous appearances, on Greek testimony, witnessed by men, ii. 326, 327.
• Mithrus, the mysteries of, referred to by Celsus, ii. 260, 262.
• Moses, his history assailed by Celsus, i. 414, 415;
  • a challenge on behalf of the laws of, 415, 416;
  • Celsus strives to discredit his account of creation, 416;
  • a divine spirit in, 417;
  • excellency of the history transmitted by, 418;
  • no reason for believing in, while rejecting Christ, 444, 445;
  • and Jesus, the miracles of, ii. 54-57, 58, 59;
  • the antiquity of, 171;
  • his division of animals into clean and unclean, 260, 261;
  • the cosmogony of, taken exception to by Celsus, 390-392, 402, 403.
• Name of Jesus, the power of, i. 403.
• Names, the origin, power, and mystery of, i. 421, 422, 423;
  • not unimportant, ii. 315;
  • the power of, in invocations, 316.
• New heavens and new earth, the, i. 56, 58.
• Numenius, his treatise on The Good, i. 412.
• Old Testament, the, and the New, their teaching harmonious, ii. 444, etc., 447.
• Only-begotten Son of God, Christ the, i. 18;
  • the self-abasement of, 259.
• Ophites, the, referred to, ii. 362, 365, 366, 367, 462.
• Opposing powers, or powers of darkness, the, i. 222, etc.;
  • our conflict with, 232, etc.
• Oracles, ii. 426, 456;
  • and responses, 529;
  • and the words of the prophets, 530.
• Orpheus, proposed by Celsus to Christians as an object of homage, ii. 275, 276.
• Osiris and Isis, ii. 309.
• Pandora, Hesiod’s description of the formation of, ii. 201, 202.
• Pappæus, ii. 315-317.
• Parables, why Jesus spoke in, i. 195-202.
• Paraclete, the, i. 114, 116.
• Paradise, the, prepared for departed saints, i. 151.
• Passions, the, which affect the soul, i. 141.
• Pastor, The, of Hermas, quoted, i. 34, 35, 230, 301.
• Paul, his desire to depart, i. 159, 160;
  • his wisdom, ii. 100, 101.
• Persecution, Jesus and His disciples justified in avoiding, i. 471.
• Persians, and Jews hold nothing in common in the worship of God, ii. 214;
  • mysteries of the, 360;
  • have no temples, 483;
  • worship the creature, 485, 486.
• Peter, his superstitious adherence to Jewish observances,—how delivered from it, ii. 1-3.
• Pharaoh, the hardening of the heart of, i. 171-191.
• Philosophers, the folly and error of, ii. 470.
• Phœnix, the, ii. 265.
• Planets, the, i. 87.
• Plato, quoted respecting Eros, ii. 203-205;
  • and Scripture, the respective styles of, 336-338;
  • the inefficacy of his teaching compared with that of the Scriptures, 339-341;
  • Jesus does not quote and pervert the words of, as Celsus asserts, 354;
  • excelled by the Scriptures in his idea of God, 355, 366;
  • quoted as to Elysium, 450;
  • quoted as to certain precious stones, 452;
  • his Timœus quoted, 464;
  • on the avenging of injuries, 479.
• Potter, the, his power over the clay, i. 211, etc.
• Power of God, the, i. 26, 28.
• Prayer, to whom it is to be made, ii. 272, 273;
  • Christians use no barbarous names in, 522.
• Precious stones, certain, spoken of by Plato, ii. 452.
• Predictions, respecting India, Egypt, and Babylon, etc., 331, 332;
  • respecting Jesus Christ. See Prophecies.
• Pre-existence, the, of rational creatures, i. 256-258.
• Prejudice, the power of, i. 455.
• Principalities and powers of darkness, the, i. 68-70.
• Prino-prisein and Schino-schisein difficulty of interpretation, the, i. 375, 381, 383.
• Promises, the, of future good, not to be interpreted literally and carnally, i. 145-153.
• Prophecies, the, the cavils of Celsus respecting, answered, ii. 431-440, 441, etc.;
  • relating to Christ, 451, 453, etc., 456-458, 459.
• Prophets, the, the various ways God spake to, i. 380;
  • quoted from each other, 386;
  • necessary for the Jews, 436, 437;
  • the character of, ii. 430, 431;
  • power of the words of, 530.
• Providence, divine, maintained against Celsus, ii. 240-244, 266;
  • incorrect views of, rectified, 488, 489.
• Πσυχή, i. 123.
• Punishment, future, the Christian doctrine of, i. 140, etc., ii. 524, 532, 534, 535.
• Pythagoreans, the abstinence practised by, ii. 320.
• Pythian oracle, the, ii. 426, 429.
• Qualities always belong to substances, i. 351.
• Queen of Sheba, the, ii. 126.
• Rational natures, various, i. 44, 45;
  • capable of sin, 45;
  • evil, 45, 46;
  • whether any were created so as to be incapable of sin or of virtue, 46, 47;
  • the glory of some and the wickedness of others not original and essential to their being, but the result of desert, 48, 69;
  • never sink into the condition of irrational animals, 70;
  • can they lead an existence out of the body, 82;
  • the immortality of, 353, etc.
• Repentance, attributed to God, ii. 399, 400.
• Resting, predicated of God, ii. 403.
• Restoration, the, of fallen beings, i. 56, 57.
• Resurrection, the, of the body, i. 136;
  • weak believers instructed on the subject, 139;
  • ridiculed by Celsus, explained and defended, ii. 282, 285, 286-288, 454, 455.
• Resurrection, the, of Jesus, ii. 59-62;
  • the belief of, not the product of a dream, 63;
  • why did not Jesus show Himself to His enemies after, 65-70;
  • His appearances after, not phantom-like, 457.
• Riches, promised to the just man, in what sense, ii. 444;
  • Jesus gave no laws contrary to this promise of, 446.
• Samaritan woman, Jesus converses with a, i. 11.
• Satan, ii. 385;
  • and Antichrist, 385, 386. See Devil.
• Scriptures, the, the teaching of the Church respecting, i. 5;
  • the inspiration of, 274, etc., 285, etc.;
  • the superhuman element in, does not present itself to the uninstructed, 287-290;
  • how to be regarded and understood, 291, 294, 299;
  • a threefold sense in, 300;
  • the soul of, 303-308;
  • the mysteries contained in, 308, etc.;
  • stumbling-blocks in, 212;
  • the histories of, not all pure history, but some to be mystically understood, 313-322;
  • in regard to many things, the historical and literal sense of, the true sense, 323;
  • passages of, which are true in their historical sense, more numerous than those which are to be spiritually understood, 324;
  • the need of careful search to distinguish between what is literal in, and what is not, 325;
  • our duty to grasp the whole meaning of, 326;
  • etymological fancies in, 383;
  • exhortation to the study of, 390;
  • many of the histories of, allegories, ii. 209, 210;
  • simplicity of the style of, compared with that of Plato, 326-338;
  • the inefficacy of the teaching of Plato compared with that of, 339-341;
  • exceed Plato in the idea they give of God, 355, 356.
• Scythian and Greek names of God, ii. 377, 378.
• Secret associations, Christians charged by Celsus with entering into,—reply, i. 390.
• Sects among Christians, ii. 331-333, 335.
• Seeing God, i. 16, 17, ii. 465, 466.
• Sense and the senses, i. 15.
• Septuagint, additions to the Scripture in the—defence of these additions, i. 371-373.
• Seraphim, the, i. 35, 340, 341.
• Serapis, ii. 309.
• Seriphian and Themistocles, i. 428.
• Serpent, the, Celsus ridicules the story of the temptation by, ii. 203;
  • is the devil, 483.
• Shepherd of Hermas, The, i. 34, 35, 230, 301.
• Sicarians, the, ii. 19.
• Silence, the, of Jesus before His judges, i. 393.
• Simonians, the, ii. 332, 348.
• Sin, incentives to, ii. 226.
• Sinners, Christianity invites and restores to virtue, ii. 139-144;
  • a change of life possible for, asserted against Celsus, 145-149.
• Sneezing, according to the poets, prophetic, ii. 261.
• Socrates pronounced the wisest of men, ii. 429.
• Son, the only-begotten, of God, Christ the, i. 18;
  • self-abasement of, 257;
  • subjection of, to the Father, 260-262;
  • the generation of, 342, 343;
  • the advent and incarnation of, 345-347;
  • the dignity of, ii. 308, 388, 389, 502;
  • the soul of Jesus joined with, 389, 390;
  • Celsus misrepresents the views of Christians respecting, 503.
• “Sons of God” and “daughters of men,” ii. 325.
• Sorcery, Jesus charged with, by Celsus, i. 402, 403;
  • the Jews charged with, 424;
  • the miracles of Jesus not wrought by, ii. 49-56;
  • the power of, attributed by Celsus to certain animals, 252, etc.
• Soul, the, apostolic teaching respecting, i. 4;
  • a lost, 121, 122;
  • meaning of the word, 123, 124;
  • and spirit of Christ, 125;
  • why acted on sometimes by evil spirits and sometimes by good, 242, etc.;
  • and body alike the work of God, ii. 220-226.
• Souls, various sorts of, 118, 119;
  • of angels and of God, 119, 120;
  • has man two?—three theories discussed, 244-252;
  • good and bad, ii. 428.
• Spirit,—what?, i. 9.
• Spirit of truth, the, promised by Jesus, ii. 3, 4;
  • perpetually bestowed, 412, 413.
• Spirits, wicked, their mode of operation, i. 241;
  • good, their agency, 242.
• Spiritual body, the, i. 266, 267.
• Splendour of the eternal light, Christ the, i. 30.
• Spoiling the Egyptians, i. 388, 389.
• Star, the, of the wise men, i. 462, 464.
• Stars, living rational beings capable of sin, i. 61, 62.
• Stony heart, the, how taken away, i. 191, etc.
• Stumbling-blocks designedly placed in the Scriptures, i. 312.
• Subjection, the, of the Son to the Father, i. 260, etc.
• Substance, i. 350.
• Suffering of Christ, the, predicted, i. 456, 457.
• Sun, the, and other planets endowed with life and souls, i. 59-65.
• Superiority and inferiority, not to be decided by a bodily standard, ii. 184.
• Susanna, the story of, inquiry of Africanus respecting the genuineness of, i. 369, 370;
  • Origen’s defence of the genuineness of, 371, etc.
• Swine’s flesh, abstinence from, ii. 319, 320.
• Temple, the true, of God, i. 506, 507.
• Temptations, proportioned to the strength of the tempted, ii. 227-229;
  • human, treated of at large, 244, etc.
• “Things in heaven, earth, and under the earth,” ii. 57.
• Thomas, the scepticism of, ii. 64, 65.
• Thoughts, how suggested, i. 229, 230.
• Threefold sense of Scripture, the, i. 300, etc.
• Thrones, dominions, etc., i. 56.
• Tobias, i. 384.
• Trinity, the, the unity and operations of the persons of, i. 37-41;
  • the sum of the doctrine of, 342, etc.
• Truth is truth, by whomsoever spoken, ii. 480;
  • how served up as food by philosophers and prophets and the disciples of Christ, 480, 481.
• Typical interpretation, i. 306.
• Tyre, the prince of, i. 49-51.
• Union among Christians, the basis of, ii. 96, etc.
• Unity of opinion, not characteristic of Christians from the beginning, ii. 94.
• Vanity, the creature made subject to, i. 63-65, 257, 258.
• Variety, the, of creatures in the world, i. 128;
  • accordance of this with righteousness and reason, 131, etc.;
  • brought to pass by the free-will of individuals, 132-136.
• Veil on the heart, the, i. 9.
• Vessels to honour and to dishonour, i. 213.
• Vinegar and gall, the, predicted, ii. 41.
• Virgin Mother, the, vilified by Celsus, vindication of, i. 426, 427, 431, 433;
  • prediction of the birth of Christ of, 434, 435;
  • the birth of Jesus of, open to no fair objection, 437, 438.
• Will, the free, i. 4, 132, 133, 157, etc.;
  • able to resist external causes, 161;
  • its freedom proved from Scripture, 165.
• Wisdom, threefold, i. 237;
  • of the world, 238;
  • of the princes of the world, 239;
  • the sort condemned by Christianity, 410;
  • of Christianity, 100, 101;
  • Christianity designed to impart, 126, etc.;
  • human and divine, 350, 351, 352.
• Wisdom of God, Christ the, i. 19, 20, 26, 28.
• “Wood, hay, stubble,” ii. 173.
• Word, the incarnation of the, ii. 174, 175;
  • different appearances of the, 176;
  • final universal victory of the, 555.
• Words, not to be specially considered by searchers after truth, but the meaning of, i. 339, 341.
• Words of Christ, the, i. 1.
• World, the, the doctrine of the Church respecting, i. 5;
  • the great variety in, 72;
  • cause of the variety in, 72, 73;
  • the unity of, in diversity, 73, 74;
  • the oneness of, proved from Scripture, 75;
  • the matter of, and its transformations and qualities, 75;
  • the matter of, not uncreated, 76, 77;
  • the beginning of,—was there one before, and shall there be one after?, 79;
  • this, the conclusion of many ages, 85;
  • different meanings of the word in Scripture, 86;
  • another besides this, 86, 87, etc.;
  • comprehensiveness of, and variety of creatures in, 128-130;
  • the accordance of this variety in, with righteousness and reason, 131, etc.;
  • the cause of the variety in, 134-136;
  • had its beginning in time, 253;
  • shall come to an end, 255, etc.;
  • another shall exist after this, 255;
  • the end of, 262, etc.
• Worlds, the, not similar, but dissimilar, i. 84.
• Worship, to be given to God alone, and not to gods or demons, ii. 489-500;
  • of the Father and the Son, 500, 501;
  • equally acceptable to God in different languages, 522.
• Wrath of God, the, ii. 237-239.
• Zeno, the reasons why the followers of, abstain from adultery, ii. 484.
• Zipporah, and the circumcision of Moses’ son, ii. 318, 319.