II.—INDEX OF SUBJECTS FORMALLY OR INCIDENTALLY CONSIDERED.
- Abandoned, the, i.
190.
- Abimelech, what he represents, i.
128,
129.
- Abodes granted to believers according to their respective merits, ii.
370.
- Abraham, the lesson taught him by God, i.
281;
- and Isaac and Jacob, ii.
12;
- and Sarah,
362.
- Abraham, the three days’ journey of, to Moriah, ii.
264,
265.
- Abstinence enjoined, i.
201.
- Abstraction from material things necessary to obtain a true knowledge of God, ii.
261, etc.
- Accusation, employed by the Instructor, i.
168.
- Acephalus, the star so called, i.
209.
- Acrothorakes, i.
202, and
note.
- Act well, to, better than to speak well, i.
381.
- Adages, the, of philosophers, ii.
392.
- Adam, the state in which he was created, ii.
359.
- Admonition, i.
164,
177.
- Adornment, in what case permitted to women, i.
315.
- Adornment, the true, i.
268.
- Advent, the, of Christ, the benefits conferred by, i.
100.
- Advent, the, of the Instructor, pre-intimations of, ii.
404.
- Æacus, and the Delphic oracle, ii.
319.
- Ægis, the, of Jove, described poetically, ii.
69.
- Æsop quoted, ii.
429.
- Æschylus quoted, ii.
288,
296.
- Afflictions, voluntary, i.
304.
- Agapæ, i.
188,
189.
- Agatho, the tragedian, quoted, ii.
300.
- Αἰῶνες, i.
342, note.
- Alcmæon, i.
403.
- Alexander the Great, canonized as a god, i.
90;
- and the Indian Gymnosophists, a curious story of, ii.
324,
325.
- Alexander, the philosopher, referred to, i.
397.
- Alexander Polyhistor quoted, i.
436.
- Alexarchus, i.
59.
- Alexis, the comic poet, quoted, i.
271.
- Altar, the true, ii.
428,
429.
- Amaranth, i.
237.
- Ambiguity prevented by definition, ii.
496, etc.
- Amosis, i.
421.
- Amours of the gods, the, i.
39, etc.
- Amphion of Thebes, i.
17;
- quoted, ii.
286.
- Amusements, i.
325.
- Anacharsis, king of the Scythians, a story of, i.
33.
- Anacharsis, the philosopher, i.
399,
403; ii.
247.
- Anacreon quoted, i.
322.
- Analysis and demonstration, ii.
495.
- Anaxagoras, i.
403.
- Anaxarchus, i.
373.
- Androcydes quoted respecting the Ephesian Letters, ii.
247;
- on drunkenness and gluttony,
430.
- Angels, ii.
275;
- distributed to the nations,
398;
- good things given by God through,
400;
- other references to,
412,
414.
- Angels that fell, i.
283.
- Anger of the gods, the, i.
159,
163.
- Animal-worship, i.
45,
46;
- superior to image-worship,
56.
- Animals, the sort forbidden to the Jews as food, i.
326;
- distinction between, of clean and unclean, its symbolical significance, ii.
488,
489.
- Animals, the dialect of, i.
443.
- Animals and plants, ii.
497.
- Anointing the feet of Jesus, i.
230.
- Anointing of Jesus by God, i.
233.
- Antinous, i.
55.
- Antiochus of Cyzicus, i.
57.
- Antipatrus quoted, ii.
278.
- Antiphanes, the comic poet, quoted, i.
278.
- Antiphon, i.
404.
- Antiquity, the, of the Hebrew philosophy, i.
421, etc.
- Antisthenes quoted, i.
71,
74; ii.
62.
- Anxiety, i.
256.
- Aod, i.
425,
426.
- Apelles, an anecdote of, i.
270.
- Aphrodite, i.
28,
42,
44,
45.
- Apion quoted, i.
421.
- Apis, an Egyptian god, i.
54,
57,
424.
- Apollo, i.
42,
44;
- meaning of the name,
488.
- Apollodorus of Corcyra quoted, ii.
250.
- Apollodorus of Cuma, i.
404.
- Apostles, the opinion of the, respecting veiling the mysteries of the faith, ii.
257–261;
- why chosen,
365.
- Appetite, the third division of the soul, i.
273;
- what, ii.
37.
- Arabs, the, i.
290.
- Aratus quoted, i.
73,
102; ii.
81;
- quoted by St. Paul, i.
413.
- Archilochus quoted, ii.
294.
- Archons, the, of Athens, i.
257.
- Ares, derivation of the name, i.
66.
- Arion of Methymna, i.
17.
- Aristippus, the Cyrenean, quoted, i.
232,
234; ii.
67.
- Aristo quoted, ii.
62.
- Aristocritus, his Positions against Heracliodorus quoted, ii.
239.
- Aristophanes quoted, i.
269,
278; ii.
159,
160,
370.
- Aristotle quoted, ii.
10,
272.
- Ark, the, of the Covenant, ii.
242.
- Armour of God, the, i.
104.
- Ἄρνες, i.
121.
- Art, i.
60,
61,
65,
90.
- Artapanus quoted, i.
451.
- Artist, the great, i.
90,
91.
- Artorius, i.
202.
- Arts, the, proceed from God, i.
364.
- Arts, the Barbarians inventors of the, i.
401.
- Arts, sophistical and useless, i.
376.
- Asclepius, i.
37.
- Asking, ii.
490.
- Ass, the fish so called, i.
198.
- Assent, the causes of, ii.
505.
- Assimilation to God, according to Plato, the chief good, i.
74–78.
- Associates, i.
325.
- Association, with whom to be sought, i.
292.
- Ἀστραγάλοι, i.
325, note.
- Astronomy, the influence of the study of, ii.
356.
- Ἀσωτία and ἄσωστον, i.
206.
- Ἀσώτους, i.
190.
- Athene, i.
30;
- six so named,
36.
- Athenodorus, i.
54.
- Atheist, the, and the superstitious man, ii.
408.
- Atheists, who were so called among the heathen, i.
33,
34,
66.
- Athlete, the ancient, i.
297.
- Athlete, the true, described, ii.
419.
- Attica, the, quoted, i.
423.
- Attis, i.
30.
- Authors and speakers compared, i.
349–359.
- Bacchic Orgies, the, i.
27.
- Bacchylides quoted, ii.
262,
286,
299.
- Balance, stepping over the, forbidden by Pythagoras, ii.
238.
- Banquets, proper conduct at, i.
225.
- Baptism, various references to, i.
91,
132,
133,
134,
135,
147,
181,
417; ii.
7,
208.
- Baptism, the, of Christ, i.
131.
- Barbarian philosophy, the, the Greeks pilferers of, ii.
1;
- perfect,
3.
- Barbarians, the, hate luxury, i.
290;
- the Greek philosophy in great part derived from,
395, etc.;
- inventors of the arts,
401.
- Barnabas quoted, ii.
19,
22,
41,
50,
66,
258,
340.
- Basilides, and Valentinus, and their followers, their views of faith, ii.
6,
7,
17;
- the vagaries of, as to fear being the cause of all things,
22,
25;
- his opinions respecting continence and marriage refuted,
84–86;
- his idea of martyrdom refuted,
175–179;
- and Valentinus, and Marcion,
486,
487.
- Βατάλοι, i.
289.
- Baths, shameful behaviour in, i.
296,
297;
- why we should use,
308,
309.
- Barley loaves, the five, and the two fishes, the mystical significance of, ii.
358.
- Baubo and Demeter, i.
31.
- Beard, the, the ornament of the man, i.
286;
- not to be plucked,
289;
- as to shaving,
317.
- Beatitudes, the, some points in, ii.
150.
- Beauty, the true, i.
268,
271,
273–275,
319,
320.
- Beds, luxuries to be avoided, i.
240–243.
- Bedu, ii.
248,
249.
- Believer, the, the most punished of all men, ii.
367.
- Belly-demon, the, i.
197.
- Beneficence, i.
302; ii.
57.
- Benefits, the many, conferred by the advent of Christ, i.
100.
- Benevolence, ii.
18.
- Berosus’ Chaldaics quoted, i.
67.
- Bewailing one’s fate, i.
168.
- Bezaleel, i.
364.
- Bion, i.
60.
- Birds, the voices of, i.
244.
- Birds of prey, and ravenous, forbidden the Jews as food, i.
326; ii.
252.
- Blackbird, the, i.
245.
- Blame and praise, i.
177.
- Blood of Christ, the, i.
140,
200.
- Blood, the, of the Word, ii.
141,
142,
143,
145.
- Bocchoris, the just decision of, ii.
192.
- Body, the proper care of the, i.
186;
- against embellishing the,
276–283.
- Book, who first published a, i.
403.
- Boys and girls to be denied wine, i.
201.
- Bread from heaven, the, i.
144.
- Breastplate, the, of the high priest, its symbolical importance, ii.
242,
243.
- Brimo, i.
28.
- Britain, a curious cave in the island of, ii.
322.
- Bryaxis, i.
54.
- Buddha, i.
399.
- Burning bush, the, i.
238.
- Butter, its spiritual significance, i.
148.
- Buying and selling, i.
328.
- Cabiri, the orgies and mysteries of the, i.
30.
- Cadmus, i.
401,
402,
424.
- Callimachus quoted, i.
37,
43; ii.
262,
280,
281,
284,
285.
- Calling, the sin of neglecting God’s, i.
80, etc.
- Calves, believers figuratively called, i.
123.
- Camels, the, of the Arabs, i.
290.
- Cambyses, i.
57.
- Captivity, the, of Israel, i.
433,
434.
- Carpocrates and Epiphanes, their opinion respecting a community of women refuted, ii.
86–89.
- Castor and Pollux, i.
38.
- Cause and causation, i.
406–408,
418,
419.
- Causes, different kinds of, ii.
508–514.
- Censure, i.
157.
- Cernos, the, i.
29, note.
- Chains of gold, fetters, i.
269.
- “Chair of pestilence, the,” ii.
41.
- Charioteers, the two, in which Heaven delights, i.
282.
- Charity, the kiss of, i.
329.
- Charon, the centaur, i.
400.
- Chastisement, i.
465.
- Cherubim, the golden, ii.
242.
- Chickens, believers so called, i.
124.
- Chiding, i.
177.
- Chief good, the, various opinions of the philosophers respecting, ii.
71–74;
- Plato’s opinion of,
74–78.
- Child, the, and the man, i.
136.
- Child, the little, who, i.
125.
- Child born, Christ the, i.
130.
- Children of God, who are, i.
122, etc.;
- the name does not imply instruction in elementary principles,
131, etc.;
- mode of disciplining,
164.
- “Chrestoi,” ii.
11.
- Christ the Saviour, a hymn to, i.
343.
- Christ, the many benefits conferred by the advent of, i.
100–105;
- the Word,
104;
- the Son of God, in the form of man, free from human passions,
115;
- typified by Isaac,
129;
- the voice from heaven to, at His baptism,
131;
- in what sense all who came before Him were thieves and robbers,
406;
- free from all human affections, ii.
344.
- Christian, the, alone rich, i.
298.
- Christian life, the, a compendious view of, i.
213, etc.;
- general precepts for the regulation of,
332, etc.
- Christians, ii.
11.
- Chronology in relation to Greek and Hebrew philosophy, i.
421, etc.,
447.
- Church, the, a mother, i.
142.
- Church, the traditions of, prior to heresy, ii.
485.
- Church, the true, ii.
487.
- Church, the grades of dignity in, imitations of angelic glory, ii.
366.
- Church, going to, i.
328;
- behaviour out of,
329.
- Cinyras, i.
28.
- Classification, ii.
506.
- Clean and unclean animals, the symbolical significance of the distinction between, ii.
488.
- Cleansing, spiritual, i.
309.
- Cleanthes quoted, i.
72; ii.
231,
286,
429,
430.
- Clemens, Titus Flavius, a sketch of the history of, i.
11;
- an account of his works,
12–16;
- refers to his own writings,
355–359.
- Clement of Rome, passages from his Epistle to the Corinthians respecting martyrdom, ii.
187–190;
- other quotations from,
340,
341.
- Clothes, considerations and counsels respecting, i.
255, etc.;
- anxiety about,
256;
- given for a covering,
258;
- foolish kinds of,
258;
- dyeing of, forbidden,
258,
259;
- gorgeous,
259;
- of the primal man,
261;
- of John the Baptist,
261;
- long,
261,
262;
- extravagance in, to be avoided,
262;
- purple, prohibited,
262,
263;
- shoes,
264,
265;
- plain,
313;
- white,
314;
- substantial,
314;
- suited to sex, age, etc.,
315.
- Cnaxzbi, ii.
250.
- Coat, Joseph’s, of many colours, interpreted, ii.
253.
- Colour in clothes, i.
258,
259;
- white,
314.
- Colts, untamed, i.
124.
- Comic poets, nameless, quoted, i.
322.
- Command, the universal, i.
101.
- Commandments, the, expounded: the first and second, ii.
383;
- the fourth,
386–391;
- the fifth, sixth, and seventh,
391;
- the eighth and tenth,
392.
- Communion, the innate and original, of man with heaven, i.
34.
- Community of women, Carpocrates’ and Epiphanes’ opinions respecting, refuted, i.
86–89.
- Complaint, i.
165.
- Compositions, written and spoken, compared, i.
349–359.
- Concupiscence, the Lord free from, ii.
458.
- Conjecture, ii.
10.
- Contempt for pain and poverty, ii.
148.
- Continence, in what respect that of Christians excels that claimed by the philosophers, ii.
110, etc.
- Conversation, the regulation of, i.
228.
- Coveting, the mandates of the law and of Christ prohibiting, ii.
117.
- Corybantes, the orgies of the, i.
30.
- Costly vessels and furniture, i.
211.
- “Counsel of the ungodly, the,” ii.
41.
- Counsels, the, of the Instructor, i.
174,
175.
- Courage and cowardice, ii.
453,
454.
- Crapulousness, i.
204.
- Crates, the Theban, quoted, ii.
68,
69.
- Cratinus quoted, i.
363; ii.
249.
- Criterion, the, for distinguishing between truth and error, ii.
476.
- Crœsus, i.
49.
- Cropping the hair, i.
317,
318.
- Crowns, the use of, as ornaments, disapproved, i.
235–237.
- Cruelty, the, involved in sacrifices to the gods, i.
48.
- Cud, chewing the, i.
326; ii.
251,
252,
448.
- Custom, the, of forefathers, objections to abandoning, refuted, i.
85,
89;
- to be abandoned,
106, etc.
- Culture, the benefits of, i.
371,
379.
- Cups of gold and silver censured, i.
211.
- Dactyli, i.
400.
- Daniel, i.
432;
- the chronology of the book of,
445, etc.
- Dardanus, i.
27.
- Darkness hides not the fornicator from God, i.
253.
- Day, the seventh, ii.
386, etc.
- Death, Valentinian’s vagaries about the abolition of, refuted, ii.
179–182.
- Deborah, i.
426.
- Decalogue, the Gnostic exposition of the, ii.
383, etc.
- Definition, the need of perspicuous, ii.
491,
492;
- prevents ambiguity,
496, etc.
- Degrees of glory in heaven, ii.
365, etc.;
- more than salvation,
366, etc.
- Degrees of knowledge, ii.
371.
- Deities, female, their vile character, i.
40.
- Deluge, the, ii.
334.
- Demeter, i.
28;
- the mysteries of,
28;
- and Baubo,
31.
- Demetrius, king, raised to the rank of a god, i.
59.
- Demetrius of Phalerus, i.
448.
- Demetrius, his book on the kings in Judæa quoted, i.
442.
- Democritus, i.
397.
- Demons, i.
60; ii.
271,
294;
- plagues, etc., attributed to,
321.
- Demonstration, ii.
472, etc.;
- and syllogism,
493;
- and analysis,
495.
- Denunciation, i.
168.
- Desire, the duty of repressing, ii.
192,
193.
- Devil, the, matched by our Lord, i.
380;
- a thief and a robber,
408;
- a wicked spirit, referred to by Plato, ii.
276;
- transformed,
341.
- Dialects of men, gods, and animals, i.
443; ii.
380,
381.
- Dialectic, the true, i.
467.
- Dice prohibited, i.
325.
- Didymus, the grammarian, quoted, ii.
248.
- Diogenes quoted, ii.
68.
- Dino, i.
67.
- Dion, the philosopher, cited, ii.
194.
- Dion Thytes quoted, ii.
248.
- Dionysian mysteries, the, i.
29;
- a vile story of,
41.
- Dionysius, i.
41,
45.
- Dionysius Iambus quoted, ii.
249.
- Dionysius, the tyrant, i.
57.
- Dionysius Thrax quoted, ii.
248.
- Diphilus, the comic poet, quoted, ii.
291,
423.
- Directions for those who live together, i.
225.
- Discipline, various modes of, adopted by the Instructor, i.
164, etc.
- Dives and Lazarus, i.
257.
- Divination, i.
26,
27.
- Divine things wrapped up in figures, ii.
232, etc.
- Division, logical, ii.
503.
- Dogs, giving holy things to, ii.
5.
- Δόξα, i.
257.
- Doubts, the causes of, ii.
505.
- Draco, i.
404.
- Dreams, i.
243; ii.
192,
193.
- Dress. See Clothing.
- Drinking, water most suitable for, i.
199;
- water to be preferred to wine for,
201;
- intemperance in, censured,
205, etc.;
- decency in,
207;
- the example of Jesus as to,
208;
- considered in relation to women,
209.
- Drunken bouts, and drunkards, i.
204.
- Dyeing of the hair, the impropriety of, i.
235;
- and the clothes,
257.
- Earrings, i.
315.
- Ears, the, not to be bored for rings or drops, i.
272.
- East, turning to the, ii.
436.
- Eating, the regulation of ourselves in, i.
186;
- the end of, is to live,
186,
187;
- epicurism in, to be avoided,
187, etc.;
- moderation in,
192;
- viewed in relation to things sacrificed to idols,
193;
- temperance in,
193,
194;
- speaking while, to be avoided,
195;
- proper food for,
196.
- Eating the flesh of Christ, i.
140,
143.
- Eclectic philosophy, the, paves the way to virtue, i.
374.
- Eetion, i.
27.
- Effeminacy in men described and condemned, i.
284–291.
- Egyptian styles of writing, ii.
233.
- Egyptian symbols of sacred things, ii.
245,
246.
- Egyptian temples, i.
276.
- Egyptians, their various objects of worship, i.
45;
- inventors of arts,
401;
- gods of the,
438;
- temples of the, i.
276;
- sacred symbols of the, ii.
245,
246;
- styles of writing of the,
233;
- the Greeks drew many of their philosophical tenets from,
323,
324;
- did not allow their priests to feed on flesh,
430.
- Egyptians, the, spoiled by the Israelites, i.
453;
- overthrown in the Red Sea,
457.
- Elements, the, worshipped by the heathen, i.
386.
- Eleusinian mysteries, the, i.
32.
- Elias, i.
301.
- Embellishing the body, considerations condemnatory of, i.
276–284.
- Empedocles quoted, i.
36; ii.
209,
225,
231,
249,
250,
269,
283,
292,
301.
- Emperors, the Roman, i.
444.
- Empirics, the, i.
379.
- Employments, useful, the propriety, decency, and profitableness of, i.
310–312.
- Encouragement, i.
175.
- Enemies, loving our, ii.
181,
182.
- Enigmas, ii.
233.
- Ephesian Letters quoted, the, ii.
247.
- Epicharmes quoted, ii.
15,
217,
381,
389,
424.
- Epicurism, i.
187.
- Epicurus, i.
68;
- his view of faith, ii.
10;
- of pleasure,
71,
72.
- Epigenes on the Poetry of Orpheus, quoted, ii.
351.
- Ἐπιστήμη, ii.
205,
206.
- Equivocal terms, ii.
507.
- Eratosthenes, i.
404.
- Eros, i.
50.
- Errors, an exhortation to forsake old, i.
106, etc.
- Esoteric and exoteric, ii.
55.
- Esther, adorns herself for her husband, i.
281;
- her influence, ii.
194.
- Eternity, i.
389.
- Eubulus, the comic poet, quoted, ii.
427.
- Eucharist, the, i.
201,
416.
- Εὐκράσια, i.
179.
- Εὐλάβεια, ii.
20.
- Eumolpidæ, the, i.
31.
- Eunomos, the Locrian and the Pythic grasshopper, i.
17.
- Eunuch, a, forbidden by Moses to enter the congregation, i.
34.
- Euphorbion, the poet, quoted, ii.
239,
249.
- Eupolemus quoted, i.
442,
451.
- Euphrone, night so called, why? ii.
204.
- Euripides quoted, i.
34,
38,
70,
75,
107,
281,
282,
283,
305,
377,
400,
468; ii.
39,
62,
91,
163,
196,
197,
263,
266,
287,
300.
- Eurysus, the Pythagorean, cited, ii.
238.
- Εὐτέλεια, i.
304, note.
- Eva, the bacchanal cry of, i.
27.
- Eve, i.
286.
- Evil, hatred of, i.
160.
- Excellence, the true, of man, ii.
142.
- Excess forbidden, i.
194,
206.
- Execestus, tyrant of Phocis, i.
438.
- Exercises, the, suited to a good life, i.
310–312.
- Exhortation, i.
175.
- Exhortation, to turn to God from idols, i.
87–99;
- to abandon old errors,
106, etc.
- Exodus, the, of Israel from Egypt, i.
439,
452,
453.
- Expectation, ii.
16,
17.
- Experience, ii.
43.
- Eyes, the improper movements of, i.
322;
- the government of,
230.
- Ezekiel, the Jewish tragedian, quoted, i.
452,
453.
- Face, painting the, censured, i.
319.
- Face of God, the, i.
152.
- Faith, connected with salvation, i.
133,
134,
135;
- the knowledge of God attained through, ii.
3–6;
- not a product of nature,
6–8;
- the foundation of all knowledge,
8–12;
- its excellence,
16–20;
- the knowledge which comes through, the surest of all,
30–33;
- twofold,
33–35;
- further and fuller discussion of,
220, etc.;
- the objects of, perceived by the mind alone,
229, etc.;
- must be followed by works,
367;
- the foundation of knowledge,
446;
- itself a comprehensive knowledge,
447.
- Falsehood and theft, i.
420.
- Fast, and fasting, the true, i.
335; ii.
363;
- as practised by the true Gnostic,
461.
- Father, God recognised by the heathen as, ii.
297,
298.
- Father of the universe, the, i.
128.
- Fear, the influence of, i.
168;
- two sorts of,
171,
172;
- the utility of, ii.
20–22;
- the silly notion of Valentinian and Basilides respecting,
22–25;
- good,
25.
- Feasts, reason to rule at, i.
204;
- the conduct to be observed at,
215.
- Feet, bare, recommended, i.
264,
265.
- Feet of the Lord, the, i.
230.
- Fetters, gold chains asserted to be, i.
269.
- Figures, divine things enveloped in, ii.
232, etc.
- Filthy speaking condemned, i.
222–224.
- Finery, the evil of love of, i.
279,
280.
- Fire corrects superstition, i.
58.
- Fire, the pillar of, i.
458.
- Fire-worship, i.
67.
- First-born sons, i.
81.
- First Cause, the, of the universe, to be apprehended by faith only, ii.
9.
- First principles, ii.
8,
9,
494.
- Five loaves, the, broken by Christ, the mystical signification of, ii.
240,
241.
- Flesh, animal, its effects as food, ii.
429,
430.
- Flesh of Christ, eating the, i.
140,
143,
145.
- Flock, the, of the Lord, i.
462.
- Flowers, not to be woven into a crown, i.
235,
236;
- the peculiar properties of some,
236;
- the beauty of,
255.
- Food, discrimination to be used as to, i.
186,
187;
- epicurism in, to be avoided,
187,
188;
- the proper kinds of,
196, etc.
- Forefathers, the objections against abandoning the customs of, refuted, i.
85–99.
- Forgiveness, i.
336.
- Fornication, the sin of, i.
253.
- Fortitude, ii.
454.
- Fortune, the goddess of, i.
56.
- Friendship, three kinds of, ii.
59.
- Frugality, i.
95;
- enjoined on the Jews,
197;
- a good provision for the Christian,
301–304.
- Games, the Grecian, i.
41.
- Γαστριμαργία, i.
194.
- Generalization and induction, ii.
502.
- Generalship, the ideas involved in, i.
456.
- Geometry, the mystic meanings in the ratios of, ii.
353.
- Germans, the, i.
399.
- Gideon, i.
426.
- Glory, degrees of, in heaven, ii.
365,
366, etc.
- Gluttony, i.
193,
194.
- Gnosis, ii.
43.
- Gnostic, the true, an imitator of God, ii.
57;
- exercises patience and self-restraint,
60;
- described,
199–202;
- does good for the sake of the good,
202, etc.;
- erudite,
340,
344;
- free from all perturbations of the soul,
344–348;
- avails himself of the help of all human knowledge,
449–451;
- the extent of his knowledge,
357;
- how he benefits men,
400;
- the use of philosophy to,
401, etc.;
- a true worshipper of God, unjustly calumniated,
406, etc.;
- aims at the nearest likeness to God,
414, etc.;
- the sort of prayer employed by, and how it finds acceptance with God,
431, etc.;
- is kingly and priestly,
432;
- magnanimous,
438;
- mild, meek, and contented,
439;
- self-trained,
439,
440;
- rejoices in present good,
440;
- helped by God,
440,
441;
- demands his reward like a successful athlete,
441;
- prays always,
442;
- is far from being ready to lie and swear,
442,
443;
- a description of the life of,
449, etc.;
- beneficent, content, and despising worldly things,
455, etc.,
465, etc.;
- further description of,
466, etc.;
- description of, furnished by an exposition of 1 Cor. vi. 1, etc.,
468–472;
- abides by Scripture, and prospers,
484.
- Gnostic exposition of the Decalogue, ii.
383–393.
- Goats, and goats’ flesh, ii.
430.
- God, alone to be worshipped, i.
65;
- opinions of the philosophers respecting,
66, etc.;
- the sin of neglecting the calling of,
80;
- the folly of forsaking,
87;
- the great Artist,
90,
91;
- the image of,
91,
109,
110;
- sin and misery of ignorance of,
92,
93;
- why He created man,
118,
119;
- the children of, described,
122;
- His love,
155,
156;
- is good,
159,
161;
- His anger,
159,
163;
- seeks to lead men to repentance,
160;
- one,
161;
- no darkness hides from,
253;
- the arts proceed from, as well as divine knowledge,
364, etc.;
- not the author of evil,
407;
- seeing Him,
415;
- the knowledge of, to be obtained only through faith, ii.
3;
- near and far off,
4;
- explanation of the Scriptures which ascribe human affections to,
43–45;
- abstraction from things material, necessary to obtain a true knowledge of,
261, etc.;
- a conception of, how to be reached,
264;
- not capable of being expressed,
264;
- one temple erected to, by Moses, and no image of,
265;
- made the world, not from need, being all-sufficient,
266;
- cannot be embraced in words, or by the mind,
268–270;
- difficult to discourse of,
269,
270;
- the knowledge of, a divine gift,
270–273;
- the ever-existing manifestation of, to all right-thinking men,
273;
- man made in the image of,
277;
- heathen testimonies to,
285;
- not to be thought of, according to the opinion of the multitude,
286,
292,
293–297;
- some knowledge of, possessed by the Greeks,
326–328;
- an imperfect knowledge of, conveyed by philosophy,
393, etc.;
- the sacrifice required by,
415;
- self-sufficient, and not influenced or warped by sacrifices,
416;
- the soul of the righteous an image of,
417;
- not to be localized or circumscribed,
425,
426;
- hears prayer in every place,
433;
- is good, not involuntarily, but of choice,
436;
- hears prayer, although unuttered,
437.
- God, seeing, i.
25.
- Gods, the, the origin of, i.
34,
35;
- human,
37;
- the loves of the,
39, etc.;
- vile conduct of,
41, etc.;
- cruelty involved in the sacrifices offered to,
48;
- tombs of,
50,
51;
- shameful images of,
52, etc.;
- opinions of the philosophers respecting,
66–68;
- the ministers of,
86;
- ideal and imaginary,
93;
- of the Egyptians,
438;
- dialect attributed to, by Plato,
443;
- made by the heathen like themselves, ii.
421, etc.
- Gold and silver, the symbolical import of, i.
232.
- Gold and silver cups and vessels, condemned, i.
211;
- against fondness for,
266, etc.
- Good, the chief, various opinions of the philosophers respecting, ii.
71–74;
- Plato’s opinion of,
74–78.
- Good life, a, the exercises suitable to, i.
310, etc.
- Good man, the, without passions, ii.
453.
- Good manners at feasts, i.
229.
- Gospel, the, preached to Jews and Gentiles in Hades, ii.
328–335.
- Gospel, the, the universal diffusion of, in contrast to philosophy, ii.
405.
- Gothoniel, i.
425.
- Grasshopper, the Pythic, i.
17.
- Greece, a succession of philosophers in, i.
391.
- Greek philosophy, derived in great part from the Barbarians, i.
395;
- gave utterance to some truth,
413,
415;
- its use in contributing to the comprehension of divine truth,
418–420.
- Greek translation of the Old Testament, i.
448.
- Greeks, the, imitated Moses’ generalship, i.
456,
457;
- but children compared with the Hebrews,
469;
- pilferers of the Barbarian philosophy, ii.
1;
- drew from the sacred Scriptures, proved,
12–15;
- derived their ethics from the Mosaic law,
47–57;
- plagiarisms of, from the Hebrews,
272;
- plagiarisms from one another, illustrated at large,
304, etc.;
- plagiarism of the miracles related in Scripture,
319, etc.;
- derived many of their philosophical tenets from the Egyptians and Indian Gymnosophists,
323–325;
- possessed some knowledge of the true God,
326–328.
- Guidance, divine, i.
150.
- Γύνιδες, i.
289.
- Gymnosophists, the, i.
398,
399;
- the Greeks indebted to, for some of their philosophical tenets, ii.
324,
325.
- Hades, the gospel preached to Jews and Gentiles in, ii.
328–335.
- Hagar, i.
368,
369.
- Hair, the, the impropriety of dyeing, i.
235;
- the custom of eradicating, by pitch plasters, censured,
284–287;
- regulations as to,
317;
- false, forbidden,
318.
- Hatred of evil, i.
160.
- Hay, the figurative import of, i.
257.
- Head, a cropped, commended, i.
318.
- Health and knowledge, the difference between, i.
114.
- Heart, eating the, ii.
239.
- Heart, an uncared, ii.
65.
- Heathen, the, exhorted to forsake impious rites, i.
17, etc.;
- the abominable rites practised by, described,
26, etc.;
- the gods of,
34, etc.;
- cruel sacrifices among,
48, etc.;
- absurdity of the images of their gods,
52, etc.;
- the objections of, to abandoning the customs of their forefathers, refuted,
85, etc.;
- treated righteously by God, ii.
368;
- made gods like themselves,
421, etc.
- Heaven, degrees of glory in, ii.
365.
- Heavenly bodies, the, given by God to the Gentiles to be worshipped, ii.
368.
- Hebraic character, the, of the Greek philosophy, i.
392.
- Hebrew dialects, ii.
380.
- Hebrew philosophy, the, of higher antiquity than that of the Greeks, i.
421, etc.
- Hebrew prophets, the, i.
425,
435,
439.
- Hebrews, the Greeks but children compared with, i.
469, etc.;
- the plagiarisms of the Greeks from, ii.
274, etc.
- Hellenic philosophy, the multitude frightened at, ii.
350.
- Hellenic truth, i.
419.
- Helots, the Lacedæmonian, i.
305.
- Hephæstus, i.
37.
- Heracleon, the Valentinian, quoted, ii.
171.
- Heraclitus, the Ephesian, quoted, i.
32,
67; ii.
11,
15,
162,
204,
205,
226,
301.
- Hercules, i.
38,
40,
400.
- Heresies, the diversities of, made an objection to join the church, ii.
472–474.
- Heresies and philosophy, aids in discovering truth, ii.
376, etc.
- Heresy, i.
416;
- the criterion of distinguishing between, and truth, ii.
476, etc.;
- the traditions of the church prior to,
485, etc.
- Heretics, the pretexts used by, for indulging licentiousness and lusts of every kind, ii.
95, etc.;
- two sorts of,
102–105;
- passages of Scripture perverted by, to the disparagement of marriage,
112, etc.,
116, etc.,
121,
129, etc.,
130,
132.
- Hermas quoted, i.
408,
467,
470; ii.
27,
28,
34.
- Herodotus quoted, ii.
91.
- Hesiod quoted, i.
46,
73,
290,
296,
305,
364,
372,
424,
470; ii.
230,
280,
295,
427.
- Hevia, i.
27.
- Hiccup and sneezing, i.
229.
- High priest’s robe, the, its symbolic import, ii.
243.
- Hipparchus, the Pythagorean, quoted, ii.
255.
- Hippias, i.
457.
- Hippo, immortalizes his own death, i.
59;
- Euripides quoted respecting,
400.
- Hippocrates of Cos quoted, ii.
71.
- Hippodamus, the Pythagorean, quoted, ii.
59.
- Hiram, i.
436.
- Holy place, the, of the tabernacle, ii.
240.
- Holy things not to be given to dogs, ii.
5.
- Holy women among the Germans, i.
399.
- Homer, time of the birth of, i.
429;
- quoted,
37,
39,
40,
47,
49,
51,
60,
63,
75,
93,
103,
106,
147,
228,
268,
282,
364,
392,
468; ii.
281,
284,
288,
289,
295,
305,
306,
393,
401,
421.
- Honey, its spiritual import, i.
147,
179.
- Hoof, dividing the, i.
326; ii.
251,
488.
- Hope, ii.
17,
228,
229;
- the objects of, perceived by the mind,
229.
- Horse, the, forbidden to be eaten, ii.
252.
- Hosanna, i.
122.
- Hospitality, ii.
26.
- Human affections, how ascribed to God, ii.
43–45.
- Human sacrifices among the heathen, i.
48.
- Husband and wife, i.
304,
332, etc.
- Husband, the, of the barren woman, i.
25.
- Husbandry, twofold, i.
352.
- Husbandry, the, of the Mosaic law, its typical import, ii.
56.
- Hyena, the, i.
246,
247.
- Hylobii, the, i.
399.
- Hymn to Christ the Saviour, a, i.
343–345.
- Hymn, a noble, of God, i.
96,
97.
- Hypotyposes, the, of Clement, i.
15.
- Idanthuris, king of the Scythians, his symbolic message to Darius, ii.
247.
- Idolatry, the origin of, i.
34,
35.
- Idols to be rejected, ii.
402.
- Idols, the ministers of, i.
86.
- Idols, things sacrificed to, to be rejected, i.
91.
- Illumination, i.
132; ii.
259.
- Image of God, the, i.
91,
109,
110; ii.
277.
- Images of the gods, the, the absurdity and shamefulness of some, i.
52, etc.;
- the stupidity of the worship of,
56,
57;
- often of beautiful material and form, but senseless and shameful,
61,
91.
- Immodesty of women in baths, i.
296,
297.
- Indignation, i.
168.
- Indians, the philosophy of the, ii.
324,
325.
- Induction, ii.
502.
- Inquiry, philosophical and theological, its object, ii.
490.
- Instructor, the, the office of, i.
113;
- His treatment of our sins,
115;
- the philanthropy of,
118;
- men and women alike under the charge of,
121;
- who He is,
149–151;
- deals with us as we do with children,
164;
- mode of His discipline,
165;
- instructs by the law and the prophets,
179,
180;
- His severity and benignity,
181.
- Instructors among the Persians, i.
150.
- Insult, the fruit of drunkenness, i.
225.
- Intellect, the, i.
273.
- Intemperance, i.
204.
- Intercourse, the regulation of, i.
225.
- Intoxication, i.
204,
208,
210.
- Invective, i.
166.
- Inventors, and inventions among the Barbarians, i.
402.
- Invitation addressed to the heathen to come to Christ the Word, i.
107, etc.
- Involuntary, how a thing may be, ii.
37.
- Ionic Muses, the, quoted, ii.
56.
- Iophon, the comic poet, quoted, i.
363.
- Iota, i.
171.
- Ipse dixit, the, of the followers of Pythagoras, ii.
15.
- Isaac, the import of the name, i.
128;
- a type,
129,
369; ii.
12.
- Isidore, son of Basilides, quoted, ii.
65,
334.
- Isis, i.
424.
- Isocrates quoted, ii.
262.
- Israel, ii.
12.
- Jacob, i.
24,
369.
- Jerusalem, i.
367.
- Jerusalem, the heavenly, its garniture, i.
266,
267.
- Jesting, i.
227.
- Jesus Christ, the Instructor and Shepherd, i.
149,
151;
- as an example in eating and drinking,
208;
- anointed by the woman who was a sinner,
230, etc.;
- anointed by the Father,
233.
- Jesus, the son of Nave, his vision of Moses ascending to heaven, ii.
382.
- Jewels, excessive fondness of, censured, i.
266.
- Jewish laws, of higher antiquity than Greek philosophy, i.
421, etc.
- Jews, frugality enjoined on, i.
197,
198;
- antiquity of the philosophy of,
399.
- Jibing condemned, i.
226.
- John the Baptist, the forerunner of the Word, i.
24;
- his clothing,
261;
- his confession, ii.
253,
254.
- Joking, i.
227.
- Joseph, his chastity, i.
321,
322;
- envied by his brothers, his coat of many colours, ii.
252,
253.
- Josephus, i.
446.
- Joshua, i.
425.
- Judas, i.
231.
- Judges, the, of Israel, i.
425, etc.
- Judgment, the, Diphilus the comic poet quoted on, ii.
291.
- Judith, ii.
194.
- Julius Cassianus, De Continentia vel Castitate, a reply to, ii.
128, etc.
- Jupiter, three of the name, i.
36;
- character of,
43;
- the image of, stripped by Dionysius,
57.
- Just One, the, is also good, i.
155, etc.
- Κιναίδες, i.
294.
- King, Christ the, typified by Abimelech, i.
129.
- Kingly office, the, i.
455.
- Kings, the, of Israel, i.
426, etc.;
- of Persia,
435;
- of Macedon,
435.
- Kiss, the, between husbands and wives, i.
332.
- Kiss of charity, the, i.
329.
- Knocking, ii.
490.
- “Know thyself,” the adage, ii.
234,
420.
- Knowledge, i.
343;
- objections to, answered,
357;
- the advantage of,
361;
- different degrees of,
371;
- and love,
374;
- true, found in the teaching of Christ alone,
375,
403;
- human, necessary to the understanding of the Scriptures, i.
379,
380;
- the primary,
403;
- of the truth, whence it is,
403;
- of God, to be attained only through faith, ii.
3;
- faith the foundation of all,
8, etc.;
- that which comes through faith, the surest of all,
30–33;
- of things predicted,
33;
- various kinds of,
45,
46;
- of God, to be obtained only through abstraction from material things,
361;
- an imperfect kind of, conveyed by philosophy,
393.
- Knowledge and health, the difference between, i.
114.
- Knowledge of God, a divine gift, ii.
270, etc.
- Kore, i.
29.
- Κραπάλη, i.
204.
- Lacedæmonian helots, the, i.
305.
- Laertius cited in reference to the celebrated αὐτὸς ἔφα, ii.
15.
- Λαγνεία, i.
249.
- Lambs, the, of Christ, i.
123,
125.
- Lamp, the golden, of the tabernacle, ii.
241.
- Language, the proper regulation of, i.
222–224.
- Laughter, i.
219;
- how to be regulated,
220;
- excessive, forbidden,
227.
- Laughter, spiritual, i.
128,
129.
- Law, its dignity, ii.
12.
- Law, the, given by Moses, i.
153;
- designed to restrain transgression,
179;
- aims at the good of men,
464;
- the beneficent action of,
466;
- fourfold division of,
467;
- how to be interpreted,
468;
- the terrors of, ii.
21;
- the source of all ethics,
47–57;
- the humanity of,
51;
- the mercy of,
53.
- Laws, divine, i.
97.
- Laws, the Jewish, more ancient than the philosophy of the Greeks, i.
421, etc.
- Lazarus and the rich man, i.
257.
- Learned, the truly, i.
379.
- Learning, the necessity of, i.
372,
373.
- Leaven, the parable of the, ii.
269.
- Legislator, Moses a divine, i.
461, etc.
- Liberorum, de procreatione, quænam tractanda sint, i.
244, etc.
- Licentiousness, i.
288.
- Life, religion in ordinary, i.
327,
328.
- Light, i.
133.
- Likeness of God, the, i.
109,
110.
- Little Iliad, The, quoted, i.
421.
- Lord, the, our Helper, the methods He employs to bring men to salvation, i.
23.
- Lord Christ, the, the Redeemer, i.
98;
- the temptation of,
380;
- the duration of His teaching, ii.
486.
- Lord’s Day, the, Plato speaks prophetically of, ii.
284.
- Lot, i.
243.
- Lot’s wife, i.
94.
- Love, celestial food, i.
189.
- Love a part of the true beauty, i.
274.
- Love and the kiss of charity, i.
329.
- Love, the many forms of, ii.
52.
- Love, Christian, commended, ii.
190.
- Love, its influence, ii.
454.
- Love, the divinity of, ii.
346.
- Love due to God from us, i.
119.
- Love and knowledge, ii.
374.
- Love, God is, i.
156.
- Love, is punishment inconsistent with? i.
156.
- Love of money, i.
214.
- Loving our enemies, ii.
181,
182.
- Lust, i.
274.
- Lustrations, ii.
263.
- Lusts, unnatural, forbidden, i.
248.
- Lusts, pretexts of the heretics for indulging in, ii.
95.
- Luxury, i.
187, etc.,
212,
213.
- Luxury, the true, i.
267.
- Lycurgus, i.
404.
- Lyre, the, its mystical significance, ii.
355.
- Macedonian kings, the, i.
435.
- Mænades, the, i.
107.
- Magi, the, fire-worshippers, i.
67;
- they foretold the Saviour’s birth,
398.
- Magi, the, three curious mountains in the country of, ii.
322.
- Maiden, the model, i.
325.
- Makar and Megaclo, i.
38.
- Man, the, made in the image of God, ii.
277;
- his fall and redemption, i.
100.
- Man, the responsibility of, i.
92;
- why created by God,
118.
- Man, the true excellence of, ii.
142, etc.
- Man, an immortal, a noble hymn to God, i.
96,
97.
- Man, the Lord called a, i.
126.
- Manliness and modesty, i.
272; ii.
48,
49.
- Marcionites, the, why they abstain from marriage, ii.
86, etc.
- Marriage, its use and importance, ii.
78–83;
- Basilides’ opinion respecting, refuted,
84–86;
- why the Marcionites and other heretics abstain from,
89–94;
- passages of Scripture perverted to the disparagement of, vindicated,
112, etc.,
116, etc.,
129,
130,
132, etc.;
- those who vituperate, vituperate the Creator and the gospel dispensation,
133, etc.;
- two extreme opinions respecting, to be avoided,
135, etc.
- Married women not to be associated with at banquets, i.
226.
- Mars, i.
37.
- Martyr, the blessedness of the, ii.
158.
- Martyrdom eulogized, ii.
145;
- why called perfection,
146;
- the confession of God, ibid.;
- women and slaves, as well as men, candidates for the crown of,
165;
- Christ’s sayings respecting,
170;
- those who needlessly offer themselves to, reproved,
173;
- Basilides’ idea of, refuted,
175–179;
- passages from Clement’s Epistle to the Corinthians respecting,
187–190.
- Martyrs, passages of Scripture respecting the patience, constancy, and love of, ii.
184–187.
- Matthew, traditional words of, ii.
466.
- Matthias, ii.
365.
- Meaning of Scripture, reasons for veiling the, ii.
378, etc.
- Meats offered in sacrifice to idols, to be rejected, i.
193.
- Mediator, the, i.
274.
- Megasthenes quoted, i.
399.
- Melampus, i.
28.
- Melanippides quoted, ii.
287.
- Men, the folly of, in forsaking God for idols, i.
87;
- and women, under the Instructor’s charge,
121;
- who embellish themselves,
284;
- effeminate,
284,
289,
293,
294;
- employments of,
310–312.
- Menander, his description of the superstitious man, ii.
422–424;
- quoted variously, i.
70,
74,
120,
277; ii.
227,
290 bis.,
295,
427.
- Menelaus and Helen, ii.
61,
62.
- Merciful, the, ii.
156.
- Methods, the, used by God in bringing men to salvation, i.
23.
- Metrodorus, the Epicurean, quoted, ii.
300.
- Midas, i.
27.
- Midianite women, the, seduce the Israelites, ii.
49,
50.
- Milk, feeding with, i.
138,
145,
146,
147;
- and water and wine,
147.
- Milk and meat, ii.
260,
261.
- Miltiades, i.
457.
- Mind, the culture of the, i.
371.
- Minerva, i.
30.
- Ministers of idols, the, i.
86.
- Minos, ii.
12.
- Miracles, the, related in Scripture, plagiarized by the Greeks, ii.
319, etc.
- Miriam, ii.
194.
- Mirrors, the use of, reprobated, i.
280,
281.
- Mistake, ii.
39.
- Model maiden, the, i.
325.
- Money, the love of, i.
214.
- Mosaic law, the, the fourfold division of, i.
467;
- the source of all ethics, ii.
47–57.
- Moses, an instructor, i.
152;
- the law given by,
153;
- the antiquity of the philosophy of,
421;
- the birth and education of,
451;
- meaning of the name,
451;
- as a military leader,
455;
- his strategy,
457;
- Plato an imitator of,
459;
- rightly called a divine legislator,
461;
- his dignity, ii.
12,
13;
- erected one temple to and no image of God,
265;
- ascends the mount, and enters the darkness by himself,
267;
- the shining of the face of,
364.
- Moses, the prophet like unto, i.
153.
- Muses, the, i.
38;
- and Syrens,
383.
- Music, the inventors of, i.
424.
- Music to be banished from feasts, i.
215.
- Music, the mystical significance of, ii.
354;
- its use,
355,
366.
- Mustard, i.
179.
- Mysteries, the, of the Christian faith, not to be divulged to all, i.
388;
- celebrated in the night, ii.
204;
- reasons for veiling,
254,
255;
- opinion of the apostles about veiling the,
257, etc.
- Mysteries, the heathen, i.
26,
27;
- derivation of the word,
27;
- of Demeter,
28;
- the Sabazian,
29;
- of Dionysius,
29;
- the Eleusinian,
32;
- of Plato, Pythagoras, and the Epicureans, ii.
255.
- Mystical meanings in the proportions of numbers, etc., ii.
352–359.
- Nabla, the, i.
402, and
note.
- Nard, i.
232.
- Nations, the number of, i.
443.
- Nature possesses an adaptation for perfection, ii.
359.
- Neanthes of Cyzicum quoted, ii.
249.
- Necessaries and luxuries, i.
267.
- Nechephres, king of Egypt, i.
452.
- Neglect of God’s gracious calling, the sin of, i.
80.
- Nicagorus, i.
59.
- Nightingale, the, i.
245.
- Noah, his drunkenness, i.
210.
- Nobility, ii.
58.
- Noses, making sounds of lewdness or of provocation through, censured, i.
294.
- Νουθέτησις, i.
177.
- Numa, i.
398.
- Numbers, the mystical meaning in the proportions of, ii.
352, etc.
- Numenius quoted, i.
449.
- Nymphodorus quoted, i.
424.
- Oath, the, avoided by the true Gnostic, ii.
442–444.
- Objurgation, i.
168.
- Offence, avoiding, ii.
183.
- Oil, the use of, i.
234.
- Ointments, the use of, not necessary to Christians, i.
230;
- varieties of,
232,
239;
- render effeminate,
233;
- not to be wholly laid aside,
234.
- Old age, i.
319.
- Old men may drink wine, i.
202.
- Old Testament, the Greek translation of, i.
448.
- Olive, the wild, ii.
372,
373.
- Oracles of divination, i.
26,
27.
- Orgies, the Bacchic, i.
27;
- derivation of the word, ibid.;
- full of imposture and quackery,
28;
- of the Corybantes,
30.
- Ornamentation, the, of the body, i.
276, etc.;
- when permitted,
315.
- Ornaments, i.
256;
- excessive fondness for, censured,
266;
- excuses for wearing,
267;
- the true and the false,
268,
269,
271;
- Aristophanes’ catalogue,
269,
270;
- the love of,
273, etc.
- Orpheus, i.
19;
- quoted,
30,
31,
73; ii.
248,
267,
292,
293,
294,
295.
- Osiraphis, i.
54.
- Osiris, i.
54.
- Ox, the, and the bear dwelling together, ii.
333.
- Ox, the, and the ass forbidden to be yoked together, ii.
55,
56.
- Ὀψοφαγία, i.
194.
- Pactolus, the, i.
82.
- Pædagogus, the, a prayer to, i.
342;
- verses to,
346.
- Pædagogy, i.
121,
125.
- Παιδάριον, i.
121.
- Pain and poverty, contempt for, ii.
148.
- Painting the eyes, etc., condemned, i.
277.
- Painting the face censured, i.
319.
- Palladium, the, i.
53.
- Pallas, i.
30.
- Pantænus, the teacher of Clement, i.
11;
- referred to,
355.
- Pantarkes, i.
58.
- Panyasis quoted, i.
42.
- Parabolic style of Scripture, the, ii.
379.
- Parmenides, the Eleatic, quoted, ii.
256,
287,
300.
- Passions, the, ii.
37;
- how called by Basilides,
64;
- to be subdued,
66,
67;
- the true Gnostic free from,
346.
- Patience or endurance, ii.
60.
- Peacemakers, ii.
157.
- Pearls, the wearing of, i.
266,
358.
- Pearls, casting, before swine, i.
388.
- Penitents, ii.
156.
- Pentheus, i.
389.
- People, the new and the old, i.
128.
- Perfection, i.
126,
131,
182;
- women as well as men capable of, ii.
193, etc.;
- consists in the knowledge and love of God,
212–215;
- nature adapted to,
359, etc.;
- the Gnostic alone attains,
362–364;
- steps to,
446, etc.
- Perfect man, the, described, ii.
199–202;
- does good for the sake of the good,
202, etc.;
- how he treats the body and the things of the world,
215.
- Peripatetics, the, i.
68.
- Persian kings, the, i.
455.
- Persians, the, fire-worshippers, i.
67;
- instructors among,
150.
- Perturbations of the soul, the true Gnostic free from, ii.
344–348.
- Peter, the Preaching of, quoted, i.
470; ii.
326,
379,
380.
- Peter, the story of his wife’s martyrdom, ii.
451,
452.
- Petulantia, i.
247.
- Phalloi, i.
41.
- Phanothea, i.
404.
- Phemonoe, i.
424.
- Pherecrates, the comic poet, quoted, ii.
427.
- Pherecydes quoted, i.
392; ii.
247.
- Pherephatta, i.
29.
- Phidias, i.
58.
- Philanthropy, ii.
26.
- Philanthropy, the, of our Instructor, i.
118.
- Philemon, the comic poet, quoted, i.
269,
324; ii.
294,
423.
- Philip of Pella, i.
59.
- Philo, his interpretation of Sarah and Hagar, i.
368.
- Philolaus quoted, ii.
91.
- Philosopher, the, to what he applies himself, ii.
29,
30.
- Philosophers, the variety of, respecting God, i.
66–68;
- by divine inspiration, sometimes hit on the truth,
69;
- objections to extracts from the writings of, answered,
360,
361;
- a succession of, in Greece,
391, etc.;
- their philosophy Hebraic,
392;
- the first so called, ibid.;
- thieves and robbers—how?
406;
- attained to some truth,
413, ii.
396;
- varieties of opinions among, respecting the chief good,
71–74.
- Philosophical inquiry, its object, ii.
490.
- Philosophy, i.
361;
- the handmaid of theology,
366;
- what it is,
368,
369;
- the eclectic, paves the way to virtue,
374;
- that which the apostle bids us shun,
384;
- all sections of, contain a germ of truth,
389;
- schools of,
392;
- the Grecian, derived in great part from the Barbarian,
395;
- prepares the way for higher teaching,
405;
- a true spark of divine fire in,
409;
- how it contributes to the comprehension of divine truth,
418;
- the Jewish laws of higher antiquity than,
421, etc.;
- given by God, ii.
339–344;
- the study of,
366;
- an imperfect knowledge of God conveyed by,
395, etc.;
- absurdity of those who say it is not from God,
397–399;
- given to the Greeks as the law was to the Jews,
399;
- use of, to the Gnostic,
402, etc.
- Philosophy, the Barbarian, followed by Christians, perfect, ii.
3.
- Philosophy, the true, ii.
335–339.
- Philydeus, the comic poet, quoted, ii.
248,
249.
- Phocylides quoted, ii.
294.
- Phœbus, i.
149.
- Phœnix, i.
150.
- Phoronis, The, quoted, i.
458.
- Φῶς and φώς, i.
133.
- Φρένωσις, i.
168.
- Phryne, the courtesan, i.
58.
- Piety, i.
185.
- Pigeons to be offered to God, i.
124.
- Pilferers, the Greeks, of the Barbarian philosophy, ii.
1;
- and of each other,
304, etc.
- Pillar of fire, the, i.
458.
- Pindar quoted, i.
37,
323,
383,
420,
424,
470; ii.
162,
282,
295,
299.
- Pit, opening a, ii.
253.
- Pitch plasters to eradicate hair, censured, ii.
284,
285,
287.
- Pittacus, king of Miletus, i.
311.
- Plagiarisms, the, of the Greeks, from the Hebrews, ii.
274, etc.;
- from one another,
304, etc.
- Plants and animals, ii.
497.
- Plasters of pitch to eradicate hair, i.
284,
285,
287.
- Plato an imitator of Moses, i.
459.
- Plato, his view of the chief good, ii.
74–78;
- respecting marriage,
89–94;
- variously quoted or referred to, i.
69,
70,
71,
198,
248,
254,
314,
378,
382,
385,
395,
396,
397,
414,
443,
469; ii.
13,
14,
58,
91,
92,
93,
147,
151,
163,
226,
230,
231,
252,
260,
266,
267,
271,
275,
276,
279,
282,
283,
284,
285,
297,
299.
- Plato, the comic poet, quoted, ii.
429.
- Pleasure, ii.
61,
62,
63;
- not a necessity,
67,
68.
- Plutus, i.
280.
- Poets, the, their testimony to the truth, i.
73–75;
- their employment of the symbolic style, ii.
247.
- Polemo, the disciple of Xenocrates, cited, i.
76.
- Poseidon, i.
66.
- Pot, the mark of, not to be left on the ashes, according to Pythagoras, ii.
237.
- Praise to God, ii.
216,
217;
- and prayer,
426.
- Praise and blame, i.
177.
- Prayer to the Pædagogus, i.
342.
- Prayer, such as employed by the Gnostic, and how it is heard by God, ii.
431, etc.;
- the right sort of,
434;
- hours of,
435;
- the false doctrine of certain heretics respecting, ibid.
- Prayer and praise the best sacrifices, ii.
426, etc.
- Praxiphanes, i.
404.
- Praxiteles, i.
50.
- Preaching, the, of Peter, referred to or quoted, i.
470; ii.
326,
379,
380.
- Presbyter, who is a true? ii.
365.
- Procreatione liberorum, de, i.
244, etc.
- Prodicus, the Ceian sophist, his delineation of vice and virtue, i.
260.
- Prophecy, ii.
34;
- is full knowledge,
343;
- why it employs figurative forms of expression,
380.
- Prophet, the, like unto Moses, i.
35.
- Prophets, the, the truth to be found in, i.
76–79;
- their knowledge,
380;
- the antiquity of,
425,
435,
439.
- Propriety of conduct, i.
293.
- Proserpine, i.
27.
- Prosymnus, i.
41.
- Proteus, i.
273.
- Pruning-hook, the, ii.
341.
- Ptolemy Philadelphus, i.
448.
- Ptolemy, the priest, referred to, i.
421.
- Punishment, the reason and end of divine, ii.
210,
211.
- Punishment after death, ii.
275.
- Punishment and love reconciled, i.
156,
157;
- aims at the good of men,
464.
- Punishments and threatenings, i.
306,
307.
- Πῦρ, i.
443.
- Pure in heart, the, ii.
157.
- Purification, i.
91, ii.
263;
- a sufficient,
205.
- Purple colour in dress forbidden, i.
262.
- Pyrrhonism, its self-contradictions, ii.
500.
- Pythagoras, his symbols, ii.
236.
- Pythagoras referred to or quoted, i.
393,
394,
395,
397; ii.
54.
- Pythagoreans, the, i.
72,
177,
383.
- Pythic grasshopper, the, i.
17.
- Reason to rule at feasts, i.
204.
- Rebecca and Isaac, i.
128,
129.
- Redemption through the Word, i.
100–105.
- Religion in ordinary life, i.
327.
- Repentance, an earnest exhortation to, i.
87, etc.;
- the nature of, ii.
17;
- first and second,
35–37.
- Reproach, i.
157.
- Reproof, i.
157,
158,
166,
169.
- Reprover, the, i.
172.
- Respect of persons, none with God, ii.
340.
- Responsibility, the, i.
92.
- Revelling, i.
215.
- Revenge, i.
160.
- Rhetoric, i.
376.
- Rich, the believer alone is, i.
298; ii.
13.
- Rich man, the, and Lazarus, i.
15.
- Riches, i.
212–214,
298.
- Righteous man, the, ii.
285,
331.
- Righteousness, true riches, i.
299.
- Righteousness, the Sun of, i.
102.
- Ring, a, engraven with the images of the gods, prohibited by Pythagoras, ii.
237.
- Rings, on the wearing of, i.
315–317.
- Robe of the high priests, its symbolic import, ii.
243,
244,
245.
- Roman emperors, the, i.
444.
- Ῥόμβος, i.
30, note.
- Royalty, different kinds of, i.
455,
456.
- Sabazian mysteries, the, i.
29.
- Sacrifices, the, of the law, ii.
429.
- Sacrifices, the, of the heathen to their gods, the absurdity of, ii.
427, etc.
- Sacrifices, the cruelty of some of the heathen, i.
48, etc.
- Sailing on land forbidden by Pythagoras, ii.
237.
- Salvation, i.
82,
132,
382;
- one unchangeable gift of, ii.
366.
- Sambuca, the, i.
402, and
note.
- Samson, i.
321.
- Samuel sent to anoint David, i.
281.
- Sappho, i.
237.
- Sarah, i.
368,
369;
- her laughter, ii.
262.
- Sardanapalus, i.
322,
323; ii.
67.
- Sarmanæ, i.
399.
- Sauromatæ, the, i.
67.
- Saved, something greater than being, ii.
367.
- Saviour, the, i.
98;
- His supreme dignity, ii.
13;
- free from human affections,
344;
- the Son of God,
410.
- Scents, i.
234.
- Scripture, the criterion for distinguishing between truth and heresy, ii.
476, etc.
- Scriptures, the, i.
82;
- the Hebrew, translated into Greek,
375;
- human knowledge necessary to the understanding of,
379.
- Scythians, the, i.
290.
- Seal-rings, i.
315–317.
- Sects or schools of philosophy, i.
392.
- Seducer, the, i.
23.
- Seeing double, an effect of much wine, i.
203.
- Seeing God, i.
25,
415.
- Self-conceit, the cure of, ii.
480.
- Self-restraint or self-control, ii.
48,
61,
454.
- Self-sufficiency, Christian, i.
182.
- Selling and buying, i.
328.
- Sepulchres of the gods, i.
50,
51.
- Serapis, i.
54,
424.
- Serpent, the, that deceived Eve, i.
23,
100;
- why called wise, ii.
396.
- Servants, the numerous, pandering to luxury, i.
292.
- Sesostris orders a statue of Serapis to be made, i.
54.
- Seven, the number, ii.
388–390.
- Seventh day, the, ii.
386,
390;
- testimonies from heathen authors to,
284,
285.
- Shaving, ignoble, i.
285,
317.
- Shades and demons, i.
50.
- Shechemites, the, i.
283.
- Shepherd, Jesus the, i.
149;
- the good,
462.
- Shoes, what sort to be worn, i.
264,
265.
- Sibyl, the, quoted, i.
36,
55,
64,
72,
76,
284,
425; ii.
90,
285,
288;
- her power of divination, i.
398;
- others of the name,
425.
- Silk and the silk-worm, i.
258.
- Similitudes an important part of instruction, i.
304.
- Simmias of Rhodes quoted, ii.
249.
- Simonides, i.
232.
- Simplicity of dress recommended, i.
271.
- Sin, irrational, i.
184;
- condemned by the Gnostic, ii.
360;
- the source of,
482.
- Sins, how the Instructor treats our, i.
115;
- resulting from voluntary action, ii.
38, etc.
- Six, the number, ii.
388.
- Sleep, the regulation of, i.
240, etc.;
- Christians not to indulge in, as others,
241–243.
- Smiling, i.
220.
- Sneezing at banquets, i.
229.
- Socrates quoted or referred to, i.
393,
414; ii.
68,
175.
- Sodomites, the, i.
306.
- Solomon, i.
427,
436.
- Solon quoted, i.
49,
50,
362; ii.
269,
389,
390.
- Son, the, the Ruler and Saviour of all, ii.
409, etc.
- Son of God, the Instructor, i.
114.
- Songs, amatory, prohibited, i.
218.
- Songs of praise to God, i.
216.
- Sophistical arts useless, i.
376.
- Sophistry, i.
376.
- Sophists, the, condemned, i.
362,
363.
- Sophocles quoted, i.
73,
86,
203,
313; ii.
141,
234,
286,
287,
291,
294.
- Soul, the, the threefold division of, i.
273.
- Soul, the pure, an image of God, ii.
417;
- of a most excellent temper,
427.
- Sow, the, forbidden to be eaten, ii.
251.
- Speaking, filthy, i.
222–224.
- Spectacles, public, to be discountenanced, i.
326,
327.
- Speech, the regulation of, at banquets, i.
228.
- Speech and writing compared, i.
351, etc.
- Speech, good, inferior to good action, i.
381–383.
- Speusippus quoted, ii.
12.
- Sphynxes, the Egyptian, their symbolic import, ii.
239,
249.
- Sports, divine, i.
128,
129.
- Stoics, the, i.
385; ii.
59.
- Stones, the, in the robe of the high priest, ii.
243,
244.
- Stones and stocks, silly people, i.
19.
- Stromata, the, of Clement, i.
361;
- meaning of the word, ii.
140, etc.
- Sun, the, and stars, given to the Gentiles to worship, ii.
368.
- Superstition, i.
50,
57,
58, ii.
25;
- the source of,
421.
- Superstitious man, the, described, ii.
422,
423.
- Susanna, i.
194.
- Swallow, the, of Pythagoras, ii.
236.
- Swearing avoided by the Gnostic, ii.
442–444.
- Swine, the flesh of, forbidden to the Jews, i.
326, ii.
429.
- Swine, casting one’s pearls before, i.
388.
- Syllogism and demonstration, ii.
493.
- Symbolic style, the, employed by poets and philosophers, ii.
247.
- Symbols, the reasons for veiling the truth in, ii.
254.
- Symbols, the, of the Egyptians, of sacred things, ii.
245, etc.
- Symbols, the, of Pythagoras, ii.
236.
- Syrens, the, i.
383.
- Tabernacle, the, and its furniture, the mystical meaning of, ii.
240;
- and its geometrical proportions,
354.
- Table of shew-bread, the, ii.
42;
- its geometrical proportions, meaning of,
354.
- Tables, the two, of the law, their mystical significance, ii.
383,
385.
- Tact, the importance of, in king or general, i.
456,
457.
- Tatian referred to, i.
355.
- Taxes, ii.
342.
- Teaching, motives in, to be examined, i.
352.
- Teacher, the, intimations of the advent of, ii.
404.
- Teachers of others ought to excel in virtue, ii.
444–446.
- Teaching, the, of our Lord, its duration, ii.
486.
- Temperance, i.
193,
201,
202,
242; ii.
248.
- Temples, the Egyptian, what they illustrate, i.
276.
- Temptation, the, of our Lord, i.
380.
- Ten, the number, ii.
383,
384.
- Terrors of the law, the, ii.
21.
- Thales, i.
394,
395; ii.
278.
- Thamar, i.
369.
- Thanksgiving, ii.
436.
- Theano referred to or quoted, i.
404; ii.
159,
195.
- Thearidas’ book On Nature quoted, ii.
296,
297.
- Theft and falsehood, i.
420.
- Theocritus quoted, i.
90.
- Theognis quoted, ii.
252.
- Theological inquiry, its object, ii.
490.
- Theology, philosophy the handmaid to, i.
366.
- Theophrastus, i.
68;
- quoted, ii.
6.
- Thersites, i.
228,
237,
294.
- Thespes quoted, i.
404; ii.
250.
- Thrasubulus, i.
457.
- Threatening, i.
174.
- Thieves and robbers, all who came before Christ were—how? i.
406, etc.
- Timæus the Locrian, ii.
288.
- Timocles, the poet, quoted, ii.
141,
142.
- Timon of Phlius quoted, ii.
227.
- Timotheus, i.
403.
- Titans, the, and Dionysius, i.
30.
- Tombs of the gods, the, i.
50,
51.
- Tradition of the church, the, prior to heresies, ii.
485.
- Tragedy, its inventors, i.
404.
- Training, i.
182,
371.
- Translation, the, of the Old Testament out of Hebrew into Greek, i.
448.
- Trojan war, the, how caused, i.
282.
- Troy, when taken, i.
421.
- Truth, i.
18;
- poets bear witness to,
73;
- found in the prophets,
76, etc.;
- and custom contrasted,
98;
- a germ of, found in all sects of philosophy,
389;
- how philosophy contributes to its comprehension,
418;
- is one, ibid.;
- four things in which it resides, ii.
8;
- the Scripture the criterion for distinguishing between heresy and,
476, etc.
- Truth, reasons for veiling the, in symbols, ii.
254, etc.,
257.
- Truth, the true searcher after, i.
379.
- Two tables, the, of the law, the mystical significance of, ii.
283,
285.
- Υβρις, i.
247.
- Ulysses, i.
241.
- Unbelief, i.
462.
- Understanding, the human, ii.
340.
- Unicorn, the, i.
25.
- Unnatural lusts forbidden, i.
248.
- Upbraiding, i.
165.
- Usury, ii.
50.
- Valentinus, quoted, ii.
65;
- his vagaries about the abolition of death refuted,
179, etc.;
- his work, On the Intercourse of Friends, quoted,
334;
- the time of,
486.
- Vaphres, i.
436.
- Veiling the truth in symbols, reasons for, ii.
254–256;
- opinion of the apostles respecting,
257–261.
- Veiling the meaning of Scripture, reasons for, ii.
378–382.
- Veils, the, of the tabernacle, ii.
240,
244.
- Vessels of gold and silver, i.
211;
- to be rejected,
302.
- Vice and virtue, as delineated by Prodicus, i.
260.
- Vine, the, i.
158;
- its symbolical character,
200.
- Vipers, i.
19.
- Virtue, rational, i.
184;
- and vice, as delineated by Prodicus,
260;
- one,
418.
- Virtues, the Christian, their connection, ii.
26–29.
- Visitation, i.
167.
- Voice from heaven, the, at the baptism of Christ, i.
131.
- Voices, the, of birds, i.
244.
- Voluntary actions, of different kinds, ii.
38, etc.
- Waggery censured, i.
219.
- Walking, i.
324.
- Washing, the, of the soul, i.
309.
- Watching, i.
241.
- Water, the natural beverage for the thirsty, i.
200.
- Water, the, of the Word, i.
91;
- and milk,
147;
- regeneration by,
181.
- “Way of sinners,” the, ii.
41.
- Wealth, i.
212–214,
298;
- the love of,
301.
- Well trained, the, ii.
262.
- White dress recommended, i.
259,
264.
- Wife, a, ii.
80.
- Wife and husband, both to be equipped for heaven, i.
302;
- how to live with each other,
304;
- the kiss between,
382.
- Wife, a thrifty, i.
321;
- a good, ii.
196.
- Wills, observances of the Romans respecting, ii.
254.
- Wine, to be avoided by boys and girls, i.
201;
- when and by whom to be used,
202;
- to be taken moderately,
203;
- the ill effects of much,
203,
204;
- excessive drinking of, condemned,
204–206;
- various kinds of,
207;
- how Jesus drank,
208.
- Wine and milk, i.
147.
- Wine-bibber, the, i.
205.
- Wisdom, i.
97,
203,
242;
- the queen of philosophy,
368;
- of the wise to be destroyed,
410;
- its nature, ii.
15,
453;
- the panacea,
262;
- different forms of,
397;
- and knowledge,
446.
- Wisdom, the, of God, magnified, i.
365.
- Wise, the, i.
365.
- Wise man, the, ii.
12,
13,
14,
15.
- Wolves in sheeps’ clothing, i.
20.
- Woman, the thrifty and virtuous, i.
321;
- the foolish,
323;
- the wise, ii.
196.
- Woman’s clothing, men forbidden to wear—why? ii.
49.
- Women, married and unmarried, the duty of, in relation to banquets, i.
266;
- in regard to dress,
260;
- ornaments worn by, described,
269,
270;
- externally adorned only, compared to Egyptian temples,
276;
- some, fond of dress and extravagance,
277–279;
- improper behaviour of, condemned,
293,
294;
- employments of,
310;
- permitted to adorn themselves to please their husbands,
315,
316;
- the Instructor’s orders to,
320;
- should clothe themselves with their homemade work,
321;
- voluptuous movements of some,
221,
222;
- lascivious tricks of,
323;
- how they should go to church,
328;
- refutation of Carpocrates’ and Epiphanes’ doctrine of a community of, ii.
86–89;
- candidates for the martyr’s crown,
165–170;
- capable of perfection, illustrious examples of,
193–196.
- Women, holy, among the Germans, i.
399.
- Word, the, various references to, i.
21,
22,
24,
98,
100,
101,
104,
108,
109,
113,
114,
116,
145,
147,
151,
152,
157,
162,
179,
180,
274,
299,
380,
385.
- Word, the, our instructor, i.
113.
- Word, water of the, i.
91.
- World, the, Moses teaches, was created, ii.
275.
- World, the, of thought and of sense, ii.
276.
- Written compositions, the value of, i.
349;
- and spoken, compared,
351–359.
- Xenocrates quoted, ii.
14.
- Xenophanes cited, i.
394; ii.
285,
286.
- Xenophon quoted, i.
71; ii.
62,
285.
- Χόρτασμα, i.
179.
- Yoking the ox and the ass forbidden, ii.
55,
56.
- Young people should absent themselves from banquets, i.
225,
226.
- Zacharias, his dumbness, i.
25.
- Zaleucus, i.
404.
- Zaps, ii.
249.
- Zeus, the Stoic, i.
393;
- quoted,
69,
75, ii.
266.
- Zeus, various stories of, i.
28,
29,
30;
- the amours of,
39, etc.;
- human,
43;
- vile, ibid.;
- worshipped under various names and forms,
44,
45.
- Zopyrus, i.
150.
- Zoroaster, i.
397; ii.
282.