Theodosius leave the Sanctuary, 19. 15. His letter to Theodosius on the Massacre at Thessalonica, 19. 21. obliges him to do public Penance, 18. 21. His high esteem of Penance, 19. 22. and his sympathy with Peni- tents, ibid. His letter to Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria, on the Schism of Antioch, 19. 26. His funeral Ora- tion on Valentinian the Younger, 19. 33. on Theodosius, 19. 58. Trans- lation of Vitalis and Agricola, Mar- tyrs, 19. 48. His sermon "Exhorta- tion to Virginity," ibid. Miracle on a child, ibid. Theodosius commits his children, Honorius and Placidia, to the care of St. Ambrose, 19. 50. St. Ambrose sends to St. Paulinus the Reliques of SS. Nazarius and Celsus, 20. 13. saves some criminals, 20. 15. withstands the attempts of the Emperor to take away deposits from the Church, 20. 15. Judgments of St. Ambrose, 20. 16. Selection of his Clergy, 20. 17. His disciples, ibid. His letter to the Church of Vercellæ, 20. 18. His reputation, 20. 19. His miracles, 20. 20. His virtues, ibid. His dying words and rest in CHRIST, 20. 21. His funeral, ibid. He appears after his decease in the East and at Florence, ibid. his sentence on cer- tain Priscillianists, 20. 48. Ambrosiana Basilica, 18. 47. at Florence,
Ambrosianum, or Hymn, 18. 46. Amphilochius, St., Bishop of Iconium, at the Council of Constantinople, 18. 1. His boldness in reproving Theodo- sius, 18. 27. Condemns the Mas- salians, 19. 26. commemorated on the twenty-third of November, 19. 52. His writings not extant; his miracles, ibid. Anastasia, Church of, at Constantinople, 18. 4.
Anastasius, Pope St., succeeds St. Siri- cius, 20, 50. condemns Ruffinus, 20. 52. and the writings of Origen, ibid. His letter to John, Bishop of Jeru- salem, about Ruffinus, ibid. His death, and succession of Innocent, A. D. 402, commemorated on the 27th April. Anathema, discourse of St. Chrysostom on, 19. 9. Difference between Ana- thema and Separation from Com- munion, ibid.; see too 19. 22. Anaunia, near Trent, Martyrs at, 20. 22. Anchorites, in Egypt, 20. 5. Anchorites
derived by Piammon from the Co- nobites, ibid. Andragathius, treacherously puts Gra- tian to death at Lyons, 18. 28.
Andrew, a Monk of the Isle Capraria, helps Mascezel, by his prayers, 20.
Aneminius, Bishop of Sirmium, at the Council of Aquileia, 18. 10. Anomoans, anathematized at Constan- tinople, A. D. 381, 18. 6. Discourses of St. Chrysostom against the, 19. 9. Anthropomorphites, 19. 45. Antidicomarianites, 18. 20. Antioch, metropolis of the East, acc. Canon of Nicæa, 19. 45. See 19. 27. Sedition at, against Theodosius, 19. 1. Council there against the Massalians, 19. 26. Schism at Antioch, 18. 3. and 19. 27. healed, 20. 41. Antiochus, of Samosata, nephew and suc- cessor of St. Eusebius, 18. 1. Antiphons, Anthems, or responsive chaunts, at Milan, 18. 46; see note o, p. 11. Anysius, St., Bishop of Thessalonica, made Vicar of Eastern Illyricum by Pope St. Damasus, 18. 22. presides at the Macedonian Council, which con- demned Bonosus, 19. 27.
Apocrypha, certain books of, declared
Canonical by the fourth Council of Carthage, 20. 26. called Scripture, 19. 26. note x.
Apollinarians, how received back, 18. 8. Law against, 19. 10. Apollinaris, condemned at Constanti- ple, 18. 6. His heretical poetry, 19. 11. refuted by St. Gregory Nazian- zen, 18. 24; see 19. 11. and by St. Ambrose, 18. 23. instructed St. Je- rome, 20. 51.
Apollonius, St., an Egyptian Abbot at Hermopolis, 20. 9.
Apostates, laws against, 18. 27. Appeals to Rome, 18. 7, 8; see ch. 17. Reference to Rome, 19. 27. to the Emperor, condemned, 18. 29. from Pope to Universal Council, 20. 30. Apsis, in a church, 20. 26. Aquileia, Council of, A. D. 381, 18. 10. Condemnation of the Arians Palla- dius and Secundianus at it, 18. 15. Letters of the Council to the Bishops of Gaul, 18. 16. to the Emperor Gra- tian and to Theodosius, ibid. Arbogastes, a Pagan Count; a Frank,
employed by Gratian; adheres to Va- lentinian; his power in Valentinian's court, 19. 32. kills Valentinian, and advances Eugenius to the Imperial power, ibid. His death, A. D. 391, 19. 49. Claims friendship with St. Ambrose, 20. 19.
Arcadius, proclaimed Augustus by his father Theodosius, A. D. 383, 18. 27. His treatment by St. Amphilochius, ibid. succeeds Theodosius, 20. 1.
Archdeacon, of St. Ambrose, 19.15; see 20. 32.
Archelaus, Count, tries in vain to me- diate between John of Jerusalem and the Monks, 19. 45.
Archebius, Bishop of Panephysis, 20. 3. Monk of Diolcos, 20. 5.
Arianzus, estate and retreat of St. Gre-
gory Nazianzen, 18. 24. Arians, condemned at Constantinople,
A. D. 381, 18. 6. Not rebaptized on being received into the Church, 18. 8. Laws against them, 18. 9. Arians at the Council of Aquileia, 18. 10, &c. Condemned by St. Damasus, 18. 22. and St. Ambrose, 18. 23. and Theo- dosius, after the third Council of Con- stantinople, 18. 26. and the reproof of St. Amphilochius, 18. 27. Favoured by the Empress Justina at Milan, who consequently persecutes St. Am- brose, 18. 41. Law in their favour, of Valentinian, A. D. 386, 18. 43. Their disturbances at Constantinople during the war with Maximus, 19. 13. Law of Theodosius against them, A. D. 388, ibid. Divisions among them, 19. 35. drag Cresconius from asylum, 20. 15.
Arsenius, St., tutor to Arcadius and Ho- norius, 20. 1. See, concerning him, 20. 1-3.
Ascholius, St., Bishop of Thessalonica, baptized Theodosius. He was present at the Council of Constantinople, 18. 3. as being within the dominions of Theodosius. He visits St. Ambrose while at Rome, 18. 19. His death,
Asella, St., Virgin; friend of St. Jerome
at Rome, 18. 20. Her mode of life, 18. 21.
Assemblies of Heretics forbidden, 18. 27. Asylum, in the Church, at Milan, 20. 15. forbidden in the East, 20. 36. Athanasius, St., not spared by the Luci- ferians in their petition, 18. 40. Attalus, Arian priest at the Council of Aquileia, 18. 10.
Augustine, St., His birth and education,
18. 48. becomes a Manichee, 18. 49. is disgusted with Manichæism, 18. 50. at Milan, 18. 51. attachment to St. Ambrose, ibid. addresses himself to St. Simplicianus, ibid. His conver- sion, 18. 52. and retirement from his professorship, ibid. His first works against the Academics, On the Happy Life, On Order, his Soliloquies, 18. 53. Baptized, 18. 54. On the Divi- nation of Evil Spirits, 19. 30. His retirement in Africa, 19. 37. Books on Genesis against the Manichees, ibid. Book on The Master, ibid. On
true Religion, ibid. Ordained Priest, 19. 38. His monastery at Hippo, ibid. preaches, ibid. Letter to Valerius, ibid. On the Profitableness of Faith, ibid. On the Two Souls, ibid. Con- ference with Fortunatus, 19. 39, 40. Letter to Aurelius to abolish the Agapæ, 19. 41. origin of friendship with St. Jerome, ibid. Sermon on Faith and the Creed, ibid. First writings against the Donatists; his Acrostic, 19. 53. Friendship with St. Paulinus, 19, 55. Book on Widow- hood, to Juliana, 19. 60. preaches against the Agapæ, 20. 11. His writings, while Priest, viz. Com- mentaries on parts of Scriptures, Book of Eighty-three Questions, On Lying, and Against the Manichee Adimantus, 20. 12. Bishop of Hippo, ibid. His writings, A. D. 397, On various questions of Scripture to St. Simplician, The Christian Contest; Against the Epistle of Manes, sc. of the Foundation, 20. 23. At third Council of Carthage, 20. 24. Conference with Glorius, 20.30. with Fortunius, 20. 31. On Manual Labour of the Monks, 20. 34. Occupied with Arbitrations, 20. 35. His writings, A. D. 400, On Faith in the Invisible; On Catechizing; On the Christian Doctrine; On the TRI- NITY; On the Agreement of the Evan- gelists; Questions on St. Matthew and St. Luke, and Commentary on Job; his Confessions; against the Manichee, Faustus; On the Good of Marriage; and on Virginity; An- swers to the Questions of Januarius; Books against Parmenian; on Bap- tism; against Petilian; 20. 44-47. Aurelius, Bishop of Carthage, successor to Genethlius, 19. 41. Correspondence with St. Austin on the Agapa; as- sembles a Council at Hippo, ibid. presides at the third Council of Car- thage, 20. 24.
Ausonius, master and friend of St. Pau- linus, 19. 55. blames St. Paulinus for retiring from the world, ibid. Authority of Councils, 20. 46. Auxentius, or Mercurinus, Arian Bishop of Milan, 18. 43. offers arbitration to St. Ambrose in the Imperial Con- sistory, 18. 44. Sermon against him by St. Ambrose, 18. 45.
Babylas, St., Church of, at Antioch, 18. 2. Bagadius, contests with Agapius, the See of Bostra, 19. 51.
Bagaia, Council of, held by Primianists, A. D. 394, 19. 54.
Baptism, Holy. What Heretics to be re- baptized, 18. 8. of infants, 20. 46. Rules of Pope St. Siricius, 18. 34. Ceremonies of its administration, ac- cording to St. Ambrose, 18. 54; and according to St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 18. 55. Sponsors at, 19. 50. Rules of the third Council of Carthage, 20. 26. of the fifth, A. D. 400, 20. 43. St. Augustine on Baptism, 20. 47. Baptism of children, 18. 34. and 20. 47. Lay Baptism, 20. 47. Baptism necessary, ibid. Valentinian dies with- out Baptism, 19. 23. if uncertain whether one has been baptized, 20. 43. how esteemed by Massalians, 19. 25. by Novatians, 19. 23. the form per- verted by the Eunomians, 19. 35. Barbatian, Apostate Monk, at Milan, 20. 18.
Barrenness, Spiritual, 20. 7. Basil, St., Bishop of Cæsarea, succeeded by Helladius, 18. 1.
Basil, friend of St. Chrysostom, made Bishop, against his will, 19. 7. Bassianus, Bishop of Laus Pompeja
(Lodi), 18. 10; 19. 19; and 20. 21. Bath, abstinence from, an act of mor- tification, 19. 22; see 20. 10. Baum, monastery at, perhaps the same as Tabenna, 20. 9.
Benevolus, refuses to draw up a law in favour of the Arians for Valentinian, 18. 43. Friend of Bishop St. Gau- dentius, 20. 14.
Bigamy, the having been the husband
of a second wife, 18. 35. Bishops, distinct from Presbyters, 19.36. examination before ordination, 20. 32. of Macedonia and Egypt at the Coun- cil of Constantinople, 18. 3. Trans- lation of Bishops forbidden, ibid. In- fluence of the Emperor, 18. 5. Not to interfere with other Bishops, 18.7; 19. 27, and 43. 20, 24. Accusation of, 18. 7, 22; see 19. 22; 20. 25. The ordinary minister of Penance, 19. 22. Continence of, an Apostolic institu- tion," ibid. May not be consecrated to a see, while the Bishop he would succeed lives, 19. 27; see 20. 12. Employed as Ambassadors, 19. 34. in the case of St. Ambrose, 18. 28, 57. Ordained by three Bishops, 20. 24. New Bishoprics, ibid. See Transla- tions.
Blesilla, mother of S. Paula, 18. 21.
daughter of S. Paula, and widow, 18. 21. her knowledge, ibid. Bonosus, heretical Bishop of Sardica, condemned, 19. 27.
Bosphorus, Bishop of Colonia in Cap- padocia, at the Council of Constanti- nople, 18. 1.
Briccius, St., succeeds St. Martin in the see of Tours, 20. 49. Brothers, the four tall, 19. 45. Bubalus, or Buffalo, surname of Paph- nutius, 20. 7.
Burial, with Psalms and Hymns, 19. 31. Byzus, Bishop of Seleucia, at a Council held, by Flavian, at Antioch to con- demn Adelphius, the Massalian, 19. 26.
Cabarsussi; the Donatists (Maximi-
anists,) hold a Council there, 19. 54. Cæsarea, metropolis of Palestine, 19. 45. Cæsarius, sent by Theodosius to Antioch to quell the sedition, 19. 3. returns to Constantinople, 19. 9.
Calligonus, an Eunuch in the Court of Valentinian, threatens St. Ambrose, 18. 42.
Callinicus, in Osdroëne, the Bishop of, condemned to restore a synagogue which had been burned, 19. 14. Canons. See the different Councils. Canopus, Idol at, 19. 30. Monasteries at, 19. 31.
Capua, Council at, A. D. 391, 19. 27. Carterius, Master of St. Chrysostom, 19. 7.
Carthage, Councils at. See Councils. Cassian, a Scythian, 20. 3. His travels
among the monasteries of Egypt, ibid. Castulus, an Arian Priest, rescued by St. Ambrose from the people at Milan,
Castus, Deacon of St. Ambrose, 20. 20. Catecheses of St. Cyril of Jerusalem,
Catechizing, on, by St. Augustine, 20.
Catechumens, 18. 34. and 20. 33.
Catholic, the name, a note of the Church, 20. 23.
Celestis' (Cybele) temple at Carthage, 20. 42. changed into a cemetery. Celibacy of Clerks. See Clerks. Chaunting, adopted by St. Ambrose, 18.
42, 46. at celebration of the festival of the Maccabees, 19.14. See Burial. Chorepiscopus, 18. 25.
Chrism, Holy, consecrated by the Bishop,
20. 24, 33, 48. used in restoration of certain heretics, 18. 8. and in Con- firmation, ibid.
Christians, contrasted with Pagans, 18. 32. how favoured by the Emperors, 18. 38. Weak Christians, 19. 17. Christian life, 20. 14. One hundred thousand at Constantinople, 20. 39. Christmas, festival of, introduced into the East, 19.9. observed in the West, 19. 21. in Spain, 19. 57.
Chromatius, a Priest of Aquileia, friend
of St. Jerome, 18. 10. Chrysostom, St., his birth, A. D. 347, and education, 19. 7. Disciple of St. Me- letius, by whom he is made Reader, ibid. shuns the Episcopate, ibid. re- tires to the mountains near Antioch, ibid. Writes a Defence of the Monastic Life, 19. 8. Writes to Theodorus, 19. 9. On Compunction, ibid. Ordained Deacon, ibid. Three Books on Pro- vidence; made Priest, A. D. 385. Panegyric on St. Meletius; sermons against the Anomoans; of Anathema; preaches on the Nativity; Homilies on Genesis; his preaching, ibid. and 20. 40. Priest, at Antioch, where he preached the Homilies of the Statues to the people during the sedition, 19. 2. reproaches the Pagan philoso- phers, 19. 9. consecrated Bishop of Constantinople through Eutropius, by Theophilus of Alexandria, A. D. 398, 20. 27. His first sermons, ibid. Homily for Eutropius, 20. 37. makes himself enemies, 20. 38. among the Clergy, by his discipline, ibid. His care for the poor, 20. 39. and services of the Church, ibid. Results from his preaching; Homilies on St. Paul, 20. 40. Reforms the Churches in Asia and Thrace, 20. 41. and labours for Scythia, ibid. Church; in the East, 18. 8. Its revenues, for the poor, 18. 32. The Emperor within not above it, 18. 45. Perpetuity and unity of the Church, 20. 47. St. Austin's Book on its Unity, ibid. A Church entrusted to a neighbouring Bishop, till supplied itself, 20. 17. Notes of the Church, 20. 23. Circumcelliones, 19. 53. Claudianists, a sect of Donatists, 19. 53,
Cledonius; letters of St. Gregory Nazian- zen to him against the Apollinarians,
Clerks; certain of them reproved by St. Jerome, 18. 36. Life of, contrasted with the monastic, 19. 56. Character of the Clergy according to St. Austin, 19. 17. Rules about them, 20. 25. Their duties, 20. 33. Celibacy or con- tinence of the Clergy, 18. 35. and 19. 22. Wills of the Clergy, 18. 4. Or- dination of Clerks, 18. 35. Immu- nities of the Clergy, 18. 9, 29, 44. Cœnobites, 20. 5.
Collations of Cassian, 20. 3, &c. Concubines, in what sense allowed ca- nonically, 20. 48.
Confession, secret, to Priests, 19. 22. ac- cording to Origen, 19. 23. Confirmation, called a Sacrament, 18. 54.
at Rome, wishes to reform the Manichees, 19. 16. Consubstantial, 18. 6.
Continence, why necessary in the Clergy, 18. 35. binding on Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, as an Apostolic insti- tution, acc. Council of Carthage, 19. 22. becoming, before receiving the Eucharist, 19. 42.
Cornelius, Abbot of Mochans and dis- ciple of St. Pachomius, 20. 9. Councils, St. Gregory Nazianzen's feel- ing about them, 18. 18. Appeal from the Bishops at Rome to an Ecume- nical, 20. 30. No Council final, unless received by the Church, 20. 46.
Of Bourdeaux, against the Priscil- lianists, 18. 29. A. D. 385. Of Rome, with a view to the African Church, 19. 22, note e. A. D. 386. Of Carthage, in consequence of the former, ibid. A. D. 386. Of Treves, when St. Martin com- municates with the Ithacians, 18. 59. A. D. 386. Of Antioch, which prevented the punishment of the murderers of St. Marcellus, 18. 39. A. D. 389. Of Rome, against Jovinian, 19. 19. A. D. 390.
Of Milan, for the same purpose, ibid. A. D. 390. SECOND OF CARTHAGE, under Ge- nethlius, 19. 22. A. D. 390. Of Sangara, Novatian, on Easter, 19. 35. A. D. 390. Of Capua, on the schism of Antioch and Bonosus, 19. 27. A. D. 391. Of Thessalonica, on Bonosus, 19. 27. A. D. 391 or 392. Of Carthage, Donatist, where the Maximianists condemn Primia- nus, 19. 54. A. D. 393. Of Cabarsussi, Donatist, where the Maximianists condemn Primia- nus, ibid. A. D. 393. A. D. 393.
OF HIPPO, 19. 41. Of Constantinople, on the cause of Bagadius and Agapius, 19. 51. A. D. 394. (Of Carthage and Adrumetum, A. D. 394.) Of Bagaia, Donatist, the Primianists condemn the Maximianists, 19. A. D. 394. THIRD OF CARTHAGE, comprising the Canons of the Council of Hippo, 20. 24. A. D. 397. Of Constantinople for the consecra- tion of St. Chrysostom, 20. 27.
Under St. Anastasius, A. D. 398. FOURTH OF CARTHAGE, 20. 32.
A. D. 398. Of Alexandria, where Theophilus condemned the writings of Origen, 20. 52. A. D. 399. Of Carthage, about Sanctuary, 20. 36. April 27th, A. D. 399.
Damasus, St., Pope, 18. 10, 16, note b. informed by Theodosius of the election of Nectarius, 18. 5. One of the Bi- shops written to by the Council of Constantinople, 18. 18. acknowledges Paulinus, as Bishop of Antioch, 18. 19. Employs St. Jerome, 18. 20. makes Anysius his Vicar in Illyri- cum, 18. 22. His letter to Paulinus, ibid. recommends due respect to the Apostolic see, ibid. His death, A. D. 384, 18. 33. His benefactions to the Church, ibid. His writings; suc- ceeded by St. Siricius, ibid. Daniel, an Egyptian Monk, 20. 7. Deacons, ordination of, 20. 32. rules re- specting, in the fourth Council of Car- thage, 20. 33.
Deaconesses, law respecting, 19. 24. Canon touching, 20. 32. not to marry,
Dead, offerings for, 19. 41. See Prayer. Death, punishment of, lawful, 18. 57. Decretals of the Popes, 18. 34.
Delphinus, St., Bishop of Bourdeaux, baptizes St. Paulinus, 18. 55.
Demetrias, a Roman virgin; written to by St. Jerome, 19. 60.
Demetrius, a Solitary, friend of St. Chry- sostom, who addresses to him and Stelechius his two discourses on Com- punction, 19. 9.
Deogratias, Deacon at Carthage, for whom St. Austin wrote the treatise on Catechizing, 20. 44.
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