to Depose a Bishop, requires more Bi- shops than to ordain him, 19. 51. Deposition, a penalty enforced by a civil law, 19. 24.
Diaconia, among the Monks, 20. 6. Dictynnius, Bishop, abjures Priscil- lianism, at the first Council of Toledo, 20. 48.
Didymus, of Alexandria, 18. 10, note u. Instructs St. Jerome for a month, 18. 36; see 20. 51.
Diocese, meaning of the word, 18. 7. Diodorus, Bishop of Tarsus, at the Coun- cil of Constantinople, 18. 1. Obtains the election of Nectarius, 18. 5. His conduct during the Arian ascendancy at Antioch, ibid. note o. Master of St. Chrysostom, 19. 7.
Diogenes, of Genoa, at the Council of Aquileia, 18. 10.
Diolcos in Egypt, monasteries there, 20.5. Dionysius, Bishop of Diospolis or Lydda,
in Palestine, at the Council of Con- stantinople, 18. 1.
Dioscurus, an Abbot in the Thebaide, 20. 9.
Discernment of spirits, 20. 7. Doctors, authority of the ancient, acknow- ledged by Heretics, 18. 26. Dominicus, applied by the Apollinarians to the LORD, 18. 24.
Domninus, Bishop of Grenoble, 18. 10. Donatist, Clerks received as such by the Church in certain cases, 19. 41. Di- visions among them, 19. 54. St. Augustine. Dorotheus, Arian Bishop of Antioch, banished thence by Theodosius, 18. 3. heads a division of the Arians at Constantinople, 19. 35.
Earthquake in Palestine, 19. 56. Easter-tide, time of relaxation; no genu- flection, 20. 6. cf. 20. 45. except in the case of penitents, 20. 33. sacra- mental, 20. 45. the proper time for baptizing, 18. 34. and 19. 45. Time of celebration, 20. 45; see 19. 35. an- nounced by Church of Carthage, 20. 24; see ch. 43. Quartodecimans' rule for Easter, 18. 8. Novatians', 19. 35. Rule of the Council of Nicæa, ibid. Aërians', 19. 36. Monks assembled in Egypt on Easter, 20. 9. Burial of St. Ambrose, 20. 20. Its observance, Apostolic, 20. 45.
Eclipse of A. D. 393, the occasion of many conversions, 19. 45. Egyptian country people, spiritual know- ledge of, 20. 2.
Emeritus, Donatist Bishop of Cæsarea in Mauritania, 19. 54.
Emperor, gives the civil sanction to the decrees of the Church, 18. 8. Encratites, laws against, 18. 9. Energumens, rules as to, in the fourth Council of Carthage, 20. 30. tor- mented at the tombs of the Saints, 18. 37. Delivered by St. Martin, 18. 59. rebuked by St. Ambrose, 20. 13. dispossessed by St. Ambrose, 20. 20. rules about, 20. 33. Eparchia, or Province, 18. 7. Epiphanius, St., Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, at Rome with St. Jerome and Paulinus, 18. 19. Returns after the winter of 382-383, 18. 22. ceives St. Paula, 18. 37. Ordains Paulinianus, brother of St. Jerome, by compulsion, 19. 43. His conten- tion with John of Jerusalem, 19. 43. and his letter to him, 19. 44. tears a curtain with a figure on it, in a church, ibid.
Epistles of St. Paul, explained by St. Chrysostom, 19. 9.
Eponychius, Abbot of Chenoboschus, visits St. Pachomius, 20. 9. Evagrius, Priest at Antioch, consecrated Bishop after Paulinus, A. D. 389, 19. 27.
of Pontus, ordained Reader by St. Basil, and Deacon by St. Gre- gory of Nyssa, embraces the monastic life, 19. 46. accused of Origenism; author of the second book of the Lives of the Fathers, ibid. Baptismal sponsor of the Præfect Ruffinus, 19. 51.
Eucharist, real presence in, according to St. Ambrose, 18. 54. according to St. Cyril, 18. 55. Offered in a private house, 18. 19. but not by a Priest without the Bishop's leave, 19.22. Not given to the dead, 20. 26. though for them by St. Ambrose, 19. 33. Water mixed with the wine, 20. 26, 32. re- ceived fasting, 20. 26. how often, 20. 45. offered twice on Maundy Thursday, ibid. Called the Mass, 18. 6, note s; and 18. 41. and the Sacrifice, 18. 19, 55. At Rome lay- men communicated daily, 19. 42. Passage of St. Gaudentius on the Real Presence, 20. 14. Rules of the third Council of Carthage, 20. 26. of the fourth, 20. 32, 33. A Miracle re- ported by Sozomen, 20. 40. Rules of the first Council of Toledo, 20. 48. Euchites, or Massalians, Heretics, 19.
Euchrotia, a Priscillianist, put to death, 18. 30.
Euchology, quoted, 18. 8, 55.
Eudoxia, the Empress, insulted by Eu- tropius, 20. 37.
Eudoxius, Abbot in the Isle Capraria, written to by St. Austin, 20. 29. Eventius, Bishop of Pavia, at Aquileia, A. D. 381, 18. 10.
Eugenius, made Emperor by Arbogastes, on the death of Valentinian, 19. 33. prepares for war against Theodosius with pagan ceremonies, 19. 47. His offerings refused by St. Ambrose, ibid. His defeat and death, 19. 49. Evil, two kinds of, 19. 39. Cause of, 19. 40.
Eulalius, a Monk of Nazianzus, is made Bishop of that see, 19. 25. Eulogius, St., Bishop of Edessa, at the Council of Constantinople, 18. 1. Eunapius, the Sophist, complains of the Monks and certain Christian prac- tices, 19. 31.
Eunomians, anathematized at Constan- tinople, 18. 6.
Eunomius, at the Council of Constan- tinople, A. D. 383, 18. 27. Banished under Theodosius into Cappadocia,
Evodius, friend of St. Austin, 18. 56. Euphemites. See Euchites.
Euphrasia, St., in the Thebaide, 20. 9. Eusebius of Samosata, ordained Catholic Bishops, during the Arian persecu- tion, 18. 7.
of Bologna, at the Council of Aquileia, 18. 10.
of Cremona, friend of St. Je- rome, whom he persuades to translate the letter against John of Jerusalem, 19. 45.
St., of Vercellæ, 20. 18. Eustasius, Monk of the Isle Capraria, 20. 29.
Eustochium, Virgin, daughter of St. Paula, 18. 21.
Eustorgius, Bishop of Milan, 18. 45. Euthymius, tries to seize St. Ambrose, 18. 45.
Eutropius, a powerful Eunuch, governs
Arcadius, 20. 27. his fall, 20. 37. and death, ibid.
Eutychius, a Eunomian Bishop, 19. 35. Excommunication, rules concerning, of
St. Austin, 20. 46. See Anathema. Exorcism used in restoration of certain heretics, 18. 8.
Exorcist, ordination of, &c., 20. 33. Exuperantius, Bishop of Dertona, at Aquileia, 18. 10.
Fabiola, St., widow, 18. 21.
Faith, treatise of St. Austin on, 20. 44.
Fasting, St. Chrysostom on, 19. 2. Time of, in itself indifferent, 20. 6. Biscuit, the best food for fasting, 20. 8. Usual before receiving the Blessed Eu- charist, 19. 2. and 20. 26. required before Baptism, 20. 33. not at Easter, 20. 6. Heresy of Aërians, 19. 36. of Jovinian, 19. 19. of Sarmatio at Vercellæ, 20. 18. Rules of the Egyp- tian Monks, 20. 6.
Fausta, Basilica of, 18. 47. Faustus, the Manichee, 18. 50. does not satisfy Austin. St. Austin writes against him, 20. 44.
Felix, Bishop of Jadera, at Aquileia, A. D. 381, 18. 10.
an African Bishop, at Aquileia, ibid. St., and St. Nabor, martyrs, 18. 47. ordained Bishop of Treves by the Ithacians, 18. 59.
or Felicianus of Musti, a Maxi- mianist, 20. 10. returns to the com- munion of Primian, 20. 29.
St., of Bologna, disciple of St. Am- brose, 20. 17.
of Como, consecrated by St. Ambrose, ibid. Festivals, Church, see Easter, Christmas, Pentecost, of the Maccabees, 19. 14. St. Felix, 19. 57. St. Meletius, 18.2. See Martyrs. St. Leontius, 20. 11. their observance condemned by the Aërian heretics, 19. 36. Certain Sa- cramental and Apostolic, 20. 45. Firmians, a branch of Donatists, 19. 53. Firmus, King of Mauritania, 20. 29. First-fruits paid by Christians, 20. 6. Flavian, made Bishop of Antioch, after St. Meletius, 18. 3. but not acknow- ledged by the western Bishops, 18. 19. goes from Antioch to appease Theo- dosius, 19. 1. His address to the Em- peror, 19. 10. Charges against him, 19.27. and his contest with Evagrius, ibid. refuses to submit to the judg- ment of the Pope, ibid.
a pagan, on the part of Eu- genius, 19. 47. his anger against St. Ambrose, ibid.
Formal (formata) letters, 20. 25; see ch. 30, 31.
Fortunatus, Catholic Bishop of Con- stantina, 20. 47.
Manichæan Priest, con- ference of, with St. Austin, 19. 39. Its issue, 19. 40.
Fortunius, Donatist Bishop of Tubursica, conference of, with St. Austin, 20. 31. Free-will, St. Augustine on, 19. 18; see ch. 39.
Fritigil, Queen of the Marcomanni, visits St. Ambrose, 20. 19.
Furia, a Roman lady, consults St. Je- rome, 19, 56.
Gainas, a Gothic officer, betrays Ar- cadius, 20. 37. to procure the destruc- tion of Eutropius.
Galla, sister of Valentinian II., wife of Theodosius, 19. 33. Death of the Empress, 19. 49.
Gallicia, Bishops in, Priscillianists, 20.
Gaudentius, St., Bishop of Brixia, 18. 43.
His sermons, 20. 14.
Gelasius, Bishop of Cæsarea, at the Council of Constantinople, 18. 1. Genesis, explained by St. Chrysostom, 19. 9.
George, Arian Bishop of Alexandria, 20. 9.
Germanus, friend of Cassian, 20. 3. Gervasius, St., and St. Protasius, 18. 47. Gildo, King of Mauritania, 20. 29. Glorius and Eleusius, Donatists, confer with St. Austin, 20. 30.
Gospels explained by St. Chrysostom, 19. 9.
Grace, according to St. Gregory Na- zianzen, 19. 11.
Gratian, at war with the Germans, 18. 28. gets St. Ambrose to write on the HOLY GHOST, 18. 10. Revolt against him; his death, ibid. and character. Gregory of Nazianzus, St., 18. 1. resists the consecration of Flavian, 18. 3. quits Constantinople; his farewell; and will, 18. 4. goes to Arianzus, and writes to Cledonius against Apol- linaris, 18. 24. resigns the charge of the Church of Nazianzus, 18. 25. His opinion on Councils, 18. 18. The close of his life; and his poetry, 19.11.
of Nyssa, St., at the Council of Constantinople, 18. 1. funeral ora- tion on St. Meletius, 18. 2. Of the intercession of St. Meletius, ibid. His Canonical Epistle, 19. 52. and death. Bishop of Elvira in Spain, Luciferian, 18. 40.
Hallelujah, heard in the temple of Sera- pis, 19.29. used in saying the Psalms, 20. 8. at Pentecost, 20. 45. Hebdomon, near Constantinople, 19. 49. Helladius, Bishop of Cæsarea, successor of St. Basil at Constantinople, 18. 1; see ch. 25.
a Pagan grammarian at Alex- andria, 19. 29. Hellebichus, sent by Theodosius to An- tioch, 19. 8. Helvidius, Heretic, attacked by St. Je- rome, 18. 20.
Heraclides, Luciferian Bishop of Oxy- rynchus, 18. 40. and 20. 9. Heresies, checked under Arcadius, 20. 10; see 20. 9.
Heretics, how received according to the Council of Constantinople, 18. 8. ac- cording to the decretal of St. Siricius, 18. 34. divisions among, 19. 35. fall of, 20. 10. definition of, 19. 38. Hermits, 20. 5. Described by St. Au- gustine, 19. 17.
Himerius, Bishop of Tarracona, consults Pope St. Damasus, and is answered by St. Siricius, 18. 34.
Hippo, Council of, in A. D. 392, 19. 41. HOLY GHOST, St. Ambrose on the, 18.
10. descends' upon St. Ambrose, 20. 20.
Holy Places, visited in time of St. Je- rome by St. Paula, 18. 37; see 19. 56. Honoratus, St., Bishop of Vercellæ, after Limenius, 20. 18. administers the Viaticum to St. Ambrose, 20. 21. a Donatist, St. Austin writes
to, 20. 31. Honorius, son of Theodosius, born, 18. 43. declared Augustus, 19. 49. Hospital, founded by Pammachius, 18. 21. by St. Chrysostom, 20. 39. Hymns, of St. Ambrose, 18. 46.
Januarius, St. Austin writes to, on Or- dinances, 20. 45.
Idolatry; its state at various times, 18. 38. destroyed in Egypt, 19.30. Zeal of Theodosius against it, 18. 38. and 19. 30. Remonstrance of Symmachus in its favour, 18. 31. nearly destroyed at Rome, 19. 15. Cruelties and arti- fices of the Idolaters, 19. 30. Idolatry at Carthage, 20. 42. St. Chrysostom labours for their conversion in Pho- nicia, 20. 41.
Jerome, St., at Rome with St. Damasus, 18. 20. Writes against Helvidius and the Luciferians; letters and exposi- tions, 18. 20, 21. raises enemies at Rome, and returns to Palestine, 18. 36. studies with Didymus and Bar- anina, ibid. His Catalogue of Eccle- siastical Writers, and books against Jovinian, 19. 42. His Apology to Pammachius, ibid. against John of Jerusalem, 19. 45. Complains of Isi- dore, ibid. Letter to Theophilus; and, on the proper method of translating, ibid. writes against Ruffinus, 20. 50, 51. Jerusalem, visited by St. Paula, 18. 37. Corrupt, like other cities, 19. 56.
Images; a picture torn by St. Epipha- nius, 19. 44. but commonly used before the fifth century, ibid. St. Au- gustine condemns their abuse, 19. 17; see 19. 31.
Indicia, Virgin, acquitted by St. Am- brose, 20. 16.
Innocentius, Haruspex, plots against St. Ambrose, 18. 45.
friend of St. Austin, mira- culously cured, 19. 37. Instantius, Priscillianist Bishop, ba- nished, 18. 30.
Intercessor, in a vacant Church, 20. 43. Intercession, of Saints, in the case of St. Meletius, 18. 2. of St. Cyprian, 20. 47. of Martyrs, acc. Eunapius, 19. 13. of the Saints sought by Theodo- sius, 19. 47. of the faithful dead in the case of Probus, 19. 60. The in- tercession of Bishops for criminals, 18. 29, 59. of Monks, 19. 24. of Clerks, limited, 19. 34. Invocation of Saints, of St. John Baptist by Theodosius, 19. 49. John, St., the Evangelist, appearance of,
Baptist, his reliques at Alex- andria, 19. 29. His head at Constan- tinople, 19. 49.
of Egypt, Anchorite, con- sulted by Theodosius, 19. 12. again consulted, 19. 34. declares at a dis- tance the victory of Theodosius over Eugenius, 19. 46.
of Jerusalem, incensed at the or- dination of Paulinianus, and jealousy of St. Epiphanius, 19. 43, 44. Ac- cused of Origenism, 19. 45. Pope St. Anastasius' letter to him, 20. 52. Joseph, Egyptian Monk, 20. 3. Jovian, and Idolatry, 18. 38. Jovinian, Heresiarch, 19. 19. condemned
at Rome and Milan, ibid. St. Jerome writes against him, 19. 42. Isaac, an Egyptian Abbot, 20. 7. Isidorus, Bishop of Cyrus, at Constan- tinople, 18. i.
St., an Egyptian Abbot in the Thebaide, 20. 9.
Priest of Alexandria, friend of Theophilus, 20. 27.
St., of Pelusium, 20. 9. Ithacius, prosecutes the Priscillianists, 18. 29. calumniates St. Martin, ibid. St. Martin communicates with the Ithacians, 18.59. condemned at Milan, 19. 19.
Judgments, Ecclesiastical, 20. 25. Julian, and Idolatry, 18. 38. Juliana, widow, at Florence, 19. 48.
widow of Olybrius, and mother
of Demetrias, 19. 60.
Julius, Pope St., 18. 20. and 20. 31.
Jurisdiction of Bishops settled at Con- stantinople, 18. 7.
Justus, St., Bishop of Lyons, 18. 10. Justina, persecutes St. Ambrose, 18. 41-43.
Juventius of Ticinum, 18. 10.
Læta, St., widow of Toxotius, 18. 21. Lætus, father of Furia, 19. 56. Lateran, 19. 15. and 20. 11. Laws, for the Church, of THEODOSIUS, 18.9. HONORIUS, 20. 10, 28. against Paganism and Idolatry, of THEODOS., 18.9,38. THEODOS. and VALENT. II., 19. 32. HONORIUS, 20. 10, 42. AR- CADIUS, 20. 42. Against Apostates, THEOD. 18. 9, 27. VALENT. II., 18. 27. THEOD. and VALENT. II., 19. 32. Jews, THEOD., 18. 27. and 19. 47. Against Heretics, THEOD., 18. 9, 27. and 19. 34. ARCADIUS, 20. 28. Manichees, THEOD., 18. 9. and 19. 16. VAL. II., 18. 27. Arians, THEOD., 18. 9, 27. and 19. 13. for them, VAL. II., 18. 43. Against Apolli- narians, THEOD., 19. 10, 11. ARCAD., 20. 28. Rescr. for Luciferians, Theod., 18. 40. Protection of the Church, THEOD., 19. 34. HONORIUS, 20. 36. Judicial Power of Bishops, VA- LENT. I., 18. 44. HONOR., 20. 35. Indulgence to Criminals, THEOD., 19. 10. VAL. II., 18. 41. Discipline, Deaconesses, THEOD., 19. 24. Monks, ibid. Of Treason, THEOD., 19. 47. Tribute, ibid. Legacies to the Emperor, 19. 59. Marriage of Cousins, un- natural sins, slave musicians, ibid. Unworthy mendicants, VALENT. II., 18. 21. On Reliques, THEOD., 18. 9. and 19. 48. Laws on concubinage, 20. 48. Lea, St., widow, 18. 21.
Lent, a tithe of the year, 20. 6. Its origin, ibid. spent by St. Gregory in silence, 18. 24. Genesis read in Lent, 19. 2. Jonah on Maundy Thursday and the Great Sabbath, 18. 42. St. Chrysostom on Lent, 19. 2. Varia- tion in observance, 20. 45. Leontius, St., Bishop of Hippo, 20. 11. Letoïus, Bishop of Melitine in Armenia, prosecutes the Messalians, 19. 26. addressed by St. Gregory Nazianzen in his Canonical letter, 19. 52. Libanius, Sophist, goes to Constanti- nople to intercede for Antioch, 19. 6. His four orations on occasion of the insurrection.
Licentius, son of Romanianus, and pupil of St. Austin, 18. 53; see 20. 13.
Ligugé, first monastery of St. Martin,
Limenius, Bishop of Vercellæ, successor of St. Eusebius, 18. 10. Loaves of Eulogy, 19. 53.
LORD's day, a festival, 20. 8, 20. Luciferians, and Rescript in their fa- vour, 18. 40. join Ursinus, the Anti- pope, 18.20. St. Jerome writes against them, ibid.
Macarius, St., successor of St. Anthony, 20. 9.
Macedonians, or Semi-Arians, at Con-
stantinople, 18. 1. refuse to join the Catholics, 18. 6. divided, 19. 35. Macedonius, Critophagus, Monk at An- tioch, 19. 4.
at Milan, punished as St. Ambrose had predicted, 18. 28. Majuma, a festival in Phoenicia, abo- lished, 20. 42. Manichees, deceive Augustine, 18. 49.
Laws against them. See Laws. Pris- cillianists, their offspring, 18. 29, note n. Constantius tries to reform them, 19. 16. Pope Siricius' rule in receiving them, 19. 18. different names, 18.9. St. Austin writes against them the Books on Genesis, 19. 37. His acts against them, 20. 12, 23, 44, 55.
Manners of the Church, work of St. Austin, 19. 17.
Manual labour of Hermits, 19. 12. ex- ercised by Priests and Bishops, 19. 25. of Monks, 19. 25. and 20. 34. of Clerks, 20. 33. St. Augustine on the subject, 20. 34. Protection against the listlessness of solitude, 20. 8. and evil spirits, ibid.
Marcella, St., widow, 18. 20, 21. opposes
Marcellians, condemned at Constanti- nople, 18. 6.
Marcellina, sister of St. Ambrose, 18. 47. and 20. 16.
Marcellinus, a Luciferian, presents a pe- tition to Theodosius, 18. 40. Marcellus, St., of Apameia; his zeal against idolatry and his death, 18. 39. a Bishop, concerned in a cause decided by St. Ambrose, 20. 16. Marinus, Arian Bishop, 19. 35. Marriage, of penitents, 18.34. of Clergy,
18. 35. of cousins, 19. 59. Book of St. Augustine on the Good of Mar- riage, 20. 44. of uncle and niece, 19. 59. with infidels, 20. 17. with here- tics, 20. 25.
Martian, Novatian Bishop of Constan- tinople, 19. 35.
Martin, St., intercedes for the Priscil- lianists, 18. 29, 59. at the table of Maximus, 18. 58. attended on by the Empress, ibid. communicates with the Ithacians, 18.59. His death, 20.49. Martyrius, physician of Nectarius, re- fuses the Diaconate, 18. 5. Martyrs, expressions found concerning them, of Sulp. Severus, 18. 30. of St. Ambrose, 18. 47. Complaints of Eu- napius, 19. 31. Their death not avenged, 18. 39. and 20. 22. at Thecue, 20. 7. at Anaunia, 20. 22. The Forty Martyrs, 20. 14. Nazarius and Celsus, 20. 13. Vitalis and Agri- cola, 19. 48. Nabor and Felix, 18. 47. of Alexandria, 19. 29. Gervasius and Protasius, 18. 47. Felicitas and Perpetua, 20. 24. St. Sixtus and St. Lawrence, 18. 33. Marcellus of Apa- meia, 18. 39. Vigilius of Trent, 20. 22. Babylas of Antioch, 18. 2. Pris- cillian venerated as a Martyr by his followers, 18. 30.
Maruthas, Bishop of Sopharene, 19. 26. Mary, the Blessed Virgin; called by St.
Gregory Nazianzen, eотóкos, 18. 24. (as he speaks of those who crucified the LORD, GEOKTÓVOL, ibid.) That she was Ever-Virgin, maintained by St. Jerome, against Helvidius, 18. 20. Opposite heresies touching St. Mary, the Antidicomarianites and Collyri- dians, 18. 20, and note n. Jovinian's heresy, 19. 19. followed by Bonosus, 19. 27.
Mascezel, Mauritanian Prince, 20. 29. Mass, 18. 41.
Massalians, their errors and condemna- tion, 19. 25.
Matarea, or Hermopolis, in Egypt, whi- ther the LORD was taken, by St. Jo- seph, 20. 9.
Matronianus, or Latronianus, Priscil- lianist, 18. 30.
Mattarii, a name of the Manichees, 19. 16.
Maximianus, Donatist Deacon, made
Bishop against Primianus, 19. 54. Maximus, the Cynic, irregular Bishop of Constantinople, 18. 1, and note a. de- fended by an Italian Council, 18. 17. but given up.
Bishop of Emona. 18. 10. usurps the Empire, 18. 28. puts Priscillian, &c. to death, 18. 30. St. Ambrose, a deputy to Maximus twice, 18. 28, 57. Maximus writes to Valentinian II. for St. Ambrose, 18. 47. Invites St. Martin to his table, 18. 58. passes into Italy, is defeated and killed, 19. 13.
Bishop of Seleucia, friend of St. Chrysostom, 19. 7.
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