Phil. iv. 13.
Footnote 1680:
Matt. x. 29, 30.
Chapter LXXI.
Celsus again, as is usual with him, gets confused, and attributes to us
things which none of us have ever written. His words are: “Surely it is
intolerable for you to say, that if our present rulers, on embracing
your opinions, are taken by the enemy, you will still be able to
persuade those who rule after them; and after these have been taken you
will persuade their successors, and so on, until at length, when all who
have yielded to your persuasion have been taken, some prudent ruler
shall arise, with a foresight of what is impending, and he will destroy
you all utterly before he himself perishes.” There is no need of any
answer to these allegations: for none of us says of our present rulers,
that if they embrace our opinions, and are taken by the enemy, we shall
be able to persuade their successors; and when these are taken, those
who come after them, and so on in succession. But on what does he ground
the assertion, that when a succession of those who have yielded to our
persuasion have been taken because they did not drive back the enemy,
some prudent ruler shall arise, with a foresight of what is impending,
who shall utterly destroy us? But here he seems to me to delight in
inventing and uttering the wildest nonsense.
Chapter LXXII.
Afterwards he says: “If it were possible,” implying at the same time
that he thought it most desirable, “that all the inhabitants of Asia,
Europe, and Libya, Greeks and barbarians, all to the uttermost ends of
the earth, were to come under one law;” but judging this quite
impossible, he adds, “Any one who thinks this possible, knows nothing.”
It would require careful consideration and lengthened argument to prove
that it is not only possible, but that it will surely come to pass, that
all who are endowed with reason shall come under one law. However, if we
must refer to this subject, it will be with great brevity. The Stoics,
indeed, hold that, when the strongest of the elements prevails, all
things shall be turned into fire. But our belief is, that the Word shall
prevail over the entire rational creation, and change every soul into
His own perfection; in which state every one, by the mere exercise of
his power, will choose what he desires, and obtain what he chooses. For
although, in the diseases and wounds of the body, there are some which
no medical skill can cure, yet we hold that in the mind there is no evil
so strong that it may not be overcome by the Supreme Word and God. For
stronger than all the evils in the soul is the Word, and the healing
power that dwells in Him; and this healing He applies, according to the
will of God, to every man. The consummation of all things is the
destruction of evil, although as to the question whether it shall be so
destroyed that it can never anywhere arise again, it is beyond our
present purpose to say. Many things are said obscurely in the prophecies
on the total destruction of evil, and the restoration to righteousness
of every soul; but it will be enough for our present purpose to quote
the following passage from Zephaniah: “Prepare and rise early; all the
gleanings of their vineyards are destroyed. Therefore wait ye upon me,
saith the Lord, on the day that I rise up for a testimony; for my
determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kings,
to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all
the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. For then will
I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the
name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent. From beyond the rivers
of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall
bring my offering. In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy
doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take
away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride; and thou
shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. I will also leave
in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust
in the name of the Lord. The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity,
nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their
mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them
afraid.”[1681] I leave it to those who are able, after a careful study
of the whole subject, to unfold the meaning of this prophecy, and
especially to inquire into the signification of the words, “When the
whole earth is destroyed, there will be turned upon the peoples a
language according to their race,”[1682] as things were before the
confusion of tongues. Let them also carefully consider the promise, that
all shall call upon the name of the Lord, and serve Him with one
consent; also that all contemptuous reproach shall be taken away, and
there shall be no longer any injustice, or vain speech, or a deceitful
tongue. And thus much it seemed needful for me to say briefly, and
without entering into elaborate details, in answer to the remark of
Celsus, that he considered any agreement between the inhabitants of
Asia, Europe, and Libya, as well Greeks as barbarians, was impossible.
And perhaps such a result would indeed be impossible to those who are
still in the body, but not to those who are released from it.
Footnote 1681:
Zeph. iii. 7-13.
Footnote 1682:
“A language to last as long as the world.”—BOUHEREAU.
Chapter LXXIII.
In the next place, Celsus urges us “to help the king with all our might,
and to labour with him in the maintenance of justice, to fight for him;
and if he requires it, to fight under him, or lead an army along with
him.” To this our answer is, that we do, when occasion requires, give
help to kings, and that, so to say, a divine help, “putting on the whole
armour of God.”[1683] And this we do in obedience to the injunction of
the apostle, “I exhort, therefore, that first of all, supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men, for
kings, and for all that are in authority;”[1684] and the more any one
excels in piety, the more effective help does he render to kings, even
more than is given by soldiers, who go forth to fight and slay as many
of the enemy as they can. And to those enemies of our faith who require
us to bear arms for the commonwealth, and to slay men, we can reply: “Do
not those who are priests at certain shrines, and those who attend on
certain gods, as you account them, keep their hands free from blood,
that they may with hands unstained and free from human blood offer the
appointed sacrifices to your gods; and even when war is upon you, you
never enlist the priests in the army. If that, then, is a laudable
custom, how much more so, that while others are engaged in battle, these
too should engage as the priests and ministers of God, keeping their
hands pure, and wrestling in prayers to God on behalf of those who are
fighting in a righteous cause, and for the king who reigns righteously,
that whatever is opposed to those who act righteously may be destroyed!”
And as we by our prayers vanquish all demons who stir up war, and lead
to the violation of oaths, and disturb the peace, we in this way are
much more helpful to the kings than those who go into the field to fight
for them. And we do take our part in public affairs, when along with
righteous prayers we join self-denying exercises and meditations, which
teach us to despise pleasures, and not to be led away by them. And none
fight better for the king than we do. We do not indeed fight under him,
although he require it; but we fight on his behalf, forming a special
army—an army of piety—by offering our prayers to God.
Footnote 1683:
Eph. vi. 11.
Footnote 1684:
1 Tim. ii. 1, 2.
Chapter LXXIV.
And if Celsus would have us to lead armies in defence of our country,
let him know that we do this too, and that not for the purpose of being
seen by men, or of vainglory. For “in secret,” and in our own hearts,
there are prayers which ascend as from priests in behalf of our
fellow-citizens. And Christians are benefactors of their country more
than others. For they train up citizens, and inculcate piety to the
Supreme Being; and they promote those whose lives in the smallest cities
have been good and worthy, to a divine and heavenly city, to whom it may
be said, “Thou hast been faithful in the smallest city, come into a
great one,”[1685] where “God standeth in the assembly of the gods, and
judgeth the gods in the midst;” and He reckons thee among them, if thou
no more “die as a man, or fall as one of the princes.”[1686]
Footnote 1685:
Luke xix. 17.
Footnote 1686:
Ps. lxxxii. 1, 7.
Chapter LXXV.
Celsus also urges us to “take office in the government of the country,
if that is required for the maintenance of the laws and the support of
religion.” But we recognise in each state the existence of another
national organization,[1687] founded by the Word of God, and we exhort
those who are mighty in word and of blameless life to rule over
churches. Those who are ambitious of ruling we reject; but we constrain
those who, through excess of modesty, are not easily induced to take a
public charge in the church of God. And those who rule over us well are
under the constraining influence of the great King, whom we believe to
be the Son of God, God the Word. And if those who govern in the church,
and are called rulers of the divine nation—that is, the church—rule
well, they rule in accordance with the divine commands, and never suffer
themselves to be led astray by worldly policy. And it is not for the
purpose of escaping public duties that Christians decline public
offices, but that they may reserve themselves for a diviner and more
necessary service in the church of God—for the salvation of men. And
this service is at once necessary and right. They take charge of all—of
those that are within, that they may day by day lead better lives, and
of those that are without, that they may come to abound in holy words
and in deeds of piety; and that, while thus worshipping God truly, and
training up as many as they can in the same way, they may be filled with
the word of God and the law of God, and thus be united with the supreme
God through His Son the Word, wisdom, truth, and righteousness, who
unites to God all who are resolved to conform their lives in all things
to the law of God.
Footnote 1687:
σύστημα πατρίδος.
Chapter LXXVI.
You have here, reverend Ambrosius, the conclusion of what we have been
enabled to accomplish by the power given to us in obedience to your
command. In eight books we have embraced all that we considered it
proper to say in reply to that book of Celsus which he entitles _A True
Discourse_. And now it remains for the readers of his discourse and of
my reply to judge which of the two breathes most of the Spirit of the
true God, of piety towards Him, and of that truth which leads men by
sound doctrines to the noblest life. You must know, however, that Celsus
had promised another treatise as a sequel to this one, in which he
engaged to supply practical rules of living to those who felt disposed
to embrace his opinions. If, then, he has not fulfilled his promise of
writing a second book, we may well be contented with these eight books
which we have written in answer to his discourse. But if he has begun
and finished that second book, pray obtain it and send it to us, that we
may answer it as the Father of truth may give us ability, and either
overthrow the false teaching that may be in it, or laying aside all
jealousy, we may testify our approval of whatever truth it may contain.
GLORY BE TO THEE, OUR GOD; GLORY BE TO THEE.
INDEXES.
I.—INDEX OF PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.
OLD TESTAMENT.
Genesis.
i. 1, i. 127, 271
i. 2, i. 349
i. 11, ii. 519
i. 24, i. 110
i. 26, i. 262, ii. 190, 391
i. 27, ii. 190
i. 27, 28, i. 263
ii. 2, 3, ii. 403
ii. 4, ii. 403
ii. 7, i. 39, ii. 200
ii. 21, 22, ii. 201
ii. 24, i. 109, ii. 216, 389
iii. i. 222, ii. 383
iii. 5, ii. 461
iii. 6, ii. 461
iii. 7, ii. 461
iii. 8, ii. 406
iii. 17, ii. 451
iii. 19, i. 269
iii. 24, ii. 391
iv. 8, ii. 208
iv. 10, i. 251
v. 1, ii. 390
v. 3, i. 23, 119
vi. 3, i. 39, ii. 460
vi. 5, 6, ii. 400
ix. 10, 11, ii. 70
xi. 1, 2, ii. 297
xi. 4, ii. 161
xi. 5-7, ii. 298
xv. 5, ii. 277
xvii. 14, i. 318
xix. 17, ii. 211
xxi. 2, ii. 208
xxvi. 15, ii. 210
xxvii. 12, 13, ii. 359
xxvii. 27, i. 449
xxx. 42, ii. 209
xxx. 43, ii. 209
xlviii. 22, i. 323
xlix. 1, i. 253
xlix., i. 456
Exodus.
iii. 2, i. 122
iii. 6, i. 92
iii. 8, ii. 451
iii. 14, i. 38
iv. 21, i. 169
iv. 23, i. 175
iv. 24, 25, ii. 318
iv. 24-26, i. 222
iv. 25, 26, ii. 319
vii. 3, i. 169
viii. 28, 29, i. 179
ix. 12, i. 175
ix. 17, i. 175
xii. 8, ii. 510
xii. 23, i. 223, ii. 383
xvi. 29, i. 319
xviii. 4, ii. 318
xix. 19, i. 216
xx. 3, 4, ii. 485
xx. 12, i. 94, 324 _bis_
xx. 13, i. 324
xx. 18, ii. 404
xx. 21, ii. 355
xxi. 2, ii. 318
xxi. 24, ii. 448
xxii. 28, ii. 523
xxiii. 20, i. 96
xxiv. 2, ii. 263, 356
xxv. 5, i. 293
xxv. 40, i. 272
xxx. 34, 35, ii. 273
xxxii., i. 281
xxxii. 4, ii. 77
xxxii. 21, i. 281
xxxiv. 2, ii. 59
xxxv. 2, i. 387
xxxv. 40, i. 306
Leviticus.
xi. 44, ii. 406
xvi. 8, ii. 383
xvi. 18, i. 223
xvi. 29, ii. 510
xvii. 10, i. 119
xvii. 14, i. 118, 246
xix. 26, ii. 262
xix. 31, i. 424, ii. 276
xxvi. 5, ii. 447
Numbers.
xv. 32, i. 387
xxiii. 23, ii. 262
xxiv. 17, i. 463, 464
Deuteronomy.
i. 10, ii. 277
ii. 34, ii. 443
iii. 1-3, ii. 56
iii. 8, ii. 406
iv. 16-18, ii. 193
iv. 19, ii. 193, 274
iv. 19, 20, ii. 277
iv. 24, i. 8, 122, ii. 173
vi. 13, ii. 279, 485
viii. 3, i. 148
ix. 3, ii. 173
x. 12, 13, ii. 40
xiii. 4, ii. 456
xvi. 3, ii. 510
xviii. 14, i. 436 _bis_, ii. 262
xviii. 15, i. 436, ii. 262
xxiv. 16, ii. 524
xxv. 4, i. 94, 304, ii. 216
xxviii., i. 142, 304
xxviii. 12, ii. 444
xxviii. 66, ii. 79
xxxii. 8, i. 46
xxxii. 8, 9, ii. 169, 297
xxxii. 9, i. 46
xxxii. 21, ii. 83, 151
xxxii. 23, 24, i. 434
xxxii. 30, ii. 444
xxxii. 39, ii. 31
xxxiv. 5, 6, ii. 57
Joshua.
xxiv. 32, i. 323
1 Samuel.
ix. 10, i. 436
xv. 11, i. 293
xvi. 15, i. 293
xviii. 10, i. 293
2 Samuel.
xxii. 44, 45, ii. 83
1 Kings.
iii. 16, i. 382, 383
iv. 29-34, ii. 127
x. 1-9, ii. 126
xii. 14, i. 389
xiv. 12, i. 436
xvii. 21, 22, ii. 61
xix. 18, i. 308
xxii. 19-23, i. 223
2 Kings.
i. 3, i. 436
iv. 34, 35, ii. 61
ix. 11, ii. 434
1 Chronicles.
xvi. 8, i. 387
xvi. 22, ii. 422
Job.
i. and ii., ii. 283
i. 10, 11, i. 235
ii. 10, ii. 396
vii. 1, i. 236
viii. 12, i. 113
x. 8, ii. 200
xv. 14, i. 347, ii. 143
xxv. 5, i. 61
xl., i. 284
xl. 20, i. 53, ii. 384
xli., i. 284
xli. 34, i. 123
Psalms.
i. 1, i. 383
ii. 2, i. 239
ii. 3, ii. 538
ii. 5, i. 97
ii. 8, ii. 169
iv. 6, ii. 341
vi. 1, ii. 237
vii. 3-5, ii. 447
vii. 3-6, ii. 521
viii. 3, i. 89
ix. 13, 14, ii. 375
xiii. 3, ii. 456
xiv. 3, 4, ii. 418
xvi. 9, 10, ii. 65, 113
xviii. 11, ii. 355
xix. 1, ii. 404
xix. 4, i. 467
xix. 8, ii. 456
xxii. 15, ii. 473
xxii. 20, 21, i. 120
xxiv. 8, ii. 492
xxvi. 2, ii. 541
xxvii. 1, ii. 341
xxvii. 1-3, i. 234
xxvii. 1, 3, ii. 513
xxxiii., ii. 402
xxxiii. 5, ii. 188
xxxiii. 6, i. 40, 345
xxxiv. 7, i. 66, ii. 380, 520, 522
xxxiv. 10-14, ii. 396
xxxiv. 19, ii. 441
xxxvi. 9, i. 8, ii. 341
xxxvii. 8, ii. 238
xxxvii. 9, 11, 22, 29, 34, ii. 452
xxxvii. 30, 31, ii. 472
xxxvii. 34, i. 90
xxxix. 5, ii. 473
xliii. 19, ii. 473
xliv. 19, i. 126
xliv. 23, ii. 238
xlv. 1, 2, i. 282
xlv. 2-5, i. 459
xlv. 6, 7, i. 459
xlv. 7, i. 109, 111, 347
xlv. 8, i. 111
xlv. 25, ii. 473
xlviii. 1, 2, ii. 452
xlix. 9, 10, ii. 351
l. 1, ii. 493
li. 5, ii. 472
li. 10, i. 34
li. 11, ii. 468
li. 12, ii. 455
liv. 5, i. 478, ii. 425
liv. 6, ii. 425
lviii. 3, ii. 472
lxii. 1, i. 283
lxiii. 8, ii. 456
lxviii. 11, i. 467
lxix. 21, ii. 41, 436
lxxii. 7, i. 283
lxxii. 8, i. 283
lxxii. 11, i. 115
lxxiii. 1, i. 104
lxxvi. 2, ii. 452
lxxvi. 10, i. 230
lxxvii. 2, ii. 8, 456
lxxviii. 34, i. 102
lxxviii. 49, ii. 517
lxxviii. 65, ii. 238
lxxx. 13, 14, i. 166
lxxxi. 5, ii. 91
lxxxii. 1, ii. 189 _bis_, 493
lxxxii. 1, 7, ii. 558
lxxxiv. 3, i. 230
lxxxvi. 8, ii. 271
lxxxvii. 1, 2, ii. 216
lxxxix. 32, ii. 398
lxxxix. 50, 51, ii. 112
xci. 13, ii. 490
xcvi. 4, ii. 271
xcvi. 5, ii. 189, 489, 493
xcvii. 6, i. 124
xcvii. 9, ii. 493
ci. 9, ii. 442
cii. 25, ii. 404
cii. 26, 27, i. 254, 271, ii. 223
cii. 27, i. 419, ii. 174, 405
cii. 46, i. 58
civ. 4, i. 122
civ. 6, ii. 356
civ. 14, 15, ii. 241
civ. 15, ii. 551
civ. 24, i. 29, 130
civ. 24-26, ii. 263
civ. 29, 30, i. 39
cv. 15, ii. 422
cvi. 20, ii. 36
cvii. 20, i. 470, ii. 143, 279
cix., ii. 27
cix. 1, 2, ii. 16
cix. 8, ii. 16
cx. 1, i. 154
cxv. 13, i. 383
cxvi., ii. 539
cxviii. 2, i. 104
cxviii. 19, 20, ii. 375
cxix. 18, ii. 8, 216, 456
cxix. 73, ii. 200
cxix. 105, ii. 341
cxxvi., i. 205
cxxxi. 1, 2, ii. 353
cxxxvi. 2, ii. 271, 493
cxxxvii. 8, 9, ii. 445
cxxxix., i. 351
cxli., ii. 140, 505
cxlvii. 15, i. 467
cxlviii. 3, ii. 281, 549
cxlviii. 4, ii. 358
cxlviii. 4, 5, ii. 315
cxlviii. 5, i. 77
Proverbs.
ii. 5, i. 17, 355, ii. 448, 457
iv. 23, i. 232
v. 15-17, ii. 210
viii. 5, ii. 134
viii. 22-15, i. 18
ix. 1-5, i. 147
ix. 4, ii. 134
ix. 5, 6, ii. 134
x. 17, ii. 343
x. 19, ii. 268
xiii. 8, ii. 144
xiii. 25, ii. 447
xxii. 20, 21, i. 300
xxii. 28, ii. 374
xxiii. 5, ii. 384
xxvii. 19, ii. 386
xxviii. 6, ii. 446
xxx. 24-28, ii. 253
Ecclesiastes.
i. 1-14, i. 64
i. 2, ii. 472
i. 6, ii. 374
i. 9, i. 255, ii. 172
x. 4, i. 223, 230
Song.
i. 3, i. 11
Isaiah.
i. 4, ii. 79
i. 7, ii. 80
i. 11, i. 140
i. 13, 14, i. 119
i. 19, 20, i. 165, ii. 399
i. 20, ii. 404
ii. 2, i. 386
iii. 24, i. 86
iv. 4, i. 143
v. 8, ii. 79
v. 11, ii. 79
v. 12, ii. 453
v. 18, ii. 79
v. 20, ii. 79, 410
v. 22, ii. 79
vi. 1, 2, i. 443
vi. 2, ii. 357
vi. 3, i. 25, 340
vi. 9, ii. 10
vii. 10-14, i. 434
vii. 11, i. 435
vii. 14, i. 435
vii. 15, i. 292
vii. 16, i. 110
viii. 4, i. 110
viii. 8, 9, i. 283
ix. 2, ii. 341 _bis_, 409, 538
ix. 6, ii. 323, 513
x. 17, i. 143, 349
xi. 6, 7, i. 292
xiv. 4, ii. 384
xiv. 12-22, i. 52
xxv. 8, i. 80
xxvii. 1, i. 123, 224
xxviii. 19, ii. 530
xxxv. 5, 6, ii. 49
xli. 22, 23, i. 340
xlii. 4, i. 456
xlii. 5, i. 35
xliv. 11-14, ii. 507
xlv. 3, i. 335
xlv. 6, i. 92
xlv. 7, i. 293, ii. 396, 398
xlv. 12, i. 61
xlvii. 14, 15, i. 102, 143, ii. 283, 398
xlviii. 9, ii. 283
xlviii. 16, i. 456
xlix. 8, 9, i. 456
xlix. 9, i. 456, ii. 538
xlix. 12, ii. 257
lii. 3, 15, i. 457
lii. 12, ii. 539
liii. 1-3, ii. 418
liii. 1-8, i. 457
liii. 2, 3, ii. 439
liii. 7, ii. 62
liii. 9, i. 110
liv. 12, 11, ii. 452
lx. 1, ii. 341
lx. 19, ii. 393
lxiii. 17, 18, i. 182
lxiv. 8, i. 267
lxv. 1, ii. 83
lxvi. 1, i. 74, 92
lxvi. 2, i. 89
lxvi. 16, i. 143
lxvi. 22, i. 255
Jeremiah.
i. 5, 6, i. 242
i. 9, i. 122
i. 9, 10, ii. 161
i. 14, i. 123
vii. 17, 18, ii. 275
vii. 18, i. 62
x. 24, ii. 237
xiii. 24, ii. 172
xv. 14, i. 293
xvii. 21-24, i. 387
xx. 7, i. 182, 397
xxiii. 23, ii. 280
xxiii. 24, i. 74, ii. 166, 280
xxv. 15, 16, i. 143
xxv. 28, 29, i. 143
xxix. 22, i. 376
xxxi. 10, ii. 526
xxxiv. 14, ii. 313
Lamentations.
iii. 25, i. 104
iii. 27, 29, 30, ii. 448
iii. 34, ii. 538
iii. 38, ii. 232
iv. 20, i. 112, 339
Ezekiel.
i., i. 357
i. 1, i. 443
i. 19, 20, i. 169
i. 28, i. 443
ii. 1, i. 443
ii. 6, ii. 80
ii. 9, 10, ii. 342
iii. 2, 3, i. 449
x., ii. 357
xi. 19, 20, i. 191
xvi. 55, i. 102
xviii. 2-4, ii. 525
xviii. 3, ii. 99
xviii. 4, i. 123
xviii. 4, 19, i. 123
xviii. 20, ii. 524
xx. 3, ii. 127
xx. 5, ii. 525
xx. 25, ii. 443
xxii. 18, 20, ii. 283
xxvi., i. 239
xxviii. 11-19, i. 50
xxviii. 12, i. 224
xxviii. 15, ii. 385
xxviii. 19, ii. 385
xxix. 3, ii. 217 _bis_
xxxii. 1-28, ii. 384
xxxii. 2, i. 123
xxxii. 6, ii. 217
xliii.-xlvi., i. 387
xlviii., ii. 361
Daniel.
ii. 21, ii. 551
iv. 8, i. 34
iv. 37, ii. 453
vii. 10, ii. 173, 519
vii. 26, ii. 52
viii. 23, ii. 385
viii. 23-25, ii. 388
ix. 24, i. 284
ix. 27, ii. 388
x., i. 239
xii. 1, 2, 3, ii. 277
xii. 3, ii. 191
Hosea.
iii. 4, i. 279
viii. 12, ii. 340
x. 9, ii. 127
x. 12, i. 7
xiii. 14, i. 80, ii. 127
xiv. 9, ii. 217
Joel.
ii. 28, 150
Amos.
iii. 6, i. 293
ix. 3, i. 123
Micah.
i. 12, i. 293, ii. 398
i. 12, 13, ii. 396
iv. 1, i. 387
v. 2, i. 284, 453
vi. 8, i. 165
Habakkuk.
iii. 2, i. 36
Zephaniah.
iii. 7-13, ii. 556
Haggai.
ii. 6, ii. 453
Zechariah.
i. 14, i. 230
iii, 1, i. 224
v. 7, ii. 363
ix. 10, i. 292
Malachi.
iii. 2, ii. 173, 283
iii. 2, 3, ii. 364
iii. 3, i. 143
iii. 6, i. 419, ii. 174, 405
APOCRYPHA.
Tobit.
i. 12, i. 384
i. 19, i. 385
i. 22, i. 385
ii. 3, i. 370
xii. 7, ii. 287, 298
Wisdom.
i. 4, ii. 140, 298
i. 5, ii. 432
i. 7, ii. 166
vii. 16, i. 191
vii, 25, i. 22
vii. 25, 26, i. 26, ii. 150, 502
ix. 6, ii. 350
x. 5, ii. 298
x. 19, ii. 534
xi. 17, i. 349
xi. 20, i. 127
xi. 26, ii. 188
xii. 1, ii. 201
xii. 1, 2, ii. 188, 473
xvii. 1, ii. 518
xviii. 24, i. 86
Ecclesiasticus.
vi. 4, i. 123
x. 4, ii. 551
xvi. 21, i. 341
xviii. 13, ii. 188
xxi. 18, ii. 344, 435
xxxix. 21, 16, 17, ii. 242
xliii. 20, i. 123
Susannah.
Ver. 52, 53, i. 376
Ver. 56, i. 377
Song of the Three Holy Children, i. 372
2 Maccabees.
vii. 28, i. 77
NEW TESTAMENT.
Matthew.
i. 20, i. 472
i. 23, i. 434
ii. 6, i. 284, 453
ii. 13, i. 472
iii. 17, ii. 76
iv. 9, 10, ii. 541
iv. 10, ii. 485
iv. 12, i. 170
iv. 16, i. 170
iv. 19, i. 466
v. 3, ii. 409
v. 5, i. 90
v. 6, i. 146
v. 8, i. 17, ii. 340, 455, 466
v. 13, ii. 553
v. 14, ii. 278, 474
v. 16, ii. 278
v. 22, i. 166, 325
v. 28, i. 325
v. 34, i. 74
v. 34, 35, i. 92
v. 39, i. 166, ii. 448
v. 39, 40, ii. 482
v. 44, 45, ii. 521
v. 45, ii. 188
v. 48, i. 355, ii. 190
v. 48, 49, i. 91
vi. 9, i. 92
vi. 24, ii. 493
vi. 25-28, ii. 447
vii. 7, i. 390
vii. 14, ii. 354
vii. 18, i. 103
vii. 22, i. 402
vii. 22, 23, i. 278, ii. 51
vii. 24, i. 166
vii. 26, i. 167
viii. 3, i. 449
ix. 12, ii. 141
ix. 23, ii. 446
ix. 37, 38, i. 468
x. 3, i. 466
x. 18, i. 278, ii. 18, 19
x. 23, i. 471
x. 29, i. 236
x. 29, 30, ii. 554
xi. 20, ii. 253
xi. 27, i. 16, 96, 106, ii. 466
xi. 28, ii. 77, 143
xi. 29, ii. 8
xii. 24, ii. 13
xii. 32, i. 34
xii. 33, i. 103
xii. 35, i. 104
xii. 42, i. 237, 238
xii. 44, i. 334
xiii. 9, ii. 456
xiii. 54, ii. 354
xv. 11, 17-19, ii. 515
xv. 19, ii. 455
xv. 24, i. 329
xvii. 9, i. 450
xviii. 10, i. 329, ii. 380, 520, 522
xviii. 19, ii. 553
xviii. 20, ii. 12
xix. 14, i. 254
xix. 17, i. 104, ii. 279
xix. 24, ii. 354
xx. 25, ii. 446
xx. 28, ii. 191
xxi. 2, ii. 208
xxii. 12, 13, i. 100
xxii. 30, i. 345, ii. 189
xxii. 32, i. 92, ii. 494
xxii. 37, 39, 40, i. 93
xxiii. 12, ii. 142
xxiii. 29-36, i. 378
xxiii. 30, i. 397
xxiii. 34, ii. 127
xxiv. 4, ii. 385
xxiv. 12, i. 122
xxiv. 14, i. 278, ii. 20
xxiv. 21, i. 256
xxiv. 23-27, ii. 51
xxiv. 27, i. 52
xxiv. 35, i. 254, ii. 291
xxv. 4, ii. 341
xxv. 29, i. 149
xxv. 34, i. 167
xxv. 35, i. 169
xxvi. 3, i. 105
xxvi. 23, ii. 28
xxvi. 29, i. 146
xxvi. 38, i. 125, 346, ii. 11
xxvi. 39, ii. 30, 31, 477
xxvi. 48, ii. 67
xxvi. 52-54, ii. 14
xxvi. 55, ii. 67
xxvi. 59-61, i. 394
xxvi. 61, ii. 13
xxvii. 3-5, ii. 15
xxvii. 11-14, ii. 394
xxvii. 17, i. 394
xxvii. 18, i. 394
xxvii. 19, ii. 39
xxvii. 46-50, ii. 113
xxvii. 51, 52, ii. 38
xxvii. 54, ii. 41
xxvii. 60, ii. 72
xxvii. 63, i. 235
xxviii. 1, 2, ii. 74
xxviii. 9, ii. 74
xxviii. 20, ii. 12, 280
Mark.
i. 12, ii. 6
iii. 18, i. 466
iv. 12, i. 194
vi. 2, ii. 354
vi. 3, ii. 375
x. 8, i. 109
x. 18, ii. 279
x. 44, ii. 446
xiii. 31, ii. 291
Luke.
i. 35, i. 34, 113
v. 8, i. 468
vi. 36, i. 355
vi. 4, i. 25
viii. 10, i. 170
x. 4, i. 320
x. 18, i. 52
x. 19, i. 284, ii. 479, 490
x. 22, i. 36, ii. 75
xi. 9, i. 39
xi. 48, ii. 79
xi. 52, i. 299
xii. 10, i. 34
xii. 45, 46, i. 376
xiii. 11, 16, ii. 538
xiii. 26, 27, ii. 51
xiv. 11, i. 185
xiv. 34, 35, ii. 553
xvii. 20, 21, i. 38
xviii. 11, ii. 144
xviii. 13, ii. 144
xviii. 14, ii. 144
xix. 14, i. 97
xix. 17, ii. 558
xix. 17, 19, i. 147
xix. 26, i. 149
xx. 36, i. 345, ii. 189
xxii. 25, ii. 446
xxii. 27, ii. 8
xxiii. 21, 25, ii. 526
xxiii. 44, 45, ii. 38
xxiii. 53, ii. 72 _bis_
xxiv. 15, 31, ii. 65
xxiv. 30, 31, ii. 71
John.
i. 1, ii. 293, 408, 456, 496
i. 1, 2, i. 130
i. 1-3, i. 59
i. 3, i. 329, 345
i. 3, 4, ii. 341
i. 5, ii. 75, 474
i. 9, ii. 404
i. 14, ii. 411
i. 18, i. 16, 95, ii. 75, 450
i. 26, ii. 12
i. 26, 27, i. 346, ii. 280
i. 32-34, i. 449
i. 52, i. 450
ii. 16, i. 92
ii. 19, ii. 113
ii. 19, 21, ii. 507
iii. 8, ii. 36
iv. 19, i. 31
iv. 20, i. 10
iv. 21, i. 8
iv. 21-24, ii. 413
iv. 23, 24, i. 10
iv. 24, i. 75
v. 23, ii. 498
v. 31, i. 450
v. 39, i. 325, ii. 44, 284
v. 46, 47, ii. 6
vii. 15, ii. 354
vii. 42, i. 453
viii. 40, i. 472, ii. 32, 439
viii. 46, i. 110
viii. 58, ii. 500
ix. 39, ii. 461
x. 3, i. 390
x. 8-10, ii. 490
x. 18, i. 108, 125, 346, ii. 23, 113
x. 24, i. 450
x. 30, ii. 500
xii. 24, ii. 527
xii. 27, i. 125, 346
xiii. 2, i. 232
xiii. 27, i. 224
xiv. 2, i. 152, ii. 359
xiv. 6, i. 1, ii. 409, 500
xiv. 9, i. 24, 93
xiv. 11, ii. 500
xiv. 16, i. 472
xiv. 23, i. 9, ii. 506
xiv. 26, i. 36
xiv. 27, ii. 502
xiv. 28, ii. 502
xiv. 30, i. 110
xv. 22, i. 38
xvi. 4, ii. 8
xvi. 12, 13, i. 36, ii. 3
xvi. 28, ii. 254
xvi. 33, i. 233, ii. 401, 554
xvii. 10, i. 29
xvii. 16, i. 87
xvii. 20, 21, i. 56
xvii. 21, ii. 500
xvii. 22, ii. 50
xvii. 22, 23, i. 56
xvii. 24 (21, 22), i. 85, 263
xvii. 25, i. 104
xviii. 4, etc., ii. 14
xviii. 36, i. 465
xix. 2, i. 242
xix. 11, i. 235
xix. 34, 35, ii. 40
xix. 41, ii. 72 _bis_
xix. 52, ii. 23
xx. 22, i. 34, 39, ii. 473
xx. 26, ii. 66
xx. 26, 27, ii. 65
xx. 27, ii. 64
xxi. 18, ii. 47
Acts.
i. 3, ii. 66
i. 5, ii. 474
i. 8, i. 40
iv. 32, ii. 500
v. 36, 37, ii. 349
v. 38, 39, i. 461
v. 41, ii. 47
vii., i. 98
vii. 22, ii. 128
vii. 42, 43, ii. 275
vii. 52, i. 379
viii. 10, ii. 348
viii. 18, i. 34
ix. 15, i. 233
x. 9-15, ii. 2
x. 14, ii. 319
x. 38, ii. 548
xv. 28, 29, ii. 515
xvii. 28, i. 74, ii. 166
xxi. 26, ii. 3
Romans.
i. 1-4, i. 94
i. 3, 4, i. 248
i. 14, ii. 134
i. 18-23, ii. 339
i. 19, ii. 129, 192
i. 20, ii. 401, 459
i. 20-22, ii. 129
i. 21, ii. 129, 470
i. 21-23, ii. 192
i. 22, 23, ii. 152
i. 23, ii. 498
i. 24, 25, ii. 471
i. 24, 26, 28, ii. 301
i. 25, ii. 340, 470
i. 26-28, ii. 129
i. 27, ii. 472
i. 28, ii. 471
ii. 4, 5, i. 181
ii. 4-10, i. 168
ii. 11, i. 63, 69
ii. 13-16, i. 141
ii. 23, ii. 498
ii. 28, i. 327
ii. 29, ii. 445
v. 7, ii. 189
v. 8, ii. 188
v. 14, ii. 206
vi. 4, ii. 72
vi. 9, ii. 23
vi. 10, ii. 72
vii. 9, ii. 142
vii. 12, i. 103
vii. 12, 14, ii. 444
vii. 13, i. 103
vii. 23, i. 246, 251
vii. 24, ii. 473, 539
viii. 2, i. 251
viii. 7, i. 252
viii. 8, ii. 460
viii. 9, i. 247, ii. 468
viii. 13, ii. 320, 460, 475
viii. 14, ii. 262
viii. 16, ii. 460
viii. 19, i. 63
viii. 19, 20, ii. 495
viii. 19-21, ii. 281 _bis_, 486
viii. 20, ii. 472
viii. 20, 21, i. 63, 135, 254, 258-264
viii. 22, i. 63
viii. 32, ii. 527
viii. 35-37, ii. 395
viii. 37, i. 396
viii. 38, 39, i. 233, 395
ix. 6, i. 336
ix. 6, 8, i. 327
ix. 8, i. 329
ix. 11, 12, i. 133
ix. 14, i. 63
ix. 16, i. 170, 203
ix. 18, i. 171
ix. 20, 21, i. 171
x. 6-8, i. 38
xi. 4, i. 308
xi. 11, 12, ii. 424
xi. 33, i. 339 _bis_
xi. 36, ii. 407
xii. 11, i. 122
xii. 14, ii. 523
xiii. 1, 2, ii. 548
xiii. 14, i. 81
xiv. 1, i. 396
xiv. 9, ii. 68, 466
xiv. 15, i. 374, ii. 514
xiv. 21, ii. 514
xv. 19, ii. 444
xvi. 15, ii. 6
xvi. 25, 26, ii. 141
1 Corinthians.
i. 15, i. 18
i. 18, ii. 128
i. 21, ii. 284
i. 23, 24, i. 411
i. 24, i. 18, 28
i. 26, i. 247, ii. 352
i. 26-28, i. 282
i. 27, ii. 151, 467
i. 27, 28, 29, ii. 340
i. 29, i. 185
i. 30, ii. 310, 385
ii. 2, i. 348, ii. 69
ii. 2, 3, i. 69
ii. 4, 5, i. 467, ii. 337
ii. 6, i. 225, ii. 31, 139
ii. 6, 7, i. 301
ii. 6-8, i. 237, 239, 304, ii. 100
ii. 7, i. 237, ii. 140
ii. 9, i. 267
ii. 10, i. 36
ii. 11, ii. 192
ii. 11, 12, 13, i. 298
ii. 14, ii. 414
iii. 6, 7, i. 207
iii. 9, ii. 161
iii. 12, i. 146, ii. 173, 283, 413
iii. 13-15, ii. 173
iii. 18, 19, i. 410
iii. 19, ii. 349, 446
iv. 11, 12, ii. 469
iv. 12, 13, ii. 333
v. 1, i. 267
vi. 10, ii. 523, 525
vi. 16, ii. 13
vi. 17, i. 108, ii. 389
vi. 20, i. 374
vii. 18, i. 321
vii. 31, i. 58, 86
viii. 4, 11, ii. 511
viii. 5, ii. 495
viii. 5, 6, ii. 189
viii. 8, ii. 514
viii. 13, ii. 514
ix. 8, ii. 5
ix. 9, i. 304
ix. 9, 10, i. 305, ii. 216
ix. 26, ii. 474
ix. 27, ii. 320
x. 1, 2, ii. 216
x. 3, 4, ii. 216, 469
x. 4, i. 306
x. 11, i. 306, ii. 209
x. 13, i. 227, 228, 229
x. 18, i. 327
x. 23, i. 117
x. 31, ii. 518
xi. 3, i. 106
xi. 19, ii. 96
xii. 3, i. 34, 40
xii. 4-7, i. 41
xii. 6, i. 42
xii. 8, ii. 128
xii. 8, 9, ii. 351
xii. 11, ii. 41
xiii. 10, ii. 359
xiii. 12, ii. 359, 460, 473
xiv. 15, i. 121
xv. 2, ii. 346
xv. 3-8, ii. 66
xv. 9, i. 67
xv. 10, i. 233
xv. 12, ii. 94
xv. 22, ii. 206, 375
xv. 25, i. 54
xv. 25, 26, ii. 374
xv. 28, i. 260, 270
xv. 35-38, ii. 286
xv. 39-42, i. 138
xv. 40-42, ii. 278
xv. 41, i. 129, ii. 224
xv. 41, 42, ii. 191
xv. 42, i. 4
xv. 42, 43, ii. 287
xv. 44, i. 137, ii. 224
xv. 48, 49, ii. 287
xv. 49, ii. 287
xv. 50, ii. 287
xv. 51, 52, ii. 285
xv. 52, ii. 69 _bis_
xv. 53, ii. 454
xv. 53-56, i. 80
xv. 54, ii. 374
2 Corinthians.
i. 10, i. 56
ii. 4, i. 116, 289
iii. 6, i. 9, ii. 443
iii. 7, 8, ii. 443
iii. 15, ii. 330
iii. 15-17, i. 9
iv. 4, i. 355
iv. 6, ii. 341
iv. 10, ii. 460
iv. 18, i. 89, 267, ii. 401
v. 1, i. 89, ii. 454
v. 1-4, ii. 454
v. 6, 8, ii. 473
v. 10, i. 213
v. 13, i. 113
v. 16, ii. 461
v. 20, ii. 492
v. 21, ii. 175
vi. 16, ii. 506
viii. 16, i. 230
ix. 9, 10, i. 94
x. 3, ii. 334
x. 5, i. 230, ii. 161, 269
xi. 14, ii. 494
xi. 22, i. 94
xii. 2, ii. 450
xii. 4, ii. 342, 465
xiii. 3, i. 3, 112, 344
xiii. 4, i. 348
Galatians.
i. 4, ii. 396
i. 19, i. 447
ii. 5, ii. 445
ii. 12, ii. 2
ii. 20, i. 344
iii. 3, i. 35
iv. 10, 11, ii. 509
iv. 21, 22, ii. 5
iv. 21-24, ii. 210
iv. 26, i. 329
v. 2, ii. 219
v. 8, i. 171, ii. 399
v. 17, i. 227, 245, 247, ii. 510
v. 19-21, i. 247
v. 22, i. 35
v. 25, ii. 475
vi. 14, ii. 72
Ephesians.
i. 4, i. 256
i. 21, i. 45
ii. 2, i. 151, ii. 475
ii. 3, ii. 238
ii. 7, i. 85
ii. 20, ii. 507
iv. 10, i. 435
iv. 13, i. 56
iv. 14, ii. 286
iv. 27, i. 232
v. 1, ii. 406
v. 16, ii. 396
v. 31, 32, ii. 216
vi. 2, 3, i. 94, 324
vi. 11, ii. 520, 540, 556
vi. 12, i. 225, 232, ii. 520
vi. 13, i. 224
Philippians.
i. 23, i. 64, 149
ii. 5-9, ii. 178
ii. 6, 7, i. 348, ii. 175
ii. 6-8, ii. 353
ii. 10, 11, i. 29, ii. 543
ii. 13, i. 170, 209
iii. 10, ii. 72
iii. 21, ii. 473
iv. 8, 9, i. 101
iv. 13, i. 233, ii. 554
Colossians.
i. 15, i. 22, 95, 105, 355, ii. 407, 450
i. 16, i. 130
i. 16, 17, i. 106
i. 16-18, i. 59
ii. 8, i. 396
ii. 9, i. 110
ii. 15, ii. 67
ii. 16, i. 307, ii. 510
ii. 18, 19, ii. 275
iii. 3, i. 112, 347
iii. 5, ii. 320, 460
iii. 8, ii. 238
iii, 17, ii. 518
iv. 6, ii. 114, 347
1 Thessalonians.
ii. 14-16, i. 379
iv. 13-15, i. 69
iv. 15, 16, ii. 285
iv. 16, ii. 69
iv. 16, 17, ii. 285
iv. 17, i. 151
v. 14, i. 325
2 Thessalonians.
ii. 1-12, ii. 387
ii. 2, ii. 94
ii. 3, 4, ii. 52, 385
ii. 4, ii. 388
ii. 6-10, ii. 52
ii. 9, ii. 389
ii. 10-12, ii. 52
1 Timothy.
i. 15, ii. 469
ii. 1, 2, ii. 556
ii. 5, ii. 384
ii. 20, 21, ii. 236
iii. 16, ii. 112
iv. 1-3, i. 116, ii. 334
iv. 4, 5, ii. 518
iv. 10, ii. 188
vi. 17, 18, ii. 444
vi. 20, 21, ii. 94
2 Timothy.
i. 3, i. 93, ii. 331
i. 16-18, i. 212
ii. 5, ii. 541
ii. 10, ii. 141
ii. 11, ii. 72
ii. 15, ii. 268
ii. 20, i. 135
ii. 20, 21, i. 214
ii. 21, i. 135
iii. 6, ii. 363
iii. 8, ii. 218
iv. 7, ii. 474
Titus.
i. 9, 10, ii. 129
i. 12, ii. 124
iii. 3-6, i. 470
iii. 10, ii. 333
Hebrews.
i. 3, i. 22, 24, 25, 343
i. 7, i. 122
i. 8, ii. 500
i. 14, i. 45, 244, ii. 271, 520
ii. 1, i. 232
iii. 14, i. 390
iv. 12, i. 20
iv. 14, ii. 519
iv. 15, i. 110
v. 12-14, ii. 134
v. 14, ii. 350
vi. 7, 8, i. 177
viii. 5, i. 113, 271, 306, 307
ix. 26, i. 85
x. 29, ii. 499
xi. 24-26, i. 1
xi. 28, i. 377
xi. 37, 38, ii. 431, 441
xii. 22, ii. 451
xii. 22, i. 330, ii. 495
xii. 29, ii. 413
James.
iv. 17, i. 38
1 Peter.
i. 9, i. 121
ii. 5, ii. 507
ii. 9, ii. 277
ii. 22, ii. 175
iii. 15, ii. 114, 435
iii. 18-21, i. 102
v. 6, ii. 142
v. 8, i. 244
1 John.
i. 5, i. 449
i. 5, i. 8, 343, ii. 278
ii. 1, 2, i. 117
ii. 2, ii. 130, 188, 505
ii. 6, i. 347
iii. 2, i. 263, ii. 190
v. 19, i. 52, 86
Revelation.
i. 8, i. 29
v. 8, ii. 505
x. 4, ii. 243
x. 9, ii. 342
xiv. 6, i. 339
xxi., ii. 262
II.—INDEX OF PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.
Abaris, the Hyperborean, ii. 112.
Abraham, i. 419;
and Isaac and Jacob, the names of, united with that of God, potent
against demons, ii. 195-197.
Abstinence, the, practised by the Pythagoreans and Christians, the
different reasons for, ii. 320.
_Acts of Paul_, _The_, quoted, i. 20.
Adam, not the name of an individual but of the whole race, ii. 206.
Ader [Hadad], i. 389.
Adrian and Jesus, ii. 117, 118.
Adultery, reasons why the followers of Zeno and Epicurus abstain from,
ii. 484.
Advents of Christ, two, predicted, i. 459.
Æsculapius and his supposed heavenly power, ii. 102, 103, 104.
Africanus, the letter of, to Origen, i. 369, 370;
reply of Origen to, 371, etc.
Ages, the, i. 85.
Allegories in Scripture, ii. 209, 210;
Celsus accuses Christians of having recourse to, when ashamed of
Scripture histories, 214;
Celsus’ objection to, refuted, 215-217.
Altar, the only, recognised by Christians, ii. 505.
Altars, images, and temples, why Christians reject and abhor, ii.
480-487.
Ammon forbids the use of cows’ flesh, ii. 306.
Anaxarchus, anecdote of, ii. 475, 476.
Angel, the, who had power to hurt the uncircumcised, ii. 318, 319.
Angels, doctrine of the Church respecting, i. 7;
how referred to by Paul, 45;
a particular office assigned to each, 65;
diversities among, the result of merit, 66;
capable of good or evil, 67, 69;
the substance of, 122, 123;
superior to men, ii. 189, 190;
employment and dignity of, 271, 519, 520;
not to be worshipped or invoked, 272;
that waited on Jesus, 327, 328.
Angels, evil, ii. 517.
Animal man, the, i. 120, 121.
Animals, irrational, the superiority of man to, ii. 244-256;
power of sorcery attributed to, by Celsus, 252;
knowledge of God attributed to, by Celsus, 254-256;
division of, by Moses, into clean and unclean, 260;
according to Celsus, nearer to God and more beloved by Him than men,
263, 264.
Annihilation of material substances not possible, i. 58.
Anthropopathy, the, of Scripture, ii. 236, 239.
Antichrist, ii. 385-388.
Antinous, ii. 117, 118, 119.
Ἀντίχθονες, i. 86.
Ants and bees asserted by Celsus to be not inferior in intelligence to
man, ii. 246-248.
Apollonius of Tyana, ii. 380.
_Apopompœus_, i. 223.
Apostles, the subjects of their preaching, i. 3, etc.
Archilochus, the poet, ii. 105.
Aristeas of Proconnesus, the story of, ii. 106-108;
and Jesus, 108-111.
Aristotle flees from persecution, i. 471.
Ark, the, of Noah, ii. 207.
Artaxerxes and Mordecai, i. 231.
_Ascension of Moses, The_, quoted, i. 222.
Ἀσώματον, i. 5.
Augury, ii. 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257;
demons the real source of, 259-261;
forbidden by Moses, 262.
Avenging injuries, ii. 479, 480.
Babel, the overthrow of the tower of, ii. 180, 181.
_Barnabas, The Epistle of_, quoted respecting the two ways, i. 231;
respecting the disciples of Jesus, 468.
Bees and ants asserted by Celsus to be not inferior to man in
intelligence, ii. 246-256.
Betrayal, the, of Jesus by Judas, ii. 15, etc., 17, etc.
Bethlehem, Jesus born in, i. 453.
Birds, divination or augury by, ii. 254, 255, etc., 258, 259.
Birth, the influence of, i. 427.
Blessedness, the future, of the saints, not carnal, i. 145, 146;
but spiritual, 147-153.
Bodily nature, the perpetuity of the, i. 77-79.
Body, the, can rational creatures live without?, i. 80, 82;
to be made immortal and incorruptible, the resurrection of, 137, ii.
284-292;
varieties in the resurrection body, i. 138;
a word to weak believers respecting the resurrection body, 139, etc.;
as well as the soul, the work of God, Celsus refuted, ii. 220-224,
225, 226;
Celsus misrepresents the views of Christians respecting, 533, 534;
the care of, assigned by the Egyptians to thirty-six demons, 542,
543.
Breath of the power of God, the, i. 26-28.
Brightness of the Father’s glory, Christ the, i. 24.
Calimachus, his hymn to Jupiter quoted, ii. 124, 125.
Callatians, a horrid custom of, ii. 307.
Camel, easier for a, to go through the eye of a needle, etc., ii. 354,
355.
Chæremon, his _Treatise on Comets_ cited, i. 462.
Christ, the words of, i. 1;
apostolical doctrine respecting, 3;
the only-begotten Son of God, 18;
the wisdom of God, 18, 19, 20;
the eternal generation of, 19, 22;
generated by the divine will, 23;
the image of the invisible God, 23, 24;
the brightness of the glory of God, 24, 25;
the figure of God’s person or subsistence, 25;
the breath of the power of God, 26;
the efflux of God’s glory, 28;
the splendour of eternal light, 30;
the stainless mirror of God’s ἐνέργεια, 31;
the image of God’s goodness, 31, 32;
the incarnation of, 106;
His union with God, 108;
His union with God the reward of His love, 109;
possessed a human and rational soul, 110, 111;
anointed with the oil of joy, 111, 112;
and Moses, as lawgivers, 275, etc.;
predicted, 279, etc., 285, etc.;
all the majesty of His divinity not confined within the limits of the
body of, 345-347;
Jacob’s prophecy of, 454;
sufferings of, predicted, 456;
two advents of, predicted, 459, etc.;
the belief of Jews and Christians in the advent of, Celsus answered,
ii. 180.
_See_ Jesus.
Christianity, the power of, i. 277, etc., 424, 425, 426;
its own defence, 393, 395;
its real evidence, 399, 400;
general conspiracy against, 400;
not a secret system, 403;
martyrs for, praised by Celsus, 404;
adaptability of, to all orders of mind, ii. 464;
the object of, to make all men wise, 126, 127, 128, 152;
Celsus’ slanders of the teachers of, refuted, 153, 154, 155, 156.
Christians, the, accused of entering into secret associations, i. 398,
399;
hostility of the heathen to, 400;
the morals of, 400, 401;
regulations of, relating to idolatry, 401, 402;
use no incantations in casting out demons, 402, 403;
do not believe without a reason, 405;
reformed by the power of their religion, 406;
the points of difference between the Jews and, not trifling, ii. 85,
86, 88;
not rebels against the Jewish State, 90, 91;
the zeal of, to diffuse their principles, 92;
few at first, yet not very few, 93;
differences of opinion among, from the first, 94;
existence of heresies among, no reproach to, 94-96;
the basis of the union of, 96, 97;
charged with inventing terrors, 98;
the religion of, compared by Celsus with that of the Egyptians, 98,
99;
charged by Celsus with inviting to their ranks the ignorant only,
125-131;
further calumnies of Celsus against, 131, 133;
their mode of admitting members, 132;
instructions given by, graduated to the capacity of the hearers, 133;
desire to instruct all classes of men, 134;
Celsus’ calumnies respecting the way their teachers deal with the
young and ignorant, 135-138;
the worst invited by, to do them good, 139, 140, 141;
slander of Celsus, that wise men are driven from the religion of,
151;
charged with seeking after the unintelligent, 152;
other charges against the teachers of, repelled, 153-156;
not won by vain hopes, 158;
Celsus’ ridicule of, as bats and ants, etc., 183, 184;
the acknowledged opinions of, which make them noble, 185, 186;
the character of, 187, 188;
do not profess to monopolize God, 188, 189;
the argument between the Jews and, 329;
sects and heresies among, 331, 333, 335;
old calumnies against, 365, 366;
Celsus confounds them with certain silly errorists, 365, etc.;
Celsus reviles—answer to Celsus’ revilings of, 373-376;
their views of God misrepresented by Celsus, 449-450;
their hope after death, 450-451;
further calumnies of Celsus, 462;
instructed and stigmatized by Celsus, 468, 469;
how they live, 471;
why they reject images, temples, and altars, 483-487;
not inconsistent in their rejection of images, 487;
use no barbarous words in prayer, 522;
do not revile the statues of the gods, 523, 524, 525;
the loving zeal of, for the salvation of men, 536;
the liberty of, 538, 539, 540;
urged by Celsus to help the king and fight for him—how they do this,
556-558;
why they refuse to take office under government, 558.
Christs, false, 460, 461.
Chrysippus’ treatise _On the Cure of the Passions_ quoted, i. 470;
_On the Subjugation of the Passions_, ii. 535.
Churches of the Christians, and heathen assemblies, compared and
contrasted, ii. 110, 112.
Circumcision, i. 419;
as practised by the Jews different from that practised by the
Gentiles, ii. 316, 318;
of Moses’ son, 318, 319;
abolished by Christ, 319.
Clean and unclean animals, the reason of the Mosaic division into, ii.
260.
Clement of Rome quoted, i. 86, 87.
Cleomedes, the boxer, of Astypalea, ii. 105, 114.
Clothing, the, of the soul and of the body, i. 81.
Condescension, the, of God, ii. 172, 174, 175.
Conflagration, the, of the world, Celsus’ cavils against, ii. 281-285.
Conflict, the, with the powers of evil, i. 232, etc.
Confusion of tongues, the, at Babel, ii. 297-299.
Consummation, the, i. 53-59.
_Controversy between Jason and Papiscus, The_, concerning Christ,
referred to, 218, 219.
Conversion possible for the very worst, ii. 145-148.
Converts from Judaism do not desert the law of their fathers, ii. 1, 2.
Corporeal and incorporeal being, i. 59-65.
Corporeity, will it ever be destroyed?, i. 82, 83, etc.
Corruptible, the, putting on incorruption, i. 80, 81.
Cosmogony, the Mosaic, the criticism of Celsus on, answered, ii.
390-392, 402, 403.
Cows’ flesh forbidden by Ammon, ii. 306.
Creation, the, of the world in time, i. 253, etc.;
objection to the creation of the world in time answered, 255;
the peculiar term employed in Scripture to express, 258.
Creation of man, the, ridiculed by Celsus, ii. 199, 200;
and of beast, the work of God, 220-224.
Creature, the, subjected to vanity, i. 63-65, 257, 258.
Creatures, made by God in the beginning, i. 126;
changeable and mutable, 128;
varieties of, 129, 130.
Crocodiles, Celsus has no fault to find with the worshippers of, ii.
310.
Cup, the prayer of Jesus respecting the, ii. 32.
Customs, ought those of our respective countries to be followed?, ii.
305, etc.;
the variety and absurdity of, 306, etc.
Cycles of mortal things, asserted by Celsus, refutation of the notion
of, ii. 232, 233;
taught by the Stoics, 389, 390.
Dan and Bethel, i. 390.
Daniel, the wisdom of, ii. 127.
Daniel, additions to the book of, in the LXX., i. 371, 372, 373.
Darkness, outer, i. 144.
Darkness, the rulers and powers of, obtained their degrees of evil by
their own conduct, i. 69.
Darkness, the, round about God, ii. 355.
Days, sacred, ii. 509, 510.
Death, how could the Jews in captivity pass the sentence of?, i. 385.
Death, the hope of Christians after, ii. 450, 451.
Death, the last enemy, destroyed, i. 268, 269.
Defection, the, of men, i. 43.
Deluge, the, the cavils of Celsus respecting, ii. 206-208, 401.
Demons, _formulœ_ used against, ii. 195, 196, 197;
the source of augury by birds, etc., 259, 260, 261;
the seven ruling, referred to by Celsus, 368, 369;
cast out by Christians, 487;
the worship of, inconsistent with the worship of God, 488-490;
eating things offered to, 514-517;
have nothing to do with food and drink, 516-518;
first-fruits not to be offered to, 519;
can inflict no injury on Christians, 521, 522;
Jesus not a demon, 524;
afraid of martyrs, 528;
not set over the fruits of the earth, 542;
thirty-six, among the Egyptians, have assigned to them the care of
the human body, 542;
caution, according to Celsus, required in the service of, 544-546;
other references to, 110, 113, 114, 115, 117, 194, 232, 259, 260,
261, 264, 272, 512, 544.
Desire of knowledge, the, to be satisfied in a future state, i.
146-151.
Deuteronomy, the book of, i. 338, 339.
Devil, the, and his angels, the doctrine of the Church respecting, i.
5;
the titles of, 45;
not incapable of goodness, 68;
the agency of, as set forth in the Old Testament, 222;
as revealed in the New Testament, 224;
not the prompter to all sins, 227-229;
how he and his allied powers tempt, 229;
the contest against, 232, etc.;
the charges of Celsus against the Christians in relation to, refuted,
ii. 380-384;
the fall of, 385.
Diagram, a curious, referred to by Celsus as in use among certain
heretics, ii. 362, 363, 368, 369, 376, 377.
Disciples, the, of Jesus, their devotion to their Master, i. 430;
defended against Celsus, 466-470;
justified in fleeing from persecution, 471;
truthfulness of, ii. 21, 23.
Dionysius, ii. 103.
Dioscuri, the, and Hercules, and Æsculapius, no gods, ii. 102, 103.
Divination, ii. 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259.
_Doctrine of Peter, The_, the apocryphal work so called, quoted, i. 6.
Dositheans, the, ii. 349.
Dove, the descent of a, on Jesus, i. 440, 441, 442-446.
Earth, the distribution of the several parts of, among superintending
spirits, according to Celsus, ii. 293, etc.;
the correct view respecting, 296, 297.
Ebionite, meaning of the name, i. 329.
Ebionites, who so called, ii. 1.
Efflux of the glory of God, Christ the, i. 28.
Egypt, how the Hebrews were delivered from, ii. 89, 90.
Egyptians, the, what the Israelites did with the spoil of, i. 388, 389;
the Jews not descended from, ii. 88-90;
the religion of, foolishly compared by Celsus to that of the
Christians, 98, 99;
inconsistently lauded by Celsus, 423;
assign the care of the human body to thirty-six demons, 542, 543.
Elephants, the fidelity of, to oaths, according to Celsus, ii. 265.
End, the, when it will come, i. 54;
and the beginning, 55;
what shall be after, 58;
admonitory remarks respecting, 262-273.
Enemy, the last, destroyed, i. 268, 269.
_Enoch, The book of_, quoted, i. 352, ii. 325.
Epictetus, an anecdote of, ii. 475, 476.
Epicureans, reasons of the, for abstaining from adultery, ii. 484.
Eros, the story of, from the _Symposium_ of Plato, ii. 203-205.
Esaias sawn asunder, i. 377, 378.
Esoteric and exoteric doctrines of Christianity, the, i. 403.
Eternal generation of Christ, the, i. 19, 23.
Etymological fancies in Scripture, i. 383.
Euphrates, ii. 367.
Euripides quoted, ii. 243.
Eve, the formation of, ridiculed by Celsus, ii. 201.
Evidences of the truth of Christianity, i. 445, 446.
Evil, or good, every rational created nature capable of, i. 68;
God, not the author of, 395-398;
what sort of, God may be said to cause, 398;
the final complete destruction of, 555.
Evil beings, made such by themselves in their respective degrees, i.
69.
Evils, never more nor fewer, according to Celsus—refutation of this
opinion, ii. 228, 229, 230;
the inquiry into the origin of, difficult, 231, 232;
the source of, 232;
seeming, 235, 236;
allowed for good ends, 398.
Eyes, open and shut,—the inner and outer, ii. 461.
Faith, the reforming power of the Christian, i. 406;
the call to, rational, 407.
Faith in Jesus, ii. 120.
Fallen spirits, i. 57;
the restoration of, 57, 58.
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a summary of the doctrine of the, i. 342,
etc.
Figure of the Father’s person, Christ the, i. 25.
Fire, eternal, the threatening of, i. 40-43.
Fire, God a consuming, i. 9;
why God is represented as, ii. 172, 173.
Flesh and spirit, i. 245-248.
Floods and conflagrations, ii. 171.
Food, spiritual, i. 147;
different ways of preparing, i. 480, 481.
Foolishness, the kind recommended by Christianity, i. 410.
Foreknowledge, does not necessitate the events foreseen, ii. 25, 26,
27, 28;
the gift of, does not necessarily imply virtue, 105;
no proof of divinity, 262, 263.
Foundation of the world, the, i. 256.
Free-will, i. 4, 132, 133;
fully asserted, 157, etc.;
able to resist external causes, 161;
proved from Scripture, 165, etc.;
passages of Scripture apparently opposed to, explained, 168-221.
Gehenna, ii. 263, 264.
Generation, eternal, the, of Christ, i. 19, 22, 23.
Glory, human, forbidden, ii. 447.
God, apostolic doctrine respecting, i. 3;
a Spirit, 8-11;
light, _ibid._;
fire, 9;
incomprehensible, 11;
revealed in His works, 12, 13;
simple and uncompounded in His nature, 12, 15;
the nature of, surpasses natural bodies, 15, 16;
invisible,—how said to be seen, 16, 17;
the image of, 23, 24, 262, 263;
omnipotent, 28, 301, ii. 149;
nature of His power, 31;
created all things, i. 34;
the, of the law and the prophets the same as the Father of Jesus
Christ, 91, etc.;
not a body, 91;
anthropopathic expressions respecting, in the Old Testament,
explained, 96, 97;
the justice and goodness of, 97-105;
the soul of, 125, 126;
nothing happens without the permission of, 235;
what was He doing before He created the world?, 256;
in the end, all in all, 264, 265;
one, believed in by the Jews, 420, 421;
His dealing with the good and the bad, ii. 149, 150;
His descent upon earth objected to by Celsus,—meaning of His descent,
162-166, 172;
by descending on earth He does not vacate heaven, 166;
why He desires to make Himself known to men, 167, 168;
in every age has passed into the souls of men, 168;
has revealed Himself to some preeminently, 169;
Celsus accuses Christians of babbling about, 171;
a consuming fire, 172, 173;
the condescension of, 172, 173, 174, 175;
further objections of Celsus to the descent of, to earth,
answered—object of the incarnation of, 177, 178;
figurative language used to describe, 200, 404;
the one Creator of body and soul, man and beast, 220-224;
anger, wrath, etc., ascribed to—how this is to be understood,
237-239;
made all things for the sake of man, 239, 240, 241, 242;
ever near His people, 280;
the name given to, is not unimportant, but the contrary, 315-317;
darkness round about, 355;
those who call Him “accursed,” 365, 366, 367;
in what sense said to make evil, 395, 397;
not incapable of persuading men, 398, 399;
in what sense said to repent, 399, 400;
the resting attributed to, 403;
man made in the image of, 405, 406;
can He be reached by a word?, 408;
how to know, 408, 409, 410, 411;
the Spirit of, 413, 414;
Celsus misrepresents the views of Christians respecting, 449, 450;
how seen, 455;
not confined to place, 456;
not known by the senses, 457, etc.;
hard to find out, 464, 465;
adapts His truth to all classes, 464; seen in Christ, 465, 466;
known by the simplest Christian, through the help of divine grace,
466, 467;
the worship of Christ consistent with the sole worship of, 500, 501;
worshipped equally well in different languages, 522.
Gods, Scythian and Greek, ii. 377, 378;
many, not to be served, 492, etc., 496-500;
Christians do not revile the statues of the, 523.
Goodness, divine, i. 32;
and justice, 97, etc.;
consistent with the infliction of punishment, 98, etc.
Gospel, the, not perverted by Christians, ii. 33.
Gospels, the, not all pure history, i. 315, 317, 320;
their character and authors, ii. 121.
Greek philosophy and learning to be made subservient to Christianity,
i. 388.
Gregory Thaumaturgus, letter of Origen to, i. 388.
Hardening, the, of Pharaoh’s heart, i. 169, etc., 176-191.
Healing art, the possession of the, does not necessarily imply virtue,
ii. 105.
Heaven, i. 88, 89, 90, 152.
Heavenly bodies, the, animated and endowed with souls, i. 59-65.
_Heavenly Dialogue, A_, quoted by Celsus, ii. 503.
Heavens, the, opened to Jesus at His baptism, i. 448, 449, 450;
not called God, nor worshipped by the Jews, ii. 275-279.
Hebrew Master, the, of Origen, cited, i. 35.
Hebrews, the, not Egyptians by descent,—how freed from Egyptian
bondage, ii. 88-92.
Hercules, proposed by Celsus to Christians as an object of homage,—the
character of, ii. 475, 476.
Heresies among Christians no reproach, ii. 96-98, 331-333, 335.
_Hermas, The Shepherd of_, quoted, i. 34, 35, 230, 301.
Herod seeks to destroy the child Jesus, i. 464, 465.
Heroes proposed by Celsus to the Christians as objects of homage
superior to their own, ii. 475.
Hesiod quoted as to the formation of Pandora, ii. 201, 202.
Holy Spirit, the, the apostolic doctrine of, i. 3;
what, 10;
the existence of, 33;
what we are taught in Scripture respecting, 34;
not created, 35;
one of the two seraphim of Isaiah, _ibid._;
reveals God, 36;
the nature of His working as distinguished from that of the Father
and the Son, 37-40, 41, 43;
taken from the unworthy, 39;
dwells in the renewed, 39, 40;
bestowed on the saints, 40;
one, 114;
every rational creature receives a share of, 114, 115;
the advent of, after the ascension of Christ, 115;
gifts of, 116;
the Paraclete, 116, 117.
Homer quoted respecting the sparrow, serpent, and eagle, ii. 258.
Hope, the, of Christians after death, ii. 450, 451.
Human nature, the dignity of, ii. 183-186.
Humility, ii. 352, 353.
Idol festivals, why not take part in?, ii, 511, 512.
Idolatry, even heathen philosophers condemn, i. 401.
Idols, abstinence from meats offered to, ii. 514, 515, 516.
Ignorance receives no sanction from Christianity, ii. 125-131, 154.
Image of God, the, man made in, i. 262-264, ii. 405, 487.
Image of God’s goodness, the, i. 32.
Image of the invisible God, Christ the, i. 23, 24.
Images, not gods, ii. 121;
the making of, forbidden to the Jews, 193;
why Christians reject, 480-487;
the true, of God, 505, 506.
Immortality, the, of rational natures, i. 353.
Incantations, not used by Christians, i. 402, 403;
the power of names in, ii. 315, 316.
Incarnation, the, of Christ, i. 105;
the wonderfulness of, 106, 107;
the intermediacy of Christ’s soul between the flesh and God in, 108,
109;
the assumption of the soul in, a reward of that soul’s virtues, 109;
difficulty as to Christ’s possessing a human soul, removed, 110;
the subject illustrated, 111, 112;
implies no change in God, the object of, ii. 174, 175, 176-179;
cavilled at and ridiculed by Celsus, 415, 416, 421, 422.
Incorporeal, meaning of the term, i. 5, 6.
Inspiration, the, of the Scriptures, i. 274, 285.
Instinct and reason, ii. 250-253.
Interpretation, of the promises, not literal, but spiritual, i.
143-148;
of the Scriptures, the true method of, 291-323.
Isis and Osiris, ii. 309.
Israel, the carnal and spiritual, i. 327.
Jacob, and Esau, i. 133, 134;
wrestles with an angel, 234;
his prophecy of Christ, 455.
James, the brother of our Lord, i. 447.
Jesus, His conversation with the woman of Samaria, i. 11;
silence of, before His judges, 393;
charge of sorcery against, power of His name, 402, 403;
acted by a divine power, 424, 425, 426;
Celsus introduces a Jew disputing with, and refuting, 426, 427;
Celsus’ defamation of, turned into an argument to enhance the glory
and divine power of, 427, 430;
the attachment of His disciples to, and His death for men, 430, 431;
the miraculous birth of, vindicated against Celsus, 431, 432;
predicted to be born of a virgin, 433;
no rational objection to the birth of, from a virgin, 437;
absurdity of imputing the miracles of, to magic, 438, 439;
descent of a dove on, 440, 441, 442, 443;
no grounds for believing in Moses while He is rejected, 444, 445;
evidence of the divinity of the doctrine of, 445, 446;
the heavens open to, 448, 449, 450;
prophecies relating to, 451, 452, etc.;
born in Bethlehem, 453;
the disciples of, Celsus’ account of them, 466-470;
flight of, into Egypt, justified against Celsus, 472, 473;
the miracles of, defended, 474;
the miracles of, not wrought by magic, 474-476;
Celsus’ silly carping about the body of, exposed, 476, 477;
His promise of the Spirit of truth, ii. 3;
observed the Jewish law, 7, 8;
not arrogant, but meek and lowly, 8;
inconsistency of the Jews in rejecting, 9, 10;
Celsus’ impeachment of the Godhead of, answered, 10, 11;
never broke His promise, 13;
never attempted disgracefully to hide from His enemies, 14;
the betrayal of, 15;
the argument of Celsus founded on the betrayal of, answered, 17,
etc.;
predictions respecting,—Celsus’ mode of dealing with the predictions
respecting, refuted, 18, 21;
the disciples of, lovers of truth, 21;
really suffered, died, and was raised from the dead,—an objection
met, 22-24;
if He foreknew the traitor and perjurer, why did they not desist from
their purpose?, 24, 25;
His foreknowledge did not compel the events foreknown, 25-28;
His suffering real, and voluntarily and submissively endured, 29-33;
predictions concerning the life of, 34, 35;
the union of kingdoms at the time of the birth of, 35, 36;
objection of Celsus drawn from the genealogies of, 37;
‘what great deeds did He perform, being a God?’ answered, 37, 38;
could He not have delivered Himself from His enemies?—punishment of
the enemies of, 38, 39, 40;
blood and water flow from the side of,—Celsus’ mockery of this, 40;
vinegar and gall given to, 41;
objection of Celsus that He gained over no one in His life,—why the
Jews are blamed for not believing in, 42-45;
Celsus’ assertion that He did not show Himself pure from evil, 43,
44;
numbered with transgressors, 45, 46;
conduct of the disciples on His being apprehended,—Celsus’ argument
founded on this refuted, 47;
Celsus’ assertion that He only gained over ten sailors and
tax-gatherers, 47, 48;
why Christians were won over to, 48, 49;
refutation of Celsus concerning the miracles of, 49-57;
and the heroes of heathenism compared, 59, 60;
the resurrection of, 60;
ought He to have appeared after His resurrection to His persecutors?,
65-70;
why did He not escape from the cross?, 71, 72;
to whom He appeared after His resurrection, 74;
purposes of His mission, 75;
Celsus’ argument derived from the incredulity of the Jews, answered,
77-81;
censured by Celsus for using threats, 79, etc.;
unbelief of the Jews as to, predicted and punished, 82, 83;
the power of, to diffuse His doctrine and convert men, 83, 84;
not to be compared with Æsculapius, Hercules, etc., 102, 103;
nor with Aristeas of Proconnesus—advantages derived from, 106-111;
nor with Abaris the Hyperborean, 112;
nor with the Clazomenean, 113;
nor with Cleomedes of Astypalea, 114;
nor with Zamolxis, 115, 116;
nor with Adrian, 117, 118;
nor with Antinous, 119, 120;
the human nature of, changed into God, 122, 123;
and Cretan Jove, 124, 125;
Celsus’ objection that He was sent to sinners, 141, 142, 143;
suffering of the Jews for their crime against, 182, 526, 527;
cavils of Celsus respecting—not the only one sent from God to men,
321, 322;
angels wait on—reply to Celsus on this point, 327, 328;
the soul of, joined to the Word, 389, 390;
personal appearance of—Celsus’ reproaches respecting this, 418-420;
appearances after His resurrection not shadowy, 456;
conduct of, under His sufferings, 476, 477;
death of, 478;
the worship of, consistent with the worship of the one God, 500, 501;
the Son of God, 501, 502;
not a demon, 523, 524;
fruitfulness of the death of, 527.
Jews, the, mutilated the Scriptures of the Old Testament, i. 377, 379;
Celsus casts a slight upon, 411, 412;
Numenius and others speak favourably of, 412, 413;
the antiquity of, 413;
believe in one God, 420, 421;
falsely accused by Celsus of angel-worship and sorcery, 424;
the inconsistency of, in rejecting Jesus,—their unbelief foretold,
ii. 9, 10, 77, 82, 83;
punishment of their unbelief, 10;
what they are to be blamed for respecting Jesus, 41;
the points of difference between Christians and, not foolish, 85, 86,
88;
how they adhere to their religion, 87, 88;
blunder of Celsus as to the Egyptian descent of, 88, 89;
the punishment of, for their treatment of Jesus, 182;
Celsus’ ridicule of Christians and, 183;
vindicated against Celsus, the law and polity of, 192, 193;
the genealogy of, 195, 197, 198;
do not worship the heavens, 272, 273;
do not consider the heavens to be God, 274;
do not bow down to angels, 276, 277, 278;
defended against the false charges of Celsus, 312, 313;
have nothing in common with the Persians in the worship of God, 314;
the circumcision practised by, different from that of other nations,
317, 318;
reason of their abstinence from swine’s flesh, 319, 320;
were highly favoured by God, 320, 321, 530, 531.
Job, additions to the book of, in the LXX., i. 378;
and in the Hebrew text, _ibid._
John the Baptist referred to by Josephus, i. 447.
Jonah and Jesus, ii. 478.
Joseph, Celsus’ cavils respecting, ii. 213.
Judaism, converts from, do not desert the law of their fathers, ii. 1,
5, 6.
Judas, the conduct of, in betraying, and after betraying, Jesus, ii.
15, 16;
foretold, 27.
Judea and Jerusalem, figures of a heavenly land, ii. 451.
Jupiter, the Cretan, ii. 124, 125.
Just man, the, promised riches, ii. 444;
how he slays and prevails, 445.
Justice and goodness, their harmony and consistency, i. 97-105.
Καταβολή, i. 256, 258.
Kings, the favour of, according to Celsus, to be sought, ii. 547, 548;
swearing by the fortune of, 549;
how Christians fight for and help, 556, 557.
Knowledge, the increase of, in the future state, i. 148-151.
Κόσμος, i. 86.
Labour, the wisdom of the necessity of, laid on man, ii. 242.
Laius, and the oracle given to, ii. 26, 27.
Land, the good, promised by God to the righteous, ii. 450, 451, 452.
Languages, the confusion of, at Babel, ii. 297, 298, 299.
Law, is it the king of all things?, ii. 310, 311.
Law of Moses, the, the irrationality and impossibility of some of its
precepts taken literally, i. 317-320;
twofold, ii. 443, 444;
promises riches to the just, 444.
Laws, ancestral, is it impiety to abandon them?, ii. 293-298;
when those of states and natural, are opposed, which to be followed?,
307, 308.
Light, the, not to be worshipped, ii. 278, 279;
and darkness, 409, 410.
Light, God is, i. 8, 31.
Lot and his daughters, the story of, assailed by Celsus,—explanation
of, ii. 211, 212.
Lucifer, his fall from heaven, i. 51-53.
Magi, the visit of the, to Jesus, i. 461, 464.
Magic, the miracles of Jesus not wrought by, i. 474-476;
over whom it has power, ii. 379, 380.
Man, the account of the creation of, ridiculed by Celsus, ii. 199, 200;
all things made for the sake of, 239, 240-244;
superiority of, over irrational animals, 244-256.
Marcion, ii. 324, 417.
Martyrs, demons afraid of, ii. 528.
Masters, no man can serve two, ii. 493.
Meats and drinks, abstaining from, ii. 514, 515, 516.
Mediator, the, through whom we come to God, ii. 271, 272.
Men, not be compared to bats and worms, as Celsus compares them,—the
dignity of their nature, ii. 182-185;
God’s care over the first, 246.
Minerva, ii. 550.
Miracles of Jesus, the, their greatness, i. 474;
not wrought by magic, 474-476;
vindicated against Celsus, ii. 49-57.
Miraculous appearances, on Greek testimony, witnessed by men, ii. 326,
327.
Mithrus, the mysteries of, referred to by Celsus, ii. 260, 262.
Moses, his history assailed by Celsus, i. 414, 415;
a challenge on behalf of the laws of, 415, 416;
Celsus strives to discredit his account of creation, 416;
a divine spirit in, 417;
excellency of the history transmitted by, 418;
no reason for believing in, while rejecting Christ, 444, 445;
and Jesus, the miracles of, ii. 54-57, 58, 59;
the antiquity of, 171;
his division of animals into clean and unclean, 260, 261;
the cosmogony of, taken exception to by Celsus, 390-392, 402, 403.
Name of Jesus, the power of, i. 403.
Names, the origin, power, and mystery of, i. 421, 422, 423;
not unimportant, ii. 315;
the power of, in invocations, 316.
New heavens and new earth, the, i. 56, 58.
Numenius, his treatise on _The Good_, i. 412.
Old Testament, the, and the New, their teaching harmonious, ii. 444,
etc., 447.
Only-begotten Son of God, Christ the, i. 18;
the self-abasement of, 259.
Ophites, the, referred to, ii. 362, 365, 366, 367, 462.
Opposing powers, or powers of darkness, the, i. 222, etc.;
our conflict with, 232, etc.
Oracles, ii. 426, 456;
and responses, 529;
and the words of the prophets, 530.
Orpheus, proposed by Celsus to Christians as an object of homage, ii.
275, 276.
Osiris and Isis, ii. 309.
Pandora, Hesiod’s description of the formation of, ii. 201, 202.
Pappæus, ii. 315-317.
Parables, why Jesus spoke in, i. 195-202.
Paraclete, the, i. 114, 116.
Paradise, the, prepared for departed saints, i. 151.
Passions, the, which affect the soul, i. 141.
_Pastor, The, of Hermas_, quoted, i. 34, 35, 230, 301.
Paul, his desire to depart, i. 159, 160;
his wisdom, ii. 100, 101.
Persecution, Jesus and His disciples justified in avoiding, i. 471.
Persians, and Jews hold nothing in common in the worship of God, ii.
214;
mysteries of the, 360;
have no temples, 483;
worship the creature, 485, 486.
Peter, his superstitious adherence to Jewish observances,—how delivered
from it, ii. 1-3.
Pharaoh, the hardening of the heart of, i. 171-191.
Philosophers, the folly and error of, ii. 470.
Phœnix, the, ii. 265.
Planets, the, i. 87.
Plato, quoted respecting Eros, ii. 203-205;
and Scripture, the respective styles of, 336-338;
the inefficacy of his teaching compared with that of the Scriptures,
339-341;
Jesus does not quote and pervert the words of, as Celsus asserts,
354;
excelled by the Scriptures in his idea of God, 355, 366;
quoted as to _Elysium_, 450;
quoted as to certain precious stones, 452;
his _Timœus_ quoted, 464;
on the avenging of injuries, 479.
Potter, the, his power over the clay, i. 211, etc.
Power of God, the, i. 26, 28.
Prayer, to whom it is to be made, ii. 272, 273;
Christians use no barbarous names in, 522.
Precious stones, certain, spoken of by Plato, ii. 452.
Predictions, respecting India, Egypt, and Babylon, etc., 331, 332;
respecting Jesus Christ. _See_ Prophecies.
Pre-existence, the, of rational creatures, i. 256-258.
Prejudice, the power of, i. 455.
Principalities and powers of darkness, the, i. 68-70.
_Prino-prisein_ and _Schino-schisein_ difficulty of interpretation,
the, i. 375, 381, 383.
Promises, the, of future good, not to be interpreted literally and
carnally, i. 145-153.
Prophecies, the, the cavils of Celsus respecting, answered, ii.
431-440, 441, etc.;
relating to Christ, 451, 453, etc., 456-458, 459.
Prophets, the, the various ways God spake to, i. 380;
quoted from each other, 386;
necessary for the Jews, 436, 437;
the character of, ii. 430, 431;
power of the words of, 530.
Providence, divine, maintained against Celsus, ii. 240-244, 266;
incorrect views of, rectified, 488, 489.
Πσυχή, i. 123.
Punishment, future, the Christian doctrine of, i. 140, etc., ii. 524,
532, 534, 535.
Pythagoreans, the abstinence practised by, ii. 320.
Pythian oracle, the, ii. 426, 429.
Qualities always belong to substances, i. 351.
Queen of Sheba, the, ii. 126.
Rational natures, various, i. 44, 45;
capable of sin, 45;
evil, 45, 46;
whether any were created so as to be incapable of sin or of virtue,
46, 47;
the glory of some and the wickedness of others not original and
essential to their being, but the result of desert, 48, 69;
never sink into the condition of irrational animals, 70;
can they lead an existence out of the body, 82;
the immortality of, 353, etc.
Repentance, attributed to God, ii. 399, 400.
Resting, predicated of God, ii. 403.
Restoration, the, of fallen beings, i. 56, 57.
Resurrection, the, of the body, i. 136;
weak believers instructed on the subject, 139;
ridiculed by Celsus, explained and defended, ii. 282, 285, 286-288,
454, 455.
Resurrection, the, of Jesus, ii. 59-62;
the belief of, not the product of a dream, 63;
why did not Jesus show Himself to His enemies after, 65-70;
His appearances after, not phantom-like, 457.
Riches, promised to the just man, in what sense, ii. 444;
Jesus gave no laws contrary to this promise of, 446.
Samaritan woman, Jesus converses with a, i. 11.
Satan, ii. 385;
and Antichrist, 385, 386. _See_ Devil.
Scriptures, the, the teaching of the Church respecting, i. 5;
the inspiration of, 274, etc., 285, etc.;
the superhuman element in, does not present itself to the
uninstructed, 287-290;
how to be regarded and understood, 291, 294, 299;
a threefold sense in, 300;
the soul of, 303-308;
the mysteries contained in, 308, etc.;
stumbling-blocks in, 212;
the histories of, not all pure history, but some to be mystically
understood, 313-322;
in regard to many things, the historical and literal sense of, the
true sense, 323;
passages of, which are true in their historical sense, more numerous
than those which are to be spiritually understood, 324;
the need of careful search to distinguish between what is literal in,
and what is not, 325;
our duty to grasp the whole meaning of, 326;
etymological fancies in, 383;
exhortation to the study of, 390;
many of the histories of, allegories, ii. 209, 210;
simplicity of the style of, compared with that of Plato, 326-338;
the inefficacy of the teaching of Plato compared with that of,
339-341;
exceed Plato in the idea they give of God, 355, 356.
Scythian and Greek names of God, ii. 377, 378.
Secret associations, Christians charged by Celsus with entering
into,—reply, i. 390.
Sects among Christians, ii. 331-333, 335.
Seeing God, i. 16, 17, ii. 465, 466.
Sense and the senses, i. 15.
Septuagint, additions to the Scripture in the—defence of these
additions, i. 371-373.
Seraphim, the, i. 35, 340, 341.
Serapis, ii. 309.
Seriphian and Themistocles, i. 428.
Serpent, the, Celsus ridicules the story of the temptation by, ii. 203;
is the devil, 483.
_Shepherd of Hermas, The_, i. 34, 35, 230, 301.
Sicarians, the, ii. 19.
Silence, the, of Jesus before His judges, i. 393.
Simonians, the, ii. 332, 348.
Sin, incentives to, ii. 226.
Sinners, Christianity invites and restores to virtue, ii. 139-144;
a change of life possible for, asserted against Celsus, 145-149.
Sneezing, according to the poets, prophetic, ii. 261.
Socrates pronounced the wisest of men, ii. 429.
Son, the only-begotten, of God, Christ the, i. 18;
self-abasement of, 257;
subjection of, to the Father, 260-262;
the generation of, 342, 343;
the advent and incarnation of, 345-347;
the dignity of, ii. 308, 388, 389, 502;
the soul of Jesus joined with, 389, 390;
Celsus misrepresents the views of Christians respecting, 503.
“Sons of God” and “daughters of men,” ii. 325.
Sorcery, Jesus charged with, by Celsus, i. 402, 403;
the Jews charged with, 424;
the miracles of Jesus not wrought by, ii. 49-56;
the power of, attributed by Celsus to certain animals, 252, etc.
Soul, the, apostolic teaching respecting, i. 4;
a lost, 121, 122;
meaning of the word, 123, 124;
and spirit of Christ, 125;
why acted on sometimes by evil spirits and sometimes by good, 242,
etc.;
and body alike the work of God, ii. 220-226.
Souls, various sorts of, 118, 119;
of angels and of God, 119, 120;
has man two?—three theories discussed, 244-252;
good and bad, ii. 428.
Spirit,—what?, i. 9.
Spirit of truth, the, promised by Jesus, ii. 3, 4;
perpetually bestowed, 412, 413.
Spirits, wicked, their mode of operation, i. 241;
good, their agency, 242.
Spiritual body, the, i. 266, 267.
Splendour of the eternal light, Christ the, i. 30.
Spoiling the Egyptians, i. 388, 389.
Star, the, of the wise men, i. 462, 464.
Stars, living rational beings capable of sin, i. 61, 62.
Stony heart, the, how taken away, i. 191, etc.
Stumbling-blocks designedly placed in the Scriptures, i. 312.
Subjection, the, of the Son to the Father, i. 260, etc.
Substance, i. 350.
Suffering of Christ, the, predicted, i. 456, 457.
Sun, the, and other planets endowed with life and souls, i. 59-65.
Superiority and inferiority, not to be decided by a bodily standard,
ii. 184.
Susanna, the story of, inquiry of Africanus respecting the genuineness
of, i. 369, 370;
Origen’s defence of the genuineness of, 371, etc.
Swine’s flesh, abstinence from, ii. 319, 320.
Temple, the true, of God, i. 506, 507.
Temptations, proportioned to the strength of the tempted, ii. 227-229;
human, treated of at large, 244, etc.
“Things in heaven, earth, and under the earth,” ii. 57.
Thomas, the scepticism of, ii. 64, 65.
Thoughts, how suggested, i. 229, 230.
Threefold sense of Scripture, the, i. 300, etc.
Thrones, dominions, etc., i. 56.
Tobias, i. 384.
Trinity, the, the unity and operations of the persons of, i. 37-41;
the sum of the doctrine of, 342, etc.
Truth is truth, by whomsoever spoken, ii. 480;
how served up as food by philosophers and prophets and the disciples
of Christ, 480, 481.
Typical interpretation, i. 306.
Tyre, the prince of, i. 49-51.
Union among Christians, the basis of, ii. 96, etc.
Unity of opinion, not characteristic of Christians from the beginning,
ii. 94.
Vanity, the creature made subject to, i. 63-65, 257, 258.
Variety, the, of creatures in the world, i. 128;
accordance of this with righteousness and reason, 131, etc.;
brought to pass by the free-will of individuals, 132-136.
Veil on the heart, the, i. 9.
Vessels to honour and to dishonour, i. 213.
Vinegar and gall, the, predicted, ii. 41.
Virgin Mother, the, vilified by Celsus, vindication of, i. 426, 427,
431, 433;
prediction of the birth of Christ of, 434, 435;
the birth of Jesus of, open to no fair objection, 437, 438.
Will, the free, i. 4, 132, 133, 157, etc.;
able to resist external causes, 161;
its freedom proved from Scripture, 165.
Wisdom, threefold, i. 237;
of the world, 238;
of the princes of the world, 239;
the sort condemned by Christianity, 410;
of Christianity, 100, 101;
Christianity designed to impart, 126, etc.;
human and divine, 350, 351, 352.
Wisdom of God, Christ the, i. 19, 20, 26, 28.
“Wood, hay, stubble,” ii. 173.
Word, the incarnation of the, ii. 174, 175;
different appearances of the, 176;
final universal victory of the, 555.
Words, not to be specially considered by searchers after truth, but the
meaning of, i. 339, 341.
Words of Christ, the, i. 1.
World, the, the doctrine of the Church respecting, i. 5;
the great variety in, 72;
cause of the variety in, 72, 73;
the unity of, in diversity, 73, 74;
the oneness of, proved from Scripture, 75;
the matter of, and its transformations and qualities, 75;
the matter of, not uncreated, 76, 77;
the beginning of,—was there one before, and shall there be one
after?, 79;
this, the conclusion of many ages, 85;
different meanings of the word in Scripture, 86;
another besides this, 86, 87, etc.;
comprehensiveness of, and variety of creatures in, 128-130;
the accordance of this variety in, with righteousness and reason,
131, etc.;
the cause of the variety in, 134-136;
had its beginning in time, 253;
shall come to an end, 255, etc.;
another shall exist after this, 255;
the end of, 262, etc.
Worlds, the, not similar, but dissimilar, i. 84.
Worship, to be given to God alone, and not to gods or demons, ii.
489-500;
of the Father and the Son, 500, 501;
equally acceptable to God in different languages, 522.
Wrath of God, the, ii. 237-239.
Zeno, the reasons why the followers of, abstain from adultery, ii. 484.
Zipporah, and the circumcision of Moses’ son, ii. 318, 319.
END OF VOL. II.
MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.
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