A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

A General INDEX. Of the Principal Matters contained in the Third Volume.

A

• ABnegation. To renounce the Riches of this World, unless we renounce our selves sig∣nifies little.....
• Absolution. Not to be granted to Penitents in danger of Death, but upon condition that if they recover their Health, they shall con∣tinue in a State of Penance 214
• Acacius of Beroea, Enemy to S. Chrysostom, 9 Received a Letter of Communion from Pope Innocent, with a Charge not to continue his Hatred to that Saint, 11. This Letter is the Nineteenth among those of that Pope 70
• Afflictions. Their Usefulness, 17. They are the Portion of the Saints, 30, 47. God often permits the most Just and Holy Men to be Afflicted with Poverty and Diseases 59
• Alexander, who succeeded Porphyry in the Bishoprick of Antioch, was the First among the Eastern Bishops, that put S. Chryso∣stom's Name into the Diptychs, 11. The Fifteenth Letter of Innocent I. is addressed to him 69
• Alms, 18. Their Effects, 40. As the water of Baptism extinguisheth the Fire of Hell, so the abundance of Alms extinguishes the Fire of Lust which remains after Baptism, or at least hinders it from enflaming 60
• Ammonius an Egyptian Monk 8
• Anastasius Pope, succeeded Siricius, 58. Con∣demned the Books and Person of Origen, ibid.
• Anathema, Not to be pronounced upon light occasions against any, nor any rashly to be Condemned 21
• Andragathius, Master in Philosophy to S. John Chrysostom 7
• Angels. Their Creation, 189. They have Care over Men, Assist at the Divine Mysteries, and every one of the Faithful hath his Guardian Angel, 35. Why Moses did not speak of their Creation 53
• Antiochus Bishop of Ptolemais, in Phoenicia, 52
• Antoninus Bishop of Ephesus, Exarch of all Asia, accused in a Council held at Constantinople 8
• Apparition of the Dead 155
• Arms. The Profession of Arms is not forbid, 159
• Arsacius, Brother to Nectarius, ordained Bi∣shop of Constantinople, in place of S. John Chrysostom, in Exile 10
• Asterius Bishop of Amasea a City in Pontus 53
• Attention necessary in Prayer 44
• Atticus Successor to Arsacius in the See of Con∣stantinople, during the Exile of S. John Chry∣sostom 11
• Audentius a Bishop in Spain 5
• St. Augustin, Born at Tagasta a City of Numi∣dia, 125. Learns Grammar there, and Stu∣dies Humanity at Madaura, and Rhetorick at Carthage, ibid. Returns to Tagasta, where he taught Grammar and frequented the Barr, ibid. He taught Rhetorick at Carthage, is engaged in the Errors of the Manichees, from thence he went to Rome, and after to Milan, making the same Profession, ibid. He there renoun∣ced the Errors of the Manichees, and having received Baptism, returned to Hippo, where against his Will he was ordained Priest by Va∣lerius, ibid. The same Bishop made him his Co-adjutor, and he was ordained Bishop by the Primate of Numidia, 126. Dies in his own City, while it was besieged by the Van∣dals, ibid. A Critical Disquisition upon his Works, ibid. His Genius 206, 207.
• Avitus a Priest of Spain, Friend to Paulus Orosius. 122

B

• Bachiarius, a Christian Philosopher. 121
• Balls. No Enemies so dangerous, as Noctur∣nal Divertisements, Balls, Musick-Meetings, and pernicious Dancings 46
• Baptism. We receive by Baptism, not only Par∣don and Remission of our sins, but also the Grace of the Holy Ghost, and several other spiritual Gifts, 36. It matters not who Bap∣tizes, provided it be in the Name of the Fa∣ther, Son and Holy Ghost 198
• Basil, Friend of S. Chrysostom 7
• Basilina, Mother of the Emperor Julian 8
• Benefices. The Goods of the Church are the Pa∣trimony of the Poor 7
• Bishop. Qualities which are necessary to him, 28, 29. He ought to be Learned, 29. His

• only Care ought to be to please God, ibid. The Glory of a Bishop, is to relieve the necessities of the Poor, 77. He ought to be an Ex∣ample to his whole Church, ibid. They ought to be judged by those of their Province, 9. The Infamy of Bishops is not the Infamy of the Church, 214. They ought to be an Ex∣ample to the people 215
• Boniface I. Successor to Pope Zosimus 210
• Bonosus, an ancient Companion of S. Jerom 74
• Bread, a Mark of Union.

C

• CAnons, It is not permitted to a Bishop to be ignorant of them 69
• Carterius, Superior of the Monks in the Suburbs of Antioch 7
• Coelestius, Companion and Disciple of Pelagius, 120. condemned in the Synod of Carthage, 207
• Coelibacy of the Clergy 85
• Charity ought to be the sole end of all our Acti∣ons, 142. The Duties of Christian Charity cannot diminish; and the more we perform, the more we have to do 159
• Children. A Father that brings up his Son ill is more cruel than if he had put him to Death 47
• Chromacius, Bishop of Aquileia 58
• S. John Chrysostom, Native of Antioch, 6. Bap∣tized by Meletius, 7. Hides himself and flie to avoid being Ordain'd Bishop, ibid. Or∣dained Deacon by Meletius, and Priest by Flavianus, ibid. Elected Bishop of Constan∣tinople, and ordain▪d by Theophilus Bishop of Alexandria his Enemy, ibid. His strict Dis∣cipline caused him to be hated, ibid. His pa∣storal Vigilance, ibid. Reunites the Eastern and Western Churches, 8. Assembles a Synod at Ephesus, ibid. The Empress Eudoxia en∣raged against him, urges Theophilus to come to Constantinople, 9. He holds a Synod in the Suburbs of Chalcedon against S. Chrysostom, who refuses to be judged by that Council, his Enemies being the principal Judges, ibid. He was there deposed, ibid. The Emperor or∣ders him to be banish'd, and he was accor∣dingly conducted to a little City in Bithynia, 10. His return to Constantinople, ibid. Ano∣ther Discontent of Eudoxia, ibid. A new Council confirms the first Sentence of Depo∣sition against this Saint, ibid. Violences, and Edicts against S. Chrysostom, ibid. He Surren∣ders himself into the hands of those that had Orders to Arrest him, and is conducted to Nice, and from thence to Cucusus, the place of his Exile, ibid. Calamities at Constantino∣ple, after the removal of S. Chrysostom, ibid. He writes to Pope Innocent, and to the Bishops of the West to implore their help, 11. The Pope sends him Letters of Communion, ibid. And also obtains Letters from Honorius to his Brother Arcadius in his Favour, ibid. Violence offer'd to the Persons that brought those Let∣ters, ibid. S. Chrysostom remov'd from Cucusus to Pityus, a City upon the Euxin Sea, and dies in this Journey, ibid. Peace restored after his Death, 12. Critical Remarks upon his Works ibid.
• The Church consists not in the Walls of it, but in the Holy Union with the Members of Jesus Christ, 13. It's perpetuity is an invincible proof of the truth of Religion, 34. The Church mixes the good with the bad, till the day of Judgment 198
• Clinicks, Those who receive Baptism in their Bed, at the point of Death 36
• Comedies. It is a kind of Adultery to go to Co∣medies 46
• Communion. The forgetting of Injuries and Re∣conciliation, is a condition Essentially necessa∣ry to the worthy receiving the Sacrament, 21. The Revengeful is as unworthy of the Holy Communion, as the Blasphemer and Adul∣terer, 41. Disposition for worthy receiving 43
• Council of Carthage, of the Year 403 P. 218
• Council of Carthage, of the Year 404 ibid
• Council of Carthage, of the Year 405 ibid
• Council of Carthage, of the Year 407 ibid
• Two Councils of Carthage, of the Year 408 p. 219
• Council of Carthage, of the Year 409 ibid
• Council of Carthage, in the Year 410 ibid
• The First Council of Carthage, against Coelestius in the Year 412, p. 221
• Council of Carthage, in the Year 417 p. 222
• Councils of Carthage, in the Year 418 ibid
• Council of Carthange, in the Years 418, and 419, concerning the Cause of Apiarius 224
• Council of Carthage, in the Year 420
• Council of Carthage, in the Year 427 against Leporius
• Council in the Suburbs of Chalcedon at the Oak in 403 p. 217
• Council of Cirta, or Zerta, in the Year 412, p. 221
• Councils held by S. Chrysostom at Constantinople, and at Ephesus, in 400, and 401 p. 217
• Council of Constantinople, in the Year 426
• Council of Constantinople, in the Year 428
• Council of Diospolis in the Year 418 p. 221
• Council of Milevis held in the Year 402 p. 217
• Council of Milevis against Coelestius and Pelagi∣us, in the Year 416 p. 222
• Council of Ptolemais, in Pentapolis, in the Year 411 p. 220
• Council of Ravenna, in the Year 419
• Council of Tella, or Zella, &c. of the Year 418 p. 224
• Concupiscence, and an Inclination to evil, are the Consequents of the Sin of the first Man 35
• Conference of Carthage, in the Year 411 p. 220
• Conference of Jerusalem, in the Year 415 p. 221
• Continence. True Continence consists in the sup∣pressing all the Passions 180
• Conversion. It is never too late to be converted 78
• Correction, Ecclesiastical Princes have submitted to it, as well as others of the Faithful 38
• Covetousness a kind of Idolatry, 45. Consists in the desire of having more than we ought to have. Other Vices diminish in time, but Covetousness encreases as we grow in years 55
• Custom is a bad Reason where it is sinful 17
• Customs of Churches ought to be observed, 82, 139 141
• Cross. The Efficacy of the Sign of the Cross 5
• ...

• ... Curiosity will not make us discover Mysteries, but it will make us lose the Faith, that must carry us to Salvation, and eternal Life 60

D

• DEad. Oblations for the Dead received in the Church, 138. When the Eucharist is admi∣nistred, or Alms made for all the Dead that have been baptized, they are Thanksgivings for those that have been extremely Good; they are Intercessions for those that have not been great Sinners; and as for those that have been very bad; if these things bring no Comfort to them, they serve at least for Consolation to the living, 178, 179. The Dead not to be lamented, but to rejoyce that they have left this unhappy Life, to enjoy an eternal Blessed one, 48. Their Relations ought to give Alms for them 38
• Death. A Christian instead of fearing ought to desire it 48
• Decentius Bishop of Eugubium, a City of Um∣bria in Italy 67
• Devotion. Women ought not to give any cause of Discontent to their Husbands, by an indis∣creet Devotion 167
• Diadochus Bishop of Photice, a City of the an∣cient Epirus 5
• Diadorus, Superior of the Monks in the Sub∣urbs of Antioch 7
• Dioscorus, a Monk of Egypt 8
• Divinity, impossible to define it 2
• Donatus, S. Jerom's Master 73
• Drunkenness is of all Vices the most dangerous, and the most to be hated 45

E

• ECclesiasticks, their Dignity, 75, 76, their Du∣ties, ibid. Their Habits 77
• Education of Children, 79. Mothers are not less charg'd with the Education of Children than Fathers, 12, 18. Education of Daugh∣ters, 78, 80
• S. Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus, a great Enemy to Origen 9
• Evagrius, Three of that Name, Evagrius Pon∣ticus, Evagrius of Antioch, Evagrius Scho∣lasticus 1
• Eucharist. Sacrament, 105. Eucharist explai∣ned, 59, 60. Disposition fit to partake of it, ibid. To receive it Fasting, 142. Dispo∣sitions requisite to worthy Communicating 37
• Eudoxia, Empress of Constantinople, enraged against S. Chrysostom 9, 10
• Evodius, Bishop of Uzala in Africa 122
• Eusebius, Bishop of Valentinople in Asia 8
• Eusebius, Father of S. Jerom. 73
• Eusebius, an Ecclesiastical Author of the Fifth Century. 123
• Euthymius, a Monk of Egypt 8
• Excommunication unjust, does more Injury to him, that Pronounces it; than to him against whom, it is pronounced 167
• Exuperius, Bishop of Tholouse, to whom In∣nocent I. addresses his Third Letter 68

F

• FAITH. The beginnings of Faith, of Con∣version, and of good Inclinations come from God and not from our Free-will, 163. Faith stops not at a curious search into Natural things, 179. The beginning of Faith and of Good Desires is the Effect of Grace, 203. We ought to believe that God is, what he hath Revealed to us himself. We must not exa∣mine his Actions with a Rebellious Spirit, but admire them with Faith and Submission 60
• The Falls of Great Men should teach the most holy, not to be Presumptuous 171
• Fast. It is a great Scandal to Fast on the Lord's Day, 139. Fast of Lent, 20. Fasting ought to be accompany'd with Abstinence from Vice, 53. Fasting consists not in a simple ab∣staining from Meats, but also in abstaining from Sins, and the Practice of Vertues, 42. It concerns not the Mouth alone, but the Ears, the Hands, the Feet, and all the parts of the Body, ibid. It consists not only in the retrenching our Meals, but in the reforming the Manners, ibid. We may have a reason for not Fasting, but there can be none for not correcting a vicious habit, ibid.
• Fear causes Charity to enter, but Charity drives out Fear 174
• Flavianus, a Priest of Antioch, Successor to Me∣letius in the Bishoprick of that City 6
• Florentius, Bishop of Tivoli, to whom Innocent I. addressed his Eighth Letter 69
• Frequent Communion 141
• Free-will. Vide Will in W.
• Friends. Whom we ought to choose 41

G

• GAmes of chance are the occasions of Blasphe∣mies, Anger, Injuries, and all sorts of Crimes 46
• Gaudentius, Bishop of Brescia, 59. The Life of S. Philastrius his Predecessor attributed to him ibid.
• Genesis is the Foundation and Source of all the Truths which are in the Law and the Pro∣phets 53
• Gerontius, Bishop of Nicomedia, driven from his See 8
• God. To think of the Glory of God in all things, 43. God alone is the Sovereign good of our Souls, 133, 148. God is the Source of a Happy Life, and true Vertue consists in the Love of God, 154. True Blessedness consists in the knowledge of God, 130. The Apparitions of God are made by the Ministring Angels, who make use of Bodies to make those Appariti∣ons 194
• Goods. We ought to consider all that we have received, as not belonging to us, 54. Men are not the Masters but the Dispensers of their Goods 55
• Grace of God. Man cannot be deliver'd from Ig∣norance and the Necessity of Sinning, but by the assistance of God, 133. The Grace of Je∣sus

• Christ necessary to make us good, is in∣tirely free, 158. Twelve Articles which com∣prehend all that we are obliged to believe con∣cerning Grace 163
• Grace of Jesus Christ. Reasons of the Necessity of it, 71, 91. To implore it by fervent Pray∣er 215
• Greatness, is like Shadows and Fantoms which disappear after they have diverted us a very short time. They are as Flowers that wither away of a sudden at once after having spent their lustre 55

H

• HAbits. God hath given to Man Wool and Flax, to defend him from the Injuries of the Weather 54
• Hatred is as an Executioner that tears the bow∣els of those that harbour it 41
• Heliodorus, Priest of Antioch 123
• Helvidius, Heretick, Disciple of Auxentius 124
• Heraclides, Deacon, ordained Bishop of Ephe∣sus 8
• Heraclides, ordained Bishop of Ephesus by S. Chrysostom, deposed in the Council held against that Saint 9
• Hereticks. Those that return to the Bosom of the Church are put under Penance, after they had quitted it to enter into a Sect of Here∣ticks, 70. The example of some ill Catho∣licks cannot serve as a pretence to Hereticks to separate themselves from the Church 134
• Historia Lausiaca, vide in L.
• Honours. How fine a Figure soever we make in this World, the end is always the Grave, which buries all men in eternal oblivion 55
• Humility. The greatest Action we can do and the most pleasing to God, is to have low thoughts of our selves, 44. Humility blame∣able, that hath not Faith for its foundati∣on
• Hypaepae, a City of Asia 8

I

• JEsus Christ. His Divinity 16, 19
• John of Jerusalem, Successor to S. Cyril in the Bishoprick of that City, was a great De∣fender of the Books, Opinions and Partisans of Origen, 61. His Quarrel with S. Epipha∣nius, ibid.
• S. Jerom, his Birth, Education and Studies, 73, 74. Passes into the East, ibid. Receives the Order of Priesthood at Antioch, ibid. Goes to Bethlehem, ibid. Came to Constantinople, and from thence to Rome, ibid. Returns to Beth∣lehem, where the Ladies Paula, Eustochium and Melania, came to him, 75. His Death, ibid. Censure upon his Works, ibid. his Cha∣racter 103
• Impenitence Final, is what we are to understand by the Sin against the Holy Ghost 158, 174
• The Incarnation. If we could give a Reason for this Mystery, it would no more be wonder∣full; if an example were to be found of such a thing, it would not be singular 155
• Injuries. That we ought not to revenge them, nor condemn those that have offer'd them to us, but consider them as a punishment for our sins 3
• Injustice. It is not a less vertuous thing to suffer Injustice patiently than to give Alms 13
• S. Innocent I. Successor to P. Anastasius 67
• Interstices that ought to be observd in the con∣ferring of Holy Orders 209
• Invention of the Holy Cross
• Joannites, a Name given by the Enemies of S. John Chrysostom to those who remained firm to that Saint during his Persecution 10
• Isaac, A Christian Author, once a Jew 121
• The Just, God permits them to be afflicted for three Reasons; 1. To correct them; 2. To purifie them; 3. To try them: and this seve∣rity he exercises against them is the severity of a Father 59
• Justice. It is not Fear that renders us good, but the Love of Justice 54
• Justification. We cannot be Justified but by Faith in Jesus Christ 159
• Justina Empress favoured the Arians, and per∣secuted S. Ambrose 59

K

• KINGS; Wherein their Happiness consists 188

L

• LAusiaca Historia written by Palladius, and addressed to one Lausus 66
• Libanius, S. Chrysostom's Master in Rhetorick 7
• Liberty. Evil consists in the ill use of our Li∣berty 192, 193
• Life. The present Life being nothing but a Journey, a Train of Miseries, a Banishment from our Countrey, we should be most mi∣serable if it had not an end 48
• Lord's-day, and Festivals, should be spent in Ex∣ercises of Devotion 38
• Love of God is a strong fixing the heart on God, which makes us despise all that is not of God 39
• Lucian, a Priest of Greece 122
• Lucian Bishop of Signi, to whom the Twen∣tieth Letter of S. Innocent is Addressed 70
• Lying, is to say a thing which we think not, with design to abuse, 182. We ought not to tell a Lye neither for our Life, or for any o∣ther Reason whatsoever, 183. Tropes, Para∣bles and Figures are not Lyes ibid
• Lust. To preserve and encrease Charity, we ought to oppose and weaken Lust 177

M

• MAcarius, a Monk 123
• Manners, that young People ought to have 130
• Mark the Hermit, not he that lived under the Emperor Leo 2
• Marcellus Memorialis 123
• Marriage, what ought to be the end of Marri∣age among Christians, and of the Duties of mar∣ried

• People, 17. A Second Marriage cannot be lawfull, if the first Wife is not dead 69
• Martinianus, Bishop in Macedonia, to whom the Twenty-first Letter of S. Innocent I. is di∣rected 70
• Martyrs, not only the Patterns of Vertue, but the Accusers of Vices, 56. Those that are Afflicted, have recourse to them, ibid. They Implore with confidence their Intercession, ibid. The best way of Honouring them is by Imitating their Vertues 18
• Masters ought to Treat their Servants with sweetness and goodness, considering them as their Brothers, and that they are made of the same Mould with themselves, that they have the same Creator, the same Nature, &c. 57
• Christian Maxims established by S. Chrysostom in his Sermons 48
• Mediator. That quality belongs only to Jesus Christ 189
• Megalius, Bishop of Calamia, Primate of Nu∣midia 126
• Melchisedechian Hereticks 3
• Metropolitan. Each Province must submit to its Metropolitan 211
• Miracles are wrought by the Power of God, 189. A Christian Life and good Works more to be esteem'd than the Gift of working Mi∣racles 16
• S. Monica, the Mother of S. Augustin, died at Ostia 128
• Monks. The Monastick state, 79, 114. The La∣bour of the hands one part of the Monastick state, 183. Counterfeit Monks are Hypo∣crites, whom the Devil sends abroad into the World clad in the Monastick Weeds ibid.
• Moses. In what Sence he was a Prophet in the History of the Creation of the World 53
• Montanists, their Errorrs 85
• Musick ought to Elevate the Heart and Mind to a Coelestial and Divine Harmony 131
• Mysteries. We ought not to penetrate into them by humane Reason, but ought to be content with what the Scripture says of them 17, 35

N

• NIceas, Bishop in Romania 120
• Nicholas, a Monk 3

O

• DIvine Offices against those that neglect them to go to Comedies and Publick Shews 12.
• Necessity of Assisting at them 13, 38
• Olympius, Bishop, Originally of Spain 120
• Ordinations. Those who make Ordinations a∣gainst the prescribed Rules, shall themselves be Deprived of the Sacerdotal Dignity as well as those they have Ordained 71
• Origen, his Errors, 66. Three Monks of Egypt, Sir-named the Long-brothers, condemned by Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria, for refu∣sing to Sign the Condemnation of Origen, 8. The Accusations formed against them, were Caluminous. 9. S. Epiphanius, Bishop in Cyprus, prepossessed by Theophilus, came to Constantinople to Excommunicate them, ibid. But having reflected upon it, desisted ibid.
• The true Ornament of a Christian is Purity of Life 166

P

• PAcon, Hermit, his History 2
• Pagans; Their Theology is ridiculous 189
• Palladius, Originally of Galatia, Ordained Bi∣shop of Helenopolis; from whence he passed to the Bishoprick of Aspuna in Galatia, 66. A friend to Rufinus, a Defender of Origen, a Partisan of Pelagius, and Enemy to S. Jerom ibid.
• Pamsophius, Bishop of Nicomedia, in the place of Gerontius 8
• Pardon of Enemies 16
• Patience, and Pardon of our Enemies, 13, 16. No Good comparable to that of Patience 32
• Patricius, Father to S. Augustin 125
• Paul, Bishop of Heraclea, President of the Coun∣cil where S. Chrysostom was Deposed 9
• Paulus Orosius, a Priest of Spain, of the City of Tarragon 122
• Paul, a Bishop, Author of a Treatise of Repen∣tance 123
• S. Paulinus, Native of Bourdeaux, Disciple to Ausonius, retired into Spain with his Wife Therasia, and was made Priest at Barcelona against his will. He parted from thence for Italy, and Retired to Nola, whereof he was ordained Bishop, and died there, 113. His Works, 113, to 117, &c. His Genius 118
• Paulinianus, Brother to S. Jerom, Ordained by S. Epiphanius 61
• Pelagius, an English Monk, Disciple to Rufinus, and chief of the Heresie that bears his Name, 119. Attacked by S. Jerom. Errors of this Heretick 91
• Pelagians, their Errors, 159, 160. Abridgment of the Doctrine of S. Augustin against them 204, 205
• Penitents should not dye without the Peace of the Church 182, 214
• Penance usefull at all times, 2. The Necessity and Conditions of a real Penance, 31, 32. God considers not the Length, but the Fer∣vour of it, 37. Conditions of it, 38. The true Penitent hath nothing in his view but to leave no Evil unpunished that he hath committed, 153. To judge of a Penance, we must have regard to the Labour, Sighs and Tears of the Penitent, and forgive him his Sin, when he hath made a proportionable satisfaction, 68. Penance is not usefull but when he that changes his Resolution can correct his past Life; and Regret and Grief for Sins past can be of no great use when they are not in a state of doing nor practising Vertue 54
• Publick Penance. Those that have been put to publick Penance, cannot be afterwards ad∣mitted into the Clergy 70, 71
• Persecution. Whether it be permitted to Priests, to Clerks or Bishops to fly and abandon their

• Flocks in time of Persecution? 165. The Caresses of this World are often more dange∣rous than Persecutions ibid.
• S. Peter, Chief of the Body of the Apostles, &c. 16
• Phocas Martyr, a Native of Synope, and a Gar∣dener by Profession 56
• Piety. The Principle of Christian Piety is to bring all things to God 159
• Pilgrimages, the chief intention we ought to have in making Pilgrimages, is the assisting the Poor 38, 85
• Platonists knew the true God 189
• Polychronius, Bishop of Apamea 215
• The Pope ought to maintain the Canons 210
• Porphyrius Elected Bishop of Antioch in place of Flavianus 10
• Poverty, of great advantage to those that know how to make good use of it 40
• Power Ecclesiastical and Civil; their Diffe∣rence 14
• Prayer. Application is necessary to him that prays, &c. 14. Prayer quenches the Desires of the Flesh, the Love of Riches, and re∣moves from the Minds of Men the Thoughts of Glory and Vanity, 57. It ought to be preferr'd before any other Work, 3. Com∣mon-prayer is an excellent Harmony pro∣ceeding from the Concord of Charity, 38. God often does not immediately grant us what we ask, that he may excite our Arden∣cy 44
• Prayer for the Dead 116
• The Praises of Men, how to be received, 165. Excessive Commendations give as much Re∣morse to the Conscience as Sins, when we find not in our selves the Vertues there commend∣ed ibid. & 25
• Preachers. The Obligations they are under, 16. What ought to be their End, 171. In what manner they ought to preach the Word of God 77
• Priests, the Respect which is due to them, 12, 14, 46. Disorderly Priests to respect their Character, 46, 47. Priesthood; Excellence of its Dignity 14
• Pride. The more good we do, the less we ought to boast, 44. That Pride is commendable which makes us Despise the World, and all that appears great in the Eyes of Men 114
• Priscillianists; their Errors 193
• Probability, a Damnable Maxim 129
• Solemn Processions instituted at Constantinople by S. John Chrysostom 8
• Prophecies, their Obscurity when taken away 14
• Providence. In following the Commandments of God we act, but in all the rest God con∣ducts us by the motions of his Providence, without our having any part in the Events, 177
• Prudence. The Prudence of a Man not to be judged of by the number of his Years 27
• Prudentius, Born at Saragossa in 348 5

Q

• Quartodecimani, Hereticks so called 8

R

• REligion of Jesus Christ, 78. Efficacy of the Religion of Jesus Christ 5
• Relicks. The Remembrance of the Actions of Saints, and the Combats of Martyrs, is one of the most powerful Motives we can make use of, to carry Christians to Piety and Ver∣tue; and it is for this Reason, that their Re∣licks are preserved, &c. 56. It is in Honour of the Martyrs that we preserve their Relicks with Veneration, 56. Relicks and Invocation of Saints, ibid and 85
• The Renouncing of all things to follow Jesus Christ, ought to go even to the leaving Fa∣ther and Mother for the Service of God 166
• Repast. Prayer before and after 12
• Reprimands. Their Usefulness 17, 19
• Restitutions. We are obliged to restore Goods gotten by Theft, Rapine and Oppression, to those from whom they were taken; and it is not enough to give it to the Poor 154
• Resurrection of Bodies 211
• Rheticius Bishop of Autun wrote a Commen∣tary upon the Canticles 78
• Rich Men are only Dispensers of their Goods for the Assistance of the Poor, 40. God has not given them Wealth, but that they might impart to the Poor, and he hath also made the Poor and Miserable, that Rich Men might have an opportunity to exercise their Pity and Charity 116
• Riches are not forbidden, provided we make good use of them, 41. It is impossible to ga∣ther great Wealth without Sin 54
• Rufinus Presbyter, Condemned as a Heretick by Pope Anastasius, 58. Contemporary with S. Jerom, 107. Embraced a Monastick Life, and went afterwards to Jerusalem, ibid. ha∣ving translated the Works of Origen, he be∣came his Defender, ibid. Return'd to Rome, ibid. Dies, ibid. his Works, ibid. and 108. his Ge∣nius 108, 110

S

• SAbbatius, Bishop in Gaul 121
• Saints. The Happiness they will enjoy after the Resurrection, They help us in our Neces∣sities, 117. A Description of their Felicity 190
• Scandal. That we must always keep our selves in the Bosom of the Church, notwithstand∣ing the Scandals we may be afflicted with 161
• Schismaticks. Their good Works are useless 143
• The Holy Scripture, and Reason cannot ever be contrary, 152. Charity and Humility are the two Keys without which we cannot understand the Holy Scripture, 170. The reading of it recommended, 79, 80, 81, 95, 135. The Usefulness of that Reading, 18, 39. Its Simplicity 103
• Secundus, Father to S. John Chrysostom 6
• Semipelagians. Principal points of the Do∣ctrine 164
• Serapion S. John Chrysostom's Deacon 8
• Servants, ought readily, and with a good Will obey their Masters 57
• Severianus Bishop of Gabala, in Coelesyria, 8,

• 75. S. Chrysostom made him Preach at Con∣stantinople, during his Journey into Asia, ibid S. Chrysostom being returned drove him out, ibid. The Empress causes him to return, and reconciles him outwardly with S. Chrysostom, ibid. His Works ibid
• Severus Endelechius 5
• Severus Bishop of the Isle of Minorca 122
• Simony. Six Bishops deposed for giving Money to be Ordained 8
• Simplicianus Bishop of Milan 3
• Sin. We are our selves the Authors of our Sins, 6. Sin is the only thing that a Christian ought to Fear, 20, 32. Nothing but Sin that makes us truly miserable, 32. Sins committed after Baptism, are greater and more dangerous, than those committed before, 127. When a Man is fallen into one Sin, he is very often led on by this first Crime into all sorts of Ini∣quities, 56. We hate Sin in proportion as we love Justice 152
• Sisinnius Martyr. His Relicks sent to Milan 4
• Solitude; The Advantages of it, 76. Excellen∣cy of a solitary Life 30
• Sophronius, Friend to S. Jerom 111
• The Soul. Its Habitation is in God, who hath created it, 131. made in the likeness of God, ibid. hath no Corporeal Dimension, ibid. not a part of God, 161. Errors of the Pelagians, concerning the Creation of Souls 204
• Sulpicius Severus Priest of Agen, a Disciple of S. Martin, and Friend of Paulinus Bishop of Nola, 111. His Genius 112
• Superstition is a Vice that sets it self off with the Name of Vertue 214
• Swearing. It is most dangerous to make a Jest of Swearing, and the surest way is never to swear at all 155
• Synesius, Originally of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptole∣mais, 211. Catalogue of the Treatises which he wrote, 212. his Genius 215
• Roman Synod under Innocent I. 216

T

• TApers lighted in Churches 85
• The Tavern is filled with Impiety and Intem∣pe••ance 46
• Temptations. We must resist the Temptations of the Devil in this World 44
• Theodorus Bishop of Mopsuestia, Condemned with his Writings long after his Death, in the Fifth Council, by the Contrivance of the Em∣peror Justinian 64
• Theophilus Bishop of Alexandria, 7. Chryso∣stom's Enemy, 9. Even after his Death, 11. Successor to Timotheus, 62. Finished the ruin of Idolatry in his own City, ibid. his Chara∣cter 63
• Traditions of the Church 86
• Trinity impossible to be explained 2
• Truth; the Enquiry after it can only render a Man happy, 129. It is never permitted to be∣tray Truth 183

V

• VAin-Glory corrupts, and renders the best Actions Useless; as Prayer, Fasting and Alms 57
• Valerius Bishop of Hippo 125
• Victricius Bishop of Roan: S. Innocent I. di∣rects his Second Letter to him 68
• Christian Vigilance. Temptations are useful, pro∣vided we are always upon our Guard, and that we have continually a Watch over our selves 44
• Vigilantius Priest, a Native of Gaul 124
• Vigilius•…•… Five of the Name, 1. Vigilius of A∣frica. 2. Vigilius the Deacon, 3. Vigilius Bi∣shop of Tapsus in Africa, 4. Vigilius Bishop of Brescia. 5. Vigilius a Bishop at the Coun∣cil of Agde 3
• Vigilius Bishop of Trent, Martyr under the Consulship of Stilico ibid
• Virgins that Marry after having made a Vow of Chastity 216
• Virginity: What must be done to preserve it, 81. the Advantages of it, 84. Though Parents may inspire into their Children, the Love of Virginity; yet they cannot oblige them to make a Vow of perpetual Continency, 60. Virginity as much above Marriage, as Hea∣ven is above the Earth, 31. Virginity signi∣fies nothing, if it be not joyn'd with Charity and Meekness 17
• Ursinus a Monk 123

W

• WAtchfulness, vide Vigilance
• War. How we may make War like a good Christian 159
• Widowhood. Though Second Marriages are not forbidden, it is Nevertheless much better to continue in Widowhood, 31. The State of Widowhood is to be preferr'd to that of Marriage 182
• Free-Will. The Will is enclined to Evil, and cannot do Good, without the Assistance of the Grace of God, 158. Sin consists in the ill Use of our Free-Will 172
• Works. The Error of those that believe they shall be justified by their Works 2

FINIS.