Gregory Nyssen, 296. Ebedjesu, 321. Ambrose of Milan, 334.
received by Jerom, and ascribed by him to St. Luke, 436-7.
by Rufinus, 484. Augustine, 505. Chrysostom, 542—544. is in
the catalogue of the third council of Carthage, 487. publicly
read, well known, and much valued, as a book of great im-
portance, 505-6. 542–544. received and quoted by Severian,
Bp. of Gabala, in Syria, 571-2. by Sulpicius Severus, and as-
cribed by him to St. Luke, 575. received by Chromatius, Bp.
of Aquileia, 580-1. Victor of Antioch, 582-3. Innocent I. Bp.
of Rome, 586. Paulinus, Bp. of Nola, and ascribed by him to
St. Luke, 589. received by Pelagius, 591. Palladius, author of
the life of Chrysostom, v. 6. Isidore, of Pelusium, and ascribed
by him to St. Luke, 10. as also by Theodoret, 16, 17, and notes.
quoted by Eutherius, Bp. of Tyana in Cappadocia, 33–35.
Salvian, 65. Gelasius, Bp. of Rome, 76. Andrew, Bp. of Casa-
rea in Cappadocia, 78. is in the Alexandrian MS. 82. in the
Stichometry of Nicephorus, 86. and that of Cotelerius, 89. as-
scribed to St. Luke by Euthalius, 70. who also published an
edition of this book, and divided it into chapters and sections,
69. ascribed to St. Luke by Arethas, 104. by Arator, who
turned the whole into verse, 105. ascribed to St. Luke by Cas-
siodorus, who wrote a commentary upon it, 113. received as a
canonical book by Junilius, an African bishop, 106. ascribed
to St. Luke by the author of the Imperfect work upon St. Mat-
thew, 121. by Isidore, of Seville, 136. received by Leontius,
142. ascribed to Luke by Damascenus, 147. Nicephorus Cal-
listi, 168. Ecumenius, 155. and Theophylact, 157. which two
last mentioned wrote commentaries upon this book. It is in
all the catalogues of the books of the New Testament. See
Catalogues. Received by the Valentinians, vi. 345. always
universally acknowledged, iv. 96. vi. 333-4
Rejected by the Marcionites, viii. 500
Acts of Paul, ii. 539. iv. 97, 98, 131
Acts of Paul and Thecla, ii. 304-5, 331-2. how quoted by
Faustus the Manichee, iii. 430
Acts of Peter, supposed to be quoted by Clement of Alexandria,
ii. 256. See iv. 98, 132. not received by the ancients, 98,
Acts of Pontius Pilate, and his letter to Tiberius, vi. 605—619
Acts of the senate of Rome, and of governors of provinces,
and other Acts, vi. 608-610
Adam, his fall foreseen, and therefore the sexes made, v. 20.
Adam and Eve the first pair according to the Manichees, iii. 365
Adamantius, author of a Dialogue against the Marcionites, iv.
Adamians, or Adamites, viii. 424. probably an imaginary sect,
425. objections to this answered, 426-7
Addas, an ancient disciple of Mani, taught Turbo, iii. 267. See
Adimantus and Buddas
Addison, his observations upon the fortitude of the christians in
early times, vii. 175
Adimantus, a Manichæan writer, his history, iii. 279. whether
he was the same as Addas, 279–281. his work much esteemed,
281. called Terebinthus and Buddas, 320
Adrian, his time, and general character, vii. 92. not reckoned
among persecuting emperors, ib. his rescript in favour of the
christians, 93-4. his letter to Servianus, 98. his moderation
commended, 97. whether he intended to erect temples to Jesus
Christ, 99-101
Edesius, martyr at Alexandria in Dioclesian's persecution, vii. 480
Aërians, iv. 179–181. 195.
Aetius, an Arian writer, his history, iii. 584-587. his dispute
with Apthonius, a Manichee, 283
Africanus, Julius, his history, ii. 457. his learning, 461. his tes-
timony to the scriptures, 462. a man of great eminence, 467
Agapa, or love feasts among the christians; their design and
use, and the time when they were celebrated, vii. 42-3, 280
Agape, a Priscillianist woman, iv. 340
Agapius, Bp. of Cæsarea, iii. 219
Agapius, a Manichæan author, his history and works, iii. 282
Agathias, his history of Justinian and his character, viii. 149-50
Agathobulus, a Jewish writer mentioned by Anatolius, iii. 143
Agelius, a Novatian bishop of Constantinople, his history and
character, iii. 99-102
Agobardus, Bp. of Lyons in the ninth century, ii. 329
Agony, a remark upon our Lord's agony in the garden, x. 80,
Agrippa Castor, a writer against Basilides in the second century,
ii. 309
Agrippa the Great, or the Elder. See Herod Agrippa
Agrippa the Younger, son of Herod Agrippa, i. 27, 30. his
several preferments, 30, 31. was a Jew, ib. had the govern-
ment of the temple, 31, 84. his speech to dissuade the Jews
from the war with the Romans, 82, 284-5. raiseth his palace
at Jerusalem, 191-2. intercedes with Claudius in favour of the
Jews, 191
Agrippa (Marcus) confirms the privileges of the Jews in Ionia,
Agrippa, and his son Monbaz, put to death at Rome by Vespa-
sian, according to Josippon, vi. 537
Agrippina, mother of Nero, puts Lollia Paulina to death, i. 20
Ainsworth's account of the seven precepts of Noah, x. 301
Akibas, a Jewish Rabbin of great note, his history and character,
vi. 513, 516
Alaric, his history, so far as written by Zosimus, viii. 118—122.
See Rome
Albinus, procurator of Judea, for money releaseth prisoners, i.
82, 176. succeeded Festus, 80, 83, 176
Alcibiades, a martyr at Lyons, who led a very austere life, ii.
163-4. vii. 169
Aldrich, (H.) commended, i. 436
Alexander, Bp. of Alexandria, his history, iii. 566. his testimony
to the scriptures, 567-8
Alexander, Bp. of Jerusalem, scholar of Clement of Alexandria,
ii. 221. colleague of Narcissus, 326. his honourable testimony
to the same Clement, 222. his history, 414-418. erected a
library at Jerusalem, 419. his character, 419-20. he ordained
Origen, 475. and heard him, 476. his sufferings and martyr-
dom, vii. 311, 357
Alexander, the collier, his ordination, ii. 615
Alexander of Lycopolis, in Egypt, his time and character, iii. 269,
277. vii. 574–576. his testimony to the scriptures, and to the
christian doctrine or philosophy, 576-579
Alexander, one of the martyrs at Lyons, a Phrygian, and by
profession a physician, vii. 165
Alexander Severus. See Severus
Alexandra, widow of Alexander Jannæus, a religious woman,
i. 125
Alexandria, an ancient christian school there, ii. 216
Alexandrian MS. its time and contents, with remarks, v. 80-85
Alogians, said by Epiphanius to have rejected all St. John's
writings, iv. 190-1. viii. 627. never was such a heresy, 628.
Epiphanius's account of them, 629. a groundless supposition
that the Unitarians of the second century rejected John's gos-
pel, 630.
Altar, the communion table not so called in early times, iv. 212
The altar to the unknown God at Athens; the occasion of erect-
ing it, and that the inscription was in the singular number, vii.
319-328
The altar of victory, an account of it, viii. 199–203. and see
Senate
Alypius, Augustine's friend, iii. 279. what induced him to be a
Manichee, 297
Ambrose, Origen's friend, said to have been at first a Marcionite,
ii. 422. his history, 473–475
Ambrose, Bp. of Milan, his time, and character, and works,
iv. 330-1. quotes apocryphal books of the Old Testament,
331. sent ambassador to Maximus by Valentinian the younger,
356. proposes terms for reconciling the Priscillianists to the
church, 360. his confutation of Symmachus's petition, viii. 212-13
Ambrosiaster, quoted, iii. 26. supposed to be Hilary, and author
of A Commentary upon thirteen of St. Paul's epistles, iv. 382
Amelius, his history, and time, and testimony to St. John's gos-
pel, vii. 372-375
Ammianus Marcellinus. See Marcellinus
Ammias, of Philadelphia, said to have been a prophet of the
New Testament, ii. 414
Ammonianus, a learned grammarian, viii. 144 Ammonius, a christian writer, author of a Harmony of the four gospels, and other works; his history and testimony to the books of the New Testament, ii. 438-442. different from Ammonius Saccas, 439. whether his and Tatian's Harmonies are still extant, 442-447. extracts out of a Harmony ascribed to Tatian, 447–454. and out of a Harmony ascribed to Ammonius, 454-456.
Ammonius Saccas, a celebrated heathen philosopher at Alexandria, his history and character, ii. 439-40. different from Ammonius, author of divers christian writings, vii. 446–450 Ammonius, a learned heathen, and grammarian at Alexandria, and afterwards at Constantinople, in the fourth century, master of Socrates, v. 171. viii. 230, 234.
Amphilochius, Bp. of Iconium, his time and works, iv. 290-1. a catalogue of books ascribed to him, 291. his zeal against Arians, and other heretics, unjustifiable, 293-4
Ananus the younger, high-priest, a Sadducee, i. 84, 130. puts St. James and others to death by his council, 83
Anatolius, Bp. of Laodicea in Syria, his history and works, iii. 140-143. his testimony to the scriptures, 143-4
Anatolius, master of Jamblichus, iii. 143
Anatolius, præfect of Illyricum in the time of Constantius, a zealous Gentile, and an author, and much commended by Eunapius and Libanius, viii. 69–72
Andragathias, a philosopher; Theodore of Mopsuestia and Chrysostom studied under him, iv. 393
Andrew, Bp. of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, his time and commentary upon the Revelation, v. 77-79.
Anencletus, an early bishop of Rome, ii. 32
Angels, an opinion of many of the ancient christians concerning the occasion of their fall, iii. 133, 190, 520
Anicetus, Bp. of Rome, ii. 95
Annas and Caiaphas, high-priests, i. 401
Anonymous author of the second epistle ascribed to Clement of Rome, written probably in the third century, ii. 55, 57
Anonymous author of Quæstiones et Responsiones et Orthodoxos, ascribed to Justin Martyr, ii. 128
Anonymous author of the epistle to Diognetus, ii. 140
Anonymous author against Artemon, ii. 402
Anonymous author of the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas, ii.
584-5. his testimony to the scriptures, 586
Anonymous author concerning Discipline, iii. 59
Anonymous author concerning Shows, iii. 57
Anonymous author in praise of Martyrdom, iii. 60
Anonymous author against the Novatian heretic, iii. 62
Anonymous author of Rebaptizing, or of the Baptism of Heretics,
Anonymous author of a Computation of Easter, iii. 71
Anonymous author of a tract concerning the true circumcision,
iii. 110, 276
Anonymous author of a book in verse against the Marcionites,
iii. 169. extracts out of it, 170
Anonymous author of the Acts of Saturninus and others, iii. 560
Anonymous Arian author of a commentary upon the book of Job,
iii. 587
Anonymous Arian author of a discourse in Augustine's works,
Anonymous author of a History of the Manichees, iii. 275
Anonymous writer against the christians at the beginning of
Dioclesian's persecution, of whom Lactantius gives an account,
vii. 471-474
Anthimus, Bp. of Nicomedia, his martyrdom, iii. 204, 210
Anthimus, Bp. of Tyana in Cappadocia, contemporary with Basil,
Antichrist, opinions concerning him, iii. 134, 173
Antioch, Bishops of that church from the apostles to Theophilus
the sixth Bishop, ii. 203. who was succeeded by Maximin,
and he by Serapion the eighth, 264. their successors enume-
rated to the year 260, 589. the great prerogative of that city,
that the disciples were first called christians there, iv. 558. the
number of christians there in the time of Chrysostom, and of
the poor maintained by that church, and the house to be
seen where St. Paul dwelt, 561-2. christian assemblies
more numerous there than at Constantinople, 562. and see
Councils
Antipater, eldest son of Herod the Great, concerned in the
slaughter of the infants at Bethlehem, i. 358. see likewise,
296. his design to poison his father, 360-1, 365. the time of
his last journey to Rome settled, 363–366, his death, 361,
Antipodes, denied by Lactantius, iii. 519. believed by Mani, 309
Antonia, widow of Drusus, her excellent character, i. 246
Antonia, the castle at Jerusalem, described, i. 108
Arrius Antoninus, proconsul of Asia, how he treated the chris-
tians, and the time of his persecution, vii. 58-60
Antoninus the pious, his time, and excellent character, vii. 124-5.
was favourable to the christians, 125. his edict to the states of
Asia, 126-7. the genuineness of it asserted, 128–30. and 196.
he wrote also in favour of the christians to the Thessalonians,
Athenians, and all the Greeks in general, 127.
Antoninus, (Marcus, the philosopher,) his time and character,
vii. 132–135. his passage concerning the christians in his
Meditations, with notes and observations, 135–143. a general
account of the persecutions in his reign, and that he was not
friendly to the christians, and the reasons of it, 144–150. an
account of the martyrdom of Polycarp, and others, at Smyrna,
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