General Index to Socrates' Ecceliastical History

GENERAL INDEX TO SOCRATES' ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

1 Abdas, bishop of Persia, 157.

2 Abgarus, unknown person, excommunicated, 70.

3 Ablabius, an eminent orator, ordained a Novatian presbyter, 159.

4 Abramius of Urimi, 95.

5 Abundantius, a military commander, 156.

6 Acacians, a sect, explanation of their views, 70; meet at Constantinople, 71; meet at Antioch and assent to the Nicene Creed, 94.

7 Acacius, bishop of Amida, 164.

8 Acacius, bishop of Berœa, 150.

9 Acacius, bishop of Cæsarea, 37; helps eject Maximus, 65; composes a creed, 68, 69; deposed, 70; becomes head of sect (see Acacians), 72; with Eudoxius deposes Macedonius, Eleusius, Basil of Ancyra, Dracontius, Neonas, Sophronius, Elpidius, and Cyril, 72, 84.

10 Acacius, martyr, 153.

11 Acesius, a Novatian bishop; his conversation with Constantine, 17.

12 Achab (called John), a false accuser of Athanasius, escapes, 31.

13 Achæa, singular custom among the clergy of, 132.

14 Achetas, a deacon, 50.

15 Achillas, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Peter, 3.

16 Achillas, companion of Arius, 5.

17 Acts of the Apostles, quoted, 133.

18 Adamantius, a bishop in the reign of Constantine, 33.

19 Adamantius, Jewish physician of Alexandria, 159.

20 Adelphius, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

21 Adrianople, battle of, 117.

22 Adultery, peculiar punishment of, in Rome, 127.

23 Adytum of the Mithreum cleared, 79.

24 Aëtius (called Atheus), a heresiarch, 60; character of his heresy, 61, 98, 103, 134.

25 Africanus, an early writer, 60.

26 Agapetus, a Macedonian bishop, accepts the homoousion and supplants Theodosius at Synada, 155.

27 Agapius, an Arian bishop of Ephesus, 134.

28 Agatho, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

29 Agelius, Novatian bishop, 66; expelled by Valens, 99; absent from the Synod of Pazum, 113; advises Nectarius, 122, 123; his death, 124; was bishop for forty years, 129.

30 Agilo, a general under the rebel Procopius, killed, 97.

31 Alamundarus, a Saracen chief, 162.

32 Alaric, a barbarian chieftain, makes war against Rome, 157; takes and sacks Rome, 158; proclaims one Attalus mock emperor, 158.

33 Alemanni, a northern race, 120, 124.

34 Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Achillas, 3; writes circulars on Arian heresy, 3; collects opinions favorable to himself, 6; commended by the Nicene Council, 13; present at the Nicene Council, 19; his death, 20; had deposed Euzoïus, 28.

35 Alexander, bishop of Antioch, 157, 173.

36 Alexander, bishop of Constantinople, opposes Arius, 34; his death, 38.

37 Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, 173.

38 Alexander, bishop of Helenopolis, 173.

39 Alexander, the Macedonian (the Great), date from, 19; Julian compares himself to him, 90; oracle uttered to him, 93; Jews dwelt in Alexandria since his day, 159.

40 Alexander, the Paphlagonian, a Novatian presbyter, 66.

41 Alexandrians, an irritable people, 105.

42 Altar, alleged desecration of, by Macarius, 29; desecration of, by slaves, 171; usually set toward the east, 132; the holy table so called, 132, 140.

43 Alypius, a presbyter of the Alexandrian church, 29.

44 Amachius, governor of Phrygia, persecutes the Christians, 86.

45 Ambrose, a consul, proclaimed bishop of Milan, 113, 114; persecuted by Justina, 124.

46 Ammonius, three bishops of the name exiled under Constantius, 55.

47 Ammonius, a companion of Athanasius and unworldly monk, 108, 109.

48 Ammonius, a Nitrian monk, 160.

49 Ammonius, a pagan grammarian, 126.

50 Ammonius, a poet, 142.

51 Ammonius, one of the "Tall Brothers," 143.

52 Ammonius, bishop of Laodicea, 150.

53 Ammoun, a monk, history of, 106.

54 Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium, 122.

55 Amphion, bishop of Nicomedia, displaced by Eusebius, 20.

56 Amphitheatre, sports of the, 165.

57 Anagamphus, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

58 Anastasia, daughter of the emperor Valens, 99.

59 Anastasia, church of the Novatians so called, 66.

60 Anastasia, church of Gregory of Nazianzus, 120.

61 Anastasian baths, 99.

62 Anastasius, bishop of Rome, 157.

63 Anastasius, a presbyter, friend of Nestorius, 170.

64 Anatolius, Semi-Arian bishop of Berœa, 95.

65 Ancoratus, book so called, 135.

66 Andragathius, a philosopher, instructor of John Chrysostom, 138.

67 Andragathius, a general under Maximus, slays Gratian, 124.

68 Angarum, Novatian Council of, 129.

69 Angels, visions of, 142, 162, 166.

70 Anianus, Semi-Arian bishop of Antioch, exiled, 71.

71 Anicetus, bishop of Rome, 130.

72 Anomoion, term first used at Sardica, 47; again, 69, 84.

73 'Anomœans,' 74, 95, 100.

74 Anthusa, mother of John Chrysostom, 138.

75 Anthemius, prætorian prefect during the minority of Theodosius the Younger, 154.

76 Anthony, a monk of the Egyptian desert, 25; study of nature, by, 107; congratulates Didymus, 110.

77 Anthony, bishop of Germa, persecutes the Macedonians, 170.

78 'Anthropomorphitæ,' 144.

79 Antichrist, 3.

80 Antioch, Synods of, 27, 38, 73, 94; a canon of, 150, 173; creed of, 39, 40, 70, 84, 97; the Emperor Constantius resides in, 41; divisions at, 73, 80, 83, 119, 121, 122, 125, 126.

81 Antiochenes, irritable temper of, 88.

82 Antiochicus and Misopōgōn, book so called, 88.

83 Antiochus, bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia, 146.

84 Antipater, Semi-Arian bishop of Rhosus, 95.

85 Antiphonal singing, 144, 165.

86 Antirrheticus, treatise of Evagrius, 107.

87 Anubion, a bishop in the reign of Constantine, 33.

88 Aphaca, 22.

89 Apollinaris, bishop of Hierapolis, 81.

90 Apollinaris, the elder, a learned man, 74.

91 Apollinaris of Laodicea (son of the former), 74, 75; peculiar views of, 86.

92 Apollinarians, a sect, 74, 75.

93 Apostles, church so called, 21, 35, 148, 177.

94 Apostles, mission-fields of, 23; council of, 133.

95 Apotheoses, pagan, 93, 94.

96 Applauding a preacher, 159.

97 Arabian, Semi-Arian bishop of Andros, 95.

98 Aratus, the Astronomer, 88.

99 Arbathion, a bishop in the reign of Constantine, 33.

100 Arbogastes, a commander under Valentinian the Younger with Eugenius murders his master, 135; commits suicide, 136.

101 Arcadius, emperor, son of Theodosius the Great, 114; proclaimed Augustus, 122; left with imperial authority at Constantinople, 124; assumes the government of the East, 137; summons John Chrysostom to Constantinople to become bishop, 138; commits the charge of affairs among the Goths to Gaïnas, 141; makes terms with him after he had rebelled, 141; proclaims him a public enemy, defeats and slays him, 142; his son Theodosius, the good, is born, 142; banishes John Chrysostom, 149; refuses to attend church on account of John, 151; banishes him again, 151; his death, 153.

102 Archdeacon, office of, 156.

103 Archelaus, governor of Syria, 30.

104 Archelaus, opponent of Manichæism, 26.

105 Ardaburius, Roman general, wages war with the Persians, 162, 163; sent against the usurper John, 165.

106 Areobindus, a Roman general, 162.

107 Arian controversy, beginning of, 3; occasion of, the misunderstanding of the word homoousios, 27; revival of, 36.

108 Arians, dissensions among, 72- 74, 123, 134; inconsistency of, 74; persecutions by, 57, 66, 103, 105; expelled from the churches by Theodosius, 129; excite a tumult in Constantinople, 125; set on fire the bishop's residence, 125; their meetings and nocturnal singing, 144.

109 Ariminum, 56; council of, 61, 67, 84, 101, 102; creed of, 61, 62; epistle of, to the Emperor Constantius, 63.

110 Aristotle, the ancient philosopher, 60, 93.

111 Arius, a presbyter in Alexandria, incited to controvert the unity of the Trinity, 3; relations to Melitianism, 6; anathematized by the Nicene Council, 10; exiled, 10; writes a book Thalia which is condemned, 13; procures his recall by feigning repentance, 20; goes to Constantinople, obtains interview with the emperor, feigns assent to the Nicene Creed, 28; recantation, 28, 29; returns to Alexandria, 29; Athanasius refuses to receive him, 29, 33; renews his efforts to spread his views, 29; is reinstated, 34; excites commotion in the church of Alexandria, 34; is summoned by the emperor to Constantinople, 34; his death, 34, 35; his dissimulation, 60.

112 Arius, partisans of, denounced by Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, 3.

113 Arrenius, bishop of Jerusalem, succeeds Cyril, 74.

114 Arsacius, bishop of Constantinople, succeeds John Chrysostom, 151.

115 Arsenius, Melitian bishop, alleged victim of Anthanasius' witchcraft, 30; appears before the council of Tyre, 31.

116 Arsenius, Egyptian monk, 106.

117 Ascholius, bishop of Thessalonica, attends the Synod of Constantinople, 121.

118 Asclepas, bishop of Gaza, expelled, 42; restored to his see, 51.

119 Asclepiades, Novatian bishop, his defense of their views, 167.

120 Aspar, son of Ardaburius, delivers his father and seizes the usurper John, 166.

121 Asterius, an Arian rhetorician, 33; excommunicated, 70.

122 Athanaric, king of the Goths, 115; submits to Theodosius, 122; his death, 122.

123 Athanasius, Semi-Arian bishop of Ancyra, 95.

124 Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, opposes Arianism in the Council of Nicæa while yet a deacon, 9; quoted, 19; succeeds to the see of Alexandria, 20; incident in his childhood, 20; Life of Anthony by, 25, 106; his ordination objected to, 26; refuses to receive Arius, 29; is therefore threatened by Constantine and conspired against, 29; accused of treason, declared innocent by the emperor, course taken by his opponents, 29, 30; hesitates to appear before the Council of Tyre, but does so when menaced by the emperor, 30; confounds his enemies, 31; protests against the participation of his personal enemies in the council which was trying him and withdraws from their jurisdiction, 31; appeals to the emperor, 32; the Synod deposes him, 32; banished by Constantine, 33; recalled and reinstated by Constantine the Younger, 37; returns to Alexandria and is joyfully welcomed, but is again banished, 37; escapes, 40; is accused of peculation, threatened with death, and flies to Rome, 42; appeals to the emperor and returns to Rome, 43; demands that a Synod should be convened to take cognizance of his deposition, 46; reinstated by the Council of Sardica, 47; recalled by Constantius, 49; repairs to Rome, 50; returns to the East, is admitted to an interview by Constantius, and restored by him to his see, 51; proceeds to Jerusalem, proposes a council of bishops, which is convened there by Maximus, 52; arouses hostility among the Arians by this course, 53; passes to Alexandria and on the way performs ordinations, thus occasioning fresh accusations against himself, 53; convenes a council of bishops in Egypt, 53; the emperor withdraws the immunities granted him and commands that he be put to death, 54; escapes by flight, 54; his account of the atrocities inflicted on Christians by George, 54, 55; a council of bishops assembles at Milan to condemn him, 60; their object is thwarted, 60; his attack on the creed of Ariminum, 62, 63; restored to the see of Alexandria, 80; with Eusebius of Vercellæ calls a council together, 81; his Apology for his Flight, 82, 83; Julian issues an edict for his arrest, but he escapes by flight and secretly returns to Alexandria, 86; after the death of Julian he is restored to the see of Alexandria, 94, 96; hides himself in his father's tomb for four months, 103; the emperor reinstates him, 103; his influence over Valens, 105; his death, 105; quoted, 106, 108.

125 Athenaïs, the pagan name of the empress Eudocia, 164.

126 Athenodorus, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

127 Athens, school of, 77.

128 Attalus, made mock-emperor by Alaric, 158.

129 Atticus, bishop of Constantinople, ordained, 151; friendship of, with Sisinnus the Novatian, 153; his character and learning, 154; progress of Christianity during his administration, 155; receives Persian suppliants, 162; his Christian benevolence, 166; labors to abolish superstitions, 167; changes the names of certain places, 167; his death, 167; succeeded by Sisinnius, 168.

130 Atys, a pagan priest, the founder of certain Phrygian rites, deified, 93.

131 Aurelian, a consular, delivered up to Gaïnas, 141.

132 Auxanon, a Novatian presbyter, 19; cruelly treated, 66.

133 Auxentius, Arian bishop of Milan, refuses to anathematize Arius, 62; deposed by the Synod of Ariminum, 63; death of, 113.

134 Azazene, captives from, ransomed by Acacius of Amida, 164.

135 Babylas, martyr, the relics of, 88.

136 Babylon, 25.

137 Bacurius, a prince among the Iberians, 25.

138 Bacurius, an officer under Theodosius, 135.

139 Baptism, of Constantine the Great, 35; of Constantius, 75; of Theodosius the Great, 120; of Eudocia, 164; customs respecting, 132, 155, 161, 170; form of, changed by some Arians, 135; name given at, 164; great sins after, treatment of, 17, 112, 128, 132, 152, 167.

140 Barbas, Arian bishop, succeeds Dorotheus, 156; his death, 170.

141 Barlamenus, Semi-Arian bishop of Pergamus, 95.

142 Bartholomew, the apostle, goes to India, 23.

143 Basil, bishop of Ancyra, sent to Ancyra, 34, 51, 55, 56; opposes Photinus, 58; fails to appear at the Synod of Seleucia, 68; deposed by Acacius, 72; petitions Jovian, 94.

144 Basil, bishop of Cappadocia, quoted, 108.

145 Basil, bishop of Cæsarea, labors against the Arian heresy, 110; a pupil of Himerius and Prohæresius, 110; also of Libanius, III; studies Origen, 111; ordained a deacon, 111; becomes bishop, 111; is threatened with martyrdom, but escapes, 111; companion of John Chrysostom, 139.

146 Basilicus, excommunicated, 70.

147 Beryllus, bishop of Philadelphia, heresy of, 81.

148 Berytus, 3, 27; school of, 74.

149 Bethlehem, church built in, 21.

150 Bishops, contentiousness of many, 26, 27, 118; dress of, 72, 152; thrones used by, 73, 149, 155; translations irregular, 73; not forbidden, 173; strife at election of, 113, 138, 169, 172, 177; not to interfere with one another, 121, 148; respect shown to, 146; benediction given by, 149; only one in a city, 152; departed, mention of, in church service, 166.

151 Boniface, bishop of Rome, succeeds Zosimus, 158.

152 Briso, bishop of Philippi, 150.

153 Briso, eunuch in the service of Eudoxia, 149.

154 Britain, Christians of, 15; a Novatian bishop lord-lieutenant of, 158.

155 Buddas (previously called Terebinthus), his death, 25.

156 Burgundians, conversion of, 169, 170.

157 Byzantium, enlarged by Constantine the Great and called Constantinople, 19-21.

158 Cæsarea in Palestine, Eusebius Pamphilus writes to, 11, 39.

159 Cæsareum, church called so in Alexandria, 160.

160 Cæsars, the, Julian's work entitled, 92.

161 Caius, bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

162 Callicrates, bishop of Claudiopolis, 94.

163 Callinicus, a Melitian, used as tool against Athanasius, 29.

164 Calliopius, a presbyter, 166.

165 Callistus, one of Julian's body-guards, writes poetry, 90.

166 Calvary, a temple of Venus erected on its summit by Hadrian, 21.

167 Candles, lighted, used at prayers in the churches of Achæa, 132; of Thessaly, and among the Novatians of Constantinople, 132.

168 Canons, passed by the Nicene Council, 19; Athanasius charged of violating, 38; Macedonius installed contrary to, 43.

169 Carosa, daughter of the Emperor Valens, 99.

170 Carterius, an ascetic, 139.

171 Carterius, a Macedonian, 135.

172 Carya, building called, 153.

173 'Cataphrygians,' the, a sect, 63.

174 Catechising, 10.

175 Catechumens, in the ancient church, 114, 132.

176 Celestinus, bishop of Rome, succeeds Boniface, 158.

177 Ceras, bay of Constantinople, 66.

178 Ceremonial law abrogated, 130.

179 Chalcedon, walls of, destroyed, 99.

180 Chalice, story of the broken, 30.

181 Chanters in the ancient church, how chosen, 132.

182 Chrestus, bishop of Nicæa, displaced by Theognis, 20.

183 Christianity, ridiculed on account of the Arian controversy, 5; its dissemination among the 'Indians' (Ethiopians), 23; the Iberians, 24; the Goths, 115; the Persians, 157; the Burgundians, 170.

184 Christians, their dissensions characterized by outrages, 40; exposed to persecution and torture, 55; real and spurious made manifest by Julian's treatment, 85; persecuted under Julian, 85, 86, 89; a philosopher's opinion on differences between them, 115; slaughtered by the Jews at Alexandria, 159; those in Persia persecuted, 162.

185 Chrysanthus, Novatian bishop of Constantinople, succeeds Sisinnius, 156, 158; his character and virtues, 158; his death, 161.

186 Chrysopolis, 2.

187 Church, history of, written by Eusebius, 1; relations to State, 118.

188 Churches, at Nicæa, 8; at Constantinople, 21, 38, 43, 66, 67, 73, 96, 99, 120, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 150, 171, 175, 177; at Bethlehem, 21; at Jerusalem, 21; at Heliopolis, 22; near the Oak of Mamre, 22; in 'India' (Ethiopia), 23; in Iberia, 24; at Antioch, 38, 97, 119, 120, 126; at Alexandria, 40, 51, 55, 78, 80, 156, 159, 160; at Seleucia, 67, 68; at Cyzicus, 85; at Edessa, 104; at Rome, 109, 158; at Milan, 113; at Chalcedon, 141, 150; at Ancyra, 152.

189 Cinaron, place where Hypatia's limbs were burnt, 160.

190 Clearchus, governor of Constantinople under Valens, 99.

191 Clemens of Alexandria, an early writer, 60, 81.

192 Cleomedes, a pugilist, deified, 94.

193 Clergy, marriage of, 18, 132.

194 Coeternity of the Son of God, 4, 48, 60, 123.

195 Co-inoriginacy of the Son, 45.

196 Colossians, Epistle to the, 130.

197 Comana, death of Chrysostom at, 151.

198 Comet of a prodigious magnitude, 141.

199 Conflict between the Constantinopolitans and the Alexandrians, 149; between the Jews and Christians at Alexandria, 159.

200 Constans, the youngest son of Constantine the Great, 35; favors Athanasius and Paul, 42, 44; threatens war against his brother Constantius, 49; treacherously slain by Magnentius, 53; is presented a creed, 72.

201 Constantia, wife of Licinius and sister of Constantine the Great, 2; interests herself in behalf of Arius, 28; death of, 28.

202 Constantia, a town in Palestine, 22.

203 Constantianæ, bath so named, 99.

204 Constantine, the Great, his life written by Eusebius, 1; proclaimed emperor, 1; conversion of, 2; conflict with Licinius, 2; proclaimed Autocrat, 3; sends Hosius to Alexander and Arius, 6; convokes the Synod of Nicæa, 8; his letters against Arius, Eusebius of Nicomedia, and Theognis, 13-15; his letter to Eusebius Pamphilus on copying the Scriptures, 16; to Macarius on building a church, 16; exhorts the Nicomedians to choose another bishop, 17; summons Acesius the Novatian to the Synod, 17; his devout character, 18; transfers the government of the empire to Constantinople and names the city New Rome, 20; builds churches in it, 20; adorns it, 21; appropriates the nails of the Saviour's cross, 21; abolishes gladiatorial combats, 22; effects various reforms, 22; progress of Christianity under him, 25; receives an Arian presbyter and invites Arius to his presence, 26; orders Athanasius to receive Arius, 29; summons the Council of Tyre to the New Jerusalem, 32; banishes Athanasius, 33; receives Arius, 34; baptism, happy death, and obsequies, 35; tomb and ashes removed by Macedonius, 67.

205 Constantine II., eldest son of Constantine the Great, 35; recalls and reinstates Athanasius, 37; writes to the church of Alexandria, 37; again banishes Athanasius, 37; invades the dominions of Constans, and is slain, 37, 53.

206 Constantine's Forum, 35.

207 Constantinople, named New Rome, 21; embellished, 21; disturbance at, about the choice of a bishop, 38, 41; councils held at, 71, 73, 121, 122, 129, 150; populousness of, 104, 174; patriarchial dignity of its see, 121, 168.

208 Constantius I., father of Constantine the Great, his death, 1.

209 Constantius II., second son of Constantine the Great, 35; succeeds his father and favors an Arian presbyter, 36; transfers Eusebius of Nicomedia to Constantinople, 38; expels Paul, 38; deprives the inhabitants of Constantinople of aid granted by his father, 41; orders Paul to be expelled by force, 42; summons the Eastern bishops to a conference, 49; sustains a check in the war with Persia, 53; proclaimed sole emperor of the East, 53; persecutes opponents of Arianism, 54; makes Gallus Cæsar, 55; resides at Sirmium, 59; goes to Rome, 59; convokes a synod, 59; puts Gallus to death and raises his brother to the dignity of Cæsar, 59; favors the Arian heresy and writes a letter to the Synod of Ariminum, 64; is baptized by Euzoïus and dies of apoplexy, 75, 77.

210 Constantius, brother of Constantine the Great, and father of Julian, 76.

211 Cordova in Spain, 6.

212 Corinth, metropolitan see subject to Rome, 173.

213 Corinthians, First Epistle to, 106.

214 Cornelius, bishop of Rome, 112.

215 Council, an ecumenical first summoned, 8; appeal to, 149.

216 Councils, the largest, convoked by emperors, 118; provincial, 122.

217 Creed, original form of, propounded at the Nicene Council, 10, 11; propounded by Narcissus, Theodore, Maris and Mark, 44; the 'Lengthy,' 45, 46; the 'Dated,' 61; form of, drawn up by Acacius, 69; revised form of the 'Dated,' 70, 71; are approved by Ulfilas, 72.

218 Creeds, of Antioch, 39, 40; of Sirmium, 56, 57, 61; list of, 72.

219 Cross, appearance of, in the sky, to Constantine, 2; to Gallus, 55; discovery of the true, 21; sign of, appears on Jews' cloaks, 89; discovered among the hieroglyphics of the Serapeum, 126, 127; used in processions, 144.

220 Crucifixion, of a boy, 161; of Christians at Alexandria, 79.

221 Cubricus, also called Manes, 25.

222 Cucusus, Paul, bishop of Constantinople strangled at, 54, 122.

223 Cyprus, Council of bishops of, 145.

224 Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Theophilus, 156; persecutes and plunders the Novatians, 156; expels the Jews, 159; seeks the approval of Orestes, the prefect, 159; guilt of, for the murder of Hypatia, 160; deposed by John of Antioch, 172.

225 Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem, installed, 65; appeals to the emperor against the decision of a synod, 70; ejected by Acacius, 72; reinstated, 74; recognizes fulfillment of prophecy, 89, 96; still bishop at the accession of Theodosius the Great, 119; attends the Synod of Constantinople, 121; his death, 126.

226 Cyrinus, bishop of Chalcedon, 148, 151.

227 Cyrus, bishop of Berœa, 27, 39.

228 Dalmatius, brother of Constantine the Great, 76.

229 Dalmatius, nephew of Constantine the Great, appointed to investigate charges against Athanasius, 30; slain, 53.

230 Dalmatius, an ascetic, ordained bishop of Cyzicus, 168.

231 Damasus, bishop of Rome, receives the deposed bishop of Alexandria, 106; occasions commotion at Rome, 113; furnishes Peter with letters, 117; still occupies his see at the accession of Theodosius, 119; reconciled to Flavian, 126; his death, 157.

232 Daphne, Apollo of, 88, 89.

233 Deacon, a, announces a prayer in church, 40; a messenger of Lucifer, 80; a, brings scandal upon the Constantinople church, 128.

234 Decentius, brother of Magnentius, hangs himself, 59.

235 Decius, persecutes the church, 17, 112, 128.

236 Demophilus, Arian bishop, vacillation of, 61; refuses to anathematize Arius, 62; deposed, 63; installed bishop of Constantinople, 103; retains his see at the time of Theodosius, 119; prefers to leave Constantinople rather than accept the homoousion, 120; his death, 124.

237 Desecration of the altar of the Great Church, 171.

238 Deserter, a Persian, his false report, and the burning of the provision-ships, 91.

239 Didymus, a celebrated blind scholar, quoted, 108; account of, 110.

240 Didymus, a monk, lived to be ninety years old, 106.

241 Digamists, 132.

242 Dio-Cæsarea, Jews revolt at, and occasion the destruction of, by Gallus, 59.

243 Diocletian, persecution under, 1, 85, 87; goes into retirement, 2; death of, 2.

244 Diodorus, bishop of Tarsus, invested with the administration of the churches in the East, 122, 139.

245 Diogenes, the cynic philosopher, condemns Apollo, 94.

246 Dionysius, the consul, summons the Council of Tyre, 30.

247 Dionysius, bishop of Alba, exiled by Constantius, 60.

248 Dionysius, author of Corona, 93.

249 Dioscorus, bishop of Hermopolis, one of the 'Tall Monks,' 143; accepts Origen's views, 143; comes to Constantinople, 144; incurs the anger of Theophilus, 145; excommunicated by Epiphanius, 148; his death, 150.

250 Dioscorus, a presbyter, exiled under Constantius, 55.

251 Discipline, among Novatians, 17, 112; among Macedonians and Quartodecimans, 132, 133.

252 Discussion, religious, bad effect of, 22, 26, 123; general, proposed by Theodosius, 122; between Theophilus of Alexandria and the monks, 142, 143.

253 Ditheism, disclaimed, 46; condemned, 56.

254 Divination, pagan, infamous rite at, 86; incites Valens to slay many, 105.

255 Dominica, wife of Valens, impressed with visions respecting the bishop Basil intercedes with the emperor on his behalf, 111; distributes pay to volunteers, 118.

256 Domitian, prætorian prefect, 59.

257 Dorotheus, Arian bishop of Antioch, 119; transferred to Constantinople, 124; his views, 134.

258 Dorotheus, a presbyter, 70.

259 Dositheus, bishop of Seleucia, 173.

260 Dracilian, charged to embellish the church at Jerusalem, 17.

261 Dracontius, Semi-Arian bishop of Pergamus deposed by Acacius, 72, 73.

262 Drepanum, called Helenopolis by Constantius the Great, 21, 22.

263 Drownings in the Orontes, 97, 104.

264 Earthquakes, at Antioch, 40; in Bithynia, 67; at Jerusalem preventing the rebuilding of the temple of the Jews, 89; at Constantinople and other cities, doing great damage, 97; in Bithynia and elsewhere taken as an omen, 100.

265 Easter, discussions as to right time of observance of, 8, 15, 131; week of, 55; observance among Novatians, 112, 129, 130; among other peoples in various places, 131; time not changed by the Nicene Council, 133.

266 Eastern bishops disclaim the interference of the see of Rome, 42.

267 Eastern and Western churches, separation of, 49.

268 Ecclesiastical History, the author's reasons for revising this work on, 36; fit style for, 76; bound up with civil affairs, 118.

269 Ecebolius, the sophist, 76; his hypocrisy, 85.

270 'Economy,' the, of incarnation, 46, 48, 75.

271 Edesius, visits 'India' (Ethiopia), aids in the dissemination of Christianity, and is appointed bishop of Tyre, 23.

272 Edessa, study of Greek at, 39; Athanasius' presbyters at, 50; persecutions at, 104.

273 Eleusius, Semi-Arian bishop of Cyzicus, 66; his cruel persecution of the orthodox, 67-69; deposed by Acacius, 72; associated with Macedonius, 72, 73; professes the Arian creed, repents and advises his people to choose another bishop, but is persuaded by them to remain among them, 97, 98; his flock erect an edifice without the city, 98; superseded by Eunomius at Cyzicus, 98; attends Synod of Constantinople, 121; draws up views for Theodosius I., 123.

274 Elpidius, bishop of Satala, deposed by Acacius, 72.

275 Empedocles, a heathen philosopher, 25.

276 Ephesus, school of, 76; visited by Chrysostom, 146; Council of, 172.

277 Epicureans, a sect of philosophers, 87.

278 Epimenides, a philosopher of Crete, 88.

279 Epiphanius, a sophist, 74.

280 Epiphanius, bishop of Cyprus, author of Ancoratus, 135; instigated by Theophilus of Alexandria, condemns Origen and calls on John to do so, 145; goes to Constantinople and performs uncanonical ordinations, 147; is warned by John, departs from Constantinople, and dies on the return voyage, 148.

281 Epistle, of Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, denouncing the Arian heresy, 3-5; of Constantine to Arius and Alexander, 6, 7; of the Nicene Council, announcing its decisions, 12, 13; of Constantine, to the bishops and people against the impiety of Porphyry and Arius, 13, 14; of the same, to the churches relative to Easter, 14-16; of the same, to Eusebius Pamphilus and bishops elsewhere relative to the erection and maintenance of church edifices, 16; of the same, to Eusebius Pamphilus relative to the preparation of copies of the Scriptures, 16; of the same, to Macarius, relative to the site of the holy sepulchre, 16, 17; of the same, to the Synod of Tyre, 32; of the Synod of Antioch to bishops, 39; another, 40; of Constantius to Athanasius, 49, 50; of Julius, bishop of Rome, to Alexandria on behalf of Athanasius, 50, 51; of Constantius, announcing the restoration of Athanasius, 51, 52; of the same, to the laity, 52; of the same, rescinding the enactments against Athanasius, 52; of the Council of Ariminum to Constantius, 63; of Constantius to the Council of Ariminum, 64; second, of the Council of Ariminum to Constantius, 65; of Julian to the citizens of Alexandria, on the murder of George, 79, 80; of the Synod of Macedonians and Acacians convened at Antioch to Jovian, 94, 95; of the Arians to Liberius, bishop of Rome, 101; of Liberius to the Arians, 101, 102; of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem to the church at Antioch, 134; of Atticus to Calliopius, 166.

282 'Eternal Fatherhood,' denied by Arius, 4; admitted verbally by later Arians, 134.

283 Ethiopica, book under that title, 132.

284 Eucharist, celebrated on Saturday and Sunday, 131, 158; received fasting, 131; not administered to heretics, 143; nor to those under censure, 144; variously celebrated, 131.

285 Eudæmon, a Melitian, used as a tool against Athanasius, 29.

286 Eudæmon, a presbyter of the Constantinopolitan church, counsels the abolition of the penitentiary presbyterate, 128; remarks by the author, 128.

287 Eudocia, wife of the Emperor Theodosius II., writes poem, 164; goes to Jerusalem, 178.

288 Eudoxia, wife of the Emperor Arcadius, provides silver crosses for the Homoousians, 144; incites Epiphanius against John, 148; her silver statue, 150; her death, 151.

289 Eudoxia, daughter of Theodosius II., 177.

290 Eudoxius, bishop of Germanicia, 44; installs himself in the see of Antioch, 61; deposed, 68, 70; gives place to Anianus, 71; promoted to the see of Constantinople, 73, 96; his impious jesting, 73; disturbs the church of Alexandria, 103; his death, 103.

291 Eugenius, a usurper, appointed chief secretary to Valentinian II., causes his master to be strangled and assumes supreme authority, 135; is defeated and beheaded by Theodosius I., 136.

292 Eulalius, bishop of Cæsarea, 72.

293 Eunomians, a sect, 6; formerly called Aëtians, 60.

294 Eunomieutychians, followers of Eutychius, 135.

295 Eunomiotheophronians, followers of Theophronius, 135.

296 Eunomius, Anomœan bishop of Cyzicus, head of the sect of Eunomians, 60; appointed to supersede Eleusius in Cyzicus, 98; his heretical views, 98; seeks refuge in Constantinople, 98; specimens of his impiety, 98; separates from Eudoxius, 103; leader of Arians, 111; draws up statement of the faith for Theodosius I., 123; holds meetings privately, 128, 129; his followers divided, 134.

297 Eunuchs, influence of, at court, 36.

298 Euphemia, a martyr, 141.

299 Euphronius, bishop of Antioch, 27; succeeded by Placitus, 38.

300 Euripides, ancient tragic poet, 88.

301 Eusebia, wife of Constantius, 77.

302 Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, surnamed Pamphilus, writes a history of the Church, 1; quoted, 6, 8, 9; retracts his dissent from the Nicene Creed, 10; his views of the Creed, 10- 12; written to by Constantine, 16; undertakes to record Constantine's deeds, 21; censured by some, 22; treated of Manes, 25; quoted, 26; denies accusation by Eustathius and makes a countercharge, 27; refuses the vacant see of Antioch and is commended therefor by Constantine, 27; refutes the heresy of Marcellus, 34; his death, 37; review and defense of his writings, and quotations from the same, 47, 48; refuted Julian's writings, 93; quoted, 131, 171, 173.

303 Eusebius, bishop of Emisa, early career, 39; made bishop of Alexandria, 39.

304 Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, previously of Berytus, 3; indorses Arius, 3, 5, 6, 8; refuses his assent to the Nicene Creed, 10; exiled, 10; recalled from exile, 20; copy of his recantation, 20; returns to his heretical course, 26; conspires against Athanasius, 29, 33; renews efforts to introduce Arianism, 36; is transferred to the see of Constantinople, 38; sends a deputation to Rome, 40; his death, 41.

305 Eusebius, bishop of Vercellæ, exiled by Constantius, 60; recalled from exile, 80; goes to Alexandria, 80; travels through the East to bring unity in the Church, 83, 84.

306 Eusebius, eunuch, Arian, introduces Arianism into the palace, 36; put to death by the Emperor Julian, 78.

307 Eusebius, 'Scholasticus,' author of the Gaïnea, 142.

308 Eusebius, one of the 'Tall Monks,' 143.

309 Eusebius, unknown person, excommunicated, 70.

310 Eusebius, a consul, 68.

311 Eustathius, bishop of Antioch, 17; accuses Eusebius Pamphilus, 27; deposed, 27, 39; various reasons for this, 27; a follower of Macedonius, 84; ordains Evagrius to the see of Constantinople, 103; is banished by Valens, 103; a reviler of Origen, 147.

312 Eustathius, bishop of Sebastia in Armenia, present at the Synod of Seleucia, 68; deposed for impious practices, 72; joins the Marathonians, 74; heads a deputation to the Emperor Valentinian, 100-102; proceeds to Sicily, 102.

313 Eustathius, an unknown person, deposed, 70.

314 Eustolium, an immoral woman, 54.

315 Euthymius, one of the 'Tall Monks,' 143.

316 Eutropius, a Macedonian presbyter, 135.

317 Eutropius, chief eunuch of the imperial bed-chamber under Arcadius, opposes Chrysostom, 138; provokes him to write an oration against himself, 140; incurs the emperor's displeasure and is beheaded, 140.

318 Eutychian, a Novatian presbyter, 19; miraculous effects attributed to his sanctity, 19.

319 Eutychius, unknown person excommunicated, 70.

320 Eutychius, Semi-Arian bishop of Eleutheropolis, 95.

321 Eutychius, leader among the Eunomians, founds the faction of the 'Eunomiœutychians,' 135.

322 Euxine Sea, 24.

323 Euzoïus, Arian bishop of Antioch, as deacon associates with Arius and is exiled, 28; returns from exile, 28; recants, 29; received by the Synod of Tyre, 32; promoted to the see of Antioch, 73; baptizes Constantine, 75; holds the churches at Antioch, 84; attempts to depose Peter and install Lucius, 105; his death, 116; succeeded by Dorotheus, 119.

324 Evagrius, bishop of Mitylene, deposed, 70; elected bishop of Constantinople by the orthodox, but banished by the emperor, 103.

325 Evagrius, a Christian writer, disciple of two Egyptian monks, both named Macarius, 107; deacon in the church of Constantinople, 107; titles of his books, 81, 107; quotations from, 107, 108, 161; avoids bishopric, his excuse, 109.

326 Evagrius, bishop of Antioch, succeeds Paulinus, 125, 138, 139.

327 Evagrius, Semi-Arian bishop of Sicily, 95.

328 Excommunication, 74, 130, 158.

329 Exemption of clerics from civil office, 52, 71.

330 Exorcism, 109.

331 'Expansion,' Marcellus' theory of, 57.

332 'Exucontians,' a sect, 74.

333 Famine, in Phrygia, 104; among the Persian prisoners, 164.

334 Fasting, in distress, 34; prescribed by Eustathius, 72; forbidden on Sundays, 72, 131; imposed as penance, 128; various customs relative to, 131; required before baptism, 161.

335 Fatalism, taught by Manes, 26.

336 Felix, Arian bishop of Rome, appointed, 65; expelled, 65.

337 Festivals, Christian, origin of, 130.

338 Fidelis, a person of the name, excommunicated, 70.

339 Fire, causes destruction at Constantinople, 17; from heaven consumes the iron tools of the Jews, 89; Persians worship, 157.

340 Firmus, bishop of Cæsarea, 178.

341 Flaccilla, first wife of Theodosius the Great, 114; bears him a son, 124.

342 Flavian, bishop of Antioch, a candidate for the episcopacy, 119; made bishop, 122; other bishops combine against him, 123; uses all means to counteract their influence, 125; his death, 157.

343 'Fortune,' goddess of, 85.

344 Franks, a northern race, invade the Roman territories, 40; subdued by the consul Constans, 41.

345 Fravitus, a Goth, honored with the office of consul, 142.

346 Fritigernes, chief of a division of the Goths, 115.

347 Frumentius, missionary bishop in 'India' (Ethiopia), 23; appointed bishop, 23.

348 Funeral rites, of Constantine the Great, 35; of Paul, bishop of Constantinople, 122; of Theodosius the Great, 137; of the 'Tall Monk' Dioscorus, 150; of Maximian, bishop of Constantinople, 175; of John Chrysostom, 177; of Paul the Novatian, 177.

349 Gaïnas, a Goth, commander-in-chief of the Roman army, 140; rebels against the Romans, 141; approaches Constantinople with an army, 141; is proclaimed a public enemy, 142; defeated, flees to Thrace, and is slain, 142.

350 Gaïnea, a book written by Eusebius Scholasticus, 142.

351 Gaïus, Arian bishop, refuses to anathematize Arius, 62; deposed by the Synod of Ariminum, 63.

352 Galates, son of Valens, 111.

353 Galatians, Epistle of the, 130.

354 Galerius, surname of Maximus, 1.

355 'Galilæans,' Christians called by Julian, 85.

356 Galla, wife of Theodosius the Great, and daughter of Valentinian I., 114.

357 Gallus, Cæsar, nephew of Constantine the Great, invested with the sovereignty of Syria, 55; destroys Dio-Cæsarea, 59; attempts innovations, and is slain therefor by order of Constantius, 59, 77.

358 Gangra, Synod of, 72.

359 'Generation, the Eternal,' 33.

360 George, a learned Arian presbyter, 156.

361 George, Arian bishop of Laodicea, 27; gives an account of Eusebius of Emisa, 39; leads the purely Arian faction at the Council of Seleucia, 68; author of the 'Exucontian sophism,' 74.

362 George, Arian bishop of Alexandria, installed, 41; raises tumult at the arrival of Athanasius at Alexandria, 42, 54; commits horrible atrocities, 54-56; one of the Semi-Arian leaders at the Council of Seleucia, 68; persecutes his opponents, 74; burnt by pagans, 79; his death resented by the Emperor Julian, 79, 80.

363 Germinius, Arian bishop, 57; vacillates, 61; refuses to anathematize Arius, 62; deposed by the Synod of Ariminum, 63.

364 Gladiatorial games, caused to cease by Constantine, 22.

365 Gnostic, the, a book written by Evagrius, 107.

366 Gold, used for churches, 17; for sacred vessels, 164.

367 Gomarius, a rebel general put to death by order of Valens, 97.

368 Gospels, book of the, 159.

369 Goths, invade the Roman territories, and being defeated embrace Christianity, 22; many accept Christianity under Valens, 115; renew their attack against Constantinople and are repulsed.

370 Grammarians, 74, 76, 87, 126, 135.

371 Grata, daughter of Valentinian I., 114.

372 Gratian, proclaimed Augustus, 100; recalls the orthodox bishops, 118; excludes Eunomians, Photinians, and Manichæans from the churches, 119; takes Theodosius as a colleague, 119; obtains a victory over barbarians, 120; slain by Maximus, 124.

373 Greek literature, studied, 39, 156; defense of, 86, 87.

374 Gregory, Arian bishop of Alexandria, designated as such, 39; his installation resisted and resented by the people, 40; ejected from the see of Alexandria, and succeeded by George, 41, 112.

375 Gregory, bishop of Neo-Cæsarea, called Thaumaturgus, 111, 112.

376 Gregory, the Just, recognizes three virtues, 108.

377 Gregory, bishop of Nazianzus, his sketch of the Emperor Julian, 92; associated with Basil, 100, 110; ordains Evagrius, 107; pupil of Himerius and Prohæresius, 110; also of Libanius, 111; studies Origen, 111; made bishop of Nazianzus, 111; transferred to Constantinople, 120; abdicates, 12O; transference of, 173.

378 Gregory, bishop of Nyssa, brother of Basil, 111, 112; becomes patriarch of the diocese of Pontus, 122; pronounces a funeral oration on Melitius of Antioch, 122.

379 Hades, descent of Christ into, 61.

380 Hail of prodigious size falls and is considered ominous, 100.

381 Harpocration, bishop of Cynopolis, 19.

382 Heathen temples in Alexandria demolished, 126.

383 Hebrew, study of, 156.

384 Hebrews, Epistle to the, ascribed to St. Paul, 109, 130.

385 Helena, mother to Constantine the Great, erects a magnificent church on the site of the Holy Sepulchre, 21, 22; also at Bethlehem and on the Mount of Ascension, 21; her death, 21.

386 Helenopolis, previously Drepanum, 21, 35.

387 Heliodorus, bishop of Tricca in Thessaly, reputed author of the Ethiopica, 132.

388 Helion, a Roman of distinction, negotiates with the Persians, 163; conveys the crown to Valentinian, 166.

389 Heliopolis, corrupt practices at, 22.

390 Helladius, bishop of Pontus, 121, 122.

391 Helladius, a pagan grammarian, having slain nine Christians, flies from Alexandria to Constantinople and becomes the teacher of the author, 126.

392 Hellespont, the stronghold of Macedonianism, 74, 97.

393 Heraclides, bishop of Ephesus, a Cypriot by birth, ordained by Chrysostom, 146; his case investigated by a council, 149, 150.

394 Heraclius, bishop of Jerusalem, 74.

395 Heraclius, a priest of Hercules at Tyre, ordained a deacon, 72.

396 Herculius, the surname of Maximian, 1.

397 Heresy, why allowed to arise, 26.

398 Heretics, hostility towards, 169.

399 Hermes, a bishop exiled under Constantius, 55.

400 Hermogenes, a general under Constantius, slain, 41.

401 Hermogenes, a Novatian bishop, 158.

402 Hierax, presbyter, exiled under Constantius, 55.

403 Hierax, a teacher of letters at Alexandria, 159.

404 Hieroglyphics, found in the Serapeum, 126.

405 Hierophilus, bishop of Trapezopolis, 173.

406 Hilary, bishop of Jerusalem, 74.

407 Hilary, bishop of Poictiers, confutes Arianism, 84.

408 Himerius, a sophist of Athens, 110.

409 Hippodrome, place in Constantinople, 21; sports of the, 117, 136, 165, 166.

410 Holy Spirit, divinity of, 74, 81.

411 Homoion, first used at the Council of Ariminum, 61; again by Acacius, 69, 70, 74.

412 Homoiousion, first used by Acacius, 69; again as a counterfeit of homoousion, by Macedonius, 73.

413 Homoousion, first used in the Nicene Council, 10, 94, 101; discussion of the meaning of, 10, 11, 12, 27; accepted, 94, 101-103; rejected by Arians, 68, 84, 119.

414 Honoratus, first prefect of Constantinople, 71.

415 Honorius, emperor, son of Theodosius the Great, 124; his birth, 124; assumes the government of the Western Empire, 137; his death, 165.

416 Hosius, bishop of Cordova in Spain, takes letter from Constantine to Arius and Athanasius, 6; present at the Nicene Council, 19; refuses to put out Athanasius from the Council of Sardica, 47; attends the Council of Sirmium, 56; compelled to assent to its decisions, 58, 59; originated the controversy concerning theological terms, 81.

417 Huns, the, vanquish the Goths, 115; ravage Armenia, 138; invade and devastate the territories of the Burgundians, 170.

418 Hymns, processional, sung nightly by the orthodox, origin of, 144.

419 Hypatia, a female philosopher of Alexandria, murdered by the monks, 150.

420 Hypatian, bishop of Heraclea, 56.

421 Hypostasis, used with the meaning of 'essence' or 'subsistence,' 3, 10, 44, 45, 56, 81; with the meaning of 'personality,' 27, 40; various meanings in various authors, 81; rejected by the Acacians, 71; used in the Nicene Council, 10, 102.

422 Hypselopolis, 32.

423 Iberians, converted to Christianity, 24.

424 Ignatius, called 'Theophorus,' third bishop of Antioch, introduces nocturnal hymn-singing into the church, 144.

425 Image of the Father, Christ the, 40

426 'Immortals, the,' Persian troops called so, 163.

427 Impostor, miraculous detection of a Jewish, 161; a Jewish, causes great sacrifice of life under the name of Moses, 175.

428 Incomprehensibility of God, denied by Anomœans, 98.

429 'Indians' (Ethiopians) converted to Christianity, 23.

430 'Indifferent Canon,' the, of the Novatians, 129.

431 Inferiority of the Son, asserted by the Arians, 58.

432 Inmestar, sports of the Jews at, 161.

433 Innocent, bishop of Rome, 157, 158.

434 Innovation, in doctrine, to be avoided, 81.

435 Interment, magnificent, of Constantine the Great, 35; of Theodosius the Great, 137; of Atticus, bishop of Constantinople, 167.

436 Irenæus, grammarian, 81.

437 Irenæus, bishop of Lyons, 81, 130.

438 Irene, virgin daughter of Spyridon of Cyprus, 18.

439 Irene, church so called, 21, 34, 38, 43.

440 Irenion, Semi-Arian bishop of Gaza, 95.

441 Isacocis, Semi-Arian bishop of Armenia Major, 95.

442 Ischyras, pretended presbyter, maligns Athanasius, 30; exposed, 31; made a bishop, 47.

443 Isdigerdes, king of Persia, converted to Christianity, 157; his death, 157, 161.

444 Isidore, an Egyptian monk, professes perfection, 107.

445 Isidore, a presbyter of Alexandria, opposes the ordination of John, 138.

446 Ision, a Melitian used as a tool against Athanasius, 29.

447 Jerusalem, visited by Helena, 21; church erected in, 21, 30, 32; synod held in, 32, 52, 54; visited by Eudocia, 178.

448 Jews, of Dio-Cæsarea, revolt, 59; attempt to rebuild the temple of Solomon, 89, 90; irregular observance of Passover by, 15, 130, 131, 133; not converted by the healing of a paralytic, 155; expelled from Alexandria, 159; outrageous conduct of, at Jerusalem, 161; many converted in Crete in consequence of the doings of the Pseudo-Moses, 175.

449 Johannites, the, adherists of John Chrysostom, so called, 151; conciliated by Atticus, 166.

450 John, called also Achab, Melitian, 31.

451 John, bishop of Jerusalem, succeeds to the see, 126.

452 John, bishop of Gordium, 173.

453 John, bishop of Constantinople, called Chrysostom, ordained bishop, 138; his birth and previous education, 138, 139; his works, 139; ordained presbyter by Paulinus, 139; draws on himself the displeasure of many, 140; his treatment of Eutropius, 140; becomes increasingly celebrated, 144; institutes processional singing, 144; ordains Heraclides bishop of Ephesus, 146; warns Epiphanius, 148; expelled by the Synod 'at the Oak,' 148, 149; banished, 149; returns on account of sedition among the people, 149; preaches against Eudoxia, the empress, 150; exiled a second time, 150; dies in exile at Comana, 151; his name registered in the diptychs, 166; his remains removed to Constantinople, 177.

454 John, secretary of Theodosius II., usurps the sovereign power, 165; put to death, 166.

455 John, bishop of Antioch, deposes Cyril, but is reconciled to him, 172.

456 John, the Apostle, First Catholic Epistle of, 171.

457 Josephus, author of Jewish Antiquities, 131.

458 Jovian, Emperor, prefers, while still an officer in the army, to resign his office rather than renounce Christianity, 85; proclaimed emperor, 90; closes the Persian war, 91; publicly accepts the 'homoousian' creed, and shuts up the pagan temples, 94; proclaims general tolerance, 95; is declared consul at Antioch, but dies suddenly, 95.

459 Judaizing not consistent with Christianity, 133.

460 Judgments of God mysterious, 26.

461 Julian, Emperor, made Cæsar, 59; rebuilds a Novatian church, 66; proclaimed emperor, 75; his early education, 76, 77; is married to the emperor's sister, 77; a civic crown falls upon his head, 77; takes the barbarian king prisoner, acts independently of Constantius, throws off Christianity, and excites a civil war against Constantius, 77; makes a public entry into Constantinople, 77; recalls the exiled bishops, 78; commands the pagan temples to be opened, enforces economy in the household, reforms modes of travelling, patronizes literature and philosophy, and writes against the Christians, 78; resents the murder of George of Alexandria, and writes to the citizens of Alexandria on the subject, 79; recalls bishops Lucifer and Eusebius from exile, 80; becomes hostile to Christians, favors pagan superstitions, and is rebuked by Maris, the blind bishop of Chalcedon, 85; excludes Christians from the study of Greek literature to disable them for argument, and interdicts their holding official positions, 85; endeavors to bribe their compliance, goes to war with the Persians, and extorts money from the Christians, 85; seeks to apprehend Athanasius, and mocks the Christians, 86; accelerates his movements against the Persians, 88; oppresses the trade of Antioch, opens the pagan temples of that city, and endeavors to obtain an oracle from Apollo of Daphne, but fails, 88; commands the prefect to persecute Christians, and cruelly tortures Theodore, 89; receives and abruptly dismisses the Persian envoys, orders the Jews to rebuild the temple of Solomon at the expense of the public treasury, 89; thwarted in this by earthquakes, fire, etc., 90; invades Persia, believes he is second Alexander, and refuses to wear armor, and is mortally wounded, 90; the pagans lament his death, 90; Libanius composes funeral oration, 91; estimate of his character, 92; his obsequies, 95, 96.

462 Julius, bishop of Rome, declines to appear at the Synod of Antioch, 38; affords Athanasius a refuge, 42; vindicates the privileges of the see of Rome, 42, 43; defends Athanasius, 43; censured by some, 47; writes to Alexandria, 50; his death, 59.

463 Justa, daughter of Valentinian, 114.

464 Justina, wife of Valentinian I., 114; persecutes and banishes Ambrose of Milan, 124.

465 Justus, father of Justina, his remarkable dream for which he is assassinated, 114.

466 Juvenal, bishop of Jerusalem, 172.

467 Kingdom of Christ, everlasting, 44, 45, 56.

468 Knowledge, complete, of God, Arius denies the Son to have, 4; Eunomius asserts men to have, 98.

469 Laity, right of, in episcopal elections, 38, 129, 138.

470 Lamps, prayers at lighting of, 132.

471 Lampsacus, Council of, 97.

472 Lauricius, a military commander under Constantius, 68; at the Council of Seleucia, 70; exiles Anianus, 71.

473 Law, study of, 112, 138, 139.

474 Layman, a, made arbitrator, 174.

475 Lent, 54; varieties of usage as to, 131.

476 Leonas, an official under Constantius, 68, 69; summarily dissolves the Council of Seleucia, 70; exiles Anianus, 71.

477 Leontius, bishop of Antioch, 54, 60; his death, 61.

478 Leontius, bishop of Tripolis in Lydia, deposed, 70.

479 Leontius, bishop of Comana, 94.

480 Leontius, Novatian bishop at Rome, 125.

481 Leontius, bishop of Ancyra, 150, 152.

482 Leontius, a sophist, father of the Empress Eudocia, 164.

483 Libanius, the Syrian rhetorician, surreptitiously instructs Julian, 76; address orations to the emperor and to the Antiochenes, 88; composes a funeral oration on Julian, 91; refutation of it, 91-94; instructs Basil and Gregory, 111; instructs John Chrysostom and others, 138, 139.

484 Liberius, bishop of Rome, elevated to the see, 59, 96; exiled and reinstated, 65; receives a deputation of bishops and dismisses them, 100-103, 119.

485 Licinius, a Dacian, is appointed successor to Maximian Galerius, 1; persecutes the Christians, 2; deceives Constantine by his craft, but is defeated by him, 2; compelled to live at Thessalonica, rebels, 3; his death, 3, 16.

486 Linen vestments, 29.

487 Loaves of benediction, 158.

488 Logos, eternal and uncreated, 4; personal, 45.

489 Lucian of Arca, Semi-Arian bishop, 95, 109.

490 Lucifer, bishop of Carala, appointed to the see of Antioch, 80; constitutes Paulinus their bishop and departs to Antioch, 80, 83; his adherents become a sect, he leaves them and returns to Sardinia, 84.

491 Lucius, bishop of Adrianople, expelled and restored, 42, 51; dies in prison, 54.

492 Lucius, Arian bishop at Alexandria, 80, 96; installed in the episcopal chair of Alexandria, 105; attacks the Egyptian monasteries, 109; attempts to ordain the Saracen Moses, 116; expelled, 117; retains authority although absent, 119.

493 Lyons, city in Gaul, 59.

494 Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem, written to by Constantine, 16; present at the Nicene Council, 19; aids Helena in recovering the cross, 21; dies, 38.

495 Macarius, a presbyter, conducted in chains to the Council of Tyre, 30.

496 Macarius, monk, 'the Egyptian,' 107; gives lesson in contentment, 108; exiled, 109.

497 Macarius, monk, 'the Alexandrian,' 107; exiled, 109.

498 Macarius, Novatian, 129.

499 Macedonians, the, sect of, 9, 14, 73, 81, 96, 161; correspond with Liberius of Rome, 100-103; accept the Nicene Creed, 101; relapse and reject it again, 119, 121.

500 Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople, a deacon, 38; elected bishop, 41; installed as bishop, 43; massacre on this occasion, 43; holds meetings separately, 51; persecutes those who differ from him, 54; excites tumults and desolates the churches, 65, 66; becomes odious, 67, 68; deposed by Acacius, 72; conspires to excite commotions, 73.

501 Macedonius, bishop of Mopsuestia, 31, 44.

502 Macedonius, a Christian who endured cruel martyrdom, 86.

503 'Macrostich,' creed so called, 44-46.

504 Magi, attempt to deceive Isdigerdes, 157.

505 Magic, 30, 39, 72, 76, 78, 105.

506 Magnentius, slays Constans, 53, 56; becomes master of Rome, 59, 77; is defeated and commits suicide, 59.

507 Magnus, a quæstor, 59.

508 Magnus, an unknown individual, excommunicated, 70.

509 Magnus, Arian bishop of Chalcedon, 95.

510 Magnus, treasurer, 105.

511 Mamre, pagan altar at, a church built instead of, 22.

512 Mancipes, their office, 127.

513 Manes (Manichæus), born a slave, enfranchised and educated, 25; put to cruel death, 26.

514 Manichæans, 55, 119, 144, 171.

515 Mantinium, inhabitants of, defeat the troops of Macedonius, 67.

516 Marathonius, bishop of Nicomedia, 66, 74.

517 Marcellus, bishop of Ancyra, deposed, 33, 44, 45; is restored, 34; expelled and restored, 42; reinstated by the Council of Sardica, 47; refuted by Eusebius Pamphilus, 48; restored to his see by Constantius, 51; again ejected, 54; succeeded by Basil, 72.

518 Marcian, a Novatian presbyter, 99.

519 Marcian, Semi-Arian bishop of Lampsacus, 121.

520 Marcian, Novatian bishop of Constantinople, 129; his death, 138.

521 Marcian, Novatian bishop in Scythia, succeeds Paul at Constantinople, 178.

522 Marcus Aurelius, emperor, 92.

523 Mardonius, a eunuch, 76.

524 Mareotes, a district of Alexandria, so called, 29, 31, 43.

525 Marinus, Arian bishop of Constantinople, succeeds Demophilus, 124; his views, 134.

526 Maris, Arian bishop of Chalcedon, defends Arianism, 9; refuses to assent to the Nicene Creed, 10; conspires against Athanasius, 29, 33, 41, 44; joins the Acacians, 71; reproves Julian, 85.

527 Mark, a Syrian bishop under Constantius, 44; exiled, 55.

528 Mark, another bishop exiled under Constantius, 55.

529 Mark, bishop of Arethusa, 56.

530 Marriage, not allowed after ordination, 18; condemnation of, heretical, 72.

531 Martyrdom, eagerness for, 105.

532 Martyrius, one of the authors of the 'Lengthy Creed,' 44.

533 Maruthas, bishop of Mesopotamia, treads on Cyrinus' foot, 148, 151; sent on a mission to the king of Persia, 156; cures the king by his prayers, 157.

534 Mary, the Blessed Virgin, 56, 170.

535 Massacre at the installation of Macedonius, 43.

536 Matthew, the Apostle, preaches to the Ethiopians, 23.

537 Mavia, queen of Saracens, heads a revolt against the Romans and offers to lay down arms on certain conditions, 116; the Roman generals consent, 116; gives her daughter in marriage to Victor, the commander-in-chief of the Roman army, 116; enables the inhabitants, of Constantinople to repulse the Goths, 118.

538 Maxentius, made emperor by the Prætorians, his atrocious acts, 1; drowned, 2.

539 Maximian, surnamed Herculius, lays aside the imperial dignity, 1; attempts to regain it, 1; dies at Tarsus, 1.

540 Maximian, bishop of Constantinople, succeeds Nestorius, 173; his death and funeral obsequies, 175.

541 Maximin, Cæsar (Maximian Galerius) appointed by Maximian, 1.

542 Maximin, a governor of Rome, 113.

543 Maximin, assessor in the Roman armies, accompanies Helion to Persia, is imprisoned, released, and concludes a treaty of peace, 163.

544 Maximus, bishop of Jerusalem, 38, 52; ejected, 65.

545 Maximus, of Ephesus, a philosopher, put to death as practicer of magic, 76; deludes Julian, 90; taught Sisinnius, 129.

546 Maximus, of Byzantium, distinguished from preceding, 76.

547 Maximus, bishop of Seleucia, 139.

548 Maximus, usurper, 25; causes Gratian to be assassinated, 124; is admitted by Valentinian II. as his colleague, 124; Theodosius puts him to death, 125.

549 Maximus, Novatian bishop of Nicæa, 113.

550 Meletius (or Melitius), bishop of Sebastia, transferred to Berœa and thence to Antioch, exiled by Constantius, 72, 73; holds assemblies at Antioch, 83, 84; recalled by Jovian, 94, 95; expelled by Valens, 97; his death, 111, 122; funeral oration of, by Gregory of Nyssa, 111, 122; retained his see at the accession of Theodosius, 119, 120.

551 Meletius (Melitius), bishop of Alexandria, deposed, becomes the head of the sect called Melitians, 5, 6; restored to communion by the Nicene Council, 12, 13.

552 Melitians, their origin and union with the Arians, 5; separated from the church, 13; accuse Athanasius of crimes, 29.

553 Memnon, bishop of Ephesus, 172.

554 Menander, Greek poet, 81.

555 Menedemus, suffers martyrdom, 104.

556 Meropius, a Tyrian philosopher, murdered, 23.

557 Merum, martyrs at, 86.

558 Methodius, bishop of Olympus in Lycia, author of Xenōn, 147.

559 Metrodorus, a philosopher, 23.

560 Metrophanes, bishop of Constantinople, succeeded by Alexander, 35.

561 Milan, Synod of, 60; tumult at, and ordination of Ambrose, 113, 114.

562 Miracles, 18, 23, 25, 109, 111, 112, 161, 174, 175.

563 Misopōgōn, book so called written by Julian, 88.

564 Mithra, murderous rites in the temple of, unveiled, 78, 79.

565 Mithreum, cleansed, 79; demolished, 126.

566 Modestus, the prefect, burns eighty pious men in a ship, 104.

567 Monasticism, extension of, 66, 109, 161; harassed by Arians, 106.

568 Monk, the, treatise by Evagrius, 107.

569 Monks, of Egypt, their remarkable lives, 106, 107; their sufferings and Christian endurance, 108, 109; the 'Tall,' of Alexandria, 143.

570 Monks, to the, living in communities, treatise by Evagrius, 107.

571 Montanus and Montanism, 27, 63, 171.

572 Mopsucrene, Constantius dies at, 75.

573 Mopsuestia, 44.

574 Moses, bishop of the Saracens, at the instance of Queen Mavia he is ordained, 116.

575 Mulvian bridge, battle at, 2.

576 Mursa, battle near, 59.

577 Mysteries, name applied to the Eucharist, 17, 112, 128, 145.

578 Mythology, the pagan, impure, 93, 94.

579 Nails of the cross, the, 22.

580 Names, many persons change their, to avoid death from suspicion, 105; Atticus, changes ill-omened, 167.

581 Narcissus, bishop of Neronias, under Constantius, 44, 54, 72.

582 Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem, 173.

583 Narsæus, Persian general, 162.

584 Nectarius, bishop of Constantinople, elected, 121; consulted by Theodosius the Great as to points of difference between the Christian sects, 122, 123; abolishes the office of penitentiary presbyter, 128; his death, 138.

585 Neonas, bishop of Seleucia, ejected, 72.

586 Nepotian, a usurper, assumes the sovereignty of Rome and is slain, 53.

587 Nestorius, a governor of Alexandria, 52.

588 Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, native of Germania, invited to Constantinople, 169; persecutes the Macedonians, 170; his heresy, 171; deposed by the Synod of Ephesus, 172; banished to the Great Oasis, 172.

589 New Jerusalem, church called by the name, 21, 32.

590 'New Rome,' Constantinople called, 21, 22.

591 Nicæa, Council of, summoned by Constantine, 8; Eusebius Pamphilus' account of it, 10-12; names of bishops present, 19; period of the assembly of, 19; did not alter the time of celebrating Easter, 131.

592 Nice, town in Thrace, Arians hold a council at, 65.

593 Nicene Creed, 10; Arians scheme to subvert, 39, 47; not to be changed, 62, 70, 102.

594 Nicocles, a grammarian, 76.

595 Nicolaus Damascenus, a Greek writer, 167.

596 Nilammon, a bishop exiled under Constantius, 55.

597 Nile, superstitious views of its inundations, 22; Athanasius on the, 86.

598 Nisibis, 91, 162.

599 Nitria, monks of, 106, 160.

600 Nocturnal services, 144.

601 Novatianism, principle of, 17; origin of, 112.

602 Novatians, orthodox as to faith, 18, 66, 100, 123, 125, 128, 167; persecuted by the Arians, 66, 100; alter their Easter, 113; divided among themselves respecting it, 129, 134.

603 Novatus, presbyter of the Roman church, 42, 112; secedes from it, 112; suffers martyrdom, 112.

604 Oak, Council of the, 149.

605 Oak of Mamre, 22.

606 Oasis, the Great, 55, 172.

607 Oaths, 35, 99, 112, 130, 141, 146.

608 Œnomaus, philosopher, condemns Apollo, 94.

609 Olympius, a Thracian bishop proscribed by Constantius, 54.

610 Optatus, pagan prefect of Constantinople under Arcadius, 151.

611 Optimus, bishop of Antioch in Pisidia, 122, 173.

612 'Oracles, the Christian,' the New Testament, so called, 60.

613 Oracles, pagan, 22, 88, 93, 94, 99, 105.

614 Ordination, necessity of, 30; refused to the lapsed, 33; the Holy Spirit conveyed at, 70.

615 Orestes, prefect of Alexandria under Theodosius II., 159; opposes Cyril, bishop of that city, 159; is attacked by the monks, 160.

616 Origen, views of, 49, 60, 74, 81, 132, 143, 171; works of, 110; pupils of, 112, 156; condemned by Theophilus, 144, 147; defense of, 147, 148; contrast between treatment of, and treatment of Chrysostom, 177.

617 Origenists, a party in the church so called, opposed to the Anthropomorphitæ, 145.

618 Origen's principles, on, treatise by Didymus, 110.

619 Otreius, bishop of Melitena, 122.

620 Ousia, used by the Nicene Council, 10; various meanings of, 81; rejected by Acacians, 58, 62, 71; accepted later by the same, 95.

621 Š

622 Pagan rites, 79, 86, 126.

623 Palladius, governor of Egypt under Valens, 105.

624 Palladius, bishop of Helenopolis, 173.

625 Palladius, a monk, disciple of Evagrius, 109.

626 Palladius, a celebrated courier, 163.

627 Pallium (philosopher's cloak), 78, 94.

628 Pambos, an Egyptian monk, 107.

629 Pamphilus, 81, 112.

630 Pancratius, bishop of Pelusium, 56.

631 Paphlagonia, Arian violence in, 67; temperament of people of, 112.

632 Paphnutius, bishop of Upper Thebes, 8; honored by the emperor for the truth's sake, 18; opposes an austere view of marriage, 18.

633 Parembole, a gnostic monk from, 108.

634 Pasinicus, bishop of Zelæ (Zena), 94.

635 Patricius, Arian bishop of Paltus, 95.

636 Patripassians, a heretical sect, 46, 101, 102.

637 Patrophilus, Arian bishop, conspires against Athanasius, 33; ejects Maximus, 65; not present at the Synod of Seleucia, 68; deposed, 70; Acacius favors him, 73, 101.

638 Paul, bishop of Tyre, 31.

639 Paul of Samosata ('The Samosatan'), 33, 45, 47, 56, 57, 171.

640 Paul, bishop of Constantinople, elected, 38; ejected by Constantius, 38; reinstated, 41; again expelled, 42; returns to Rome, 44; again reinstated by the Council of Sardica, 47, 49, 51; strangled, 54; his body honorably interred by Theodosius the Great, 122.

641 Paul, the Apostle, at Athens, 127; his opposition to Judaism, 130.

642 Paul, reader, associated with John Chrysostom, 149.

643 Paul, Novatian bishop at Constantinople, 161; exposes a Jewish impostor, 161; his piety, 169; preserves a church from burning, through his prayers, 175; his death, 178.

644 Paulinus, bishop of Treves, exiled by Constantius, 60.

645 Paulinus, bishop of Antioch, ordained by Lucifer, 80, 93, 96; left unmolested by Valens, 97; retains a portion of the church, 119; protests against the association with him of Meletius, 119.

646 Pazum, Novatian Council of, 113, 129.

647 Pelagius, Semi-Arian bishop of Laodicæa, accepts the Nicene Creed, 95; invested with the administration of the churches in the East, 122.

648 Pelargus, church at, 66, 175.

649 Pelusium, 53.

650 Penitentiary presbyter, office of, abolished, 128.

651 Perigenes, bishop of Patræ, 173.

652 Persia, bishop of, at Nicæa, 8; wars with, 53, 85, 88, 162; spread of Christianity in, 156, 157; persecution of Christians in, 162.

653 Peter, bishop of Alexandria, suffers martyrdom, 3; deposed by Meletius, 5; celebration of martyrdom of, 20.

654 Peter, another bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Athanasius, 105; is deposed and imprisoned, 105; exposes the falsehoods of Sabinus the Macedonian, 106; returns from Rome, 117; his death, 117.

655 Peter, implicated in accusations against Athanasius, 33.

656 Peter, Semi-Arian bishop of Sippi, 95.

657 Peter, a monk, brother of Basil, 111.

658 Peter, archpresbyter of the church of Alexandria, 144.

659 Peter, a reader, ringleader in the murder of Hypatia, 160.

660 Pharmaceus, a port in the Euxine, name of, changed, 167.

661 Philadelphia, Synod of, 81.

662 Philip, prætorian prefect under Constantius, entraps the bishop Paul, 42, 43.

663 Philip, a learned presbyter of Side, author of Christian History, 168; a candidate for the see of Constantinople, 172.

664 Philippopolis, Arian Council of, 47, 49.

665 Philo, bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

666 Philosophers, Julian claims to be one of them, 78, 164; many resort to him, 78; disagreement among, 7, 115.

667 Philosophy, studied among Christians, 87, 88, 110, 129, 154; applied to ascetic life, 24, 107.

668 Philumenus, 29.

669 Phœbus, excommunicated, 70.

670 Photinus, bishop of Sirmium, heresy of, 44, 45; deposed, 56, 58; exiled, 58; Nestorius accused of following, 171.

671 Phrygians, temperament of, 112.

672 Pilate, tablet of, recovered, 21.

673 Pior, an Egyptian monk, 106.

674 Piso, Semi-Arian bishop of Adana, 95.

675 Piso, Semi-Arian bishop of Augusta, 95.

676 Piterus, a learned Egyptian monk, gave scientific lectures, opening with prayer, 107.

677 Placidia, mother of Valentinian III., and daughter of Theodosius the Great, 114, 166.

678 'Placidian,' an imperial palace so called, 149.

679 Placitus (Flaccillus), bishop of Antioch, 38, 54, 97.

680 Plato, ancient philosopher, 60, 87, 90, 92, 156, 160.

681 Plintha, commander-in-chief under Theodosius II., 134.

682 Pliny, a bishop exiled under Constantius, 55.

683 Plotinus, 160.

684 Pneumatomachi, party among the Arians, 74.

685 Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, suffered martyrdom under Gordian, 130.

686 Polycarp, bishop of Sextantaprista, 173.

687 Polytheism, Arians charged with, 27; pagan philosophy teaches, 87.

688 Porphyry, an author, attacks Christianity, 14; surnamed the 'Tyrian old man,' 91; his History of Philosophers, 91.

689 Porphyry, bishop of Antioch, 157.

690 'Porphyry Column,' the, 21, 35.

691 Prayer, efficacy of, in divers cases, 135, 144, 157, 165, 174, 175.

692 Prayers, variously performed in different churches, 133.

693 Preaching, Chrysostom's, 140; as a means of amassing wealth, 146; Atticus', 154; Proclus', 168, 176.

694 Presbyter, an (unnamed) Arian, influence of, 28.

695 Presbyters, priestly functions of, 30; benediction given by, 72; represent bishops, 8, 95; not allowed to preach at Alexandria, 132.

696 Probus, a consul, committed with the chief administration of affairs in Italy during the minority of Valentinian II., 124; leaves Italy and retires to Thessalonica, 124.

697 Proclus, bishop of Cyzicus, a presbyter, 168; ordained to the bishopric, 168; transferred to Constantinople, 175; his virtues, 175, 176; preaches on Ezekiel's prophecy, 176; conciliates those who had seceded from the church, 176; makes an unprecedented ecclesiastical appointment, 178.

698 Procopius, usurper, seizes the imperial throne, 97; marches with an army against Valens, is defeated and put to a horrible death, 97.

699 Procopius, a Roman general, holds a command in the war with the Persians, 163.

700 Prohæresius, celebrated rhetorician of Athens, 110.

701 Protogenes, bishop of Sardica, 47.

702 Protopresbyter, office of the, 144.

703 Providence, mysterious counsels of, 26; denied by Epicureans, 87.

704 Psalmody, 40, 89, 177.

705 Psamathia, 29.

706 Psathyrians, a party among the Arians, 134.

707 Psenosiris, a bishop exiled under Constantius, 55.

708 Psilanthropism, 33, 34, 44, 47, 171.

709 Pythagoras, ancient philosopher, 25, 90.

710 Pythonic demon, expelled, 22.

711 Quartodecimans, excommunicated by Victor, bishop of Rome, 130; claim to have received their custom as to Easter from the Apostle John, 131; discipline among the, 132; deprived of their churches by John, 146, 151; persecuted by Nestorius, 169.

712 Queen, the, of Iberia, converted to Christianity through a captive maid, spreads the gospel, 24.

713 Quibbles, of Arians, 73.

714 Readers, sign the creed of Seleucia, 68; Julian made one, 77; Sisinnius as one, 123; at Alexandria, 132; one carries message, 138; John appointed one, 139; Paul associated with John Chrysostom, 149; Proclus begins as one, 175.

715 Reverentius, bishop of Arca, 173.

716 Rheginus, author of the work called Polymnemon, 93.

717 Rhetoric, study of, 76, 110, 111, 161, 173, 175.

718 Rings, made use of by the Jews of Alexandria in a conspiracy against the Christians, 159.

719 Romans, Epistle to the, 87, 98, 171.

720 Rome, church of, has authority, 38, 42; Athanasius visits, 42; Cathedral of Peter and Paul at, 109; abuses in, suppressed by Theodosius, 127; taken and sacked by the barbarians, 157, 158.

721 Rougas, chief of the barbarians who invaded Rome under Theodosius II., 176.

722 Rufinus, presbyter, author of Ecclesiastical History, 20, 25, 36, 89, 109.

723 Rufinus, prætorian prefect, slain, 138.

724 Rufus, bishop of Thessalonica, 175.

725 Rusticula, Novatian bishop at Rome, 158.

726 Sabbatius, a converted Jew, promoted by Marcian the Novatian, to the office of presbyter, 129; occasions division in the church, 129; separates from the Novatians, 155, 156; procures ordination as bishop, 158; his death, 167.

727 Sabbatius, Arian bishop, succeeds Barbas, 170.

728 Sabellius (and Sabellianism), heretic, leader of a heretical sect, 3, 27, 46, 47, 56, 81, 101, 102, 115.

729 Sabinian, Semi-Arian bishop of Zeugma, 95.

730 Sabinus, Macedonian bishop at Heraclea and author of the Collection of Synodical Canons, speaks slightingly of the Nicene Council, 9; praises Constantine, 14; gross partiality of his work, 42, 44, 47, 68, 95, 103, 105.

731 Sallust, prætorian prefect under Julian, 89.

732 Samaritans, offshoots from the Jews, 133.

733 Sanctuary, privilege of, 125, 140, 171, 172.

734 Saracens, revolt against the Romans, 116; peace established, 116; join with the Persians, 162.

735 Sardica, Council of, 34, 46, 49, 54.

736 Sarmatians, invade the Roman territory, are defeated and Christianized, 22; war with, 114.

737 Saturday, called 'the Sabbath,' usually a holiday, 131, 144, 178.

738 Saturninus, a consular, delivered up to Gaïnas, 141.

739 Scitis, 106.

740 Scriptures, copies of, to be made, 16; study of, 39, 110, 139, 165; (by the Apollinares), 87, 88; literal sense of, 92, 93, 139; mystical sense of, 108, 120, 121, 132; difficulties in, 92; quoted on both sides in the Novatian controversy, 112; read and explained in the churches, 132; comments on, 165; translated by Ulfilas into the language of the Goths, 115.

741 Scythian, a Saracen so named, corrupted the truth, 25.

742 Scythians, a bishop of, present at the Nicene Council, 8; a Novatian bishop among the, 178; temperament of, 112.

743 Scythopolis, 39.

744 Sebastian, a Manichæan officer, 55.

745 Sects, tendency of, to subdivide, 134.

746 Secundus, Arian bishop of Ptolemais, refuses to receive the Nicene Creed, 10; denounced by the Nicene Council, 12.

747 Secundus, father of Chrysostom, 138.

748 Seditious movements at Antioch occasioned by the deposition of Eustathius, 27.

749 Selenas, bishop of the Goths, 134.

750 Seleucia, Council of, 61, 67, 75; creed of, 69.

751 Sepulchre, the Holy, recovered, 21.

752 Serapion, bishop of Antioch, 81.

753 Serapion, bishop of Thmuis, 108.

754 Serapion, deacon in the Constantinopolitan church, 139; his arrogance, 146; is ordained bishop of Heraclea in Thrace, 150.

755 Serapis, 22; temple of (called Serapeum), destroyed, 126; singular hieroglyphics found in it, 126; invoked by Julian, 79.

756 Severa, wife of Valentinian I., 114.

757 Severian, bishop of Gabala, 146, 148.

758 Severus, appointed Cæsar by Maximian, sent to Rome to seize the Emperor Maxentius, 1.

759 Sicine, Palace of, 113.

760 Sicily, council held in, 102.

761 Side, birthplace of Troïlus the Sophist and of Philip the presbyter, 168.

762 Silvanus, usurper, defeated by Constantius, 59.

763 Silvanus, Semi-Arian bishop of Tarsus, takes part in the Council of Seleucia, 68; petitions Jovian, 94; sent to Rome on a deputation, 100; subscribes a confession of faith, 101; answered by Liberius, 102.

764 Silvanus, bishop of Philippopolis, 173; transferred to Troas, 174; his praiseworthy administration, 174.

765 Silver statue of Eudoxia, 150.

766 Siricius, bishop of Rome, 157.

767 Sirmium, 55; Council of, 56; creeds of, 56, 57, 58.

768 Sisinnius, Novatian bishop of Constantinople, reader to Agelius, 123; ordained bishop, 129; succeeds Marcian, 129; his learning, eloquence, grace of person, and some examples of his wit, 152; his death, 156; succeeded by Chrysanthus, 156.

769 Sisinnius, bishop of Constantinople, succeeds Atticus, 168; ordains Proclus to the see of Cyzicus, 168; his death, 169.

770 Sistra, places of penal prostitution, 127.

771 Six Hundred Problems, treatise by Evagrius, 107.

772 Slaves, 72, 117.

773 Smyrna, Macedonian Synod of, 102.

774 Socrates, author of the Ecclesiastical History, personal reminiscences, 19, 67, 126, 128, 132, 156; birth of, 135; views of, regarding the abolition of penitentiary presbyter's office, 128; celebration of Easter, baptism, fasting, marriage, the Eucharist, and other ordinances, 130-133; on Origen and his merits, 147, 148; on Philip of Side's Christian History, 168; on transference of bishops from one church to another, 173.

775 Socrates, Athenian philosopher, 87, 91.

776 Sophia, church so called, 38, 43, 73.

777 Sophistry of Arians, 60, 74, 110.

778 Sophocles, ancient poet, 81.

779 Sophronius, Semi-Arian bishop of Pompeiopolis, declaration of, before the Synod of Seleucia, 69; deposed by Acacius, 72; sides with Macedonius, 73, 84; petitions Jovian, 94.

780 Sotades, obscene poet, songs of, 13.

781 Soucis, a mountain, made the boundary between the Eastern and Western churches, 49.

782 Spyridon, bishop of Cyprus, 8; two remarkable incidents in his life, 18, 19.

783 Stenography, used to record the sermons and speeches of orators, 58, 68, 140.

784 Stephen, bishop of Antioch, 54.

785 Strabo, Greek writer, 167.

786 Strategium, public building in Constantinople, 21.

787 Sycæ, a church removed to, 66.

788 Symmachus, a Roman senator, clemency of Theodosius toward, 125.

789 Synod (Council), at Nicæa, 8, 10-12, 19; at Antioch, 28, 73, 94; at Tyre, 30-32; of the Eastern bishops, 44; at Sardica, 34, 46, 49, 54; at Sirmium, 56, 57, 58; appointed to meet at Rome, 59; at Milan, 60; attempted at Nicomedia, 61; at Ariminum, 61, 67, 84, 101, 102; of the Ursacian faction at Nice, 65; at Seleucia in Isauria, 61, 67, 75; at Constantinople, 71- 73; at Alexandria, summoned by Athanasius and Eusebius, 81, 82; at Antioch (of bishops), of the Acacian faction, 94, 95; Lampsacus, 97; at Sicily, of Sicilian bishops, 102; at Pazum, of the Novatian bishops, 113; Ecumenical, at Constantinople, 121, 122; of Novatians, at Constantinople, 129; at Chalcedon in Bithynia, 149; at Ephesus, 172.

790 Synods, provincial, the assembling of, authorized by the Ecumenical Synod of Constantinople; 122.

791 Syrian, a military commander, 40.

792 Tabernacle, of embroidered linen, made by Constantius, 22.

793 Table, the holy, 30, 33.

794 Tarsus, in Cilicia, Synod of Seleucia transferred to, 67; but prevented from meeting there, 102, 103.

795 Tatian, a Christian martyr, 86.

796 Temples, pagan, closed, 2, 78, 86, 94; cleansed, 79; destroyed, 2, 22, 126.

797 Terebinthus, also called Buddas, 25.

798 Thalassius, bishop of Cæsarea, 178.

799 Thalia, work composed by Arius, condemned, 13.

800 Theatrical entertainments, 112, 159.

801 Themistius, a philosopher, 95; records Jovian's religious tolerance and pronounces a consular oration before him at Antioch, 95; induces Valens to relax the severity of his persecution, 115.

802 Theoctistus, leader of the Psathyrians, 134.

803 Theodore, bishop of Heraclea, 31, 41, 44.

804 Theodore, to whom the History is dedicated, 36, 137, 178.

805 Theodore, a young Christian, cruelly tortured by Julian, 89, 165.

806 Theodore, a martyr, 104.

807 Theodore, of Mopsuestia, 139.

808 Theodosiolus, put to death by Valens on account of his name, 105.

809 Theodosius, bishop of Philadelphia, deposed, 70.

810 Theodosius (the Great), emperor, 25; a Spaniard of noble ancestry, made colleague on the throne by Gratian, 119; obtains a victory over the barbarians, taken ill and baptized by the bishop of Thessalonica, 120; summons a synod at Constantinople, 121; the Goths submit to him, 122; proclaims Arcadius his son Augustus, 122; secures to the Novatians privileges enjoyed by other sects, 123; makes war on the usurper Maximus, 124; overcomes and puts him to death, 125; his clemency towards Symmachus, 125; destroys pagan temples, 126; reforms two infamous abuses in Rome, 127; returns to Constantinople, 128; tolerates all sects except the Eunomians, 129; favors the Novatians, 129; defeats the usurper Eugenius, 135; falls ill and sends for his son Honorius, 139; dies, 136; succeeded by his two sons, 137; funeral ceremonies, 137.

811 Theodosius II., birth of, 142; accession to the throne, 153, 154; receives intelligence of the news from Persia in a remarkably short time, 163; his pre-eminent virtues, 164, 165; becomes sole ruler, 165; proclaims Valentinian III. emperor of the West, 166; calls a synod to meet at Ephesus, 172; appoints Proclus to the see of Constantinople, 175; his excellent qualities, 176; offers thanksgiving, 178.

812 Theodosius, bishop of Synada, 154, 155.

813 Theodosius' Forum, 99.

814 Theodotus, bishop of Laodicea, 74.

815 Theodulus, Thracian bishop, proscribed by Constantius, 54.

816 Theodulus, bishop of Chæretapa, deposed, 70.

817 Theodulus, a martyr, 86.

818 Theognis, Arian bishop of Nicæa, defends Arianism, 9; refuses to receive the Nicene Creed, 10; exiled, 10; recalled, 20; copy of his recantation, 20; abuses the emperor's clemency, 26; conspires against Athanasius, 29, 33; renews efforts to introduce Arianism, 36.

819 Theon, father of Hypatia, philosopher in Alexandria, 160.

820 Theonas, Arian bishop of Marmarica, 4, 12.

821 Theopemptus, Novatian bishop of Alexandria, 156.

822 Theophilus, bishop of the Goths, 72.

823 Theophilus, Semi-Arian bishop of Castabala, 94, 100, 101, 102.

824 Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria, desires to make Evagrius bishop, 109; succeeds Timothy in the see of Alexandria, 124; reconciled to Flavian, 126; effects the destruction of the Mithreum and Serapeum, 126; opposes John, 138; plots against him, 140, 145; enters into controversy with the monks but dissimulates before danger, 142; condemns Origen, 143; quarrels with Isidore, 144, 145; continues operations against John, 148; counter-charges are made against him, 149; his death, 156.

825 Theophilus, bishop of Apamea, 173.

826 Theophronius, leader of the 'Eunomiotheophronians,' 135.

827 Theotimus, Semi-Arian bishop of the Arabs, 95.

828 Theotimus, bishop of Scythia, defends Origen, 147.

829 Theotocos, discussions concerning the title, 170-172.

830 Therapeia, a port in the Euxine, previously called Pharmaceus, 167.

831 Thessalonica, Licinius compelled to live in, 3; Paul exiled to, 43.

832 Thessaly, ecclesiastical customs in, 132.

833 Thmuis, a bishop exiled under Constantius, 55.

834 Thomas, apostle, goes to the Parthians, 23; church of, at Edessa, 104.

835 Thracians, temperament of, 112.

836 Tigris, a presbyter, 149.

837 Timothy, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds his brother Peter, 117, 119; attends the Synod of Constantinople, 121; becomes patriarch of Egypt, 122; his death, 124.

838 Timothy, Arian presbyter, proficient in the Scripture, 156.

839 Timothy, archdeacon in Alexandria, candidate for the episcopacy, 156.

840 Titles given to bishops and emperors, 137.

841 Titus, of Bostra, 95.

842 Toleration, practiced, 95, 96, 128, 176; plea for, 115.

843 Tortures inflicted on Homoousians, 55; on Christian women, 66; on the martyrs of Merum, 86; on Theodore, 89.

844 Tradition, Catholic, 81.

845 Transference of bishops, question of, 173.

846 Transmigration of souls, theory of, 90.

847 Treves, a city in Gaul, Athanasius exiled to, 37.

848 Tribigildus, a kinsman of Gaïnas, rebels, 141.

849 Trinity, on the, treatise by Didymus, 110.

850 Troïlus, a sophist, 142, 154, 168, 173.

851 Truth, historical, hard to ascertain, 137.

852 Tyre, council of, 30, 31, 32.

853 Ulfilas, bishop of the Goths, 72; translates the Scriptures into the Gothic, 115.

854 Unity in the Trinity, 3; in the Church between Novatians and Orthodox, 66.

855 Uptar, King of the Burgundians, 170.

856 Uranius, bishop of Tyre, 68; deposed, 70.

857 Uranius, Semi-Arian bishop of Apamea, 95.

858 Uranius, Semi-Arian bishop of Melitina, 95.

859 Urbanus, martyr under Valens, 104.

860 Ursacius, Arian bishop of Singidnum, conspires against Athanasius, 29, 33; recants, 41, 53, 57; refuses to anathematize Arius, 61; deposed by the Council of Ariminum, 63; favored by Constantius, 64.

861 Ursinus, a deacon of Rome, 113.

862 Vacant bishop, 169.

863 Valens, Arian bishop of Mursa, conspires against Athanasius, 29, 33; recants, 41, 53, 57; refuses to anathematize Arius, 61; deposed by the Council of Ariminum, 63; favored by Constantius, 64.

864 Valens, emperor, as a military officer, prefers retirement to hypocrisy, 85, 96; raised to share the imperial throne, 96; resides at Constantinople, 96; is intolerant and cruel, 97; orders the walls of Chalcedon to be razed, and uses the stones for public baths, 99; persecutes the Novatians, 99; leaves Constantinople for Antioch, 103; banishes Eustathius and Evagrius, 103; dooms an entire congregation to death, 104; slaughters many on account of their names, 105; persecutes the Christians, 109; permits the Goths to become his subjects, 115, 116; desists from persecuting, 116; departs from Antioch and arrives at Constantinople, 117; his subjects murmur, he routs the Goths and is slain, 117, 118.

865 Valentinian I., emperor, as a military officer, prefers retirement to hypocrisy, 85, 96; declared emperor, 96; makes Valens his colleague, 96; favors the Homoousians, 96; goes to the West, 114; abstains from interfering with any sect, 114; his territories invaded, ruptures a bloodvessel and dies, 114.

866 Valentinian II., emperor, born, 100; proclaimed emperor, 114; Probus, consul during his minority, 124; compelled to admit Maximus the usurper as a colleague, Theodosius helps him against the usurper, 124; triumphal entry into Rome, 125; strangled, 135.

867 Valentinian III., proclaimed emperor, 166; marries Eudoxia, daughter of Theodosius II., 177.

868 Vararanes, king of Persia, 157; persecutes the Christians and provokes the Romans, 162; imprisons the Roman envoys, is routed and compelled to make peace, 162, 163.

869 Various reading, a case of, 171.

870 Venus, temple of, removed, 21; at Aphaca, demolished, 22.

871 Vessels, sacred, 30, 164.

872 Vetranio, usurper, 53; proclaimed emperor, 55; deposed, lives happily in retirement, 55.

873 Vicentius, presbyter of Rome, 19.

874 Victor, bishop of Rome, 130.

875 Virgin, to the, treatise by Evagrius, 107.

876 Virgins, torture of, 55.

877 Vitian, Roman general, 163.

878 Vito, presbyter of Rome, 19.

879 Wednesday and Friday, observed as fast-days, 132, 164.

880 White garments, worn by candidates for baptism, 161.

881 Will of Constantine, 35.

882 'Wisdom, the, of God,' 4.

883 Xenōn, a dialogue by Methodius, bishop of Olympus, 147.

884 Xenophon, ancient Greek writer, 92, 167.

885 Zealots, 137.

886 Zeno, bishop of Jerusalem, 139.

887 'Zeuxippus,' bath called so, 43.

888 Zoïlus, Semi-Arian bishop of Larissa, 95.

889 Zosimus, bishop of Rome, 158.