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The City of God · Part 1

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Abel, the relation of, to Christ, 299. See Cain.

Abraham, the era in the life of, from which a new succession begins, 318; time of the migration of, 319, etc.; the order and nature of God's promises to, 320, etc.; the three great kingdoms existing at the time of the birth of, 321; the repeated promises of the land of Canaan made to, and to his seed, 321; his denial of his wife in Egypt, 322; the parting of Lot and, 322; the third promise of the land to, 322; his victory over the kings, 323; the promise made to, of a large posterity, 323; the sacrifices offered by, when the covenant was renewed with, 324; the seed of, to be in bondage 400 years, 325; Sarah gives Hagar to, 325; the promise of a son given to,—receives the seal of circumcision, 326; change of the name of, 327; visit of three angels to, 327; his denial of his wife in Gerar, 328; birth of his son Isaac, 328; his offering up of Isaac, 329; death of his wife Sarah, 330; what is meant by marrying Keturah after Sarah's death? 330; the time of the fulfillment of the promise made to, respecting Canaan, 337.

Abyss, casting Satan into the, 427.

Achior, his answer to Holofernes' inquiry respecting the Jews, 319.

Adam forsook God before God forsook him, 251; in Paradise; his temptation and fall, 271, etc.; nature of his first sin, 272; an evil will preceded his evil act, 273; the pride involved in the sin of, 274; the justice of the punishment of, 274, etc.; the nakedness of, seen after his base sin, 276; the fearful consequences of the sin of, 241, 245, 260.

Æneas, 45; time of the arrival of, in Italy, 371.

Æsculanus, the god, 75.

Æsculapius, sent for to Epidaurus by the Romans, 54; a deified man, 104.

Affections of the soul, right or wrong according to their direction, 266, 267, 268.

Africa, a fearful visitation of, by locusts, 62.

Ages of ages, 238, etc.

Aίώνυν, 326.

Albans, the wickedness of the war waged by the Romans against, 49.

Alcimus, 388.

Alexander the Great, the apt reply of a pirate to, 66; and Leo, an Egyptian priest,—a letter of, to his mother Olympias, 147, 165; invades Judea, 388.

Alexandra, queen of the Jews, 388.

Alms-deeds, of those who think that they will free evil-doers from damnation in the day of judgment, 468, 475.

Altor, 136.

Alypius, 485.

Amor and dilectio, how used in Scripture, 266.

Amulius and Numitor, 371, 372.

Anaxagoras, 145, 385.

Anaximander, 145.

Anaximenes, 145.

"Ancient compassions, Thine," sworn unto David, 351, etc.

Andromache, 49.

Anebo, Porphyry's letter to, 187, etc.

Angels, the holy things common to men and, 163, etc.; not mediators, 174; the difference between the knowledge of, and that of demons, 177; the love of, which prompts them to desire that we should worship God alone, 184; miracles wrought by the ministry of, for the confirmation of the faith, 185, etc., 188, etc.; the ministry of, to fulfill the providence of God, 190; those who seek worship for themselves, and those who seek honor for God which to be trusted about life eternal, 190; rather to be imitated than invoked, 196; the creation of, 209, etc.; whether those who fell partook of the blessedness of the unfallen, 211; were those who fell aware that they would fall? 212; were the unfallen assured of their own perseverance? 212; the separation of the unfallen from the fallen, meant by the separation of the light from the darkness, 215; approbation of the good, signified by the words, " God saw the light that it was good," 215; the knowledge by which they know God in His essence, and perceive the causes of His works, 222; of the opinion that they were created before the world, 223; the two different and dissimilar communities of, 224, etc.; the idea that angels are meant by the separation of the waters by the firmament, 225; the nature of good and bad, one and the same, 226; the cause of the blessedness of the good, and of the misery of the bad, .229; did they receive their good-will as well as their nature from God? 230; whether they can be said to be creators of any creatures, 242; the opinion of the Platonists that man's body was created by, 243;the wickedness of those who sinned did not disturb the order of God's providence, 282; the " sons of God " of the 6th chapter of Genesis not, 303, etc.; what we are to understand by God's speaking to, 313; the three, which appeared to Abraham, 327; Lot delivered by, 328; the creation of, 479.

Anger of God, the, 306, etc., 471.

Animals, the dispersion of those preserved in the ark, after the deluge, 314, etc.

Animals, rational, are they part of God? 71.

Antediluvians the long life and great stature of, 291, etc.; the different computation of the ages of, given by the Hebrew and other MSS. of the Old Testament, 291, etc.; the opinion of those who believe they did not live so long as is stated, considered, 292; was the age of puberty later among, than it is now? 296, etc.

Antichrist, the time of the last persecution by, hidden, 394, etc.: whether the time of the persecution by, is included in the thousand years, 433; the manifestation of, preceding the day of the Lord, 437, etc.; Daniel's predictions respecting the persecution caused by, 443, etc.

Antiochus of Syria, 388.

Antipater, 388.

Antipodes, the idea of, absurd, 315.

Antiquities, Varro's book respecting human and divine, 111.

Antiquity of the world, the alleged, 232, etc.

Antisthenes, 385.

Antithesis, 214.

Antoninus, quoted, 9.

Antony, 62.

Apis, and Serapis, the alleged change of name, worshipped, 363.

Apocryphal Scriptures, 305.

Apollo and Diana, 131.

Apollo, the weeping statue of, 47.

Apostles, the, whence chosen, 391.

Apples of Sodom, the, 456.

Apuleius, referred to, or quoted, 26, 65, 152; his book concerning the God of Socrates, 153; his definition of man, 155; what he attributes to demons, to whom he ascribes no virtue, 166, 167; on the passions which agitate demons, 169; maintains that the poets wrong the gods, 169; his definition of gods and men, 170; the error of, in respect to demons, 197, etc.

Aquila, the translator, 304, and note.

Archelaus, 145.

Areopagus, the, 365.

Argos, the kings of, 363, 364; the fall of the kingdom of, 368.

Argus, King, 363, 364.

Aristippus, 385.

Aristobulus, 388.

Aristotle, and Plato, 152.

Ark, the, of Noah, a figure of Christ and of His Church, 306, etc.; and the deluge, the literal and allegorical interpretation of, 307; the capacity of, 307; what sort of creatures entered, 307; how the creatures entered, 308; the food required by the creatures in, 308; whether the remotest islands received their fauna from the animals preserved in, 314, etc.

Ark of the covenant, the, 191.

Art of making gods, the invention of the, 161.

Asbestos, 456.

Assyrian empire, the, 362; close of, 371•

Athenians, the, 362.

Athens, the founding of, and reason of the name, 365.

Atlas, 364.

Atys, the interpretation of the mutilation of, 137.

Audians, 225, and note.

Augury, the influence of, 77, 79, 80.

Augustus Cæsar, 62.

Aulus Gellius, the story he relates in the Noctes Atticæ of the Stoic philosopher in a storm at sea, 167, 168.

Aurelius, Bishop, 486.

Aventinus, king of Latium, deified, 371. 372.

Babylon, the founding of, 312, etc.; meaning of the word, 313, 385.

Bacchanalia, the, 368.

Baptism, the confession of Christ has the same efficacy as, 248, 255; of those who think that Catholic, will free from damnation, 467, etc., 472, etc.; other references to, 487.

Barbarians, the, in the sack of Rome, spared those who had taken refuge in Christian churches, 2.

" Barren, the, hath born seven," 341.

Bassus, the daughter of, restored to life by a dress from the shrine of St. Stephen, 489.

Bathanarius, count of Africa, and his magnet, 455.

Beast, the, and his image, 431.

Beatific vision, the nature of, considered, 507–509.

Beauty of the universe, the, 214.

" Beginning, in the," 223.

Berecynthia, 25, and note.

Binding the devil, 426.

Birds, the, offered by Abraham, not to be divided, —import of this, 324.

Birds, the, of Diomede, 369, 370.

Blessed life, the, not to be obtained by the intercession of demons, but of Christ alone, 175.

Blessedness, the, of the righteous in this life compared with that of our first parents in Paradise, 212; of good angels, —its cause, 229, etc.; the true, 281; eternal, the promise of, 480.

Blessings, the, with which the Creator has filled this life, although it is obnoxious to the curse, 502–504.

Boasting, Christians ought to be free from, 99.

Bodies, earthly, refutation of those who affirm that they cannot be made incorruptible and eternal, 253; refutation of those who hold that they cannot be in heavenly places, 254, etc.; of the saints, after the resurrection, in what sense spiritual, 255; the animal and spiritual, 257, 258; can they last forever in burning fire? 452–454; against the wise men who deny that they can be transferred to heavenly habitations, 481; the Platonists refuted, who argue that they cannot inhabit heaven, 492; all blemishes shall be removed from the resurrection bodies, the substance of, remaining, 493; the substance of, however they may have been disintegrated, shall in the resurrection be reunited, 498; the opinion of Porphyry, that souls must be wholly released from, in order to be happy, exploded by Plato, 505.

Body, the, sanctity of, not polluted by the violence done to it by another's lust, 12, 13; the Platonic and Manichæan idea of, 265, etc.; the new spiritual, 499; obviously meant to be the habitation of a reasonable soul, 503.

Body, the, of Christ, against those who think that the participation of, will save from damnation, 467, 468.

Body of Christ, the Church the, 496

Books opened; the, 434•

Bread, they that were full of, —who? 341.

Breathing, the, of God, when man was made a living soul, distinguished from the breathing of Christ on His disciples, 259.

Brutus, Junius, his unjust treatment of Tarquinius Collatinus, 32, 52, 53; kills his own son, 99.

Bull, the sacred, of Egypt, 364.

Burial, the denial of, to Christians, no hurt to them, 9; the reason of, in the case of Christians, 10, etc.

Busiris, 367.

Cæsar, Augustus, 62.

Cæsar, Julius, the statement of, respecting an enemy when sacking a city, 4, etc.; claims to be descended from Venus, 44; assassination of, 62.

Cain, and Abel, belonged respectively to the two cities, the earthly and the heavenly, 285; the fratricidal act of the former corresponding with the crime of the founder of Rome, 286, etc.; cause of the crime. of, —God's expostulation with,—exposition of the viciousness of his offering, 288, 289; his reason for building a city so early in the history of the human race, 289, etc.; and Seth, the heads of the two cities, the earthly and heavenly, 298; why the line of, terminates in the eighth generation from Adam, 299‑302; why the genealogy of, is continued to the deluge, while after the mention of Enos the narrative returns to the creation, 302, etc.

Cakus (κακδς), the giant, 408.

Camillus, Furius, the vile treatment of, by the Romans, 32, 54, 99.

Canaan, the land of, the time of the fulfillment of God's promise of, to Abraham, 338.

Canaan, and Noah, 310.

Candelabrum, a particular, in a temple of Venus, 456, 457.

Cannæ, the battle of, 56.

Canon, the ecclesiastical, has excluded certain writings, on account of their great antiquity, 383.

Canonical Scriptures, the, 206, 382; the concord of, in contrast with the discordance of philosophical opinion, 384, 385.

Cappadocia, the mares of, 456.

Captivity of the Jews, the, the end of, 374.

Captivity, the, of the saints, consolation in, 10.

Carnal life, the, 262, etc.

Carthaginians, the, their treatment of Regulus, 11.

Cataline, 37.

Catholic truth, the, confirmed by the dissensions of heretics, 392.

Cato, what are we to think of his conduct in committing suicide? 16; excelled by Regulus, 16; his virtue, 95; was his suicide fortitude or weakness? 402.

Catosus, the cook, 488.

Cecrops, 364, 365.

Ceres, 131, 133; the rites of, 131.

Chæremon, cited by Porphyry in relation to the mysteries of Isis and Osiris, 188.

Chaldæan, a certain, quoted by Porphyry as complaining of the obstacles experienced from another man's influence with the gods to his efforts at self-purification, 186.

Charcoal, the peculiar properties, of, 454.

Chariots, the, of God, 441.

Charity, the efficacy of, 476.

Chickens, the sacred, and the treaty of Numantia, 58.

Children of the flesh, and children of promise, 285.

Chiliasts, the, 426.

Christ, the preserving power of the name of, in the sack of Rome, 1, etc., 5, etc.; the mystery of the redemption of, at no past time awanting, but declared in various forms, 140, etc.; the incarnation of, 195: faith in the incarnation of, alone justifies, 195; the true Wisdom, but Porphyry fails to recognize, 198; the Platonists blush to acknowledge the incarnation of, 199, etc.; the grace of, opens a way for the soul's deliverance, 202, etc.; the knowledge of God, attained only through, 205, etc.; possessed true human emotions, 269, etc.; the passion of, typified by Noah's nakedness, 310; described in the 45th Psalm, 353. 354;the priesthood and passion of, described in the 110th and 22d Psalms, 355; the resurrection of, predicted in the Psalms, 355; the passion of, foretold in the Book of Wisdom, 356; the birth of, 389; the birth and death of, 394. 395; Porphyry's account of the responses of the oracles respecting, 415, etc.; the world to be judged by, 449, etc.; the one Son of God by nature, 465; the Foundation, 473; the world's belief in, the result of divine power, 484; the measure of the stature of, 495; the Perfect Man, and His Body, 496; the body of, after His resurrection, 498; the grace of, alone delivers us from the misery caused by the first sin, 500, 501.

Christian faith, the certainty of, 413.

Christian religion, the, health-giving, 41; alone, revealed the malignity of evil spirits, 141; the length it is to last foolishly and lyingly fixed by the heathen, 394–396.

Christianity, the calamities of Rome attributed to, by the heathen, 11, 24; the effrontery of such an imputation to, 62.

Christians, why they are permitted to suffer evils from their enemies, 18; the reply of, to those who reproach them with suffering, 19; ought to be far from boasting, 99; the God whom they serve, the true God, to whom alone sacrifice ought to be offered, 415, etc.

Chronology, the enormously long, of heathen writers, 232, 233; the discrepancy in that of the Hebrew and other MSS. in relation to the lives of the antediluvians, 291, etc.

Church, the sons of the, often hidden among the wicked, and false Christians within the, 21; the indiscriminate increase of, 391, the endless glory of, 436, etc.; the body of Christ, 397, etc.

Cicero, his opinion of the Roman republic, 35; on the miseries of this life, 401; his definition of a republic, —was there ever a Roman republic answering to it? 155, 156; variously quoted, 27, 29, 30, 41, 51, 55, 60, 61, 78, 80, 81, 96, 121, 239, 483.

Cincinnatus, Quintus, 100.

Circe, 369, 370.

Circumcision, instituted, 326; the punishment of the male who had not received, 327.

City, the celestial, 97.

City of God, the, 196; the origin of, and of the opposing city, 205; nature of, and of the earthly, 284; Abel the founder of, and Cain of the earthly, 285; the citizens of, and of the earthly, 285; the weakness of the citizens of, during their earthly pilgrimage, 287, and the earthly compared and contrasted, 396; what produces peace, and what discord, between, and the earthly, 412, etc.; the eternal felicity of, 509–511.

Claudian, the poet, quoted, 106.

Cœlestis, 25 and note; the mysteries of, 40.

Collatinus, Tarquinius, the vile treatment of, by Junius Brutus, 32, 52, etc.

Concord, the temple of, erected, 59: the wars which followed the building of, 60, etc.

Confession of Christ, the efficacy of, for the remission of sins, 248.

Conflagration of the world, the, 435; where shall the saints be during? 437.

Confusion of tongues, the, 312, etc.; God's coming down to cause, 313, etc.

Conjugal union, the, as instituted and blessed by God, 278.

Constantine, 103, etc.; the prosperity granted to, by God, 105, etc.

Consuls, the first Roman, their fate, 52, etc.

Corn, the gods which were supposed to preside over, at the various stages of its growth, gathering in, etc., 68.

Creation, 206, 208; the reason and cause of, 216, 217; the beauty and goodness of, 380.

Creation, the, of angels, 209; of the human race in time, 234; of both angels and men, 479, etc.

Creator, the, is distinguished from His works by piety, 140, etc.; sin had not its origin in, 214.

Creatures, the, to be estimated by their utility, 214.

Cumæan Sibyl, the, 198.

Curiatii and Horatii, the, 50.

Curtius leaps into the gulf in the Forum, 99.

Curubis, a comedian, miraculously healed, 487.

Cybele, 25; the priests of, 26.

Cycles of time maintained by some, 234, 237, etc., 240, 241.

Cynics, the foolish beastliness of the, 277; further referred to, 399.

Cynocephalus, 31.

Damned, the punishment of the,

Danäe, 368. [460.

Darkness, the, when the Lord was crucified, 51.

David, the promise made to, in his Son, 348, etc.; Nathan's message to, 349, etc.‑, God's "ancient compassions" sworn to, 351, etc., 352; his concern in writing the Psalms, 352; his reign and merit, 357.

Day, the seventh, the meaning of God's resting on, 209.

Days, the first, 208.

Days, lucky and unlucky, 88, 89.

"Days of the tree of life," the, 447.

Dead, the, given up to judgment by the sea, death, and hell, 434.

Dead, prayers for the, 470.

Dead men, the religion of the pagans has reference to, 163.

Death, caused by the fall of man 245; that which can affect an immortal soul, and that to which the body is subject, 245; is it the punishment of sin, even in case of the good? 246; why, if it is the punishment of sin, is it not withheld from the regenerate? 246; although an evil, yet made a good to the good, 247; the evil of, as the separation of soul and body, 247; that which the unbaptized suffer for the confession of Christ, 248, etc.; the saints, by suffering the first, are freed from the second, 248; the moment of, when it actually occurs, 248, 249; the life, which mortals claim may be fitly called, 249; whether one can be living and yet in the state of, at the same time, 250; what kind of, involved in the threatenings addressed to our first parents, 250; concerning those philosophers who think it is not penal, 252; the second, 420, etc.

Death, when it may be inflicted without committing murder, 15.

Deborah, 368.

"Debts, forgive us our," 476, 477.

Decii, the, 358.

Deliverance, the way of the soul's, which grace throws open, 202.

Demænetus, 369.

Demon of Socrates, the, Apuleius on, 153, 154.

Demoniacal possessions, 401.

Demonolatry, illicit acts connected with, 185.

Demons, the vicissitudes of life, not dependent on, 37; look after their own ends only, 38; incite to crime by the pretence of divine authority, 39; give certain obscure instructions in morals, while their own solemnities publicly inculcate wickedness, 40, etc.; what they are, 153; not better than men because of their having aerial bodies, 154, etc.; what Apuleius thought concerning the manners and actions of, 155, etc.; is it proper to worship? 156, etc.; ought the advocacy of, with the gods, to be employed? 156, 157; are the good gods more willing to have intercourse with, than with men? 157; do the gods use them as messengers, or interpreters, or are they deceived by? 158, etc.; we must reject the worship of, 159; are there any good, to whom the guardianship of the soul may be committed? 166; what Apuleius attributes to, 167; the passions which agitate, 169; does the intercession of, obtain for men the favor of the celestial gods? 171; men, according to Plotinus, less wretched than, 171; the opinion of the Platonists that the souls of men become, 172; the three opposite qualities by which the Platonists distinguish between the nature of man, and that of, 172; how can they mediate between gods and men, having nothing in common with either? 172; the Platonist idea of the necessity of the mediation of, 174; mean by their intercession, to turn man from the path of truth, 176; the name has never a good signification, 176; the kind of knowledge which puffs up the, 176; to what extent the Lord was pleased to make Himself known to, 177; the difference between the knowledge possessed by, and that of the holy angels, 177; the power delegated to, for the trial of the saints, 193; where the saints obtain power against, 194; seek to be worshipped, 196; error of Apuleius in regard to, 197, etc.; strange transformations of men, said to have been wrought by, 369, 371; the friendship of good angels in this life, rendered insecure by the deception of, 406, etc.; various other references to, 82, 104, 105, 132, 135, 141, 142 143, 147, 153, 154, 162, 174, 193, 197 364, 394, 422.

"Desired One, the," of all nations, 388.

Deucalion's flood, 365.

Devil, the, how he abode not in the truth, 213; how is it said that he sinned from the beginning? 214; the reason of the fall of (the wicked angel), 282; stirs up persecution, 392; the nature of, as nature, not evil, 409, 410; the binding of, 426; cast into the abyss, 427; seducing the nations, 427; the binding and loosing of, 428, etc.; stirs up Gog and Magog against the Church,432,, etc.; the damnation of, 434; of those who deny the eternal punishment of, 468.

Devil, a young man freed from a, at the monument of Protasius and Gervasius, 487; a young woman freed from a, by anointing, 488.

Devils, marvels wrought by, 457.

Diamond, the, the peculiar properties of, 455.

Diana, and Apollo, 131.

Dictator, the first, 54.

Diomede and his companions, who were changed into birds, 369, 370.

Dis, 131, 135, 139.

Discord, why not a goddess as well as Concord? 59.

Divination, 142.

Doctor, a gouty, of Carthage, miraculously healed, 487.

Duration and space, infinite, not to be comprehended, 207.

Earth, the, affirmed by Varro to be a goddess, —reason of his opinion 134.

"Earth, in the midst of the," 342, 343.

Earth, holy, from Jerusalem, the efficacy of, 487.

Ecclesiasticus and Wisdom, the Books of, 357.

Eclipses, 51.

Education, the divine, of mankind, 189.

Egeria, the nymph, and Numa, 142.

Egypt, a fig-tree of, a peculiar kind found in, 456.

Egyptians, the mendacity of, in ascribing an extravagant antiquity to their science, 384.

Eleusinian rites of Ceres, the, 133.

Eleven, the significance of the number, 301.

Eli, the message of the man of God to, 343–345.

Elias, the coming of, before the judgment, 448.

Elisha and Gehazi, 507, 508.

Emotions, mental, opinions of the Peripatetics and Stoics respecting, 167, 168.

Emotions and affections, good and bad, 266, 267, 268.

Emperors, the Christian, the happiness of, 104, etc.

Empire, a great, acquired by war, —is it to be reckoned among good things? 65; should good men wish to rule an extensive? 72, 73.

Empire, the Roman. See Roman Empire.

Enemies of God, the, are not so by nature, but by will, 227.

Enlightenment from above, Plotinus respecting, 181.

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, the significance of the translation of, 39; left some divine writings, 45.

Enoch, the son of Cain, 298.

Enos, the son of Seth, 298; a type of Christ, 299.

Entity, none contrary to the divine, 227.

Epictetus, quoted on mental emotions, 168.

Ericthonius, 367.

Errors, the, of the human judgment, when the truth is hidden, 357.

Erythræan Sibyl, the, her predictions of Christ, 372.

Esau and Jacob, the dissimilarity of the character and actions of, 86; the things mystically prefigured by, 331, etc.

Esdras and Maccabees, the Books of, 382.

Eternal life, the gift of God, 121; the promise of, uttered before eternal times, 236.

Eternal punishment, 461. See Punishment.

Eucharius, a Spanish bishop, cured of stone by the relics of St. Stephen, 488.

Eudemons, 171, 173.

Eύσέβεια, 181.

Evil, no natural, 216.

Evil will, a, no efficient cause of, 230.

Existence, and knowledge of it, and love of both, 220, etc., 221, etc.

Eye, the, of the resurrection body, the power of, 508.

Fables invented by the heathen in the times of the judges of Israel, 367.

Fabricius and Pyrrhus, 100.

Faith, justification by, 195, etc.

Faith and Virtue, honored by the Romans with temples, 73, 74.

Fall of Man, the, and its results, foreknown by God, 241; mortality contracted by, 245; the second death results from, 262; the nature of, 271, etc., 272, etc.

Fate, 82; the name misapplied by some when they use it of the divine will, 89.

Fathers, the two, of the two cities, sprung from one progenitor, 298.

Fear and Dread, made gods,, 76.

Felicity, the gift of God, 121; the eternal, of the city of God, 509, 511.

Felicity, the goddess of, 73; the Romans ought to have been content with Virtue and, 74, 75; for a long time not worshipped by the Romans; her deserts, 76, 77.

Fever, worshipped as a deity, 31 and note, 48.

Fig-tree, a singular, of Egypt, 456.

Fimbria, the destruction of Ilium by, 45. 46.

Fire, the peculiar properties of, 454.

Fire, the, whirlwind, and the sword, 441.

Fire, saved so as by, 473.

Fire, the, which comes down from heaven to consume the enemies of the holy city, 432.

Fire, the, and the worm that dieth not, 461; of hell, —is it material? and if it be so, can it burn wicked spirits? 462, etc.

First man (our first parents), the, the plentitude of the human race contained in, 243; the fall of, 245; what was the first punishment of? 251; the state in which he was made, and that into which he fell, 251; forsook God, before God forsook him, 251; effects of the sin of, —the second death, 262, etc.; was he, before the fall, free from perturbations of soul? 271; the temptation and fall of, 271, 272; nature of the first sin of, 273; the pride of the sin of, 274; justice of the punishment of, 274, 275; the nakedness of, 276; the transgression of, did not abolish the blessing of fecundity, 278; begat offspring in Paradise without blushing, 281, 282.

First parents, our. See First Man.

First principles of all things, the, according to the ancient philosophy, 148.

First sin, the nature of the, 273.

Flaccianus, 372.

Flesh, the, of believers, the resurrection of, 255; the world at large believes in the resurrection of [see Resurrection], 481; of a dead man, which has become the flesh of a living man, whose shall it be in the resurrection? 498.

Flesh, living after the, 263, etc., 264, etc.; children of the, and of the promise, 285.

Florentius, the tailor, how he prayed for a coat, and got it, 488.

Foreknowledge, the, of God, and the free-will of man, 90, etc.

Forgiveness of debts, prayed for, 476, 477.

Fortitude, 402, 403.

Fortune, the goddess of, 73, 124.

Foundation, the, the opinion of those who think that even depraved Catholics will be saved from damnation on account of, considered, 467, etc., 473, etc.; who has Christ for? 473, 474.

Fountain, the singular, of the Garamantæ, 456.

Free-will of man, the, and the foreknowledge of God, 90, etc.

Free-will, in the state of perfect felicity, 510.

Friendship, the, of good men, anxieties connected with, 405; of good angels, rendered insecure by the deceit of demons, 406, etc.

Fruit, 219.

Fugalia, the, 26.

Furnace, a smoking, and a lamp of fire passing between the pieces of Abraham's sacrifice, the import of, 325.

Galli, the, 26, and note, 136.

Games, restored in Rome during the first Punic war, 55.

Ganymede, 368.

Garamantæ, the singular fountain of the, 368.

Gauls, the, Rome invaded by, 54.

Gehazi and Elisha, 507, 508.

Generation, would there have been, in Paradise if man had not sinned? 279, etc., 280, etc.

Genius, and Saturn, both shown to be really Jupiter, 129, etc.

Giants, the offspring of the sons of God and daughters of men, —and other, 304, etc., 305.

Glory, the difference between, and the desire of dominion, 101; shameful to make the virtues serve human, 102; the, of the latter house, 390; the endless, of the Church, 436, etc.

God, the vicissitudes of life dependent on the will of, 37, etc.; not the soul of the world, 71; rational animals not parts of, 71; THE ONE, to be worshipped, although His name is unknown, the giver of felicity, 77, 78; the times of kings and kingdoms ordered by, 82; the kingdom of the Jews founded by, 82; the foreknowledge of, and the free-will of man, 90, etc.; the providence of, 93, etc., 190; all the glory of the righteous is in, 96; what He gives to the followers of truth to .enjoy above His general bounties, 140, the worship of, 180, 181, 182; the sacrifices due to Him only, 182, etc.; the sacrifices not required, but enjoined by, for the exhibition of truth, 183; the true and perfect sacrifice due to, 183, etc.; invisible, yet has often made Himself visible, 189, etc.; our dependence for temporal good, 189; angels fulfill the providence of, 190; sin had not its origin in, 214; the eternal knowledge, will, and design of, 216, etc.; has He been always sovereign Lord, and has He always had creatures over whom He exercised His sovereignty? 235, etc.; His promise of eternal life uttered before eternal times, 236; the unchangeable counsel and will of, defended against objections, 237; refutation of the opinion that His knowledge cannot comprehend things infinite, 238; the fall of man foreknown by, 241; the Creator of every kind of creature, 242; the providence of, not disturbed by the wickedness of angels or of men, 282; the anger of, 306, etc., 470; the coming down of, to confound the language of the builders of Babel, 313, etc.; whether the, of the Christians is the true, to whom alone sacrifice ought to be paid, 415, etc.; the will of, unchangeable and eternal, 480.