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General Index to Socrates' Ecceliastical History · Part 1

GENERAL INDEX TO SOCRATES' ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

Abdas, bishop of Persia, 157.

Abgarus, unknown person, excommunicated, 70.

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

Abramius of Urimi, 95.

Abundantius, a military commander, 156.

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

Acacius, bishop of Amida, 164.

Acacius, bishop of Berœa, 150.

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.

Acacius, martyr, 153.

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

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

Achæa, singular custom among the clergy of, 132.

Achetas, a deacon, 50.

Achillas, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Peter, 3.

Achillas, companion of Arius, 5.

Acts of the Apostles, quoted, 133.

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

Adamantius, Jewish physician of Alexandria, 159.

Adelphius, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

Adrianople, battle of, 117.

Adultery, peculiar punishment of, in Rome, 127.

Adytum of the Mithreum cleared, 79.

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

Africanus, an early writer, 60.

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

Agapius, an Arian bishop of Ephesus, 134.

Agatho, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

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.

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

Alamundarus, a Saracen chief, 162.

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

Alemanni, a northern race, 120, 124.

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.

Alexander, bishop of Antioch, 157, 173.

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

Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, 173.

Alexander, bishop of Helenopolis, 173.

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.

Alexander, the Paphlagonian, a Novatian presbyter, 66.

Alexandrians, an irritable people, 105.

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.

Alypius, a presbyter of the Alexandrian church, 29.

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

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

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

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

Ammonius, a Nitrian monk, 160.

Ammonius, a pagan grammarian, 126.

Ammonius, a poet, 142.

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

Ammonius, bishop of Laodicea, 150.

Ammoun, a monk, history of, 106.

Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium, 122.

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

Amphitheatre, sports of the, 165.

Anagamphus, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

Anastasia, daughter of the emperor Valens, 99.

Anastasia, church of the Novatians so called, 66.

Anastasia, church of Gregory of Nazianzus, 120.

Anastasian baths, 99.

Anastasius, bishop of Rome, 157.

Anastasius, a presbyter, friend of Nestorius, 170.

Anatolius, Semi-Arian bishop of Berœa, 95.

Ancoratus, book so called, 135.

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

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

Angarum, Novatian Council of, 129.

Angels, visions of, 142, 162, 166.

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

Anicetus, bishop of Rome, 130.

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

'Anomœans,' 74, 95, 100.

Anthusa, mother of John Chrysostom, 138.

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

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

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

'Anthropomorphitæ,' 144.

Antichrist, 3.

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.

Antiochenes, irritable temper of, 88.

Antiochicus and Misopōgōn, book so called, 88.

Antiochus, bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia, 146.

Antipater, Semi-Arian bishop of Rhosus, 95.

Antiphonal singing, 144, 165.

Antirrheticus, treatise of Evagrius, 107.

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

Aphaca, 22.

Apollinaris, bishop of Hierapolis, 81.

Apollinaris, the elder, a learned man, 74.

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

Apollinarians, a sect, 74, 75.

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

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

Apotheoses, pagan, 93, 94.

Applauding a preacher, 159.

Arabian, Semi-Arian bishop of Andros, 95.

Aratus, the Astronomer, 88.

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

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

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.

Archdeacon, office of, 156.

Archelaus, governor of Syria, 30.

Archelaus, opponent of Manichæism, 26.

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

Areobindus, a Roman general, 162.

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

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.

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

Aristotle, the ancient philosopher, 60, 93.

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.

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

Arrenius, bishop of Jerusalem, succeeds Cyril, 74.

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

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

Arsenius, Egyptian monk, 106.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Athanasius, Semi-Arian bishop of Ancyra, 95.

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.

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

Athenodorus, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

Athens, school of, 77.

Attalus, made mock-emperor by Alaric, 158.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Babylas, martyr, the relics of, 88.

Babylon, 25.

Bacurius, a prince among the Iberians, 25.

Bacurius, an officer under Theodosius, 135.

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.

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

Barlamenus, Semi-Arian bishop of Pergamus, 95.

Bartholomew, the apostle, goes to India, 23.

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.

Basil, bishop of Cappadocia, quoted, 108.

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.

Basilicus, excommunicated, 70.

Beryllus, bishop of Philadelphia, heresy of, 81.

Berytus, 3, 27; school of, 74.

Bethlehem, church built in, 21.

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.

Boniface, bishop of Rome, succeeds Zosimus, 158.

Briso, bishop of Philippi, 150.

Briso, eunuch in the service of Eudoxia, 149.

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

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

Burgundians, conversion of, 169, 170.

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

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

Cæsareum, church called so in Alexandria, 160.

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

Caius, bishop, exiled under Constantius, 55.

Callicrates, bishop of Claudiopolis, 94.

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

Calliopius, a presbyter, 166.

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

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

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

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

Carosa, daughter of the Emperor Valens, 99.

Carterius, an ascetic, 139.

Carterius, a Macedonian, 135.

Carya, building called, 153.

'Cataphrygians,' the, a sect, 63.

Catechising, 10.

Catechumens, in the ancient church, 114, 132.

Celestinus, bishop of Rome, succeeds Boniface, 158.

Ceras, bay of Constantinople, 66.

Ceremonial law abrogated, 130.

Chalcedon, walls of, destroyed, 99.

Chalice, story of the broken, 30.

Chanters in the ancient church, how chosen, 132.

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

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.

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.

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

Chrysopolis, 2.

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

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.

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

Clearchus, governor of Constantinople under Valens, 99.

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

Cleomedes, a pugilist, deified, 94.

Clergy, marriage of, 18, 132.

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

Co-inoriginacy of the Son, 45.

Colossians, Epistle to the, 130.

Comana, death of Chrysostom at, 151.

Comet of a prodigious magnitude, 141.

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

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.

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

Constantia, a town in Palestine, 22.

Constantianæ, bath so named, 99.

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.

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.

Constantine's Forum, 35.

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.

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

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.

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

Cordova in Spain, 6.

Corinth, metropolitan see subject to Rome, 173.

Corinthians, First Epistle to, 106.

Cornelius, bishop of Rome, 112.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Cubricus, also called Manes, 25.

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

Cyprus, Council of bishops of, 145.

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.

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.

Cyrinus, bishop of Chalcedon, 148, 151.

Cyrus, bishop of Berœa, 27, 39.

Dalmatius, brother of Constantine the Great, 76.

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

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

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.

Daphne, Apollo of, 88, 89.

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

Decentius, brother of Magnentius, hangs himself, 59.

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

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.

Desecration of the altar of the Great Church, 171.

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

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

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

Digamists, 132.

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

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

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

Diogenes, the cynic philosopher, condemns Apollo, 94.

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

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

Dionysius, author of Corona, 93.

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.

Dioscorus, a presbyter, exiled under Constantius, 55.

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

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

Ditheism, disclaimed, 46; condemned, 56.

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

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

Domitian, prætorian prefect, 59.

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

Dorotheus, a presbyter, 70.

Dositheus, bishop of Seleucia, 173.

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

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

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

Drownings in the Orontes, 97, 104.

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.

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.

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

Eastern and Western churches, separation of, 49.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Empedocles, a heathen philosopher, 25.

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

Epicureans, a sect of philosophers, 87.

Epimenides, a philosopher of Crete, 88.

Epiphanius, a sophist, 74.

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.

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.

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

Ethiopica, book under that title, 132.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Eudoxia, daughter of Theodosius II., 177.

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.

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.

Eulalius, bishop of Cæsarea, 72.

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

Eunomieutychians, followers of Eutychius, 135.

Eunomiotheophronians, followers of Theophronius, 135.

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.

Eunuchs, influence of, at court, 36.

Euphemia, a martyr, 141.

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

Euripides, ancient tragic poet, 88.

Eusebia, wife of Constantius, 77.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Eusebius, unknown person, excommunicated, 70.

Eusebius, a consul, 68.

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.

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.

Eustathius, an unknown person, deposed, 70.

Eustolium, an immoral woman, 54.

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

Eutropius, a Macedonian presbyter, 135.

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.

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