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General Index to Socrates' Ecceliastical History · Part 3

Quibbles, of Arians, 73.

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.

Reverentius, bishop of Arca, 173.

Rheginus, author of the work called Polymnemon, 93.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Rufinus, prætorian prefect, slain, 138.

Rufus, bishop of Thessalonica, 175.

Rusticula, Novatian bishop at Rome, 158.

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.

Sabbatius, Arian bishop, succeeds Barbas, 170.

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

Sabinian, Semi-Arian bishop of Zeugma, 95.

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.

Sallust, prætorian prefect under Julian, 89.

Samaritans, offshoots from the Jews, 133.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scitis, 106.

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.

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

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

Scythopolis, 39.

Sebastian, a Manichæan officer, 55.

Sects, tendency of, to subdivide, 134.

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

Secundus, father of Chrysostom, 138.

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

Selenas, bishop of the Goths, 134.

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

Sepulchre, the Holy, recovered, 21.

Serapion, bishop of Antioch, 81.

Serapion, bishop of Thmuis, 108.

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

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

Severa, wife of Valentinian I., 114.

Severian, bishop of Gabala, 146, 148.

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

Sicine, Palace of, 113.

Sicily, council held in, 102.

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

Silvanus, usurper, defeated by Constantius, 59.

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.

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

Silver statue of Eudoxia, 150.

Siricius, bishop of Rome, 157.

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

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.

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

Sistra, places of penal prostitution, 127.

Six Hundred Problems, treatise by Evagrius, 107.

Slaves, 72, 117.

Smyrna, Macedonian Synod of, 102.

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.

Socrates, Athenian philosopher, 87, 91.

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

Sophistry of Arians, 60, 74, 110.

Sophocles, ancient poet, 81.

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.

Sotades, obscene poet, songs of, 13.

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

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

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

Stephen, bishop of Antioch, 54.

Strabo, Greek writer, 167.

Strategium, public building in Constantinople, 21.

Sycæ, a church removed to, 66.

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

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.

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

Syrian, a military commander, 40.

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

Table, the holy, 30, 33.

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

Tatian, a Christian martyr, 86.

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

Terebinthus, also called Buddas, 25.

Thalassius, bishop of Cæsarea, 178.

Thalia, work composed by Arius, condemned, 13.

Theatrical entertainments, 112, 159.

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.

Theoctistus, leader of the Psathyrians, 134.

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

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

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

Theodore, a martyr, 104.

Theodore, of Mopsuestia, 139.

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

Theodosius, bishop of Philadelphia, deposed, 70.

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.

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.

Theodosius, bishop of Synada, 154, 155.

Theodosius' Forum, 99.

Theodotus, bishop of Laodicea, 74.

Theodulus, Thracian bishop, proscribed by Constantius, 54.

Theodulus, bishop of Chæretapa, deposed, 70.

Theodulus, a martyr, 86.

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.

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

Theonas, Arian bishop of Marmarica, 4, 12.

Theopemptus, Novatian bishop of Alexandria, 156.

Theophilus, bishop of the Goths, 72.

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

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.

Theophilus, bishop of Apamea, 173.

Theophronius, leader of the 'Eunomiotheophronians,' 135.

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

Theotimus, bishop of Scythia, defends Origen, 147.

Theotocos, discussions concerning the title, 170-172.

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

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

Thessaly, ecclesiastical customs in, 132.

Thmuis, a bishop exiled under Constantius, 55.

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

Thracians, temperament of, 112.

Tigris, a presbyter, 149.

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

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

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

Titles given to bishops and emperors, 137.

Titus, of Bostra, 95.

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

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

Tradition, Catholic, 81.

Transference of bishops, question of, 173.

Transmigration of souls, theory of, 90.

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

Tribigildus, a kinsman of Gaïnas, rebels, 141.

Trinity, on the, treatise by Didymus, 110.

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

Truth, historical, hard to ascertain, 137.

Tyre, council of, 30, 31, 32.

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

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

Uptar, King of the Burgundians, 170.

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

Uranius, Semi-Arian bishop of Apamea, 95.

Uranius, Semi-Arian bishop of Melitina, 95.

Urbanus, martyr under Valens, 104.

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.

Ursinus, a deacon of Rome, 113.

Vacant bishop, 169.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Various reading, a case of, 171.

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

Vessels, sacred, 30, 164.

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

Vicentius, presbyter of Rome, 19.

Victor, bishop of Rome, 130.

Virgin, to the, treatise by Evagrius, 107.

Virgins, torture of, 55.

Vitian, Roman general, 163.

Vito, presbyter of Rome, 19.

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

White garments, worn by candidates for baptism, 161.

Will of Constantine, 35.

'Wisdom, the, of God,' 4.

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

Xenophon, ancient Greek writer, 92, 167.

Zealots, 137.

Zeno, bishop of Jerusalem, 139.

'Zeuxippus,' bath called so, 43.

Zoïlus, Semi-Arian bishop of Larissa, 95.

Zosimus, bishop of Rome, 158.