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THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTIN INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Academics
Augustin has a leaning towards the philosophy of the, [2]86
they doubted everything, [3]86, [4]88
Academies, the three, [5]86 (note)
Actions of the patriarchs, [6]65
Adam
averted death by partaking of the tree of life, [7]73 (note)
the first and second, [8]162 (note)
Adeodatus, Augustin's son
helps his father in writing The Master, [9]134 and note
he is baptized by Ambrose, [10]134 (note)
Adversity
the blessing of the New Testament, prosperity of the Old, [11]76 (note)
uses of, [12]159 (note)
Aeneas, the wanderings of, [13]51
AEneid quotations from the, [14]51, [15]53
Affections
in darkened, lies distance from God, [16]53
inordinate, bring their own punishment, [17]51, 53, [18]55
Agentes in rebus,
their office, [19]123 and note
Evodius is one of the, [20]135
Agonistic garland, Augustin receives the, 69
Allegories
in Scripture, [21]92 (note)
Augustin was fond of, [22]189 (note)
Altar, Augustin begs that his mother may be remembered at the, [23]141
Alypius, bishop of Thagaste, [24]90 (note)
was born at that city, [25]94
had studied there and at Carthage, [26]94
his love of the circus, [27]94
was taken up as a thief at Carthage, [28]96
how his innocence was proved, [29]96
his integrity in judgment and at Milan, [30]97
his discussion with Augustin as to celibacy, 98
Augustin undertakes to write the life of, [31]99 (note)
retires with Augustin into the garden, [32]124
the conversion of, [33]128.
Ambrose, bishop of Milan,
effect of his preaching, [34]45
his ministry, [35]45 and note
Augustin makes his acquaintance, and is received by him in a fatherly way, [36]88
his eloquence, [37]88
distinction between his teaching and that of Faustus, and its influence, [38]88
Monica's love for, [39]89, [40]90
celibacy of, [41]91
in his study, [42]91
he expounded the Scriptures every Lord's day, 91
Simplicianus succeeds him as bishop, [43]116
the Song of, and Augustin, [44]134 (note)
is persecuted by Justina, the mother of Valentinian, [45]134 and note
miracles wrought in behalf of, [46]134
Amelius the Platonist, [47]107 (note)
Ampitheatre of Titus, Gibbon's description of the, [48]95 (note)
Anaximenes of Miletus, his notions about God, 144 and note
Angels
source of their blessedness, [49]112 (note)
God's eternity manifest in their unchangeableness, [50]179
Augustin asserts that they are changeable, 180
misery of, shows their former excellence, 192
Answer to prayer of Monica, [51]67, [52]84
Augustin's faith strengthened by, [53]133
Antony, an Egyptian monk
the founder of Monachism, [54]122
was born at Thebes, and visited Paul in the desert before his death, [55]122 (note)
Anubis, [56]119
Apokatastasis, the doctrine unnecessary, [57]79 (note)
Apollinaris, bishop of Laodicea, [58]113 (note)
Approbation,
Augustin's love of, [59]75
especially that of Hierius, [60]75
Arcesilas, teaching of, [61]86 (note)
Arche, "The Beginning," applied to Christ, [62]166 (note)
Architect,
God the great, [63]72 (note), [64]157
Alypius and the, [65]97
Argument, Augustin's power in, [66]67 and note
Arians, the Empress Justina seduced by the, 131
Aristotle's Ten Predicaments, [67]77
categories of, [68]77 and note
he and Zeno prepared the way for Neo-Platonism, [69]86 (note)
Arius, Victorinus wrote some books against, 117 (note)
Arts, liberal, Augustin understood the books relating to the, unaided, [70]77
Asceticism,
of Paul of Thebais, [71]122 (note)
Manichæan, as compared with Christian, [72]122 (note)
by embracing, we virtually deny the right use of God's gifts, [73]155 (note)
Astrologers,
Augustin's classification of, [74]69 (note)
belief of the Jews in, [75]69 (note)
divinations of the, [76]105
were called mathematicians, [77]106 (note)
Astrology, refutation of, [78]105, [79]106
Atoms, in nature no two touch, [80]127 (note)
Atonement, the, [81]162
Augustin,
describes his infancy, [82]47 etc
his boyhood, [83]49-54
how he learns to speak, [84]49
he prays to God that he may not be beaten, 49
his fondness for play, [85]49
educated from his mother's womb in the true faith, [86]50
he was signed with the cross, and seasoned with salt, [87]50 and note
his hatred of study and the Greek language, but delight in Latin and the empty fables of the poets, [88]51
the reason of this, [89]52
Homer distasteful to him because it was in Greek, [90]52
he entreats that whatever he learnt as a boy may be dedicated to God, [91]52
his declamation applauded above that of his fellows, [92]53
he was more afraid of making a mistake in grammar than of offending God, [93]53
he committed petty thefts and sought dishonest victories at play, [94]54
he deplores the wickedness of his youth, 55
especially that of his sixteenth year, 56
he used to go to Madaura to learn grammar and rhetoric
his father, though only a poor freeman of Thagaste, made a great sacrifice to send his son to Carthage, 56
he plumes himself upon being more licentious than his fellows
his mother unwisely opposes his marrying, 57
he robs a neighbouring pear-tree from a love of mischief, [95]57
he is caught in the snares of a licentious passion, 60
his love of stage-plays, [96]60
he is affected by a foul spiritual disease, 61
his sacrilegious curiosity, [97]61
not even to church does he suppress his desires, [98]61
he becomes head in the school of rhetoric, 61
he begins to study eloquence, [99]61
his father dies in his seventeenth year, [100]61
in his nineteenth year he is led by the Hortensius of Cicero to philosophy, [101]61
he rejects the Sacred Scriptures as too simple, [102]62
he falls into the errors of the Manichæans, 62, [103]76
his longing after truth, [104]62, [105]63
Manichæan system peculiarly enthralling to an ardent mind like his, [106]63 (note)
his desire for knowledge caused him to join the Manichæans, [107]64 (note)
his victory over inexperienced persons, [108]67 and note
the nine years from his nineteenth year, 68-78
he teaches rhetoric, [109]68
he has a mistress, [110]68
he receives the Agonistic garland, [111]70
he is given to divination, [112]70
his friend's illness and death, [113]70
he leaves Thagaste and goes to Carthage, 72
he writes books on the "Fair and Fit," [116]73
he dedicates them to Hierius; he longs for his commendation, [117]74, [118]75
he turns his attention to the nature of the mind, [119]75
in what he conceived the chief good to consist, [120]75
he calls it a Monad, and the chief evil a Duad, [121]76
when scarce twenty, he understood Aristotle's Ten Predicaments, [122]77
his ready understanding of the liberal arts, 77, and sciences, [123]77
his wit a snare to him, [124]77
the twenty-ninth year of his age, [125]79-88
he begins to appreciate the knowledge of God above secular learning, [126]81
he points out the fallacy of the Manichæan belief as to the Paraclete, [127]81 (note)
he withdraws from the errors of the Manichæans, being remarkably aided by God, [128]83
he leaves Carthage to go to Rome, [129]84
he deceives his mother, [130]84
he is attacked by fever, [131]84
is restored [132]85
becomes one of the "elect" of the Manichæans, 86
his view of Arcesilas' philosophy, [133]86 (note)
his erroneous views as to Christianity, [134]86
he goes to Milan to teach rhetoric, and there makes the acquaintance of Ambrose, [135]88
he resolves to abandon the Manichæans and become a catechumen, [136]88
his thirtieth year, [137]88-101
his mother follows him over the sea, [138]89
he recognises the falsity of his old opinions, 92
he describes how Alypius, led into the circus by his fellow-students, becomes fascinated by the fights held there, [139]95, [140]96
he becomes inflamed with the love of wisdom, 98
he is troubled in mind, [141]98, [142]100
he is prevented from marrying by Alypius, 98
he undertakes to write the life of Alypius, [143]99 (note)
is urged by his mother to marry, and a maiden sought for him, [144]99
he sends his mistress back to Africa, but takes another, [145]100
in his thirty-first year he recalls the beginning of his youth, [146]102-115
his conception of God, [147]102 and note, [148]103, 104
his mind is severely exercised as to the origin of evil, [149]106
is stimulated to wisdom by the Hortensius of Cicero, [150]107 (note), [151]123
his conception of Christ, [152]112
he rejoices that he proceeded from Plato to the Scriptures, and not the reverse, [153]114
he found in the latter what was not in the former, [154]114
he consults Simplicianus as to the renewing of his mind, [155]116
he describes the thirty-second year of his age, [156]116, [157]128
he is still held by the love of women, [158]116
he burns to imitate Victorinus, [159]120
his review of his life, [160]123;
he retires with Alypius into the garden, 124
his trouble of spirit, [161]125
he refutes the Manichæan notion of two kinds of minds, [162]125, [163]126
was still enthralled by his old loves, [164]126
he retires into solitude to meditate, and hears a voice saying, "Take up and read," [165]127
his reason for giving up his professorship, 129, [166]130 (note)
his lungs become affected, [167]130
he retires to the villa of his friend Verecundus, [168]130
he finally gives up the professorship, [169]131
he found in retirement preparation for future work, [170]131 (note)
effect of the Psalms on him, especially the fourth, [171]131, [172]132
his anger against the Manichæans, [173]132
in his thirty fourth year he writes his book The Master, a dialogue between him and his son, 133;
he suffers from toothache, but loses it in answer to prayer, [174]133
he attributes all that he was to his mother's tears, [175]135 (note)
his last conversation with his mother, [176]137
his grief at her death, [177]139-140
he is troubled that he was so long without God, [178]152
effect of church music on him, [179]156
object and use of his Confessions [180]143, [181]163
he entreats of God that he may be led to the truth through the Scriptures, [182]163, [183]164
he designates Eraclius as his successor, 163;
he prays to be taught by God, [184]170
his old notions as to matter, [185]177
his longings for the heavenly Jerusalem, 182
was addicted to the allegorical explanation of Scripture, [186]190
Authority,
and morals, [187]65
of the holy writings, [188]93 and note
Bacon, the sentiments of, concerning friendship, [189]72 (note)
Baptism
Augustin being seized with illness, prays for, 50
on his recovery it was postponed, [190]50
in Augustin's days often deferred till death approached, [191]50 (note)
wrongly deferred, [192]50 (note)
guilt after, greater than before, [193]50 and note
those who attended stage-plays were excluded from, by the Fathers, [194]60 (note)
that of Nebridius took place when he was ill and unconscious, [195]70
candidates for, seasoned with salt, [196]89 (note)
martyrdom described as a second [197]90 (note)
the washing of, called illumination, [198]118 (note), [199]194
renunciation of Satan before, [200]118 (note)
customs of the Eastern Churches at, [201]119 (note)
being the sacrament of initiation, is not so profitable without the Lord's Supper, [202]199 (note)
gives life, Lord's Supper maintains it, 199
the entrance into the Church [203]199 (note)
[Hebrew] and [Hebrew] distinguished, [204]115 (note)
Basilica, the Portian, [205]134 and note
Bath, soothing powers of the, [206]139
Bauto, the consul at Milan, [207]94 (note)
Beasts of the field,
symbolical of those given to carnal pleasures, 80 (note), [208]81
clean and unclean, explanation of the division of, [209]91 (note)
Beautiful, love of the, [210]74
Beauty of God, [211]46, [212]63
Beggar, the joyous, [213]94
Beginning,
Christ the, of all things; the Word the, 166
the words, "In the beginning," interpreted differently, [214]183, [215]187
Bible
literary, merit of the, [216]62 (note), [217]81 (note)
the Psalms "a Bible in little," [218]131 (note)
Birds of the air symbolical of pride, [219]80 (note)
Blessedness, true, to be attained only by adhering to God, [220]190 (note)
Blind man, the, cured, [221]134
his vow, [222]134 (note)
Blindness, Augustin compares sin to, [223]192 (note)
Body, soul, and spirit, [224]111 (note)
as distinct from soul, [225]111, [226]112
the mind commands the [227]125
Books, the Manichæan, [228]83
Boyhood, Augustin's fondness for play in, 50
he thanks God for his, [229]54
Caesar, Christ paid tribute to, [230]80
Calling upon God, [231]45
Carthage, Augustin sent by his father to pursue his studies at, [232]56, [233]60
he leaves that city on account of the violent habits of the students there, [234]84
Cassiacum, Verecundus' villa at, [235]130
Catechumens, seasoned with salt, [236]50 and note, 89 (note)
or "Hearers" of the Manichæans, their privileges, [237]66 (note)
Augustin resolves to become one in the Catholic Church, [238]88
customs of, at baptism, [239]119 (note)
before baptism, [240]197 (note)
when ready for, they were termed Competentes, 197(note)
Categories of Aristotle maybe classed under two heads, [241]77and note
Catiline loved not his villanies, but had a motive for committing them, [242]58
Cavils, Manichæan [243]167, 174
Celibacy, discussion of Augustin and Alypius concerning, [244]98, [245]99
Chief evil, nature of the, [246]76
Chief good,
Augustin's conception of the, [247]75
Varro gives [248]288different opinions as regards the, [249]75(note)
God the, [250]194, 151(note)
Childhood,
the sins of, found in manhood; an emblem of humility, [251]54
Christ, the fulness of the Godhead is in, 62
perfect human sympathy of, [252]71 (note)
humiliation of, for us, [253]74and note
our very life, [254]74
paid tribute to Caesar, [255]80
humanity of, [256]85 (note), [257]108
Manichæan belief as to the human birth of, 87(note)
fulness of, [258]108
the Mediator, [259]112, [260]114 (note)
a perfect man, [261]113
the two natures of, [262]113 (note), [263]161 and note, 162
as God, the country to which we go, as man, the way by which we go, [264]114
healing in Him alone, [265]114
the Victor and Victim, Priest and Sacrifice, 162
the Beginning, [266]166
Christian, certainty of the faith of the, as compared with the uncertainty of the teaching of the philosophers, 86(note)
the almost and altogether, [267]121(note)
Christianity gives the golden key to happiness, [268]75(note)
Augustin's erroneous views as to, [269]86(note)
Church, the,
history of, creation type of the, [270]194
music of, its effect on Augustin, [271]156
Circensian games, Alypius' love of the, [272]94
how cured of it, [273]95
he becomes Augustin's pupil, and is involved in the same superstition as his friend, [274]95
Augustin becomes carried away by the love of the, [275]95
they were put a stop to by the sacrifice of Telemachus the monk, [276]96 (note)
Cicero's writings as compared with the Word of God, [277]81(note)
his opinion concerning Arcesilas' teaching, 86(note)
Augustin studies his Hortensius, [278]61, and is stimulated to wisdom thereby, [279]107(note), 123, [280]124
Circus, games of the, [281]95and note, 158(note)
Classics, highly esteemed in Augustin's day, 51
objections to the study of the, [282]53
Commandments, modes of dividing the Ten, [283]65and note
Community, Augustin and his friends propose to establish a, [284]99, [285]100
Companions, influence of bad, [286]59
Competentes, name given to catechumens when ready for baptism, [287]197
Conception of Christ, Augustin's, [288]112
of God, [289]102 and note, [290]103, [291]104
Confession to God, Augustin urges the duty of, 79
is piety, [292]81
useof Augustin's, [293]143
object of his, [294]163
Confirmation sometimes called a sacrament by the Fathers, [295]118(note)
Constantine was not baptized till the end of his life, [296]50(note)
his controversy with Sylvester, [297]69(note)
Constantius enacted laws against Paganism, 120
Contemplation, the Christian ascends the mount of, by faith, [298]181(note)
the reward of practical duties, [299]197
of things eternal, [300]197 (note)
Continency, false and seducing, of the Manichæans [301]95and note
beauty of, [302]126
imposed on us, [303]153,
Continentia and Sustinentia, difference between, [304]153(note)
Conversion, Monica's dream of her son's, 66
of Victorinus, [305]119
of Paul, [306]120 and note, [307]138(note)
of Alypius, [308]128
Converts, how received in Justin Martyr's time, [309]118 (note)
Corporeal brightness, Augustin thought of God as a, [310]71(note), [311]77
of the Manichæans [312]109 (note)
forms, Augustin's mind ranges through, [313]75, [314]76, but later on he repudiates the notion of a, [315]92
Corruption, the five regions of, [316]103
Courtiers, history of the two, [317]122-123
Creasti, explanation of, [318]115
Creation praises God, [319]79, 110
harmony of the, [320]110-111
testifies to a Creator, [321]165
time began from the not it from time, [322]188 (note)
doctrine of the Trinity emblemized in the, 191
history of the, a type of the Church,
Creator, true joy to be found only in the, 58
putting the creature above the, [323]81
God the, [324]165
Credulity of the Manichæans, [325]93(note)
Cross of Christ symbolized, [326]52(note)
Curds, the mountain of, [327]130and note
Curiosity, a help to learning, [328]52
affects a desire for knowledge, [329]58
Augustin's sacrilegious, [330]61
fishes of the sea symbolical of, [331]80(note)
evil of, to Augustin, [332]95
a snare to Alypius, [333]99
temptation of, stimulated by the lust of the eyes, [334]157, [335]158
for experiment's sake, [336]158
manifold temptations of, [337]158
Curtain of Ps. civ.2, rendered "skin," [338]195(note)
Custom, force of, [339]52
true inner righteousness doth not judge according to, [340]64
versus law, [341]84
conforming to, [342]90 (note)
the weight of carnal, [343]111
power of, [344]121
Customs, human, to be obeyed, [345]65
Cyprian, oratory in memory of, [346]84
Danae, [347]52
Daniel praying in captivity, [348]181(note)
Darkness and light, [349]103 (note)
Dead, prayers for the, [350]90 (note), [351]139, [352]141 (note)
festivals in honour of the, [353]90
origin of the custom, [354]90 (note)
Death, origin of the law of, [355]73 (note)
Augustin says Adam was able to avert it by partaking of the tree of life, [356]73 (note)
Death-bed baptism of Nebridius, [357]70
Declamation, Augustin's, applauded above that of his fellow-students, [358]53
"Deep, the great," Augustin's interpretation of the, [359]191 (note), [360]194 (note)
Dido, [361]51
Distentio, distraction, [362]174 and notes
Divination, the soothsayers used sacrifices in their, [363]68
the mathematicians did not do so, [364]69
Augustin's obstinate belief in, but his friend Nebridius scoffs at it, [365]70
afterwards influenced by Augustin, he too believes in it, [366]70
of the astrologers, [367]105, [368]106
Divinity of Christ, [369]113 (note)
Docetae, belief of the, [370]113 (note)
Donatism, how developed in Augustin's time, [371]90 (note)
spiritual pride of the Donatists, [372]162 (note)
Drachma, the woman and the, [373]119, [374]149
Dream
of Monica concerning her son's conversion, 66
temptation in, [375]154
Augustin's view of, [376]154 (note)
Thorwaldsen's, result of, [377]154 (note)
Drunkenness forbidden by God, [378]154, [379]155
Duad, Monad and, [380]76 and note
how this dualistic belief affected the Manichæan notion of Christ, [381]87 (note)
Dust, the mathematicians drew their figures in, [382]77 (note)
Ear, the delights of the, [383]156
Earth, beauty of the, [384]144 (note)
East, turning to the, at baptism, [385]119, (note)
Education, Augustin disapproves of the mode of, in his day, [386]52
Egyptians,
Faustus' objection to the spoiling of the, [387]66 (note)
gold of the, belongs to God, [388]109 and note
"Elect" of the Manichæans, [389]66 and note, [390]68, 83 (note)
Augustin becomes one of the, [391]86
divine substance in the, [392]103, [393]104, [394]155 (note)
Eloquence, wit and,
baits to draw man to the Word, [395]45 (note)
Augustin begins to study, [396]61
Greek and Latin, Hierius' knowledge of, [397]75
of Ambrose, [400]88
Endiathetos, "in the bosom of the Father," [401]108 (note), [402]166 (note)
Enemies of God, who are the, [403]79 (note)
Epicureanism, [404]100
popularity of, [405]100 (note)
Eraclius, Augustin designates, as his successor, [406]163 (note)
Esau, Jacob and, illustrations concerning, 106
his longing after the Egyptian food, [407]108 and note
Eternal, on comprehending the, [408]167, [409]175 (note)
Eternity, of God, [410]48, [411]109 and note;
relation of, to the mutable creature, [412]179
time has no relation to, [413]167
God's to-day is, [414]168;
reason leads us to the necessity of a belief in, [415]173 (note)
has no succession, [416]175 (note)
Eucharist, oblations for the, [417]85 (note)
regeneration necessary before the reception of the [418]118 (note), [419]138 (note)
called by the ancients "the sacrament of perfection;" maintains life which baptism gives, [420]200
Augustin's interpretation of the, [421]200 (note)
Eunuchus, Terence's, [422]53 and note
Eversores, or subverters, [423]61 and note
Evil
whence is? - see Manichæans
Augustin's notions concerning, [424]64 (note)
the chief Augustin calls a Duad, [425]76
Manichæan doctrine of, [426]83 (note), [427]86, [428]87
the cause of, [429]103, [430]104
origin of, [431]104-106
not a substance, [432]110, [433]111
Augustin's notion of, [434]110 (note)
Evil habits bind like iron, [435]120 and note, 121
conviction powerless against, [436]121
Evodius
became associated with Augustin, [437]135
he leads the singing at Monica's funeral, 139
Augustin's endeavours to unravel his difficulties as to the spirits in prison, [438]164 (note)
Excess, by grace we avoid, [439]155
Eyes, the lust of the, [440]157, [441]158
Fables, Manichæan, [442]83 and note
old wives', [443]85
the use of, common with mediaeval writers, [444]164 (note)
"Fair and Fit, Augustin's book as to the, [445]74, 76
Faith, preaching leads to, [446]45
the Manichæans exalted reason at the expense of, [447]63 (note)
the rule of, [448]67, [449]128
reason and, [450]93 and note
and sight, [451]201 (note)
Fame, the emptiness of popular, [452]68
Fasting enjoined by Justin Martyr as a preparation for baptism, [453]118 (note), [454]154 (note)
Faustus, a bishop of the Manichæans,
goes to Carthage, [455]80
eloquence of, [456]82, [457]83
his knowledge superficial, [458]82, [459]83
distinction between his teaching and that of Ambrose, [460]88
Fear, "pure," [461]69 (note)
joy in proportion to past [462]119, [463]120
Fever, Nebridius falls sick of a, and dies, 70
Augustin is attacked by, [464]4
Fichte's strange idea as to St. John's teaching concerning the word, [465]185 (note)
Fictions, Augustin's love of, [466]52, [467]53
results of, to Augustin, [470]61
Manichæan [471]63
Augustin's reply to Faustus as to Manichæan 93 (note)
Fideles, the, [472]89
Fig-tree, Manichæan delusions concerning, 66
Firmament, allegorical explanation of the, 195, [473]196, [474]199 (note)
Firminius,
a friend of Augustin's, [475]105
studies the constellations, and relates a story to disprove astrology, [476]105, [477]106;
Fish of the sea, symbolical interpretation of the, [478]80 (note), [479]200 (note)
Flesh,
the Word made, [480]107 and note, [481]108, [482]112-113, 162
as distinct from body, [483]164 (note)
Forgetfulness the privation of memory, [484]148, 149
Fortunatus, Augustin's controversy with, 103
Free-will, [485]76 and note
the cause of evil, [486]103, [487]104
absence of, the punishment of former sin, 125
the Pelagians held that through the power of, they could attain perfection, [488]140 (note)
Friendship,
of the world enmity to God, [489]51
between Augustin and Nebridius, [492]70
of Pylades and Orestes, [493]71
Lord Bacon's sentiments as to, [494]72 (note)
Fruit, distinction between the "gift" and the, 203, [495]200
of the earth allegorized, [496]203
Funerals,
Roman customs at, [497]139 (note)
rites at Monica's, [498]139 and note
Gassendi vitalized Epicureanism, [499]100 (note)
Genesis,
what Moses meant in the book of, [500]186
repetition of the allegorical interpretation of, [501]206
Gibbon, his description of the amphitheatre of Titus, [502]95 (note)
his charge of Platonism against Christianity, 107 (note)
Gifts,
diversities of, given by the Spirit, [503]197
distinction between the "gift" and the "fruit," [504]203-204
Gnostic opinion as to the origin of the world, 205
God,
worthy of praise, [505]45, [506]79
man desires to praise Him, His power and wisdom, [507]45
true rest in Him only, [508]45, [509]59, [510]74, [511]161
knowledge of, [512]45
Augustin longs for that knowledge, [513]158 (note)
omnipresence of, [514]79
attributes of, [515]45-46, [516]58
naught can contain, [517]46
He filleth all things, [518]46
by filling them He created them, [519]72
majesty of, [520]46 and note
unchangeableness of, [521]46, [522]63, [523]73, [524]79 (note), 116
always working, yet always at rest, [527]46, 207
imperfect man cannot comprehend the perfect, 46 (note)
providence of, [528]47
eternal, [529]48, [530]109 and note
is Truth, [531]62, [532]72, [533]81, [534]109 and note, [535]151, [536]152, 187 and note
sought wrongly not to be found, [537]63
His care of us, [538]67
held by the Manichæans to be an unmeasured light, [539]68 (note)
the true light, [540]76 (note), [541]109 and note, 157
the source of light, [542]112 (note)
the fountain of light, [543]161
the architect and artificer of His Church, [544]72 (note)
wounds only to heal, [545]72 (note)
should be our highest love, [546]72
all good is from, [547]74
unity of, [548]77
our supreme good, [549]78, [550]151 (note)
to be preferred to learning, [551]87
Augustin's conception of, [552]102 and note, [553]103, 104
incomprehensible, [554]102
incorruptibility of, [555]103 and note, [556]104
never suffers evil, [557]104
the Chief Good, [558]105
subjection to, our only safety, [559]107
the Word, [560]108
"I am that I am," [561]109, 110 (note)
hope and joy in Him alone, [562]142,153
searchings after, [563]144-145
the Creator, [564]165
the Immutable Light of wisdom, [565]190 (note)
the mercy of, in conveying His truth by symbols, [566]199
Gods, why the poets attributed wickedness to the, [567]52
Homer transfers things human to the, [568]52
Gold of Egypt, [569]109 and note
Good,
the Manichæans taught that good and evil were primeval, and had independent existence, [570]64 (note)
all, is from God, [571]74
Augustin's conception of the chief, [572]75, 105
God our Supreme, [573]78, [574]151, [575]190 (note)
and evil illustrated, [576]110 (note)
God saw that everything in creation was, [577]204, 205
Grace, the fulfilment of love, [578]183 (note)
Grammar, the Christians forbidden by Julian to teach, [579]120
Grammar schools entrances of, covered with veils, [580]51 and note
Great,
joy in the conversion of the, [581]120 and note
influence of the, [582]120 (note)
Greek,
Augustin's dislike to, [583]51
the reason of his dislike, [584]51, [585]52
his knowledge of, [586]107 (note)
eloquence, Hierius' knowledge of, [587]74, [588]75
Greeks, led to Christ by philosophy, [589]107 (note)
Grief, Augustin's,
at the death of his friend, [590]70-71
at his mother's death, [591]139, [592]140
effect of time on, [593]72
silence a good consoler in, [594]127 (note)
at the death of friends natural, [595]139 (note)
Habits, evil, bind like iron, [596]120 and note
conviction powerless against, [597]121
Happiness,
Christianity gives the golden key to, [598]75 (note)
knowledge of God the highest, [599]81
the Word of God a fount of, [600]81 (note)
whence comes true, [601]124
consummation of, in heaven only, [602]131 (note)
not joy merely, but joy in God, [603]152
Happy life,
longings after the, [604]160-161
to be found in God only, [605]151
Harts of the forests, [606]164 and note
"Hearers" or catechumens,
privileges of the, [607]66 (note)
why Augustin never went beyond the rank of a, 68 (note)
did not practise abstinence, [608]155 (note)
Heart, the law written on the, [609]74 (note)
humility exalts the, [610]74 (note)
lifting up of the, [611]192 (note)
of man, Augustin interprets the "deep" to mean, [612]194 (note)
Heaven,
rest in, [613]45 (note), [614]207
the double, [615]176
the third, [616]176
the felicity of, [617]45 (note)
fulness of reward in, [618]76 (note)
consummation of happiness only in, [619]131 (note)
a prepared place for prepared people, [620]192 (note)
and earth shall pass away, but not the Word, 196
the peace of, [621]207
Heaven and earth, different interpretations of, [622]182, [623]183
Heavenly bodies, motions of the, not time, 171, [624]172
Hebrew, Augustin had no knowledge of, [625]164, [626]165 and note
Hedonism and Epicureanism, [627]100 (note)
Hedonists, their "good" is their own pleasure, 75 (note)
Helpidius, disputes with the Manichæans, 87
Heresies confirm the truth, [628]113
Hierius,
a native of Syria, an orator of Rome, [629]74
Augustin dedicates his books on the " Fair and Fit " to, [630]74
Hippocrates, Vindicianus early understood, 70
Holy City, light, life, and joy of the, is in God, [631]191 (note)
Holy Spirit,
why spoken of in Genesis as "borne over," [632]191, 192
brings us to God, [633]192
Homer,
distasteful to Augustin because it was Greek, 51
fictions of, [634]52
Honoratus, a friend of Augustin, at one time a Manichæan [635]88 (note)
Hope,
we are saved and made happy by, [636]76 (note)
all, is in the mercy of God, [637]153
Hope and joy in God alone, [638]142
Horace, quotation from, [639]71
Horoscope-casters, Vindicianus begs Augustin to throw away the books of the, [640]69
Hortensius, Cicero's, [641]52
Augustin's study of, [642]61
he is stimulated to wisdom thereby, [643]107 (note), [644]123, [645]124
Hour-glasses of Augustin's time, [646]163
Human life a distraction, [647]174
Humanity of Christ, [648]71 (note), [649]85 (note), [650]113 (note)
Augustin thinks it profane to believe in the, 87
Manichæans' belief as to the, [651]87 (note)
Humiliation of Christ for us, [652]74
to draw us to Himself, [653]74 (note)
Humility,
childhood the emblem of, [654]54
exalts the heart, [655]74 (note)
the holy, of Scripture, [656]93
Hyle, or matter, the evil principle of the Manichæans [657]76 (note)
Ichthus emblem of the, [658]200 (note)
Ignorance, danger of, [659]47 (note)
Illumination, the washing of baptism, [660]118 (note), [661]194 (note), [662]198 (note)
Image of God, man created in the, [663]91 (note)
Importunity, Monica's, to the bishop, [664]67
Incarnation of Christ,
Manichæans, notion of the, [665]87 (note)
a mystery to Porphyry, [666]161 (note)
Infancy,
sin in, [667]47 (note)
waywardness in, [668]47, [669]48
prone to sin, [670]48, [671]49
its innocence is not in its will, but in its weakness, [672]48
Injury man does himself by sin, [673]79 (notes)
Intuitionists, their "good" lies in following the dictates of conscience, [674]75 (note)
Jacob and Esau, illustration concerning, 166
Jerome, his knowledge of Hebrew, [675]165 (note)
Jerusalem,
Augustin longs for the heavenly, [676]182 and note
the mother of us all, [677]192 (note)
Jews, the,
their influence on Neo-Platonism, [678]118 (note)
Julian the Apostate favoured the, and encouraged them to rebuild the temple, [679]120 (note)
Jove, [680]52
Joy,
true, to be found in the Creator only, [681]58
true and false, [682]94
source of true, [683]94, [684]151,
in proportion to past fear, [685]119
in the conversion of the great, [686]120 (note)
and hope, in God alone, [687]142
Julian, the Emperor,
forbade the Christians to teach grammar and oratory, [688]120
he favoured Paganism, the Donatists, and the Jews, [689]120
Justice and mercy, illustration of God's, [690]133 (note)
Justin Martyr, [691]107 (note)
how converts were received in his time, [692]118 (note)
Justina, persecution of Ambrose by, [693]134 and note
qn' and br' distinguished, [694]115 (note)
Knowledge of God, [695]45
the highest happiness, [696]81
Augustin's great aim was to attain, [697]158 (note)
Knowledge, human,
more sought than divine, [700]53, [701]54
curiosity affects a desire for, [702]58
Augustin's desire for, made him join the Manichæans, [703]64 (note)
has to do with action, [704]197 (note)
not to be an end, [705]158
received by sight, [706]201
difference between that and divine, [707]207
Latin, Augustin's love of, [708]51, [709]52
Law of God,
the same in itself, but different in application, [710]64
of development in Scripture, [711]64
of death, [712]73 (note)
written on the heart (lex occults), [713]74 (note)
and custom, [714]84
Levitical, concerning the division of beasts into clean and unclean, [715]91 (note)
natural and moral, [716]196 (note)
Laws, human, to be obeyed, [717]65
God to be obeyed in, or contrary to laws, [718]65, 66 and note
Learning,
rudiments of, distasteful to Augustin, [719]51
curiosity a help to, [720]52
vanity of, [721]53
knowledge of God to be appreciated above secular, [722]81
to be preferred to money, and God to it, 87
Lentile, the Egyptian food, [723]108 (note)
Liberal arts and sciences, [724]68, [725]77, [726]80
Faustus had no knowledge of the, [727]82
Augustin sees that a knowledge of, does not lead to God, [728]158 (note)
Licentius' notion concerning truth, [729]123 (note)
Life,
seeking for the blessed, [730]74
Christ our very, [731]74
longing after the blessed, [732]150-152
the misery of human, [733]153
Light, the Manichæans held God to be an unmeasured, [734]68 (note)
God the true, [735]76 and note, [736]157
and darkness, [737]103 (note)
God the unchangeable, [738]109 and note, [739]112
God the source of, [740]112 (note)
that seen by Tobias, [741]157
that seen by Isaac and by Jacob, [742]157
the fountain of, [743]161
what Augustin understood by the Word in Genesis i.3, [744]191
Likeness to God, our, [745]91 (note)
Little things, the power of, [746]135 (note), 136
Logos, the, [747]107 (note), [748]113, [749]166
Lord's Supper. See Eucharist
Love,
pure, [750]69 (note)
God should be our highest, [751]72
love not to be condemned, but love in God is to be preferred, [752]73
of the beautiful, [753]74
of the world, [754]79
what it is to love God, [755]144
of praise, [756]159, [757]160 (note)
grace the fulfilment of, [758]182 (note)
supremacy of the law of, [759]188 (note)
Loving God purely, [760]69 and note
Lust of the flesh, the,
continency from, [761]153
analogy between, and one of our Lord's temptations, [762]153 (note)
eating and drinking a, [763]154, [764]155
of the eyes, curiosity stimulated by the, [765]157, 158
difference between it and love, [766]153 (note)
Luther's Bible in Little, [767]131 (note)
Madaura, formerly an episcopal city, now a village -- Augustin learnt grammar and rhetoric there, [768]56
Man,
moved by God to delight in praising Him, 45
his existence from God, [769]45, [770]46
imperfect, cannot comprehend the perfect, [771]46 (note)
made in God's image, [772]64, [773]91 (note)
a great deep, [774]75
injures himself, not God, by sin, [775]79 (notes)
Christ as, [776]108
a triad, [777]111
the trichotomy of, [778]111 (note), [779]113 (note)
the Mediator between God and, [780]112
Christ a perfect, [781]113, [782]114 (note)
knoweth not himself, [783]144
God does not need, although He created him, 190, [784]191 and note
faint signs of the Trinity in, [785]193 and note
how Augustin interprets the dominion of, over the beasts, [786]200
is renewed in the knowledge of God after His image, [787]201
knoweth nothing but by the Spirit of God, 205
on the creation of, [788]205
difference between his knowledge and God's, 207
Manichæans, their materialistic views of God, 46 (note), [789]68 (note), [790]76, [791]86
Augustin falls into the errors of the, [792]62
the Scriptures obscured to their mocking spirit, [793]62 (note), [794]67 (note), [795]88 (note)
Augustin later on accused them of professing to believe in the New Testament to entrap the unwary, [796]62 (note), [797]83 (note)
their system peculiarly enthralling to an ardent mind like Augustin's, [798]63 (note)
kindred in many ways to modern Rationalism, [799]63 (note)
Augustin attacks their notions concerning evil, [800]63
cavillings of the, [801]64, [802]87, [803]93, [804]167, [805]174
their doctrine concerning good and evil, [806]64 (note), [807]76 (note), [808]83 (note)
their delusions concerning the fig-tree, 66
their reason for refusing to give bread to any but their own sect, [809]66 and note, [810]68
they held that God was an unmeasured light, [811]68 (note)
their notion concerning the soul, [812]76 (note)
when opposed, they pretended the Scriptures had been corrupted, [813]81 (note), [814]87 and note
their belief as to the humanity of Christ, [815]87 (note)
their false and seducing continency, [816]95 and note
Romanianus falls into the errors of, [817]100 (note)
delusions of the, [818]103 (note)
Augustin's anger against the, [819]132
Augustin refutes they opinions as to the origin of the world, [820]205
Manichæanism,
cannot satisfy, [821]63
a strange mixture of the pensive philosophy of Persia with Gnosticism and Christianity, [822]64 (note)
Manichæus
asserted that the Holy Ghost was personally resident in him, [823]81
asceticism of his followers, [824]122 (note)
Manna, meaning of, [825]48 and note
Marriage, Augustin desires, but his parents oppose it, [826]57
Mars, [827]117
Martyrdom, reason for exalting, [828]90 (note)
described as a second baptism, [829]90 (note)
Martyrs,
honour done to the, [830]90 and notes
two of the, buried in the Ambrosian Basilica, 134 and note
Materialists, the, seek the common "good" of all, [831]75 (note)
Mathematicians
used no sacrifices in their divinations [832]69
they drew their figures in dust or sand, [833]77 (note), [834]106 (note)
Matter, or Hyle, the evil principle according to Faustus, [835]76 (note)
the Platonic theory concerning, [836]76 (note)
God did not create the world from but by His word, [837]165
the world not created out of, but by God's word, [838]165
Augustin's old notion as to, [839]177
not created out of God's substance, [840]177
Augustin discusses whether it was from eternity or was made by God, [841]184
Medea, [842]63
Mediator,
Christ the, [843]112, [844]114 (note)
God and man, [845]162 and note
or medius, [846]162
Memory,
nature and power of, [847]145, [848]149
privation of, is forgetfulness, [849]149
God cannot be attained unto by the power of, 149
possessed, by beasts and birds, [850]149
manifoldness of, [851]149, [852]150, [853]161
God dwells in the, [854]152
Mercy,
and misery, [855]47 (note), [856]60
of God, all hope is in the, [857]153
Milan,
Augustin is sent to teach rhetoric at, [858]87, 88
he recites his panegyric to the Emperor at, [859]94 (note)
Church hymns and psalms first introduced at, 134
Mind,
Augustin turns his attention to the nature of the, [860]75
commands the body, [861]125
Augustin refutes the Manichæan notion of two kinds of, [862]125
four perturbations of the, [863]148
time the impression of things on the future and past things in relation to the, [864]173
Minerva, [865]117
Ministers, how they should work, [866]200
Miracles,
the cessation of, and its probable result, [867]69 (note), [868]106 (note)
wrought in behalf of Ambrose, [869]134 and note
necessary to some ignorant men, [870]200
cessation of, [871]204 (note)
Misery of the angels and their former excellence, [872]192
Moderation in eating and drinking, [873]154
Monachism, Antony the founder of, [874]122 and note
Monad and Duad, [875]76 and notes
Money, learning to be preferred to, [876]87
Monica,
the mother of Augustin, her obedience to her husband, [877]50
her dream concerning her son's conversion, 66
the wooden rule therein symbolical of the rule of faith, [878]66
her anxiety about her son, [879]67
she goes to consult a certain bishop, [880]67
how her prayers for her son were answered, [881]67, 84
her son deceives her, [882]84
her sorrow at his deception, [883]84
she never failed to make oblations at God's altar twice a day, [884]85
object of her prayers, [885]85
her visions, [886]67, [887]85, [888]89
she follows her son over sea and land, and encourages the sailors in danger, [889]89
her confidence that she could not die without seeing her son a Catholic Christian, [890]89
her love for and her obedience to Ambrose, [891]89, 90
she gives up making offerings at the oratories, [892]90
she urges her son to marry, and chooses a wife for him, [893]99
early training and life of, [894]135, [895]136
her youthful love of wine, [896]135
how cured of it, [897]136
her conduct as a wife, [898]136
her peace-making and endurance, [899]137
she gains her husband to God, [900]137
her death draws near, [901]137
her last conversation with her son, [902]137, 138
her death at Ostia, [903]138
Monophysites, still turn to the west in renouncing Satan, [904]118 (note)
Montanus, the pretensions of, similar to that of the Manichæans, [905]82 (note)
Moon, sun and, Manichean belief as to the, 63
its falsity, [906]82, [907]83 and note
influence of the, [908]103 (note)
the natural man and the, [909]198
Morality of the Manichæans, [910]95
Morals, authority and, [911]65
Mortality, skins the emblem of, [912]112 and note, 195
Mortification, pain better than, [913]100 and note
Moses [914]109 (note)
on Mount Nebo, [915]181 (note)
what he meant in book of Genesis, [916]186
he is supposed to have perceived all the truth in its words, [917]188
Mountain of milk and curds, [918]130 and note
Mountains of God, Augustin's interpretation of the, [919]191
Music, church, effect of, on Augustin, [920]156
Mysteries, of Scripture, God's reason for the, 48 (note)
the mystery and simplicity of Scripture, [921]62, 93
the unfolding of God's, in the future life only, [922]124 (note)
of Scripture, [923]164 (note)
symbolized, [924]164 (note)
well-regulated minds do not seek to pry into the, [925]193
when revelation is clear and devoid of, [926]196 (note)
of God can be revealed by Him alone, [927]207
Mystery or "sacrament," [928]118 (note)
Natures, the two, [929]125, [930]126
Nebridius, a goodly youth Augustin's friend, 70, [931]105, [932]130
he left Carthage for Milan to be near Augustin, [933]97
tried to dissuade Augustin from belief in the astrologers, [934]70, [935]105
his argument against Manichæanism, [936]103
consented to teach under Verecundus, [937]122
his humility, [938]122
dies in Africa after the conversion of his household, [939]131
letter of Augustin to, [940]131
Neo-Platonism, Aristotle and Zeno prepared the way for, [941]86 (note)
Amelius developed and formulated, [942]107 (note)
doctrine of, as to the "Word," [943]107 (note)
as to the soul's capacity, [944]198 (note)
Augustin speaks with admiration of, [945]117 (note)
Neptune, t [946]17
New Song, the, of Praise [947]45 (note)
New Testament, the Manichæans professed to believe in the, to entrap the unwary, [948]62 (note)
adversity the blessing of the, [949]76 (note)
the Manichæans asserted that the writings of, had been corrupted, [950]87 and note
Obedience, to teachers enjoined, [951]49
to princes, [952]65
to God, in or against human laws, necessary, 65, [953]66
Oblations, what they are, [954]85 (note)
Monica made them twice a day, [955]85
offered at Queen Victoria's coronation, [956]85 (note)
at the tombs of the martyrs, [957]90 (note)
Odours, the attraction of, [958]156
Oil of sinners, [959]160 and note
Old Testament, its histories, typical and allegorical, [960]65 (note)
prosperity the blessing of the, [961]76 (note)
Omnipresence of God, [962]45
Onesiphorus, hospitality of, [963]203
Oratories,
in memory of Cyprian, [964]84
in memory of the saints and martyrs, [965]90 and note
offerings at the, forbidden by Ambrose and afterwards by Augustin, [966]90
Monica discontinues hers, [967]90 and note
Oratory,
undue appreciation of, [968]53
the Christians forbidden by Julian to teach, 120
Orestes and Pylades, [969]71
Origen's knowledge of Hebrew, [970]165 (note)
Origin
of the law of death, [971]73 (note)
of the human soul, Augustin on the, [974]183 (note)
of the world, the Manichæan notion concerning the, [975]205
Ostia, Augustin and his mother stay at, 137
she dies at, and is buried there, [976]138
Ovid, quotations from, [977]71 (note)
Pachomius, the good done by the monks of, [978]122 (note)
Paganism, Constantius enacted laws against, but Julian the Apostate reinstated it in its former splendour, [979]120 (note)
Pain, spiritual and physical, better than mortification, [980]100 and note
Paraclete, the, of the Manichæans [981]62
Manichæus asserted that He was personally resident in him, [982]81 and note
the Spirit of Truth, [983]132
Paradise, allegorized by some, [984]92 (note)
Parents, make light of the childish troubles of their offspring, [985]5
ambition for their children's progress often injudicious, [986]50
our first, doctrine of the early Church concerning their immortality had they not sinned, [987]73 (note)
Past and future, in the, there is time, 169
they exist only in the soul, [988]170
Patriarchs, actions of the, prophetic, [989]65 and note
Patricius, the father of Augustin,
a poor freeman of Thagaste, he was only a catechumen when his son was to his sixteenth year, [990]56
he dies when Augustin is sixteen, [991]61
was at first unkind to his wife, but was melted by her enduring meekness, etc., [992]136
is gained over to God by her, [993]137
Paul, St., Augustin studies the writings of, 114
conversion of, [994]120 and note
his rejoicing at the good works of the Philippians, [995]203
Paul of Thebais, asceticism of, [996]122 (note)
Peace of heaven, the only true, [997]207 (note)
Pearl of great price, Augustin compares Christ to the, [998]117 (note)
Peiraterion a "warfare," [999]153 (note)
Pelagians, they laid claim to the attainment of perfection through power of freewill, [1000]140 (note)
Pelagius and the bishop, dispute between, 155
Pelican, the fable of the, [1001]164 (note)
Pen of the Spirit, [1002]114
Phantasies, unreality of, [1003]63
poetical fictions less dangerous than, [1004]63
Phantasm, Augustin thinks of God as a, [1005]71, 72
and of Christ also, [1006]85 (note), [1007]86, [1008]87
Augustin ceases to look upon God as a, [1009]111
Philo, the Therapeutae of, [1010]122 (note)
Philosophy, made the beginning of Augustin's conversion, [1011]61
in Greek, the love of wisdom is called [1012]62
effect of, on the writings of the Fathers, [1013]61 (note)
the various schools of, [1014]75 (note)
revelation alone can reconcile the different systems of, [1015]75 (note)
the academic and other schools of, [1016]86 (note)
unsatisfying, [1017]100 (note)
led the Greeks to Christ, [1018]107 (note)
Augustin's opinion of the various schools of, 107 (note)
Plato's, the nearest to Christ, [1019]117
Photimus heresy of, [1020]113,
Pyrrhonists, doctrine of the, [1021]86 (note)
Piety, confession to God is, [1022]81
Plato, works of, compared with the Word of God, [1023]81 (note)
dogmatic and sceptical sides of his philosophy, [1024]86 (note)
doctrine of, in connection with Christianity, 107 (note), [1025]114
parallels between his doctrine and that of God, [1026]109
much in Platonism in common with asceticism, 122 (note)
Platonic theory of matter, [1027]76 (note)
Platonists, Augustin studies the books of the, probably those of Amelius, [1028]107 and note
Pleasures, carnal, the beasts of the field symbolical of, [1029]80 (note), [1030]81
Plotinus, theories of, [1031]107 and note, [1032]112
Pneuma the, [1033]111 (note), [1034]113 (note)
Poetry, classical, evils of, [1035]51-53
Pompey, the ruse of, [1036]135 (note)
Pontitianus, a countryman of Augustin's, 122
his delight at finding
Augustin reading St. Paul's writings, [1037]122
he relates to him the history of Antony, 122
Porphyry's pride in regard to the Incarnation of Christ, [1038]161
Poverty, in what that which displeases God consists, [1039]123 (note)
Praise, God worthy of, [1040]45
Augustin begins his book with, [1041]45 (note)
man desires to praise God, [1042]45, [1043]79
God's, is inexhaustible, [1044]45, [1045]46 and note
silence the highest, to God, [1046]46 (note)
love of worldly, [1047]159, [1048]160 and note
sometimes not to be avoided, [1049]160
Prayers, the manner of Easterns when at, [1050]66 (note), [1051]84
God's answer to Monica's, [1052]67
how He answered them, [1053]84
Augustin's faith strengthened by answer to, 133
for the dead, [1054]139, [1055]141
Preaching, leads to faith, [1056]45
effect of Ambrose's, [1057]45
Pretium regium, meaning of, [1058]97 (note)
Pride, debases the heart, [1059]74 (note)
Augustin errs through, [1060]75-77
birds of the air symbolical of, [1061]80 (note)
temptation of, [1062]158
Priority of origin illustrated, [1063]187
Prodigal son, the, allusions to, [1064]53, [1065]63, 77
Progress, the law of, in Scripture, [1066]64
Prophorikos i.e. "made flesh," [1067]107 (note), [1068]166 (note)
Prosperity the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity of the New, [1069]76 (note)
Providence of God [1070]47
Psalms and hymns first sung in church at Milan, [1071]134
sung at death-beds and burials, [1072]139 (note)
Psaltery of ten strings, [1073]65 and note
Psuche the, [1074]111 (note), [1075]113 (note)
Psuchikos "soulish" or "natural," [1076]112 (note)
Punishment of sin, [1077]72, [1078]79 (note)
the absence of free-will a, [1079]125
Purgatory, prayers for the dead imply a belief in, [1080]141 (note)
Pylades and Orestes, [1081]71
rqy "the firmament," [1082]199
Rationalem, term applied to holy things, [1083]203 (note)
Rationalism, modern, Manichean system kindred to, [1084]63 (note)
Reason,
the Manichæans exalted it at the expense of faith, [1085]63 (note)
and faith, [1086]93 and note
leads us to a belief in the necessity of eternity, [1087]173 (note)
Reddere, used of the creed [1088]118 (note)
Regeneration, [1089]45 and notes
necessary before receiving the Eucharist, [1090]118 (note)
Rest, true, in God alone, [1091]45, [1092]58, [1093]59, [1094]74, [1095]94 (note)
in heaven, ours here an earnest of the future, 45 (note)
God ever worketh and yet is always at rest, 207
Retirement, Augustin finds in, preparation for future work, [1096]131 (note)
Revelation, law of the development of, [1097]64 (note)
can alone reconcile the difficulties of the various systems of philosophy, [1098]75 (note)
is like a broad and deep river, [1099]178 (note)
devoid of mystery, [1100]196 (note)
Rhetoric, Augustin becomes head in the school of, [1101]61
he teaches it at Thagaste, [1102]68,
then at Carthage, [1103]72,
then at Rome, [1104]83
Romanianus, a relative of Alypius,
rich and talented, and good to Augustin, [1105]100 and note
is influenced by Augustin to embrace the Manichæan, heresy, [1106]100, (note)
Augustin's explanation of his conversion to, 115 (note)
Rome, Augustin's motive for wishing to go to, 83, [1107]84
he leaves, [1108]88
Rule, the wooden, seen by Monica in her dream, 66
symbolical of the Rule of Faith, [1109]67, [1110]128
the, or "line," of Ps. xix.3, 4, [1111]199 (note)
Rumination, spiritual, [1112]91 (note)
of the harts, [1113]164 (note)
Sacrament, or mystery, [1114]118 (note)
confirmation, etc., sometimes spoken of by the Fathers as a, [1115]118 (note), [1116]197 and note
Sacrifices were used by the soothsayers in their divinations, [1117]68
Saint, a Manichean [1118]66 and notes
Sallust, quotation from, [1119]58
Salt, seasoning with, on admission as a catechumen, [1120]52 and note, [1121]89 (note)
Sarx the "flesh," [1122]112 (note)
Satan, renunciation of, before baptism, 118
Schools,
Augustin disapproves of the method of instruction in, [1123]52, [1124]53
the different, of philosophy, etc., [1125]107 (note)
Science does not lead to God, [1126]80, [1127]158 (note)
Sciences called "liberal," [1128]68
Augustin read the books concerning, unaided, 77
Faustus was reputed to be skilled in, [1129]80, but had no real knowledge of them, [1130]82, [1131]83
Scipio's change of name, [1132]120 (note)
Scripture, God's reason for the mysteries in, 48 (note)
veiled in mysteries, [1133]62, [1134]94
made plain to the "little ones," being obscured to the mocking spirit of the Manichæans, [1135]62 (note)
Manichean perversion of, [1136]62 (note), [1137]67 (note)
they tried to deprive it of all authority, [1138]63 (note)
the law of progress in, [1139]64 and note
the Manichæans, when opposed, pretended that the, had been corrupted, [1140]81 (note)
what they censured in the, [1141]87
Ambrose expounded the, every Lord's day, 91
"letter"of, [1142]92 (note)
types in, [1143]92 (note)
Manichean cavillings at, [1144]93
authority of, [1145]93, [1146]117 (note)
belief in, [1147]93. (note)
plainness and depth of, [1148]93 and note
Augustin rejoices that he studied Plato before, and not the reverse, [1149]113, [1150]114
Augustin entreats of God that he may be led to the truth through the study of, [1151]163, [1152]164, [1153]178 and note
mysteries and right use of, [1154]164 (notes)
symbolized, [1155]164 (note)
the Hebrew and Greek, [1156]165
awful depth of, [1157]180
truth to be seen in, but not by all, [1158]182
Sea, allegorical explanation of the, [1159]196 and notes
Security, false, [1160]156 and note
Self-deception, Augustin's, [1161]123
Self-knowledge to be preferred to ignorance, 47 (note)
Self-love and pride the sources of sin, 65
Sense, God has given to each its proper pleasure as well as use, [1162]79 (note)
Sermons, Goodwin's description of the effect of, [1163]89
Shakespeare, quotation from, [1164]69 (note)
Shame, false, [1165]53, [1166]57
Sight, the allurements of, [1167]156
knowledge received by, [1168]201
faith and, [1169]201 (note)
Silence,
the highest form of praise to God, [1170]46 (note)
a consoler in grief, [1171]127 (note)
Simplicianus, and the Platonist, [1172]113 (note)
Augustin consults him about the renewing of his mind, [1173]116,117
he succeeded Ambrose as Bishop of Milan,.117
his skill, [1174]117
his uncompromisingness, [1175]117
Sin, in infancy, [1176]47, [1177]48
original, [1178]47, [1179]48, [1180]84
the Manichæans, denied, [1181]76 (note)
guilt of, after baptism, greater than before, 50
our motives to, [1182]57, [1183]58
love of, for the sin's sake, [1184]59
self-love and pride the sources of, [1185]65
its own punishment, [1186]72, [1187]79 (note), [1188]143 (note)
the absence of free-will the punishment of former sin, [1189]125
forgiveness of, after baptism, [1190]140 and note, 141
has not substance, only weakness, [1191]192 (note)
Augustin compares it to blindness, [1192]192 (note)
Sinners cannot escape God, [1193]79
injure themselves, not God, [1194]79 (notes)
Skins, Augustine makes, the emblems of mortality, [1195]112 and note, [1196]195 (note)
Sodom, the sea of, [1197]60 and note
Solomon, the enigma of, [1198]63
Son, the prodigal, [1199]53
Song of Ambrose and Augustin, [1200]134 (note)
Soothsayer, the, promises Augustin victory on certain conditions which he despises, [1201]68
Sorrow, why sent to us, [1202]72 (note)
effect of time and consolations of friends on, 72
effect of silence in, [1203]127 (note)
Soul, Augustin fancied that he and Nebridius had only one soul between them, [1204]71
invocation to it to return to God, [1205]73
the Manichæan, notion concerning the, [1206]76 (note)
sight or eye of the, [1207]92
body, spirit, and, [1208]111 (note)
speculations concerning it after death, [1209]164 (note)
Augustin on the origin of the human, [1210]183 (note)
Neo-Platonic idea as to its capacity for seeing God, [1211]198 (note)
Sozomen's account of the origin of Monachism, 122 (note)
Spirit,
the letter and the, of Scripture, [1212]92 and note
body, soul, and, [1213]111 (note)
pen of the, [1214]114 (note)
leadings of the, [1215]153
gifts of the, [1216]197
Spiritual body, the, [1217]112 (note)
Stage-plays,
Augustin's love of, [1218]60
reprobated by the Fathers, those who went to them being excluded from baptism, [1219]60 (note)
Stars, knowledge of the, etc., [1220]80, [1221]81
Manichean teaching as to the, false, [1222]82
the catechumen to be content with the light of the moon and the, [1223]197, [1224]198
Stereoma the firmament, [1225]199 (note)
Stoics, the great year of the, [1226]202 (note)
Study,
Augustin's distaste for, in boyhood, [1227]50
Ambrose in his, [1228]91
Substance, corporeal, Augustin's idea of God as a, [1229]102 and note, [1230]103
God's substance incorruptible, [1231]104
evil not a, [1232]110
the two substances, [1233]111
Augustin thinks of God as an incorruptible, 116
matter not created out of God's, [1234]177
sins have not, [1235]192 (note)
Subverters, Augustin delighted in their friendship, although he abhorred their acts, [1236]61
the name of a pestilent and licentious set of persons, also termed Eversores, [1237]61 and note
Sun, the Christian should always aspire to look at the, [1238]108
when able to do so, [1239]198
Christ the central, [1240]198 (note)
Sun and moon,
Manichean belief as to the, [1241]63,
proved false, [1242]82, [1243]83 and note
influence of the, [1244]103 (note)
Sustinentia and continentia, difference between, [1245]153 (note)
Sylvester, bishop of Rome, before Constantine, 69 (note)
Symbols, use of, [1246]91 (note)
God's goodness in conveying His truth by, 189
Symmachus the prefect sends Augustin to Milan, 87, [1247]88
Sympathy, real and false, [1248]51, [1249]60, [1250]61
Christ's perfect human, [1251]71 (note)
Syria, Hierius a native of, [1252]74, [1253]75
Tablets, matrimonial, [1254]136 and note
Talmud, illustrations of God's majesty, in, [1255]46 (note)
of His mercy and justice in, [1256]133 (note)
Tears, why sweet to the unhappy, [1257]71
Technites, or artificer, God a, [1258]72 (note)
Te Deum, the song of Ambrose and Augustin, [1259]134 (note)
Telemachus the monk sacrificed his life to put an end to the circus fights, [1260]96 (note)
Temptation, the winds and waves of, stilled by Christ, [1261]144 (note)
life a, [1262]153
as a testing, [1263]153 (note)
we should not court, [1264]156 (note)
Christ's, typical, [1265]80 (note), [1266]153 (note)
Terence, Eunuchus of, [1267]53
Testament, the Old and New, [1268]76 (note), [1269]180
Thagaste, Augustin's father a poor freeman of, 56
Augustin taught rhetoric there, [1270]68
it was there Augustin met Nebridius, [1271]70
Augustin leaves to go to Carthage, [1272]72
the birthplace of Alypius, [1273]94
Thebes, Antony a native of
Paul the hermit of, [1274]122 (note)
Theft, Augustin commits, from his parents' table, [1275]54
and later, he steals not from poverty, but the love of wrong-doing, [1276]57-59
innocent Alypius is apprehended for, [1277]96
Theophilus of Antioch's opinion concerning Adam's immortality, [1278]73 (note)
Theraputæ of Philo, the, [1279]122 (note)
Thorwaldsen, the Danish sculptor, dream of, 153 (note)
Time,
effect of, on grief, [1280]72
God speaks to us in, [1281]166
has no relation to eternity, [1282]167
itself a creature, therefore not before creation, [1283]167, [1284]168
present, not long, [1287]168, [1288]169
cannot be measured, [1289]169,172,173 and note
nevertheless, there is past and future, 196
motions of the heavenly bodies not, [1290]172
of what is it the protraction? [1291]172
the impression of things on the mind, [1292]173
regarded as an agent, [1293]174 (note)
Augustin argues that it and the world had one beginning, [1294]175
begins from the creation, not the creation from it, [1295]188 (note)
has no relation to God and His Word, [1296]205
Titus, amphitheatre of, [1297]95 (note)
Tobias, the light seen by, [1298]157
Toothache, Augustin suffers from, [1299]133
De Quincey on, [1300]133 (note)
Tradition, Rabbinical, concerning the children of Israel, [1301]64 (note)
belief in, [1302]93 (note)
Tree of life, able to avert death from Adam, 73
Triad, man a, [1303]111
Trichotomy of man, doctrine of the, [1304]111 (note), [1305]113 (note)
Triers, the monastery at, [1306]122
Trinity, the Manichean notion of the, [1307]62 (note)
doctrine of the, conveyed in creation, [1308]191
types of, in man, [1309]193 and note
mystery of the doctrine of the, [1310]193 (note)
illustrations of the, [1311]193 (note)
Trouble, why sent to us, [1312]72 (note)
effect of time on, [1313]72
Truth, Augustin's desire and longing for, [1314]62, 63
the Manichæans abused the word truth, [1315]62
God is, [1316]62, [1317]72, [1318]81, [1319]151, [1320]152, [1321]186 and note
Augustin's despair of finding the, [1322]86
is God's alone, [1323]109 (note)
heresies confirm, [1324]113
Licentius' and Trygetius' notions concerning
the search after, and the finding, [1325]123 (note)
joy in the, [1326]152
he who finds, finds God, [1327]152
Augustin begs that God will lead him to the, through the Scriptures, [1328]163-164
wisdom and, [1329]166
the discovery of, difficult, [1330]176
to be seen in Scripture, but not by all, 183
Trygetius' notion concerning truth, [1331]123 (note)
Tully,
Augustin at one time thought the Holy Scriptures not to be compared in dignity to, [1332]62
his contrary opinion, [1333]81 (note)
orations of, [1334]83
Types in Scripture, [1335]92 (note)
of the Trinity in man, [1336]193
Universe, beauty of the, [1337]79 (note)
Victorinus, conversion of, [1338]117
Wax, writing on, [1339]133 and note
Way, Christ the, [1340]114 (note), [1341]116
Weeping, why sweet to the unhappy, [1342]71
West, custom of turning to the, [1343]113 (note)
Wife, Monica fears that a, would prove an encumbrance to her son, [1344]57
but afterwards seeks for one for him, [1345]99
Will, evil a perversion of the, [1346]111
feebleness of, [1347]125
conflict in the, [1348]125, [1349]126
of God is eternal, [1350]180
Wine-bibbing,
Ambrose forbids it at oratories, [1351]90
Monica's, in her youth, [1352]135
how cured, [1353]136
Wisdom, Augustin's love of, [1354]62, [1355]98
the love of, called philosophy in Greek, 62
God enjoins man to behold, [1356]81
Augustin stimulated to the love of, by Cicero's Hortensius, [1357]107 (note)
and truth, [1358]166
of God eternal, [1359]180, [1360]181
the word of, given by the Spirit, [1361]197 and note
Wit, [1362]45 (note)
Augustin's, a snare to him [1363]77
Wizards, Augustin's opinion of, [1364]68 (note)
Woman, creation of, [1365]206 and note
Wood, the cross called a ship of, [1366]52, [1367]53 (note), [1368]114 (note)
Word,
wit and eloquence baits to draw man to the, [1369]45 (note)
the written, likened to the swaddling-clothes of the child Jesus, [1370]64 (note)
made flesh, [1371]107, [1372]108
and note, [1373]112, [1374]113, [1375]162
God the, [1376]108
Christ the, [1377]112
God created the world by His, [1378]165
God speaks to us eternally in His, [1379]166
the beginning of all things, [1380]166
happiness of the spiritual creature to be found only in the, [1381]190
the firmament the type of the, [1382]195, [1383]196
heaven and earth shall pass away, but not the, 196
Word of God, eternal, [1384]73
a fount of happiness, [1385]81 (note)
incorruptible, [1386]103 and note
Words and ideas, [1387]49
World,
the things of this, are fleeting, [1388]73
love of the, [1389]79
the sea ened to the wicked, [1390]196 and notes
the Manichæan, and Gnostic opinion as to the origin of the, [1391]205
the, was created out of nothing, [1392]206
Zeno and Aristotle prepared the way for Neo-Platonism, [1393]86 (note)