The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2) - Saint of Alexandria Clement

Earrings, i. [315].
Ears, the, not to be bored for rings or drops, i. [272].
East, turning to the, ii. [436].
Eating, the regulation of ourselves in, i. [186];
the end of, is to live, [186], [187];
epicurism in, to be avoided, [187], etc.;
moderation in, [192];
viewed in relation to things sacrificed to idols, [193];
temperance in, [193], [194];
speaking while, to be avoided, [195];
proper food for, [196].
Eating the flesh of Christ, i. [140], [143].
Eclectic philosophy, the, paves the way to virtue, i. [374].
Eetion, i. [27].
Effeminacy in men described and condemned, i. [284–291].
Egyptian styles of writing, ii. [233].
Egyptian symbols of sacred things, ii. [245], [246].
Egyptian temples, i. [276].
Egyptians, their various objects of worship, i. [45];
inventors of arts, [401];
gods of the, [438];
temples of the, i. [276];
sacred symbols of the, ii. [245], [246];
styles of writing of the, [233];
the Greeks drew many of their philosophical tenets from, [323], [324];
did not allow their priests to feed on flesh, [430].
Egyptians, the, spoiled by the Israelites, i. [453];
overthrown in the Red Sea, [457].
Elements, the, worshipped by the heathen, i. [386].
Eleusinian mysteries, the, i. [32].
Elias, i. [301].
Embellishing the body, considerations condemnatory of, i. [276–284].
Empedocles quoted, i. [36]; ii. [209], [225], [231], [249], [250], [269], [283], [292], [301].
Emperors, the Roman, i. [444].
Empirics, the, i. [379].
Employments, useful, the propriety, decency, and profitableness of, i. [310–312].
Encouragement, i. [175].
Enemies, loving our, ii. [181], [182].
Enigmas, ii. [233].
Ephesian Letters quoted, the, ii. [247].
Epicharmes quoted, ii. [15], [217], [381], [389], [424].
Epicurism, i. [187].
Epicurus, i. [68];
his view of faith, ii. [10];
of pleasure, [71], [72].
Epigenes on the Poetry of Orpheus, quoted, ii. [351].
Ἐπιστήμη, ii. [205], [206].
Equivocal terms, ii. [507].
Eratosthenes, i. [404].
Eros, i. [50].
Errors, an exhortation to forsake old, i. [106], etc.
Esoteric and exoteric, ii. [55].
Esther, adorns herself for her husband, i. [281];
her influence, ii. [194].
Eternity, i. [389].
Eubulus, the comic poet, quoted, ii. [427].
Eucharist, the, i. [201], [416].
Εὐκράσια, i. [179].
Εὐλάβεια, ii. [20].
Eumolpidæ, the, i. [31].
Eunomos, the Locrian and the Pythic grasshopper, i. [17].
Eunuch, a, forbidden by Moses to enter the congregation, i. [34].
Euphorbion, the poet, quoted, ii. [239], [249].
Eupolemus quoted, i. [442], [451].
Euphrone, night so called, why? ii. [204].
Euripides quoted, i. [34], [38], [70], [75], [107], [281], [282], [283], [305], [377], [400], [468]; ii. [39], [62], [91], [163], [196], [197], [263], [266], [287], [300].
Eurysus, the Pythagorean, cited, ii. [238].
Εὐτέλεια, i. [304], note.
Eva, the bacchanal cry of, i. [27].
Eve, i. [286].
Evil, hatred of, i. [160].
Excellence, the true, of man, ii. [142].
Excess forbidden, i. [194], [206].
Execestus, tyrant of Phocis, i. [438].
Exercises, the, suited to a good life, i. [310–312].
Exhortation, i. [175].
Exhortation, to turn to God from idols, i. [87–99];
to abandon old errors, [106], etc.
Exodus, the, of Israel from Egypt, i. [439], [452], [453].
Expectation, ii. [16], [17].
Experience, ii. [43].
Eyes, the improper movements of, i. [322];
the government of, [230].
Ezekiel, the Jewish tragedian, quoted, i. [452], [453].

Face, painting the, censured, i. [319].
Face of God, the, i. [152].
Faith, connected with salvation, i. [133], [134], [135];
the knowledge of God attained through, ii. [3–6];
not a product of nature, [6–8];
the foundation of all knowledge, [8–12];
its excellence, [16–20];
the knowledge which comes through, the surest of all, [30–33];
twofold, [33–35];
further and fuller discussion of, [220], etc.;
the objects of, perceived by the mind alone, [229], etc.;
must be followed by works, [367];
the foundation of knowledge, [446];
itself a comprehensive knowledge, [447].
Falsehood and theft, i. [420].
Fast, and fasting, the true, i. [335]; ii. [363];
as practised by the true Gnostic, [461].
Father, God recognised by the heathen as, ii. [297], [298].
Father of the universe, the, i. [128].
Fear, the influence of, i. [168];
two sorts of, [171], [172];
the utility of, ii. [20–22];
the silly notion of Valentinian and Basilides respecting, [22–25];
good, [25].
Feasts, reason to rule at, i. [204];
the conduct to be observed at, [215].
Feet, bare, recommended, i. [264], [265].
Feet of the Lord, the, i. [230].
Fetters, gold chains asserted to be, i. [269].
Figures, divine things enveloped in, ii. [232], etc.
Filthy speaking condemned, i. [222–224].
Finery, the evil of love of, i. [279], [280].
Fire corrects superstition, i. [58].
Fire, the pillar of, i. [458].
Fire-worship, i. [67].
First-born sons, i. [81].
First Cause, the, of the universe, to be apprehended by faith only, ii. [9].
First principles, ii. [8], [9], [494].
Five loaves, the, broken by Christ, the mystical signification of, ii. [240], [241].
Flesh, animal, its effects as food, ii. [429], [430].
Flesh of Christ, eating the, i. [140], [143], [145].
Flock, the, of the Lord, i. [462].
Flowers, not to be woven into a crown, i. [235], [236];
the peculiar properties of some, [236];
the beauty of, [255].
Food, discrimination to be used as to, i. [186], [187];
epicurism in, to be avoided, [187], [188];
the proper kinds of, [196], etc.
Forefathers, the objections against abandoning the customs of, refuted, i. [85–99].
Forgiveness, i. [336].
Fornication, the sin of, i. [253].
Fortitude, ii. [454].
Fortune, the goddess of, i. [56].
Friendship, three kinds of, ii. [59].
Frugality, i. [95];
enjoined on the Jews, [197];
a good provision for the Christian, [301–304].

Games, the Grecian, i. [41].
Γαστριμαργία, i. [194].
Generalization and induction, ii. [502].
Generalship, the ideas involved in, i. [456].
Geometry, the mystic meanings in the ratios of, ii. [353].
Germans, the, i. [399].
Gideon, i. [426].
Glory, degrees of, in heaven, ii. [365], [366], etc.
Gluttony, i. [193], [194].
Gnosis, ii. [43].
Gnostic, the true, an imitator of God, ii. [57];
exercises patience and self-restraint, [60];
described, [199–202];
does good for the sake of the good, [202], etc.;
erudite, [340], [344];
free from all perturbations of the soul, [344–348];
avails himself of the help of all human knowledge, [449–451];
the extent of his knowledge, [357];
how he benefits men, [400];
the use of philosophy to, [401], etc.;
a true worshipper of God, unjustly calumniated, [406], etc.;
aims at the nearest likeness to God, [414], etc.;
the sort of prayer employed by, and how it finds acceptance with God, [431], etc.;
is kingly and priestly, [432];
magnanimous, [438];
mild, meek, and contented, [439];
self-trained, [439], [440];
rejoices in present good, [440];
helped by God, [440], [441];
demands his reward like a successful athlete, [441];
prays always, [442];
is far from being ready to lie and swear, [442], [443];
a description of the life of, [449], etc.;
beneficent, content, and despising worldly things, [455], etc., [465], etc.;
further description of, [466], etc.;
description of, furnished by an exposition of 1 Cor. vi. 1, etc., [468–472];
abides by Scripture, and prospers, [484].
Gnostic exposition of the Decalogue, ii. [383–393].
Goats, and goats’ flesh, ii. [430].
God, alone to be worshipped, i. [65];
opinions of the philosophers respecting, [66], etc.;
the sin of neglecting the calling of, [80];
the folly of forsaking, [87];
the great Artist, [90], [91];
the image of, [91], [109], [110];
sin and misery of ignorance of, [92], [93];
why He created man, [118], [119];
the children of, described, [122];
His love, [155], [156];
is good, [159], [161];
His anger, [159], [163];
seeks to lead men to repentance, [160];
one, [161];
no darkness hides from, [253];
the arts proceed from, as well as divine knowledge, [364], etc.;
not the author of evil, [407];
seeing Him, [415];
the knowledge of, to be obtained only through faith, ii. [3];
near and far off, [4];
explanation of the Scriptures which ascribe human affections to, [43–45];
abstraction from things material, necessary to obtain a true knowledge of, [261], etc.;
a conception of, how to be reached, [264];
not capable of being expressed, [264];
one temple erected to, by Moses, and no image of, [265];
made the world, not from need, being all-sufficient, [266];
cannot be embraced in words, or by the mind, [268–270];
difficult to discourse of, [269], [270];
the knowledge of, a divine gift, [270–273];
the ever-existing manifestation of, to all right-thinking men, [273];
man made in the image of, [277];
heathen testimonies to, [285];
not to be thought of, according to the opinion of the multitude, [286], [292], [293–297];
some knowledge of, possessed by the Greeks, [326–328];
an imperfect knowledge of, conveyed by philosophy, [393], etc.;
the sacrifice required by, [415];
self-sufficient, and not influenced or warped by sacrifices, [416];
the soul of the righteous an image of, [417];
not to be localized or circumscribed, [425], [426];
hears prayer in every place, [433];
is good, not involuntarily, but of choice, [436];
hears prayer, although unuttered, [437].
God, seeing, i. [25].
Gods, the, the origin of, i. [34], [35];
human, [37];
the loves of the, [39], etc.;
vile conduct of, [41], etc.;
cruelty involved in the sacrifices offered to, [48];
tombs of, [50], [51];
shameful images of, [52], etc.;
opinions of the philosophers respecting, [66–68];
the ministers of, [86];
ideal and imaginary, [93];
of the Egyptians, [438];
dialect attributed to, by Plato, [443];
made by the heathen like themselves, ii. [421], etc.
Gold and silver, the symbolical import of, i. [232].
Gold and silver cups and vessels, condemned, i. [211];
against fondness for, [266], etc.
Good, the chief, various opinions of the philosophers respecting, ii. [71–74];
Plato’s opinion of, [74–78].
Good life, a, the exercises suitable to, i. [310], etc.
Good man, the, without passions, ii. [453].
Good manners at feasts, i. [229].
Gospel, the, preached to Jews and Gentiles in Hades, ii. [328–335].
Gospel, the, the universal diffusion of, in contrast to philosophy, ii. [405].
Gothoniel, i. [425].
Grasshopper, the Pythic, i. [17].
Greece, a succession of philosophers in, i. [391].
Greek philosophy, derived in great part from the Barbarians, i. [395];
gave utterance to some truth, [413], [415];
its use in contributing to the comprehension of divine truth, [418–420].
Greek translation of the Old Testament, i. [448].
Greeks, the, imitated Moses’ generalship, i. [456], [457];
but children compared with the Hebrews, [469];
pilferers of the Barbarian philosophy, ii. [1];
drew from the sacred Scriptures, proved, [12–15];
derived their ethics from the Mosaic law, [47–57];
plagiarisms of, from the Hebrews, [272];
plagiarisms from one another, illustrated at large, [304], etc.;
plagiarism of the miracles related in Scripture, [319], etc.;
derived many of their philosophical tenets from the Egyptians and Indian Gymnosophists, [323–325];
possessed some knowledge of the true God, [326–328].
Guidance, divine, i. [150].
Γύνιδες, i. [289].
Gymnosophists, the, i. [398], [399];
the Greeks indebted to, for some of their philosophical tenets, ii. [324], [325].

Hades, the gospel preached to Jews and Gentiles in, ii. [328–335].
Hagar, i. [368], [369].
Hair, the, the impropriety of dyeing, i. [235];
the custom of eradicating, by pitch plasters, censured, [284–287];
regulations as to, [317];
false, forbidden, [318].
Hatred of evil, i. [160].
Hay, the figurative import of, i. [257].
Head, a cropped, commended, i. [318].
Health and knowledge, the difference between, i. [114].
Heart, eating the, ii. [239].
Heart, an uncared, ii. [65].
Heathen, the, exhorted to forsake impious rites, i. [17], etc.;
the abominable rites practised by, described, [26], etc.;
the gods of, [34], etc.;
cruel sacrifices among, [48], etc.;
absurdity of the images of their gods, [52], etc.;
the objections of, to abandoning the customs of their forefathers, refuted, [85], etc.;
treated righteously by God, ii. [368];
made gods like themselves, [421], etc.
Heaven, degrees of glory in, ii. [365].
Heavenly bodies, the, given by God to the Gentiles to be worshipped, ii. [368].
Hebraic character, the, of the Greek philosophy, i. [392].
Hebrew dialects, ii. [380].
Hebrew philosophy, the, of higher antiquity than that of the Greeks, i. [421], etc.
Hebrew prophets, the, i. [425], [435], [439].
Hebrews, the Greeks but children compared with, i. [469], etc.;
the plagiarisms of the Greeks from, ii. [274], etc.
Hellenic philosophy, the multitude frightened at, ii. [350].
Hellenic truth, i. [419].
Helots, the Lacedæmonian, i. [305].
Hephæstus, i. [37].
Heracleon, the Valentinian, quoted, ii. [171].
Heraclitus, the Ephesian, quoted, i. [32], [67]; ii. [11], [15], [162], [204], [205], [226], [301].
Hercules, i. [38], [40], [400].
Heresies, the diversities of, made an objection to join the church, ii. [472–474].
Heresies and philosophy, aids in discovering truth, ii. [376], etc.
Heresy, i. [416];
the criterion of distinguishing between, and truth, ii. [476], etc.;
the traditions of the church prior to, [485], etc.
Heretics, the pretexts used by, for indulging licentiousness and lusts of every kind, ii. [95], etc.;
two sorts of, [102–105];
passages of Scripture perverted by, to the disparagement of marriage, [112], etc., [116], etc., [121], [129], etc., [130], [132].
Hermas quoted, i. [408], [467], [470]; ii. [27], [28], [34].
Herodotus quoted, ii. [91].
Hesiod quoted, i. [46], [73], [290], [296], [305], [364], [372], [424], [470]; ii. [230], [280], [295], [427].
Hevia, i. [27].
Hiccup and sneezing, i. [229].
High priest’s robe, the, its symbolic import, ii. [243].
Hipparchus, the Pythagorean, quoted, ii. [255].
Hippias, i. [457].
Hippo, immortalizes his own death, i. [59];
Euripides quoted respecting, [400].
Hippocrates of Cos quoted, ii. [71].
Hippodamus, the Pythagorean, quoted, ii. [59].
Hiram, i. [436].
Holy place, the, of the tabernacle, ii. [240].
Holy things not to be given to dogs, ii. [5].
Holy women among the Germans, i. [399].
Homer, time of the birth of, i. [429];
quoted, [37], [39], [40], [47], [49], [51], [60], [63], [75], [93], [103], [106], [147], [228], [268], [282], [364], [392], [468]; ii. [281], [284], [288], [289], [295], [305], [306], [393], [401], [421].
Honey, its spiritual import, i. [147], [179].
Hoof, dividing the, i. [326]; ii. [251], [488].
Hope, ii. [17], [228], [229];
the objects of, perceived by the mind, [229].
Horse, the, forbidden to be eaten, ii. [252].
Hosanna, i. [122].
Hospitality, ii. [26].
Human affections, how ascribed to God, ii. [43–45].
Human sacrifices among the heathen, i. [48].
Husband and wife, i. [304], [332], etc.
Husband, the, of the barren woman, i. [25].
Husbandry, twofold, i. [352].
Husbandry, the, of the Mosaic law, its typical import, ii. [56].
Hyena, the, i. [246], [247].
Hylobii, the, i. [399].
Hymn to Christ the Saviour, a, i. [343–345].
Hymn, a noble, of God, i. [96], [97].
Hypotyposes, the, of Clement, i. [15].

Idanthuris, king of the Scythians, his symbolic message to Darius, ii. [247].
Idolatry, the origin of, i. [34], [35].
Idols to be rejected, ii. [402].
Idols, the ministers of, i. [86].
Idols, things sacrificed to, to be rejected, i. [91].
Illumination, i. [132]; ii. [259].
Image of God, the, i. [91], [109], [110]; ii. [277].
Images of the gods, the, the absurdity and shamefulness of some, i. [52], etc.;
the stupidity of the worship of, [56], [57];
often of beautiful material and form, but senseless and shameful, [61], [91].
Immodesty of women in baths, i. [296], [297].
Indignation, i. [168].
Indians, the philosophy of the, ii. [324], [325].
Induction, ii. [502].
Inquiry, philosophical and theological, its object, ii. [490].
Instructor, the, the office of, i. [113];
His treatment of our sins, [115];
the philanthropy of, [118];
men and women alike under the charge of, [121];
who He is, [149–151];
deals with us as we do with children, [164];
mode of His discipline, [165];
instructs by the law and the prophets, [179], [180];
His severity and benignity, [181].
Instructors among the Persians, i. [150].
Insult, the fruit of drunkenness, i. [225].
Intellect, the, i. [273].
Intemperance, i. [204].
Intercourse, the regulation of, i. [225].
Intoxication, i. [204], [208], [210].
Invective, i. [166].
Inventors, and inventions among the Barbarians, i. [402].
Invitation addressed to the heathen to come to Christ the Word, i. [107], etc.
Involuntary, how a thing may be, ii. [37].
Ionic Muses, the, quoted, ii. [56].
Iophon, the comic poet, quoted, i. [363].
Iota, i. [171].
Ipse dixit, the, of the followers of Pythagoras, ii. [15].
Isaac, the import of the name, i. [128];
a type, [129], [369]; ii. [12].
Isidore, son of Basilides, quoted, ii. [65], [334].
Isis, i. [424].
Isocrates quoted, ii. [262].
Israel, ii. [12].

Jacob, i. [24], [369].
Jerusalem, i. [367].
Jerusalem, the heavenly, its garniture, i. [266], [267].
Jesting, i. [227].
Jesus Christ, the Instructor and Shepherd, i. [149], [151];
as an example in eating and drinking, [208];
anointed by the woman who was a sinner, [230], etc.;
anointed by the Father, [233].
Jesus, the son of Nave, his vision of Moses ascending to heaven, ii. [382].
Jewels, excessive fondness of, censured, i. [266].
Jewish laws, of higher antiquity than Greek philosophy, i. [421], etc.
Jews, frugality enjoined on, i. [197], [198];
antiquity of the philosophy of, [399].
Jibing condemned, i. [226].
John the Baptist, the forerunner of the Word, i. [24];
his clothing, [261];
his confession, ii. [253], [254].
Joking, i. [227].
Joseph, his chastity, i. [321], [322];
envied by his brothers, his coat of many colours, ii. [252], [253].
Josephus, i. [446].
Joshua, i. [425].
Judas, i. [231].
Judges, the, of Israel, i. [425], etc.
Judgment, the, Diphilus the comic poet quoted on, ii. [291].
Judith, ii. [194].
Julius Cassianus, De Continentia vel Castitate, a reply to, ii. [128], etc.
Jupiter, three of the name, i. [36];
character of, [43];
the image of, stripped by Dionysius, [57].
Just One, the, is also good, i. [155], etc.

Κιναίδες, i. [294].
King, Christ the, typified by Abimelech, i. [129].
Kingly office, the, i. [455].
Kings, the, of Israel, i. [426], etc.;
of Persia, [435];
of Macedon, [435].
Kiss, the, between husbands and wives, i. [332].
Kiss of charity, the, i. [329].
Knocking, ii. [490].
“Know thyself,” the adage, ii. [234], [420].
Knowledge, i. [343];
objections to, answered, [357];
the advantage of, [361];
different degrees of, [371];
and love, [374];
true, found in the teaching of Christ alone, [375], [403];
human, necessary to the understanding of the Scriptures, i. [379], [380];
the primary, [403];
of the truth, whence it is, [403];
of God, to be attained only through faith, ii. [3];
faith the foundation of all, [8], etc.;
that which comes through faith, the surest of all, [30–33];
of things predicted, [33];
various kinds of, [45], [46];
of God, to be obtained only through abstraction from material things, [361];
an imperfect kind of, conveyed by philosophy, [393].
Knowledge and health, the difference between, i. [114].
Knowledge of God, a divine gift, ii. [270], etc.
Kore, i. [29].
Κραπάλη, i. [204].

Lacedæmonian helots, the, i. [305].
Laertius cited in reference to the celebrated αὐτὸς ἔφα, ii. [15].
Λαγνεία, i. [249].
Lambs, the, of Christ, i. [123], [125].
Lamp, the golden, of the tabernacle, ii. [241].
Language, the proper regulation of, i. [222–224].
Laughter, i. [219];
how to be regulated, [220];
excessive, forbidden, [227].
Laughter, spiritual, i. [128], [129].
Law, its dignity, ii. [12].
Law, the, given by Moses, i. [153];
designed to restrain transgression, [179];
aims at the good of men, [464];
the beneficent action of, [466];
fourfold division of, [467];
how to be interpreted, [468];
the terrors of, ii. [21];
the source of all ethics, [47–57];
the humanity of, [51];
the mercy of, [53].
Laws, divine, i. [97].
Laws, the Jewish, more ancient than the philosophy of the Greeks, i. [421], etc.
Lazarus and the rich man, i. [257].
Learned, the truly, i. [379].
Learning, the necessity of, i. [372], [373].
Leaven, the parable of the, ii. [269].
Legislator, Moses a divine, i. [461], etc.
Liberorum, de procreatione, quænam tractanda sint, i. [244], etc.
Licentiousness, i. [288].
Life, religion in ordinary, i. [327], [328].
Light, i. [133].
Likeness of God, the, i. [109], [110].
Little Iliad, The, quoted, i. [421].
Lord, the, our Helper, the methods He employs to bring men to salvation, i. [23].
Lord Christ, the, the Redeemer, i. [98];
the temptation of, [380];
the duration of His teaching, ii. [486].
Lord’s Day, the, Plato speaks prophetically of, ii. [284].
Lot, i. [243].
Lot’s wife, i. [94].
Love, celestial food, i. [189].
Love a part of the true beauty, i. [274].
Love and the kiss of charity, i. [329].
Love, the many forms of, ii. [52].
Love, Christian, commended, ii. [190].
Love, its influence, ii. [454].
Love, the divinity of, ii. [346].
Love due to God from us, i. [119].
Love and knowledge, ii. [374].
Love, God is, i. [156].
Love, is punishment inconsistent with? i. [156].
Love of money, i. [214].
Loving our enemies, ii. [181], [182].
Lust, i. [274].
Lustrations, ii. [263].
Lusts, unnatural, forbidden, i. [248].
Lusts, pretexts of the heretics for indulging in, ii. [95].
Luxury, i. [187], etc., [212], [213].
Luxury, the true, i. [267].
Lycurgus, i. [404].
Lyre, the, its mystical significance, ii. [355].

Macedonian kings, the, i. [435].
Mænades, the, i. [107].
Magi, the, fire-worshippers, i. [67];
they foretold the Saviour’s birth, [398].
Magi, the, three curious mountains in the country of, ii. [322].
Maiden, the model, i. [325].
Makar and Megaclo, i. [38].
Man, the, made in the image of God, ii. [277];
his fall and redemption, i. [100].
Man, the responsibility of, i. [92];
why created by God, [118].
Man, the true excellence of, ii. [142], etc.
Man, an immortal, a noble hymn to God, i. [96], [97].
Man, the Lord called a, i. [126].
Manliness and modesty, i. [272]; ii. [48], [49].
Marcionites, the, why they abstain from marriage, ii. [86], etc.
Marriage, its use and importance, ii. [78–83];
Basilides’ opinion respecting, refuted, [84–86];
why the Marcionites and other heretics abstain from, [89–94];
passages of Scripture perverted to the disparagement of, vindicated, [112], etc., [116], etc., [129], [130], [132], etc.;
those who vituperate, vituperate the Creator and the gospel dispensation, [133], etc.;
two extreme opinions respecting, to be avoided, [135], etc.
Married women not to be associated with at banquets, i. [226].
Mars, i. [37].
Martyr, the blessedness of the, ii. [158].
Martyrdom eulogized, ii. [145];
why called perfection, [146];
the confession of God, ibid.;
women and slaves, as well as men, candidates for the crown of, [165];
Christ’s sayings respecting, [170];
those who needlessly offer themselves to, reproved, [173];
Basilides’ idea of, refuted, [175–179];
passages from Clement’s Epistle to the Corinthians respecting, [187–190].
Martyrs, passages of Scripture respecting the patience, constancy, and love of, ii. [184–187].
Matthew, traditional words of, ii. [466].
Matthias, ii. [365].
Meaning of Scripture, reasons for veiling the, ii. [378], etc.
Meats offered in sacrifice to idols, to be rejected, i. [193].
Mediator, the, i. [274].
Megasthenes quoted, i. [399].
Melampus, i. [28].
Melanippides quoted, ii. [287].
Men, the folly of, in forsaking God for idols, i. [87];
and women, under the Instructor’s charge, [121];
who embellish themselves, [284];
effeminate, [284], [289], [293], [294];
employments of, [310–312].
Menander, his description of the superstitious man, ii. [422–424];
quoted variously, i. [70], [74], [120], [277]; ii. [227], [290] bis., [295], [427].
Menelaus and Helen, ii. [61], [62].
Merciful, the, ii. [156].
Methods, the, used by God in bringing men to salvation, i. [23].
Metrodorus, the Epicurean, quoted, ii. [300].
Midas, i. [27].
Midianite women, the, seduce the Israelites, ii. [49], [50].
Milk, feeding with, i. [138], [145], [146], [147];
and water and wine, [147].
Milk and meat, ii. [260], [261].
Miltiades, i. [457].
Mind, the culture of the, i. [371].
Minerva, i. [30].
Ministers of idols, the, i. [86].
Minos, ii. [12].
Miracles, the, related in Scripture, plagiarized by the Greeks, ii. [319], etc.
Miriam, ii. [194].
Mirrors, the use of, reprobated, i. [280], [281].
Mistake, ii. [39].
Model maiden, the, i. [325].
Money, the love of, i. [214].
Mosaic law, the, the fourfold division of, i. [467];
the source of all ethics, ii. [47–57].
Moses, an instructor, i. [152];
the law given by, [153];
the antiquity of the philosophy of, [421];
the birth and education of, [451];
meaning of the name, [451];
as a military leader, [455];
his strategy, [457];
Plato an imitator of, [459];
rightly called a divine legislator, [461];
his dignity, ii. [12], [13];
erected one temple to and no image of God, [265];
ascends the mount, and enters the darkness by himself, [267];
the shining of the face of, [364].
Moses, the prophet like unto, i. [153].
Muses, the, i. [38];
and Syrens, [383].
Music, the inventors of, i. [424].
Music to be banished from feasts, i. [215].
Music, the mystical significance of, ii. [354];
its use, [355], [366].
Mustard, i. [179].
Mysteries, the, of the Christian faith, not to be divulged to all, i. [388];
celebrated in the night, ii. [204];
reasons for veiling, [254], [255];
opinion of the apostles about veiling the, [257], etc.
Mysteries, the heathen, i. [26], [27];
derivation of the word, [27];
of Demeter, [28];
the Sabazian, [29];
of Dionysius, [29];
the Eleusinian, [32];
of Plato, Pythagoras, and the Epicureans, ii. [255].
Mystical meanings in the proportions of numbers, etc., ii. [352–359].

Nabla, the, i. [402], and [note].
Nard, i. [232].
Nations, the number of, i. [443].
Nature possesses an adaptation for perfection, ii. [359].
Neanthes of Cyzicum quoted, ii. [249].
Necessaries and luxuries, i. [267].
Nechephres, king of Egypt, i. [452].
Neglect of God’s gracious calling, the sin of, i. [80].
Nicagorus, i. [59].
Nightingale, the, i. [245].
Noah, his drunkenness, i. [210].
Nobility, ii. [58].
Noses, making sounds of lewdness or of provocation through, censured, i. [294].
Νουθέτησις, i. [177].
Numa, i. [398].
Numbers, the mystical meaning in the proportions of, ii. [352], etc.
Numenius quoted, i. [449].
Nymphodorus quoted, i. [424].