- ABLAVIUS, the prefect, grandfather of Olympias, [280].
- Acacius, bishop of Berœa, carries a petition to Rome, [237];
- Acacius of Cæsarea preaches at Antioch, [19].
- Æmilius, a champion of Roman freedom, [242].
- Æmilius, bishop of Beneventum, one of the Italian deputation, [353].
- Aëtius, an extreme Arian, [109].
- Africa, Church of, maintains communion with Theophilus and Chrysostom, [385].
- African Council, resolution of, wishing for intercourse between Rome and Alexandria, [385].
- Alaric, a royal Visigoth, [187];
- Alexander, governor at Antioch, [11].
- Alexander of Basilinopolis, a friend of Chrysostom, [329].
- Alexander Severus, Emperor, [46].
- Alexander succeeds Porphyry in the see of Antioch, [377];
- pays honour to Chrysostom, [388].
- Alexandria, vices of the Christian population of, [11];
- Alexandrian school, allegorical interpretations of, [28].
- Almsgiving, Chrysostom on the duty of, [228].
- Amantius, chamberlain of Eudoxia, [241].
- Ambrose, archbishop of Milan, [41] note;
- a layman when consecrated, [56];
- converts multitudes of women to celibacy, [61];
- sides with Theodosius, [142];
- reply to the appeal of Symmachus, [145], [146];
- prohibits feasts in the churches, [182];
- his character, [187];
- before the royal council, [187];
- refuses to surrender the Portian Basilica, [187];
- will not recognise the edict, [188];
- served with an order of banishment, but refuses to depart, [189];
- declines the proposal of arbitration, and remains master of the field, [190];
- his triumph, [190];
- mission to Maximus, [190];
- letter to Theodosius on his commanding the bishop of Callinicum to restore the Jewish synagogue, [192];
- sermon at Milan on the same subject, [192], [193];
- the Emperor succumbs, [193];
- mission to obtain clemency for the Thessalonians, [195];
- withdraws from Milan into the country, [196];
- exhorts the Emperor to deep repentance, [196];
- refuses Theodosius admittance to the cathedral, [196];
- repulses Rufinus the minister, [197];
- prescribes penance to the Emperor, [197];
- testimony of Theodosius to his nobility of character, [198];
- strife with Flavian, [199];
- receives the Emperor after his defeat of Arbogastes, [201];
- administers the Eucharist to Theodosius, [201];
- urges Nectarius to depose Gerontius, [273].
- Ammianus Marcellinus on the luxury of bishops of great cities, [217].
- Ammon, bishop of Laodicea, [266];
- a leader of Chrysostom’s enemies, [329].
- Ammonius, a Nitrian monk, baptizes Rufinus, [204];
- Anastasius, Pope, anathematises Origen, [296].
- Anathematising denounced by Chrysostom, [133].
- Anchorites, the, [60].
- Ancyra in Phrygia, the summer retreat of Arcadius, [209];
- spectacle of the Emperor’s departure to, [211].
- Anomœan doctrine, [110], [111];
- Chrysostom’s homilies against, [115]-117.
- Anthemius, master of the offices, appealed to, to disperse the congregation at the Baths, [336];
- Anthropomorphites, or Humanisers, [288];
- Anthusa, mother of Chrysostom, [9];
- Antioch, the birthplace of Chrysostom, [9];
- vices of its Christian inhabitants, [11];
- Chrysostom resident at, [57];
- persecutions at, [57], [58];
- St. Jerome at Church of, [61];
- monasteries near, [62], [63];
- monks in the mountainous heights near, [66];
- population of, [89];
- description of, [90], [91];
- “the great church” at, [91];
- character of the inhabitants, [92];
- bishop’s relations to the city, [103];
- Chrysostom appointed preacher at, [104];
- resides here ten years, [107];
- the cradle of Arianism, [109];
- passion of the people for chariot-races, [118];
- influence of the Jews, [126], [127];
- character of its population, [137];
- its paganism, [137];
- sedition at, [150];
- proclamation of edict levying the tribute, [151];
- sedition at, [150]-153;
- dejection of the people, [153];
- arrival of the commissioners from the Emperor, [165];
- the city degraded, [165];
- Chrysostom remonstrates against the prevalent discontent, [168], [169];
- the city is pardoned, [170];
- joy of the people, [170];
- excitable feelings of the populace, [215];
- Chrysostom’s forcible removal from the city, [215].
- Antioch, Church of, vicissitudes in the, [17]-22;
- the see in the hands of the Arians for some time, [17];
- its Arian bishops, [17]-20;
- split into three parties, [20];
- its three rival bishops, Paulinus, Meletius, and Euzoius, [20];
- a fourth added by the Apollinarians, [20];
- the people favour Meletius, [21];
- the schism finally healed by Chrysostom, [21];
- its three sections of Meletians, Eustathians, and Arians, [133].
- Antioch, Council of (A.D. 341), Twelfth Canon of the, [328];
- Antiochus, bishop of Ptolemais, discourses at Constantinople, [276];
- a leader of the faction hostile to Chrysostom, [282];
- plots against the archbishop after his recall, [329];
- rage at the proposal of Elpidius, [331];
- undertakes the responsibility, with Acacius, of Chrysostom’s deposition, [332], [339];
- urges the Emperor to remove him from the city, [339];
- assists in ordaining Porphyry, [358].
- Antiochus Epiphanes, [91].
- Antiochus the Great, [126].
- Antiphonal singing, [189] note.
- Antoninus, bishop of Ephesus, grave charges against, [266];
- Antonius, a reader, made bishop, [56].
- Antony, the Anchorite, [60];
- wholesome saying of, [64].
- Apollo, oracle of, at Daphne, [100].
- Apostolical constitutions, [56].
- Applause of the congregation, [118];
- sternly repressed, [164].
- Arabianus, bishop, at the assembly at Constantinople, [266].
- Arabissus, a fortified town near Cucusus, [383];
- attacked and nearly captured by Isaurians, [383].
- Arbogastes, Valentinian’s general of the forces, [199];
- Arcadius, son of Theodosius, [150];
- Rufinus appointed his guardian, [203];
- does not oppose the ambition of Rufinus, [204];
- Eutropius gains complete mastery of his feeble mind after the death of Rufinus, [209];
- neglect of his empire, [210];
- becomes a mere puppet, [211];
- his palaces and pageants, [211];
- dismisses Eutropius, [248];
- promises Chrysostom to respect his minister’s retreat in the church, [251];
- entreats the troops to refrain from violence towards Eutropius, [251];
- misgivings as to beheading his late minister, [255];
- yields to the demands of Gaïnas, [259];
- ratifies the deposition of Chrysostom by the “Synod of the Oak,” [316];
- refuses to attend church on Christmas Day until the archbishop has cleared himself, [329];
- the patriarch’s case pleaded before him, [330], [331];
- orders Chrysostom to be removed from the church to his palace, [332];
- his alarm, [332];
- sends for Acacius and Antiochus, [332];
- turns a deaf ear to the entreaty of the forty bishops, [333];
- permits a concourse of Christians at Pempton to be dispersed, [337].
- Archelaus invited Socrates to court, [76].
- Arian controversy, the, [17]-22.
- Arianism, at Antioch, [109], [110];
- Chrysostom’s homilies against, [110]-117.
- Arians, the, [50];
- Aristides, resistance of, to ambition, [95].
- Arius, probably instructed by Lucian, [109];
- his Thalia, [236].
- Arsacius elevated to the see of Constantinople, [344];
- Ascension Day, Sunday before, [177] note.
- Ascetic life, commencement of, [24];
- Asceticism considered the highest form of life, [82].
- Ascetics, youthful association of, [27];
- Asia, Church of, disgraceful state of the, [373].
- Asia Minor, Chrysostom desires to visit, [268];
- Asterius, count of the East, assists in removing Chrysostom from Antioch, [215].
- Aterbius, a pilgrim, applies himself to the detection of heresy at Jerusalem, [288];
- denounces John the bishop, Jerome, and Rufinus as Origenists, [289].
- Athanasius, archbishop of Alexandria, obscurity of the early years of, [9];
- Atticus, a presbyter, an opponent of Chrysostom, elected to the see of Constantinople during the archbishop’s banishment, [283], [356];
- Augustine, St., [40];
- permits sitting during the reading of the Acts of the Saints, [178];
- on the honour due to saints and martyrs, [180];
- prohibits feasts in the churches, [182];
- traits of earlier life and baptism, [189];
- on the discharge of episcopal duties, [212];
- eulogium on Chrysostom, [385];
- comparison with Chrysostom, [430].
- Aurelian, prætorian prefect, presides over the suit instituted against Eutropius, [255];
- Aurelius, bishop of Carthage, [182];
- receives a letter from Chrysostom, [385].
- Auxentius, the Arian bishop, [190].
- Avarice, denunciations of, [223], [224].
- BABYLAS, the martyr, Chrysostom’s book on, [92];
- Basil, bishop of Raphanea, [14];
- Basil, bishop of Seleucia, [14].
- Basil (the Great), bishop of Cæsarea, [14];
- Basiliscus, bishop of Comana, suffered martyrdom, [386];
- story of his appearing to Chrysostom, [387].
- Baths of Constantine, interrupted services carried on at, [334];
- Bautho, father of Eudoxia, [205].
- Benedict, St., [60];
- establishment of his monastery, [144].
- Benedictines of Camaldoli, [62].
- Bequests made by codicils renounced by Theodosius, [193].
- Bethlehem, Jerome’s monastic establishment at, [289].
- Bishops, mode of electing, [40], [46], [47];
- Bithynia, Chrysostom conveyed to, [340].
- Bosporus, the, Chrysostom crosses, to intercede with Gaïnas, [257];
- Botheric, governor of Thessalonica, imprisons a favourite charioteer, [194];
- Briso, Eudoxia’s chamberlain, wounded in a street fray, [236];
- Brison, bishop of Philippopolis, a leader of Chrysostom’s enemies, [329].
- British Isles, [112];
- CÆSAREA, pre-eminence of the see of, over that of Jerusalem, [292];
- Cæsarius, Chrysostom’s letter to, [433], [434].
- Cæsarius, commissioner to Antioch, [165];
- Cæsarius of Arles made reader at the age of seven, [23].
- Caligula, destruction of Antioch in the reign of, [90].
- Callinicum, [191];
- Camillus, a champion of Roman freedom, [242].
- Capua, council of Western bishops at, [199].
- Carterius superintends the studies of youthful ascetics, [27].
- Carthage, Fourth Council of, [23].
- Cassianus, John, founder of a monastery at Marseilles, [61];
- Castricia, [257];
- Catechumens, period of probation for, [15].
- Celibacy of the clergy, Chrysostom on, [95], [96];
- Chalcedon, Council of (A.D. 451), [14];
- Chalcedon, “The Oak” a suburb of, where the synod hostile to Chrysostom was held, [204];
- a church, monastery, and palace built here by Rufinus, [309].
- Character, Eastern and Western, compared, [173].
- Chariot-races censured, [119], [224]-226.
- Christian morals, Chrysostom on the state of, [70].
- Christian responsibilities, [231].
- Christian wife, portrait of a, [229].
- Christianity, recognised position of, [10];
- Christmas, observance of, [134], [136].
- Christmas Day, the Emperors attend divine service in state on, [329].
- Christ’s equality with the Father, [113]-116;
- Chromatius, bishop of Aquileia, sends a letter by the Italian deputation, [368];
- Chrysostom, St. John: Probable date of his birth, [9].
- His birthplace Antioch in Syria, [9].
- His parents, [9].
- Father’s death, [10].
- Early training, [12].
- Destined for the legal profession, [12].
- Attendance at the lectures of Libanius, [12].
- Nascent powers of eloquence, [13].
- Appellation of Chrysostomos, or the “Golden Mouth,” [13], [427].
- Libanius praises his speech in honour of the Emperors, [13].
- Commences practice as a lawyer, [13].
- Disgust with a secular life, [14].
- Study of Holy Scripture, [14].
- Early friendship with Basil, bishop of Raphanea, [14].
- Forms acquaintance with Meletius, bishop of Antioch, [15].
- Delay in his baptism, [15];
- alleged cause for the delay, [21], [22].
- Baptized by Meletius, [22].
- Becomes for a time an enthusiastic ascetic, [22].
- His intense piety and love to God, [22].
- Ordained reader by Meletius, [23].
- Project for retiring into seclusion, [25].
- Frustrated by his mother’s entreaties, [25]-27.
- Letters of exhortation to Theodore, [32]-39.
- Reluctance to be consecrated a bishop, [40], [41].
- His “pious fraud,” [42].
- Dissension with Basil, [42], [43].
- Books on the priesthood, [40]-55.
- Reasons for declining a bishopric, [53].
- Narrow escape from persecution, [58].
- Retirement into a monastery, [58].
- Exults at the growth of monasticism in Egypt, [62].
- Description of the daily life of the monks, [66], [67].
- Admiration for monastic communities, [67].
- Treatises composed during monastic life, [69].
- Epistle to Demetrius, [70], [71].
- Epistle to Stelechius, [71], [72].
- Treatise addressed “to the assailants of monastic life,” [73]-80.
- Becomes an ardent ascetic, [82].
- Enters a cave near Antioch, [82].
- Breakdown of health, and abandonment of monastic life, [82].
- Returns to his home at Antioch, [82].
- Epistle to Stagirius, [82]-85.
- Ordained a deacon by Meletius, [86].
- Congenial duties of the diaconate, [89].
- Treatise “On Virginity,” [92].
- Letter to a young widow, [92]-95.
- Views on marriage and celibacy, [95]-100.
- Treatise, “De S. Babyla contra Julianum et Gentiles,” [100]-102.
- Ordained to the priesthood by Flavian, [103].
- Chrysostom, St. John, as preacher at Antioch: Inaugural discourse at Antioch, [104]-106.
- Preaches at Antioch for ten years, [107].
- Sermon on bishop Meletius, [108].
- Homilies against Arians, [109]-115.
- Profound acquaintance with Scripture, [116].
- All argument based upon Scripture, [117].
- Rebukes his hearers for their neglect of the celebration of the Eucharist, [117];
- for applauding his words, [118];
- and for their love of the circus, [118]-120.
- Homilies against Pagans, [121]-124.
- Occasional defects of interpretation of the Scriptures, [125].
- Homilies against Jews and Judaising Christians, [126]-133.
- Homily against anathematising, [133].
- Sermon on Christmas Day, [134], [135].
- Indignation at riotous festivity, [136].
- Homily on New Year’s Day, [136], [137], [151].
- Rebukes gross and senseless superstitions, [137].
- Agrees with the Emperor Theodosius, [142].
- Immense efforts after the tumult at Antioch, [154].
- Encourages the people to hope for clemency, [154].
-
Chrysostom, St. John, as preacher at Antioch: Homilies on the statues, [154]-164.
- Exhortations to repentance, [156];
- on this world’s wealth, [156], [157];
- on the method of keeping Lent, [157], [158];
- on fasting, [159];
- against rash oaths, [159];
- on death, [161];
- on the signs of a Creator, [162], [163].
- Similes from Nature, [163].
- Ethical doctrine, [163].
- Praise of the hermits for their courage, [166], [167].
- Expostulates with the people on their discontent, [169].
- Thanksgiving for the pardon of Antioch, [170].
- Describes the interview between Flavian and the Emperor, [171]-174.
- His illness, [177], [184].
- Homilies on festivals of saints and martyrs, [177]-183.
- Belief in the intercessory power of saints, [179].
- Exhorts the people to imitate the lives of the martyrs, [180].
- Homily on the Sunday before Ascension Day, [184].
- Praise of the peasant clergy, [184].
- Elected to the see of Constantinople, [214].
- Force and fraud employed to remove him from Antioch, [215].
- Chrysostom, St. John, as archbishop of Constantinople: Arrival at Constantinople, [215].
- His consecration as archbishop, [216].
- The “sermo enthronisticus,” [216].
- Too much the saint of the cloister for his new position, [217].
- His unpopular reforms, [218].
- Denounces “spiritual sisters,” and implores the clergy to liberate themselves from these disgraceful connections, [219]-221.
- Exacts rigorous discipline from the clergy, [222].
- Conducts, with the Empress, a torch-light procession on the removal of some martyrs’ reliques, [222], [223].
- Eulogium on the Empress, [223].
- Denunciations of avarice, [224].
- Censures the people for their attachment to chariot-races, [224], [225].
- Denounces fashionable follies, [226]-228.
- Portrays the character of a Christian wife, [229].
- Represents to property holders their duties, [230].
- Dilates on Christian responsibilities, [231].
- Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, [231] note.
- Indignation at the practice of oath-taking, [231], [232].
- Censures addiction to the pleasures of the table, [232].
- Character of his flock, [233], [234].
- Combats the errors of the Novatians and Arians, [235], [236].
- Labours to heal the schism at Antioch, [237].
- Missionary efforts in Scythia, Syria, and Palestine, [237].
- Assigns a church at Constantinople for the Scythians (or Goths), [238].
- Endeavours to extirpate paganism, [238], [239].
- Affords protection to Eutropius, [250].
- Maintains, when taken before the Emperor, the Church’s right of asylum, [251].
- Sermon on the degradation of Eutropius, [252]-254.
- Intercedes with Gaïnas, [257].
- Homily after returning from his intercession, [257], [258].
- Contest with Gaïnas, who desired the law prohibiting Arian worship within the city to be abolished, [280].
- Proposes to visit Asia Minor to investigate the charges against Antoninus, [268].
- His visit opposed by the court, [268].
- Appoints delegates to proceed to Asia, [269].
- Solicited by the clergy of Ephesus to come to them, [270].
- Proceeds to Ephesus, and is welcomed by the clergy and seventy bishops, [271].
- Proposes Heracleides as bishop of Ephesus, who is elected, [271].
- Holds a synod at Ephesus, and deprives six simoniacal bishops of their sees, [272].
- Returning through Bithynia, he deposes Gerontius, [273].
- Extent of his jurisdiction as Patriarch of Constantinople, [274].
- Received with demonstrations of joy on his return, [275].
- Dismisses Severian from the city, but recalls him by command of the Empress, [276], [277].
- Denounces crimes and follies, and becomes unpopular, [278].
- His friends, [279], [280].
- Leaders of the hostile faction, [282].
- Qualified admiration of Origen’s teaching, [287].
- Reception of the Nitrian monks, [298].
- Letter to Theophilus, beseeching him to be reconciled with the fugitives, [298].
- Refuses to join in the condemnation of Origen and his writings, [301].
- The plots of his enemies, [302].
- Farewell to Epiphanius, [319].
- Irritates the Empress by a sermon against the follies of fashionable ladies, [306].
- Theophilus refuses his hospitality, and declines all communication, [307], [308].
- Directed by the court to preside at the inquiry at Pera into the conduct of Theophilus, [308].
- Declines to judge him out of his province, [308].
- Scene at the palace with his bishops, [310], [311].
- Summoned to appear before the “Synod of the Oak,” [311].
- Indignation of his bishops, and their reply to Theophilus, [312].
- Letter refusing to attend the synod until his declared enemies are ejected, [312], [313].
- Charges laid against him by archdeacon John and Isaac the monk, [313], [314].
- Steadfastly refuses to attend the synod, and appeals to a general council, [315].
- Deposed by the synod, [316].
- Deposition ratified by the Emperor, and sentenced to banishment, [317].
- Sermon before departing, [317], [319].
- Bows to the storm, and surrenders himself, [320].
- Embarks, and is conveyed to Hieron, [320].
- Removes to Prænetum, opposite Nicomedia, [320].
- Receives an abject letter from the Empress, entreating him to return, [321].
- Crosses the Bosporus, and refuses at first to enter Constantinople until acquitted by a general council, [322].
- Urged to enter the city, and consents, [322].
- Halts before the Church of the Apostles, but is borne in by the people, [322].
- Compelled to sit on the throne, and pronounce a benediction, [322].
- An extempore address, [322], [323].
- Sermon after recall, in which he extols the Empress, [324].
- Denounces the ceremony at the erection of the image of Eudoxia, [327].
- Incurs the resentment of the Empress, [328].
- Further plots of his enemies, [328].
- Continues to discharge his duties, [331].
- Will not cease to officiate unless compelled by force, [332].
- Removed from the church to his palace, [332].
- Letter to Innocent I. on the disturbances at Constantinople, [334], [335].
- His flock, after many trials, broken up, [338].
- Attempts made to assassinate him, [338].
- Receives the mandate of deposition, [339].
- Farewell to his bishops and deaconesses, [339].
- Departure from the Church—“the Angel of the Church went out with him,” [340].
- Chrysostom, St. John, in exile: Conveyed to the Bithynian coasts, [340].
- Suspected of incendiarism, and loaded with chains, [342].
- Implores the Emperor to be allowed to defend himself and clergy against the atrocious charges, [342], [343].
- Journeys to Nice, [343].
- Encourages his suffering friends, [343].
- Cheered by the fortitude and loyalty of Olympias, [346], [347].
- Persuades Pentadia to remain at Constantinople, to support the afflicted, [347].
- Letter to Constantius, missionary priest, [361].
- Travels from Nice to Cæsarea, where fanatical monks besiege the house in which he is lodged, [362], [363].
- Falls ill with fever, [362].
- Is removed from Cæsarea to the house of Seleucia, who is menaced by Pharetrius, [364].
- Taken thence, and totters in darkness along the Cappadocian mountains, [364].
- Monks and nuns meet him on the road, and bewail his calamities, [365].
- Cucusus, the place of his exile, is reached, [365].
- Received with much consideration and kindness, [366].
- Letters to Olympias from Cucusus, [367], [372].
- Letters to friendly bishops and laymen, to Gemellus, and to Anthemius, [373], [374].
- Receives old friends from Antioch, who come to him for guidance, [374].
- Letters to clergy and others, [376].
- Influence over the empire in his exile, [377], [378].
- Sufferings from the winter cold, [379].
- Interest in the mission in Phœnicia, [380].
- Letters to Gerontius and Rufinus the Presbyter, [380]-382.
- Privation, anxiety, and rapid removals, bring on illness, [383].
- Letters to the Italian bishops, to Chromatius, to Innocent, and to Aurelius, [383]-385.
- Suffers less, and thinks God will restore him to his position in the Church, [385], [386].
- His enemies get him removed to Pityus, in a desolate country, [386].
- Arrives at Comana, in Pontus, [386].
- Story of the vision of the martyred Basiliscus, [387].
- Wishes to remain at the church, but is hurried on by his guards, [387].
- Is taken ill, and brought back to the martyry, where he dies after partaking of the Eucharist, [387].
- Honoured after his death, [388].
- His reliques brought to Constantinople, and deposited in the Church of the Apostles, [388], [389].
- Chrysostom, St. John, theological teaching of: Survey of his theological teaching, [390].
- Practical character of his works, [391].
- His natural and forcible language, [391].
- On the nature of man, [392], [393].
- Sin and necessity, [393], [394].
- Free-will and grace, [394]-396.
- God’s will and man’s freedom, [397], [398].
- Co-operation of God’s will with man’s, [398].
- Divine grace, [399], [400].
- Nature of the Godhead, [401], [402].
- Manhood and Godhead in Christ, [402]-404.
- The Redemption, [404]-406.
- Justification, [406], [407].
- Faith and good works, [407], [408].
- The efficacy of prayer, [408], [409].
- Baptism, [409]-412.
- The Holy Eucharist, [412]-415.
- No trace of confession, purgatory, or Mariolatry, [416]-418.
- No acknowledgment of papal supremacy, [418], [419].
- Liturgical forms, [419]-421.
- Character as a commentator, [421]-424.
- The New Testament a completion of the Old, [424].
- Variations in the Gospel narratives, [424], [425].
- Inspiration of the Bible, [425].
- Characteristics as a preacher, [425], [426].
- Personal appearance, [425], [426].
- Preservation of his discourses, [427].
- Style of language, [428].
- Allusions to Greek classical authors, [428], [429].
- Depreciation of Pagan modes and ideas, [429].
- Compared with St. Augustine, [430].
- His fight in the cause of Christian holiness, [431].
- Church, the, Chrysostom does not rely on the tradition of, [117];
- Claudian, his verses on Stilicho, [205], [208];
- Claudius, Antioch shattered in the reign of, [90].
- Clemens Alexandrinus terms ascetics “more elect than the elect,” [60].
- Clergy, the, treatment of, by Constantine and Theodosius, [147];
- Cœnobia, the, founded by Pachomius, [60].
- Comana, in Pontus, Chrysostom arrives at, [386];
- dies at the martyry outside the town, [387].
- Commodus, the Olympic games instituted in the time of, [92], [101].
- Communicants received within the rails and close to the altar, [225] and note.
- Congregation rebuked by Chrysostom, [117];
- Conscience, the law of, [163].
- Constantia, sister of the Emperor, [17].
- Constantine favours the Arians, [17];
- deposes the Catholic bishops, [17];
- commences building “the great church” of Antioch, [91];
- statutes concerning the Jews, [126];
- exemptions of the clergy, [147];
- his forgiveness of an injury, [171], [172];
- right of asylum transferred in his time from Pagan temples to Christian churches, [249];
- exempted the clergy from curial office, [272].
- Constantinople, vices of the Christian population of, [11];
- Arian synod at, [18];
- tumults at, [30];
- St. Jerome at church of, [61];
- religious riots at, [65], [66];
- division into districts, [103];
- passion of the people for chariot-races, [118];
- edict of Theodosius, [142];
- surrounding country ravaged by Alaric, [207];
- competition for its see, [213];
- Chrysostom appointed archbishop, [214];
- mixture of population, [223];
- its forms of error, [234], [235];
- stronghold of Arianism in the time of Gregory of Nazianzus, [235];
- occupied by Gaïnas and the Goths, [259];
- circular to its clergy announcing Chrysostom’s deposition, [316];
- the people, enraged at the sentence, guard him against abduction, [317];
- the populace demand the restoration of the patriarch, [321];
- visited by an earthquake, [321];
- sanguinary frays in the streets, [325];
- flight of Theophilus from, [325];
- shocking tumult at St. Sophia on Easter Eve, [333];
- its churches deserted during Chrysostom’s absence, [334];
- the interrupted services continued at the Baths, [334];
- fresh scenes of violence, [336]-338;
- fury of the people on discovering the removal of Chrysostom, [341];
- the cathedral-church and senate-house burnt down, [341], [342];
- visited by destructive hailstorms, [354];
- coercion ineffectual in bringing the people to submit to Atticus and his clergy, [357].
- Constantinople, Council of (A.D. 381), [14];
- Constantius, a missionary in Phœnicia, receives a letter from Chrysostom, [361].
- Constantius, a priest, described by Palladius, [357], [358];
- Constantius, Emperor, [17];
- Cornelius, bishop of Rome, [47].
- Crates resists ambition, [95].
- Creator, signs of a, in the universe, [161], [162].
- Crito, [76].
- Cross, honour paid to the, [123].
- Cucusus, a village in the Tauric range, subject to attacks from Isaurians, [360];
- Cynegius, prefect of the East, [143];
- Cyprian on a legitimate ordination, [47];
- consecrated bishop when a layman, [56].
- Cyprus, Council of, decree of the, [299].
- Cyriacus, bishop of Synnada, accompanies Chrysostom on board the vessel, [340];
- Cyril, successor of Theophilus, reluctant to recognise Chrysostom, [388].
- Cyrinus, bishop of Chalcedon, joins Chrysostom at Bithynia, [271];
- DAMASUS contests the see of Rome, [47].
- Damophilus exiled by Theodosius, [142].
- Dante, the position assigned in Paradise to Chrysostom by, [431].
- Daphne, grove of, [92];
- Deacons, called “Levites of the Christian Church,” [87];
- Death, Chrysostom on, [93], [161].
- Decious, persecution of, [60].
- Demetrius, bishop of Pessina, Chrysostom’s epistle to, [69]-71;
- “De Sacerdotio,” Chrysostom’s, [40]-46.
- Diocese, meaning of, [274] note.
- Diodorus, influence of, upon Chrysostom and Theodore, [27];
- founder of a method of Biblical interpretation, [28];
- made bishop of Tarsus by Meletius, [28];
- attacked by Julian, [28];
- commentary on the Old and New Testaments, [28], [29];
- his theology, [29]-31;
- its rationalistic tendency, [30];
- writings condemned by the Fifth Œcumenical Council, [31];
- rational system of conducting monasteries, [66].
- Diogenes, [95].
- Dionysius, the tyrant of Sicily, [76].
- Dioscorus, a Nitrian monk, one of the “tall brethren,” [294];
- Dispensations, teaching of the Old and New, [99].
- Divination, arts of, [143].
- Domitianus, widows and virgins in the care of, [376].
- Domninus blinded to the preparations of Maximus, [191].
- Doxology, Arian form of the, [18].
- EASTER DAY, vast crowds attend the church on, [234], [331].
- Easter Eve, a great day for the baptism of converts, [332];
- the vigil on, interrupted at St. Sophia, [333].
- Easter kept according to Jewish calculation, [130];
- Eastern Church, the, acknowledges Meletius as bishop of Antioch, [20];
- the parent of asceticism, [59];
- the festival of Christmas in, [134];
- favourable to clerical celibacy, [218];
- finds the teaching of Origen congenial, [287];
- the “Synod of the Oak” a stain upon, [313];
- appeals to the Western Church, [335], [348];
- not famed for missionary enterprise, [382];
- desire to maintain communion with the West, [388].
- Education in monasteries, Chrysostom urges the advantage of, [81].
- Elpidius, a priest, bribes a slave to assassinate Chrysostom, [338].
- Elpidius, bishop of Laodicea, friendly to Chrysostom, [329];
- Elvira, synod of, enjoins celibacy of the clergy, [218].
- Emperors, fate of, [94];
- Epaminondas not allured by ambition, [95].
- Ephesus, Chrysostom arrives at, [271];
- Epiphanius, bishop of Constantia and Cyprus, [289];
- visits Jerusalem, and accepts the hospitality of Bishop John, [289];
- preaches against the doctrines of Origen, [290];
- leaves Jerusalem, and breaks off communion with its bishop, [290], [291];
- forcibly ordains Paulinian deacon and priest, [291];
- receives an apologetic letter from Theophilus, [299];
- goes to Constantinople, irregularly ordains a deacon, and refuses the hospitality of Chrysostom, [302], [303];
- his attempt to enter the church and denounce the writings of Origen prevented by Serapion, [304];
- his prayers implored by the Empress on her son’s behalf, [304];
- interview with Ammon and his brethren, [305];
- his compunction and departure from Constantinople, [305].
- Essenes, the, [59].
- Eucharist, congregation neglect the celebration of the, [117];
- Eucharistic elements burned at the pillage of the Nitrian monks, [297];
- profaned by soldiers at St. Sophia, [333].
- Eudoxia, [189];
- weds Arcadius, [206];
- baptized and educated in the Christian faith, [206];
- Chrysostom’s eulogium of, at the removal of the remains of some martyrs, [222], [223];
- aims at the fall of Eutropius, and makes an ally of Chrysostom, [240];
- contributes to the support of the churches and the relief of the poor, [241];
- profound jealousy of the power of Eutropius, [248];
- relates the minister’s insults to her to Arcadius, [248];
- remains mistress of the field after the death of Eutropius, [256];
- stands unrivalled in the management of the empire, [263], [264];
- gives birth to a male heir to the throne, [264];
- proclaimed Empress under the title of Augusta, [264];
- commands Chrysostom to recall Severian and admit him to communion, [276], [277];
- becomes the enemy of Chrysostom, [283], [284];
- accosted by the Nitrian monks, and promises that the council they desire shall be convened, [301];
- implores the prayers of the monks, [301];
- asks the prayers of Epiphanius on her son’s behalf, [304];
- terrified by an earthquake, [321];
- sends a humble letter to Chrysostom, entreating him to return, [321];
- her image placed in front of the cathedral, [327];
- ceremony at its erection denounced by Chrysostom, [327];
- her fierce resentment, [328];
- will not listen to the entreaty of the forty bishops, [333];
- receives a solemn warning from Paul, bishop of Crateia, [333];
- her death, [354].
- Eudoxius, bishop of Germanicia, seizes the see of Antioch, [18];
- made archbishop of Constantinople, [18].
- Eugenius’s children pardoned and baptized, [201].
- Eugraphia, [256];
- Eulysius, bishop of Apamea, accompanies Chrysostom on board the vessel, [340];
- Eunomians forbidden by Theodosius to hold meetings, [142].
- Eunomius, an extreme Arian, [109];
- founder of the Eunomian or Anomœan sect, [109].
- Euphronius, Arian bishop of Antioch, [17].
- Eusebius, a deacon, seeks an interview with Innocent I., [348].
- Eusebius, a Nitrian monk, one of the “tall brethren,” [294];
- made presbyter by Theophilus, [294].
- Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, instructed by Lucian, [109].
- Eusebius, bishop of Valentinopolis, presents grave charges against Antoninus, [266];
- Eusebius, bishop of Vercelli, goes to Antioch to heal the division, [20].
- Eusebius, of Cæsarea, calls ascetics “earnest persons,” [60];
- use of the word “martyry,” [178].
- Eustathius, bishop of Antioch, deposed by Constantine, [17].
- Euthymius, a Nitrian monk, one of the “tall brethren,” [294].
- Eutropius, a reader and Johnite, tortured to the death, [345].
- Eutropius, the chamberlain, [187];
- frustrates Rufinus’s scheme for marrying his daughter to Arcadius, [205];
- strange career and rise, [208];
- became the adviser of Arcadius, and virtually his master, [209];
- tyrannous conduct, [209], [210];
- abolishes the right of asylum in the Church, [210];
- probably suggested Chrysostom’s election, [214];
- scheme for removing Chrysostom from Antioch, [215];
- threatens Theophilus for refusing to assist at Chrysostom’s ordination, [215];
- does not find Chrysostom a complaisant servant, [240];
- induces the Emperor to make him consul, [241];
- adulation of the Byzantines at his inauguration, [243];
- indignation in the West, [243];
- treats the rebellion of Tribigild as a petty insurrection, and offers him a bribe, [245];
- appoints Leo a commander of the legions, [246];
- his arrogance towards the Empress Eudoxia, [248];
- degraded by the Emperor, [248];
- seeks asylum in the Church, [250];
- protected by Chrysostom, [250];
- the populace demand his death, [251];
- his degradation made the subject of a sermon by Chrysostom, [252]-254;
- secretly quits the sanctuary, [255];
- banished to Cyprus, [255];
- accused of treason, recalled from Cyprus to Chalcedon, and there beheaded, [256].
- Euzoius, an associate of Arius, made bishop of Antioch, [19].
- Evagrius, [28];
- Evethius, a priest, companion of Chrysostom in his exile, [364];
- takes letters to the Italian bishops from Chrysostom, [383].
- takes letters to the Italian bishops from Chrysostom, [383].
- FASHIONABLE follies censured, [227]-229.
- Fasting, Chrysostom on, [157]-159.
- Flaccilla, daughter of Eudoxia, [248].
- Flacilla, the Empress, [148];
- Flavian, bishop of Antioch, [59];
- elected by the Meletians, [87];
- accused of perjury, [87];
- ordains Chrysostom to the priesthood, [103];
- Chrysostom’s encomium on, [105], [106];
- besought by the people of Antioch to intercede for them after their rioting, [153];
- undertakes the mission of mercy, [153];
- Chrysostom is hopeful of his mission, [155];
- arrives at Constantinople, and obtains pardon for Antioch, [170];
- returns to Antioch in time for the Easter celebration, [170];
- reception by the people, [170];
- interview with the Emperor, [171]-174;
- removes the remains of some saints, [181] note;
- rivalry with Evagrius produces strife with Ambrose, [199];
- his death, [357].
- Fravitta, a loyal Goth, defeats Gaïnas in several engagements, [262];
- GAÏNAS returns with Stilicho’s troops, [207], [208];
- is commanded to compass the death of Rufinus, [208];
- sympathises with his relative Tribigild, [244];
- is retained at Constantinople in command of the city troops, [246];
- despatched, after Leo’s defeat, to confront Tribigild, [247];
- believes the surrender of Eutropius would cause Tribigild to become loyal, [247];
- disdains to be directed by the Empress and her lady advisers, and joins his forces with those of Tribigild, [256], [257];
- menaces Constantinople, [257];
- opens negotiations with the Emperor, and demands the surrender of three court favourites, [257];
- subjects them to insults and a grim practical jest, [257];
- interview with the Emperor, [258];
- demands to be made consul and commander-in-chief, to which the Emperor yields, [259];
- demands the abolition of the law forbidding Arian worship, [259];
- is opposed in this by Chrysostom, who debates the question with him, [259], [260];
- his rapacity, [260];
- flight from the city, [272];
- declared by royal decree a public enemy, [261];
- takes to a life of plunder, [262];
- defeated in several engagements by Fravitta, and a large portion of his army afterwards drowned in crossing the Hellespont, [262];
- retreat towards the Danube, [262];
- final defeat and death, [263].
- Gallus Cæsar endeavours to reform the licentiousness of Daphne, [101].
- Gaudentius, Count, appointed to suppress paganism, [143].
- Gelasius, Pope, forbade reading the Acts of the Saints, [178].
- Gemellus, Chrysostom’s letter to, [373].
- General Council, Chrysostom is willing to be judged by, [315];
- George of Laodicea discourses at Antioch, [19].
- Germanus, a priest, friend of Chrysostom, [279];
- Gerontius, archbishop of Nicomedia, [273];
- Gerontius, a presbyter, anxious to visit Cucusus, [380];
- persuaded by Chrysostom to go direct to Phœnicia, [380].
- Gervasius, the martyr, discovery of the remains of, [190].
- Gibbon, his character as an historian, [140];
- his admiration of Chrysostom in exile, [378].
- Gluttony censured by Chrysostom, [232].
- God, nature of: Chrysostom on the, [110]-112.
- Godhead, Three Persons of the: Chrysostom on the, [110]-112.
- Goths, the, [93];
- Gratian, the Emperor of the West, [140];
- Grecian legend, [100].
- Greek theology, [391], [392].
- Gregories, the two, [16], [142].
- Gregory of Nazianzus, [86];
- Gregory of Nyssa, funeral oration of, on Meletius, [21];
- preaches the sermon at the baptism of Rufinus, [204].
- preaches the sermon at the baptism of Rufinus, [204].
- HADRIAN, [126].
- Heaven and hell, Chrysostom on, [34]-36.
- Helladius, bishop of Heraclea, consecrates Gerontius, [273];
- a friend of Chrysostom, [279].
- Hellebicus, commissioner to Antioch, [165];
- Heracleides, a deacon, elected to the see of Ephesus, [271];
- Heretics, edict of Theodosius against, [142].
- Hermione, Theodore wishes to marry, [31];
- Hermits, intercession of, for the people of Antioch, [166];
- Hesychius, bishop of Parium, withdraws from his appointment as delegate to Asia, [269].
- Hieron, Chrysostom is conveyed to, [320] and note.
- Hilarius introduces Pachomian monasticism into Syria, [60], [61].
- Hilary of Arles charged with ordaining bishops without the people’s consent, [47].
- Hippodrome, the, [118]-120.
- Holy Saturday, vast crowds assemble in the churches on, [331].
- Holy Scripture, Chrysostom’s intimate acquaintance with, [85], [116], [117];
- Honorius accompanies his father Theodosius to Rome, [193];
- is sent for to Milan by his father, [201];
- Stilicho appointed his guardian, [202];
- receives a deputation of Romans on the consulship of Eutropius, [242];
- gives a favourable reply, and nominates Mallius Theodorus consul, [243];
- convenes an Italian synod to consider the state of the Church at Constantinople, [352];
- suggests to his brother Arcadius a general council to be held at Thessalonica, [352].
- Hymn of Pachomian monks, [63].
- IGNATIUS, effect of the death of, in confirming souls, [181].
- Illyria ravaged by Huns, [354].
- Illyrian provinces occupied by Alaric, [207].
- Infant baptism the ordinary practice of the early Church, [15];
- Innocent I., bishop of Rome, appealed to by Chrysostom, [334], [335];
- is advised by Theophilus to cease communion with Chrysostom, [348];
- four bishops bring him Chrysostom’s letter, [348];
- decisive letter to Theophilus, [348];
- receives another letter from him, on the minutes of the “Synod of the Oak,” [349];
- sends a second letter of reproof to Theophilus, [349];
- orders prayers and fasts for the restoration of concord, [349];
- letter of condolence to the clergy of Constantinople, [349];
- treats the letter of the cabal with disdain, [350];
- reply to the letter brought by Germanus, [350], [351];
- writes to Chrysostom a letter of encouragement and consolation, [351], [352];
- intercedes with Honorius for the Church of Constantinople, [352];
- remains attached to Chrysostom’s cause, [358];
- approves of the restoration of Elpidius to his see, [377];
- letter from Chrysostom in exile, [384], [385].
- Isaac, a Syrian monk, sent to Antioch to inquire into Chrysostom’s early life, [284];
- Isaurians ravage Syria and Asia Minor, [354];
- Isidore, abbot of Pelusium, on the discharge of episcopal duties, [212].
- Isidore, presbyter of Alexandria, a candidate for the see of Constantinople, [213];
- the depositary of an awkward secret of Theophilus’s, [213];
- carries a petition to Rome, [237];
- despatched to Palestine, [292];
- some account of his life, [293];
- accepts a charitable trust, [293];
- refuses to surrender the money to Theophilus, who charges him with a horrible crime, [294];
- is expelled from the priesthood, and flies to the desert of Nitria, [294].
- Italian deputation to Arcadius, [352];
- Italian synod convened by Honorius, [352];
- JEALOUSY of wives and husbands, [97].
- Jerome quoted, [18];
- promotes the advance of monasticism, [61];
- sides with Theodosius, [142];
- three years’ residence at Rome, [194];
- admonition on the worldly hospitality of the clergy, [218];
- description of Theophilus of Alexandria, [285];
- opinion of Origen’s merits, [288];
- repudiates Aterbius’s charge of being an Origenist, [289];
- sides with Epiphanius, [291];
- strife with John of Jerusalem, [291], [292];
- commendation of Theophilus’s letter on Origenistic errors, [300];
- styles Chrysostom a parricide, [302].
- Jerusalem the only lawful place for Jewish sacrifices, [130], [131];
- Jews, Chrysostom’s opposition to, [50];
- danger to Christianity, [107];
- Chrysostom’s method of argument against, [121], [124], [125];
- homilies against, [126]-128;
- their character and influence at Antioch, [126], [127];
- statutes concerning, [126];
- ranged on the Arian side in dissensions, [127];
- scenes at their festivals, [127], [128];
- increasing influence in Antioch, [128], [129];
- Chrysostom’s vehemence against, [129]-131;
- their sacrifices, [130], [131];
- the four Captivities foretold, [131];
- revolts under Hadrian and Constantine, [131];
- jeer at the tumult at Constantinople, [340].
- John, archdeacon of Constantinople, cherishes malice against Chrysostom, [313];
- brings a list of charges against him at the “Synod of the Oak,” [314].
- John, bishop of Jerusalem, an admirer of Origen, [288];
- John, Count, appointed Comptroller of the Royal Treasury, [256];
- John, hermit of the Thebaid, consulted by Theodosius, [200].
- Johnites, followers of Chrysostom, prisons filled with, [338];
- Jovinus, Count, commissioned to suppress paganism, [143].
- Judaising Christians, [128]-130.
- Julian, Emperor: his efforts to resuscitate paganism, [11];
- Jupiter, destruction of the temple of, at Apamea, [143].
- Justina, the queen-mother, [187];
- her flight to Thessalonica, [191].
- Justinian, [47].
- KEBLE, Rev. John, quoted, [275] note.
- LAODICEA made the capital of Syria, [165].
- “Laura,” a, or street, [60].
- Law, the profession of, the avenue to distinction, [13].
- Lent, how to keep, [157]-159.
- Leo appointed to the command of the troops sent against Tribigild, [246];
- Leontius, the eunuch, Arian bishop of Antioch, [17];
- Leontius, bishop of Ancyra, a leader of Chrysostom’s enemies, [329];
- “Let us pray,” in our Liturgy, [88].
- Letters to Olympius, remarks on the, [370], [371].
- Libanius the sophist, [12];
- an eloquent defender of paganism, [12];
- his lectures attended by Chrysostom, [12];
- an opponent of Christianity on principle, [73];
- elegy over the shrine of Apollo, [102];
- apology for paganism, [145];
- attachment to antiquity, [145];
- invective against the monks, [146];
- regrets the destruction of the Pagan temples, [147];
- before the commissioners at Antioch, [165];
- orations in honour of Theodosius and the commissioners, [166].
- “Love-feast,” [182].
- Lucian, bishop of Antioch, held doctrines afterwards called Arian, [109];
- Lucifer of Cagliari at Antioch, [21];
- Lucius directed by Anthemius to implore the people to return to the churches, [336];
- MACEDONIANS forbidden by Theodosius to hold assemblies, [142].
- Macedonius, archbishop of Constantinople, deposed, [18].
- Macedonius the hermit, [166];
- his appeal for the people of Antioch, [166].
- Magical arts, decree of Valens against the practisers of, [57], [58].
- Mallius Theodorus nominated consul by Honorius, [243].
- Manes, error of, [113].
- Manichæans, the, [50];
- Marcellina, the example of, converted many women to celibacy, [61].
- Marcellus, bishop, killed, [143].
- Marcia, [256];
- Marcion, error of, [113].
- Marcionites, [95];
- their danger to Christianity, [107].
- Mariamna, Chrysostom arrives at, [322].
- Marriage, Chrysostom on, [95];
- Martin, St., bishop of Tours, [40];
- Martyries, [177], [178];
- Martyrs, appeal for assistance to, [132];
- churches built to commemorate their death, [177];
- their numerous festivals, [178];
- Chrysostom’s homilies on, [177]-183;
- St. Augustine on the honour to be paid to them, [180];
- increasing veneration to them in the Church, [181];
- discovery of skeletons, and cures effected, [181];
- procession conducted by Chrysostom and the Empress, on the removal of some reliques, [222], [223].
- Maruthas, bishop of Martyropolis, in Persia, an active missionary, [375] and note.
- Maruthas, bishop of Mesopotamia, accidentally causes the death of Cyrinus, [307].
- Maximian, persecution of, [56].
- Maximin, persecution of, [60].
- Maximus, bishop of Seleucia, adopts a secluded life, [27].
- Maximus the usurper’s progress arrested by Theodosius, [141];
- Meletius, bishop of Antioch, [15];
- translated from Sebaste in Armenia to Antioch, [18];
- preaches by command of Constantius on the text, “The Lord possessed me,” [19];
- dissents from the Arians, and is banished to Melitene, [19];
- recalled by Julian, [20];
- banished again in A.D. 367, and afterwards by the Emperor Valens, [21], [40];
- returns after the death of Valens (A.D. 378), [21];
- presided over the Council of Constantinople (A.D. 381), [21];
- died during its session, [21];
- his funeral oration, [21];
- one of his last acts, [86];
- Chrysostom’s encomium, [108];
- invocation to, [108].
- Milan, astonishment of the people of, at Theodosius’s act of treachery, [195], [196].
- Milman, Dean, quoted, [127].
- Moduarius, a deacon, a messenger to Chrysostom in exile, [376].
Monasteries of Bethlehem placed under an interdict by John of Jerusalem, [291]. - Monasteries, tranquillity of, [80];
- education at, [80].
- Monasticism, [53];
- Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, [189].
- Monk, calm life of the, [53];
- powerful influence of the, [77].
- Monks, custom of reading aloud during dinner, [63] note;
- Monks of Nitria, [294];
- the “tall brethren,” persecuted by Theophilus, [295]-297;
- they fly to Palestine, and find a new home at Scythopolis, [297];
- the malice of their persecutor follows them here, [297];
- they embark for Constantinople, and reach that city fifty in number, [297];
- they appeal to Chrysostom, who receives them with kindness, but acts cautiously, [297], [298];
- resolve to appeal to the civil powers, [300];
- draw up documents of charges against Theophilus and their accusers, [301];
- accost the Empress, who promises the council they desire shall be called, [301];
- interview with Epiphanius, [304];
- Theophilus reconciled with “the tall brethren,” [316].
- Monks, Pachomian, number of, [62];
- NEBRIDIUS, prefect of Constantinople, husband of Olympias, [280];
- his death two years after marriage, [281].
- Nebridius, husband of Salvina, [279].
- Nectarius, bishop of Constantinople, [47];
- Neocæsarea, Council of (about A.D. 320), [56].
- Nestorius consecrated a bishop when a layman, [56].
- New Year’s Day a riotous festival, [136].
- Nice, Council of (A.D. 325), [17], [56];
- the custom of keeping Easter according to Jewish calculation condemned, [130];
- proposal of clerical celibacy defeated by Paphnutius, [219];
- prohibition as to unmarried clergy living with women other than mother, sister, or aunt, [219];
- canons of, on ecclesiastical affairs being judged in their own province, [308], [312], [351].
- Nicolaus, a priest, supplies money and men to the Phœnician mission, [380].
- Nilus, an anchorite, addresses letters of warning to Arcadius, [354].
- Novatians, pretension of the, to purity of doctrine and life, [235];
- OATHS, the taking of, excites Chrysostom’s indignation, [231], [232].
- Œcumenical Council, the Fifth (A.D. 553), [31].
- Olympias, the deaconess, friend of Chrysostom, [280];
- early life, [280];
- married to Nebridius, [280];
- death of her husband, [281];
- devotes herself to the interests of the Church, [281];
- attends to the wants of the Nitrian monks, [298];
- Chrysostom’s farewell to, [339], [340];
- accused of incendiarism, [346];
- conduct before Optatus, [346];
- refuses communion with Arsacius, [346];
- is fined, and retires to Cyzicus, [346];
- intercedes for Chrysostom, [361];
- the archbishop’s letters to her from Cucusus, [367]-373.
- Olympic games instituted by Commodus at Antioch, [92], [101].
- Optatus, a Pagan, succeeds Studius as prefect at Constantinople, [342];
- Origen, allegorical interpretations of, [28];
- Orontes, the, [17], [28], [58], [90], [91], [100], [101].
- Ostrogoths, a colony of, established in Phrygia and Lydia, [140].
- PACHOMIUS, the Benedict of the East, [60];
- Pagan temples, edict for the destruction of, [238].
- Paganism, Chrysostom’s method of argument and homily against, [121]-124;
- Pagans, conversion of, [175], [176].
- Palladius, bishop of Hellenopolis, visits the Egyptian monasteries, [64];
- his narrative of events, [265] and note;
- a delegate on the affair of Antoninus, [269];
- joins Chrysostom at Bithynia, [271];
- on Chrysostom’s consistency, [278];
- account of Chrysostom and his bishops before being summoned to “the Synod of the Oak,” [309]-311;
- description of Arsacius, [344];
- a fugitive to Rome, [350];
- accompanies the Italian deputation, [353];
- imprisoned near Ethiopia, [355];
- description of Constantius the priest, [357], [358].
- Pamphylia, Tribigild awaits Leo at, [246].
- Pansophius, bishop of Pissida, desired to “offer the gifts,” [267].
- Pansophius elected to the see of Nicomedia, [273].
- Paphnutius, an Egyptian monk, defeats the proposal of clerical celibacy at the Council of Nice, [219].
- Parents, worldliness of, reproved by Chrysostom, [78], [79].
- Paschal letter, the, [288] note.
- Paternus, an emissary from the cabal to Innocent, [349].
- Patriarch, the title, [216] and note.
- Patricius, the notary, conveys to Chrysostom the mandate of his deposition, [339].
- Paul, bishop of Crateia, solemnly warns Eudoxia, [333].
- Paul, bishop of Heraclea, deputed to conciliate Eusebius, [267];
- joins Chrysostom at Bithynia, [271].
- Paul, bishop of Tibur, interrupted while consecrating Ursicinus, [47].
- Paul of Samosata deposed from the see of Antioch, [109];
- Paul the Anchorite retires to the Egyptian Thebaid during the persecution of Decius, [60].
- Paulinian forcibly ordained deacon and priest by Epiphanius, [291].
- Paulinus consecrated bishop by Lucifer of Cagliari, [20];
- recognised by Ambrose as bishop of Antioch, [199].
- Peanius praised for his loyal zeal, [377].
- Peasant clergy, Chrysostom’s praise of, [184], [185];
- simplicity of their wives, [185].
- Pempton, congregation at, dispersed, [337].
- Pentadia, wife of Timasius, friend of Chrysostom, [280];
- Persecution intensifies attachment to the Church, [357].
- Peter, a priest, the bearer of a letter from Theophilus to Innocent, [349].
- Pharetrius, bishop of Cæsarea, does not greet Chrysostom on his journey, [362], [363];
- Philippopolis, Arian Council of, [17].
- “Philosophers” of Antioch, cowardice of, [167];
- peasant clergy more than a match for, [184].
- Phœnicia, mission in, [380]-382;
- Pagan resistance to the mission, [381].
- Phrygia overrun by Tribigild, [245].
- Pityus, on the Euxine, Chrysostom to be removed to, [386].
- Placidia, sister of Honorius, [201].
- Plato, dialogues of, [55];
- Polycarp, bishop, removal of his remains, [179].
- Porphyry, a priest, procures the banishment of Constantius, [358];
- Porphyry, bishop of Gaza, urges the destruction of Pagan temples, [238].
- Preaching, Chrysostom’s remarks on, [51], [52].
- Priesthood, the, Chrysostom’s books on, [40]-55;
- Priestly office, dignity, difficulty, and danger of, [43]-45;
- qualifications for, [50].
- Priscillianists, the, ruthlessly persecuted, by Maximus, [190].
- Prisoners, custom of releasing, [172] and note.
- Procla, Chrysostom’s farewell to, [339].
- Proclus, friend of Chrysostom, [279];
- Procopius, uncle and guardian of Olympias, [280].
- Promotus assassinated by order of Rufinus, [205].
- Property holders, duties of, [230].
- Protasius, discovery of the reliques of, [190].
- Ptolemy Philadelphus deposits the Septuagint in the temple of Serapis, [128].
- Pulcheria, daughter of Eudoxia, [248].
- Pusey, Dr., quoted, [417], [418].
- RAVENNA, Honorius at, [352];
- court of, not powerful enough to enforce the convocation of a general council, [359].
- Reader in the Church, office of, [23];
- ceremony of ordination to, [23].
- Reliques, importance attached to, [382].
- Remigius of Rheims made bishop at the age of twenty-two, [56].
- Repentance, Chrysostom on, [34].
- Rhadagaisus covets Rome, [359].
- Right of asylum in the Church abolished by Eutropius, [210];
- Rimini, the creed of, [18], [188].
- Roman Catholic countries, abuse of saints’ days in, [183].
- Rome, bishop of, growing tendency of Christendom to appeal to, [335];
- no jealousy entertained by Chrysostom of him, [335].
- Rome, contest for the see of, [47];
- persecutions at, [58];
- St. Jerome at, [61];
- division into districts, [103];
- love of the people for chariot-races, [118];
- triumphal entry of Theodosius, [193];
- its mixed population, [195];
- deputation of the inhabitants to Stilicho and Honorius against the consulship of Eutropius, [242];
- arrival of fugitives from Constantinople, [350];
- efforts of Alaric to conquer, [359].
- Rufinus, a presbyter, sent to Phœnicia to restore peace, [381];
- Rufinus, minister of Theodosius, [187];
- his view of the sedition at Thessalonica, [195];
- endeavours to console Theodosius, [197];
- seeks an interview with Ambrose, but is repulsed, [197];
- appointed guardian to Arcadius, and regent of the East, [203];
- some account of his life, [203];
- his “accursed thirst” for gain, and his extortions, [204];
- display of piety, [204];
- builds a monastery and church at “the Oak,” and is baptized therein, [204];
- surrounds himself with a powerful party, [204];
- jealousy of Stilicho, [205];
- scheme to marry his daughter to Arcadius frustrated, [205];
- villanous plot of overrunning the country with Huns, Goths, etc., [206], [207];
- his death just when he had attained the height of his ambition, [208].
- Rufinus, monk of Aquileia, a warm admirer of Origen, [288];
- SABELLIANS, the, [50];
- their danger to Christianity, [107].
- Sabiniana, the deaconess, follows Chrysostom into exile, [366].
- Saints’ days, abuse of, [182], [183].
- Saints, the Old Testament, [84], [99];
- growth of devotion to, [108];
- appeal for assistance to, [132];
- their festivals grow numerous, [178];
- special days of commemoration, [178];
- character of the festivals, [178];
- their Acts or Passions, [178] and note;
- Chrysostom’s belief in their intercessory power, [178];
- feeling in the Church in regard to their invocation, [179];
- popular faith in the miraculous power of their remains, [180], [181];
- pilgrimages to their tombs, [181];
- relics removed by Flavian, [181] note.
- Salustius, a priest, rebuked by Chrysostom, [345], [376].
- Salvina, daughter of Gildo, friend of Chrysostom, [279];
- the archbishop’s farewell to, [339].
- Saracens, the nomadic, [61].
- Sardica, Council of (A.D. 342), [17];
- Saturninus, husband of Castricia: his surrender demanded by Gaïnas, [257];
- insulted by Gaïnas, and afterwards delivered up, [257].
- Savile, Sir Henry: his edition of Chrysostom’s works, [9].
- Savonarola, [3];
- Schism of Antioch, [20], [21].
- Secundus, father of Chrysostom, [9];
- his death, [10].
- Seleucia lodges Chrysostom at her house, [364];
- is threatened by Pharetrius, [364].
- Seleucus, Count, father of Olympias, [280].
- Septuagint, the, [128].
- Serapion, archdeacon, encourages Chrysostom in his severity towards the clergy, [222];
- Serapis, the temple of, Septuagint deposited at, [128];
- silver image of, at Alexandria, destroyed, [144].
- Serena, wife of Stilicho, [201].
- Severian, bishop of Gabala, deputed to act for Chrysostom during his absence, [270];
- endeavours to undermine the archbishop’s influence, [275];
- his efforts to win admiration, [276];
- irritation with Serapion’s discourtesy, [276];
- expelled from Constantinople by Chrysostom, but recalled by command of Eudoxia, [276], [277];
- becomes a leader of the faction hostile to Chrysostom, [282];
- extols the deposition of the patriarch, [321];
- again plotting against him after his recall, [329];
- urges the Emperor to remove Chrysostom from the city, [338], [339];
- assists in secretly ordaining Porphyry, [358].
- Severus, Emperor Alexander: his admiration of the mode of electing bishops, [46].
- Shakespeare quoted, [95] note, [161] note.
- Sicinnius, the Novatian bishop, writes against Chrysostom, [235];
- admired by Socrates, [235] note.
- Silk, the use of, [227] and note.
- Simeon Stylites on his pillar, [61];
- a caricature of the anchorite, [65].
- Siricius, Pope, decree of, on celibacy of the clergy, [218].
- Socrates, [76];
- Socrates, historian, terms dedicatory churches “martyries,” [178];
- Sozomen on the dress of Pachomian monks, [63];
- Spiritual agency, [82]-84.
- “Spiritual sisters” of priests, [219].
- Stagirius, excessive austerities of, [82];
- Stanley, Dean, quoted, [40].
- Stelechius, Chrysostom’s book addressed to, [69], [71].
- Stephen, bishop of Antioch, president of the Arian Council of Philippopolis, [17];
- deposed by the Emperor Constantius, [17].
- Stilicho, [187];
- Theodosius commends to him Honorius and the West, [202];
- likened by Claudian to Scipio, [205];
- Honorius betrothed to his daughter, [205];
- advances against Alaric, but is prevented from attacking him by a message from Constantinople, [207];
- sends back his troops under Gaïnas, [207], [208];
- again hastens to attack Alaric, but hears that he is commander-in-chief of the forces of the East, [210];
- receives a deputation of Romans on the consulship of Eutropius, [242];
- rumours of his march to the East, [247];
- efforts to restrain Alaric and Rhadagaisus, [359].
- Strabo’s description of Daphne, [101].
- Superstitions, description of, [137];
- Swearing, admonition against, [159], [160].
- Symmachus, his apology for paganism, [145];
- Syncletius, bishop of Trajanopolis, a delegate on the affair of Antoninus, [269].
- “Synod of the Oak,” [309];
- Syria: Antioch degraded, and Laodicea made its capital, [165];
- Syrus, an old ascetic, [82].
- “TALL brethren” persecuted by Theophilus, [294], [295];
- Temple, the only lawful place to offer sacrifices, [131] note;
- Tertullian, saying of, [177].
- Thalia, the, of Arius, [236].
- Thebaid, the Egyptian, [60];
- Pachomius, a native of the, [62].
- Theodore, bishop of Mopsuestia, [9];
- Theodore of Tyana, friendly to Chrysostom, [329];
- quits Constantinople on seeing the unfair construction of the council, [329].
- Theodoret’s story of the meeting of Gaïnas and Chrysostom, [263];
- Theodoras executed, [57], [94].
- Theodosia, sister of Amphilocius, and instructress of Olympias, [280].
- Theodosius I., on amicable terms with Libanius, [12];
- his defeats of the Goths, [93];
- deservedly called “The Great,” [139];
- his services against Scots and Saxons, Moors and Goths, [139];
- disgraced, and retires to Spain, [139];
- recalled, and made Emperor, [140];
- his character, [140];
- military achievements, [140], [141];
- a Christian, [141];
- efforts to establish a uniform type of religion, [141];
- his baptism, [141];
- solemn declaration of faith, [141];
- makes Gregory of Nazianzus bishop, [142];
- project for a general council, [142];
- edict against heretics, [142];
- forbids the practice of divination, [143];
- laws against Pagans, [142], [143];
- his impartiality, [147], [148];
- his wife Flacilla, [148];
- choleric temper, [148];
- pardons Antioch after the tumult, [170];
- interview with Flavian, [171]-174;
- victory over Maximus, [191];
- generosity to his enemies, [191];
- commands the bishop of Callinicum to rebuild the Jewish synagogue, [191];
- remonstrance of Ambrose, [191], [192];
- the order annulled, [193];
- triumphal entry into Rome, [193];
- two popular enactments, [193], [194];
- abstains from interfering in religious debates, [194];
- resentment at the sedition of Thessalonica, [195];
- barbarous act of ferocity, [195];
- confronted by Ambrose, and refused admittance to the cathedral, [196];
- exhorted to deep repentance, [197];
- his penance, [197], [198];
- forbidden to sit with the clergy during the celebration, [198];
- collects a huge force, and solicits the favour of heaven, [200];
- arrives near the scene of his former victory, [200];
- assaults Arbogastes, but is repulsed, [200];
- his vision, [200];
- rallies his army, and completely defeats the enemy, [201];
- received at Milan with transports of joy, [201];
- free pardon granted to the Milanese who had revolted, [201];
- his health gives way, [201];
- receives the Eucharist at the hands of Ambrose, [201];
- beseeches the Western bishops to acknowledge Flavian, [201];
- implores the Pagan Roman senators to become Christians, [201], [202];
- last appearances in public, [202];
- his death, [202];
- his law on the right of asylum, [249];
- conduct towards Olympias, [281].
- Theodosius II., attacked by an alarming illness, [304];
- Theodosius the elder, [139];
- Theophilus, a priest, rebuked by Chrysostom, [345], [376].
- Theophilus, archbishop of Alexandria, appointed arbitrator between Flavian and Evagrius, [199];
- pushes the claims of Isidore for the see of Constantinople, [213];
- refuses to take part in Chrysostom’s ordination until threatened by Eutropius, [215];
- his opposition is silenced, and he assists in the consecration, [215], [216];
- joins Chrysostom in urging the recognition of Flavian, [237];
- behaviour to Olympias, [282] note;
- becomes the chief of Chrysostom’s foes, [285];
- his character, [284], [285];
- earnest defender of the teaching of Origen, [287];
- made arbitrator between Jerome and John of Jerusalem, [292];
- his letter intended for John is delivered to Vinctius, [292];
- changes sides, [292], [293];
- brings a horrible charge against Isidore, who is ejected from the ministry, [294];
- persecutes the “tall brethren,” [294]-297;
- his malice follows the Nitrian monks to Palestine, [297];
- schemes for the overthrow of Chrysostom, [298], [299];
- apologetic letter to Epiphanius, [299];
- writes a sharp complaint to Chrysostom, [300];
- summoned to Constantinople to defend his conduct towards the Nitrian monks, [301];
- arrival at the city with twenty-eight bishops, [306];
- declines the hospitality of Chrysostom, [307];
- resides at Pera, in a house of the Emperor’s, [307];
- refuses all communication with the archbishop, [308];
- his house the resort of the disaffected, [308];
- bribes to the city, [308];
- draws up a list of accusations against Chrysostom, [309];
- holds a synod at “the Oak,” and summons the archbishop to appear, [309];
- after his object is attained, is reconciled to the “tall brethren,” [316];
- arrives at Constantinople with a large retinue, and restores the worthless clergy, [320], [321];
- remains in the city after the recall of Chrysostom, [324], [325];
- his flight when summonses were issued for a general council, [325];
- excuses himself from attending the council, [325];
- invited by Chrysostom’s enemies again to visit Constantinople, [328];
- declines, and sends three “pitiful bishops,” [328];
- his letter to Pope Innocent received with displeasure, [348];
- reproved by Innocent, [348], [349].
- Theotecnus brings to Innocent a letter from twenty-five bishops, [349].
- Theotimus, a Goth, bishop of Tomis, at Constantinople, [266];
- Therapeutæ, the, [59].
- Therasius: Chrysostom addresses a letter to the widow of, [93].
- Thermopylæ, pass of, violated by Alaric, [210].
- Thessalonica, sedition at, [195];
- Thrace, Flacilla dies at, [148];
- Tiberias, Patriarch of, [126].
- Tiberius restricted the right of asylum, [249].
- Tigrius summoned before the “Synod of the Oak,” [311];
- Tillemont’s opinion of Theodore, [39] note;
- floating synod at Constantinople, [266] note.
- Tomis, a market of Goths and Huns, [303].
- Tradition, Chrysostom’s arguments not based on, [117].
- Trajan, Antioch nearly destroyed in the reign of, [90].
- Tranquillus, a friend of Chrysostom, [329].
- Tribigild, the Ostrogoth, solicits promotion for himself and more pay for his soldiers, [244];
- his suit coldly dismissed by the Emperor’s minister, [244];
- returns home, and resolves to cast off allegiance to the empire, [245];
- overruns Phrygia, and captures some fortified towns, [245];
- refuses to treat with Eutropius, [246];
- his army retreats to Pamphylia, where he awaits Leo, [246];
- swoops down upon his prey at night, scattering Leo’s army, [247];
- his forces joined with those of Gaïnas, [257].
- Trinity Sunday, [178] note.
- ULDES, or Uldin, pursues Gaïnas and kills him, [263].
- Ulphilas, preaching of, to the Goths, [382].
- Unilas, a Gothic bishop, appointed by Chrysostom, [237];
- dies after a short but active career, [375].
- Ursicinus, consecration of, by Paul, bishop of Tibur, violently stopped by Damasus, [47].
- VALENS, the Emperor, on amicable terms with Libanius, [12];
- Valentinian, his decree against magicians, [57];
- Valentinian II., [187];
- Valentinians, a church of, set fire to by fanatics, [191].
Valentinus, error of, [113]. - Valentinus, entreated to benevolence by Chrysostom, [377].
- Venerius, bishop of Milan, Chrysostom’s letter to, [334], [335];
- sends a letter by the Italian deputation, [353].
- Vincentius, presbyter and friend of Jerome, [292].
- Victor Uticensis, [23].
- Victory, news of, proclaimed gratuitously by Theodosius, [194].
- Visigoths, a colony of, established in Thrace, [140].
- WEALTH, Chrysostom on, [156], [157].
- Wesley, John, at Oxford, [27];
- as a preacher, [425].
- Western Church, the, acknowledges Paulinus as bishop of Antioch, [20];
- Western theology, [391], [392].
- Westminster, sanctuary of, [249].
- Women, influence of, on early Christianity, [10], [11];
- ZOSIMUS, [153] note;
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