Bitterness, taints the whole character, 122; is powerless, 122; must be entirely eradicated,
125.
Boasting in self ultimately leads to humility, 44.
Body, not sinful, but the instrument of sin, 39; not necessarily evil, 41; nor opposed to the
spirit, 41; not evil in substance, 42.
Body, not sinful in itself, but sins, when left to itself, 73; should be in subjection to the soul,
74; the compactness and sympathy of its members a type of those of the Church, 106,
117; its limits forbid covetousness, 58; and excess, 138; the Church is Christ's body, 62;
receives life from Him as the body from the head, 106; as such must not be torn by
schism, ib.
Body and blood of Christ, partaken in the Eucharist, 63.
Bonds, their great power, 85 et seqq.; a type of bondage by sin, 88; see Prison.
Carnal, what acts are so called, 73.
Cathari, a name indirectly assumed by the Novatians, 119 (and note) .
Catholics, accused of being through ambition contentious against heretics, 7.
Charity, can only be exercised in this life, 46; to be extended to all, ib.
Children, the Three Holy Children, 92, 93.
Children, admonished, 153; their duty obedience, 153; need not be made monks, but must
be brought up as Christians, 154; to be taught self-discipline and trained for immortality,
154; require this training more for courts than for monastic life, 155; they who train
them are forming statues to Christ, 156.
Chosen, how Christians are chosen, 55; are made manifest by sealing, 56.
Christ, His sufferings voluntary, 4; the cause both of our hidden and of our visible life, 22;
was sacrificed for all men, 23; yet loved each enough to die for him alone, ib.; awful
mysteriousness of His death, 23; took on Him the curse of the Cross, 27; in the baptized,
29, 30; Christians fulfill the Law one with and for another, 43; our Mediator and Judge,
51; above all principality and power, 61; our Head, 62, 105; made man's nature His
garment, 62; His deep humiliation and high exaltation, 62; specially present in the
Eucharist, 65; how He broke down the middle wall, 71; and abolished the enmity, 72;
became a Jew by circumcision, 73; a Gentile by being a curse, ib.; united both Jews and
Gentiles and slew the enmity by His Cross, 73; the chief corner-stone, 75; brought us
to Himself, 75; dwells in the faithful, 81; His glory in the Church, 82; the exemplar of
love to enemies, 84; and of forgiveness of injuries, 129; led captivity captive, 104; is the
Head of the Church, and the Saviour of the Body, 144; the Bridegroom of the Church,
144; His love to the Church a pattern for husbands, 142-145.
Christians, in all conditions called saints and faithful, 49; their blessings spiritual, 50; how
chosen in Christ, 51; in order to be unblamable, 51; ought to be like Angels, 55, 62,
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Homilies on Galatians and Ephesians