ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Absolute right and wrong, treated of, 562 . Affections, change of, the way to heaven, 527 . Aids to interpreting Scripture history, 549 ; mechanical arts and dialectics as, 550 . Ambiguity, rules for removing, 557 , 558 . Ambrose, examples of style from, 590 , etc. Amos, examples of eloquence from, 580 . Antony, a monk who committed the Scriptures to memory, 519 . Astrologers, superstition of, 545 . Body, love of one's, 528 ; the resurrection, wholly subject to the spirit, 529 . Bondage, to the letter, 559 , etc.; to signs, 560 . Canonical Books, list of, 538 . Circumstantial considerations, 564 . Charms to be avoided by Christians, 550 . Child of grace, mature, 534 . Christ, purges the Church by affliction, 526 ; opens the way to our home, 527 ; is the first way to God, 532 . Christian teacher, duty of, 576 , 581 . Church, the, purged by afflictions, 526 ; the keys given to, 527 . Cicero, on rhetoric, 576 , 577 ; on style, 583 , 586 ; on the aim of an orator, 583 . Claudian's description of Neptune, 559 . Commands, rules for interpreting, 563 . Crime as distinguished from vice, 561 . David, not lustful though he fell into adultery, 565 . Death, not destruction but change, 527 . Definition, the science of, not false, but may be applied to falsities, 552 . Devils arrange the language of omens, 547 . Dialectics, use of, in interpreting Scripture, 550 . Difficult passages, how and with whom to discuss, 581 . Discourses of others, when they may be preached, 596 . Divination, why we reject acts of, 546 . Egyptians, spoiling of the, typical import of, 554 . Eloquence, the rules of, are true, though sometimes used to persuade men of what is false, 552 ; of the sacred writers is united with wisdom, 577 . Enjoyment, distinction between, and use, 523 ; of man, 532 . Faith, strengthened by the resurrection and ascension of Christ, and stimulated by his coming to judgment, 526 . Figurative expressions not to be taken literally, 559 ; how to discern whether a phrase is figurative, 560 ; interpretation of, 561 , etc.; variation of figure, 566 . Flesh, no man hates his own, expounded, 528 , etc. Gentiles, useless bondage of the, to the letter, 559 . God, in what sense ineffable, and what all men understand by the term, 524 ; is unchangeable wisdom, 524 ; is alone to be loved for his own sake, 528 ; uses rather than enjoys man, 531 . God, wisdom of, how He came to us and healed man, 525 , 526 . Hearers, to be moved as well as instructed, 583 . History, to what extent an aid in interpreting Scripture, 549 . Holy life, power of, in a teacher, 595 . Hope, a buttress of faith, 526 . See Faith. Human institutions, superstitious nature of, 545 ; of those not superstitious, some convenient and necessary, 548 . Humility essential to the study of Scripture, 555 . Idioms, how to attain a knowledge of, 542 . Ineffable, in what sense God is, 524 . Inference, logical, how valid, 551 . Interpretation of Scripture, rules for, 519 – 521 ; depends on two things, understanding and making known its meaning, 522 ; dangers of mistaken, 533 ; a diversity of, useful, 540 ; how faulty, can be emended, 541 ; figures, 561 , etc.; sayings and doings ascribed to God and the saints, 562 ; commands and prohibitions, 563 ; sins of great men, 565 ; obscure passages to be interpreted by clearer, 566 ; passages susceptible of various interpretations, 567 ; rules of Tichonius the Donatist, 568 – 573 . Israel, the spiritual, 571 . Itala, the, to be preferred to other Latin versions, 542 . Jews, bondage of, to the letter, and how liberated therefrom, 559 , etc. Keys, the, given to the Church, 527 . Knowledge, a step to wisdom, 537 ; from a profane source, not to be despised, 544 . Languages, knowledge of, useful, 539 , 543 . Learning, what branches of, are useful to a Christian, 553 . Letter, the, killeth, expounded, 559 , etc. Logical sequence, valid, not devised, but only observed by man, 551 . Lot, the, for deciding whom to aid, 530 . Love to God and our neighbor, includes love to ourselves, 529 ; the order of, 530 ; never faileth, 533 ; its import, 561 . Lucus-quod minime luceat , 567 . Mechanical arts contributory to exegetics, 550 . Men, ministry of, employed for teaching and administering sacraments, 520 . Muses, the nine, legend of their origin, 544 . Natural science, an exegetical aid, 549 . Neighbor, who is our, 530 ; love to our, 533 . Neptune, described by Claudian, 560 . Number, the science of, not created but only discovered by man, 553 . Numbers, the mystical, 543 , 571 . Omens, how far of force, and the part devils have in them, 547 . Orator, aim of the, 583 , 594 . Paul, example of eloquence from, 577 , etc. Perspicuity, 582 . Persuasiveness, 594 . Philosophers, heathen, what they have said rightly to be appropriated to our uses, 554 . Plato, was in Egypt when Jeremiah was there, 549 . Prayer, ability to read granted in answer to, 520 ; to be engaged in before preaching, 584 , 597 . Preaching the discourses of others, when permissible, 596 . Prohibitions, rules for interpreting, 563 . Pronunciation, how it serves to remove ambiguity, 557 . Punctuation, ambiguities of, 556 . Purification of soul, necessary in order to see God, 525 . Pythagoras, not prior to the Hebrew Scriptures, 549 . Rhetoric, use of, 552 ; what use a Christian is to make of the art, 575 , etc.; it is better to listen to and imitate eloquent men than attend teachers of, 576 . Scripture, rules for interpretation of, 519 , 539 , 567 , 568 ; its fulfillment and end is the love of God and our neighbor, 532 ; use of the obscurities in, 537 ; in what spirit. to be studied, 539 , 553 , 555 ; compared with profane authors, 555 ; what it enjoins and asserts, 561 ; See Interpretations. Septuagint, the authority of, 542 , etc. Signs, as distinguished from things, 523 ; nature and variety of, 535 , etc.; when unknown and ambiguous, they prevent Scripture from being understood, 539 ; knowledge of languages, especially of Greek and Hebrew, necessary to remove ignorance of, 540 , etc.; conventional, 536 , 547 . Solecism, what it is, 541 . Solomon, gave way to lust, 565 . Stars, folly of observing the, in order to predict the events of a life, 546 . Style, necessity for perspicuity of, 582 , etc.; threefold division of—majestic, quiet, temperate, 586 ; to be different on different occasions, 587 ; examples of, from Scripture, 588 ; from Ambrose or Cvprian, 590 ; necessity of variety in, 593 ; effects of the different styles, 593 , etc. Superstitious nature of human institutions, 545 , etc. Teacher, the true, made by God, yet human directions for, are not to be despised, 585 ; power of a holy life in, 595 . Terence, quoted, 553 . Thing, what a, is, 523 . Tichonius the Donatist, rules of, for interpreting Scripture, 568 – 573 . Translations, usefulness of comparing, 540 ; preference among, to be given to the Latin, Itala, and the Greek Septuagint, 542 . Trinity, the, true object of enjoyment, 524 . Tropes, knowledge of, necessary, 567 . Truth, 552 , 596 . Use, different from enjoyment, 523 ; what, God makes of us, 531 . Varro, on the nine Muses, 544 . Vice, as distinguished from crime, 561 Wicked men, judge others by themselves, 564 . Wisdom, unchangeable, 524 ; steps to, 537 , 576 . Word, the, made flesh, 526 . See Christ. Words, hold the chief place among signs, 536 ; have special meanings, 566 ; strife about, expounded, 596 . Writing, origin of, 536 .