570 HOMILIES ON PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, THESSALONIANS. Antioch, monks near, 394 (note 2). Apollinarius, of Laodicea, 206 ; his followers denied that our Lord took a soul, 214. Apostasy. See Antichrist. Apostles, The, examples how we should meet pride arising from our wisdom, 205; a type, and their life-giving laws, 240; taught and then left those they had taught to teach in their place, 301 ; their ignorance no hin drance to the spread of the Preaching, 307; rejoiced in suf fering, 325 ; chosen as unworldly, 329 ; at first curious about the time of Consummation, 360; not so afterwards, ib. ; not informed, ib. ; St. Peter chief of, ib. Appearing, not said of the Father, but of the Son, 207. Archippus, probably held some office in the Church at ColossEe, 257, 314; a person to whom St. Paul would have the Colossians en tirely subject, 315. Archangel, 355-56. Arians, like Greeks in making a greater and a lesser God, 207. Aristarchus, was brought up from Jerusalem fellow-prisoner with St. Paul, 310. Arius of Alexandria, 206; how his heresy falls before St. Paul s text, 207. Ark, one hundred years building, 357; resting-place of, ib. Armor, spiritual, 363. Army, the Church like an, 367. Article, the, often not placed, and yet the word God means The Father, 209. Artisans, oppress their poorer fellows, 37- Arts, knowledge of, should not make men proud, 217; to be used in God s service in serving one another, not to withdraw men from spiritual things, 233. Ascalon, country beyond, 357; men of, conquered bySamuel s prayer, 391- Assyrians,king of, conquered by Hez- ekiah s prayer, 391. Atoms, notion of, 353. Avarice, souls sacrificed to, 346 ; wickedness of, 368 ; vain excuses for, answered, 368-69 ; its bad effects, 210; consists in loving money at all, 21 1; hinders from seeing Christ s face, ib. ; is a root of evils, ib. ; hinders from being Christ s servant, ib. Audacity, examples of, 205 ; is shown in causeless rage, 206. Baptism, called a seal, 197; men freed from sin by, and have the Holy Ghost given them, 237; men are delivered, as it were, from a fever and wholly diseased state by it, ib. ; it gives remission of sin, grace, and wealth, 238; prodigal son an example for those that have sinned after baptism, ib. ; is through the cross, 242; the way prepared for it by the things done of old in water, 283; is a circum cision of spirit, 285; not burial only,but resurrection, ib. ; adeath unto sin, 286; prefigured in Red Sea, 290; its destroying and new- making effects no cause for mar vel from what goes on in nature, 290; called sleep by heretics, 352; too often deferred, 361; St. Greg. Naz. on this practice, 361 (note 3) ; priest has one with people, 392. Beasts, wild, do not hurt unless strait ened, 368; man inferior to in bodily qualities, 379. Beauty, no cause for being proud, 217. Bee, lesson from, in that it dies in stinging, 368; commended in Scripture, ib. Beggars, adjure by Christ in vain, 373; succeed by praising ladies beauty, ib. ; driven to low jesting and juggling, il>. , and to loose music, ib.; thankful under great privations, ib. ; at churches, ib. ; cruel treatment of, 395. Begging, a shameful thing, 348; mis ery of, 368. Beginning, used for first impulse, or for grounding, 378. Belief, of things in heaven increased from what takes place on earth, 283- Believers, sins of, punished, 359. Belly, the many ways men make it their god, 243; moderation a boundary to it, as the sand to the.sea, ib. Benjamin, tribe of, that in which the priest s portion was, 231. Beroea, persecution at, 328. Bishops, sometimes called presbyters and deacons, 184; have authority from Christ by succession, 274; come from God, ib. ; are ambas sadors from God, 274-75. Bishop (see Chrysostom, Priest, Rul er), responsibility of, 372. Blasphemers, hated by God, taken up by the devil and the demons, 209. Blood, resisting unto, 385. Body, the, may be made spiritual, and at length shine in heaven like Christ s body, 243; shall be made immortal by the power of Christ, 244. Body (see Resurrection*), formation of, a mystery, 353-54; unity of, requires care of all parts, 381; place of head in, 397. Bonds, a furtherance to the Gospel, 182, 189; a confirmation of the Gospel, 186; give confidence to others, 190; cause preachingboth from envy and for good-will, ib. ; the great service they are to St. Paul and to his work, 306; a contrast between his and those the women bound their hair with, 307; St. Paul s, a support under all kinds of tribulations, 315 ; and in temptations to luxury, 315-16. Books, Christian and heathen, 379. Bowels, of Christ, force of the ex pression, 188. Breastplate, of faith and love, 363. Brethren, used as a mark of honor, 230; murdered by refusing sus tenance, 359; disorderly, to be punished, not starved, 393-94; nor utterly cut off, 395. Bride, with what ornaments she should be adorned, 320. Brutes, superior to man, 217. Bulimy, ravenous disease called, 379. Busybodies, never satisfied, 379. Cain, envied for want of love, 342; his sin punished, 359; his sin equaled, ib. ; had no written law, ib. Calling, Christian, requires good life, 345 ; many fall from, 385 ; God s will in our, 363, 385. Canticles, mystical interpretation of, 352- Care, undue, takes away the native force of the soul, 229. Catechumens, do not benefit by re membrance in the Mysteries, only by alms, 197. Catasta, 336 (note 2). Ceiling, gilded, common in houses of the rich, 232. Caesar s household, obedient to St. Paul s preaching, 253. Chapels of martyrs, 373; some built by Constantine, ib. (jiote i) ; poor at doors of, ib.; alms at (refer ence in note i). Chariot, 206. Charmer, unpitied if bitten, 365. Charms (see Amulets), offered in sick ness, 336-37; to be rejected for fear of God, ib. Chastity, specially called holiness, 342; blessing of keeping till marriage, 346; sometimes found in heath ens, 347; first practice of, keep ing the eyes, 378; foundation of, fasting, ib. Cheerfulness, right in all events, 223. Children, of nobles, wear golden orna ments round the neck, as those of high birth, 182; put it off when men, 183; require to be indulged, 277; loss of, not a new suffering, and a gain to them, 299; may be wept for, but with out blasphemous words, ib. ; at Constantinople had learnt songs and dances of Satan; should be instructed in psalms and hymns, 301 ; should never be left to in termix freely with servants or friends even, ib. ; the many vir tuous lessons they may be in structed in from the Psalms, 302. Children, term used by St. Paul when he would correct or show fond ness for, 229; loss of, too great grief for, 349; what children happy, 351; good, meet their fathers, 356; eaten by women,