GENERAL INDEX TO SOCRATES' ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
Abdas, bishop of Persia,
157
.
Abgarus, unknown person, excommunicated,
70
.
Ablabius, an eminent orator, ordained a Novatian
presbyter,
159
.
Abramius of Urimi,
95
.
Abundantius, a military commander,
156
.
Acacians, a sect, explanation of their views,
70
; meet at Constantinople,
71
; meet at Antioch and assent to the Nicene
Creed,
94
.
Acacius, bishop of Amida,
164
.
Acacius, bishop of Berœa,
150
.
Acacius, bishop of Cæsarea,
37
; helps eject Maximus,
65
; composes a creed,
68
,
69
; deposed,
70
; becomes
head of sect (see Acacians),
72
; with Eudoxius
deposes Macedonius, Eleusius, Basil of Ancyra, Dracontius, Neonas,
Sophronius, Elpidius, and Cyril,
72
,
84
.
Acacius, martyr,
153
.
Acesius, a Novatian bishop; his conversation with
Constantine,
17
.
Achab (called John), a false accuser of Athanasius,
escapes,
31
.
Achæa, singular custom among the clergy of,
132
.
Achetas, a deacon,
50
.
Achillas, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Peter,
3
.
Achillas, companion of Arius,
5
.
Acts of the Apostles
, quoted,
133
.
Adamantius, a bishop in the reign of Constantine,
33
.
Adamantius, Jewish physician of Alexandria,
159
.
Adelphius, a bishop, exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Adrianople, battle of,
117
.
Adultery, peculiar punishment of, in Rome,
127
.
Adytum
of the Mithreum cleared,
79
.
Aëtius (called Atheus), a heresiarch,
60
; character of his heresy,
61
,
98
,
103
,
134
.
Africanus, an early writer,
60
.
Agapetus, a Macedonian bishop, accepts the
homoousion
and supplants Theodosius at Synada,
155
.
Agapius, an Arian bishop of Ephesus,
134
.
Agatho, a bishop, exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Agelius, Novatian bishop,
66
;
expelled by Valens,
99
; absent from the Synod
of Pazum,
113
; advises Nectarius,
122
,
123
; his death,
124
; was bishop for forty years,
129
.
Agilo, a general under the rebel Procopius, killed,
97
.
Alamundarus, a Saracen chief,
162
.
Alaric, a barbarian chieftain, makes war against
Rome,
157
; takes and sacks Rome,
158
; proclaims one Attalus mock emperor,
158
.
Alemanni, a northern race,
120
,
124
.
Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Achillas,
3
; writes circulars on Arian heresy,
3
; collects opinions favorable to himself,
6
; commended by the Nicene Council,
13
; present at the Nicene Council,
19
; his death,
20
; had
deposed Euzoïus,
28
.
Alexander, bishop of Antioch,
157
,
173
.
Alexander, bishop of Constantinople, opposes Arius,
34
; his death,
38
.
Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem,
173
.
Alexander, bishop of Helenopolis,
173
.
Alexander, the Macedonian (the Great), date from,
19
; Julian compares himself to him,
90
; oracle uttered to him,
93
; Jews dwelt in Alexandria since his day,
159
.
Alexander, the Paphlagonian, a Novatian presbyter,
66
.
Alexandrians, an irritable people,
105
.
Altar, alleged desecration of, by Macarius,
29
; desecration of, by slaves,
171
; usually set toward the east,
132
; the holy table so called,
132
,
140
.
Alypius, a presbyter of the Alexandrian church,
29
.
Amachius, governor of Phrygia, persecutes the
Christians,
86
.
Ambrose, a consul, proclaimed bishop of Milan,
113
,
114
; persecuted by
Justina,
124
.
Ammonius, three bishops of the name exiled under
Constantius,
55
.
Ammonius, a companion of Athanasius and unworldly
monk,
108
,
109
.
Ammonius, a Nitrian monk,
160
.
Ammonius, a pagan grammarian,
126
.
Ammonius, a poet,
142
.
Ammonius, one of the "Tall Brothers,"
143
.
Ammonius, bishop of Laodicea,
150
.
Ammoun, a monk, history of,
106
.
Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium,
122
.
Amphion, bishop of Nicomedia, displaced by Eusebius,
20
.
Amphitheatre, sports of the,
165
.
Anagamphus, a bishop, exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Anastasia, daughter of the emperor Valens,
99
.
Anastasia
, church of the Novatians so called,
66
.
Anastasia
, church of Gregory of Nazianzus,
120
.
Anastasian baths,
99
.
Anastasius, bishop of Rome,
157
.
Anastasius, a presbyter, friend of Nestorius,
170
.
Anatolius, Semi-Arian bishop of Berœa,
95
.
Ancoratus
, book so called,
135
.
Andragathius, a philosopher, instructor of John
Chrysostom,
138
.
Andragathius, a general under Maximus, slays
Gratian,
124
.
Angarum, Novatian Council of,
129
.
Angels, visions of,
142
,
162
,
166
.
Anianus, Semi-Arian bishop of Antioch, exiled,
71
.
Anicetus, bishop of Rome,
130
.
Anomoion
, term first used at Sardica,
47
; again,
69
,
84
.
'Anomœans,'
74
,
95
,
100
.
Anthusa, mother of John Chrysostom,
138
.
Anthemius, prætorian prefect during the
minority of Theodosius the Younger,
154
.
Anthony, a monk of the Egyptian desert,
25
; study of nature, by,
107
; congratulates Didymus,
110
.
Anthony, bishop of Germa, persecutes the
Macedonians,
170
.
'Anthropomorphitæ,'
144
.
Antichrist,
3
.
Antioch, Synods of,
27
,
38
,
73
,
94
; a canon of,
150
,
173
; creed of,
39
,
40
,
70
,
84
,
97
; the Emperor
Constantius resides in,
41
; divisions at,
73
,
80
,
83
,
119
,
121
,
122
,
125
,
126
.
Antiochenes, irritable temper of,
88
.
Antiochicus
and
Misopōgōn
, book so called,
88
.
Antiochus, bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia,
146
.
Antipater, Semi-Arian bishop of Rhosus,
95
.
Antiphonal singing,
144
,
165
.
Antirrheticus
, treatise of Evagrius,
107
.
Anubion, a bishop in the reign of Constantine,
33
.
Aphaca,
22
.
Apollinaris, bishop of Hierapolis,
81
.
Apollinaris, the elder, a learned man,
74
.
Apollinaris of Laodicea (son of the former),
74
,
75
; peculiar views of,
86
.
Apollinarians, a sect,
74
,
75
.
Apostles
, church so called,
21
,
35
,
148
,
177
.
Apostles, mission-fields of,
23
; council of,
133
.
Apotheoses, pagan,
93
,
94
.
Applauding a preacher,
159
.
Arabian, Semi-Arian bishop of Andros,
95
.
Aratus, the Astronomer,
88
.
Arbathion, a bishop in the reign of Constantine,
33
.
Arbogastes, a commander under Valentinian the
Younger with Eugenius murders his master,
135
;
commits suicide,
136
.
Arcadius, emperor, son of Theodosius the Great,
114
; proclaimed Augustus,
122
; left with imperial authority at
Constantinople,
124
; assumes the government of
the East,
137
; summons John Chrysostom to
Constantinople to become bishop,
138
; commits
the charge of affairs among the Goths to Gaïnas,
141
; makes terms with him after he had rebelled,
141
; proclaims him a public enemy, defeats and
slays him,
142
; his son Theodosius, the good,
is born,
142
; banishes John Chrysostom,
149
; refuses to attend church on account of John,
151
; banishes him again,
151
; his death,
153
.
Archdeacon, office of,
156
.
Archelaus, governor of Syria,
30
.
Archelaus, opponent of Manichæism,
26
.
Ardaburius, Roman general, wages war with the
Persians,
162
,
163
;
sent against the usurper John,
165
.
Areobindus, a Roman general,
162
.
Arian controversy, beginning of,
3
; occasion of, the misunderstanding of the word
homoousios
,
27
; revival of,
36
.
Arians, dissensions among,
72-
74
,
123
,
134
;
inconsistency of,
74
; persecutions by,
57
,
66
,
103
,
105
; expelled from
the churches by Theodosius,
129
; excite a
tumult in Constantinople,
125
; set on fire the
bishop's residence,
125
; their meetings and
nocturnal singing,
144
.
Ariminum,
56
; council of,
61
,
67
,
84
,
101
,
102
; creed of,
61
,
62
; epistle of, to the Emperor Constantius,
63
.
Aristotle, the ancient philosopher,
60
,
93
.
Arius, a presbyter in Alexandria, incited to
controvert the unity of the Trinity,
3
;
relations to Melitianism,
6
; anathematized by
the Nicene Council,
10
; exiled,
10
; writes a book
Thalia
which is
condemned,
13
; procures his recall by feigning
repentance,
20
; goes to Constantinople, obtains
interview with the emperor, feigns assent to the Nicene Creed,
28
; recantation,
28
,
29
; returns to Alexandria,
29
; Athanasius refuses to receive him,
29
,
33
; renews his efforts
to spread his views,
29
; is reinstated,
34
; excites commotion in the church of Alexandria,
34
; is summoned by the emperor to
Constantinople,
34
; his death,
34
,
35
; his dissimulation,
60
.
Arius, partisans of, denounced by Alexander, bishop
of Alexandria,
3
.
Arrenius, bishop of Jerusalem, succeeds Cyril,
74
.
Arsacius, bishop of Constantinople, succeeds John
Chrysostom,
151
.
Arsenius, Melitian bishop, alleged victim of
Anthanasius' witchcraft,
30
; appears before the
council of Tyre,
31
.
Arsenius, Egyptian monk,
106
.
Ascholius, bishop of Thessalonica, attends the Synod
of Constantinople,
121
.
Asclepas, bishop of Gaza, expelled,
42
; restored to his see,
51
.
Asclepiades, Novatian bishop, his defense of their
views,
167
.
Aspar, son of Ardaburius, delivers his father and
seizes the usurper John,
166
.
Asterius, an Arian rhetorician,
33
; excommunicated,
70
.
Athanaric, king of the Goths,
115
; submits to Theodosius,
122
; his death,
122
.
Athanasius, Semi-Arian bishop of Ancyra,
95
.
Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, opposes Arianism
in the Council of Nicæa while yet a deacon,
9
; quoted,
19
; succeeds to
the see of Alexandria,
20
; incident in his
childhood,
20
;
Life of Anthony
by,
25
,
106
; his ordination
objected to,
26
; refuses to receive Arius,
29
; is therefore threatened by Constantine and
conspired against,
29
; accused of treason,
declared innocent by the emperor, course taken by his opponents,
29
,
30
; hesitates to appear
before the Council of Tyre, but does so when menaced by the emperor,
30
; confounds his enemies,
31
; protests against the participation of his
personal enemies in the council which was trying him and withdraws
from their jurisdiction,
31
; appeals to the
emperor,
32
; the Synod deposes him,
32
; banished by Constantine,
33
; recalled and reinstated by Constantine the
Younger,
37
; returns to Alexandria and is
joyfully welcomed, but is again banished,
37
;
escapes,
40
; is accused of peculation,
threatened with death, and flies to Rome,
42
;
appeals to the emperor and returns to Rome,
43
;
demands that a Synod should be convened to take cognizance of his
deposition,
46
; reinstated by the Council of
Sardica,
47
; recalled by Constantius,
49
; repairs to Rome,
50
;
returns to the East, is admitted to an interview by Constantius, and
restored by him to his see,
51
; proceeds to
Jerusalem, proposes a council of bishops, which is convened there by
Maximus,
52
; arouses hostility among the Arians
by this course,
53
; passes to Alexandria and on
the way performs ordinations, thus occasioning fresh accusations
against himself,
53
; convenes a council of
bishops in Egypt,
53
; the emperor withdraws the
immunities granted him and commands that he be put to death,
54
; escapes by flight,
54
;
his account of the atrocities inflicted on Christians by George,
54
,
55
; a council of
bishops assembles at Milan to condemn him,
60
;
their object is thwarted,
60
; his attack on the
creed of Ariminum,
62
,
63
; restored to the see of Alexandria,
80
; with Eusebius of Vercellæ calls a
council together,
81
; his
Apology for his
Flight
,
82
,
83
;
Julian issues an edict for his arrest, but he escapes by flight and
secretly returns to Alexandria,
86
; after the
death of Julian he is restored to the see of Alexandria,
94
,
96
; hides himself in
his father's tomb for four months,
103
; the
emperor reinstates him,
103
; his influence
over Valens,
105
; his death,
105
; quoted,
106
,
108
.
Athenaïs, the pagan name of the empress
Eudocia,
164
.
Athenodorus, a bishop, exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Athens, school of,
77
.
Attalus, made mock-emperor by Alaric,
158
.
Atticus, bishop of Constantinople, ordained,
151
; friendship of, with Sisinnus the Novatian,
153
; his character and learning,
154
; progress of Christianity during his
administration,
155
; receives Persian
suppliants,
162
; his Christian benevolence,
166
; labors to abolish superstitions,
167
; changes the names of certain places,
167
; his death,
167
;
succeeded by Sisinnius,
168
.
Atys, a pagan priest, the founder of certain
Phrygian rites, deified,
93
.
Aurelian, a consular, delivered up to Gaïnas,
141
.
Auxanon, a Novatian presbyter,
19
; cruelly treated,
66
.
Auxentius, Arian bishop of Milan, refuses to
anathematize Arius,
62
; deposed by the Synod of
Ariminum,
63
; death of,
113
.
Azazene, captives from, ransomed by Acacius of
Amida,
164
.
Babylas, martyr, the relics of,
88
.
Babylon,
25
.
Bacurius, a prince among the Iberians,
25
.
Bacurius, an officer under Theodosius,
135
.
Baptism, of Constantine the Great,
35
; of Constantius,
75
; of
Theodosius the Great,
120
; of Eudocia,
164
; customs respecting,
132
,
155
,
161
,
170
; form of,
changed by some Arians,
135
; name given at,
164
; great sins after, treatment of,
17
,
112
,
128
,
132
,
152
,
167
.
Barbas, Arian bishop, succeeds Dorotheus,
156
; his death,
170
.
Barlamenus, Semi-Arian bishop of Pergamus,
95
.
Bartholomew, the apostle, goes to India,
23
.
Basil, bishop of Ancyra, sent to Ancyra,
34
,
51
,
55
,
56
; opposes Photinus,
58
; fails to appear at the Synod of Seleucia,
68
; deposed by Acacius,
72
; petitions Jovian,
94
.
Basil, bishop of Cappadocia, quoted,
108
.
Basil, bishop of Cæsarea, labors against the
Arian heresy,
110
; a pupil of Himerius and
Prohæresius,
110
; also of Libanius,
III; studies Origen,
111
; ordained a deacon,
111
; becomes bishop,
111
; is threatened with martyrdom, but escapes,
111
; companion of John Chrysostom,
139
.
Basilicus, excommunicated,
70
.
Beryllus, bishop of Philadelphia, heresy of,
81
.
Berytus,
3
,
27
; school of,
74
.
Bethlehem, church built in,
21
.
Bishops, contentiousness of many,
26
,
27
,
118
; dress of,
72
,
152
; thrones used by,
73
,
149
,
155
; translations
irregular,
73
; not forbidden,
173
; strife at election of,
113
,
138
,
169
,
172
,
177
; not to interfere with one another,
121
,
148
; respect shown
to,
146
; benediction given by,
149
; only one in a city,
152
; departed, mention of, in church service,
166
.
Boniface, bishop of Rome, succeeds Zosimus,
158
.
Briso, bishop of Philippi,
150
.
Briso, eunuch in the service of Eudoxia,
149
.
Britain, Christians of,
15
; a
Novatian bishop lord-lieutenant of,
158
.
Buddas (previously called Terebinthus), his death,
25
.
Burgundians, conversion of,
169
,
170
.
Byzantium, enlarged by Constantine the Great and
called Constantinople,
19-21
.
Cæsarea in Palestine, Eusebius Pamphilus
writes to,
11
,
39
.
Cæsareum
, church called so in
Alexandria,
160
.
Cæsars, the
, Julian's work entitled,
92
.
Caius, bishop, exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Callicrates, bishop of Claudiopolis,
94
.
Callinicus, a Melitian, used as tool against
Athanasius,
29
.
Calliopius, a presbyter,
166
.
Callistus, one of Julian's body-guards, writes
poetry,
90
.
Calvary, a temple of Venus erected on its summit by
Hadrian,
21
.
Candles, lighted, used at prayers in the churches of
Achæa,
132
; of Thessaly, and among the
Novatians of Constantinople,
132
.
Canons, passed by the Nicene Council,
19
; Athanasius charged of violating,
38
; Macedonius installed contrary to,
43
.
Carosa, daughter of the Emperor Valens,
99
.
Carterius, an ascetic,
139
.
Carterius, a Macedonian,
135
.
Carya, building called,
153
.
'Cataphrygians,' the, a sect,
63
.
Catechising,
10
.
Catechumens, in the ancient church,
114
,
132
.
Celestinus, bishop of Rome, succeeds Boniface,
158
.
Ceras, bay of Constantinople,
66
.
Ceremonial law abrogated,
130
.
Chalcedon, walls of, destroyed,
99
.
Chalice, story of the broken,
30
.
Chanters in the ancient church, how chosen,
132
.
Chrestus, bishop of Nicæa, displaced by
Theognis,
20
.
Christianity, ridiculed on account of the Arian
controversy,
5
; its dissemination among the
'Indians' (Ethiopians),
23
; the Iberians,
24
; the Goths,
115
; the
Persians,
157
; the Burgundians,
170
.
Christians, their dissensions characterized by
outrages,
40
; exposed to persecution and
torture,
55
; real and spurious made manifest by
Julian's treatment,
85
; persecuted under
Julian,
85
,
86
,
89
; a philosopher's opinion on differences between
them,
115
; slaughtered by the Jews at
Alexandria,
159
; those in Persia persecuted,
162
.
Chrysanthus, Novatian bishop of Constantinople,
succeeds Sisinnius,
156
,
158
; his character and virtues,
158
; his death,
161
.
Chrysopolis,
2
.
Church, history of, written by Eusebius,
1
; relations to State,
118
.
Churches, at Nicæa,
8
;
at Constantinople,
21
,
38
,
43
,
66
,
67
,
73
,
96
,
99
,
120
,
140
,
141
,
146
,
147
,
148
,
150
,
171
,
175
,
177
; at Bethlehem,
21
; at
Jerusalem,
21
; at Heliopolis,
22
; near the Oak of Mamre,
22
; in 'India' (Ethiopia),
23
; in Iberia,
24
; at
Antioch,
38
,
97
,
119
,
120
,
126
; at Alexandria,
40
,
51
,
55
,
78
,
80
,
156
,
159
,
160
; at Seleucia,
67
,
68
; at Cyzicus,
85
; at
Edessa,
104
; at Rome,
109
,
158
; at Milan,
113
; at Chalcedon,
141
,
150
; at Ancyra,
152
.
Cinaron, place where Hypatia's limbs were burnt,
160
.
Clearchus, governor of Constantinople under Valens,
99
.
Clemens of Alexandria, an early writer,
60
,
81
.
Cleomedes, a pugilist, deified,
94
.
Clergy, marriage of,
18
,
132
.
Coeternity of the Son of God,
4
,
48
,
60
,
123
.
Co-inoriginacy of the Son,
45
.
Colossians, Epistle to the
,
130
.
Comana, death of Chrysostom at,
151
.
Comet of a prodigious magnitude,
141
.
Conflict between the Constantinopolitans and the
Alexandrians,
149
; between the Jews and
Christians at Alexandria,
159
.
Constans, the youngest son of Constantine the Great,
35
; favors Athanasius and Paul,
42
,
44
; threatens war
against his brother Constantius,
49
;
treacherously slain by Magnentius,
53
; is
presented a creed,
72
.
Constantia, wife of Licinius and sister of
Constantine the Great,
2
; interests herself in
behalf of Arius,
28
; death of,
28
.
Constantia, a town in Palestine,
22
.
Constantianæ, bath so named,
99
.
Constantine, the Great, his life written by
Eusebius,
1
; proclaimed emperor,
1
; conversion of,
2
; conflict
with Licinius,
2
; proclaimed Autocrat,
3
; sends Hosius to Alexander and Arius,
6
; convokes the Synod of Nicæa,
8
; his letters against Arius, Eusebius of
Nicomedia, and Theognis,
13-15
; his letter to
Eusebius Pamphilus on copying the Scriptures,
16
; to Macarius on building a church,
16
; exhorts the Nicomedians to choose another
bishop,
17
; summons Acesius the Novatian to the
Synod,
17
; his devout character,
18
; transfers the government of the empire to
Constantinople and names the city
New Rome
,
20
; builds churches in it,
20
; adorns it,
21
;
appropriates the nails of the Saviour's cross,
21
; abolishes gladiatorial combats,
22
; effects various reforms,
22
; progress of Christianity under him,
25
; receives an Arian presbyter and invites Arius
to his presence,
26
; orders Athanasius to
receive Arius,
29
; summons the Council of Tyre
to the
New Jerusalem
,
32
; banishes
Athanasius,
33
; receives Arius,
34
; baptism, happy death, and obsequies,
35
; tomb and ashes removed by Macedonius,
67
.
Constantine II., eldest son of Constantine the
Great,
35
; recalls and reinstates Athanasius,
37
; writes to the church of Alexandria,
37
; again banishes Athanasius,
37
; invades the dominions of Constans, and is
slain,
37
,
53
.
Constantine's Forum,
35
.
Constantinople, named
New Rome
,
21
; embellished,
21
;
disturbance at, about the choice of a bishop,
38
,
41
; councils held at,
71
,
73
,
121
,
122
,
129
,
150
; populousness
of,
104
,
174
;
patriarchial dignity of its see,
121
,
168
.
Constantius I., father of Constantine the Great, his
death,
1
.
Constantius II., second son of Constantine the
Great,
35
; succeeds his father and favors an
Arian presbyter,
36
; transfers Eusebius of
Nicomedia to Constantinople,
38
; expels Paul,
38
; deprives the inhabitants of Constantinople
of aid granted by his father,
41
; orders Paul
to be expelled by force,
42
; summons the
Eastern bishops to a conference,
49
; sustains a
check in the war with Persia,
53
; proclaimed
sole emperor of the East,
53
; persecutes
opponents of Arianism,
54
; makes Gallus
Cæsar,
55
; resides at Sirmium,
59
; goes to Rome,
59
;
convokes a synod,
59
; puts Gallus to death and
raises his brother to the dignity of Cæsar,
59
; favors the Arian heresy and writes a letter to
the Synod of Ariminum,
64
; is baptized by
Euzoïus and dies of apoplexy,
75
,
77
.
Constantius, brother of Constantine the Great, and
father of Julian,
76
.
Cordova in Spain,
6
.
Corinth, metropolitan see subject to Rome,
173
.
Corinthians, First Epistle to
,
106
.
Cornelius, bishop of Rome,
112
.
Council, an ecumenical first summoned,
8
; appeal to,
149
.
Councils, the largest, convoked by emperors,
118
; provincial,
122
.
Creed, original form of, propounded at the Nicene
Council,
10
,
11
;
propounded by Narcissus, Theodore, Maris and Mark,
44
; the 'Lengthy,'
45
,
46
; the 'Dated,'
61
; form
of, drawn up by Acacius,
69
; revised form of
the 'Dated,'
70
,
71
; are
approved by Ulfilas,
72
.
Creeds, of Antioch,
39
,
40
; of Sirmium,
56
,
57
,
61
; list of,
72
.
Cross, appearance of, in the sky, to Constantine,
2
; to Gallus,
55
; discovery
of the true,
21
; sign of, appears on Jews'
cloaks,
89
; discovered among the hieroglyphics
of the Serapeum,
126
,
127
; used in processions,
144
.
Crucifixion, of a boy,
161
;
of Christians at Alexandria,
79
.
Cubricus, also called Manes,
25
.
Cucusus, Paul, bishop of Constantinople strangled
at,
54
,
122
.
Cyprus, Council of bishops of,
145
.
Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds Theophilus,
156
; persecutes and plunders the Novatians,
156
; expels the Jews,
159
; seeks the approval of Orestes, the prefect,
159
; guilt of, for the murder of Hypatia,
160
; deposed by John of Antioch,
172
.
Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem, installed,
65
; appeals to the emperor against the decision of
a synod,
70
; ejected by Acacius,
72
; reinstated,
74
;
recognizes fulfillment of prophecy,
89
,
96
; still bishop at the accession of Theodosius
the Great,
119
; attends the Synod of
Constantinople,
121
; his death,
126
.
Cyrinus, bishop of Chalcedon,
148
,
151
.
Cyrus, bishop of Berœa,
27
,
39
.
Dalmatius, brother of Constantine the Great,
76
.
Dalmatius, nephew of Constantine the Great,
appointed to investigate charges against Athanasius,
30
; slain,
53
.
Dalmatius, an ascetic, ordained bishop of Cyzicus,
168
.
Damasus, bishop of Rome, receives the deposed bishop
of Alexandria,
106
; occasions commotion at
Rome,
113
; furnishes Peter with letters,
117
; still occupies his see at the accession of
Theodosius,
119
; reconciled to Flavian,
126
; his death,
157
.
Daphne, Apollo of,
88
,
89
.
Deacon, a, announces a prayer in church,
40
; a messenger of Lucifer,
80
; a, brings scandal upon the Constantinople
church,
128
.
Decentius, brother of Magnentius, hangs himself,
59
.
Decius, persecutes the church,
17
,
112
,
128
.
Demophilus, Arian bishop, vacillation of,
61
; refuses to anathematize Arius,
62
; deposed,
63
; installed
bishop of Constantinople,
103
; retains his see
at the time of Theodosius,
119
; prefers to
leave Constantinople rather than accept the
homoousion
,
120
; his death,
124
.
Desecration of the altar of the Great Church,
171
.
Deserter, a Persian, his false report, and the
burning of the provision-ships,
91
.
Didymus, a celebrated blind scholar, quoted,
108
; account of,
110
.
Didymus, a monk, lived to be ninety years old,
106
.
Digamists,
132
.
Dio-Cæsarea, Jews revolt at, and occasion the
destruction of, by Gallus,
59
.
Diocletian, persecution under,
1
,
85
,
87
; goes into retirement,
2
;
death of,
2
.
Diodorus, bishop of Tarsus, invested with the
administration of the churches in the East,
122
,
139
.
Diogenes, the cynic philosopher, condemns Apollo,
94
.
Dionysius, the consul, summons the Council of Tyre,
30
.
Dionysius, bishop of Alba, exiled by Constantius,
60
.
Dionysius, author of
Corona
,
93
.
Dioscorus, bishop of Hermopolis, one of the 'Tall
Monks,'
143
; accepts Origen's views,
143
; comes to Constantinople,
144
; incurs the anger of Theophilus,
145
; excommunicated by Epiphanius,
148
; his death,
150
.
Dioscorus, a presbyter, exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Discipline, among Novatians,
17
,
112
; among Macedonians
and Quartodecimans,
132
,
133
.
Discussion, religious, bad effect of,
22
,
26
,
123
; general, proposed by Theodosius,
122
; between Theophilus of Alexandria and the
monks,
142
,
143
.
Ditheism, disclaimed,
46
;
condemned,
56
.
Divination, pagan, infamous rite at,
86
; incites Valens to slay many,
105
.
Dominica, wife of Valens, impressed with visions
respecting the bishop Basil intercedes with the emperor on his behalf,
111
; distributes pay to volunteers,
118
.
Domitian, prætorian prefect,
59
.
Dorotheus, Arian bishop of Antioch,
119
; transferred to Constantinople,
124
; his views,
134
.
Dorotheus, a presbyter,
70
.
Dositheus, bishop of Seleucia,
173
.
Dracilian, charged to embellish the church at
Jerusalem,
17
.
Dracontius, Semi-Arian bishop of Pergamus deposed by
Acacius,
72
,
73
.
Drepanum, called Helenopolis by Constantius the
Great,
21
,
22
.
Drownings in the Orontes,
97
,
104
.
Earthquakes, at Antioch,
40
;
in Bithynia,
67
; at Jerusalem preventing the
rebuilding of the temple of the Jews,
89
; at
Constantinople and other cities, doing great damage,
97
; in Bithynia and elsewhere taken as an omen,
100
.
Easter, discussions as to right time of observance
of,
8
,
15
,
131
; week of,
55
;
observance among Novatians,
112
,
129
,
130
; among other
peoples in various places,
131
; time not
changed by the Nicene Council,
133
.
Eastern bishops disclaim the interference of the see
of Rome,
42
.
Eastern and Western churches, separation of,
49
.
Ecclesiastical History, the author's reasons for
revising this work on,
36
; fit style for,
76
; bound up with civil affairs,
118
.
Ecebolius, the sophist,
76
;
his hypocrisy,
85
.
'Economy,' the, of incarnation,
46
,
48
,
75
.
Edesius, visits 'India' (Ethiopia), aids in the
dissemination of Christianity, and is appointed bishop of Tyre,
23
.
Edessa, study of Greek at,
39
; Athanasius' presbyters at,
50
; persecutions at,
104
.
Eleusius, Semi-Arian bishop of Cyzicus,
66
; his cruel persecution of the orthodox,
67-69
; deposed by Acacius,
72
; associated with Macedonius,
72
,
73
; professes the Arian
creed, repents and advises his people to choose another bishop, but is
persuaded by them to remain among them,
97
,
98
; his flock erect an edifice without the city,
98
; superseded by Eunomius at Cyzicus,
98
; attends Synod of Constantinople,
121
; draws up views for Theodosius I.,
123
.
Elpidius, bishop of Satala, deposed by Acacius,
72
.
Empedocles, a heathen philosopher,
25
.
Ephesus, school of,
76
;
visited by Chrysostom,
146
; Council of,
172
.
Epicureans, a sect of philosophers,
87
.
Epimenides, a philosopher of Crete,
88
.
Epiphanius, a sophist,
74
.
Epiphanius, bishop of Cyprus, author of
Ancoratus
,
135
; instigated by
Theophilus of Alexandria, condemns Origen and calls on John to do so,
145
; goes to Constantinople and performs
uncanonical ordinations,
147
; is warned by
John, departs from Constantinople, and dies on the return voyage,
148
.
Epistle, of Alexander, bishop of Alexandria,
denouncing the Arian heresy,
3-5
; of Constantine
to Arius and Alexander,
6
,
7
; of the Nicene Council, announcing its decisions,
12
,
13
; of Constantine,
to the bishops and people against the impiety of Porphyry and Arius,
13
,
14
; of the same, to
the churches relative to Easter,
14-16
; of the
same, to Eusebius Pamphilus and bishops elsewhere relative to the
erection and maintenance of church edifices,
16
; of the same, to Eusebius Pamphilus relative to
the preparation of copies of the Scriptures,
16
; of the same, to Macarius, relative to the site
of the holy sepulchre,
16
,
17
; of the same, to the Synod of Tyre,
32
; of the Synod of Antioch to bishops,
39
; another,
40
; of
Constantius to Athanasius,
49
,
50
; of Julius, bishop of Rome, to Alexandria on
behalf of Athanasius,
50
,
51
; of Constantius, announcing the restoration of
Athanasius,
51
,
52
; of
the same, to the laity,
52
; of the same,
rescinding the enactments against Athanasius,
52
; of the Council of Ariminum to Constantius,
63
; of Constantius to the Council of Ariminum,
64
; second, of the Council of Ariminum to
Constantius,
65
; of Julian to the citizens of
Alexandria, on the murder of George,
79
,
80
; of the Synod of Macedonians and Acacians
convened at Antioch to Jovian,
94
,
95
; of the Arians to Liberius, bishop of Rome,
101
; of Liberius to the Arians,
101
,
102
; of the apostles
and elders at Jerusalem to the church at Antioch,
134
; of Atticus to Calliopius,
166
.
'Eternal Fatherhood,' denied by Arius,
4
; admitted verbally by later Arians,
134
.
Ethiopica
, book under that title,
132
.
Eucharist, celebrated on Saturday and Sunday,
131
,
158
; received
fasting,
131
; not administered to heretics,
143
; nor to those under censure,
144
; variously celebrated,
131
.
Eudæmon, a Melitian, used as a tool against
Athanasius,
29
.
Eudæmon, a presbyter of the
Constantinopolitan church, counsels the abolition of the penitentiary
presbyterate,
128
; remarks by the author,
128
.
Eudocia, wife of the Emperor Theodosius II., writes
poem,
164
; goes to Jerusalem,
178
.
Eudoxia, wife of the Emperor Arcadius, provides
silver crosses for the Homoousians,
144
;
incites Epiphanius against John,
148
; her
silver statue,
150
; her death,
151
.
Eudoxia, daughter of Theodosius II.,
177
.
Eudoxius, bishop of Germanicia,
44
; installs himself in the see of Antioch,
61
; deposed,
68
,
70
; gives place to Anianus,
71
; promoted to the see of Constantinople,
73
,
96
; his impious
jesting,
73
; disturbs the church of Alexandria,
103
; his death,
103
.
Eugenius, a usurper, appointed chief secretary to
Valentinian II., causes his master to be strangled and assumes supreme
authority,
135
; is defeated and beheaded by
Theodosius I.,
136
.
Eulalius, bishop of Cæsarea,
72
.
Eunomians, a sect,
6
; formerly
called Aëtians,
60
.
Eunomieutychians, followers of Eutychius,
135
.
Eunomiotheophronians, followers of Theophronius,
135
.
Eunomius, Anomœan bishop of Cyzicus, head of
the sect of Eunomians,
60
; appointed to
supersede Eleusius in Cyzicus,
98
; his
heretical views,
98
; seeks refuge in
Constantinople,
98
; specimens of his impiety,
98
; separates from Eudoxius,
103
; leader of Arians,
111
; draws up statement of the faith for
Theodosius I.,
123
; holds meetings privately,
128
,
129
; his
followers divided,
134
.
Eunuchs, influence of, at court,
36
.
Euphemia, a martyr,
141
.
Euphronius, bishop of Antioch,
27
; succeeded by Placitus,
38
.
Euripides, ancient tragic poet,
88
.
Eusebia, wife of Constantius,
77
.
Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, surnamed
Pamphilus, writes a history of the Church,
1
;
quoted,
6
,
8
,
9
; retracts his dissent from the Nicene Creed,
10
; his views of the Creed,
10-
12
; written to by Constantine,
16
;
undertakes to record Constantine's deeds,
21
;
censured by some,
22
; treated of Manes,
25
; quoted,
26
; denies
accusation by Eustathius and makes a countercharge,
27
; refuses the vacant see of Antioch and is
commended therefor by Constantine,
27
; refutes
the heresy of Marcellus,
34
; his death,
37
; review and defense of his writings, and
quotations from the same,
47
,
48
; refuted Julian's writings,
93
; quoted,
131
,
171
,
173
.
Eusebius, bishop of Emisa, early career,
39
; made bishop of Alexandria,
39
.
Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, previously of
Berytus,
3
; indorses Arius,
3
,
5
,
6
,
8
; refuses his assent to
the Nicene Creed,
10
; exiled,
10
; recalled from exile,
20
; copy of his recantation,
20
; returns to his heretical course,
26
; conspires against Athanasius,
29
,
33
; renews efforts to
introduce Arianism,
36
; is transferred to the
see of Constantinople,
38
; sends a deputation
to Rome,
40
; his death,
41
.
Eusebius, bishop of Vercellæ, exiled by
Constantius,
60
; recalled from exile,
80
; goes to Alexandria,
80
;
travels through the East to bring unity in the Church,
83
,
84
.
Eusebius, eunuch, Arian, introduces Arianism into
the palace,
36
; put to death by the Emperor
Julian,
78
.
Eusebius, 'Scholasticus,' author of
the
Gaïnea
,
142
.
Eusebius, one of the 'Tall Monks,'
143
.
Eusebius, unknown person, excommunicated,
70
.
Eusebius, a consul,
68
.
Eustathius, bishop of Antioch,
17
; accuses Eusebius Pamphilus,
27
; deposed,
27
,
39
; various reasons for this,
27
; a follower of Macedonius,
84
; ordains Evagrius to the see of Constantinople,
103
; is banished by Valens,
103
; a reviler of Origen,
147
.
Eustathius, bishop of Sebastia in Armenia, present
at the Synod of Seleucia,
68
; deposed for
impious practices,
72
; joins the Marathonians,
74
; heads a deputation to the Emperor
Valentinian,
100-102
; proceeds to Sicily,
102
.
Eustathius, an unknown person, deposed,
70
.
Eustolium, an immoral woman,
54
.
Euthymius, one of the 'Tall Monks,'
143
.
Eutropius, a Macedonian presbyter,
135
.
Eutropius, chief eunuch of the imperial bed-chamber
under Arcadius, opposes Chrysostom,
138
;
provokes him to write an oration against himself,
140
; incurs the emperor's displeasure and is
beheaded,
140
.
Eutychian, a Novatian presbyter,
19
; miraculous effects attributed to his sanctity,
19
.
Eutychius, unknown person excommunicated,
70
.
Eutychius, Semi-Arian bishop of Eleutheropolis,
95
.
Eutychius, leader among the Eunomians, founds the
faction of the 'Eunomiœutychians,'
135
.
Euxine Sea,
24
.
Euzoïus, Arian bishop of Antioch, as deacon
associates with Arius and is exiled,
28
;
returns from exile,
28
; recants,
29
; received by the Synod of Tyre,
32
; promoted to the see of Antioch,
73
; baptizes Constantine,
75
; holds the churches at Antioch,
84
; attempts to depose Peter and install Lucius,
105
; his death,
116
;
succeeded by Dorotheus,
119
.
Evagrius, bishop of Mitylene, deposed,
70
; elected bishop of Constantinople by the
orthodox, but banished by the emperor,
103
.
Evagrius, a Christian writer, disciple of two
Egyptian monks, both named Macarius,
107
;
deacon in the church of Constantinople,
107
;
titles of his books,
81
,
107
; quotations from,
107
,
108
,
161
; avoids bishopric, his excuse,
109
.
Evagrius, bishop of Antioch, succeeds Paulinus,
125
,
138
,
139
.
Evagrius, Semi-Arian bishop of Sicily,
95
.
Excommunication,
74
,
130
,
158
.
Exemption of clerics from civil office,
52
,
71
.
Exorcism,
109
.
'Expansion,' Marcellus' theory of,
57
.
'Exucontians,' a sect,
74
.
Famine, in Phrygia,
104
;
among the Persian prisoners,
164
.
Fasting, in distress,
34
;
prescribed by Eustathius,
72
; forbidden on
Sundays,
72
,
131
;
imposed as penance,
128
; various customs
relative to,
131
; required before baptism,
161
.
Fatalism, taught by Manes,
26
.
Felix, Arian bishop of Rome, appointed,
65
; expelled,
65
.
Festivals, Christian, origin of,
130
.
Fidelis, a person of the name, excommunicated,
70
.
Fire, causes destruction at Constantinople,
17
; from heaven consumes the iron tools of the
Jews,
89
; Persians worship,
157
.
Firmus, bishop of Cæsarea,
178
.
Flaccilla, first wife of Theodosius the Great,
114
; bears him a son,
124
.
Flavian, bishop of Antioch, a candidate for the
episcopacy,
119
; made bishop,
122
; other bishops combine against him,
123
; uses all means to counteract their
influence,
125
; his death,
157
.
'Fortune,' goddess of,
85
.
Franks, a northern race, invade the Roman
territories,
40
; subdued by the consul
Constans,
41
.
Fravitus, a Goth, honored with the office of consul,
142
.
Fritigernes, chief of a division of the Goths,
115
.
Frumentius, missionary bishop in 'India' (Ethiopia),
23
; appointed bishop,
23
.
Funeral rites, of Constantine the Great,
35
; of Paul, bishop of Constantinople,
122
; of Theodosius the Great,
137
; of the 'Tall Monk' Dioscorus,
150
; of Maximian, bishop of Constantinople,
175
; of John Chrysostom,
177
; of Paul the Novatian,
177
.
Gaïnas, a Goth, commander-in-chief of the
Roman army,
140
; rebels against the Romans,
141
; approaches Constantinople with an army,
141
; is proclaimed a public enemy,
142
; defeated, flees to Thrace, and is slain,
142
.
Gaïnea
, a book written by Eusebius
Scholasticus,
142
.
Gaïus, Arian bishop, refuses to anathematize
Arius,
62
; deposed by the Synod of Ariminum,
63
.
Galates, son of Valens,
111
.
Galatians, Epistle of the
,
130
.
Galerius, surname of Maximus,
1
.
'Galilæans,' Christians called by Julian,
85
.
Galla, wife of Theodosius the Great, and daughter of
Valentinian I.,
114
.
Gallus, Cæsar, nephew of Constantine the
Great, invested with the sovereignty of Syria,
55
; destroys Dio-Cæsarea,
59
; attempts innovations, and is slain therefor by
order of Constantius,
59
,
77
.
Gangra, Synod of,
72
.
'Generation, the Eternal,'
33
.
George, a learned Arian presbyter,
156
.
George, Arian bishop of Laodicea,
27
; gives an account of Eusebius of Emisa,
39
; leads the purely Arian faction at the Council
of Seleucia,
68
; author of the 'Exucontian
sophism,'
74
.
George, Arian bishop of Alexandria, installed,
41
; raises tumult at the arrival of Athanasius at
Alexandria,
42
,
54
;
commits horrible atrocities,
54-56
; one of the
Semi-Arian leaders at the Council of Seleucia,
68
; persecutes his opponents,
74
; burnt by pagans,
79
;
his death resented by the Emperor Julian,
79
,
80
.
Germinius, Arian bishop,
57
;
vacillates,
61
; refuses to anathematize Arius,
62
; deposed by the Synod of Ariminum,
63
.
Gladiatorial games, caused to cease by Constantine,
22
.
Gnostic
, the, a book written by Evagrius,
107
.
Gold, used for churches,
17
;
for sacred vessels,
164
.
Gomarius, a rebel general put to death by order of
Valens,
97
.
Gospels, book of the
,
159
.
Goths, invade the Roman territories, and being
defeated embrace Christianity,
22
; many accept
Christianity under Valens,
115
; renew their
attack against Constantinople and are repulsed.
Grammarians,
74
,
76
,
87
,
126
,
135
.
Grata, daughter of Valentinian I.,
114
.
Gratian, proclaimed Augustus,
100
; recalls the orthodox bishops,
118
; excludes Eunomians, Photinians, and
Manichæans from the churches,
119
;
takes Theodosius as a colleague,
119
; obtains
a victory over barbarians,
120
; slain by
Maximus,
124
.
Greek literature, studied,
39
,
156
; defense of,
86
,
87
.
Gregory, Arian bishop of Alexandria, designated as
such,
39
; his installation resisted and
resented by the people,
40
; ejected from the
see of Alexandria, and succeeded by George,
41
,
112
.
Gregory, bishop of Neo-Cæsarea, called
Thaumaturgus,
111
,
112
.
Gregory, the Just, recognizes three virtues,
108
.
Gregory, bishop of Nazianzus, his sketch of the
Emperor Julian,
92
; associated with Basil,
100
,
110
; ordains
Evagrius,
107
; pupil of Himerius and
Prohæresius,
110
; also of Libanius,
111
; studies Origen,
111
;
made bishop of Nazianzus,
111
; transferred to
Constantinople,
120
; abdicates, 12O; transference of,
173
.
Gregory, bishop of Nyssa, brother of Basil,
111
,
112
; becomes
patriarch of the diocese of Pontus,
122
;
pronounces a funeral oration on Melitius of Antioch,
122
.
Hades, descent of Christ into,
61
.
Hail of prodigious size falls and is considered
ominous,
100
.
Harpocration, bishop of Cynopolis,
19
.
Heathen temples in Alexandria demolished,
126
.
Hebrew, study of,
156
.
Hebrews, Epistle to the
, ascribed to St.
Paul,
109
,
130
.
Helena, mother to Constantine the Great, erects a
magnificent church on the site of the Holy Sepulchre,
21
,
22
; also at Bethlehem
and on the Mount of Ascension,
21
; her death,
21
.
Helenopolis, previously Drepanum,
21
,
35
.
Heliodorus, bishop of Tricca in Thessaly, reputed
author of the
Ethiopica
,
132
.
Helion, a Roman of distinction, negotiates with the
Persians,
163
; conveys the crown to
Valentinian,
166
.
Heliopolis, corrupt practices at,
22
.
Helladius, bishop of Pontus,
121
,
122
.
Helladius, a pagan grammarian, having slain nine
Christians, flies from Alexandria to Constantinople and becomes the
teacher of the author,
126
.
Hellespont, the stronghold of Macedonianism,
74
,
97
.
Heraclides, bishop of Ephesus, a Cypriot by birth,
ordained by Chrysostom,
146
; his case
investigated by a council,
149
,
150
.
Heraclius, bishop of Jerusalem,
74
.
Heraclius, a priest of Hercules at Tyre, ordained a
deacon,
72
.
Herculius, the surname of Maximian,
1
.
Heresy, why allowed to arise,
26
.
Heretics, hostility towards,
169
.
Hermes, a bishop exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Hermogenes, a general under Constantius, slain,
41
.
Hermogenes, a Novatian bishop,
158
.
Hierax, presbyter, exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Hierax, a teacher of letters at Alexandria,
159
.
Hieroglyphics, found in the Serapeum,
126
.
Hierophilus, bishop of Trapezopolis,
173
.
Hilary, bishop of Jerusalem,
74
.
Hilary, bishop of Poictiers, confutes Arianism,
84
.
Himerius, a sophist of Athens,
110
.
Hippodrome, place in Constantinople,
21
; sports of the,
117
,
136
,
165
,
166
.
Holy Spirit, divinity of,
74
,
81
.
Homoion
, first used at the Council of
Ariminum,
61
; again by Acacius,
69
,
70
,
74
.
Homoiousion
, first used by Acacius,
69
; again as a counterfeit of
homoousion
,
by Macedonius,
73
.
Homoousion
, first used in the Nicene Council,
10
,
94
,
101
; discussion of the meaning of,
10
,
11
,
12
,
27
; accepted,
94
,
101-103
; rejected by
Arians,
68
,
84
,
119
.
Honoratus, first prefect of Constantinople,
71
.
Honorius, emperor, son of Theodosius the Great,
124
; his birth,
124
;
assumes the government of the Western Empire,
137
; his death,
165
.
Hosius, bishop of Cordova in Spain, takes letter
from Constantine to Arius and Athanasius,
6
;
present at the Nicene Council,
19
; refuses to
put out Athanasius from the Council of Sardica,
47
; attends the Council of Sirmium,
56
; compelled to assent to its decisions,
58
,
59
; originated the
controversy concerning theological terms,
81
.
Huns, the, vanquish the Goths,
115
; ravage Armenia,
138
;
invade and devastate the territories of the Burgundians,
170
.
Hymns, processional, sung nightly by the orthodox,
origin of,
144
.
Hypatia, a female philosopher of Alexandria,
murdered by the monks,
150
.
Hypatian, bishop of Heraclea,
56
.
Hypostasis
, used with the meaning of
'essence' or 'subsistence,'
3
,
10
,
44
,
45
,
56
,
81
; with the meaning of 'personality,'
27
,
40
; various meanings in
various authors,
81
; rejected by the Acacians,
71
; used in the Nicene Council,
10
,
102
.
Hypselopolis,
32
.
Iberians, converted to Christianity,
24
.
Ignatius, called 'Theophorus,' third bishop of
Antioch, introduces nocturnal hymn-singing into the church,
144
.
Image of the Father, Christ the,
40
'Immortals, the,' Persian troops called so,
163
.
Impostor, miraculous detection of a Jewish,
161
; a Jewish, causes great sacrifice of life
under the name of Moses,
175
.
Incomprehensibility of God, denied by
Anomœans,
98
.
'Indians' (Ethiopians) converted to Christianity,
23
.
'Indifferent Canon,' the, of the Novatians,
129
.
Inferiority of the Son, asserted by the Arians,
58
.
Inmestar, sports of the Jews at,
161
.
Innocent, bishop of Rome,
157
,
158
.
Innovation, in doctrine, to be avoided,
81
.
Interment, magnificent, of Constantine the Great,
35
; of Theodosius the Great,
137
; of Atticus, bishop of Constantinople,
167
.
Irenæus, grammarian,
81
.
Irenæus, bishop of Lyons,
81
,
130
.
Irene, virgin daughter of Spyridon of Cyprus,
18
.
Irene
, church so called,
21
,
34
,
38
,
43
.
Irenion, Semi-Arian bishop of Gaza,
95
.
Isacocis, Semi-Arian bishop of Armenia Major,
95
.
Ischyras, pretended presbyter, maligns Athanasius,
30
; exposed,
31
; made a
bishop,
47
.
Isdigerdes, king of Persia, converted to
Christianity,
157
; his death,
157
,
161
.
Isidore, an Egyptian monk, professes perfection,
107
.
Isidore, a presbyter of Alexandria, opposes the
ordination of John,
138
.
Ision, a Melitian used as a tool against Athanasius,
29
.
Jerusalem, visited by Helena,
21
; church erected in,
21
,
30
,
32
; synod held in,
32
,
52
,
54
; visited by Eudocia,
178
.
Jews, of Dio-Cæsarea, revolt,
59
; attempt to rebuild the temple of Solomon,
89
,
90
; irregular
observance of Passover by,
15
,
130
,
131
,
133
; not converted by the healing of a paralytic,
155
; expelled from Alexandria,
159
; outrageous conduct of, at Jerusalem,
161
; many converted in Crete in consequence of
the doings of the Pseudo-Moses,
175
.
Johannites, the, adherists of John Chrysostom, so
called,
151
; conciliated by Atticus,
166
.
John, called also Achab, Melitian,
31
.
John, bishop of Jerusalem, succeeds to the see,
126
.
John, bishop of Gordium,
173
.
John, bishop of Constantinople, called Chrysostom,
ordained bishop,
138
; his birth and previous
education,
138
,
139
;
his works,
139
; ordained presbyter by
Paulinus,
139
; draws on himself the
displeasure of many,
140
; his treatment of
Eutropius,
140
; becomes increasingly
celebrated,
144
; institutes processional
singing,
144
; ordains Heraclides bishop of
Ephesus,
146
; warns Epiphanius,
148
; expelled by the Synod 'at the Oak,'
148
,
149
; banished,
149
; returns on account of sedition among the
people,
149
; preaches against Eudoxia, the
empress,
150
; exiled a second time,
150
; dies in exile at Comana,
151
; his name registered in the diptychs,
166
; his remains removed to Constantinople,
177
.
John, secretary of Theodosius II., usurps the
sovereign power,
165
; put to death,
166
.
John, bishop of Antioch, deposes Cyril, but is
reconciled to him,
172
.
John, the Apostle,
First Catholic Epistle
of,
171
.
Josephus, author of
Jewish Antiquities
,
131
.
Jovian, Emperor, prefers, while still an officer in
the army, to resign his office rather than renounce Christianity,
85
; proclaimed emperor,
90
;
closes the Persian war,
91
; publicly accepts
the 'homoousian' creed, and shuts up the pagan temples,
94
; proclaims general tolerance,
95
; is declared consul at Antioch, but dies
suddenly,
95
.
Judaizing not consistent with Christianity,
133
.
Judgments of God mysterious,
26
.
Julian, Emperor, made Cæsar,
59
; rebuilds a Novatian church,
66
; proclaimed emperor,
75
;
his early education,
76
,
77
; is married to the emperor's sister,
77
; a civic crown falls upon his head,
77
; takes the barbarian king prisoner, acts
independently of Constantius, throws off Christianity, and excites a
civil war against Constantius,
77
; makes a
public entry into Constantinople,
77
; recalls
the exiled bishops,
78
; commands the pagan
temples to be opened, enforces economy in the household, reforms modes
of travelling, patronizes literature and philosophy, and writes
against the Christians,
78
; resents the murder
of George of Alexandria, and writes to the citizens of Alexandria on
the subject,
79
; recalls bishops Lucifer and
Eusebius from exile,
80
; becomes hostile to
Christians, favors pagan superstitions, and is rebuked by Maris, the
blind bishop of Chalcedon,
85
; excludes
Christians from the study of Greek literature to disable them for
argument, and interdicts their holding official positions,
85
; endeavors to bribe their compliance, goes to
war with the Persians, and extorts money from the Christians,
85
; seeks to apprehend Athanasius, and mocks the
Christians,
86
; accelerates his movements
against the Persians,
88
; oppresses the trade
of Antioch, opens the pagan temples of that city, and endeavors to
obtain an oracle from Apollo of Daphne, but fails,
88
; commands the prefect to persecute Christians,
and cruelly tortures Theodore,
89
; receives and
abruptly dismisses the Persian envoys, orders the Jews to rebuild the
temple of Solomon at the expense of the public treasury,
89
; thwarted in this by earthquakes, fire, etc.,
90
; invades Persia, believes he is second
Alexander, and refuses to wear armor, and is mortally wounded,
90
; the pagans lament his death,
90
; Libanius composes funeral oration,
91
; estimate of his character,
92
; his obsequies,
95
,
96
.
Julius, bishop of Rome, declines to appear at the
Synod of Antioch,
38
; affords Athanasius a
refuge,
42
; vindicates the privileges of the
see of Rome,
42
,
43
;
defends Athanasius,
43
; censured by some,
47
; writes to Alexandria,
50
; his death,
59
.
Justa, daughter of Valentinian,
114
.
Justina, wife of Valentinian I.,
114
; persecutes and banishes Ambrose of Milan,
124
.
Justus, father of Justina, his remarkable dream for
which he is assassinated,
114
.
Juvenal, bishop of Jerusalem,
172
.
Kingdom of Christ, everlasting,
44
,
45
,
56
.
Knowledge, complete, of God, Arius denies the Son to
have,
4
; Eunomius asserts men to have,
98
.
Laity, right of, in episcopal elections,
38
,
129
,
138
.
Lamps, prayers at lighting of,
132
.
Lampsacus, Council of,
97
.
Lauricius, a military commander under Constantius,
68
; at the Council of Seleucia,
70
; exiles Anianus,
71
.
Law, study of,
112
,
138
,
139
.
Layman, a, made arbitrator,
174
.
Lent,
54
; varieties of usage
as to,
131
.
Leonas, an official under Constantius,
68
,
69
; summarily dissolves
the Council of Seleucia,
70
; exiles Anianus,
71
.
Leontius, bishop of Antioch,
54
,
60
; his death,
61
.
Leontius, bishop of Tripolis in Lydia, deposed,
70
.
Leontius, bishop of Comana,
94
.
Leontius, Novatian bishop at Rome,
125
.
Leontius, bishop of Ancyra,
150
,
152
.
Leontius, a sophist, father of the Empress Eudocia,
164
.
Libanius, the Syrian rhetorician, surreptitiously
instructs Julian,
76
; address orations to the
emperor and to the Antiochenes,
88
; composes a
funeral oration on Julian,
91
; refutation of
it,
91-94
; instructs Basil and Gregory,
111
; instructs John Chrysostom and others,
138
,
139
.
Liberius, bishop of Rome, elevated to the see,
59
,
96
; exiled and
reinstated,
65
; receives a deputation of
bishops and dismisses them,
100-103
,
119
.
Licinius, a Dacian, is appointed successor to
Maximian Galerius,
1
; persecutes the Christians,
2
; deceives Constantine by his craft, but is
defeated by him,
2
; compelled to live at
Thessalonica, rebels,
3
; his death,
3
,
16
.
Linen vestments,
29
.
Loaves of benediction,
158
.
Logos
, eternal and uncreated,
4
; personal,
45
.
Lucian of Arca, Semi-Arian bishop,
95
,
109
.
Lucifer, bishop of Carala, appointed to the see of
Antioch,
80
; constitutes Paulinus their bishop
and departs to Antioch,
80
,
83
; his adherents become a sect, he leaves them
and returns to Sardinia,
84
.
Lucius, bishop of Adrianople, expelled and restored,
42
,
51
; dies in prison,
54
.
Lucius, Arian bishop at Alexandria,
80
,
96
; installed in the
episcopal chair of Alexandria,
105
; attacks
the Egyptian monasteries,
109
; attempts to
ordain the Saracen Moses,
116
; expelled,
117
; retains authority although absent,
119
.
Lyons, city in Gaul,
59
.
Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem, written to by
Constantine,
16
; present at the Nicene Council,
19
; aids Helena in recovering the cross,
21
; dies,
38
.
Macarius, a presbyter, conducted in chains to the
Council of Tyre,
30
.
Macarius, monk, 'the Egyptian,'
107
; gives lesson in contentment,
108
; exiled,
109
.
Macarius, monk, 'the Alexandrian,'
107
; exiled,
109
.
Macarius, Novatian,
129
.
Macedonians, the, sect of,
9
,
14
,
73
,
81
,
96
,
161
; correspond with Liberius of Rome,
100-103
; accept the Nicene Creed,
101
; relapse and reject it again,
119
,
121
.
Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople, a deacon,
38
; elected bishop,
41
;
installed as bishop,
43
; massacre on this
occasion,
43
; holds meetings separately,
51
; persecutes those who differ from him,
54
; excites tumults and desolates the churches,
65
,
66
; becomes odious,
67
,
68
; deposed by Acacius,
72
; conspires to excite commotions,
73
.
Macedonius, bishop of Mopsuestia,
31
,
44
.
Macedonius, a Christian who endured cruel martyrdom,
86
.
'Macrostich,' creed so called,
44-46
.
Magi, attempt to deceive Isdigerdes,
157
.
Magic,
30
,
39
,
72
,
76
,
78
,
105
.
Magnentius, slays Constans,
53
,
56
; becomes master of
Rome,
59
,
77
; is
defeated and commits suicide,
59
.
Magnus, a quæstor,
59
.
Magnus, an unknown individual, excommunicated,
70
.
Magnus, Arian bishop of Chalcedon,
95
.
Magnus, treasurer,
105
.
Mamre, pagan altar at, a church built instead of,
22
.
Mancipes, their office,
127
.
Manes (Manichæus), born a slave, enfranchised
and educated,
25
; put to cruel death,
26
.
Manichæans,
55
,
119
,
144
,
171
.
Mantinium, inhabitants of, defeat the troops of
Macedonius,
67
.
Marathonius, bishop of Nicomedia,
66
,
74
.
Marcellus, bishop of Ancyra, deposed,
33
,
44
,
45
; is restored,
34
;
expelled and restored,
42
; reinstated by the
Council of Sardica,
47
; refuted by Eusebius
Pamphilus,
48
; restored to his see by
Constantius,
51
; again ejected,
54
; succeeded by Basil,
72
.
Marcian, a Novatian presbyter,
99
.
Marcian, Semi-Arian bishop of Lampsacus,
121
.
Marcian, Novatian bishop of Constantinople,
129
; his death,
138
.
Marcian, Novatian bishop in Scythia, succeeds Paul
at Constantinople,
178
.
Marcus Aurelius, emperor,
92
.
Mardonius, a eunuch,
76
.
Mareotes, a district of Alexandria, so called,
29
,
31
,
43
.
Marinus, Arian bishop of Constantinople, succeeds
Demophilus,
124
; his views,
134
.
Maris, Arian bishop of Chalcedon, defends Arianism,
9
; refuses to assent to the Nicene Creed,
10
; conspires against Athanasius,
29
,
33
,
41
,
44
; joins the Acacians,
71
; reproves Julian,
85
.
Mark, a Syrian bishop under Constantius,
44
; exiled,
55
.
Mark, another bishop exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Mark, bishop of Arethusa,
56
.
Marriage, not allowed after ordination,
18
; condemnation of, heretical,
72
.
Martyrdom, eagerness for,
105
.
Martyrius, one of the authors of the 'Lengthy
Creed,'
44
.
Maruthas, bishop of Mesopotamia, treads on Cyrinus'
foot,
148
,
151
; sent
on a mission to the king of Persia,
156
; cures
the king by his prayers,
157
.
Mary, the Blessed Virgin,
56
,
170
.
Massacre at the installation of Macedonius,
43
.
Matthew, the Apostle, preaches to the Ethiopians,
23
.
Mavia, queen of Saracens, heads a revolt against the
Romans and offers to lay down arms on certain conditions,
116
; the Roman generals consent,
116
; gives her daughter in marriage to Victor,
the commander-in-chief of the Roman army,
116
;
enables the inhabitants, of Constantinople to repulse the Goths,
118
.
Maxentius, made emperor by the Prætorians,
his atrocious acts,
1
; drowned,
2
.
Maximian, surnamed Herculius, lays aside the
imperial dignity,
1
; attempts to regain it,
1
; dies at Tarsus,
1
.
Maximian, bishop of Constantinople, succeeds
Nestorius,
173
; his death and funeral
obsequies,
175
.
Maximin, Cæsar (Maximian Galerius) appointed
by Maximian,
1
.
Maximin, a governor of Rome,
113
.
Maximin, assessor in the Roman armies, accompanies
Helion to Persia, is imprisoned, released, and concludes a treaty of
peace,
163
.
Maximus, bishop of Jerusalem,
38
,
52
; ejected,
65
.
Maximus, of Ephesus, a philosopher, put to death as
practicer of magic,
76
; deludes Julian,
90
; taught Sisinnius,
129
.
Maximus, of Byzantium, distinguished from preceding,
76
.
Maximus, bishop of Seleucia,
139
.
Maximus, usurper,
25
; causes
Gratian to be assassinated,
124
; is admitted
by Valentinian II. as his colleague,
124
;
Theodosius puts him to death,
125
.
Maximus, Novatian bishop of Nicæa,
113
.
Meletius (or Melitius), bishop of Sebastia,
transferred to Berœa and thence to Antioch, exiled by
Constantius,
72
,
73
;
holds assemblies at Antioch,
83
,
84
; recalled by Jovian,
94
,
95
; expelled by Valens,
97
; his death,
111
,
122
; funeral oration of, by Gregory of Nyssa,
111
,
122
; retained his
see at the accession of Theodosius,
119
,
120
.
Meletius (Melitius), bishop of Alexandria, deposed,
becomes the head of the sect called Melitians,
5
,
6
; restored to communion
by the Nicene Council,
12
,
13
.
Melitians, their origin and union with the Arians,
5
; separated from the church,
13
; accuse Athanasius of crimes,
29
.
Memnon, bishop of Ephesus,
172
.
Menander, Greek poet,
81
.
Menedemus, suffers martyrdom,
104
.
Meropius, a Tyrian philosopher, murdered,
23
.
Merum, martyrs at,
86
.
Methodius, bishop of Olympus in Lycia, author of
Xenōn
,
147
.
Metrodorus, a philosopher,
23
.
Metrophanes, bishop of Constantinople, succeeded by
Alexander,
35
.
Milan, Synod of,
60
; tumult
at, and ordination of Ambrose,
113
,
114
.
Miracles,
18
,
23
,
25
,
109
,
111
,
112
,
161
,
174
,
175
.
Misopōgōn
, book so called
written by Julian,
88
.
Mithra, murderous rites in the temple of, unveiled,
78
,
79
.
Mithreum, cleansed,
79
;
demolished,
126
.
Modestus, the prefect, burns eighty pious men in a
ship,
104
.
Monasticism, extension of,
66
,
109
,
161
; harassed by Arians,
106
.
Monk, the
, treatise by Evagrius,
107
.
Monks, of Egypt, their remarkable lives,
106
,
107
; their
sufferings and Christian endurance,
108
,
109
; the 'Tall,' of Alexandria,
143
.
Monks, to the, living in communities
,
treatise by Evagrius,
107
.
Montanus and Montanism,
27
,
63
,
171
.
Mopsucrene, Constantius dies at,
75
.
Mopsuestia,
44
.
Moses, bishop of the Saracens, at the instance of
Queen Mavia he is ordained,
116
.
Mulvian bridge, battle at,
2
.
Mursa, battle near,
59
.
Mysteries, name applied to the Eucharist,
17
,
112
,
128
,
145
.
Mythology, the pagan, impure,
93
,
94
.
Nails of the cross, the,
22
.
Names, many persons change their, to avoid death
from suspicion,
105
; Atticus, changes
ill-omened,
167
.
Narcissus, bishop of Neronias, under Constantius,
44
,
54
,
72
.
Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem,
173
.
Narsæus, Persian general,
162
.
Nectarius, bishop of Constantinople, elected,
121
; consulted by Theodosius the Great as to
points of difference between the Christian sects,
122
,
123
; abolishes the
office of penitentiary presbyter,
128
; his
death,
138
.
Neonas, bishop of Seleucia, ejected,
72
.
Nepotian, a usurper, assumes the sovereignty of Rome
and is slain,
53
.
Nestorius, a governor of Alexandria,
52
.
Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, native of
Germania, invited to Constantinople,
169
;
persecutes the Macedonians,
170
; his heresy,
171
; deposed by the Synod of Ephesus,
172
; banished to the Great Oasis,
172
.
New Jerusalem
, church called by the name,
21
,
32
.
'New Rome,' Constantinople called,
21
,
22
.
Nicæa, Council of, summoned by Constantine,
8
; Eusebius Pamphilus' account of it,
10-12
; names of bishops present,
19
; period of the assembly of,
19
; did not alter the time of celebrating Easter,
131
.
Nice, town in Thrace, Arians hold a council at,
65
.
Nicene Creed,
10
; Arians
scheme to subvert,
39
,
47
; not to be changed,
62
,
70
,
102
.
Nicocles, a grammarian,
76
.
Nicolaus Damascenus, a Greek writer,
167
.
Nilammon, a bishop exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Nile, superstitious views of its inundations,
22
; Athanasius on the,
86
.
Nisibis,
91
,
162
.
Nitria, monks of,
106
,
160
.
Nocturnal services,
144
.
Novatianism, principle of,
17
; origin of,
112
.
Novatians, orthodox as to faith,
18
,
66
,
100
,
123
,
125
,
128
,
167
; persecuted by the Arians,
66
,
100
; alter their
Easter,
113
; divided among themselves
respecting it,
129
,
134
.
Novatus, presbyter of the Roman church,
42
,
112
; secedes from it,
112
; suffers martyrdom,
112
.
Oak, Council of the,
149
.
Oak of Mamre,
22
.
Oasis, the Great,
55
,
172
.
Oaths,
35
,
99
,
112
,
130
,
141
,
146
.
Œnomaus, philosopher, condemns Apollo,
94
.
Olympius, a Thracian bishop proscribed by
Constantius,
54
.
Optatus, pagan prefect of Constantinople under
Arcadius,
151
.
Optimus, bishop of Antioch in Pisidia,
122
,
173
.
'Oracles, the Christian,' the New Testament, so
called,
60
.
Oracles, pagan,
22
,
88
,
93
,
94
,
99
,
105
.
Ordination, necessity of,
30
;
refused to the lapsed,
33
; the Holy Spirit
conveyed at,
70
.
Orestes, prefect of Alexandria under Theodosius II.,
159
; opposes Cyril, bishop of that city,
159
; is attacked by the monks,
160
.
Origen, views of,
49
,
60
,
74
,
81
,
132
,
143
,
171
; works of,
110
; pupils of,
112
,
156
; condemned by Theophilus,
144
,
147
; defense of,
147
,
148
; contrast
between treatment of, and treatment of Chrysostom,
177
.
Origenists, a party in the church so called, opposed
to the Anthropomorphitæ,
145
.
Origen's principles, on
, treatise by Didymus,
110
.
Otreius, bishop of Melitena,
122
.
Ousia
, used by the Nicene Council,
10
; various meanings of,
81
; rejected by Acacians,
58
,
62
,
71
; accepted later by the same,
95
.
Š
Pagan rites,
79
,
86
,
126
.
Palladius, governor of Egypt under Valens,
105
.
Palladius, bishop of Helenopolis,
173
.
Palladius, a monk, disciple of Evagrius,
109
.
Palladius, a celebrated courier,
163
.
Pallium (philosopher's cloak),
78
,
94
.
Pambos, an Egyptian monk,
107
.
Pamphilus,
81
,
112
.
Pancratius, bishop of Pelusium,
56
.
Paphlagonia, Arian violence in,
67
; temperament of people of,
112
.
Paphnutius, bishop of Upper Thebes,
8
; honored by the emperor for the truth's sake,
18
; opposes an austere view of marriage,
18
.
Parembole, a gnostic monk from,
108
.
Pasinicus, bishop of Zelæ (Zena),
94
.
Patricius, Arian bishop of Paltus,
95
.
Patripassians, a heretical sect,
46
,
101
,
102
.
Patrophilus, Arian bishop, conspires against
Athanasius,
33
; ejects Maximus,
65
; not present at the Synod of Seleucia,
68
; deposed,
70
; Acacius
favors him,
73
,
101
.
Paul, bishop of Tyre,
31
.
Paul of Samosata ('The Samosatan'),
33
,
45
,
47
,
56
,
57
,
171
.
Paul, bishop of Constantinople, elected,
38
; ejected by Constantius,
38
; reinstated,
41
; again
expelled,
42
; returns to Rome,
44
; again reinstated by the Council of Sardica,
47
,
49
,
51
; strangled,
54
; his body
honorably interred by Theodosius the Great,
122
.
Paul, the Apostle, at Athens,
127
; his opposition to Judaism,
130
.
Paul, reader, associated with John Chrysostom,
149
.
Paul, Novatian bishop at Constantinople,
161
; exposes a Jewish impostor,
161
; his piety,
169
;
preserves a church from burning, through his prayers,
175
; his death,
178
.
Paulinus, bishop of Treves, exiled by Constantius,
60
.
Paulinus, bishop of Antioch, ordained by Lucifer,
80
,
93
,
96
; left unmolested by Valens,
97
; retains a portion of the church,
119
; protests against the association with him of
Meletius,
119
.
Pazum, Novatian Council of,
113
,
129
.
Pelagius, Semi-Arian bishop of Laodicæa,
accepts the Nicene Creed,
95
; invested with the
administration of the churches in the East,
122
.
Pelargus, church at,
66
,
175
.
Pelusium,
53
.
Penitentiary presbyter, office of, abolished,
128
.
Perigenes, bishop of Patræ,
173
.
Persia, bishop of, at Nicæa,
8
; wars with,
53
,
85
,
88
,
162
; spread of Christianity in,
156
,
157
; persecution of
Christians in,
162
.
Peter, bishop of Alexandria, suffers martyrdom,
3
; deposed by Meletius,
5
;
celebration of martyrdom of,
20
.
Peter, another bishop of Alexandria, succeeds
Athanasius,
105
; is deposed and imprisoned,
105
; exposes the falsehoods of Sabinus the
Macedonian,
106
; returns from Rome,
117
; his death,
117
.
Peter, implicated in accusations against Athanasius,
33
.
Peter, Semi-Arian bishop of Sippi,
95
.
Peter, a monk, brother of Basil,
111
.
Peter, archpresbyter of the church of Alexandria,
144
.
Peter, a reader, ringleader in the murder of
Hypatia,
160
.
Pharmaceus, a port in the Euxine, name of, changed,
167
.
Philadelphia, Synod of,
81
.
Philip, prætorian prefect under Constantius,
entraps the bishop Paul,
42
,
43
.
Philip, a learned presbyter of Side, author of
Christian History
,
168
; a candidate for
the see of Constantinople,
172
.
Philippopolis, Arian Council of,
47
,
49
.
Philo, bishop, exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Philosophers, Julian claims to be one of them,
78
,
164
; many resort to
him,
78
; disagreement among,
7
,
115
.
Philosophy, studied among Christians,
87
,
88
,
110
,
129
,
154
; applied to ascetic life,
24
,
107
.
Philumenus,
29
.
Phœbus, excommunicated,
70
.
Photinus, bishop of Sirmium, heresy of,
44
,
45
; deposed,
56
,
58
; exiled,
58
; Nestorius accused of following,
171
.
Phrygians, temperament of,
112
.
Pilate, tablet of, recovered,
21
.
Pior, an Egyptian monk,
106
.
Piso, Semi-Arian bishop of Adana,
95
.
Piso, Semi-Arian bishop of Augusta,
95
.
Piterus, a learned Egyptian monk, gave scientific
lectures, opening with prayer,
107
.
Placidia, mother of Valentinian III., and daughter
of Theodosius the Great,
114
,
166
.
'Placidian,' an imperial palace so called,
149
.
Placitus (Flaccillus), bishop of Antioch,
38
,
54
,
97
.
Plato, ancient philosopher,
60
,
87
,
90
,
92
,
156
,
160
.
Plintha, commander-in-chief under Theodosius II.,
134
.
Pliny, a bishop exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Plotinus,
160
.
Pneumatomachi
, party among the Arians,
74
.
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, suffered martyrdom under
Gordian,
130
.
Polycarp, bishop of Sextantaprista,
173
.
Polytheism, Arians charged with,
27
; pagan philosophy teaches,
87
.
Porphyry, an author, attacks Christianity,
14
; surnamed the 'Tyrian old man,'
91
; his
History of Philosophers
,
91
.
Porphyry, bishop of Antioch,
157
.
'Porphyry Column,' the,
21
,
35
.
Prayer, efficacy of, in divers cases,
135
,
144
,
157
,
165
,
174
,
175
.
Prayers, variously performed in different churches,
133
.
Preaching, Chrysostom's,
140
; as a means of amassing wealth,
146
; Atticus',
154
;
Proclus',
168
,
176
.
Presbyter, an (unnamed) Arian, influence of,
28
.
Presbyters, priestly functions of,
30
; benediction given by,
72
; represent bishops,
8
,
95
; not allowed to preach at Alexandria,
132
.
Probus, a consul, committed with the chief
administration of affairs in Italy during the minority of Valentinian
II.,
124
; leaves Italy and retires to
Thessalonica,
124
.
Proclus, bishop of Cyzicus, a presbyter,
168
; ordained to the bishopric,
168
; transferred to Constantinople,
175
; his virtues,
175
,
176
; preaches on Ezekiel's prophecy,
176
; conciliates those who had seceded from the
church,
176
; makes an unprecedented
ecclesiastical appointment,
178
.
Procopius, usurper, seizes the imperial throne,
97
; marches with an army against Valens, is
defeated and put to a horrible death,
97
.
Procopius, a Roman general, holds a command in the
war with the Persians,
163
.
Prohæresius, celebrated rhetorician of
Athens,
110
.
Protogenes, bishop of Sardica,
47
.
Protopresbyter, office of the,
144
.
Providence, mysterious counsels of,
26
; denied by Epicureans,
87
.
Psalmody,
40
,
89
,
177
.
Psamathia,
29
.
Psathyrians, a party among the Arians,
134
.
Psenosiris, a bishop exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Psilanthropism,
33
,
34
,
44
,
47
,
171
.
Pythagoras, ancient philosopher,
25
,
90
.
Pythonic demon, expelled,
22
.
Quartodecimans, excommunicated by Victor, bishop of
Rome,
130
; claim to have received their custom
as to Easter from the Apostle John,
131
;
discipline among the,
132
; deprived of their
churches by John,
146
,
151
; persecuted by Nestorius,
169
.
Queen, the, of Iberia, converted to Christianity
through a captive maid, spreads the gospel,
24
.
Quibbles, of Arians,
73
.
Readers, sign the creed of Seleucia,
68
; Julian made one,
77
;
Sisinnius as one,
123
; at Alexandria,
132
; one carries message,
138
; John appointed one,
139
; Paul associated with John Chrysostom,
149
; Proclus begins as one,
175
.
Reverentius, bishop of Arca,
173
.
Rheginus, author of the work called
Polymnemon
,
93
.
Rhetoric, study of,
76
,
110
,
111
,
161
,
173
,
175
.
Rings, made use of by the Jews of Alexandria in a
conspiracy against the Christians,
159
.
Romans, Epistle to the
,
87
,
98
,
171
.
Rome, church of, has authority,
38
,
42
; Athanasius visits,
42
; Cathedral of Peter and Paul at,
109
; abuses in, suppressed by Theodosius,
127
; taken and sacked by the barbarians,
157
,
158
.
Rougas, chief of the barbarians who invaded Rome
under Theodosius II.,
176
.
Rufinus, presbyter, author of
Ecclesiastical
History
,
20
,
25
,
36
,
89
,
109
.
Rufinus, prætorian prefect, slain,
138
.
Rufus, bishop of Thessalonica,
175
.
Rusticula, Novatian bishop at Rome,
158
.
Sabbatius, a converted Jew, promoted by Marcian the
Novatian, to the office of presbyter,
129
;
occasions division in the church,
129
;
separates from the Novatians,
155
,
156
; procures ordination as bishop,
158
; his death,
167
.
Sabbatius, Arian bishop, succeeds Barbas,
170
.
Sabellius (and Sabellianism), heretic, leader of a
heretical sect,
3
,
27
,
46
,
47
,
56
,
81
,
101
,
102
,
115
.
Sabinian, Semi-Arian bishop of Zeugma,
95
.
Sabinus, Macedonian bishop at Heraclea and author of
the
Collection of Synodical Canons
, speaks slightingly of the
Nicene Council,
9
; praises Constantine,
14
; gross partiality of his work,
42
,
44
,
47
,
68
,
95
,
103
,
105
.
Sallust, prætorian prefect under Julian,
89
.
Samaritans, offshoots from the Jews,
133
.
Sanctuary, privilege of,
125
,
140
,
171
,
172
.
Saracens, revolt against the Romans,
116
; peace established,
116
; join with the Persians,
162
.
Sardica, Council of,
34
,
46
,
49
,
54
.
Sarmatians, invade the Roman territory, are defeated
and Christianized,
22
; war with,
114
.
Saturday, called 'the Sabbath,' usually a holiday,
131
,
144
,
178
.
Saturninus, a consular, delivered up to
Gaïnas,
141
.
Scitis,
106
.
Scriptures, copies of, to be made,
16
; study of,
39
,
110
,
139
,
165
; (by the Apollinares),
87
,
88
; literal sense of,
92
,
93
,
139
; mystical sense of,
108
,
120
,
121
,
132
; difficulties
in,
92
; quoted on both sides in the Novatian
controversy,
112
; read and explained in the
churches,
132
; comments on,
165
; translated by Ulfilas into the language of
the Goths,
115
.
Scythian, a Saracen so named, corrupted the truth,
25
.
Scythians, a bishop of, present at the Nicene
Council,
8
; a Novatian bishop among the,
178
; temperament of,
112
.
Scythopolis,
39
.
Sebastian, a Manichæan officer,
55
.
Sects, tendency of, to subdivide,
134
.
Secundus, Arian bishop of Ptolemais, refuses to
receive the Nicene Creed,
10
; denounced by the
Nicene Council,
12
.
Secundus, father of Chrysostom,
138
.
Seditious movements at Antioch occasioned by the
deposition of Eustathius,
27
.
Selenas, bishop of the Goths,
134
.
Seleucia, Council of,
61
,
67
,
75
; creed of,
69
.
Sepulchre, the Holy, recovered,
21
.
Serapion, bishop of Antioch,
81
.
Serapion, bishop of Thmuis,
108
.
Serapion, deacon in the Constantinopolitan church,
139
; his arrogance,
146
; is ordained bishop of Heraclea in Thrace,
150
.
Serapis,
22
; temple of
(called Serapeum), destroyed,
126
; singular
hieroglyphics found in it,
126
; invoked by
Julian,
79
.
Severa, wife of Valentinian I.,
114
.
Severian, bishop of Gabala,
146
,
148
.
Severus, appointed Cæsar by Maximian, sent to
Rome to seize the Emperor Maxentius,
1
.
Sicine, Palace of,
113
.
Sicily, council held in,
102
.
Side, birthplace of Troïlus the Sophist and
of Philip the presbyter,
168
.
Silvanus, usurper, defeated by Constantius,
59
.
Silvanus, Semi-Arian bishop of Tarsus, takes part in
the Council of Seleucia,
68
; petitions Jovian,
94
; sent to Rome on a deputation,
100
; subscribes a confession of faith,
101
; answered by Liberius,
102
.
Silvanus, bishop of Philippopolis,
173
; transferred to Troas,
174
; his praiseworthy administration,
174
.
Silver statue of Eudoxia,
150
.
Siricius, bishop of Rome,
157
.
Sirmium,
55
; Council of,
56
; creeds of,
56
,
57
,
58
.
Sisinnius, Novatian bishop of Constantinople, reader
to Agelius,
123
; ordained bishop,
129
; succeeds Marcian,
129
; his learning, eloquence, grace of person,
and some examples of his wit,
152
; his death,
156
; succeeded by Chrysanthus,
156
.
Sisinnius, bishop of Constantinople, succeeds
Atticus,
168
; ordains Proclus to the see of
Cyzicus,
168
; his death,
169
.
Sistra
, places of penal prostitution,
127
.
Six Hundred Problems
, treatise by Evagrius,
107
.
Slaves,
72
,
117
.
Smyrna, Macedonian Synod of,
102
.
Socrates, author of the
Ecclesiastical
History
, personal reminiscences,
19
,
67
,
126
,
128
,
132
,
156
; birth of,
135
; views
of, regarding the abolition of penitentiary presbyter's office,
128
; celebration of Easter, baptism, fasting,
marriage, the Eucharist, and other ordinances,
130-133
; on Origen and his merits,
147
,
148
; on Philip of
Side's
Christian History
,
168
; on
transference of bishops from one church to another,
173
.
Socrates, Athenian philosopher,
87
,
91
.
Sophia
, church so called,
38
,
43
,
73
.
Sophistry of Arians,
60
,
74
,
110
.
Sophocles, ancient poet,
81
.
Sophronius, Semi-Arian bishop of Pompeiopolis,
declaration of, before the Synod of Seleucia,
69
; deposed by Acacius,
72
;
sides with Macedonius,
73
,
84
; petitions Jovian,
94
.
Sotades, obscene poet, songs of,
13
.
Soucis, a mountain, made the boundary between the
Eastern and Western churches,
49
.
Spyridon, bishop of Cyprus,
8
;
two remarkable incidents in his life,
18
,
19
.
Stenography, used to record the sermons and speeches
of orators,
58
,
68
,
140
.
Stephen, bishop of Antioch,
54
.
Strabo, Greek writer,
167
.
Strategium, public building in Constantinople,
21
.
Sycæ, a church removed to,
66
.
Symmachus, a Roman senator, clemency of Theodosius
toward,
125
.
Synod (Council), at Nicæa,
8
,
10-12
,
19
; at Antioch,
28
,
73
,
94
; at Tyre,
30-32
; of the Eastern bishops,
44
; at Sardica,
34
,
46
,
49
,
54
; at Sirmium,
56
,
57
,
58
; appointed to meet
at Rome,
59
; at Milan,
60
; attempted at Nicomedia,
61
; at Ariminum,
61
,
67
,
84
,
101
,
102
; of the Ursacian
faction at Nice,
65
; at Seleucia in Isauria,
61
,
67
,
75
; at Constantinople,
71-
73
; at Alexandria, summoned by Athanasius and Eusebius,
81
,
82
; at Antioch (of
bishops), of the Acacian faction,
94
,
95
; Lampsacus,
97
; at
Sicily, of Sicilian bishops,
102
; at Pazum, of
the Novatian bishops,
113
; Ecumenical, at
Constantinople,
121
,
122
; of Novatians, at Constantinople,
129
; at Chalcedon in Bithynia,
149
; at Ephesus,
172
.
Synods, provincial, the assembling of, authorized by
the Ecumenical Synod of Constantinople;
122
.
Syrian, a military commander,
40
.
Tabernacle, of embroidered linen, made by
Constantius,
22
.
Table, the holy,
30
,
33
.
Tarsus, in Cilicia, Synod of Seleucia transferred
to,
67
; but prevented from meeting there,
102
,
103
.
Tatian, a Christian martyr,
86
.
Temples, pagan, closed,
2
,
78
,
86
,
94
; cleansed,
79
;
destroyed,
2
,
22
,
126
.
Terebinthus, also called Buddas,
25
.
Thalassius, bishop of Cæsarea,
178
.
Thalia
, work composed by Arius, condemned,
13
.
Theatrical entertainments,
112
,
159
.
Themistius, a philosopher,
95
; records Jovian's religious tolerance and
pronounces a consular oration before him at Antioch,
95
; induces Valens to relax the severity of his
persecution,
115
.
Theoctistus, leader of the Psathyrians,
134
.
Theodore, bishop of Heraclea,
31
,
41
,
44
.
Theodore, to whom the
History
is dedicated,
36
,
137
,
178
.
Theodore, a young Christian, cruelly tortured by
Julian,
89
,
165
.
Theodore, a martyr,
104
.
Theodore, of Mopsuestia,
139
.
Theodosiolus, put to death by Valens on account of
his name,
105
.
Theodosius, bishop of Philadelphia, deposed,
70
.
Theodosius (the Great), emperor,
25
; a Spaniard of noble ancestry, made colleague
on the throne by Gratian,
119
; obtains a
victory over the barbarians, taken ill and baptized by the bishop of
Thessalonica,
120
; summons a synod at
Constantinople,
121
; the Goths submit to him,
122
; proclaims Arcadius his son Augustus,
122
; secures to the Novatians privileges enjoyed
by other sects,
123
; makes war on the usurper
Maximus,
124
; overcomes and puts him to death,
125
; his clemency towards Symmachus,
125
; destroys pagan temples,
126
; reforms two infamous abuses in Rome,
127
; returns to Constantinople,
128
; tolerates all sects except the Eunomians,
129
; favors the Novatians,
129
; defeats the usurper Eugenius,
135
; falls ill and sends for his son Honorius,
139
; dies,
136
; succeeded
by his two sons,
137
; funeral ceremonies,
137
.
Theodosius II., birth of,
142
; accession to the throne,
153
,
154
; receives
intelligence of the news from Persia in a remarkably short time,
163
; his pre-eminent virtues,
164
,
165
; becomes sole
ruler,
165
; proclaims Valentinian III. emperor
of the West,
166
; calls a synod to meet at
Ephesus,
172
; appoints Proclus to the see of
Constantinople,
175
; his excellent qualities,
176
; offers thanksgiving,
178
.
Theodosius, bishop of Synada,
154
,
155
.
Theodosius' Forum,
99
.
Theodotus, bishop of Laodicea,
74
.
Theodulus, Thracian bishop, proscribed by
Constantius,
54
.
Theodulus, bishop of Chæretapa, deposed,
70
.
Theodulus, a martyr,
86
.
Theognis, Arian bishop of Nicæa, defends
Arianism,
9
; refuses to receive the Nicene
Creed,
10
; exiled,
10
;
recalled,
20
; copy of his recantation,
20
; abuses the emperor's clemency,
26
; conspires against Athanasius,
29
,
33
; renews efforts to
introduce Arianism,
36
.
Theon, father of Hypatia, philosopher in Alexandria,
160
.
Theonas, Arian bishop of Marmarica,
4
,
12
.
Theopemptus, Novatian bishop of Alexandria,
156
.
Theophilus, bishop of the Goths,
72
.
Theophilus, Semi-Arian bishop of Castabala,
94
,
100
,
101
,
102
.
Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria, desires to make
Evagrius bishop,
109
; succeeds Timothy in the
see of Alexandria,
124
; reconciled to Flavian,
126
; effects the destruction of the Mithreum
and Serapeum,
126
; opposes John,
138
; plots against him,
140
,
145
; enters into
controversy with the monks but dissimulates before danger,
142
; condemns Origen,
143
; quarrels with Isidore,
144
,
145
; continues
operations against John,
148
; counter-charges
are made against him,
149
; his death,
156
.
Theophilus, bishop of Apamea,
173
.
Theophronius, leader of the 'Eunomiotheophronians,'
135
.
Theotimus, Semi-Arian bishop of the Arabs,
95
.
Theotimus, bishop of Scythia, defends Origen,
147
.
Theotocos
, discussions concerning the title,
170-172
.
Therapeia, a port in the Euxine, previously called
Pharmaceus,
167
.
Thessalonica, Licinius compelled to live in,
3
; Paul exiled to,
43
.
Thessaly, ecclesiastical customs in,
132
.
Thmuis, a bishop exiled under Constantius,
55
.
Thomas, apostle, goes to the Parthians,
23
; church of, at Edessa,
104
.
Thracians, temperament of,
112
.
Tigris, a presbyter,
149
.
Timothy, bishop of Alexandria, succeeds his brother
Peter,
117
,
119
;
attends the Synod of Constantinople,
121
;
becomes patriarch of Egypt,
122
; his death,
124
.
Timothy, Arian presbyter, proficient in the
Scripture,
156
.
Timothy, archdeacon in Alexandria, candidate for the
episcopacy,
156
.
Titles given to bishops and emperors,
137
.
Titus, of Bostra,
95
.
Toleration, practiced,
95
,
96
,
128
,
176
; plea for,
115
.
Tortures inflicted on Homoousians,
55
; on Christian women,
66
;
on the martyrs of Merum,
86
; on Theodore,
89
.
Tradition, Catholic,
81
.
Transference of bishops, question of,
173
.
Transmigration of souls, theory of,
90
.
Treves, a city in Gaul, Athanasius exiled to,
37
.
Tribigildus, a kinsman of Gaïnas, rebels,
141
.
Trinity, on the
, treatise by Didymus,
110
.
Troïlus, a sophist,
142
,
154
,
168
,
173
.
Truth, historical, hard to ascertain,
137
.
Tyre, council of,
30
,
31
,
32
.
Ulfilas, bishop of the Goths,
72
; translates the Scriptures into the Gothic,
115
.
Unity in the Trinity,
3
; in
the Church between Novatians and Orthodox,
66
.
Uptar, King of the Burgundians,
170
.
Uranius, bishop of Tyre,
68
;
deposed,
70
.
Uranius, Semi-Arian bishop of Apamea,
95
.
Uranius, Semi-Arian bishop of Melitina,
95
.
Urbanus, martyr under Valens,
104
.
Ursacius, Arian bishop of Singidnum, conspires
against Athanasius,
29
,
33
; recants,
41
,
53
,
57
; refuses to
anathematize Arius,
61
; deposed by the Council
of Ariminum,
63
; favored by Constantius,
64
.
Ursinus, a deacon of Rome,
113
.
Vacant bishop,
169
.
Valens, Arian bishop of Mursa, conspires against
Athanasius,
29
,
33
;
recants,
41
,
53
,
57
; refuses to anathematize Arius,
61
; deposed by the Council of Ariminum,
63
; favored by Constantius,
64
.
Valens, emperor, as a military officer, prefers
retirement to hypocrisy,
85
,
96
; raised to share the imperial throne,
96
; resides at Constantinople,
96
; is intolerant and cruel,
97
; orders the walls of Chalcedon to be razed, and
uses the stones for public baths,
99
;
persecutes the Novatians,
99
; leaves
Constantinople for Antioch,
103
; banishes
Eustathius and Evagrius,
103
; dooms an entire
congregation to death,
104
; slaughters many on
account of their names,
105
; persecutes the
Christians,
109
; permits the Goths to become
his subjects,
115
,
116
; desists from persecuting,
116
; departs from Antioch and arrives at
Constantinople,
117
; his subjects murmur, he
routs the Goths and is slain,
117
,
118
.
Valentinian I., emperor, as a military officer,
prefers retirement to hypocrisy,
85
,
96
; declared emperor,
96
;
makes Valens his colleague,
96
; favors the
Homoousians,
96
; goes to the West,
114
; abstains from interfering with any sect,
114
; his territories invaded, ruptures a
bloodvessel and dies,
114
.
Valentinian II., emperor, born,
100
; proclaimed emperor,
114
; Probus, consul during his minority,
124
; compelled to admit Maximus the usurper as a
colleague, Theodosius helps him against the usurper,
124
; triumphal entry into Rome,
125
; strangled,
135
.
Valentinian III., proclaimed emperor,
166
; marries Eudoxia, daughter of Theodosius II.,
177
.
Vararanes, king of Persia,
157
; persecutes the Christians and provokes the
Romans,
162
; imprisons the Roman envoys, is
routed and compelled to make peace,
162
,
163
.
Various reading, a case of,
171
.
Venus, temple of, removed,
21
; at Aphaca, demolished,
22
.
Vessels, sacred,
30
,
164
.
Vetranio, usurper,
53
;
proclaimed emperor,
55
; deposed, lives happily
in retirement,
55
.
Vicentius, presbyter of Rome,
19
.
Victor, bishop of Rome,
130
.
Virgin, to the
, treatise by Evagrius,
107
.
Virgins, torture of,
55
.
Vitian, Roman general,
163
.
Vito, presbyter of Rome,
19
.
Wednesday and Friday, observed as fast-days,
132
,
164
.
White garments, worn by candidates for baptism,
161
.
Will of Constantine,
35
.
'Wisdom, the, of God,'
4
.
Xenōn
, a dialogue by Methodius, bishop
of Olympus,
147
.
Xenophon, ancient Greek writer,
92
,
167
.
Zealots,
137
.
Zeno, bishop of Jerusalem,
139
.
'Zeuxippus,' bath called so,
43
.
Zoïlus, Semi-Arian bishop of Larissa,
95
.
Zosimus, bishop of Rome,
158
.