being bid walk in Christ, 284; warned against some false philosophizer that would
gradually undermine them, ib.
Commands, different at the end of some Epistles, 303.
Commandments, perfection goes beyond, 344.
Commendation, needs qualifying, 385; carefully guarded, 393.
Concision. See Circumcision, 230.
Conscience, a terror to those that live in crime, 248; constantly tells men they sin, but they
refuse to know it, 269.
Constantine, built chapels to martyrs, 373 (note 1) .
Constantinople, St. Gregory Nazianzen at, 361 (note 3) ; Constantine built chapels to martyrs
in, 373 (note 1) .
Consummation, curiosity about time of, 360; curiosity checked, ib.; time of, best not known,
361; death is to each one, 360; now going on, 360-61; Christ spoke particularly of, to
exclude deceivers, 378; Thessalonians perplexed about, ib.
Contention, nature of man fond of, 217; does away with peace, 248.
Contentious, the, require arguments from reason as well as Scripture, 212.
Contentment, in all states not easy, and requires discipline and trial, 250.
Contrite spirit, God loves, 278.
Conversation, about hell, useful, 382-83; of other men's matters, dangerous, 383.
Corinth, fornicator of, quenched the spirit, 370; cured by withdrawing from him, 396.
Corinthians, were not poor, 332; Timothy sent to, 335; reasoned with, because indocile, 353.
Cornelius, example for a soldier, 241; prayer of, 326.
Correction, by means of hard sayings, 211-12.
Covenant, the nature of a, 287.
Covetousness, its bad effects, 248; more cruel than robbery, 369-70; to be checked, 370.
Courage, not haughtiness, 205 (see Pride) ; examples of true courage, 205; is shown in the
absence of self-love, 206; has scope through uncertainty, 361.
Craticula, 336 (note) .
Cross, the, must be borne by Christians, 242; its power, ib.; Christians exhorted to sign
themselves with it, 298.
Cupping-glass, draws out disease, 387.
Curiosity, must not be indulged, 277, 279; natural to man, 360; indulgence promotes, ib.;
especially about the consummation, ib.; belongs to an imperfect state, ib.; reasons
against, ib.; excuse for, to answer heathens, ib.
Daniel, his humility shows us how we should meet the pride that comes from wisdom, 204
(see Apostles and Joseph) ; thought a god, 327; could not have saved Jews, ib.
Darkness, works of, 362; vice a, 363; is over the earth, 370.
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Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians