Sins, some to be checked with authority, 495. Sinners, made better by prayers offered for them, 426; open and secret, 465. Slave, a Christian life will be admired in a, 533. Slaves, duties of, 465; the bishop's concern in, 465; obedience of, puts men to shame, 466; to be imitated by Christians towards God, ib.; brethren of Christ, 552; to be treated as such, ib. Slavery, to passions, miserable, 473; moral disadvantages of, 533; state of, lawful and capable of good use, 546. Sobriety, what it consists in, 536. Soldiers, spiritual, must endure hardness, 488. Solomon, experience of, in knowledge of the world, 462. Son, heretical comments on the term, applied to Timothy, 409 (note) . Sons, not all true, 521. Sorrows, not to cause impatience or despair, 477; no exemption from, in this life, ib.; each thinks his own most severe, 478; productive of advantage, ib. Soul, called the spirit to distinguish it from the body, 421; a healthy state of, called a sound mind, 477; neglected when sick, 540. Spirit, the, mark of the Church, 425. Stephen, St., prayer of, 427. Strangers, kindness to be shown to, 455. Strife, inconsistent in a Christian, 497. Submission, in suffering, 553. Suffering, needful to the righteous, 507; inequality of, no cause for offense, ib. Superstitions, condemned, 440. Sympathy, with those in misery, 478; lightens grief, ib.; want of, brings its own reward, 504. Swine, flesh of, not unclean, 445.   Teachers, engaged more than the taught in the contest, 424; what is required of, ib.; not to disdain instruction, ib.; as luminaries, as leaven, as angels among men, 440; must use diligent study, 450; need both gentleness and authority, 467; responsibilities and claims of, 481; must think their disciples everything, ib.; we must not judge our, but ourselves, 483; succession of, 488; must not be impatient, 497; two things that disquiet, 506. Teaching, when to be used, 449; called prophecy, ib.; made useless by impatience, 497. Thanksgiving, to be made for others' good, 427; binds men to love one another, ib. Theater, the heavenly, 526. Timothy, submitted to be circumcised, 407; affection of St. Paul for, ib.; his youth no hindrance to his promotion, ib.; alleged miracles by the bones of, ib. (note) ; the time when placed at Ephesus, 409; manner of his appointment, 423; his strictness, abstinence, 1031 Homilies on the Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon