Ossens, nearly the same as the Elcesaites, which see. Called also Sampsæans, viii. 616-17
Owen (Dr. J.) quoted, x. 81, note', 258
Pacatus, his panegyric quoted, iv. 349–358
Pacian, Bp. of Barcelona, his time and works, and testimony to the scriptures, iv. 326
Pagi (Ant.) commended, i. 374. his judgment, upon the Con- stitutions, iv. 200-1. upon the christianity of Philip, vii. 355 Palestine, a description of that country, vi. 203
Palladius, author of the Lausiac history, his character of Jerom, and reflections upon him, iv. 410-412
Palladius, author of a dialogue of the life of Chrysostom, his time, and testimony to the scriptures, v. 6, 7
Palmas, Bp. in Pontus, and writer in the second century, ii. 312-13
PAMPHILUS, presbyter at Cæsarea, his friendship with Eusebius, iii. 216. his life written by Eusebius, 220-1. a library erected by him at Cæsarea, 217, 223-4. which was destroyed before the middle of the seventh century, 226. said to have set up a school or academy at Cæsarea, ib. his apology for Origen, 217, 227-8. his edition of the Seventy, 224. said to have com- posed summary contents of the book of the Acts, 229. probably received the epistle to the Hebrews, 226. his affection for the scriptures, which he encouraged men and women of every con- dition to read, 221, 230-1. his martyrdom, 218-220. his ex- cellent character, 219–221, 229-30. Remarks upon spurious Acts of his passion, 218, 231–233
Pan, a fabulous story concerning his death, in the time of the emperor Tiberius, vi. 620—622
Pandects, whether there are now in them any laws against the christians, vii. 336-7
Pantanus, master of the catechetical school at Alexandria, his history, and testimony to the scriptures, ii. 215-219. com- mended by Alexander, Bp. of Jerusalem, 418
Papias, Bp. of Hierapolis, his history, character, work, and testimony to the books of the New Testament, ii. 116–125 Papinian, an observation upon his conduct, vii. 318
Parker (S.) his Observations upon Philostratus's Life of Apol- lonius Tyanæus, vii. 502, 508–514
Parmenian, Bp. of the Donatists at Carthage, author of a writ- ing against the Catholics, answered by Optatus, iii. 562 Passovers, how many in our Saviour's ministry, v. 457 Patriarchs (The) how reviled by the Manichees, iii. 394 Patrick (Bp.) quoted, x. 101, 123, 171, 173
Patripassians, the Sabellians and others so called, ii. 594—
PAUL (ST.) THE APOSTLE, his history before his conversion, and his general character, v. 472-474. vi. 377-8. the place of his birth, iv. 450-453. a Roman citizen, and how he came to be so, i. 236-240
The time of his conversion, v. 474-479. his age at that time, 486-7, observations upon his conversion, and the cir- cumstances of things at that time in Judea, 479–486. iv. 568. his conversion not the cause of the rest of the churches in Judea, i. 103. when he was made an apostle, v. 487–494. re- ceived the whole doctrine of the gospel immediately from heaven, v. 21
The HISTORY of his travels and preaching, to his coming from Damascus to Jerusalem the first time after his conversion, 495-497. to his being brought to Antioch by Barnabas, 498 -501. to his coming up to Jerusalem with the contributions of the christians at Antioch, 501-505. to his coming to the coun- cil at Jerusalem about the year 49, 505-512. to his coming to Jerusalem A. D. 58, when he was apprehended and im- prisoned, 512-527. his vow, i. 219. his imprisonment and prosecution in Judea, 67–71. the manner of his imprisonment, 243–247. sent to Rome a prisoner that he might not be soon expelled as a Jew, iv. 556. his HISTORY, to the end of his imprisonment at Rome, v. 527-529. to the time of his death, 529-536. the time of his imprisonment at Rome, iv. 450. of his martyrdom, 451. was beheaded at Rome, A. D. 64 or 65, ii. 286, 396. v. 534-536. came with Peter from Corinth, from whence they went to Rome, and suffered martyrdom about the same time, ii. 146. in Nero's general persecution, iv. 576, v. 25, 64, 72, 140
Whether he really blamed Peter for his conduct, mentioned Gal. ii. vii. 432-3. x. 347–351. wrought miracles at Athens and at Rome, though not related by St. Luke, v. 397-8. un- certain whether he ever went into Spain, 58. there is no good reason to believe that he ever was in Spain or Britain, 530-1. St. Paul much commended by Origen, ii. 499, 500. Chrysos- tom, iv. 537-8. Isidore, v. 11, 12. Theodoret, 20, 21. Cassian, 30. Cosmas, 95. Gregory, 129. his eloquence celebrated by Photius, though he has many elliptical expressions, 152-3. character of his style, by Irenæus, ii. 176. by Origen, 495, 573-4. by Je- rom, iv. 479-80. vindicated against the reflections of Porphy- ry, vii. 429–437. he was rejected by the Ebionites, or some of them, ii. 376. vi. 383. but received by other Jewish believers, called Nazarenes, 384-386. how treated by the author of the Recognitions, ii. 372-3, 376
His fourteen epistles, their chronology, vi. 3—16. all re- ceived by Origen, ii. 497, 500-507, 576. were in the library at Cæsarea, iii. 226. received by Archelaus and Mani, 258. the Manichees, 398, 403. the Paulicians, 447-8. generally received in the time of Eusebius, iv. 96, 98, 119, 145. received by
Athanasius, 155, 157. in the Synopsis ascribed to him, 162-3. by Cyril of Jerusalem, 173-4. Epiphanius, 187. the author of the Apostolical Constitutions, 226-7. Gregory Nazianzen, 287. Amphilochius, 292. Ebedjesu, 321. Theodore, Bp. of Mopsu- estia, who also wrote Commentaries upon them, 395. Com- mentaries likewise were written upon them, by C. M. Victo- rinus, 254. and Diodorus of Tarsus, 377. received by Jerom, 437, 451. the council of Carthage, 487. Rufinus, 484. Augus- tine, 493, 506. Chrysostom, 537. Severian, Bp. of Gabala, 571-2. Innocent of Rome, 586. Paulinus of Nola, 589. Theo- doret, v. 17. Cosmas, 93, 95. Euthalius, 71. who also published an edition of them, 68. are in the Alexandrine MS. 82, 84. re- ceived by Isidore of Seville, 136. a Commentary on them by Sedulius, 57. and as is supposed by Primasius, 59. received by Cassiodorus, 112. Ecumenius, 154. Theophylact, 157
His epistle to the Romans and several other of his epistles referred to by Clement of Rome, ii. 41–50. his first epistle to the Corinthians quoted by the same Clement, 35, 36. and by Hermas, 263. his epistle to the Ephesians quoted by Ignatius, 78, 85. his first epistle to the Corinthians, and his epistles to the Philippians and the Thessalonians, quoted by Polycarp, 99-101, 103. several of his epistles referred to by Hermas, 64-66. by Ignatius, 82-88. by Polycarp, 103-106. see 109. by Justin M. 133-136. see 140. by the author of the epistle to Diognetus, 141-144. by the martyrs at Lyons, 162-3. by Athenagoras, 197-199. by Theophilus of Antioch, 208–213. twelve or thirteen of his epistles received and quoted by Irenæus, 175-177. see 182. all received and quoted by Clement of Alexandria, except the epistle to Philemon, 237-239. all re- ceived by Tertullian, except the epistle to the Hebrews, 280— 284, 290-1. how many were received by Tatian, 147–151. the author of the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs, appears to have received the book of the Acts, and St. Paul's epistles, 360-1. all rehearsed by Caius, except that to the Hebrews, 397. several of his epistles quoted by Firmilian, 581-2. all quoted by Cyprian, except the epistle to Philemon, and that to the Hebrews, which he did not receive, iii. 36–43, 55. several of his epistles quoted by Novatus, 114-15. by Commodian, 134-5. Anatolius, 144. the author of the poem against the Marcionites, 171. Victorinus, 176-7. Methodius, 194. whether the epistle to the Hebrews was received by Eusebius, iv. 102-3, 119-20. it was doubted of by some, particularly the church of the Romans, 98, 293. v. 136. whether written in Hebrew, iv. 138-9. a commentary upon thirteen of the epistles by Pelagius, 590. when they were first divided into sections and chap- ters, v. 68, 69, 72
The order of his epistles in point of time, iv. 545-6. v. 17, 18, 71, 84, 85, 95, 107, 113
A forged book entitled The Travels of Paul and Thecla, re-
jected and condemned, ii. 305. an apocryphal book called Acts of Paul, quoted by Origen, but not received by him as of authority, 539
Paul's Revelation, rejected by Sozomen and the ancients, iv.
Paul of Concordia, a Letter of Jerom to him, iv. 236. told Je- rom, that Cyprian used to call Tertullian his master, ii. 269 Paul of Samosata, Bp. of Antioch, his history, iii. 666-671. favoured by Zenobia, 671. his opinions, 671-2, 675–681. had a considerable number of proselytes, 680. scriptures received by him, 681. his works, ib. his character, ib. said to have ju- daized, 677-8
Paul, a Novatian Bp. at Constantinople, iii. 103
Paul, a learned Persian, v. 107
Paula, Jerom's friend, how commended by Possidonius, iv.
Paulianists, their baptism, ii. 680. their continuance, ib.
Paulicians, their history and time, iii. 446. reduced their sect to
six churches, 294. changed their first names for others, ib. how they called their ministers, 446. their testimony to the scrip- tures, 447-449
Paulinus, Bp. of Nola, his time and works, and testimony to the scriptures, iv. 587-589
Pausanias, his testimony to the destruction of Jerusalem by a Roman emperor, vi. 477
Peace (The) of the churches in Judea. See Rest
Pearson (Bp.) a remark of his upon Clement of Rome, ii. 38. upon Ignatius, 92. his opinion concerning the time of Poly- carp's martyrdom, 97. concerning the Constitutions, iv. 200. quoted, vi. 608, 619. x. 79, note b, 179. censured, vi. 63, 64. quoted and commended, 118, and elsewhere
Pierce (J.) quoted, vi. 127, 141. x. 77, note, 85, note, 110, 114. with disapprobation, ix. 583-587
Pelagius, his time and works, and testimony to the scriptures, iv. 590-593. sometimes confutes the Manichees, iii. 276. quoted, x. 112, 157, 179
Pelagianism, how described by Cassian, v. 31. how treated by Vincentius Lirinensis, 42
Peregrinus, called also Proteus, said by Lucian to have been some while among the christians, and afterwards to have parted from them, vii. 279–281. his death mentioned by seve- ral ancient writers, 281-2
Perennis, desired Apollonius to plead before the Roman senate, ii. 323
Perizonius, his interpretation of Luke ii. 1, 2. represented and considered, i. 318-328
Perpetua, a martyr, ii. 584. with Felicitas in the time of Severus, vii. 311
Persecution, or force and compulsion in things of religion, con-
demned by our blessed Saviour, viii. 282. by the Abp. of Can- terbury, 283. by Tertullian, Lactantius, Athanasius, Constan- tine, Jovian, Valentinian, Julian, Themistius, Libanius, Ammi- anus Marcellinus, 284-5. by De Maussac, a learned Domini- can, x. 2. every degree of it may fill our minds with horror, vii. 551. arguments against it in Lactantius, and that christi- ans did not persecute, iii. 512-515. condemned by Athanasi- us, iv. 153. by the christian religion, 209. all persecution con- demned by Sulpicius Severus, 576-579. makes heresies spread faster than otherwise they would, 578-9. how defined by Socrates, v. 171. On the subject of prosecuting the wri- ters against christianity, see Dr. Waddington, Bp. of Chiches- ter's correspondence with Dr. Lardner, i. lxiii-lxix. A ge- neral account of the heathen persecutions, iv. 575-6. the num- ber of heathen persecutions of the christians, vii. 559–561 PERSIA, the gospel first preached there by the apostle Thadde- us, v. 100. many churches there, 101. the cruelty of a perse- cution endured there by the christians, and the happy altera- tion made in the manners of those of them, who embraced the christian religion, 24, 25. the christian religion preached there before the time of Mani, iii. 439-40. before the council of Nice, iv. 56. before the time of Eusebius, 89. the time of a persecu- tion there, 51, 52
Pestilence in the Roman empire, and the time of it, iii. 8, 9 Petavius quoted, iv. 196, note *, 216, 218
PETER (ST.) THE APOSTLE, his history to the time of our Savi- our's ascension, vi. 203-211. he and his brother Andrew said to have been the first two disciples called by Christ, v. 9. His history to the council at Jerusalem, 211-231. after which he goes to Antioch, where he is reproved by St. Paul for dissimu- lation, 231–233. vii. 432-3. his travels to the time of his com- ing to Rome, 233-237. said to be at Rome in the time of Claudius, v. 140. his history from Jerom, iv. 459. preached to the Jews in Pontus and Bithynia according to Eusebius, 99. was often in those countries according to Epiphanius, 190. the time of his death, vi. 238. the manner of his death, 242-3. was at Rome and suffered martyrdom there, 243-254. came to Rome in 63 or 64, and suffered martyrdom in 64 or 65, v. 287. 535-6. vi. 233-4. suffered martyrdom at Rome, together with Paul, in the time of Nero, according to Eusebius and Diony- sius of Corinth, ii. 146. according to Tertullian, 286. and Caius, 396. and Theodoret, v. 25. was at Antioch, afterwards in Pontus, and at Rome in the time of Claudius, and suffered martyrdom with Paul in Nero's general persecution, iv. 576. v. 25, 63, 64. in the last year of Nero, 145. the place of his in- terment, iv. 459
Concerning his episcopate at Antioch, vi. 238. said to have been bishop of Rome twenty-five years, 239. Rome Peter's province, according to Ephrem, iv. 319. his children, vi. 240-1.
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