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Ossens, nearly the same as the Elcesaites, which see. Called
also Sampsæans, viii. 616-17

Owen (Dr. J.) quoted, x. 81, note', 258

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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—

598

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.

132

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.

410-11

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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