Acts of Andrew, and Thomas, and John, and other apostles, ii. 605. iii. 429, 434-5. iv. 97, 106, 132

Acts, or journeying of the apostles, forged by Leucius, viii.

535-538

Acts of the Apostles, why so called, iv. 569. the importance of this book, ii. 174-5, 279-80. v. 143. observations upon it, v. 388-398; in what part of the N. T. placed by the ancients, ii. 300-1. vi. 335-6, 346

Referred to by Clement of Rome, ii. 40, 41. by Ignatius, 82. Polycarp, 102. Just. Martyr, 133. the martyrs at Lyons, 162. Polycrates, 261. the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, 360-1. the Recognitions, 372-3. and the Acts of Paul and Thecla, 333. quoted, and ascribed to St. Luke by Irenæus, 173. by Clement of Alexandria, 225, 234-5, 237. and by Tertullian, 279. received by the Nazaræan christians, vi. 386. quoted, and ascribed to St. Luke by Origen, ii. 495, 499. an uncontested book, and a book of authority, according to the same, 499, 500. received by Asterius Urbanus, 414. Hippolytus, 426, 436. received and quoted by Dionysius of Alexandria, 647, 695. by Cyprian, iii. 22. Pontius, 56. the author of Rebaptizing, 70. joined with the epistles in Cyprian's time, 51. a remarkable quotation of this book, 73. probably received by Novatus, 113-14. and the Novatians, 121. received by Commodian, 134. Victorinus, 176. Methodius, 194. Pamphilus, 229. Peter, Bp. of Alexandria, 239. received and quoted as a book of authority by Archelaus, Bp. in Mesopotamia, 258. Serapion, Bp. of Thmuis, 271. Titus of Bostra, 274. Didymus of Alexandria, 401. and Theodore of Mopsuestia, iv. 395, 402. both these wrote commentaries upon this book, 302, 395. whether received by the Manichees, iii. 341-2, 399–402. received by some of the Paulicians, 448. referred to by Arnobius, 478. by the other Arnobius, 480. by Lactantius, 535. the author of the book of the Deaths of Persecutors, 548. well known in Africa, 551. received by the Donatists, who in general received the same scriptures with other christians; this book in particular, which is largely quoted by Petilian and Tichonus, Donatist writers, 564-5. received by the Arians, who likewise received the same books of scripture which other christians did, 581-2. a book universally acknowledged, according to Eusebius of Cæsarea, iv. 96, 118. ascribed by him to St. Luke, 99, 100, 118. who is sometimes said by him to have been of Antioch, and a physician. Quoted by Adamantius, author of a Dialogue against the Marcionites, 167. ascribed to Luke by Athanasius, 157, and Epiphanius, 189. received and appointed to be publicly read, by the Apostolical Constitutions, 226. mentioned in the 85th apostolical canon, 230. quoted by Lucifer of Cagliari, 249. Faustinus, 251. Gregory of Illiberis, 253. Victorinus, 256. Gregory Nazianzen, 287. Ephrem, 310. Optatus, 328. ascribed to St. Luke by Amphilochius, 292.

Gregory Nyssen, 296. Ebedjesu, 321. Ambrose of Milan, 334.
received by Jerom, and ascribed by him to St. Luke, 436-7.
by Rufinus, 484. Augustine, 505. Chrysostom, 542-544. is in
the catalogue of the third council of Carthage, 487. publicly
read, well known, and much valued, as a book of great im-
portance, 505-6. 542–544. received and quoted by Severian,
Bp. of Gabala, in Syria, 571-2. by Sulpicius Severus, and as-
cribed by him to St. Luke, 575. received by Chromatius, Bp.
of Aquileia, 580-1. Victor of Antioch, 582-3. Innocent I. Bp.
of Rome, 586. Paulinus, Bp. of Nola, and ascribed by him to
St. Luke, 589. received by Pelagius, 591. Palladius, author of
the life of Chrysostom, v. 6. Isidore, of Pelusium, and ascribed
by him to St. Luke, 10. as also by Theodoret, 16, 17, and note*.
quoted by Eutherius, Bp. of Tyana in Cappadocia, 33-35.
Salvian, 65. Gelasius, Bp. of Rome, 76. Andrew, Bp. of Casa-
rea in Cappadocia, 78. is in the Alexandrian MS. 82. in the
Stichometry of Nicephorus, 86. and that of Cotelerius, 89. as-
scribed to St. Luke by Euthalius, 70. who also published an
edition of this book, and divided it into chapters and sections,
69. ascribed to St. Luke by Arethas, 104. by Arator, who
turned the whole into verse, 105. ascribed to St. Luke by Cas-
siodorus, who wrote a commentary upon it, 113. received as a
canonical book by Junilius, an African bishop, 106. ascribed
to St. Luke by the author of the Imperfect work upon St. Mat-
thew, 121. by Isidore, of Seville, 136. received by Leontius,
142. ascribed to Luke by Damascenus, 147. Nicephorus Cal-
listi, 168. Ecumenius, 155. and Theophylact, 157. which two
last mentioned wrote commentaries upon this book. It is in
all the catalogues of the books of the New Testament. See
Catalogues. Received by the Valentinians, vi. 345. always
universally acknowledged, iv. 96. vi. 333-4

Rejected by the Marcionites, viii. 500
Acts of Paul, ii. 539. iv. 97, 98, 131

Acts of Paul and Thecla, ii. 304-5, 331-2. how quoted by
Faustus the Manichee, iii. 430

Acts of Peter, supposed to be quoted by Clement of Alexandria,
ii. 256. See iv. 98, 132. not received by the ancients, 98,

131

Acts of Pontius Pilate, and his letter to Tiberius, vi. 605–619
Acts of the senate of Rome, and of governors of provinces,
and other Acts, vi. 608–610

Adam, his fall foreseen, and therefore the sexes made, v. 20.
Adam and Eve the first pair according to the Manichees, iii. 365
Adamantius, author of a Dialogue against the Marcionites, iv.
166-7

Adamians, or Adamites, viii. 424. probably an imaginary sect,
425. objections to this answered, 426-7

Addas, an ancient disciple of Mani, taught Turbo, iii. 267. See
Adimantus and Buddas

Addison, his observations upon the fortitude of the christians in
early times, vii. 175

Adimantus, a Manichæan writer, his history, iii. 279. whether
he was the same as Addas, 279–281. his work much esteemed,
281. called Terebinthus and Buddas, 320

Adrian, his time, and general character, vii. 92. not reckoned
among persecuting emperors, ib. his rescript in favour of the
christians, 93-4. his letter to Servianus, 98. his moderation
commended, 97. whether he intended to erect temples to Jesus
Christ, 99-101

Edesius, martyr at Alexandria in Dioclesian's persecution, vii. 480
Aërians, iv. 179–181. 195.

Aetius, an Arian writer, his history, iii. 584-587. his dispute
with Apthonius, a Manichee, 283

Africanus, Julius, his history, ii. 457. his learning, 461. his tes-
timony to the scriptures, 462. a man of great eminence, 467
Agape, or love feasts among the christians; their design and
use, and the time when they were celebrated, vii. 42-3, 280
Agape, a Priscillianist woman, iv. 340

Agapius, Bp. of Cæsarea, iii. 219

Agapius, a Manichæan author, his history and works, iii. 282
Agathias, his history of Justinian and his character, viii. 149-50
Agathobulus, a Jewish writer mentioned by Anatolius, iii. 143
Agelius, a Novatian bishop of Constantinople, his history and
character, iii. 99–102

Agobardus, Bp. of Lyons in the ninth century, ii. 329

Agony, a remark upon our Lord's agony in the garden, x. 80,

note c

Agrippa Castor, a writer against Basilides in the second century,
ii. 309

Agrippa the Great, or the Elder. See Herod Agrippa
Agrippa the Younger, son of Herod Agrippa, i. 27, 30. his
several preferments, 30, 31. was a Jew, ib. had the govern-
ment of the temple, 31, 84. his speech to dissuade the Jews
from the war with the Romans, 82, 284-5. raiseth his palace
at Jerusalem, 191-2. intercedes with Claudius in favour of the
Jews, 191

Agrippa (Marcus) confirms the privileges of the Jews in Ionia,

i. 185

Agrippa, and his son Monbaz, put to death at Rome by Vespa-
sian, according to Josippon, vi. 537

Agrippina, mother of Nero, puts Lollia Paulina to death, i. 20
Ainsworth's account of the seven precepts of Noah, x. 301
Akibas, a Jewish Rabbin of great note, his history and character,
vi. 513, 516

Alaric, his history, so far as written by Zosimus, viii. 118–122.
See Rome

Albinus, procurator of Judea, for money releaseth prisoners, i..
82, 176. succeeded Festus, 80, 83, 176

Alcibiades, a martyr at Lyons, who led a very austere life, ii.
163-4. vii. 169

Aldrich, (H.) commended, i. 436

Alexander, Bp. of Alexandria, his history, iii. 566. his testimony
to the scriptures, 567-8

Alexander, Bp. of Jerusalem, scholar of Clement of Alexandria,
ii. 221. colleague of Narcissus, 326. his honourable testimony
to the same Clement, 222. his history, 414-418. erected a
library at Jerusalem, 419. his character, 419-20. he ordained
Origen, 475. and heard him, 476. his sufferings and martyr-
dom, vii. 311, 357

Alexander, the collier, his ordination, ii. 615

Alexander of Lycopolis, in Egypt, his time and character, iii. 269,
277. vii. 574–576. his testimony to the scriptures, and to the
christian doctrine or philosophy, 576–579

Alexander, one of the martyrs at Lyons, a Phrygian, and by
profession a physician, vii. 165

Alexander Severus. See Severus

Alexandra, widow of Alexander Jannæus, a religious woman,
i. 125

Alexandria, an ancient christian school there, ii. 216

Alexandrian MS. its time and contents, with remarks, v. 80—85
Alogians, said by Epiphanius to have rejected all St. John's
writings, iv. 190-1. viii. 627. never was such a heresy, 628.
Epiphanius's account of them, 629. a groundless supposition
that the Unitarians of the second century rejected John's gos-
pel, 630.

Altar, the communion table not so called in early times, iv. 212
The altar to the unknown God at Athens; the occasion of erect-
ing it, and that the inscription was in the singular number, vii.

319-328

The altar of victory, an account of it, viii. 199–203. and see
Senate

Alypius, Augustine's friend, iii. 279. what induced him to be a
Manichee, 297

Ambrose, Origen's friend, said to have been at first a Marcionite,
ii. 422. his history, 473–475

Ambrose, Bp. of Milan, his time, and character, and works,
iv. 330-1. quotes apocryphal books of the Old Testament,
331. sent ambassador to Maximus by Valentinian the younger,
356. proposes terms for reconciling the Priscillianists to the
church, 360. his confutation of Symmachus's petition, viii. 212-13
Ambrosiaster, quoted, iii. 26. supposed to be Hilary, and author
of A Commentary upon thirteen of St. Paul's epistles, iv. 382
Amelius, his history, and time, and testimony to St. John's gos-
pel, vii. 372-375

Ammianus Marcellinus. See Marcellinus

Ammias, of Philadelphia, said to have been a prophet of the
New Testament, ii. 414

Ammonianus, a learned grammarian, viii. 144 Ammonius, a christian writer, author of a Harmony of the four gospels, and other works; his history and testimony to the books of the New Testament, ii. 438–442. different from Ammonius Saccas, 439. whether his and Tatian's Harmonies are still extant, 442-447. extracts out of a Harmony ascribed to Tatian, 447–454. and out of a Harmony ascribed to Ammonius, 454-456.

Ammonius Saccas, a celebrated heathen philosopher at Alexandria, his history and character, ii. 439-40. different from Ammonius, author of divers christian writings, vii. 446--450 Ammonius, a learned heathen, and grammarian at Alexandria, and afterwards at Constantinople, in the fourth century, master of Socrates, v. 171. viii. 230, 234.

Amphilochius, Bp. of Iconium, his time and works, iv. 290-1. a catalogue of books ascribed to him, 291. his zeal against Arians, and other heretics, unjustifiable, 293-4

Ananus the younger, high-priest, a Sadducee, i. 84, 130. puts St. James and others to death by his council, 83

Anatolius, Bp. of Laodicea in Syria, his history and works, iii. 140-143. his testimony to the scriptures, 143-4

Anatolius, master of Jamblichus, iii. 143

Anatolius, præfect of Illyricum in the time of Constantius, a zealous Gentile, and an author, and much commended by Eunapius and Libanius, viii. 69-72

Andragathias, a philosopher; Theodore of Mopsuestia and Chrysostom studied under him, iv. 393

Andrew, Bp. of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, his time and commentary upon the Revelation, v. 77-79. Anencletus, an early bishop of Rome, ii. 32

Angelics, ii. 602

Angels, an opinion of many of the ancient christians concerning the occasion of their fall, iii. 133, 190, 520

Anicetus, Bp. of Rome, ii. 95

Annas and Caiaphas, high-priests, i. 401

Anonymous author of the second epistle ascribed to Clement of Rome, written probably in the third century, ii. 55, 57

Anonymous author of Quæstiones et Responsiones ad Orthodoxos, ascribed to Justin Martyr, ii. 128

Anonymous author of the epistle to Diognetus, ii. 140

Anonymous author against Artemon, ii. 402

Anonymous author of the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas, ii.

584-5. his testimony to the scriptures, 586

Anonymous author concerning Discipline, iii. 59

Anonymous author concerning Shows, iii. 57

Anonymous author in praise of Martyrdom, iii. 60

Anonymous author against the Novatian heretic, iii. 62

Anonymous author of Rebaptizing, or of the Baptism of Heretics,

iii. 66