racter, 462-465. select passages from him, 465-474. his testimony to the scriptures, 474-479. a fine saying of his, iv. 83 Arnobius, author of a commentary upon the Psalms, iii. 462, 479, 480 Arnold (Godfrey) his history of all Heresies, iii. 334 Arrian, who published the Enchiridion, and discourses of Epictetus, his time and character, vii. 85—87 Artemon, or Artemas, and his followers; an anonymous author against them, ii. 403. they received the scriptures, 404-408. viii. 570. charges against them as corrupters of the scriptures, weakened and confuted, ii. 405-408. their sentiment the same as that of Paul of Samosata, 403, 675. Artemas, mentioned by Methodius, iii. 194. the time when he lived, viii. 572. believed Christ was a mere man, born of a virgin, 570 Ascension of Moses, an apocryphal book, how mentioned by Origen, ii. 512, 543 Ascension of Isaiah, an apocryphal book, how mentioned by Jerom, iv. 463. See Isaiah. Asclepiades, Bp. of Antioch after Serapion, ii. 417 Asclepiodotus, or Asclepiades, reckoned among the followers of Asiarchs, or chief men of Asia, who they were, i. 173 Assessment, the nature of a Roman assessment, i. 273-275. sometimes made in the territories of dependent princes, 286290. there was an assessment made in Judea, at the time of our Saviour's birth, 270-272, 289–300. objections against that supposition considered, 300-308 Asterius Urbanus, author of a work against the Montanists, his history, ii. 410-11. his charity and moderation, 413. his testimony to the books of the New Testament, 412-414 Asterius, an Arian author, his history and works, iii. 587-589. Marcellus of Ancyra wrote against him, iv. 146-7 Asturius, a Roman senator, and a christian, who buried in an honourable manner the body of Marinus, a martyr, in the time of Gallienus, vii. 371 Athanasian Creed considered, ix. 578-580 Athanasius, Bp. of Alexandria, his time, iv. 152. select passages from him, 152,-3. his bitterness against the Arians, ibid. condemns persecution, viii. 284. his testimony to the scriptures, iv. 154. received all the books of the New Testament which are commonly received now, and no other, 154— 160. a bible sent by him to the emperor Constans, 159. the Synopsis of sacred scripture ascribed to him, not his, 161, 166. extracts out of it, for showing the writer's testimony to the scriptures, 162–166. the truth of Athanasius's account of Meletius and his followers, disputed, iii. 240-242. his catalogue of the books of the Old Testament, iv. 430. Julian's great enmity to him, vii. 642–644. quoted, x. 103, note ", 142 Athenagoras, an apologist for the christian religion in the time of M. Antoninus, his history, works, and testimony to the scriptures, ii. 193–200 Athenians, their character, i. 202 Athenodorus, brother of Gregory, Bishop of Neocæsarea, ii. 620, 628 Attalus, native of Pergamus, one of the martyrs at Lyons, ii. 163. vii. 159, 163–166. whether he was favoured with the gifts of the Spirit, 169 Audians, followers of Audius, of Mesopotamia, their history and sentiments, iv. 176-7 Auditors, among the Manichees, an account of them, iii. 290— 294. needed purification after death, 370. their misery, 442 Augustan Writers, six in number, an account of them, vii. 468– 470 Augustine, Bp. of Hippo Regius in Africa, his character of the Sibylline oracles, ii. 335, 344. how long he was with the Manichees, iii. 277. his zeal for Manichæism, 279, 445. by what arguments he was misled, 345, 348. his writings against them, 270. particularly against Faustus, 283. asserted freewill against them, 274, 369. commended, 444. his fine passages, showing the genuineness and authority of the scriptures of the New Testament, 420-424. his charity and moderation toward the Manichees, 444. his time, iv. 489. his character, and compared with Jerom, ib. what acquaintance he had with the Greek language, 490-1. his testimony to the scriptures, 492, &c. his judicious observations upon the conduct of St. Peter and St. Paul towards Jews and Gentiles, and towards each other, vii. 431-436. and his good sense acknowledged, 436. See also, x. 338. his excellent observations upon idols and heathen deities, vii. 458, note ". select passages from him, iv. 527–533. a passage in him amended, 526. his quotations of the work called The Philosophy of Oracles, and remarks upon them, vii. 460–466. his account of the treatment given to heathen people by christian magistrates, viii. 274-5. the occasion of writing his large work, Of the City of God, 253. quotations from him, x. 81, note . 85, 103, note". referred to, 117, 177. his account of the Heretics, Adamians, viii. 424. Cerdon, 446. Leucius, 515. the Montanists, 600 Augustus, his decree in favour of the Jews in Asia and Cyrene, i. 186. several computations of his reign, 373. the nature of this title of Augustus, 382. his jest upon Herod for killing his sons, 353 Aurelian, his treatment of Zenobia and Longinus, vii. 378. his time and character, 385. how the christians were mentioned by him in a letter to the senate of Rome, 385-6. his conduct towards Paul of Samosata, Bp. of Antioch, ii. 671. vii. 387. his persecution of the christians, 387-389 Authentic Letters, as used by Tertullian, explained, ii. 284-288 Autolicus, a learned heathen of the second century, ii. 203. to whom Theophilus, bishop of Antioch, sent his Apology for the christian religion, vii. 209 B Babylas, Bp. of Antioch, a martyr under Decius, vii. 357 Bacchylus, Bp. of Corinth, and writer in the second century, ii. 325 Bagoas, an eunuch in the court of Herod the Great, i. 293. bantered by Josephus, 295 Balduinus, (Fr.) his judicious observations upon Pliny's letter to Trajan concerning the christians, vii. 34, 53. and upon Trajan's rescript, 51, note. his remark upon the temper of Severus toward the christians, vii. 309. his observation concerning Papinian, 318 Baluze (Stephen) quoted, iv. 12, 18 Baptism, had its original from John, iv. 174. women not initiated among the Jews by baptism, x. 313-14. christian baptism, how misrepresented by Julian, vii. 635-6. by Zosimus, viii. 101-2 Barcabbas, and Barcoph, or Parcor, their prophecies were oriental books, and not forged by Basilides, viii. 390 Bar-Cepha, Moses, his time, ii. 460 Barchochebas, a Jewish impostor, who set himself up for the Messiah, in the time of Adrian, vi. 392, 513 Bardesanes, the Syrian, his age, and whether the same as the Babylonian, ii. 318-323. his history and works, 316–319. composed 150 Psalms, in imitation of David's Psalter, 319. believed the unity of God, viii. 322 Bar-Hebræus (Gregory) called Abulpharagius, his time, ii. 446 Barnabas (St.) his history, and the character of the epistle ascribed to him, ii. 17-20. mentioned by Jerom, 18. iv. 458, 464-5. to whom that epistle was written, ii. 19. when written, ib. not a part of canonical scripture though genuine, iv. 97, 105-108, 128. v. 269–275. how quoted by Clement of Alexandria, ii. 18, 247. by Origen, 18, 528. he was not an apostle, v. 270-275. reckoned by Clement of Alexandria an apostolical man, or an apostle, in the lower sense of the word, ii. 18, 248-9. not reckoned an apostle by Theodoret, v. 22. said by Tertullian to be the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews, ii. 288 Baronius, his misrepresentation of Pliny, i. 262. thought Cyrenius was twice governor of Syria, 312 Barratier (J. B.) his judgment concerning the Constitutions, iv. 201. his observations upon some works of Theodoret, v. 15 Barsabas, surnamed Justus, Acts i. 23. a miracle wrought upon him, related by Papias, ii. 118 Bar-Salibi (Dionysius) Bp. of Amida in Mesopotamia; his time, ii. 460 Bartholomew (St.) said to have preached the gospel in India, and to have left there St. Matthew's gospel, ii. 217 Baruch, not received as a canonical book by Jerom, iv. 422, 425 Basil, Bp. of Ancyra, an Arian, or Semi-Arian, his history and works, iii. 589 Basil, Bp. of Cæsarea, in Cappadocia, his time and works, iv. 278-9. scriptures received by him, 279. marks of respect for them, 283. a passage of his relating to the inscription of the epistle to the Ephesians considered, 280–283. his honourable testimony to Gregory Thaumaturgus, ii. 621. remarks upon it, 627-8 Basilides of Alexandria, next after Saturninus, his character, viii. 365. see the Contents of his chapter, viii. his time, and the account of his heresy, ii. 309-10. viii. 349–352. confuted by Agrippa Castor, ii. 309. an examination of several opinions attributed to him, viii. 353-4. his opinion concerning Christ, 356-359. his sentiments according to Beausobre, 360-1. his definition of faith, 370. he believed that the soul only would be saved, 363. he is said to have written a gospel, ii. 310, 533-4. iv. 463. viii. 389. probably this is his 24 books of commentaries, 389. falsely accused of believing the indifference of actions, and of using magic, 363-369. the scriptures received by him, 387–389. his followers are said to have used spurious books, ii. 547. the Basilidians resembled the Valentinians in many respects, viii. 368. these accounts prove that the knowledge of the scriptures was much diffused in the world, 391 Basnage (S.) his solution concerning the different names of Herodias's first husband, rejected, i. 410-11. quoted, with a remark concerning him, iii. 242. his remarks upon the prodigies preceding the destruction of Jerusalem, as related by Josephus, vi. 454. his judicious observations upon the accounts of M. Antoninus's deliverance in Germany, vii. 181 Bassianus, put to death by Constantine, iv. 40 Batricides, his peculiar opinion concerning Simon the just, i. 433 Bayle, his remarks upon Phlegon, vii. 115. his observation upon the agreement of pagan and christian persecutions, 474. upon the miracles ascribed to Apuleius, 498. a quotation from his article Cainites, viii. 319 Beausobre, (J. de) his opinion of the author of the Testaments of the twelve Patriarchs, ii. 347. quoted and commended, ii. 590, 596, 663. iii. 191. iv. 57, 140, 250, 325, 380. his vindication of the Manichees from some aspersions cast upon them, iii. 295-6, his observations upon the Manichæan notion of the design of Christ's coming, 383-4. his account of the Ebionites, and Nazarene christians, 441, note'. his history of the Manichees, and his freedom of thinking commended, 438-9, note', 449–453. his sentiment concerning the epistle to the Hebrews, iv. 139-40. his characters of Diodorus of Tarsus, Beausobre and L'Enfant, quoted, iii. 116, 126. x. 141 Bede (Venerable) his time and testimony to the scriptures, v. 144-5 Bemarchius, his history of Constantine, which was favourable to Bengelius (J. A.) quoted, v. 54, 61 Benson (Dr. G.) quoted, i. 514-15. ii. 572. iv. 159, noted, 169, Bentley (Dr. R.) quoted, iv. 526. v. 125. x. 3. his remarks upon Bernice, her descent, i. 27, 32. envied her sister Drusilla, 28. Beryllus, Bp. of Bostra, ii. 421. his history and time, 477-8 Bible, the origin of that word, v. 256 Biblias, one of the martyrs at Lyons, vii. 161 Birth, natural, how the Manichees speak of it, iii. 363, 367 Bishops, charged with pride by Jerom, iv. 482. their office easy Bishops and elders, at first all one, v. 57 Blackwall (A.) quoted, ii. 715-717 Blandina, maid-servant, and martyr at Lyons, ii. 163. her Blatius, a Valentinian, to whom Irenæus wrote a letter, ii. 166. Blood forbidden to be eaten, in Gen. ix. 4. x. 302 Boanerges, on what account our Lord gave that surname to St. Bonosus, bishop, and follower of Photinus, iv. 244 Bower (A.) remarks upon his account of the Manichees, iii. |