II.—INDEX OF PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint and Dods, Marcus
Scipio Nasica, Rome's "best man," opposes the destruction of Carthage, i. 42, 43;
opposes scenic representations, 144.
Scripture, the obscurity of,—its advantages, i. 458.
Scriptures, the canonical, the authority of, i. 438;
of the Old Testament, translated into Greek, ii. 270, 271.
Sea, the, gives up the dead which are in it, ii. 375;
no more, 377.
Sects of philosophy, the number of, according to Varro, ii. 293-297.
Selenite, the stone so called, ii. 422.
Semiramis, ii. 220.
Seneca, Annæus, recognises the guiding will of the Supreme, i. 189;
censures the popular worship of the gods, and the popular theology, 252-255;
what he thought of the Jews, 255, 256.
Septuagint,—is it or the Hebrew text to be followed in computing years? ii. 70, etc.;
origin of the, 270, 271;
authority of, in relation to the Hebrew original, 271-273;
difference between, and the Hebrew text, as to the days fixed by Jonah for the destruction of Nineveh, 273-275.
Servitude introduced by sin, ii. 323.
Servius Tullius, the foul murder of, i. 110.
Seth and Cain, heads of two lines of descendants, ii. 81;
relation of the former to Christ, 82.
Seven, the number, i. 475, ii. 173, 174.
Seventh day, the, i. 475.
Severus, bishop of Milevis, ii. 420.
Sex, shall it be restored in the resurrection? ii. 509, 510.
Sexual intercourse, ii. 34;
in the antediluvian age, 75, etc.
Shem, ii. 105;
the sons of, 109;
the genealogy of, 119, etc.
Sibyl, the Cumæan, i. 421;
the Erythræan, 422.
Sibylline books, the, i. 118.
Sicyon, the kingdom and kings of, ii. 219, 220, 221, 239.
Silvanus, the god, i. 249.
Silvii, ii. 239.
Simplicianus, bishop of Milan, his reminiscence of the saying of a certain Platonist, i. 426.
Sin, should not be sought to be obviated by sin, i. 36;
should not be sought to be shunned by a voluntary death, 38;
had not its origin in God, but in the will of the creature, 456;