II.—INDEX OF PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint and Dods, Marcus
the rites of, 283.
Chæremon, cited by Porphyry in relation to the mysteries of Isis and Osiris, i. 399.
Chaldæan, a certain, quoted by Porphyry as complaining of the obstacles experienced from another man's influence with the gods to his efforts at self-purification, i. 395, 396.
Charcoal, the peculiar properties of, ii. 418.
Chariots, the, of God, ii. 389.
Charity, the efficacy of, ii. 466.
Chickens, the sacred, and the treaty of Numantia, i. 124.
Children of the flesh, and children of promise, ii. 51.
Chiliasts, the, ii. 357.
Christ, the preserving power of the name of, in the sack of Rome, i. 2, etc., 9, etc.;
the mystery of the redemption of, at no past time awanting, but declared in various forms, 299, etc.;
the incarnation of, 414;
faith in the incarnation of, alone justifies, 416;
the true Wisdom, but Porphyry fails to recognise, 422, 423;
the Platonists blush to acknowledge the incarnation of, 423, etc.;
the grace of, opens a way for the soul's deliverance, 430, etc.;
the knowledge of God attained only through, 437, etc.;
possessed true human emotions, ii. 17, etc.;
the passion of, typified by Noah's nakedness, 106;
described in the 45th Psalm, 201-204;
the priesthood and passion of, described in the 110th and 122d Psalms, 204;
the resurrection of, predicted in the Psalms, 205;
the passion of, foretold in the Book of Wisdom, 209;
the birth of, 277;
the birth and death of, 290, 291;
Porphyry's account of the responses of the oracles respecting, 334, etc.;
the world to be judged by, 406, etc.;
the one Son of God by nature, 441;
the Foundation, 460;
the world's belief in, the result of divine power, 483;
the measure of the stature of, 508;
the Perfect Man, and His Body, 511;
the body of, after His resurrection, 514;
the grace of, alone delivers us from the misery caused by the first sin, 520, 521.
Christian faith, the certainty of, ii. 328.
Christian religion, the, health-giving, i. 88;
alone, revealed the malignity of evil spirits, 300;
the length it is to last foolishly and lyingly fixed by the heathen, ii. 289-292.
Christianity, the calamities of Rome attributed to, by the heathen, i. 23, 50, 51;
the effrontery of such an imputation to, 132.