Barbarians, the, hate luxury, i. 290; the Greek philosophy in great part derived from, 395, etc.; inventors of the arts, 401.
Barnabas quoted, ii. 19, 22, 41, 50, 66, 258, 340.
Basilides, and Valentinus, and their followers, their views of faith, ii. 6, 7, 17; the vagaries of, as to fear being the cause of all things, 22, 25; his opinions respecting continence and marriage refuted, 84–86; his idea of martyrdom refuted, 175–179; and Valentinus, and Marcion, 486, 487.
Βατάλοι, i. 289.
Baths, shameful behaviour in, i. 296, 297; why we should use, 308, 309.
Barley loaves, the five, and the two fishes, the mystical significance of, ii. 358.
Baubo and Demeter, i. 31.
Beard, the, the ornament of the man, i. 286; not to be plucked, 289; as to shaving, 317.
Beatitudes, the, some points in, ii. 150.
Beauty, the true, i. 268, 271, 273–275, 319, 320.
Beds, luxuries to be avoided, i. 240–243.
Bedu, ii. 248, 249.
Believer, the, the most punished of all men, ii. 367.
Belly-demon, the, i. 197.
Beneficence, i. 302; ii. 57.
Benefits, the many, conferred by the advent of Christ, i. 100.
Benevolence, ii. 18.
Berosus' Chaldaics quoted, i. 67.
Bewailing one's fate, i. 168.
Bezaleel, i. 364.
Bion, i. 60.
Birds, the voices of, i. 244.
Birds of prey, and ravenous, forbidden the Jews as food, i. 326; ii. 252.
Blackbird, the, i. 245.
Blame and praise, i. 177.
Blood of Christ, the, i. 140, 200.
Blood, the, of the Word, ii. 141, 142, 143, 145.
Bocchoris, the just decision of, ii. 192.
Body, the proper care of the, i. 186; against embellishing the, 276–283.
Book, who first published a, i. 403.
Boys and girls to be denied wine, i. 201.
Bread from heaven, the, i. 144.
Breastplate, the, of the high priest, its symbolical importance, ii, 242, 243.
Brimo, i. 28.
Britain, a curious cave in the island of, ii. 322.
Bryaxis, i. 54.
Buddha, i. 399.
Burning bush, the, i. 238.
Butter, its spiritual significance, i. 148.
Buying and selling, i. 328.
Cabiri, the orgies and mysteries of the, i. 30.
Cadmus, i. 401, 402, 424.
Callimachus quoted, i. 37, 43; ii. 262, 280, 281, 284, 285.
Calling, the sin of neglecting God's, i. 80, etc.
Calves, believers figuratively called, i. 123.
Camels, the, of the Arabs, i. 290.
Cambyses, i. 57.
Captivity, the, of Israel, i. 433, 434.
Carpocrates and Epiphanes, their opinion respecting a community of women refuted, ii. 86–89.
Castor and Pollux, i. 38.
Cause and causation, i. 406–408, 418, 419.
Causes, different kinds of, ii. 508–514.
Censure, i. 157.
Cernos, the, i. 29, note.
Chains of gold, fetters, i. 269.
"Chair of pestilence, the," ii. 41.
Charioteers, the two, in which Heaven delights, i. 282.
Charity, the kiss of, i. 329.
Charon, the centaur, i. 400.
Chastisement, i. 465.
Cherubim, the golden, ii. 242.
Chickens, believers so called, i. 124.
Chiding, i. 177.
Chief good, the, various opinions of the philosophers respecting, ii. 71–74; Plato's opinion of, 74–78.
Child, the, and the man, i. 136.
Child, the little, who, i. 125.
Child born, Christ the, i. 130.
Children of God, who are, i. 122, etc.; the name does not imply instruction in elementary principles, 131, etc.; mode of disciplining, 164.
"Chrestoi," ii. 11.
Christ the Saviour, a hymn to, i. 343.
