Æschylus, quoted respecting judgments on the wicked, 105.
Alexander the Great, as tutored by Aristotle, 6, 7.
Allegories, the, of Orpheus and Hesiod, relating to the heathen cosmogony, 445; relating to Jupiter, 447; relating to Venus, 448; an afterthought of the heathen, 449; of mythology 451, etc.
Amazons, strange stories of the, 415.
Amusements, public, of the Greeks, 28, 29, 30.
Andromeda, 443.
Angels, guardian, 220.
Angels, evil, seducers, 296; bear sway over nations, 391.
Angels unawares, 424.
Animals and plants, illustrative of the providence of God, 374.
Animals, placed in the heavens by the heathen, 13, 14.
Animals, worship of, by the Egyptians, 60, 315.
Antioch, excitement at, caused by Simon Magus, 461.
Antiquity, the, of the doctrines of the Christians, 120.
Anubion, and Appion, 459; explains the design of Simon Magus' transformation of Faustinianus, 462, 463; persuades Matthidia to go to Antioch with Faustinianus, 465.
Aphrodite, 439.
Apostles, the, their public discussions with the Jews, 179–188; tumult raised against, by Saul, 188; authority of, 214.
Apostles, false, 301.
Aquila, sets forth the impiety of Simon Magus, 195–302; question of, as to responsibility, 204; and Niceta,—story of their shipwreck, 351, 352; discovers his mother, 352; story of their shipwreck, and introduction to Simon Magus, told by Niceta, 354, 355; and Niceta, plead with Peter for the immediate baptism of their mother, 356; discussion with the old workman about genesis, 383–399; his father, long lost to him, found in the old workman, 420–423; remarks on the cosmogonical and mythological allegories of the heathen, 449, etc.
Aradus, Peter's excursion to, and occurrences there, 444, 451.
Aratus, quoted, 72.
Archilochus, quoted, 105.
Argive kings, a catalogue of, 42.
Aristippus, 6.
Ariston, 6.
Aristophanes, quoted, 71.
Aristotle, tutor of Alexander the Great, 6.
Arts, the Greeks claim the invention of, 5; origin of, 95; necessary for the exercise of virtue, 404.
Astrological lore, 411, 412; refutation of, 412, etc.
Astrology, the existence of evil in the world according to, 431, 432; test of, 433; baffled by free-will, 434.
Athene, 447.
Atoms, the doctrine of, 369; the concourse of, could not make a world, 370; more difficulties of the theory of, 371.
Ausis, 169.
Authority, apostolic, 214.
Authors, profane, have no ineans of knowing the truth, 108, 109; their mutual contradictions, 109, 110.
Babel, the building of, 96; the tower of, raised to Zoroaster, 297.
Banquet of the gods, the, 451, 452.
Baptism, instituted, 169; removes the unclean spirit from men, 239; invitation to, 276; multitudes receive, 279; the wedding garment, 302; the necessity of, 331, 332; use of, 332; must be preceded by fasting, 355, 357; extinguishes the fire of sin, 408. [See Water.]
Barnabas, arrives in Rome, 146; interposition of Clement on his behalf, 148; Clement's intercourse with, 149; his departure from Pome, 150; addresses the Jews at Jerusalem, 182.
Bartholomew, 181.
Beasts and birds, created the sixth day, typical character of, 83.
Beggar woman, the, of Aradus, 344; turns out to be the mother of Clement, 345–349.