Birth, the old and the new, 405.
Blood and breath, as illustrating the divine design, 378.
Body, the human, 17; as illustrating divine providence, 377; the symmetry of, 377, 378.
Breath, the, 378.
Brachmans, the, 413.
Caiaphas, challenge sent the apostles by, 172, 179; answer to the challenge of, 182, 183; charges Peter with presumption, 183.
Cain, and Abel, 9; the family of, and their inventions, 95.
Calisto, 443.
Cannibalism inculcated by the philosophers, 111.
Chaldæans, their testimony to the antiquity of Moses, 40.
Chastity, inculcated by the Scriptures, 118, 333; the importance of, 334; its reward, 358.
Chastisement, the, of the righteous and the wicked, 389, 390.
Christ, why the true Prophet is so called, 173; two comings of, 175, 187; rejected by the Jews, 175; the only Saviour, 176; the saints before the coming of, 177; consistency of His teaching, 211; acknowledged the God of the Jews, 223; and Moses, 285; temptation of, 301; the true Prophet, 308, 458, 459.
Christian, meaning of the name, 61.
Christian life, the, 272.
Christian morality, 335.
Christian, the weakest, more powerful than the strongest demon, 300.
Christianity, the antiquity of, 120, 131.
Christians, the, worship God alone, 8, 9; their doctrine of creation, 9; the doctrine of, and of the Greeks, respecting God, compared, 27; hated unjustly, 32; the doctrines of, fitted for all, 36; the women of, vindicated, 37; falsely accused, 110; their doctrines of God and His law, 114, 115; the innocence of, defended, 119; the antiquity of the doctrines of, 120; flight of, to Jericho, from Jewish persecution, 189.
Chronology, from Adam to Saul, 126–128; from Saul to the Captivity, 128; Roman, to the death of Aurelius, 130; leading epochs of 131.
Cleansing, inward and outward, 334.
Clement, his early history, 143; his doubts and distress, 143; his dissatisfaction with the schools, and increasing disquiet, 144, 145; his desire to ascertain the truth of the doctrine of the immortality of the soul, 145; hears of Christ, 146; meets with Barnabas at Rome, 146–149; intercourse with Barnabas, 149, 150; arrives at Cæsarea and is introduced to Peter, 150; cordial reception of, by Peter, 151; his account of himself to Peter, 152; instructions given to, by Peter, 152–154; requests to be Peter's attendant, 154; profits by Peter's instruction, and Peter's satisfaction with, 154, 155; repetition of Peter's instructions to, 158; remarks on the power of habit, 193; contents of his despatches to James, 281; not as yet baptized, he is not admitted to unite with the disciples in prayer, 303; his joy at remaining with Peter, 339; his affection for Peter, 340; his family history,—disappearance of his mother, brothers, and father, 342, 343; his mother found at Aradus as a beggar woman, 344–349; recapitulation of her story by Peter, 351, 352; recognition of his brothers, 352–354; his mother requests to be baptized, 355; his mother receives baptism, 358; discussion with the old workman about genesis, 402–420; recognition of his father in the old workman, 420–423; his father recognised by his mother, 424; a suggestion made by, to Peter, 428; discussion with his father respecting good and evil, 430, etc.; Niceta's admonition to, 436; his discourse on the heathen cosmogony and mythology, 437–445 ; happy ending of his family history, baptism of his father, 471.
Climacteric periods, 408, 409.
"Climates" in astrology, 416, 417; the doctrine of, untenable, 417.
Comings of Christ, the two, 175, 187.