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LETTERS OF ST. AUGUSTIN.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Academic philosophy, 401-407, 444.
Acclamations in ecclesiastical meet-
ings, 569.

Ambrose, conversation of Monica
with, 270, 300.
Anaxagoras refuted, 446.
Anaximenes refuted, 446.
Anecdote of Vendicianus, 482.
Anecdote of Gennadius, 514.
Anecdote, humorous, 533-
Anecdote of Dioscorus, 576.
Anger, remarks on, 271.
Apuleius of Madaura, 487.
Astrology, absurdities of, 588, 589.

Baptism not to be repeated, 243.
Baptism of infants, 409, 410, 526-
530, 532.

Bishop, the office of its nature,
277; motives to resign or accept
it, 325, 326.
Bodily infirmities, reference to Au-
gustin's, 271, 452, 509, 593.
Catholic Church, the, 388-390.
Catholic faith, restoration of Lepo-

rius to, 572.

Christ commended to Licentius, 248;
to Dioscorus, 445; to Volusianus,
478.
Christ, name of, known throughout
the world, 586.
Christ preaching to the spirits in
prison, 515-521.
Christian churches, social influence

of, 377, 484; resorted to in time
of trouble and distress, 579.
Christian Dispensation, epoch of,
416-418.
Christian Dispensation, peculiarities
of, 418-420.
Christian meekness, 483-486.
Christian excellence, a fine example

of, 507.

Christianity, evidences of, 478-480.
Christianity favourable to national

prosperity, 485-487.
Conciliation, endeavours after, with

Donatists, 242, 244, 262, etc.;
with Jerome, 329, 331; with un-
known bishop, 498.
Conscience, cases of, resolved, 290,

294.

Consolation to a bereaved sister, 591- | Feasts in honour of martyrs, censured,

593.

Conversion of Dioscorus, marvel-

lous, 576.

Councils, authority of, 282.
Cross, symbolical significance of the,
311.

Cutzupits or mountain men, 298.

Danger, bishops should not desert
their sees in time of, 577-581.
Death-bed, a triumphant, 509-512.
Debate between Fortunius and Au-
gustin, 285-290.
Deliverance of Christian captive,
remarkable, 436.
Democritus refuted, 448-450.
Disinterestedness of Augustin, 362.
Dispensations, unity of Old and New

Testament, 481-483.
Donatists, controversy with, 276-285.
Dove, the form of a, symbol of the
Holy Ghost, 541, 542.
Dreams, marvellous, 510, 512, 513,
514.

Dreams, phenomena inexplicable,
513, 514.

Dress of women, 588.

Easter, observance of, 308-312.
Ecclesiastical cases, Timotheus,

319, 320; Quintianus, 321, 332;
Abundantius, 322; Boniface and
Spes, 345-348; Pinianus, 459;
Antonius of Fussala, 560-562.
Election of Augustin's successor,

record of proceedings at, 568-
570.

Epicureans refuted, 443.

239-241; abolished at Hippo,
253-256.

Forbearance, duty of mutual, 562-
563.

Ghostly apparitions, 511, 512.
God not seen with the bodily eyes,
498, 499.
Grace, human dependence on, 496,
497, 549-551, 571.
Greek, Augustin's imperfect knowl-
edge of, 251, 275.

Heavenly-mindedness, 451, 459-462.
Hebrew, Augustin's ignorance of,
303, 327.

Humility of Augustin, 236, 237, 241,
250, 270, 491, 494.
Humility commended, 454.
Hymn of Priscillianists, 457.

Incarnation, nature of, 474-477, 541,
542.
Infantile protest against idolatry,
marvellous, 408.

Infants, sufferings of, difficult to ac-
count for, 526, 528–531.
Irony, 234, 235, 267, 295, 298, 377,
378, 588.

Jonah's gourd, discussion as to, 327,
342, 361.

Jonah's history defended and alle-
gorized, 422, 423.
Jupiter, Apollonius more respectable
than, 489.

Latin clerks scarce in Palestine, 544.

Epicureans extinct in fifth century, Lent, observance of, 312.

Letter to Jerome, tedious journey of,
328.

Loaf exchanged between Christian
friends, 246, 260.
Love of God, 309, 553.
Love, brotherly, 556.

Manuscripts stolen from Jerome, 544.
Martyrs of Suffectum, 295.
Maundy Thursday, how observed,
302, 303.
Mercy to man recompensed with
mercy from God, 538.

Monks, counsels to, 294, 318, 362.
Moon, the, a symbol of the Church,
305, 306.

Murder, judicial, of Marcellinus,
505-508.

Music, symbolical value of, 413, 527.

Numbers, significance of, 308-309,
312-314.

Nun, on Demetrias becoming a, 504.
Nuns rebuked for unseemly strife,
563, 564.
Nunneries, rule of Augustinian, 564-
568.

Oath, binding nature of an, 453-455,
458, 459.

Occupations of Augustin, multifari-
ous, 223, 414, 489, 539, 543, 570.
Ordination of Augustin, reference to,
238, 570.

Pagan objections to Christianity, 233,

234, 422, 423, 472, 473.
Paganism, arguments against, 234,

235, 295, 377, 378, 406, 585-587.
Paper scarce, 232.

Patience of Augustin, 271.
Patience recommended, 450, 451, 469.
Pelagianism, warnings against, 549-

Praise should not be vehemently de-

sired, 583.

Prayer, subjects of, 462-464, 466.
Prayer, continuance in, 464, 465.
Prayer, use of, 465.

Scriptures superior to all other writ-
ings, 413, 470, 480.
Scriptures, authority of, 490.
Septuagint version, Augustin's undue
reverence for, 341.

Preaching, example of Augustin's
power in, 253-255.
Preaching of presbyters, 275-.
Presents received by Augustin, 504, Soul, nature of the, 523-525.
Souls, origin of, 491–494.

Sin, essential nature of, 537-538.
Sin, true hatred of, 496, 497.
Soldier, advices to a, 553, 554, 581, 582.

572, 591.

Pride censured, 240, 241.

Punic language, preaching in, 364.

Reading of Scripture in churches,
327.

Rebuke of worldliness in a priest,
364, 365.

Relics of St. Stephen, 568.
Remorse, pangs of, 508.
Resurrection of Christ and of Laza-
rus compared, 414–417.
Riot at Calama, 378.
Riotous election of Pinianus at Hip-
po, 455, 456.

Rites and ceremonies of the Church,
300-315.

Rome, sieges of, referred to, 410.
Rome, Bishop of, appealed to, 560-
562.

Sabbath, law of the, typical, 310.
Saints, miracles wrought at tombs
of, 346.

Sanctuary, churches used as a, by
offenders, 436, 437, 589.
Scandals in the Church no reason for
forsaking it, 283, 284, 345, 558-
560.

Piety of Augustin, 222, 228, 294, Scriptures, Augustin's study of the,
307.

238, 313.

Souls, condition of disembodied, 512-
514.

Spirits in prison, who were the, 519-
521.

Stoics, doctrines of, refuted, 443, 444,

534-537.

Stoics extinct in fifth century, 442,
445, 446.

Sympathy, Christian, 410, 411.