Chapter 122

I.—Index of Subjects

Acts of Paul, The, quoted, 20.
Ages, the, 85.
Angels, the doctrine of the church respecting, 7;
how referred to by Paul, 45;
inquiries respecting, 47;
a particular office assigned to each, 65;
diversities among, the results of merit, 66;
capable of good or evil, 67, 69;
the substance of, 122, 123.
Annihilation of material substances not possible, 58.
Animal man, the, 120, 121.
Ἀντίχθονες, 86.
Apopompæus, 223.
Apostles, the, the subjects of their preaching, 3, etc.
Artaxerxes and Mordecai, 231.
Ascension of Moses, The, quoted, 222.
Ἀσώματον, 5.
Barnabas, The Epistle of, quoted, 231.
Blessedness, the future, of the saints, not carnal, 145, 146;
but spiritual, 147-153.
Body, the, can rational creatures live without, 80, 82;
to be made incorruptible and immortal, resurrection of the, 137;
varieties in the resurrection body, 138;
a word to weak believers about the resurrection body, 139, etc.
Bodily nature, its perpetuity, 77-79.
Breath of the power of God, the, 26-28.
Brightness of the Father’s glory, Christ the, 24.
Christ, the words of, 1;
apostolical doctrine respecting, 3;
the only-begotten Son of God, 18;
the wisdom of God, 18, 19, 20;
the eternal generation of, 19, 22;
generated by the divine will, 23;
the image of the invisible God, 23, 24;
the brightness of the glory of God, 24, 25;
the figure of God’s person or subsistence, 25;
the breath of the power of God, 26;
the efflux of God’s glory, 28;
the splendour of eternal light, 30;
the stainless mirror of God’s ἐνέργεια, 31;
the image of God’s goodness, 31, 32;
the incarnation of, 105-112;
the wonder of the incarnation of, 106, 107;
His union with God, 108;
His union with God the reward of His love, 109;
possessed a human and rational soul, 110, 111;
anointed with the oil of joy, 111, 112;
and Moses as lawgivers, 275, etc.;
predicted, 279, etc., 285, etc.;
all the majesty of His divinity not confined within the limits of His body, 345-347.
Christianity, the power of, 277, etc.
Clement of Rome, quoted, 86, 87.
Clothing, the, of the soul and of the body, 81.
Conflict, the, with the powers of evil, 232, etc.
Consummation, the, 53-59.
Corporeal and incorporeal beings, 59-65.
Corporeity, will it ever be destroyed? 82, etc.
Corruptible, the, putting on incorruption, 80, 81.
Creation, the, of the world in time, 253, etc.;
objection to the creation of the world in time answered, 255;
the peculiar term used in Scripture to express, 256-258.
Creatures, the, subjected to vanity, 63-65, 257, 258.
Creatures made by God in the beginning, 126;
changeable and mutable, 128;
varieties of, 129, 130.
Darkness, outer, 144.
Darkness, the rulers and powers of, have obtained their degrees of evil through their own conduct, 69.
Death, the last enemy, destroyed, 268, 269.
Defection, the, of men, 43.
Desire of knowledge to be satisfied in a future state, 146-151.
Deuteronomy, 338, 339.
Devil, the, and his angels, the doctrine of the church respecting, 5;
the titles of, 45;
not incapable of goodness, 68;
the agency of, as set forth in the Old Testament, 222;
as revealed in the New Testament, 224;
not the prompter to all sins—man would go astray if there were no devil, 227-229;
how he and his allied powers tempt, 229;
the contest against, 232, etc.
Doctrine of Peter, The, the apocryphal work so named, quoted, 6.
Ebionite, meaning of the name, 329.
Efflux of the glory of God, Christ the, 28.
End, the, 53;
when it will come, 54;
and the beginning, 55;
what shall be after, 58;
admonitory remarks respecting, 262-273.
Enemy, the last, destroyed, 268, 269.
Enoch, The Book of, quoted, 352.
Eternal generation, the, of Christ, 19, 23.
Evil or good, every rational nature except God’s capable of either, 68.
Evil beings made such by themselves, in their respective degrees, 69.
Fallen spirits, 57;
the restoration of, 57, 58.
Falling away described, 43, etc.
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a summary of doctrine concerning, 342, etc.
Figure of the Father’s person, Christ the, 25.
Fire, eternal, the threatening of, 40-43.
Fire, God a consuming, 9.
Flesh and spirit, 245-248.
Food, spiritual, 147.
Foundation of the world, the, 256.
Free-will, 4, 132, 133;
asserted fully, 157, etc.;
able to resist external causes, 161;
proved from Scripture, 165, etc.;
passages of Scripture apparently opposed to, explained, 168-221.
Generation, eternal, the, of Christ, 19, 22;
effected by the divine will, 23.
God, apostolic doctrine respecting, 3;
a Spirit, 8-11;
light, ibid.;
fire, 9;
incomprehensible, 11;
revealed in His works, 12, 13;
simple and uncompounded in His nature, 12, 15;
His nature surpasses natural bodies,—this proved from Scripture, 15, 16;
invisible—how said to be seen, 16, 17;
omnipotent, 28, 30;
nature of His power, 31;
created all things, 34;
the, of the law and the prophets the same as the Father of Jesus Christ, 91-97;
not a body, 91;
anthropopathic expressions respecting, in the Old Testament explained, 96, 97;
the justice and goodness of, 97-105;
the soul of, 125, 126;
nothing happens without, 235;
what was He doing before He created the world? 256;
the image of, 23, 24, 262, 263;
in the end, all in all, 264, 265.
Goodness, divine, 32;
and justice, 97, etc.;
consistent with the infliction of punishment, 98, etc.
Gospels, the, not all pure history, 315, 317, 320.
Hardening, the, of Pharaoh’s heart, 171, etc., 176-191.
Heaven, 88, 89, 90.
Heavenly bodies, the, animated and endowed with souls, 59-65.
Heavens, the, 152.
Hebrew master, the, of Origen, cited, 35.
Hermas, The Pastor of, quoted, 34, 35, 230, 301.
Holy Spirit, the, the apostolic doctrine of, 3;
what, 10;
the existence of, 33;
what He has taught in Scripture, 34;
not created, 35;
one of the two seraphim of Isaiah, 34;
reveals God, 36;
the nature of His working as distinguished from that of the Father and the Son, 37-40, 41, 43;
taken from the unworthy, 39;
dwells in the renewed, 39, 40;
bestowed on the saints, 40;
one, 114;
every rational creature receives a share of, 114, 115;
the advent of, after the ascension of Christ, 115;
gifts of, 116;
the Paraclete, 116, 117.
Image, the, of God, man made in, 262-264.
Image of God’s goodness, Christ the, 32.
Image of the invisible God, Christ the, 23, 24.
Immortality, the, of rational natures, 353.
Incarnation, the, of Christ, 105;
the wonder of, 106, 107;
the intermediacy of Christ’s soul between the flesh and God in, 108, 109;
the assumption of that soul in the, the reward of its virtues, 109;
difficulty of Christ possessing a human soul removed, 110;
the subject illustrated, 111, 112.
Incorporeal, meaning of the term, 5, 6.
Inspiration, the, of the Scriptures, 274, 285.
Interpretation of the promises, the, not literal, but spiritual, 143-148.
Interpretation of the Scriptures, the true method, 291-323.
Israel, the carnal and spiritual, 327.
Jacob, and Esau, 133, 134;
wrestles with an angel, 234.
Jesus, His conversation with the Samaritan woman, 11.
Justice and goodness, their harmony and consistency, 97-105.
Καταβολή, 256, 258.
Knowledge, the increase of, in the future state, 148-151.
Κόσμος, 86.
Law, the, of Moses, the irrationality and impossibility of some of its precepts taken literally, 317-320.
Light, God is, 8, 31.
Literal interpretation, the, of the promises condemned, 143-145;
of some of the laws of Moses impossible, 317, etc.
Lucifer, his fall from heaven, 51-53.
New heavens and new earth, 56, 58.
Only-begotten Son of God, Christ the, 18;
His self-abasement, 259.
Opposing powers, or powers of darkness, the, 222, etc.;
our conflict with, 232, etc.
Parables, why Jesus spake in, 195-202.
Paraclete, the, 114, 116.
Paradise, the, prepared for departed saints, 151.
Passions, the, which affect the soul, 141.
Pastor, or Angel of Repentance, of Hermas, quoted, 34, 35.
Paul, his desire to depart, 149, 150.
Pharaoh, the hardening of the heart of, 171-191.
Planets, the, 87.
Potter, the, his power over the clay, 211, etc.
Predictions respecting India, Egypt, and Babylon, etc., 331, 332.
Pre-existence, the, of rational creatures, 256-258.
Principalities and powers of darkness, 68-70.
Promises, the, of future good, not to be interpreted literally and carnally, 145-153.
Ψυχή, 123.
Punishment, future, 140, etc.
Qualities always belong to substances, not substance, 350, 351.
Rational natures, various, 44, 45;
capable of sin, 45;
evil, 45, 46;
whether any were created so as to be incapable of sin, or incapable of virtue, 46, 47;
the glory of some and the wickedness of others, not original and essential to their being, but the result of desert, 48, 69;
this proved from Scripture, 48-53;
never sink into the condition of irrational animals, 70;
can they lead an existence out of the body, 82;
the immortality of, 353, etc.
Restoration, the, of fallen beings, 56, 57.
Resurrection, the, of the body, 136;
weak believers instructed on the subject, 139.
Samaritan woman, the, Jesus converses with, 11.
Scriptures, the, the teaching of the church respecting, 5;
the inspiration of, 274, etc., 285, etc;
the superhuman element in, does not present itself to the uninstructed, 287-290;
how to be regarded and understood, 291, 294, 299;
a three-fold sense in, 300;
the soul of, 303-308;
the mysteries contained in, 308, etc.;
stumbling-blocks in, 212;
all not pure history, but some to be mystically understood, 313-322;
in regard to many things the historical and literal sense the true one, 323;
passages true in their historical meaning more numerous than those which are to be spiritually understood, 324;
the need of careful search to distinguish what is literal and what is not, 325;
our duty to grasp the whole meaning of, 326.
Seeing God, how to be understood, 16, 17.
Sense, and the senses, 15.
Seraphim, the, 340, 341.
Seraphim, the two, of Isaiah, 35.
Shepherd of Hermas, The, quoted, 34, 35, 230, 301.
Sin, incentives to, 226.
Son, the only-begotten, of God, Christ the, 18;
self-abasement of, 257;
subjection of, to the Father, 260-262;
the generation of, 342, 343;
the advent and incarnation of, 345-347.
Soul, the, apostolic teaching respecting, 4;
various sorts of, 118, 119;
of angels, 119;
of God, 119, 120;
a lost, 121, 122;
and spirit of Christ, 125;
why acted on sometimes by evil and sometimes by good spirits, 242, etc.;
has man two souls, 244, etc.;
three theories discussed, 247-252.
Soul, meaning of the word, 123, 124.
Spirit, what, 9.
Spirits, wicked, their mode of operation, 241;
good, their agency, 242.
Spiritual body, the, what, 266, 267.
Splendour of the eternal light, Christ the, 30.
Stony heart, the, how taken away, 191, etc.
Stumbling-blocks designedly placed in the Scriptures, 312.
Subjection, the, of the Son to the Father, 260, etc.
Substance, 350.
Sun, the, and other planets endowed with life and souls, 59-65.
Temptations proportioned to the strength of the tempted, 227-229;
human, treated of at large, 244, etc.
Things in heaven, earth, and the under world, 57.
Thoughts, how suggested, 229, 230.
Threefold sense of Scripture, the, 300, etc.
Thrones, dominions, etc., 56.
Trinity, the, the unity and operations of the persons of, 37-41;
the sum of the doctrine concerning, 342, etc.
Typical interpretations, 306.
Tyre, the prince of, 49-51.
Vanity, the creature made subject to, 63-65, 257, 258.
Variety of creatures in the world, 128;
accordance of this variety with righteousness and reason, 131, etc.;
this variety brought to pass by the free-will of individuals, 132-136.
Veil on the heart, the, what, 9.
Vessels to honour and to dishonour, 213.
Will, the, free, 4, 132, 133;
asserted fully, 157, etc.;
able to resist external causes, 161;
its freedom proved from Scripture, 165, etc.
Wisdom, threefold, 237;
of the world, 238;
of the princes of the world, 239.
Wisdom of God, Christ the, 19, 20, 26, 28.
Words not to be specially considered by searchers after truth, but the meaning of, 339, 341.
Words of Christ, the, 1.
Working, the, of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit respectively, 37-43.
World, the, church doctrine respecting, 5;
the great variety in, 72;
cause of the variety in, 72, 73;
unity of, in diversity, 73, 74;
the oneness of, proved from Scripture, 75;
the matter of, its transformations and qualities, 75;
the matter of, not uncreated, 76, 77;
the beginning of, was there one before, and shall there be one after, 79;
this, the conclusion of many ages, 85;
different meanings of the word in Scripture, 86;
the end of, three opinions concerning, 89, 90;
comprehensiveness of, and variety of creatures in, 128-130;
the accordance of this variety in, with righteousness and reason, 131, etc.;
the cause of the variety in, 134-136;
had its beginning in time, 253;
shall come to an end, 255, etc.;
another shall exist after this, 255;
end of, 262.
Worlds, the, not similar, but dissimilar, 84.