Nicolaitans, Hippolytus wrote against them, i. 496 Nicolas, one of the seven deacons, divers opinions concern- ing him, i. 497
Nicolas of Damascus, his character, and his embassy to Augustus, i. 152, 156; was intimate with Herode 157, 162; magnified the success of his embassy, 191 Nitocris, her good character, iv. 224
Noah, (The precepts of) v. 495; observations upon them, 495 to 498
Noetus, his time, history, and opinions, i. 581 to 586; many of the same sentiment, 583 to 585; the holy scriptures received by them, 585, 586; for his time see also ii. 59 Nonnus, his paraphrase of St. John's gospel, iii. 5 Noris, (Cardinal) quoted and commended, i. 19 Novatianism, it's rise, and the concern which Dionysius of Alexandria had with it, i. 613
NOVATIANS, condemned second marriages, ii. 49; baptized such as came to them from the Catholics, 50; their respect for martyrs, ibid. ; their sufferings from the Arians, 54; numerous in several countries, 55; favoured by Fa- bius, Bp of Antioch, and Marcion, Bp of Arles, 52; how treated by Constantine, 53; by Julian, 54; by Theo- dosius, ibid; by Cyril of Alexandria, 57; by Innocent and Celestinus of Rome, ibid.; texts of scripture alleged by them as favouring their sentiment, concerning the treat- ment of great sinners, 63; their sentiments concerning the holy scriptures, 65. Eminent men among them, whose names may be found at the proper places in this Index : Ablabius, Acesius, Agelius, Chrysanthus, Eusebius, Leontius, Marcion, Mark, Paul, Rusticola, Sisinnius, Sympronian, Theopemplus. That Socrates and Sozomen were Novatians, 57
Novatus, or Novatianus, presbyter of Rome, ii. 133; reck- oned among those called Heretics, i. 527, 626; his episcopal ordination, ii. 42; Cornelius's account of it, 43, 44; remarks upon that account, 44 to 47; the first antipope, 41; sends letters and deputies to foreign churches, ibid.; the time of their arrival at Carthage, 52; he is said to have suffered martyrdom, 47; his peculiar opinion concerning the treatment of such as had lapsed, i. 613; ii. 48; the time of his taking up that opinion, ii. 50 to 52; said to be orthodox upon the Trinity, 49, 54; his works, 57; the time of writing his treatise of the Trinity, or of the rule of faith, 58; his character, 60, 61; his tes- timony to the scriptures of the New Testament, 61 to 65; that his name was Novatus, and not Novatian, 43, 68, 69, 132 to 135
Novatus, presbyter at Carthage, said to be the chief author of the schism at Rome, but without reason, ii. 51, 52, 134, 135
Numenius, a Pythagorean philosopher, was well acquainted with the books of Moses and the prophets, and has allego- rized some parts of them; but his time is uncertain, and he has not referred to any books of the New Testament, iv. 205 to 207
Nye, (Stephen) mistakes of his concerning the Manichees, ii. 177,2 222
Oath taken by the Jews to Cæsar and Herod, i. 153; was the same with St. Luke's enrolment, 153 to 156, 158, 159 Obodas, king of Arabia, differences between him and Herod, i. 151; succeeded by Aretas, ibid.
Oecumenius, his time and works, and testimony to the scrip- tures, iii. 83 to 85
Olympiodorus, author of a Roman history, his time, work, and extracts from it, and its character, iv. 396, 397 Olympius, some time prime minister to Honorius, his cha- racter from Zosimus, iv. 411
Olympius, a learned and zealous Gentile at Alexandria, iv 470 to 472
Onesimus knew St. Paul before he came to him at Rome, iii. 351
Onesiphorus, at what time he came to St. Paul at Rome, iii. 305
Ophians, or Ophites, an account of them from Irenæus, Theodoret, Epiphanius, and others, iv. 655; Origen's account of them, with observations, 656, 657; can scarce be considered as Christian beretics, 657,
Optatus, of Milevi, his time and character, and testimony to the scriptures, ii. 491, 492; was of opinion. that every man is born with an unclean spirit, i. 570, 571. Oracle, a fictitious heathen oracle in 398, foretelling the period of the Christian religion, iv. 476
Order of Heretics, iv. 511; in Irenæus, Epiphanius, Philas-- ter, and Augustine, 534, 583
Orilasius, physician to Julian, his history and works, iv.. 386, 387
ORIGEN, see the contents of his chapter, i. 519; went to Rome, 521; allowed his homilies to be taken down in writing, 524; his confessions and sufferings, ibid.; see also, iv. 192; his quotations of Phlegon, 59, 60, 61;. what Porphyry says of him, 213; the number of his works, i. 524, 525; what of them now extant, 525, 526; testi- monies to him, 526, 527; his character, 528; select passages from him, 528 to 531; his testimony to the scrip- tures, 532 to 575, and to our Saviour's unblemished cha- racter, in his works against Celsus, iii. 554; refers to a passage in Josephus concerning John the Baptist, 534, 535; how he quotes Josephus, as ascribing the destruction of Jerusalem to the sin of the Jews in putting James to death, 538; did not receive any books as sacred scriptures, beside those in the present canon, i. 549 to 562, and 574; his work against Celsus much esteemed, iv..216, 255; quoted, 527, v. 335, 392, 393 ; his Greek text amended in two places, i. 541, 572, note; commended by Anatolius, ii. 78; Victorinus of Pettaw made use of his commentaries upon the scriptures, 94; an edition of his Septuagint by Pamphilus and Eusebius, 111, 121; his commentaries transcribed by Pamphilus, 117; Methodius and others his adversaries, 102; his great eminence, 122, 123; how commended by Jerom, in the early part of his life, and how he spake of him afterwards, 536, 537; his peculiar opinions, 537 to 539; his catalogue of the books of the Old Testament recited, 545; his opinions, and his works con- demned by a Synod at Alexandria, 623, 624; some account of his Tetrapla and Hexapla, i. 447; his account of the Heretics, Apelles, iv. 645; the Basilidians, 554, 555; Elcesaites, 682; and Ophians, 656, 657; what Porphyry writes of his having been educated in the heathen principles confuted, i. 519, 520; iv. 213 Another Origen, i. 520
Origenists, an obscure sect mentioned by Epiphanius, i. 589 Original sin, v. 457, 458; not mentioned by Titus of Bostra, in his arguments with the Manichees, ii. 147; asserted by Gregory, Bp of Rome, iii. 72
Orosius, his memoir concerning the Priscillianists, ii. 511, 512; his wrong account of the origin of Trajan's perse- cution, iv. 31; his account of the treatment given to Gentile people by Christian magistrates, 437, 493
Earl of Orrery, his Translation of Pliny's epistles quoted, iv. 26, 28, 29
Orthodoxy, Christians more orthodox in later ages than in the primitive times, ii. 59, 82, 105, 278
Ossens, nearly the same as the Elcesaites, which see. Called. also Sampsæans, iv. 683, 684 Owen, (Dr. J.) quoted, v. 376, note a 472
Pagi, (Ant.) commended, i. 94; his judgment, upon the Constitutions, ii. 424; upon the Christianity of Philip, i. 190
Palestine, a description of that country, iii. 388, 389 Palladius, author of the Lausiac history, his character of Jerom, and reflections upon him, ii. 534, 535 Palladius, author of a dialogue of the life of Chrysostom, his time, and testimony to the scriptures, iii. 4, 5 Palmas, Bp in Pontus, and writer in the second century, i. 439
PAMPHILUS, presbyter at Casarea, his friendship with Euse- bius, ii. 116; his life written by Eusebius, 118; a library erected by him at Cæsarea, 116, 120; which was de- stroyed before the middle of the seventh century, 122; said to have set up a school or academy at Cæsarea, ibid.; his apology for Origen, 117, 122; his edition of the Seventy, 121; said to have composed summary contents of the book of the Acts, 123; probably received the epistle to the Hebrews, 121; his affection for the scriptures, which he encouraged men and women of every condition to read, 119, 123, 124; his martyrdom, 117, 118; his excellent character, 118, 119, 124; Remarks upon spurious Acts of his passion, 124, 125
Pan, a fabulous story concerning his death, in the time of the emperor Tiberius, iii. 606, 607
Pandects, whether there are now in them any laws against the Christians, iv. 180
Pantanus, master of the catechetical school at Alexandria, his history, and testimony to the scriptures, i. 390, 391; commended by Alexander, Bp of Jerusalem, 493 Papias Bp of Hieropolis, his history, character, work and testimony to the books of the New Testament, i. 336 to 341
Papinian, an observation upon his conduct, iv. 170, 171 Parker, (S.) his Observations upon Philostratus's Life of Apollonius Tyanæus, iv. 269, 271 to 275
Parmenian, Bp of the Donatists at Carthage, author of a writing against the Catholics, answered by Optatus,
Passovers, how many in our Saviour's ministry, iïi. 242, 243 Patriarchs, (The) how reviled by the Manichees, ii. 210 Patrick, (Bp) quoted, v. 386, 398, 424
Patripassians, the Sabellians and others so called, i. 583 to 585
PAUL (ST.) THE APOSTLE, his history before his conversion, and his general character, iii. 251, 252, 480; the place of his birth, ii. 555, 556; a Roman citizen, and how he came to be so, i. 123 to 125
The time of his conversion, iii. 251 to 254; his age at that time, 258 to 259; observations upon his conver- sion, and the circumstances of things at that time in Judea, 255 to 258; ii. 618; his conversion not the cause of the rest of the churches in Judea, i. 55; when he was made an apostle, iii. 259 to 263; received the whole doctrine of the gospel immediately from heaven, iii. 13
The HISTORY of his travels and preaching, to his coming from Damascus to Jerusalem the first time after his conversion, iii. 262 to 264; to his being brought to Antioch by Barnabas, 264 to 266; to bis coming up to Jerusalem with the contributions of the Christians at Antioch, 266 to 268; to his coming to the council at Jerusalem about the year 49, 268 to 271; to his coming to Jerusalem A. D. 58, when he was apprehended and imprisoned, 272 to 279; his vow, i. 114; his imprison- ment and prosecution in Judea, 37 to 39; the manner of his imprisonment, 126 to 128; sent to Rome a prisoner that he might not be soon expelled as a Jew, ii. 611; his HISTORY, to the end of his imprisonment at Rome, iii. 279 to 281; to the time of his death, 281 to 284; the time of his imprisonment at Rome, ii. 556; of his mar- tyrdom, ibid.; was beheaded at Rome, A. D. 64 or 65, L426, 482; iii. 283, 284; came with Peter from Corinth,
from whence they went to Rome, and suffered martyrdom about the same time, i. 352, 353; in Nero's general per- secution, ii. 622; iii. 15, 35, 40, 76
Whether he really blamed Peter for his conduct, men- tioned Gal. 2, iv. 232; V. 519 to 521; wrought miracles at Athens and at Rome, though not related by St. Luke, iii. 211; uncertain whether he ever went into Spain, iii. 232; there is no good reason to believe that he ever was in Spain or Britain, 281. St. Paul much commended by Origen, i. 535; Chrysostom, ii. 602, 613; Isidore, iii. 8; Theodoret, 12, 13; Cassian, 18; Cosmas, 52; Gregory, 70; his eloquence celebrated by Photius, though he has many elliptical expressions, 83; character of his style, by Irenæus, i. 369; by Origen, 532, 573; by Jerom, ii. 570 to 571; vindicated against the reflections of Porphyry, iv. 229 to 234; he was rejected by the Ebionites, or some of them, i. 472; iii. 483; but re- ceived by other Jewish believers, called Nazarenes, 484, 485; how treated by the author of the Recognitions, i. 470, 471, 472
His fourteen epistles, their chronology, iii. 285 to 291; all received by Origen, i. 533, 535 to 538, 574; were in the library at Cæsarea, ii. 121; received by Archelaus and Mani, 139; the Manichees, 213, 215; the Paulicians, 238, 239; generally received in the time of Eusebius, 369, 370, 381, 395; received by Athanasius, 400, 401; in the Synopsis ascribed to him, 404; by Cyril of Jerusa- lem, 410; Epiphanius, 417; the author of the Apostolical Constitutions, 438; Gregory Nazianzen, 470; Amphi- lochius, 473; Ebedjesu, 488; Theodore, Bp of Mopsu- estia, who also wrote Commentaries upon them, 527. Commentaries likewise were written upon them, by C. M, Victorinus, 453; and Diodorus of Tarsus, 517; received by Jerom, 548, 549, 556; the council of Carthage, 575; Rufinus, 573; Augustine, 578, 585; Chrysostom, 601, 602; Severian, Bp of Gabala, 620; Innocent of Rome, 628; Paulinus of Nola, 629; Theodoret, iii. 11; Cosmas, 51, 52; Euthalius, 39, who also published an edition of them, 38; are in the Alexandrine M. S. 45, 46 ; received by Isidore of Seville, 74; a Commentary on them by Sedulius, 32, and as is supposed by Primasius, 33; received by Cassiodorus, 61; Oecumenius, 84; Theophy- lact, 86
His epistle to the Romans and several other of his epistles referred to by Clement of Rome, i. 296 to 300; his first epistle to the Corinthians quoted by the same Clement, 293; and by Hermas, 414; his epistle to the Ephesians quoted by Ignatius, 316, 318 to 320; his first epistle to the Corinthians, and his epistles to the Philip- pians and the Thessalonians, quoted by Polycarp, 327, 328, 329; several of his epistles referred to by Hermas, 308, 309; by Ignatius, 318 to 321; by Polycarp, 329 to 331; see 336; by Justin M. 346 to 347; see 349; by the author of the epistle to Diognetus, 349 to 351; by the martyrs at Lyons, 361, 362; by Athenagoras, 379 to 381; by Theophilus of Antioch, 385 to 388; twelve or thirteen- of his epistles received and quoted by Irenæus, 368 to 369; see 371, 372; all received and quoted by Clement of Alexandria, except the epistle to Philemon, 400, 401; all received by Tertullian, except the epistle to the He- brews, 422 to 424, 427, 428; how many were received by Tatian, 353 to 355; the author of the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs, appears to have received the book of the Acts, and St. Paul's epistles, 463, 464; all rehearsed by Caius, except that to the Hebrews, 481; several of his epistles quoted by Firmilian, 576, 577; all quoted by Cyprian, except the epistle to Philemon, and that to the Hebrews, which he did not receive, ii. 20 to 24, 30; se- veral of his epistles quoted by Novatus, 62, 63; by Com- modian, 73; Anatolius, 78; the author of the poem against the Marcionites, 93; Victorinus, 96; Methodius, 105; whether the epistle to the Hebrews was received
by Eusebius, 372, 373, 381, 382; it was doubted of by some, particularly the church of the Romans, 37°, 473; iii. 74; whether written in Hebrew, ii. 391, 392; a com- mentary upon thirteen of the epistles by Pelagius, 630; when first divided into sections and chapters, 39, 45
The order of his epistles in point of time, ii. 606, iii. 11, 39, 46, 47, 52, 58, 61
A forged book entitled The Travels of Paul and Thecla, rejected and condemned, i. 435; an apocryphal book called Acts of Paul, quoted by Origen, but not received by him as of authority, 555
Paul's Revelation, rejected by Sozomen and the ancients, ii. 388
Paul of Concordia, a Letter of Jerom to him, ii. 443; told Jerom that Cyprian used to call Tertullian his master, i. 417
Paul of Samosata, Bp of Antioch, his history, i. 620 to 623; favoured by Zenobia, 623; his opinions, 623, 625 to 628; had a considerable number of proselytes, 627; scriptures received by him, 628; his works, ibid.; his character, ibid.; said to have judaized, 626
Paul, a Novatian Bp at Constantinople, ii. 56 Paul, a learned Persian, ii. 59
Paula, Jerom's friend, how commended by Possidonius, ii. 535 Paulianists, their baptism, i. 627, 628; their continuance, ibid.
Paulicians, their history and time, ii. 238; reduced their sect to six churches, 158; changed their first names for others, ibid.; how they called their ministers, 238; their testimony to the scriptures, 238, 239
Paulinus, Bp of Nola, his time and works, and testimony to the scriptures, ii. 629, 630
Pausanias, his testimony to the destruction of Jerusalem by a Roman emperor, iii. 532
Peace (the) of the churches in Judea. See Rest
Pearson, (Bp) a remark of his upon Clement of Rome, i. 294; upon Ignatius, 323; his opinion concerning the time of Polycarp's martyrdom, 326; concerning the Con- stitutions, 456; quoted, iii. 600, 606; v. 374. note, 429; censured, iii. 316; quoted and commended, 345, and elsewhere
Pierce, (J.) quoted, iii. 349, 357; v. 374 note, 378 note, 391, 393; with disapprobation, 313 to 315
Pelagius, his time and works, and testimony to the scriptures, ii. 630 to 632; sometimes confutes the Manichees, ii. 148;- quoted, v. 392, 416, 428-
Pelagianism, how described by Cassian, iii. 18; how treated by Vincentius Lirinensis, 24
Peregrinus, called also Proteus, said by Lucian to have been some while among the Christians, and afterwards to have parted from them, iii. 150; his death mentioned by seve- ral ancient writers, 151
Perennis desired Apollonius to plead before the Roman senate, i. 444
Perizonius, his interpretation of Luke ii. 1, 2. represented and considered, i. 165 to 171
Perpetua, a martyr, i. 578; with Felicitas in the time of. Severus, iii. 167
Persecution, or force and compulsion in things of religion, condemned by our blessed Saviour, iv. 497; by the Abp of Canterbury, 498; by Tertullian, Lactantius, Athanasius, Constantine, Jovian, Valentinian, Julian, Themistius, Li- banius, Ammianus Marcellinus, 498, 499; by De Maus- sac, a learned Dominican, v. 332; every degree of it may fill our minds with horror, iv. 294; arguments against it in Lactantius, and that Christians did not persecute, ii. 273 to 275; condemned by Athanasius, 399, by the Christian religion, 471; all persecution condemned by Sulpicius Severus, ii. 623, 624; makes heresies spread faster than otherwise they would, ibid.; how defined by Socrates, iii. 93. On the subject of prosecuting the writers against Christianity, see Dr. Waddington, Bp of Chiches-
ter's correspondence with Dr. Lardner, i. p. xxxv to Xxxvii. A general account of the heathen persecutions,. ii. 623; the number of heathen persecutions of the Christians, iv. 298, 299
PERSIA, the gospel first preached there by the apostle Thad-- deus, iii. 55; many churches there, ibid.; the cruelty of a persecution endured there by the Christians, and the happy alteration made in the manners of those of them, who embraced the Christian religion, 15; the Christian religion preached there before the time of Mani, ii. 234 ;- before the council of Nice, 348; before the time of Euse- bius, 365; the time of a persecution there, 346 Pestilence in the Roman empire, and the time of it, ii. 6 Petavius quoted, ii. 422 note e, 432, 433, 434
PETER (ST.) THE APOSTLE, his history to the time of our Saviour's ascension, iii. 388 to 392; he and his brother Andrew said to have been the first two disciples called by Christ, 6. His history to the council at Jerusalem, 392 to 403; after which he goes to Antioch, where he is reproved by St. Paul for dissimulation, 403, 404, iv. 231, 232; his travels to the time of his coming to Rome, 404 to 406; said to be at Rome in the time of Claudius, 76; his history from Jerom, ii. 560; preached to the Jews in Pontus and Bithynia according to Eusebius, ii. 371; was often in those coun- tries according to Epiphanius, 419; the time of his death, iii. 406; the manner of his death, 408, 409; was at Rome and suffered martyrdom there, 409 to 416; came to Rome in 63 or 64, and suffered martyrdom in 64 or 65, p. 154, 284, 404 to 406; suffered martyrdom at Rome together with Paul, in the time of Nero according to Eusebius and Dionysius of Corinth, i. 353; according to Tertullian, 426; and Caius, 482; and Theodoret, iii. 15; was at Antioch, afterwards in Pontus, and at Rome in the time of Claudius, and suffered martyrdom with Paul in Nero's general persecution, ii. 622; iii. 15, 35, 76; in the last year of Nero, 79; the place of his interment, ii. 560
Concerning his episcopate at Antioch, iii. 407; said to have been bishop of kome twenty-five years, ibid.; Rome Peter's province, according to Ephrem, ii. 487; his chil- dren, iii. 407; his wife's martyrdom, 408; his absconding at Rome, ibid.; the manner of his crucifixion, 408, 409; the prerogatives of this apostle, 391 to 393; miracles wrought at Jerusalem by his shadow passing by, 393, 394; much commended, iii. 12; his preeminence, 35, 36, 70, 83; he and the apostle Paul are expressly mentioned by Hierocles, iv. 255, 257, 261.
HIS TWO EPISTLES, their genuineness shewn from testimony and internal characters, iii. 414 to 416; to whom they were sent, 416 to 419; whether sent to Jews or Gentiles, ii. 478, 560, 587, 626; iii. 23, 59, 61, 62, 71, 79, 84; the place where they were written, 419 to 423; the first epistle written at Rome, ii, 626; iii. 43, 90; at Babylon in Persia, iii. 53, 55; the time when they were written, 423. Remarks on 1 Pet. v. 13, iii. 424, 425
His first epistle seems to be referred to by Clement of Rome, i. 302; referred to by Polycarp several times, 331, 332; by the martyrs at Lyons, 362; received by Theo- philus of Antioch, 385, 388, 389; quoted by Papias, 340, 341; Irenæus, 570; Clement of Alexandria, 403; Ter- tullian, 429; universally received in Origen's time, 532; quoted or referred to by Victorinus, ii. 97; Methodius, 106; universally received, 369, 383
Both his epistles received by Athanasius, ii. 400, 401; Cyril of Jerusalem, 410; the council of Laodicea, 415; Epiphanius, 417, 419; Innocent, Bp of Rome, 628; Pe- lagius, 631; Cyril of Alexandria, iii. 9; Prosper, 21; Sal- vian, 36; Gregory, Bp of Rome, 70, 71; the author of the Imperfect Work, 66
The second epistle seems to be referred to by Clement of Rome, i. 302; quoted by the author of Questiones et R. 343; by Adamantius, ii. 407; generally received at Alexandria, 478; quoted by Ambrose, 495; by the author
of the Commentary upon thirteen of St. Paul's epistles, 521; received by Jerom, 560
The second epistle not quoted by Papias, i. 310; nor by Irenæus, 370, 372; nor Tertullian, 429, 430; doubted of in the time of Origen, 532; how quoted by him, 539, 540; whether received by Firmilian, 577, ii. 25; not quoted by Cyprian, 25; whether referred to by Novatus, 64; or Methodius, 107; not universally received in the time of Eusebius, 369, 383; doubted of by some in the time of Didymus, 478; not received by the churches of Syria, 488 to 490; not received by Chrysostom, 602, 607; doubted of by some, iii. 59, 71, 74; because of the dif- ference of the style, ii. 560; iii. 74
Both his epistles probably received by the Manichees, ii. 216; both rejected by the Paulicians, 289. See Catho- lic epistles
The Gospel, Acts, Preaching, Judgment, Revelation, and other books ascribed to Peter, rejected by Jerom, ii. 560, 574 See Acts, Gospel
PETER'S Preaching, or Preaching of Peter and Paul, how quoted by Clement of Alexandria, i. 408, 409; when written, 410 note ; quoted by Heracleon, and rejected by Origen, 554, 555; called likewise by him, Doctrine of Peter, 554; censured by the author of Rebaptizing, ii. 39; how quoted by Lactantius, with remarks, 291; rejected in Eusebius, 370, 387; and Jerom, 560; that it was not received as a canonical book by Clement of Alexandria, see i. 555
Peter's Revelation; short notes written upon it by Clement of Alexandria, i. 394; how quoted by him, 410; rejected by Eusebius and the ancients, ii. 370, 388; and by Jerom, 560
Peter, Bp of Alexandria, his history, works, and testimony to the scriptures, ii. 127 to 129
Peter of Sicily, his work against the Manichees, and his time, ii. 153
Petilian, a Donatist bishop, ii. 300
Petronius, president of Syria, ordered by Caligula to erect his statue at Jerusalem, i. 49, 54; his precept to the ma- gistrates of Doris in favour of the Jews, 96
Pfaff (C. M.) Fragments of Irenæus published by him, and remarks upon them, i. 375; quoted, iii. 465 PHARISEES; their principles and practices, i. 66 to 68; their power under Alexandra, 66; that title appropriated to men of substance and learning, 69, 119; six thousand of them refuse to swear to Cæsar and Herod, 119, 153; their great authority among the Jews, 119, 153 Phedimus, Bp of Amasea, ordains Gregory Thaumaturgus, i. 593
Pheroras, inquiries into the occasion of his death, i. 187 Pheroras's wife misrepresented by Josephus, i. 155 Philaster, Ep of Brescia, what he says of some catholics omitting to read publicly the epistle to the Hebrews, ii 64; his time and work, and testimony to the scripturess, 522, 523; his article concerning the Abstinents, with remarks, 516, 517; he wrote a long treatise of heresies, and yet has not been reckoned orthodox by all, iv. 513; he thought that the soul was created before the body, and that the doctrine of the Millennium is a heresy, ibid.; his account of the Heretics, Apelles, 643, Cerdon, 587, Cerinthus, 570, Leucius, 626; the Montanists, 675 Phileas, Bp of Thmuis in Egypt, aud martyr, ii. 126, 127 Phileleutherus Dubliniensis. See Bentley
Philemon, converted by St. Paul, iii. 351, 365; his character and station, 323, 324, 365, 366; Paul's epistle to him, when and where written, 323, 324; quoted by Origen, i. 535; not quoted by Cyprian, ii. 29; received by Mar- cion, iv. 617, 618; rejected by some, ii. 557 Philip, tetrarch of Iturea, in the time of John the Baptist, i. 11, 12; married to Salome, Herodias's daughter, 212 Philip, otherwise called Herod, first husband of Herodias, his history, i. 212; was a private person, 215
Philip, said to be the apostle, lived and died at Hierapolis in Phrygia, and wrought miracles there, and his daughters prophesied, i. 335, 336, 337; V. 401
Philip, Bp of Gortyna in Crete, i. 439
Philife the emperor, whether he was a Christian, iv. 188 to 191
Philippi, oratory there, by the river's side, i. 61 Philippians, (the epistle to the) when and where written, iii.
Philippus Sidetes, his account of Athenagoras and Pantænus, i. 377, 390
Philo, the Jew, says, that Pilate dedicated shields at Jerusa- lem, i. 185; speaks of four sons of Herod living in the time of Pilate, 214; mentioned by Anatolius, ii. 78; his divisions of the books of the Old Testament, 544 Philopatris, a Dialogue so called, its age, and extracts from it, with remarks, iv. 153 to 155.
Philoromus, receiver-general at Alexandria, and martyr in Dioclesian's persecution, ii. 126
Philosophers, their timorousness in declaring the truth, ii. 597; their credulity, and that they did little to improve the sentiments of mankind, iv. 271
Philostorgius, his time and writings, and testimony to the scriptures, ii. 318, 319; his character, III Philostratus, his testimony to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, iii. 530, 533; his Life of Apollonius Tyanæus, with remarks, and that he did not aim to set up Apollonius a corrival with our Saviour, though Hierocles and other heathens afterwards made that use of it, iv. 260 to 271, 271 to 275
Phlegon, his time and works, iv. 58; supposed to speak of our Saviour's foreknowledge, ibid.; was credulous, ibid.; a passage in which he is supposed to speak of the miracu- lous darkness at the time of our Saviour's passion, with notes and observations, 59 to 68; how quoted by Dr. Clarke and Grotius, 60
Photinus, bis history, ii. 443, 444; opinions, 444 to 446; writings, 446 character, ibid.; scriptures received by him, ibid.; the continuance of his sect, 447 Photinians, sometimes called Bonosiacs, or Bonosians, ii. 447 ; not allowed to hold religious assemblies, ibid.; mentioned by Augustine as in being in his time, i. 627 Photius, his character of the epistle of Clement of Rome, i. 290 note; his censure of Irenæus, 365; of Clement of Alexandria, 394; his account of the genuine and supposi- titious writings of Clement of Rome, 473; his time, and books against the Manichees, ii. 153; his manner of treating them, 148; his time, and testimony to the scrip- tures, iii. 81 to 83; quoted and commended, v. 10 Pierius, presbyter of Alexandria, fragments supposed to be his, though ascribed to Clement Apollinarius, i. 441; his history, ii. 84 to 86; said to have been a catechist, 85; how he speaks of the Trinity, 86; his copies of the Bible, 81; his character, 84, 86
Piety, the virtue and benefit of early, a sermon, v. 106 Pilate, (Pontius) his unjust government in Judea, i. 43; stood in fear of the Jews, 43, 52; was in Judea at the commencement of John the Baptist's ministry, 202; at Jerusalem at the time of our Saviour's crucifixion, 79, 82; his wife in Judea, So; the duration of his government, 48, 49, 202; when he came into Judea, and when re- moved, 202, 203, 204; remarks upon his power in Judea, 86; of what kind his fear mentioned in John xix. 8, 83, 84; brings Roman ensigns into Jerusalem, 84; dedicates shields there, 85; would have brought water thither with the sacred money, ibid.; his Acts, and Letter to Tiberius, iii. 599 to 606; made away with himself, i. 205 Pilgrimages, disliked by Gregory Nyssen and Jerom, ii. 476 Pin, (E. Du) his character of Novatus, ii. 61; his character of Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History, 359; of Eusebius himself, 363; his judgment concerning the Constitutions, 423, 424
Pinytus, Bp of Gnossus in Crete, i. 439
Pionius, an excellent martyr, learned men are not agreed about the time of his martyrdom, i. 580
Piso, præfect of Syria, i. 176; his delays in going to Rome after his removal, 205
Piso (Lucius) when made præfect of Rome, i. 195 to 197 Plato quoted, v. 420
Pliny, the Elder, his time and character, and whether he refers to the blindness inflicted by St. Paul upon Elymas the sorcerer in Cyprus, iii. 609
Pliny, (the Younger) the time of his provincial government, iv. 11, 12; his Letter to Trajan concerning the Christians, 13 to 15; rehearsed with notes and observations, 15 to 28; Trajan's Rescript rehearsed with notes and observations, 29, 30; observations of learned men upon Pliny's Letter and Trajan's Rescript, 30 to 33; the uses of those epistles, and general observations upon them, 39 to 43; Pliny's character and his amiable qualities, 34; was credulous and superstitious, 35, 36; his want of equity toward the Christians, 18, 19, 27, 28; perverted many, 18, 21, 22; condemned them without law and authority, 20, 28, 29; examined by torture two Christian women then in years, 25, 26; was zealous for the honour of the gods and priest- hood, 27
Plotina, wife of Trajan, commended, iv. 39
Plotinus negligent in observing the sacred rites of Gentilism, iv. 200
Plutarch, his dialogue concerning the cessation of oracles quoted, iii. 606, 607; whether he knew any thing of the Christians, or their affairs, iv. 204, 206; his judicious ob- servations upon the fabulous stories common among the Greeks, 266; quoted, iii. 513
Plutarch, brother of Heraclas, scholar of Origen, and mar tyr, i. 520
Polycarp, Bp of Smyrna, his time and history, from Irenæus, i. 325, 326; ordained by apostles, 326; his great age and martyrdom, ibid.; wrote several epistles not now extant, ibid.; in his epistle to the Philippians, his only remaining work, he quotes or refers to the first epistle of St Peter, and divers other books of the New Testament, 325, 327 to 333; how he is quoted by Irenæus, 374, 375; the Responsiones, ascribed to him, not his, 327. The relation of his martyrdom, with notes and observations, 327; iv. 82 to 84; extracts out of it, containing their testimony to the scriptures of the New Testament, i. 333, 334; quoted,
Polycrates, Bp of Ephesus, his history, and testimony to the scriptures, i. 412, 413; his story concerning St. John's wearing on his. forehead a golden plate examined, ii. 554, 555
Pompey, the time of his conquest of Judea, and taking Jeru- salem, and his behaviour there, iii.. 1. 492
Pomponia Græcina, a Roman lady, accused of a foreign su- perstition, (supposed to be Christiarity) in the time of Nero, A.D. 57, iii. 610
Ponticus, a young man, martyr at Lyons, iv. 89
Pontius, deacon at Carthage, his history, and testimony to the books of the New Testament, ik 31: Pontius Pilate. See Pilate
Popular preaching, how censured by Jerom, ii. 571 PORPHYRY, the philosopher, his time, and history, and works, iv. 2c9, 210 to 213; why he was called Bataneotis, 210; he never was a Christian, 211; his books against the Christians ordered to be destroyed, 111, 212; what he says of Bardesanes, i. 443, 444; of Ammonius, 503; his passage concerning Origen, with remarks, 520, 527. iv. 213, 214; was weil acquainted with the scriptures of the Old and New Testament, 234; his objections against the book of Daniel, 214 to 223; remarks upon these ob- jections, and upon the answers to them, 223 to 225; pas- sages, in which he acknowledges the antiquity of Moses, 226; his objection against Gen. iii. 5, p. 226. Texts in
the New Testament objected against by Porphyry, Matt. i.. 11, 12, p. 227; iii. 3, p. 228; ix. 9, p. 227. xiii. 35 p. 227; xiv. 25, p. 228; xxiv. 15, ibid.; xxvii. 45, ibid.; John vii. 8, 10, p. 229; Acts v. 1 to 14, p. 230; Gal. i. 15, 16, ibid.; ii. 11 to 14, p. 230 to 233. A review of his testimony to the books of the Old and New Testament, 234; passages concerning Christians and their affairs, where also are extracts from a letter of Augustine, with six questions containing difficulties taken from Porphyry, 234 to 237; a work entitled The Philosophy of Oracles, ascribed to him, and shewn to be spurious, ii. 361. iv. 238 to 250; his Life of Pythagoras, with remarks, and that it was not written with a design to compare Pythagoras with Jesus Christ, 269, 270; his books against the Chris-- tian religion, answered by Methodius, ii. 98, 101, 357, and Apollinarius, 456, 457
Porphyry, servant of Pamphilus, his martyrdom, ii. 124 Posidonius, what he said of Jerom, mentioned by Palladius, ii. 535
Posthumian, chief speaker in a dialogue of Sulpicius Severus, ii. 537, 623
Potamiana, a virgin, martyr at Alexandria in the time of Severus, iv. 166
Pothinus, Bp of Lyons, and predecessor of Irenæus, his age and sufferings, i. 360, 363, 364. iv. 87
Potter (J.) his Greek antiquities quoted, iv. 174 Præsens, see Bruttius. Prætextatus, a Roman of great distinction, an oration in his- praise by Himerius, iv. 349; how he jested with Damasus Bp of Rome, 377, 378; commended by Ammianus, 377.- See likewise 406, 466
Praxagoras, his history of Constantine, and great character of him, iv. 309, 310
Praseas, our knowledge of him chiefly from Tertullian, iv. 676; his time and country, ibid.; was persecuted, and once signed a recantation, 677; strenuous asserter of the divine unity, and believed the general articles of the Christian faith, 677, 678; denied that the Father or the Divine nature in Jesus suffered, 678, 679; received both the Old and New Testament, 679, 680.
Prayer in the name of Christ, a sermon, v. 218; the apostles never prayed, nor mentioned blessings, as given for the sake of Christ, 225, 226
Preaching of Paul or Peter, an apocryphal book censured by the author of a work entitled Of Rebaptizing Heretics, ii. 39
Preaching of Peter quoted by Lactantius, ii. 29r President, this title used in a general way, i. 171, 209 Presidents of provinces, had power of life and death, i. 42; 43; were supreme judges in all causes in their provinces, 46; had a council with them, 59; their good conduct toward persons of different religions, 101 to 103 Prideaux (Dr.) his opinion concerning the survey at the time of our Saviour's nativity considered, i. 138, 139; his remark upon Herod's cruelty, 181; quoted and com- mended, 71, 216; his account of the Mishna and Talmuds, iii. 548; his judicious observations-upon Porphyry's expli- cations of the book. of Daniel, and upon his objections against that book, iv. 220, 223, 224; his judgment upon the Sibylline oracles, i. 450; quoted, iii. 78. v. 460, 470 Priests and Levites, Christian ministers not so called in early times, ii. 430
Primasius, an African Bp, his Commentary upon St. Paul's epistles quoted, iii. 33
Primus, Bp of Corinth, i. 357 Prince, when used absolutely, equivalent to emperor, i. 197 Principle, meaning of this word, iv. 595 Priscian, governor of Palestine, to whom Libanius writes,
Priscillian, his writings, ii. 497; history of him, and his prosecution and death, 498 to 500; an apology for him and his friends, 502 to 511; his character, 502, 503.
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