Ascetical Works

Index

INDEX INDEX Aaron, 30, 452 Abimilech, 478 Abraham, 16, 59, 335, 451, 497 Absalom, 477 Acha"r,43 Adam, 24, 25 Adonias, 477 Agabus, 285 Agag, 458 Ambrose, St., v Ananias, 50, 208 Angels, 11, 12, 18,31, 36, 209, 229,494 Anger, 447-461; control of, 443; definition of, 459; effects of, observed in others, 447-450; means of avoiding, 459-461; proper exercise of, 456-459; recommendations for proper reaction to, 450456 Anomaeans, 37 Anthony of Egypt, St., v, vii, x Apostles, 17, 36, 47, 50, 62, 309, 310, passim Ark of the Covenant, 46 Ascete, 9-13, 15-31,33-36,207215 , 217-222;. conduct of: associations, 23; bodily mortification , x, 30, 435-436; conversation, 23, 27, 221, 263; custody of the heart, 21, 22, 27, 33, 243; discipline , of passions, 34, 208, 209,214,217,443; of senses and bodily members, 21, 22, 26-27, 33, 270-271; disobedience , 325; doctrinal disputes , 34-35; duties, 29, 34; injuries, 34-35; meals, 28, 280-281; posture, 21, 22, 27; praise, 35-36; prayer, 28-29; relations with elders, 27, 33; with relatives, 295-296; renunciation , xii, 18-22, 217, 252-259; service of God, 35; silence, xii, 30, 33, 263; soli-· tude, 33; wine, 35, 296-298; worldly interests, 34 - 35 ; women, 35, 296-298; see alsoDetachment ; Ministry; Obedience ; Work Ascetical Discourses, 15-31, 207-215, 217-222 Ascetical life, as celestial warfare , 10; as spiritual warfare , 12; avoidance of immoderation in, 211-212 ; cross-bearing life, 15; life in Christ, 15, 21; life of continency , 25; of discipline, 19;' 515 516 INDEX of lowliness and recollection, 15, 230; of virtue, 22, 30; way of the angels, 18, 209; see also Ascete Augustine, St., v Baptism, 100, conditions for, 341·348; heaven promised through, 349·354; mark of a Christian, 204; meaning of death and regeneration in, 357-376; need of instruction before, 339-340; of fire, 362, 386; of water, 346, 371, 373, 384; recipients of, nourished by Holy Eucharist, 386.390; reform of life required after, 391-393; significance of naming of Trinity in, 376· 386; superiority of, institut· ed by Christ, 354-356 Barnabas, 322 Basil, St., account of conver· sion, vii.viii; association with St. Gregory of Nazianzus, vi, vii; family, vi; monastic directives, ix-xii; Pontic reo t~eat, ~i, v~ii; and Scripture, Xl; socIal Ideal of, xi; Stoic rigorism of, x; study of coe· nobitism, vii·ix Basil, the elder, vi Benedict, St., xii Cain, 465 Candidates, reception and trial of, 259-261 Cassian, xii Chaldeans, 26 Cham, 25 Charity, 420, 430; fraternal, 24, 33, 34, 213, 217, 219, 220, 328; goal of action, 381·383; innate power, 239· 241; judgment of others, 134-136; love of God a natural tendency, 232·239; love of neighbor, 27·28, 426428 ; mark of a Christian, 65·67 Cherubim, 31 Children, and parents, 193194 ; reception and training of, 264·268, 329·330 Christ, 15, 21, 34, 36, 42, 47, 51,55, 63, 339, 344, passim; baptism instituted by, 354356 ; confession of, 79·80; illustrative of humility, 383384 ; Incarnation of, 26,319, 343, 362, 370; name of, in baptism, 376-386; Passion of, 62, 212; Resurrection of, 154.155; trust in, 81·85, 89 Christian, marks of, 65·67, 196205 Church, v, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 50, 437, 505 Cincture, 284-285 Clothing, 281·284 Commandments, sequence m, 232 Common life, ix, 213, 217·218 250-251, 286 ' INDEX 517 Concerning Baptism, 339-430 Concerning Faith, 57-69 Confession, 15, 310 Confessors, Holy, 36 Conscience, daily examination of, 33, 215 Continency, 22, 23, 219, 268277 , 435-436 Controversies, 326-327 Core, 412 Customs, human observance of condemned, 49-50, 89, 255, 375, 376 Davic\ 17, 35, 36, 39, 40, 229, 250, 310, 356, passim Deferrari, Roy J., vii Detachment, 33, 487-505; exhortations to, 496-499; from material goods, 434-435 ; man's true nature and, 494496 ; necessity for, 242; pleasures of life and, 489-494; purity and, 74-76, 144 Devil, 25, 30, 35, 58, 60, 220, 341, 342, 347, passim; futile malice of, 499-501; Job's resistance to, 501-505; wiles of, 487-489 Director, spiritual, obedience to, 20-21, 26; qualities of, 19-20 Disobedience, in sins of omission , 404-405; in those who do not accept superior's regulations , 325; judgment of God upon...