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INDEX INDEX Aaron, 6, 90, 91, 246, 268 Abraham, 59, 89, 103, 155, 212, 236, 239-243, 310, 311 Abraham's bosom, 17, 295, 331 Absalom, 208, 286 Adad, 72 Adam, 88, 124, 199, 200, 212, 237 Alexander the Great, viii Ambrose, St., as bishop, 170, 187, 19Q, 277, 322; closeness to brother, 164, 173, 176-179, 192, 195, 197; as envoy of Valentinian , 278; and Latin funeral oration, xix-xxi; De bono mortis, 211 n.; Expositio in Lucam, 211 n., 258 n.; In Psalmos, 217 n.; On Satyrus, 161-259; On Theodosius, 307332 ; On Valentinian, 265-299 Amnon, 286 Anaxagoras, 21, 44 n. Anthimus, Bishop of Tyana, 75 n. Antioch, Council of, 133 n. Antisthenes, x 335 Arbogast, 263, 264, 276 n. Arcadius, Emperor, 304, 313 Aristotle, x, 21, 82 n., 313 n. Arius, 53, 128, 132, 167 n. Armenians, 41, 42 Asa, 313 astronomy, 9, 35,47, 235 Athanasius, 66 n. Athenagoras, xiv, xv Athens, 14, 38-45 athletes, of God, 14, 30, 32, 317 Babel, Tower of, 85 baptism, 129, 144, 287, 288, 296, 318 barbarians, threat of invasion by, 161, 175, 176, 266, 275, 304, 331 Barnabas, 55 Basil, St., 3, 4, 150, 154, 155; ancestry of, 29-35; as bishop, 51, 59-77; care of sick, 80, 81: charity of, 57-59, 80; comparison of, with others, 88-95; cure of emperor's son, 71-72; defense of orthodoxy against Valens, 53-56; defense of right of asylum, 73-74; dispute with Eusebius, 51; death of, 95-97; education of, 35-49; eloquence of, 38, 47, 83-85; founder of monastic communities, 80; parentage of, 34; as priest, 38, 49-59; sentence of exile rescinded , 71; struggle against Arianism, 53-56; struggle with Valens and Modestus, 64-72; Trinitarian teaching of, 85-88; virtues of, 56-58, 60-62, 74-83, 9.1; writings of, 64, 85-88 Basil, the Elder, 34, 36, 37 basilikos 16gos, royal oration, ix, xii Beseleel, 64 Bion of Borysthenes, x bishops, inept selection of, 50, 51 Boulenger, Fernand, xvii, xxii Byzantium, 10, 38, 332 Caesarea, 37, 49, 146 Caesarius, St., brother of St. Gregory, charity of, 21; at court, 10-16; death of, 16, II7; education of, 8-10; eloquence of, 21; learning of, 21; marriage of, 10; occasion of funeral oration on, 3; as physician , 9-12; struggle with Julian , 13-16; as treasurer, 15, 20; virtues of, 8, 9, 12-16 Caligula, 330 Cappadocia, 29, 34, 55, 75, 76 catechumenate, 128 celibacy, 79 Chalane (Babel) , 85 charity, 57-59, 80, 81, 108-110: 125, 126, 134, 135, 185, 186; see also wealth chastity, 43, 73, 184, 185, 202, 274 Christ, 7, 14, 24, 36, 53, 60, 79, 81, 82, 87, II4, 121, 129, 164, 174,279-281, et passim; as Ar· chetype, 104; Incarnation of, xiii, 162, 166; as King, 18, 329; as Lover, 114; miracles of, 230234 ; as Physician, Ill, II3, 140, 214, 314; as Redeemer, xiii, 162, 163, 199, 200, 215, 216, 224, 233-237, 240, 242, 244, 314, 316, 319, 324; Resurrection of, xiv, 214, 232-237, 329; tears of, 165, 166; as Truth, 236, 248, 249, 328; as Word, 5, 13, 25, 54, 59, 93, 150, 212, 271 Cicero, xi, xii, xx, 160, 202 n., 205 n., 255 n., 259 n. Cleanthes, 21 Clement of Rome, xiv Cleobulus, 77 n. communion of saints, xiii, 17, 104 consolatio, vii-x, xvi, xix, xx consolatory treatise, as literary genre, vii, x-xv 336 Constantine, Emperor, xv, 325, 326, 328 Constantius, Emperor, 3 contemplation, 80, 211 Crantor, x Crates, 12, 78 Creed, the, 133 n. Cross, true, 325·330 Cynics, x, 78 n. Cyprian, St., xv David, 19, 23, 36, 63, 65,71, 84, 86,92, 110, 128, 137, 152, 167, 206, 208, 210, 212, 215, 225, 236, 249, 255, 259, 272, 286, 288 death, as escape from misfor· tunes of this world, viii, xiii, xx, 17, 20, 22, 23, 121, 155, 174, 175, 191, 198, 204, 205, 211, 213, 255, 320, 321; happy life follows, viii, 18-20, 22, 23, 117, 121, 155, 191, 239, 321; lot of all men, viii, xii, xvii, 19, 162, 163, 198, 199, 205, 217; natural, spiritual, and penal , 212-213; not an evil, 205215 ; origin of, 216; sin as, 211-213, 319, 320; see also Christ as Redeemer, emotions, grief, immortality, resurrection Democritus, x, 21 Demosthenes, Arian agent, 67 Devil, the, 63, 234, 311; outwitted by St. Helena, 326, 327 Diocletian, 304 Diogenes, 78 n. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, xi...

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