INDEX
|
Page |
Agnostics, Modern, Followers of Plato |
31 |
Ammonius Saccas, Fanatical philosophy of |
220-225 |
Ammonius Saccas, Christian teachers, especially Origen,
followers of |
224, 225 |
Ammonius Saccas, Philosophy of, wisdom run mad |
225 |
Ammonius Saccas, Frauds necessary to philosophy of |
225 |
Apostles, Their testimony rejected by some in the churches |
51 |
Apostles, Teaching of the |
113-124 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, History of |
113, 114 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Not apostolic |
114 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, When written |
114, 116 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Childishness of |
114, 122 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Tainted by heresy and
incompetency |
114 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Conflicting opinions
concerning |
116-118 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Summary of opinions of |
116-118 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Lord’s day,
supposed mention of, |
118 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Extracts from |
118-124 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Inconsistency
of those who credit, |
119 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Actually no mentioning of Lord’s
day in |
119 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Fasting on Wednesday and
Friday commanded by |
121 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Its perversion of baptism |
122 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Stealing recommended by |
123 |
Apostles, Teaching of the, Atonement for sin by money
taught in |
124 |
Apostasy, Paul’s prediction of |
212 |
Apostasy, Progress of in first century
after apostles |
243, 244 |
Aristotle, Taught the expediency of abortion |
14 |
Asceticism, Growth of in the church |
280 |
Asceticism, Vice a result of |
281, 282 |
Asceticism, Growth of |
283 |
Asceticism, Platonic philosophy responsible for |
283 |
Atonement, Supposed to be gained by martyrdom |
109, 110 |
Aurelian, Sun-worship in time of |
315 |
Babylonians, Prostitution required by |
11, 12 |
Bacon, Rule of for guarding against error |
43 |
Baptism, Perverted in Teaching of the Apostles |
122 |
Baptism, Perversion of in Tertullian’s time |
200 |
Baptism, Tertullian on |
200, 210-213 |
Baptism, Perversion of |
256-263 |
Baptism of the dead |
257 |
Baptism, Character of heathen mysteries given to it |
257, 258 |
Baptism, Water of consecrated |
258 |
Baptism, Sanctifying power attributed to waters of |
258 |
Baptism, Sign of cross in connection with |
257-259 |
Baptism, Candidates undressed for |
260-263 |
Barnabas, Epistle of |
74-83 |
Barnabas, Epistle of, a forgery |
74 |
Barnabas, Epistle of, uncertainty of authorship |
74, 75 |
Barnabas, Epistle of, statement concerning Sabbath |
78 |
Barnabas, Epistle of, about unclean beasts |
81 |
Bible, How shown to be true |
40 |
Bible, The only standard of right and wrong |
56 |
Bible, Precepts of, neglected by Justin Martyr |
152, 153 |
Bible, Justin Martyr’s figurative interpretation of |
154, 155 |
Bishop of Rome, Exaltation of |
292, 331-336 |
Bishops of Rome, Extravagantly lauded by Ignatius |
110, 111 |
Bishop of Rome, Rival of Emperor |
331 |
Bishop of Rome, Opulence of |
335 |
Bishop of Rome, Method of electing |
336 |
Bishop, Power of |
337 |
Bishop, Heathen elected to office of |
338-341 |
Blindness of heathen, Cause of |
28 |
Blood atonement, Origin of Mormon doctrine of |
109, 110 |
Calf-worship by Israelites,—Sun-worship |
309, 312, 313 |
Carson, Existing religious customs, Statement concerning |
252 |
Catholic Church, Clement of Alexandria highly esteemed by, |
173 |
Catholic Church, Clement of Alexandria never swerved from, |
173 |
Catholic Church, a growth of error |
329, 330 |
Catholic Church, Fathers, the head of |
330 |
Ceremonies, Great increase of |
299 |
Charms and Divination, Use of in church |
269 |
Christians taken from depraved heathenism |
26 |
Christian converts, Dangers to which they were exposed |
50 |
Christian Ordinances, Perversion of in 2nd century |
253-255 |
Christian Religion, Impaired by philosophy |
68 |
Christ, The only true pattern |
55 |
Church, The True, Christ the head of |
52, 53 |
Church, Who constitute the true |
53, 54 |
Church, Influence of Fathers upon |
66 |
Church, Early, Shepherd of Hermas inspired book |
86 |
Church, Early, immorality in |
276-281 |
Christmas, Not of divine appointment |
300 |
Christmas, How introduced into the church |
301-303 |
Christmas, Heathen origin of |
301, 302 |
Christmas, How observed |
302 |
Christmas, Chief of festivals |
303 |
Christmas, Sunday of less importance than |
303 |
Clarke, Adam, Testimony concerning the Fathers |
59 |
Clement, A poor expositor of Scripture |
60 |
Clement of Alexandria |
165-183 |
Clement of Alexandria, Statements concerning |
165-169, 172-174 |
Clement of Alexandria, Paganism and Christianity
confounded by |
165, 168 |
Clement of Alexandria, Fanciful interpreter |
166-169 |
Clement of Alexandria, Speculative philosopher |
166, 167 |
Clement of Alexandria, Scriptures,
wretched perverter of |
167, 168 |
Clement of Alexandria, Philosophy, chief defender of |
167 |
Clement of Alexandria, Taught identity of Christianity and
Greek philosophy |
168 |
Clement of Alexandria, Absurdly allegorized Scripture |
169 |
Clement of Alexandria, Ten commandments allegorized by |
169 |
Clement of Alexandria, Ignorant of Scripture |
169 |
Clement of Alexandria, Plato, called a prophet by |
169 |
Clement of Alexandria, Extracts from |
170-183 |
Clement of Alexandria, Starving of children,
an advocate of, |
170 |
Clement of Alexandria, Senseless
interpretation, specimens of |
171, 172, 174, 175 |
Clement of Alexandria, Peter’s tribute money, absurd
exposition of |
171 |
Clement of Alexandria, Claimed philosophy to be
preparation for faith in Christ |
172 |
Clement of Alexandria, Quoted Scripture inaccurately |
172 |
Clement of Alexandria, Great repute of
in Catholic Church |
173, 179 |
Clement of Alexandria, False science in writings of |
173 |
Clement of Alexandria, Frivolous and fanciful speculation in
writings of |
173 |
Clement of Alexandria, Tabernacle mystically
explained by |
174, 175 |
Clement of Alexandria, Lord’s day,
statement concerning |
176, 178 |
Clement of Alexandria, Sabbath, statement concerning |
177 |
Clement of Alexandria, Words without sense, use of |
177 |
Clement of Alexandria, Probation after death,
teacher of |
178, 179 |
Clement of Alexandria, Fanciful speculation,
specimen of |
180-182 |
Clement of Alexandria, Christian literature, Founder of |
182 |
Clement of Alexandria, Scripture meaning declared hidden
by |
183 |
Clement of Rome, Epistle of |
93-96 |
Clement of Rome on Resurrection, Foolish argument for |
94, 95 |
Community of Women, Plato’s teaching concerning |
36 |
Confessors, Definition of |
291 |
Confessors, Veneration paid to |
291 |
Corinth, Errors in church of |
49 |
Constantine, Sun-worship of |
317, 318, 325 |
Constantine, Sunday edict of |
318, 319, 323, 326 |
Constantine’s Edict, First Law for Sunday |
319 |
Constantine, Desired to be worshiped |
320, 325 |
Constantine, Religious convictions, lack of |
320 |
Constantine, Double-dealing nature of |
321, 322 |
Constantine, Heathenism of |
322, 323, 325 |
Constantine’s Sunday edict, Pagan nature of |
318, 323 |
Constantine, Prayer composed by, for his soldiers |
327 |
Constantine, Edict of concerning Arius |
344 |
Controversy, Fathers used falsehoods in |
65 |
Council of Laodicea, Canon of concerning Sunday |
298 |
Council of Laodicea, Canon of concerning promiscuous
bathing |
299 |
Coxe Bishop, Opinion of apostolic Fathers |
72 |
Dead, Prayers to in second century |
273 |
Deception, Practiced by Fathers |
65, 66 |
Diocletian, Sun-worship in time of |
316 |
Elagabalus, Design of, to make the sun the
central object of adoration |
315 |
Episcopal Chair, Methods of obtaining |
336 |
Epistles Forged in Paul’s day |
104 |
Epistle of Barnabas |
74-83 |
Epistle of Barnabas, A forgery |
74-77 |
Epistle of Barnabas, Authorship uncertain |
74-77 |
Epistle of Barnabas, The apostle not author of |
75-78 |
Epistle of Barnabas, All sorts of absurd fancies found in |
76 |
Epistle of Barnabas, Author of possessed little genius |
75 |
Epistle of Barnabas, Silly interpretations in |
75, 80-82 |
Epistle of Barnabas, Interpretation puerile and absurd |
77 |
Epistle of Barnabas, Extracts from |
73-83 |
Epistle of Barnabas, Testimony concerning Sabbath |
78, 79 |
Epistle of Barnabas, Egotism of author of |
80 |
Epistle of Barnabas, Fanciful and absurd
intrepretation of Scripture |
81, 82 |
Epistle of Barnabas, Absurd fancy concerning the hyena |
82 |
Epistle of Clement |
93-96 |
Epistle of Ignatius |
97-112 |
Epistle of Ignatius, Cause perplexities to critics |
100 |
Epistle of Ignatius, number |
100 |
Epistle of Ignatius, Eight universally admitted to be
forgeries |
101 |
Epistle of Ignatius, Authenticity and genuineness
doubtful |
101, 106 |
Epistle of Ignatius, All frauds |
103 |
Epistle of Ignatius, Condemned by Calvin |
108 |
Epistle of Ignatius, More trustworthy edition very much
interpolated |
107 |
Epistle of Ignatius, Mutilated by “pious” frauds |
107 |
Epistle of Ignatius, Abominable trash |
108 |
Epistle of Ignatius, Extracts from |
108-112 |
Error, Natural to human heart |
42 |
Error, Bacon’s rule for guarding against |
43 |
Error in church at Corinth |
49 |
Errors of fact and doctrine in Fathers |
60 |
Exorcism, Baptism preceded by |
257, 258 |
Facts, Historical, denied by Justin Martyr |
149 |
Falsehoods, Writings of Fathers contain |
64, 65, 85 |
Fasting on Wednesday and Friday commanded by teaching
of the apostles |
121 |
Fathers, Who so called |
58 |
Fathers, Claim made for them |
58 |
Fathers, How their teachings should be judged |
58 |
Fathers, The abettors of every heresy in church |
59 |
Fathers, Most foolish opinions sustained by |
59 |
Fathers, To whom they are valuable |
60 |
Fathers, Loss of their writings not to be deplored |
60 |
Fathers, Direct meaning of Scriptures neglected by |
60 |
Fathers, To obscure true meaning of Scripture their chief
study |
60 |
Fathers, Writings rife with errors |
60 |
Fathers, Writings of, unreliable as to matters of fact and
of doctrine |
60 |
Fathers, Add nothing to our understanding of Scripture |
61 |
Fathers, Ignorant of Scripture |
61 |
Fathers, Their interpretation warped by Paganism |
61 |
Fathers, Antichristian practices of |
62 |
Fathers, Refuted error and superstition by error and
superstition |
62 |
Fathers, Advanced doctrines unwarranted by Scripture |
63 |
Fathers, Determined to be wiser than God |
63 |
Fathers, Flimsy arguments of |
63 |
Fathers, Bad masters in morals |
64 |
Fathers, Had no clear conception of virtue and vice |
64 |
Fathers, Things positively false in writings of |
64 |
Fathers, Opinions of all sects sustained by |
64 |
Fathers, Falsehoods used in controversies of |
65 |
Fathers, Taught that deception was commendable |
66 |
Fathers, Desired victory rather than truth |
65 |
Fathers, Exalted heathen philosophy |
67 |
Fathers, Study of philosophy recommended by |
67 |
Fathers, Their expositions of Scripture childish |
70 |
Fathers, Vagaries of |
70 |
Fathers, Apostolic, Who so called |
72 |
Fathers, Apostolic, Unlike New Testament writers |
72, 73 |
Fathers, Apostolic, Uncertainty of writings |
73 |
Fathers, The Pope the mouthpiece of |
330 |
Festivals, Pagan, Christian festivals modeled after |
247 |
Festivals, Pagan, Character of |
248 |
Festivals, Heathen, why adopted by the church |
303 |
Figurative Interpretation of Bible by Justin Martyr |
154, 155 |
Forgeries, Practiced by the most orthodox |
66 |
Forgery, Epistle of Barnabas a |
74-77 |
Forgery of Paul’s name in epistle to Thessalonians |
104 |
Frauds, “Pious” used by Fathers |
65, 85 |
Frauds, “Pious” use of by Christian teachers |
274, 275 |
Friday, Observed as holiday by early churches |
297 |
Gods of Heathen, Patterns of vice, 18, 19; Disrespect to
them was treason |
20, 21 |
Good Friday, Observed by early church |
297, 300 |
Gospels, Four, Puerile reason for by Irenaeus |
133, 134 |
Greek Philosophy, Church controlled by |
271 |
Gregory Thaumaturgus, Church corrupted by |
247 |
Heathen, Described by Paul |
9-13 |
Heathen Mysteries |
12, 13 |
Heathen, Taught their children vice |
13 |
Heathen Philosophers, Immorality of |
14-16 |
Heathen of all classes consumed in practice of abominable
and unnamable vice |
16 |
Heathen, Licentiousness of, 11-19, 25; No real conception of
sin or holiness |
22 |
Heathenism, A school of vice, 11; State religion |
20 |
Heathenism, Prostitution a part of its worship |
12 |
Heathen Customs, introduced into church |
247, 250, 251 |
Heathen Philosophy, adopted in order
to attract heathen |
270, 271 |
Heathen Festivals, Why adopted by church |
303 |
Heathen Marriage, Corruption of |
17, 23, 25 |
Heathen, Deified emperors and vile persons |
24 |
Heathen, Cause of their blindness |
28 |
Hercules, Ancient sun-god |
309-311 |
Hermas, What is known of |
84, 85 |
Hermas, Shepherd of |
81-92 |
Hermas, Shepherd of, Foolish and insipid |
84 |
Hermas, Wild disordered fanatic |
85 |
Hermas, Shepherd of, immorality inculcated by |
86, 91 |
Holidays of the church |
296, 297 |
Holidays, How celebrated at first |
247 |
Holiness an unmeaning term to heathen |
22 |
Idolatry a religion of obscenity |
13 |
Ignatian Epistles, All frauds |
103 |
Ignatian Epistles, More trustworthy edition very much
interpolated |
107 |
Ignatian Epistles, Mutilated by pious fraud |
107 |
Ignatian Epistles, All condemned by Calvin |
108 |
Ignatian Epistles, Abominable trash |
108 |
Ignatian Epistles, Extracts from |
108-112 |
Ignatius, Epistles of |
97-112 |
Ignatius, Supposed testimony concerning Sabbath |
97 |
Ignatius, Information concerning, very meager |
99 |
Ignatius, Letters of cause great perplexity to critics |
100 |
Ignatius, Epistles of, How many |
100 |
Ignatius, Crazy fanatic, puerile boaster |
103 |
Ignatius, Epistles of, Eight universally regarded as
spurious |
101 |
Ignatius, Epistles of, Authenticity and genuineness
doubtful |
101, 106 |
Ignatius, Desire of for martyrdom |
108-110 |
Ignatius, Extravagant praise of bishop |
110, 111 |
Ignatius, Absurd idea of concerning Virgin Mary |
111 |
Ignatius, senseless egotism, specimen of |
112 |
Images, use of, among Christians |
267 |
Imagination, The commanding feature of Plato’s intellect |
32 |
Immorality of heathen philosophers |
14 |
Immorality in early church |
49, 50, 51, 276-281 |
Incense, Use of in church |
300 |
Irenaeus |
125-145 |
Irenaeus, Testimonies concerning |
125-130 |
Irenaeus, Ignorance of |
142, 143 |
Irenaeus, Absurd interpretation of Scripture by |
143, 144 |
Irenaeus, Influence of blighting to Christianity |
145 |
Irenaeus, Uncertainty of information concerning |
125 |
Irenaeus, Writings of, of very little value |
125 |
Irenaeus, Puerilities in writings of |
126 |
Irenaeus, Pupil of Papias |
126 |
Irenaeus, Folly of Papias, preceptor of |
126, 127 |
Irenaeus, Most unsafe authority |
127 |
Irenaeus, Writings of, wretchedly translated |
128 |
Irenaeus, Writings of, very involved and prolix |
128 |
Irenaeus, Conjectural translation of writings of |
128, 129 |
Irenaeus, Exaltation of ecclesiastics by |
130 |
Irenaeus, Upbuilding of Roman hierarchy |
130, 131 |
Irenaeus, Obedience to Church of Rome taught by |
131-133 |
Irenaeus, Puerile reasoning about four gospels |
133, 134 |
Irenaeus, Fit companion for Barnabas |
134 |
Irenaeus, Ridiculous interpretation of commands concerning
clean and unclean beasts |
134, 135 |
Irenaeus, Testimony of, concerning Sunday |
136 |
Irenaeus, The Sabbath, uncertain reference to |
137 |
Irenaeus, Perpetuity of the law taught by |
137, 138 |
Irenaeus, Purgatory, doctrine of taught by |
138 |
Irenaeus, Scripture authority not enhanced by |
138 |
Irenaeus, Resurrection and immortality, testimony on |
139 |
Irenaeus, Speculation concerning age of Jesus |
139-141 |
Irenaeus, Writings of almost unintelligible |
142 |
Irenaeus, Senseless theory of, concerning name of Jesus |
142 |
Justin Martyr |
146-164 |
Justin Martyr, Testimony concerning |
60, 63, 146-149 |
Justin Martyr, Extracts from |
149-163 |
Justin Martyr, Personal history of |
146 |
Justin Martyr, Philosopher’s gown worn after professed
conversion |
147 |
Justin Martyr, Always a pagan |
147, 148, 149 |
Justin Martyr, Equivocal and contradictory allusions to
Christian doctrine |
148 |
Justin Martyr, Confused views of gospel doctrines |
148 |
Justin Martyr, Sought to harmonize Christianity with
Platonic philosophy |
148 |
Justin Martyr, Ignorance of |
148 |
Justin Martyr, Wanting in discernment |
148 |
Justin Martyr, Loose, fanciful,
and puerile reasoning of |
148, 149 |
Justin Martyr, First to bring Platonic philosophy and
Christianity in contact |
149 |
Justin Martyr, Historical facts denied by |
149 |
Justin Martyr, Testimony concerning Sunday |
149, 150 |
Justin Martyr, Perversion of Lord’s Supper |
151 |
Justin Martyr, Not a believer in Sunday sacredness |
151 |
Justin Martyr, A no-Sabbath man |
151-153 |
Justin Martyr, Scripture precepts denied by |
152, 153 |
Justin Martyr, Sabbath observance, his idea of |
152, 153 |
Justin Martyr, Abolition of law, taught by |
153 |
Justin Martyr, Incorrect quoter of the Scripture |
153, 154 |
Justin Martyr, Interpretation of Bible, mode of |
154, 155 |
Justin Martyr, Direct Scripture statements denied by |
154 |
Justin Martyr, Sunday argument, a sample of |
155 |
Justin Martyr, Ark, eight persons in the, a type of “eight
days” |
155, 156 |
Justin Martyr, Sign of cross, all power ascribed to by 156-161 |
Justin Martyr, Statement that Amalek was conquered, not |
through prayer of Moses, but by sign of cross |
156, 157 |
Justin Martyr, Prophecy concerning Joseph,
exposition of |
157, 158 |
Justin Martyr, Scripture, narrow view of |
158-161, 163 |
Justin Martyr, Sign of cross, claimed that all heathen
reverenced |
160 |
Justin Martyr, Heathen, his puerile
methods of arguing with |
160, 161 |
Justin Martyr, Necromancy, a believer in |
161, 162 |
Justin Martyr, Contradictory positions taken by |
161-163 |
Justin Martyr, Soul and body, necessity of each other,
shown by |
162 |
Justin Martyr, Far-fetched and absurd figures of Christ |
163 |
Justin Martyr, Jacob’s marriage a type of Christ, claimed
by |
163 |
Justin Martyr, Evidently not Bible student |
164 |
Killen on Ignatian epistles |
102, 105, 108 |
Language of Heathen incapable of expressing moral ideas |
22 |
Laodicea, Council of, canon concerning Sunday |
298 |
Laodicea, Council of, canon on promiscuous bathing |
299 |
Law of God, Abolition of, taught by Justin Martyr |
153 |
Law, Perpetuity of, taught by Irenaeus |
137, 138 |
Lord’s Day, The, in epistles of Ignatius |
97-99 |
Lord’s Day, The, really no mention of by Ignatius |
97-99 |
Lord’s Day, Supposed mention of in Teaching of Apostles |
118 |
Lord’s Day, Actually not found in Teaching of Apostles |
119 |
Lord’s Day, Clement of Alexandria’s
statement concerning |
176, 178 |
Lord’s Day, Origen’s mention of |
232 |
Lord’s Supper, Perversion of in time of Justin Martyr |
151 |
Lord’s Supper, Justin Martyr’s statement concerning
celebration of |
151 |
Lycurgus, Allowed the exposure of children |
14 |
Marriage, Looseness of relation among heathen |
17, 23, 25 |
Martyrdom, Desire for by Ignatius |
108-110 |
Martyrdom, Fanatical idea concerning |
109, 110 |
Martyrdom, Substituted for baptism |
288 |
Martyrdom, Atonement for sins obtained by |
288, 289 |
Martyrs, Pilgrimages to tombs of |
283, 284 |
Martyrs, Worship of |
284 |
Martyrs, Prayers addressed to |
291 |
Martyrs, Elevated to place of heathen demi-gods |
286-292 |
Martyrs, Exaggerated honor paid to |
288 |
Midwifery of the mind |
34 |
Miracles, False, produced by relics |
290 |
Monkery, Turtullian an abettor of |
192 |
Monkery, A promoter of vice |
281 |
Montanus, Sketch of |
187 |
Montanism, Description of |
187 |
Montanus, Tertullian a follower of |
191 |
Natural Inclination, Depravity of |
42, 43 |
Necromancy, Justin Martyr a believer in |
161, 162 |
Neo-Platonism, Origen a devotee of |
218, 223 |
Neo-Platonism, Account of |
219-223 |
Neo-Platonism, Religion obscured by |
223 |
Neo-Platonism, Spiritualism identical with |
223 |
Neo-Platonism, Superstition nourished by |
224 |
Neo-Platonism, Monkery fostered by |
224 |
Obstetrical Procedure, Plato’s theory of |
35 |
Origen |
217-241 |
Origen, Statements concerning |
217-231 |
Origen, Birth of |
217 |
Origen, Writings of, mutilated and garbled |
217 |
Origen, Neo-Platonism, devotee of |
218 |
Origen, Heathen science and Christian faith reconciled by |
218 |
Origen, A wild allegorizer |
219 |
Origen, Clearest teaching muddled by |
219 |
Origen, Spiritualism introduced into the church by |
223 |
Origen, Church filled with false philosophy by |
225 |
Origen, Quotations from |
231-241 |
Origen, Literal Scripture narrative disparaged by |
226 |
Origen, The law allegorized by |
226 |
Origen, Doctrine of works of supererogation taught by |
27 |
Origen, Chief of Christian interpreters of third century |
227 |
Origen, Found in Scripture retreat for all errors and idle
fancies |
227 |
Origen, Biblical history, turned into fables by |
227 |
Origen, Contradictory nature of works of |
230, 231 |
Origen, Untrustworthy interpreter |
231 |
Origen, Christian mysticism, father of |
231 |
Origin, Pre-existence of souls taught by |
231 |
Origen, Sabbath, statement concerning |
232 |
Origen, Sabbath, allegorized by |
232 |
Origen, Lord’s day, mentioned by |
232 |
Origen, Reasonableness of Scripture denied by |
233 |
Origen, Scripture declared to contain falsehood by |
234, 235 |
Origen, Infidelity of worst type upheld by |
233-236 |
Origen, Scripture allegorizing specimen of |
236 |
Origen, False science, specimen of |
237, 238 |
Origen, Conversion of the devil foretold by |
237 |
Origen, Father of Universalism |
239, 240 |
Origen, Punishment of wicked spiritualized by |
240, 241 |
Pagan Temples mere brothels |
11, 21 |
Pagan Festivals, Scenes of licentiousness |
21 |
Pagan Prayers |
21 |
Pagan Ideas in church, how brought in |
165, 166 |
Pagan Literati, Influence of in church |
280 |
Pagan Festivals, Character of |
248 |
Pagan Mysteries, How brought into the church |
245, 246 |
Papal Assumption, Growth of |
329-344 |
Papal Hierarchy, Established before time of Constantine |
335 |
Papias, Preceptor of Irenaeus |
126 |
Papias, Monstrous and fabulous inventions of |
126, 127 |
Papias, Egregious liar |
127 |
Persecution of Jews and Christians, reason of |
20, 21 |
Persecution, Religious, sanctioned by Constantine |
343, 344 |
Perversion of Christian ordinances |
253-255 |
Philosophy, Pagan, Clement of Alexandria addicted to |
166, 167 |
Philosophizing, Passion for by Christian teachers |
166 |
Philosophy, Chiefly defended by Clement of Alexandria |
167 |
Philosophy, Greek identified with Christianity by Clement
of Alexandria |
168 |
Philosophers Countenanced vicious practices, |
11, 13, 14-18; |
lived most vicious lives, 15; considered all religions
equally false or equally true |
24 |
Philosophy of Heathen, Led to atheism and despair |
24 |
Philosophy of Plato, Negative |
30 |
Philosophy, Greek, church controlled by |
271 |
Philosophy of Plato, Church corrupted by |
271 |
Philosophy, Claimed by Clement of Alexandria to be
preparation for faith in Christ |
172 |
Philosophy, Necessary to Christianity, claimed by Clement
of Alexandria |
172 |
Philosophy, Heathen, adopted by church to attract the
heathen |
269, 270 |
Philosophy, Church filled with by Origen |
225 |
Philosophy, Platonic, interwoven with Christianity by Justin
Martyr |
148, 149 |
Philosopher’s Gown, Worn by Justin Martyr |
147, 148 |
Philosopher’s Gown, Signification of |
147 |
Philosopher’s Gown, Survival of in Christian pulpits |
147 |
Philosophers, Why they missed the truth |
41 |
Philosophers, Heathen, exalted by Fathers |
67 |
Philosophers, Christianity impaired by |
68 |
“Pious” Frauds, Adoption of by church teachers |
274, 275 |
Platonic Philosophy, Asceticism fostered by |
281 |
Plato, Called evangelical prophet by Clement of Alexandria 169 |
Platonic Philosophy, Acceptance of resulted in doctrine of
purgatory |
272 |
Plato, Quoted as prophet by Clement of Alexandria |
176 |
Plato, Advocated child murder, 14, 37; commended swearing,
15; advocated lying, 16; the father of philosophy,
29; birth and education of, 29; worshiped after death
as a god, 30; his treatises all negative, 30; had no fixed
principles, 31; imagination the chief faculty of intellect,
31; taught the pre-existence of souls, 33, 34; his
“Republic,” immorality in, 35, 36; taught
community of women, 36; advocated promiscuous intercourse
of sexes, 37; why he missed the truth |
41 |
Plato, Philosophy of, adopted by Christian teachers |
148 |
Plato, His philosophy adhered to by Justin Martyr |
148 |
Pope, The mouthpiece of the Fathers |
330 |
Priests of Heathenism openly taught licentiousness, 19; |
taught that the gods allowed sensual gratification |
20 |
Prayers, of Heathen |
21 |
Prostitution, Commanded by law |
12 |
Probation after Death, Clement of
Alexandria advocate of |
178, 179 |
Pre-existence of Souls, Taught by Plato |
33, 34 |
Purgatory, Doctrine of, taught in Shepherd of Hermas |
88 |
Purgatory, Doctrine of, taught by Irenaeus |
138 |
Purgatory, Tertullian taught doctrine of |
214, 215 |
Purgatory, Origen taught doctrine of |
239, 240 |
Purgatory and Prayers for Dead, Popularity of in church in
second century |
272-274 |
Religious Rites, Nearly all of human invention |
252 |
Relics, Traffic in |
284 |
Religion, Displaced by superstition |
284, 285 |
Relic and Martyr Worship |
286-291 |
Relics, Worship of |
290 |
Relics, Miracles worked by |
290 |
Resurrection, Phoenix, adduced by Clement of Rome as
proof of |
94, 95 |
Rome, Moral condition of in time of Christ |
23, 24 |
Rome, Supremacy of bishop of |
331-336 |
Rome, Obedience to church of, taught by Irenaeus |
131-133 |
Rome, Withholding Scripture from people, authority for |
183 |
Sabbath, Supposed testimony of Ignatius on |
97 |
Sabbath, Origen’s views of |
232 |
Sabbath, Literal nature of disbelieved by Origen |
232 |
Sabbath, Existence of any denied by Justin Martyr |
151-153 |
Sabbath Observance, Justin Martyr’s ideas of |
152, 153 |
Sabbath, Uncertain reference to by Irenaeus |
137 |
Sabbath, Tertullian’s testimony on |
197-199 |
Sabbath, Clement of Alexandria’s statement concerning |
177 |
Sabbath, Change of gradually brought about |
295, 296 |
Sabbath, Observed by early Christians |
296, 297 |
Saints, Catholic, character of |
287, 288 |
Saints, Catholic, filthiness of |
287, 288 |
Science, Definition of true |
37 |
Science, What is it? 38; Science, foundation of |
39 |
Scripture, True meaning of obscured by Fathers |
60 |
Scripture, Double meaning of taught by Fathers |
60 |
Scripture, Knowledge of not increased by Fathers |
62 |
Scriptures, Childish expositions of Fathers |
70 |
Scripture, Tertullian a slighter of |
201 |
Scripture, Tertullian’s fanciful interpretation of |
205, 206 |
Scripture, Origen denied reasonableness of |
233 |
Scripture, Said by Origen to contain falsehoods |
234, 235 |
Scripture, Misquotation of by Justin Martyr |
153, 154 |
Scripture Statements, Justin Martyr’s denial of |
154 |
Scripture, Narrow view of by Justin Martyr |
158-160 |
Scriptures, Perverted by philosophizing teachers |
167 |
Scripture, Inaccurately quoted by Clement of Alexandria |
172 |
Scripture, Meaning of declared to be hidden, by Clement |
183 |
Scripture, Tertullian a perverter of |
185, 186 |
Shepherd of Hermas |
84-92 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Author of forged dialogues |
84 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Full of folly, superstition, and
nonsense |
84 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Author a willful cheat |
85 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Author a wild, disordered fanatic |
85 |
Shepherd of Hermas, A fictitious work |
85 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Tone of Christianity in first centuries
reflected by |
86 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Opinion of early church concerning |
86 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Quoted as Scripture by Fathers |
88 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Extracts from |
86-91 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Immorality inculcated by |
86, 90, 91 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Taught doctrine of purgatory |
88 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Doctrine of works of supererogation
found in |
89 |
Shepherd of Hermas, Study of tended to foster
licentiousness |
90-92 |
Shepherd of Hermas, One result of his teaching |
281 |
Sign of the Cross, All power
ascribed to by Justin Martyr |
156-161 |
Sign of the Cross, Justin Martyr’s claim that the Israelites
conquered by it |
157, 158 |
Sign of the Cross, Tertullian on |
200, 202-206 |
Sign of the Cross, Baptism preceded by |
257-259 |
Sign of the Cross, Frequency of its use |
264 |
Sign of the Cross, Considered as charm |
264, 265 |
Sign of the Cross, Pagan origin of |
265, 266 |
Slavery among the heathen |
15, 23 |
Socrates, Commended profanity, 15; practiced unnatural
crimes |
15, 19 |
Sodomy practiced even by the philosophers |
11-15 |
Spiritualism, Brought into church by Origen |
223 |
Spiritualism, Early adoption of by the church |
273 |
Sunday, Testimony of Justin Martyr concerning |
149, 150 |
Sunday, Testimony concerning by Irenaeus |
136 |
Sunday, Refraining from kneeling on |
136 |
Sunday, Tertullian’s statements concerning |
195, 196 |
Sunday, Mosheim’s statement concerning |
292, 293 |
Sunday, Christian at Work on |
294, 296 |
Sunday, S. S. Times on |
295 |
Sunday, Wild holiday of Pagan times |
318 |
Sunday Law, Constantine’s, pagan nature of |
318 |
Sunday as a Holiday, Origin of |
196 |
Sunday, Not of apostolic origin |
294 |
Sunday, Gradually and silently introduced |
295 |
Sunday, Dr. Scott’s testimony concerning |
295 |
Sunday, Decree of council of Laodicea concerning |
298 |
Sunday, Devoted to sun by pagans |
318, 319 |
Sunday, Christmas more highly esteemed than |
303 |
Sunday, First law in favor of |
319 |
Sunday, Constantine’s relation to |
318-327 |
Sun-worship, Tertullian authority for |
195, 196 |
Sun-worship and Sunday |
304-328 |
Sun-worship, Scripture mention of |
305, 313 |
Sun-worship, How regarded by the Lord |
305 |
Sun-worship, Universality of |
305-312 |
Sun-worship, Abominations of |
306, 307, 309, 311, 312 |
Sun-worship, Religion of licentiousness |
307, 309, 311 |
Sun-worship among Romans |
312, 314-319 |
Sun-worship in time of Elagabalus |
314, 315 |
Sun-worship in time of Aurelian |
315 |
Sun-worship in time of Diocletian |
316 |
Sun-worship by Constantine |
317, 318, 325 |
Sun, Confounded by Christians
with Son of Righteousness |
317, 319 |
Sun-god, Various representations of |
306-312 |
Superstition, Religion displaced by |
284, 285 |
Supererogatory Merit, Doctrine of taught in Shepherd of
Hermas |
89 |
Supererogation, Doctrine of works of, taught by Origen |
227 |
“Teaching of the Apostles” |
113-124 |
Teaching of the Apostles, History of |
113, 114 |
Teaching of the Apostles, Not apostolic |
114 |
Teaching of the Apostles, When written |
114, 116 |
Teaching of the Apostles, Childishness of |
114, 122 |
Teaching of the Apostles, Tainted by heresy and
incompetency |
114 |
Teaching of the Apostles, Summary of opinions on |
116-118 |
Teaching of the Apostles,
Conflicting opinions concerning |
116-118 |
Teaching of the Apostles, Lord’s day, supposed mention of, 118 |
Teaching of the Apostles, Extracts from |
118-124 |
Teaching of the Apostles,
Inconsistency of those who credit |
119 |
Teaching of the Apostles, Actually no mention of Lord’s day
in |
119 |
Teaching of the Apostles, Fasting on Friday and
Wednesday commanded by |
121 |
Teaching of the Apostles, On baptism |
122 |
Teaching of the Apostles, Stealing recommended by |
123 |
Teaching of the Apostles, Atonement of sins by money
taught in |
124 |
Tertullian, Gloomy fanatic |
69 |
Tertullian, Voluminous writer |
184 |
Tertullian, Personal characteristics of |
184, 186 |
Tertullian, Passionate nature of |
184 |
Tertullian, Exaggeration dealt in by |
184, 191 |
Tertullian, Untrustworthy as to matters of fact |
184 |
Tertullian, Superstitious and bigoted |
185 |
Tertullian, Scripture perverted by |
185, 186 |
Tertullian, Birth and conversion of |
185 |
Tertullian, Catholic theology founded by |
185 |
Tertullian, Absurdity preferred to reason, by |
186 |
Tertullian, Illogical |
190 |
Tertullian, Untrustworthiness of |
190 |
Tertullian, Salvation by faith not understood by |
190 |
Tertullian, Ungoverned imagination of |
191 |
Tertullian, Monkery, a father of |
192 |
Tertullian, Moral laxity favored by |
192 |
Tertullian, Prayers to dead, taught by |
192 |
Tertullian, Critical sagacity lacked by |
193 |
Tertullian, Fiery nature of |
193 |
Tertullian, Sunday, statements concerning |
195, 196 |
Tertullian, Sun-worshiper |
195, 196 |
Tertullian, Sabbath-keeping, statements concerning |
197-199 |
Tertullian, Sabbath, disbeliever in a |
197 |
Tertullian, Sabbath law not abolished, testimony to |
198 |
Tertullian, Scripture perverted by |
198, 199 |
Tertullian, Trine immersion taught by |
200 |
Tertullian, Statements concerning |
69, 148, 184-192 |
Tertullian, Quotations from |
192-215 |
Tertullian, A Montanist |
186, 191 |
Tertullian, Insanity of |
189 |
Tertullian, An infatuated author |
189 |
Tertullian, Catholicity of |
189 |
Tertullian, Baptism, statement concerning perversion of |
200 |
Tertullian, Offerings for the dead, practiced by |
200 |
Tertullian, Sign of the cross, used by |
200, 202-206 |
Tertullian, Scripture ignored by |
201 |
Tertullian, Heathenism and Christianity,
identified by |
204, 205 |
Tertullian, Scripture,
fanciful interpretation of |
205, 206, 208 |
Tertullian, Material Cross, his devotion to |
204-206, 213 |
Tertullian, Speculative writer |
207 |
Tertullian, Soul, belief concerning |
207, 208, 209 |
Tertullian, Childish nonsense of |
208, 209 |
Tertullian, Science, ignorance of |
209 |
Tertullian, Holy water, believer in |
211-213 |
Tertullian, Baptism, fanciful ideas of |
211-213 |
Tertullian, Ignorance of |
148 |
Tertullian, On prayer |
214 |
Tertullian, Doctrine of Purgatory taught by |
214, 215 |
Tertullian, Unchristian fanaticism of |
216 |
Theodosius, Superstition of |
287 |
Tradition, False concerning age of Jesus |
139-141 |
Tradition, Unsatisfactory nature of |
141, 142 |
Tradition, Bower’s statement of the value of |
252 |
Trine Immersion, Taught by Tertullian |
200 |
Truth of the Bible, How demonstrated |
40 |
Universalism taught by Origen |
239, 240 |
Victory, Rather than truth, the object of Fathers |
65 |
Vagaries, Indulged in by Fathers |
70 |
Women, Immorality of, among heathen |
17 |
Women, Community of taught by Plato |
36 |
Wickedness of heathen world chargeable to the philosophers |
42 |
Works of Supererogation, Taught in Shepherd of Hermas |
89 |