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LETTERS OF ST. AUGUSTIN
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Academic philosophy, 401-407, 444
Acclamations in ecclesiastical meetings, 569
Ambrose, conversation of Monica with, 270, 300
Anaxagoras refuted 446
Anaximenes refuted, 446
Anecdote of Vendicianus 482
Anecdote of Gennadius, 514,
Anecdote, humorous, 533
Anecdote of Dioscorus, 576
Anger, remarks on, 271
Apuleius of Madaura, 487
Astrology, absurdities of, 588, 589
Baptism not to be repeated, 243
Baptism of infants, 409, 410, 526-530, 532
Bishop, the office of
its nature, 277
motives to resign or accept it, 325, 326
Bodily infirmities, reference to Augustin's, 271, 452, 509, 593
Catholic faith, restoration of Leporius to, 572
Christ commended to Licentius, 248
to Dioscorus, 445
to Volusianus, , 478
Christ, name of, known throughout the world, 586
Christ preaching to the spirits in prison, 515-521
Christian churches, social influence of, 377, 484
resorted to in time of trouble and distress, 579
Christian Dispensation, epoch of, 416-418
Christian Dispensation, peculiarities of, 418-420
Christian excellence, a fine example of, 507
Christianity, evidences of, 478-480
Christianity favourable to national prosperity, 485-487
Conciliation, endeavours after,
with Donatists, 242, 244, 262, etc.
with unknown bishop, 498
Conscience, cases of, resolved, 290, 294
Consolation to a bereaved sister, 591-593
Conversion of Dioscorus, marvellous, 576
Councils, authority of, 282
Cross, symbolical significance of the, 311
Cutzupits or mountain men, 298
Danger, bishops should not desert their sees in time of, 577-581
Death-bed, a triumphant, 509-512
Debate between Fortunius and Augustin, 285-290
Deliverance of Christian captive, remarkable, 436
Disinterestedness of Augustin, 362
Dispensations, unity of Old and New Testament, 481-483
Donatists, controversy with 276-285
Dove, the form of a, symbol of the Holy Ghost, 541, 542
Dreams, marvellous, 510, 512, 513, 514
Dreams, phenomena inexplicable, 513, 514
Dress of women, 588
Easter, observance of, 308-312
Ecclesiastical cases
Abundantius, 322
Pinianus, 459
Election of Augustin's successor, record of proceedings at, 568-570
Epicureans refuted, 443
Epicureans extinct in fifth century, 442, 445
Epicurus refuted, 448
Eternity of punishment, 420, 422
Eucharist to be taken fasting, 301
Excommunication, example of rash, 589, 590
Faith, perfect understanding not essential to, 425, 426, 539, 540
Falsehood in no case excusable, 251, 273, 351, 357, 547, 548
Fasting before taking the Eucharist, 302, 303
Feasts in honour of martyrs, censured, 239-241
Forbearance, duty of mutual, 562-563
God not seen with the bodily eyes, 498, 499
Grace, human dependence on, 496, 497, 549-551, 571
Greek, Augustin's imperfect knowledge of, 251, 275
Heavenly-mindedness, 451, 459-462
Hebrew, Augustin's ignorance of, 303, 327
Humility of Augustin, 236, 237, 241, 250, 270, 491, 494
Humility commended, 454
Hymn of Priscillianists, 457
Incarnation, nature of, 474-477, 541, 542
Infantile protest against idolatry, marvellous, 408
Infants, sufferings of, difficult to account for 526, 528-531
Irony, 234, 235, 267, 295, 298, 377, 378, 588
Jonah's gourd, discussion as to, 327, 342, 361
Jonah's history defended and allegorized, 422, 423
Jupiter, Apollonius more respectable than, 489
Latin clerks scarce in Palestine, 544
Lent, observance of, 312
Letter to Jerome, tedious journey of, 328
Loaf exchanged between Christian friends, 246, 260
Love, brotherly, 55
Manuscripts stolen from Jerome, 544
Martyrs of Suffectum, 295
Maundy Thursday, how observed, 302, 303
Mercy to man recompensed with mercy from God, 538
611Monks, counsels to, 294, 378, 362
Moon, the, a symbol of the Church, 305, 306
Murder, judicial, of Marcellinus, 505-508
Music, symbolical value of, 473, 527
Numbers, significance of, 308-309, 312-314
Nun, on Demetrias becoming a, 504
Nuns rebuked for unseemly strife, 563, 564
Nunneries, rule of Augustinian, 564-568
Oath, binding nature of an, 453-455, 458, 459
Occupations of Augustin, multifarious, 223, 414, 489, 539, 543, 570
Ordination of Augustin, reference to, 238, 570
Pagan objections to Christianity, 233, 234, 422, 423, 472, 473
Paganism, arguments against, 234, 235, 295, 377, 378, 406, 585-587
Paper scarce, 232
Patience of Augustin, 271
Patience recommended, 450, 451, 469
Pelagianism, warnings against, 549-552
Pelagianism, measures against, 554-556
Persecution, earlier views of Augustin on, 289
later views of Augustin on, 367, 375, 382-386, 388-390, 543, 545, 547
Peter, successors of St., 298
Piety of Augustin, 222, 228, 294, 307
Praise should not be vehemently desired, 583
Prayer, subjects of, 462-464, 466
Prayer, continuance in, 464, 465
Prayer, use of, 465
Preaching, example of Augustin's power in, 253-255
Preaching of presbyters, 275
Presents received by Augustin, 504, 572, 597
Punic language, preaching in, 364
Reading of Scripture in churches, 327
Rebuke of worldliness in a priest, 364, 365
Relics of St. Stephen, 568
Remorse, pangs of, 508
Resurrection of Christ and of Lazarus compared, 414-417
Riot at Calama, 378
Riotous election of Pinianus at Hippo, 455, 456
Rites and ceremonies of the Church, 300-315
Rome, sieges of, referred to, 410
Rome, Bishop of, appealed to, 560-562
Sabbath, law of the, typical, 310
Saints, miracles wrought at tombs of, 346
Sanctuary, churches used as a, by offenders, 436, 437, 589
Scandals in the Church no reason for forsaking it, 283, 284, 345, 558-560
Scriptures, Augustin's study of the, 238, 313
Scriptures superior to all other writings, 413, 470, 480
Scriptures, authority of, 490
Septuagint version, Augustin's undue reverence for, 347
Sin, essential nature of, 537-538
Soldier, advices to a, 553, 554, 581, 582
Souls, condition of disembodied, 512-514
Spirits in prison, who were the, 519-521
Stoics, doctrines of, refuted, 443, 444, 534-537
Stoics extinct in fifth century, 442, 445, 446
Torture, examination by, 470
Trinity, mystery of the, 229-230, 540, 541
Violence of barbarians, 433-437
Violence of Donatists, 264, 371, 372, 433, 470
Ward of the Church, concerning marriage of, 591
Widows especially called to pray, 468
World, vanity of this, 558
Worldliness, warnings against, 573-576
Zeal, an example of Christian, in Orosius, 523
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