HOMILIES ON GALATIANS AND EPHESIANS.
Agar, interpretation of, 34 (note). Allegory, what, 34.
Almsgiving, duty of, 45; the danger of omitting the duty, 69; en- forced, 172. Altar, Christian, 64. Amattari, the family of, mentioned
I Sam. x. 21; the text quoted in illustration of God's Paternal Government over the families of heaven and earth, 82 (and note). Ambition of those who wished to in-
troduce circumcision, 42. Angels, men become in the Gospel,
6; Priests called, 8-28; St. Paul received as, 32; their life a pat- tern for Christians, 55; cannot confer spiritual gifts, 60; are taught the mystery of the Gospel by the Church, 80; their knowl- edge limited, 80; orders of them alluded to, 81; as implied in the word "family," 82 (and note); surround Elisha and encamp un- seen as guardians of God's saints, 95; keep unity, 99; are a pattern of love and unity to us, 100; are present at the Christian mysteries,
120; represented as girded like soldiers, 165. Anger, to be directed against the
devil and against ourselves, 58, 163; forbidden against Our brethren, 118; its cure, 118; it is giving place to the devil, ib.; of momentary anger, 128. Anomoans, 28 (note). Apostles, &c., Eph. iv. 11, 12; the
subordination of the Christian ministry not defined in this text, 104.
Apostolic vocation, prerogative of, 2. | Charity, can only be exercised in this Argument, not the way to attain spir- itual wisdom, 60. Arius, the heretic, 164. Armor, of the Christian, 167. Atonement, 4, 22, 23, 27; the mar-
velousness of it and its effects, 53.
Babylas, St., buried in his fetters, 96. Baptism, not the Law, makes us sons,
4; a crucifixion with Christ, 22; regenerating with the Word, 35; a confession of faith before and after it, 53 (and note); no second Baptism, 57, 73; raises Christians to sit together with Christ, 67; washes away sin, 69; the beginning of righteousness, 114; the danger of sin after it,
171. Bitterness, taints the whole character,
122; is powerless, 122; must be entirely eradicated, 125. Boasting in self ultimately leads to
humility, 44. Body, not sinful, but the instrument
of sin, 39; not necessarily evil, 41; nor opposed to the spirit, 41; not evil in substance, 42. Body, not sinful in itself, but sins,
when left to itself, 73; should be in subjection to the soul, 74; the compactness and sympathy of its members a type of those of the Church, 106, 117; its limits forbid covetousness, 58; and ex- cess, 138; the Church is Christ's body, 62; receives life from Him as the body from the head, 106; as such must not be torn by schism, ib.
Body and blood of Christ, partaken in the Eucharist, 63. Bonds, their great power, 85 et seqq.;
a type of bondage by sin, 88; see Prison.
Carnal, what acts are so called, 73. Cathari, a name indirectly assumed
by the Novatians, 119 (and note). Catholics, accused of being through
ambition contentious against heretics, 7.
life, 46; to be extended to all, ib. Children, the Three Holy Children, 92, 93. Children, admonished, 153; their
duty obedience, 153; need not be made monks, but must be brought up as Christians, 154; to be taught self-discipline and trained for immortality, 154; re- quire this training more for courts than for monastic life, 155; they who train them are forming stat- ues to Christ, 156. Chosen, how Christians are chosen,
55; are made manifest by seal- ing, 56. Christ, His sufferings voluntary, 4;
the cause both of our hidden and of our visible life, 22; was sacrificed for all men, 23; yet loved each enough to die for him alone, ib.; awful mysterious- ness of His death, 23; took on Him the curse of the Cross, 27; in the baptized, 29, 30; Chris- tians fulfill the Law one with and for another, 43; our Mediator and Judge, 51; above all prin- cipality and power, 61; our Head, 62, 105; made man's nature His garment, 62; His deep humiliation and high ex- altation, 62; specially present in the Eucharist, 65; how He broke down the middle wall, 71; and abolished the enmity, 72; became a Jew by circumcision, 73; a Gentile by being a curse, ib., united both Jews and Gen- tiles and slew the enmity by His Cross, 73; the chief corner-stone, 75; brought us to Himself, 75; dwells in the faithful, 81; His glory in the Church, 82; the ex- emplar of love to enemies, 84; and of forgiveness of injuries, 129; led captivity captive, 104; is the Head of the Church, and the Saviour of the Body, 144; the Bridegroom of the Church, 144; His love to the Church a pattern for husbands, 142–145.
Christians, in all conditions called
saints and faithful, 49; their blessings spiritual, 50; how chosen in Christ, 51; in order to be unblamable, 51; ought to be like Angels, 55, 62, 100; how sealed by the Spirit, 56, 120; their privilege in having Christ for their head, 62; are members of His body, 62; partakers of His body in the Eucharist, 63; are made to sit in heavenly places, 67; are created unto good works, 68; may not live in the flesh, but in heaven, 74; are given what elder saints toiled after, 75; are collectively and severally the temple of God, 75; are bound as one body by mu- tual ties, 102; all equal in Christ, 102; alike in grace, differ in gifts, 103; how light in the Lord, 133; cannot serve God and mammon, 135; must walk circumspectly and not give of- fense, 137; must put on the whole armor of God, 160; their conflict with the devil, 161; must stand well and be braced up for the fight, 163; how they are to keep the Passover, 165; their warfare ceases in the land of promise, 166; are here in a pilgrimage or campaign, 166. Chrysostom, St., did not preach to
please, 79; calls to public hu- miliation, 102; offers to resign his dignity for the sake of unity, 108; his times, manifold vices of, 78, 79 (and note); neglect of Communion, 64; degeneracy of teachers, 78; Church offi- ces salable, ib.; the Church in conflagration through pride, 100; treatment of slaves, 123. Church, name of, implies unity, 4; divided into a thousand parties, 8; represented by Sarah, 34; its exaltation as the body of Christ, 62; is Christ's fullness, 62; shall continue till He comes, 76, 82; is one body in Him, 99; binds all together by mutual good offices, ib.; is like a house built of men's souls, 100, 101; set on fire by pride, ib.; ought| not to seek the support of bad men, 107; is the spouse of Christ, 144; her condition when He took her, ib. Circumcision, brings us under the
Law, 37; observed by St. Paul, not preached, 38. Clamor, forbidden, 123; is the vehi- cle of anger, a special fault of women, ib. Commandments, the Ten, the order of them, 153. Communicants, unworthy, 79; care-
less and formal, 108; must re- frain from reviling, and why, 120. Communion, Church, not to be ex-
panded to take in bad men, 107. Concession, and command, difference
between, 15; condescension of the Apostles to the Judaists, I– 15.
Corner-stone. See Christ. Corruption, various meanings of the word, 171. Courtezans, 151. Covenants, old and new proceeded both from the Father and the Son, 6. Covetousness is idolatry in Christians, 133-34; leads to the death of the soul, 134.
Cross, destroys the need of the Law, 3; removes the curse, 27; the boast of Christians, 46; raises them above the old Dispensation as well as above the world, 46. Curiosity, generally misdirected and misplaced, 141.
Damsels, devoted to monastic life, 115-16.
David, a guileless character, 123. Deacon, his office in dismissing the
congregation, 64 (and note). Death, of the soul, what it is, 134;
the second death, 172. Devil, why called the prince of this world, 66; why of the power of the air, ib.; takes advantage of men's quarrels, 119; and of their covetousness, 162; his wiles, 159; his forces, 160; may be overcome, 160; but is not to be wrestled with so much as trampled on, 162; his fiery darts are doubts, 169; and evil desires and sharp sorrows, 169; to be slain by keep- ing the commandments, 169. Dispensation of grace, 76. Drunkenness, excludes from Heaven, 69; its temporal ill effects, 138.
partaken in it, 63; the prepara- tion for it, 63; profanation of it, 64; neglect of it, ib.; formal- ism of Communicating only at the seasons, danger of unworthy Communicating, 63; inconsist- ency of coming to Service and not Communicating, 64; unfit- ness not the fault of nature but of indolence, 65; Christ specially present in the Eucharist, 65; al- lusions to the Eucharistic Ser- vice, 120-21; see Sacrifice. Evidences, of the Gospel, 9. Evil, not necessarily connected with this life, 5; not in our bodily substance but our will, 42.
Faith, vitiated by a slight adultera- tion, 7; to be defended in slight matters, 8; slight perversion of, invalidates the ministerial author- ity, 8; anterior to the Law, 26– 27; justifies without the Law, 26; but not without love, 37; ever sees Christ, 24; gains miraculous and spiritual powers, 25; as no force if the Law be added, 25; makes us sons of God, 30; al- ways joined with love by St. Paul, 60; will not save without works, 67; a shield to protect ready believers, 169. Faithful, the, bear about the form of
Christ, 30; the body of Christ, 41. Falsehood, an instance of willful sin,
Fasting, a means of intercession, 101. Father and Son, one in will, 4; one
in act, 6; reveal each other, 11, 146.
Fathers, their duties in the nurture of their children, 154.
Faults, to be mildly corrected, 43.
Paul, 84, &c. Fireworshipers, 110. Flesh, means not the body, but the depraved will, 41. Forgiveness, motives for it, 128–29. Foundation, катаßоλǹ, a beautiful al-
Earnest, the meaning of the word ex- Fetters and bonds, gloried in by St. plained, 56; see Spirit. Economy, of the Apostles about the Law, 15; to be beneficial to the objects of it, must be concealed from them, 16; of St. Paul in circumcising Timothy, 16. Education in Scripture remedies that in the Classics, 154; consists in nurture, see Children.
Ephesus, the metropolis of [Procon-
sular] Asia, 49; the abode of St. John and of Timothy, and a great resort of philosophers, ib.; its inhabitants advanced in knowledge, 49. Epiphany, the great festival of the
Greek Church in remembrance of our Lord's Baptism and Birth, 63 (note); a season for Com- municating, ib.
Equality of ranks, inconsistent with peace, 147; Christian equality, 102; civil slavery not inconsist- ent with it, 142; mutual service, 158.
Eucharist, called the flesh of Christ,
41; Christ's body and blood
lusion contained in the word, 51; Christ the foundation, 75. "Fullness of the times" was Christ's coming, 54.
"Fullness of Christ" is the Church, 62.
"Fullness of God" explained,
Galatians, nature of their error, 2; feared to forsake the Law, 6; justly called "foolish," 23; sons of Abraham as Isaac was, 34; misled by party spirit, 40. "Gather together into one," the meaning of the expression, 54. Gentile customs, 8. Gentiles, raised above the privileges
of the Jews, 71; their calling a mystery, So: the vanity of their worship as directed to the crea- tures, 110; it flattered men's evil passions, III.
God, loves us for His own Name's sake, 56; a just apprehension of Him forbids us to doubt or ra- tionalize, 60; the knowledge of Him derived from His Spirit, ib.; His goodness not to be pre- sumed upon, 69; kind to the un- thankful, 139; no respecter of persons, 159. Good-pleasure, the meaning of the word, 52. Government, in its origin paternal, 82; must be centered in one, 146; exemplified in a household, 159. Gospels, one in substance, though fourfold in form, 7; easily per- verted, 7. Gospel, no afterthought, 51, 55; may be in itself an offense, in the manner of preaching it should not be, 137. Grace, sets us free, makes us new, heirs and sons, 30; the great change it produces in Christians, 52; arrays the soul in spiritual beauty, 53. Guilelessness, 123.
Habit, one sinful one may ruin us, 68; evil ones must be cured by cultivating their opposites, 125-
Hannah, an example to mothers,
154; of watchfulness and prayer, 170; her reverence and contri- tion, 170. Harlots, their treatment of their lovers, 83. Heretics, denied the Co-equality of the Father and the Son, 4; considered this life essentially evil, 5.
Herod, judgment upon, 90. Holiness in teachers more influential
than miracles, 77. Holy children, as examples of tri-
umph over affliction, 93. Hospitality, to be shown to the poor, 151.
Household, the mistress's duty in the
conduct of, 124; when well or- dered sheds a fragrance around, 143; is a little city and its head a prince, 159. Husbands, to love their wives as Christ loved the Church, 144- 45; the husband the head of the family, 146; the importance of him to the household, 148; character of a good one, 149; must show all forbearance, 150; and wean his wife from the world, ib.
Hymn, the Angelic Hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy," sung in the Eu- charistic service, 64 (and note), 121, 165.
Idolatry of Christians is covetousness, 134; its origin, 135. Ignorance, to profess it more wise
than to profess knowledge, 141. Incarnation, effects of, 30.
Inheritance, by lot, according to a
purpose, 55. Israelites, how they kept the Pass-
over, 164; how they fell, 165; their history is a mystery or type, ib.
Jailer at Philippi, conversion of, 87. James the Less, not the Lord's brother, though so called, 13. Jeremiah in prison, 94. Jericho, 166.
Jerusalem, earthly and heavenly, 166. Jesting, forbidden to Christians, 130; the character of one given to it, 131; enormous when extended| to Scripture, 131-32. Jesus, the Son of Nave, the type of Jesus the Son of God, 166. Jews, the hindrance to their conver- sion, 4; their blessings earthly, 50; how of old chosen by God, 51; their privileges how stated by St. Paul, 71; how Jews and Gentiles are made one, 71.
Job, an example of protracted suffer- ing, 172.
John Baptist in prison, 94. Joseph in prison, 94. Judaizers opposed St. Paul, 2; their
ambition, 42; in St. Chrysostom's day, 8, 21; heresy of, 11. Judgments, temporal, a call to repent-
Julian, St., a recluse, his character, 156.
Laver, of Baptism. See Baptism. Law the, not evil, but weak and dan-
gerous, 20; death to, different meanings of, 22; causes faith not to avail, 25; curse of re- moved by the Cross, 27; par- tially restrains sin, 28; provided for self-knowledge and self-re- straint, 29; once led to, now leads from Christ, 29; sometimes means Genesis, often the Old Testament, 33; obedience to part of, subjects to the whole, 36; abolished to make room for a higher rule of life, 39, 42; ful- filled by the various gifts of the faithful, 43; the ceremonies of, abolished in Christ, 72. Lent-season, 63.
Light, detects darkness by its own
Lot, inheritance by lot implies that
we are not chosen by merit, 55 (and note). Love, God's love the cause of our
being chosen, 52; how to under- stand its extent, 82; its effects and obligations upon man, 98; always combined with faith, 60, 171; towards enemies enforced, 82, 127-129; its fruit unity and mutual confidence, 97-98; is the condition of our receiving the Spirit, 105; love between hus- band and wife, 149. Lowliness, the ground of all graces, 96.
Man, the wonderful exaltation of his nature in Christ, 61; his little- ness and greatness, 62; a four- fold consideration of him, 114. Manichees, considered the world es- sentially evil, 5 (note); and the body, 39; paid divine honors to the heavenly bodies, 5. Manichees, 139 (and note). Marcionites, allowed one Gospel only, 7, 139 (and note). Marks of the Cross, 47. Marriage, &c., some heretics forbade it, 147; rules for, 151. Masters, their duties, 158. Mildness in correcting enjoined, 43. Minister, in what sense not applied to the Son, 54 (and note). Ministers of the Gospel to be obeyed though wicked, 8; unless they vitiate the faith, 8; maintained by their disciples, 44; mutual benefits of this, 45; contrast in the case of Heathen teachers, 45 (note).
Monks, 165 (note); their self-denial, 248.
Moses, an example of love to ene- mies, 83.
Murder, an instance of voluntary sin, 57.
Mystery, "of His will," 53; the call-
ing of the Gentiles so called, 77; of the Gospel made known to angels by the Church, 80; the union of Christ and the Church so called, 146.
Natural, what acts are so called, 73. Nature, does not force man to sin, 57. Necessity, not to be pleaded in excuse for sin, 57. Nineveh, its repentance an example to us, 101-2.
Novatians, denied repentance to the lapsed, 25 (note).
Oaths, not necessary to beget confi- dence, 62.
Obedience, slight breach of, punish- able, 7.
Passover, its historical and mystical
meaning, 165; how kept by Is- raelites, how to be kept by Chris- tians, 165. Paul, St., followed Christ's example in his mode of preaching, 1; his divine calling and commission, 2; suddenness of his conversion a proof of its being divine, 10; sincerity of his motives, 10; his opposition to Christianity on re- ligious motives, ib.; called on account of his capacity, 10; rea- son of his first journey from An- tioch to Jerusalem, 11; reason of his second journey, 14; his fervency and humility, 12; equal in dignity to St. Peter, 12; his humility shown in his visit to St. Peter, 12; his doctrine approved by the Apostles, 17; his tender- ness and skill, 31-2; observed,
but did not preach, circumcision, 38; usual arrangement of his Epistles, 39; why he wrote that to the Galatians with his own hand, 46; a proof of God's love and power, 52; had a foretaste of heavenly blessings, 56; his sym- pathy and affectionateness, 59; his gentleness, 65; bound for the Gentiles' sake, 76; saved by grace, 76; had special revelation of the calling of the Gentiles, 77; his zeal, endurance, and wis- dom, 77; attributed all to grace, ib.; an example to teachers, ib.; his great humility, 79; his earnest supplication, 81; example of love to enemies, 84; glories in bonds, 85; but not before Agrippa, and why, 95; his skill as a spiritual physician, 118; his simplicity and condescension in admon- ishing children, 153; overcame Satan, 161; the intensity of his love to Christ, 161; asks his brethren's prayers, 168. Paul of Samosata, heretic, 104 (note), 164. Peter, St., boldness of his character,
18; did not really dissemble at Antioch, ib.; reasons why he appeared to do so, 19; instructed not to spurn the Gentiles, 77; his deliverance from prison by the Angel, 86, 89-90. Poverty the lot of the Christian, 46. Prayer, the Lord's Prayer, how it
should affect us, 120-21; prayer unceasing required in Christians, and watchfulness, 169; exempli- fied in the Canaanitish woman, the importunate widow, ib., and in Hannah, 170.
Presence, real, of Christ in the Eucha- rist, 63-64.
Priests, may be understood under the term "Angels," 8, 28. Prison, the blessedness of it for
Christ's sake, 85 et seqq.; in- stanced in St. Paul, St. Peter, Three Holy Children, 93; Jere- miah, Joseph, St. John the Bap-
tist, 94. Privileges, Jewish and Christian com- pared, 51; present privileges but an earnest, 56; how enhanced in being bestowed through Christ, 52; the consideration of them very awful, 62. Providence, instanced in mercies upon
some, and judgments upon others, 90; implied in the circumstances of men, 139; in the order of nature, 140; proved by analogy, 140; yet wholly mysterious, 140-
Psalms, the expression of Christian cheerfulness, 138. Punishment, degrees of it in hell, 69.
Rationalizing, its absurdity and shal- lowness, 139-40. "Redeeming the time" explained, 137.
Redemption, absolute redemption will be in the next world, 56. Regeneration, another needed by Gal-
atians, 32; effected by the Divine Words in baptism, 35. Repentance, possible after lapsing, 25.
Reproof, is charitable, and to be given at any hazard, 136. Resurrection of Christ, effected by His own power, 3. Resurrection, more miraculous to per- suade souls than raise the dead,
Reviling, shameful in Christians, 163. Riches. See Covetousness. Righteousness, Jewish and Christian compared, 114; is in respect of God, or man, 114; is a garment,
Rites of the law, connected with each other, 37.
Sabbath, strictness of under the Law,
7; Judaic observance of excludes from grace, 21. Sacrifice, the Christian, 63-64; prep-
aration for it, 63; see Eucharist. Saints, a common name for Christians
in all conditions, 50; what a saint ought to be, 131. Salvation, is entirely of free grace,
yet not exclusive of our virtue, 52. Samuel, the child of a good mother, 154. Sarah, 148.
Satan, seduces gradually and secretly,
Schism, cuts off from the Spirit, 105; implies want of love and of holi- ness, 106; especially provokes God's anger - like the sin of those who mangled Christ's Body, ib.; inexpiable by martyrdom, 106 (and note), 108. Schismatics, to be avoided, 106. Scripture, supreme authority of, 8;
sense of, not the words must be considered, II; profane use of, 131; understatements of, 132. Seal, of the Spirit. See Spirit. Self-indulgence, in Christian teachers
impairs their power of convert- ing and keeping in the fold,
Servants, to be taken care of, 148,
159; as brethren, 157; their du- ties to serve with good will, 157- 58; taken to the theater, but not to church, 159.
is evil, not the world, 5; not to be excused by nature or neces- sity, 57; its voluntariness in- stanced by various cases, with reference to the Commandments, murder, adultery, theft, perjury, assault, rapine, 57 et seqq.; would not be punished if of ne- cessity, ib., the ground of dis- cord, 97; blinds the understand- ing, 112-13; is self-destructive, 113; is in omission as well as commission, 126; is the only
real evil, 140; the source of cor- ruption both of body and soul, 171; should be put away by acts of mercy, 172. Slaves, how to be treated, 123-24. Slavery, how mitigated by the Gospel,
142; is but a name, 157; loses its meaning when it is made vol- luntary, 158; its origin, it is the punishment of the sin of rebel- lion against parents, 159. Solitaries, Christians induced to be so by evil times, 78.
Son and Spirit, oneness of Their
power, 2; sons of God we be- come through baptism, 4; by the Word, 35; in putting on Christ, 29-30; in receiving the Spirit, 30; out of the course of nature, as Isaac, 33. Soul, its relation to the Flesh and Spirit, 42; should govern the body, yet requires the guidance of the Spirit, 73; the death of, 134. Spirit, Holy, imparts righteousness, 37; gift of not by Law, but faith, not by circumcision, but grace, 47; Christians sealed by Him, 56, 120; the earnest of our in- heritance, 56, 166; alone reveals mysteries, 60; and the true knowledge of God, ib.; the call- ing of the Gentiles, 80; alone can strengthen against trial, 81; His indwelling necessary to teach the love of God, 82; binds the faithful in one body, 96; His gifts manifold, 104; yet have all one office to build up each and all in one faith, 105; communi- cates life from the Head to the whole Church, as natural life is conveyed through the body, 105– 06; how grieved, especially by sins of the tongue, 120; by bit- terness, 121; His grace typified by the pillar of fire, 165; the sword of the Spirit, 169. Submission, mutual, is mutual ser- vice, 142.
Suicide worse, and punished worse by God than murder, 5. Sunworship, 110. Superstitions, 8, 79, 111. Synagogue, the, represented by Agar, 34.
Teachers, degeneracy of, their power-
lessness to convert and guide, 77-78. Teachers of error, to be cut off, their followers to be spared, 38. Thanksgiving, universally a duty in Christians, 138–39. Theft, an instance of voluntary sin, 58.
Times, how called evil, 137. Tithes, the danger of omitting them, 69.
Tongue, its proper use, 119, 131; and discipline, 121. Trisagion, the Hymn so called. See Hymn.
Types, in the Old Testament, ex- Virtue, universal, required in Chris-
Unity of the Spirit, binds all together, 97; its perfectness, ib.; promotes virtue, 97; kept by love, 98; binds in one body the faithful of all ages, 99; meant by St. Paul's expression, "a perfect man," 105; unity is the condition of our receiving life from the Spirit, 106; is founded on the Divine Unity, 146.
Unpopularity the lot of Christians, 46.
Valentinus, heretic, 164. Vanity, not in the works of God but those of man, 109. Vice, against nature, 58.
Vigils, of the Church, 170 (and note).
tians, 68, 125; promotes unity, 97; must be active, 126; and positive, 127.
Wall, “middle wall of partition,” ex- plained, 72.
Water with the Word regenerates, 35.
Wealth, ill-gotten has no security, 58; desires of it bounded by man's physical frame, ib. Will, in the Almighty precedent and consequent illustrated, 52. Will, evil, the cause of evil, 5. Will, unity of, between Father and Son, 4.
Wisdom, not curious but submissive,
Wives, to submit themselves to their husbands in the Lord, 143; in what their excellence consists,
145; not to be chosen for beauty, ib.; nor for riches, 145, 151; to reverence their husbands, 146; not to be treated as slaves, 147; marry for richer for poorer, 149; to be formed by the husband and weaned from the world, 149-50; and treated with love and honor,
152. See Women. Women, their self-denial and endur-
ance, 115-16; a pattern to men, 116; their faults common to men, their excellencies their own, 116; warned against clamor, 123; es- pecially in the treatment of their slaves, 124; leniency of laws towards them, 124. Works, good, the fruit of the Spirit,
World, not essentially evil, 5. Wrath, "children of," explained, 66 (and note).
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