Fathers of the Catholic Church

INDEX

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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