City of God (Penguin Classics) (183 page)

Heraclitus,
234
;

Thales,
299
f.,
306
;

Xenophanes,
275
;

Zeno of Citium,
347
(see also Aristotle, Epicurus, Plato, Plotinus, Porphyry, Posidonius, Pythagoras, Socrates)

philosophy, and Christianity,
312
ff.;

consolation of,
1068
;

tripartite division,
303
,
458
f.

Plato, bans poets, from his commonwealth,
63
f.,
317
f.;

his division of philosophy,
303
,
458
;

‘ideas’,
290
,
308
,
392
;

on creation,
451
,
453
,
504
;

on heavenly bodies,
1078
,

on immortal bodies,
525
ff.;

partial agreement with Christian doctrine,
1079
f.;

possible knowledge of scripture,
313
f.;

source of Platonism,
299
;

superior to ‘gods’,
55
,
63

Platonists (Neoplatonists), Bks VIII-XII, passim, deny contact between man and God,
361
–4;

logic,
309
;

monotheists, but tolerate polytheism,
315
f.;

moral philosophy,
309
;ff

‘natural’ theology,
307
ff.;

nearest to Christian teaching,
304
ff,
311
,
313
;

on body-soul relationship,
524
ff.,
554
ff.;

on the ‘passions’,
346
;

on punishment after death,
989
ff.;

on resurrection of body,
1049
–52,
1076
f.

Plotinus,
316
,
355
,
364
,
374
;

on providence,
392
;

on the ‘Trinity’,
404
;

on vision of God,
394

poets, ‘theological’ (Linus, Musaeus, Orpheus),
779
and n.

Porphyry,
285
,
316
;
400
–24

passim
, denies resurrected body,
1078
f.;

exposes magic (letter to Anebo),
386
–90;

on Christ, and the God of the Jews,
884
–90;

on eternal life,
532
;

on ‘theurgy’,
383
–6;

rejects historical ‘cycles’,
500

Posidonius, on astrology,
181
f.,
185

power corrupts,
42
f.

predestination, of elect,
591
f., (see also Freedom, and God’s foreknowledge; God, his foreknowledge; God, his judgement inscrutable)

Priapus,
64
,
152
,
285

pride, the basic sin,
477
,
571
ff,
passim
.

prophecies of Christ and Church, in Apocrypha,
754
,
810
;

in Old Testament prophets,
754
f.,
795
–810,
830
f.;

in Psalms,
736
–53;

in paganism, the Sibyls,
411
,
788
–91;

Virgil,
411

prophecies, portents, presages, in paganism, 79f.,
99
,
124
,
164

Prophecy, contrasted with prediction,
425
;

double reference, to Jerusalem and City of God,
714
f.

Prosperity, corrupts,
42
f.

Providence, and Roman Empire,
215
–18;

and temporal blessings,
392
f.;

and wars,
216
f.;

brings good out of evil,
568
f.;

governs all things,
196
;

not thwarted by sin,
592
f.

purification, Neoplatonic (Porphyry) contrasted with true,
403
–6

Pythagoras,
235
,
296
,
299

Radagaisus the Goth, defeat of,
218

Re-incarnation, in Plato and Neoplatonists,
417
ff.;
531
f.;
1080
f.

Resurrection, ‘first’and ‘second’,
903
–6,
917
f.

resurrection, of the body, abortions and infants,
1054
f.;

cannibalism,
1062
f.;

credibility of,
1062
f.;

objections answered,
1054
–63;

new and spiritual,
1064
f.;

pagan ridicule of,
1052
–4;

perfection of,
1058
–62;

possibility of,
1026
f.,
1049
–52;

sexual differences,
1057
f;

size of,
1055
f. (see also Christ, resurrection of)

Romans, moral qualities of,
196
–201,
204
f.;

example to Christians,
205
–12

Rome, fall of, effect of, in East,
14

Romulus,
65
,
67
,
93
;

deified,
106
f.;

fratricide of,
600

Romulus and Remus, birth and rescue of,
787
;

asylum of,
45

Sabbath, the eternal,
1087
–91

Sabellians,
404

Sabines, Rape of,
66
,
101
f.

Sacrifice,
376
–80,
399
f.;

of Christ,
340
f.

Sages, the Seven,
792
f.

salvation, not for catholics, if unworthy,
998
f.,
1007
–10;

not for all charitable sinners,
999
f.;

not for heretics because of sacraments,
998
;

not extended to devils,
1000
ff.;

not universal through intercession of saints,
996
ff.

Sardanapalus (Assur-bani-pal),
72

Saturn,
270
;

rationalized,.
276
–9

Scaevola, C. Mucius, on three kinds of gods,
168
f.

Scaevola, Q. Mucius, courage of

Scipio, Africanus, in Cicero,
60
f.,
72
f.,
86
;

Roman ingratitude to,
121
f.

Scipio, Nasica, and image of Cybele,
41
;

opposes destruction of Carthage,
42
,
68
,
86
;

opposes theatre,
43
,
52

scriptures, allegories in Old Testament,
652
f. (
and see
Ark; Noah, sons of; Abraham, sacrifices of);

authority of,
431
;

interpretation, allegorical and historical,
534
f.;

three-fold meaning of,
752
ff.

‘select’gods,
255
–61

Semiramis,
764
n.

Seneca, criticizes ‘civil’ theology,
248
–51;

on the Jews,
251
f.;

St Paul and,
248

Septuagint,
314
;

authority of,
821
ff.;

discrepancies with Hebrew, perhaps inspired,
615
,
640
;

making of,
612
,
615
f.,
819
f.

Serapis,
53
n.,
767
n.

Servile War,
127

Sibyls,
788
n.

slavery, justice between master and slave,
875
f.;

result of sin,
874
f.

Social Wars,
126
f.

society, dangers of,
858
f.

Socrates, ‘demon’of,
318
f.;

first moral philosopher,
301
f.

‘sons of God’, mate with women,
636
–40

soul, degrees of,
281
;

immortal, but liable to ‘death’,
510

space, infinite,
434
f.

stars, divinity of,
152
,
416

Stoics, criticize Hedonism,
214
f.;

epistemology of,
309
;

ethics of,
548
;

fire, in their doctrine,
306
;