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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt:... index Abercius, 181 foil., 260. Abgar, legend of, 445. Abitina, martyrs at, 482 foil. Absolution, powers of, 367 foil.; Cd. 264, 266. Achatius, 352. Aeons, s/ e Gnosticism. Agape, 273. Alcibiades, 180 foil., 186. Alexander of Abonoteichos, 169, 253, 507.--of Apamea, 43.--the Cappadocian, 452 foil.; Bp. of Jerusalem, 453.--of Phrygia, 179, 186.--Severus, 317 foil.; his wars, 318; religion, ib. Alexandria, Catechetical School of, 292; episcopate at, 65,66, 291; Church of, 401. Alexianus, 315. Allegorism, 57, 59, 136, 211, 413, 426. Ambrosius, friend of Origen, 419.--of Milan, 362. Ammonius Saccas, 400 foil., 418. Anicetus, Pope, 181, 198. Antioch, persecution at, 99; Church of, 458; Jews in, 460; Bishops of, 461. Antoninus Pius, 148 foil.; attitude towards Church, 153, 158. Apelles, 135. Apocryphal Scriptures, 144 foil. Gospels, 145; Acts, 145 foil, of Thomas, 136; John, 140 Paul and Thekla, 145. Apollinarius of HierapoliB, 201. Apollonius, martyr, 231 foil.--of Tyana, 283; life of, 306 foil.; theology of, 307; cp. 500. Apologists, 321 foil. Apostasy, 79. Aquila, prefect of Egypt, 292. Alistides, rhetorician, references of to Church, 243, 326.--apologist, 321 foil. Ariston of Pella, 41. Armenia, conversion of, 452. Army. Roman, 151; Christian view of, 330. Arrius Antoninus, 229. Asceticism, 186, 499, 501. Asclepiades, 287. Athenagoras, 321, 323. Attalus, martyr, 178. Aurelian, 462; appeal of Church of Antioch to, 468. Aurelius, Marcus, 162 foil.; char-acter as ruler, 168; religion, 169; attitude towards Chris-tians, 178, 180, 245. Avidius Cassius, 166, 168. Babylas, 342, 351, 461. Bacchanalia, 24, 322. Baptism, 271 foil.; of infants, 271; the rite of, 272; in Hernias, 82; Cyprian's doctrine of, 376 foil. Barcochba, 119, 123, 125....