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were Cappadocians, and both Bishops; Basil of his native
place Cæsarea, Gregory of Nyssa. Basil died at the
age of 50 (A.D. 379). Gregory lived to see their joint-
labour in vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity
crowned by the Council of Constantinople, A.D. 381.

His incautious language reprehended by Hooker
Misled by Origen respecting the Ransom

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GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS, the constant friend of the pre-
ceding Fathers, and like them a Cappadocian, suc-
ceeded his father as Bishop of Nazianzus. Afterwards
Bishop of Constantinople. Poet and orator and theo-
logian. Died in retirement A.D. 390.

His protest against the idea of a payment of a Ransom
to the Evil One

AMBROSE.-Born A.D. 340, died 397.

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For

Chosen Bishop by
the Christians of Milan when only a Catechumen.
bade the Emperor Theodosius to enter his Cathedral
until he had repented of his cruelty in a great slaughter.
He is said to have composed the Te Deum on the occa-
sion of St. Augustine's baptism.

His language about the Eucharist liable to be misunder

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CHRYSOSTOM.-John, ordained presbyter of Antioch, where his earlier sermons were delivered. Made Bishop of Constantinople at the age of 50 (A.D. 397). Commentator and preacher; surnamed Chrysostom (the golden-mouthed) because of his surpassing eloquence.— He incurred the displeasure of the Empress Eudoxia, and died in banishment A.D. 407.

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His language respecting the Eucharist liable to be mis-
understood
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JEROME, or HIERONYMUS.-Born at Stridon, spent some years with Gregory Nazianzen at Constantinople, and then with his friend Damasus, Bishop of Rome. Retired

to Bethlehem, and there, in seclusion, devoted himself to
the translation of the Scriptures, his version being the
foundation of the Vulgate. He died at the age of 78,
A.D. 420.

Some expressions respecting the Eucharist liable to be
misunderstood

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AUGUSTINE. The brilliant scholar of Carthage, born A.D. Reclaimed from his wayward courses by the prayers of his mother, Monica, who lived to see him baptized at the age of 33 by Ambrose, Bishop of Milan. Became Bishop of Hippo, near Carthage, A.D. 395.— Died A.D. 430. The most voluminous and perhaps the greatest of the Church's Writers.

On the Knowledge of God

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THEODORET.-A native of Antioch, and Bishop of Cyrus in
Syria; wrote several commentaries, and died A.D. 457.
On the Eucharist

JOHN DAMASCENUS. -The last of the Greek Fathers in the
middle of the eighth century. He shared the superstitions
of the age in which he lived, and was chiefly known to
his contemporaries for his zealous defence of images
against the Emperor Leo's iconoclasm. Valued for the
great clearness and precision of his doctrinal language in
his work de fide orthodoxå.

His doctrine of the Holy Spirit's Procession.

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ANSELM.-The last of the Latin Fathers. Born at Aoste, in Piedmont, A.D. 1033. Brought over from his monastery of Bec, in Normandy, and forced to be Archbishop of Canterbury. Resolute in maintaining the Church's independence against William II. and Henry I.—Died A. D. 1109. His à priori argument for the Existence of God

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GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

ABSOLUTION, see "KEYS."

ADAM, the whole race summed up in Christ as the Second

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Adam
APOLLINARIAN HERESY, that our Lord had no human mind

or anima rationalis, the Logos supplying its place
ARIAN HERESY, that Christ was a Divine Being, but created,
refuted by Athanasius

ATHANASIAN CREED, its doctrine of the Trinity

Its date A.D. 420-431, according to Waterland
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ATONEMENT: Christ's human obedience, tested even unto
death, expiated mankind's disobedience, and so obtained
pardon for the race which He represented
Summary of teaching of Scripture

See also under SATISFACTION, for modern views.

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BAPTISM: the Sacrament wherein we are admitted into the Christian Covenant. The outward sign is water with words ordained by Christ; the inward and spiritual gift is regeneration (see REGENERATION). To the Covenant there are two sides :-on our side certain responsibilities; on God's side, remission of the displeasure under which, as children of a fallen race, we are born, and admission to the sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit. (See ORIGINAL SIN) .

CALVINISTIC Theory of the Atonement, that Christ suffered

punishment as our substitute, open to grave objections

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His character and His teaching alike imply a con-
sciousness of Divinity

CHURCH, a divinely-instituted Society, maintaining its con-
tinuity by unity of doctrine, and by the due administra-
tion of the Sacraments

Notes of the Church: One and the same Lord, one and the same Creed; the same two Sacraments; Discipline, and a continuous Ministry

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The Discipline and Ritual need not be uniform, nor need the form of Polity, so long as the commission is continuously transmitted; Episcopacy proved by experience to be the best safeguard for this continuity COMMUNICATION OF PROPERTIES (communicatio idiomatum), a mode of speech in Theology whereby properties of one of Christ's natures are predicated of the other (as "they crucified the Lord of Glory" 1 Cor. ii. 8); called also Teρixwpnois, i.e. a circulatory mode of speech COMMUNION OF SAINTS specially realised in the Eucharist. CONSCIENCE, argument for God's existence from our in

stinctive sense of responsibility

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COUNCILS, the doctrine of the Trinity and Incarnation as set forth in the first four General Councils-Nicæa, A.D. 325, to refute Arians; Constantinople, A.D. 381, to refute Macedonians and Apollinarians; Ephesus, A.D. 431, to refute Nestorians; Chalcedon, A.D. 451, to refute Eutychians

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CREED, as given by Irenæus about the year 180
As given in sermon ascribed to Augustine

DEATH OF CHRIST, why necessary? Three reasons suggested by Is. liii. 12:—(1) That He might be "numbered with the transgressors," taking on Himself our demerits, that we might share His merits; (2) that His soul, "poured out unto death," might be communicable to us; (3) thaɩ, entering into the house of "the strong one," He might despoil him

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Christ's death a sacrifice, typified by the sin-offering,
by the whole burnt-offering, and by the peace-offering .
EUTYCHIAN HERESY, that our Lord's human nature was so
deified as to be human no longer

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EXPIATION, a death unto sin which shall satisfy the law of
holiness. The Sin-offerings were not a true Expiation,
but only a confession of the need of it. (See DEATH,
PROPITIATION).
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FILIOQUE: the addition of this word to the Constantinopoli-
tan Creed by the Spanish and Gallican Churches,—sanc-
tioned by a Provincial Council at Toledo A.D. 589, in
accordance with St. Augustine's doctrine (De Trin. iv.
20, and xv. 26), but without the authority of any
Ecumenical Council,-
-was the ostensible cause which
led to the breach between the Eastern and Western
Churches, and their excommunication of each other in
A.D. 1053; the real cause being their struggle for supre-
macy. (See PROCESSION)

GOD, arguments to prove His existence :—

I. A priori argument, from first principles of reason

2. A posteriori argument from observation of design in

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3. Moral argument from conscience

4. Spiritual evidence, from experience of communion, the
strongest of all

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GRACE: the word is used in two senses, sometimes for the
favour (xápis) which bestows, sometimes for the gift
(xápio ua) bestowed. It is used in the latter sense in the
definition of a Sacrament. For the particular gift be-
stowed in each Sacrament, see under BAPTISM and
LORD'S SUPPER

HOLY GHOST. The doctrine of His Personality and Indi-
viduality

(See PROCESSION, FILIOQUE.)

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IMPUTATION of our sin to Christ and of His righteousness

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