Abgar, vid. Syriac.

A.

Absolution, viz. of penitents on Maundy
Thursday; Lent a preparation for it,

154.

Abstinence, vid. Continentia.

Acts of Parliament, vid. Statutes.
Adam, expulsion of, vid. Quadragesima
Sunday.

Adiaphoron, vid. Indifferency.

Aerians, or Eustachians, sect of; ac-
count of them from St. John Damas-
cene, 71, 294. from St. Epiphanius,
144, 295. and from St. Augustin,

294.

Aerius, 13, 17.

Agde, Council of, vid. Councils.
Albis, Dominica in, vid. Sunday after
Easter.

Alexandria, vid. Evagrius, and Philo.
Almsdeeds, should accompany our fast-
ing, 148. example of Cornelius, 112,
149.

Amalek, victory over, accompanied with
fasting, 152.

Ambrose, St., quoted, In S. Luc., 38,
121, 139. De El. et jej., 30, 38, 79,
163. De hort. ad virgin., 77. Sermm.,
38, 39, 121, 123, 152, 163, 220, 251,
281. Recognises the Lent or ante-
Paschal fast, of forty days, as of
divine appointment, and a following
of Christ, 30, 38-40, 121, 200, 220,
251, 281. calls it the mystical fast,
38, 193. speaks of the moderate
fasts of Lent, 123. how the season
is to be spent, 152. calls fasting our
camp, and our strength, 163. con-
trasts Christ's fasting with ours, 79.
mentions Easter as a time for bap-
tizing, 77. and the fifty days after,
as a continued Paschal feast, 121.
Anabaptists and Socinians, the Presby-
terians in what respect like them,
19.

Ancyra, Council of, vid. Councils.

Andrew, Abp. of Crete, vid. Magnus
Canon.

Andrewes, Bp., in his fifth Serm. of
Repentance, speaks of St. Peter's
fast, 289. presses the observance of
Lent, 296, sq.

Angar, Synod at, 271.

Anicetus, Bp. of Rome, 27. vid. Poly-

carp.

Antioch, Council of, vid. Councils.
Antiochus, quoted, λογ. ζ'. περὶ νηστ.

145.

Anti-pascha, vid. Sunday after Easter.
Antiquity, one of the tests of true doc-
trine, 86, 300.

Antoninus, Emp., vid. Athenagoras.
άπλóτns explained, 223–225.
Apollonius, (in Eusebius) mentions the
teaching of Montanus, 208.

(in Gratian) gives the origin
of the Wednesday and Friday's fast,
195.

Apostles, chosen after prayer, 188.
prayed and fasted before ordaining
elders, ibid. fasted while Christ was
in the tomb, 12. were frequent in
fastings afterwards, 13, 15. saying
of the Apostles recorded, 149.
Arabic version of the Old Testament
referred to, 196.

Arians, the Aërians a branch of them,
294.

Arnobius, interprets Ps. lxix. 9, 10, of
Christ's abstinence being turned to
His reproof, &c. 2.

Arnoldus Carnotensis, quoted, De jej. et
tentt. benefits of fasting, 75. the
practice consecrated by Christ, 76.
Articles of the Church of England, vid.
England.

Ascension Day, titles of, 304. observ-
ance of it how known to be of apo-
stolical institution, 48, 64.

Sunday after, titles of, 304.
Sunday before, titles of, 304.
Ash Wednesday, titles of, 302.
Asian Churches, their difference from

naus.

Athanasius, St., Ad orthod., makes the
Quadragesimal and Paschal fast the
same, 97. Apol. de fug., speaks of
the Ember fast in Whitsun week,
191.

Athenagoras, his prayer for the Em-
perors, xi.

Augustine, St., quoted, Quæstt., sup.
Gen., 138, 281. In Pss., 93, 113, 251,
258, 281, 293. In S. Joan., 93, 97.
121. In S. Luc., 2. Ad Adim., 92.
Cont. Faust. Man., 90, 145, 240,251,
258, 293. De bapt. cont. Donatt.,
101, 102, 178, 249, 257, 288. De
doctr. Chr., 93, 236, 281. De mori-
bus Mann., 92. De util. jej., 148.
Epistt., 23, 46, 47, 93, 100, 101, 102,
158, 178, 195, 251, 257, 258, 288,
293,298. Hærr., 48, 92, 294. Sermm.,
110.—de Tempore, 76, 186.-Inter-
prets Ps. cix. 23, of Christ's fast-
ing, 2. refers the stationary fasts
to the Bridegroom's being taken a-
way, 23, 195. vindicates a set an-
nual fast, 113. his doctrine, that the
time of fasting is not prescribed in
the Gospel, 46, how to be interpreted
from his other writings, 46, 48, 257,
sq. the Lent fast has authority from
the Old and New Testament, 47, 93,
236, 288. and in the dispute with
Faustus, the observance of it, as by
divine law, is supposed on both sides,
90-93. universal practice, evidence
of appointment either by the Apo-
stles or by a General Council, 48.
if not by a General Council, then by
the Apostles, 100, 102, 178. Ob-
servance of the Lent fast, universal
in his time, 48, 102, 178. much in
it left to freedom of devotion, 249,
251, 258. the Lent fast an imitation
of Christ, 281. Lent, a season for
penitence, 138. for real self-denial,
not for a change only of pleasures,
140. for abstinence from flesh and
wine, 145. for undoing heavy bur-
dens, 148. the fasting must be free
from hypocrisy, 158. what things
abstained from in Lent, and with
what view, 91, 240, 293. the Lent
fast followed by a season of joy,
121. his language vindicated from
the presbyterian interpretation of it,
257, sq. he is referred to by Abp.
Whitgift, 298. mentions the Roga-
tion days, 186. Account of the
Aërian and Jovinian heresies, 294.
Aurelius, Emp., vid. Athenagoras.

B.

Ase.,

116, 124, 250. De Spir. Sanct, 96,
100, 102, 103, 264.-Sermm., 2, 6,
34, 35, 122, 137, 142, 160, 162, 167,
168,198,282,289.-Speaks of fasting
as coeval with the human race, 6.
instances of fasting under the law;
cases of Moses, Samuel, Samson,
Daniel, 160, sq. in the New Testa-
ment, of John the Baptist, and of
Christ, 162. praises of fasting; it is
our assimilation to the Angels, 35,
167, 168. laws of fasting should be
moderate, 116, 124, 250. fasting
must not be preceded by excess,
142. connexion of fasting with re-
pentance, 137. interpretation of
David's fasting, 170. Lent fast uni-
versal in the Church in St. Basil's
time, 34, 122, 289. and as by divine
appointment, 34. Christ's fasting a
pattern for ours, 2, 162, 282. notice
of those who demand Scriptural au-
thority for every thing, 100, 264.
respect due to traditional usages of
the Church, 102. instance from the
Baptismal Service, 103. mentions
the five days' fast, 198. notice of
Irenæus, 96.

Basilides, vid. Dionysius.
Beatus, vid. Rhenanus.
Bede, Ven., quoted, In Pss., 2, 162.
S. Luc., 13,68. Homill., 68, 69.-In-
terprets Ps. cix. 23. of Christ's fast-
ing, 2. and the Apostles', 162. and
the absence of the Bridegroom, of
the time before and since Christ's
appearing on earth, 13. witnesses to
the observance of Lent, 68. as in
memory of the Bridegroom's being
taken away, ibid. defending it as a
fitting solemnity, and of evangelical
authority, ibid. also to the observ-
ance of the fifty days' festival follow-
ing, ibid.

Bernard, St., quoted, Sermm. de jej.,

122, 289. De quadr., 75.-Testifies to
the universal observance of Lent,
75, 289. enjoins it as reasonable, 75,
122. and as commanded us by Christ,
75.
Birds, flesh of, sometimes abstained
from in Lent, 265.

Bishops, fasts proclaimed by, 185.
Bottles, new, Christians compared to, 6.
Braga, Council of, vid. Councils.
Bridegroom, Christ the Bridegroom, 4—

13.

et passim. taking away of the
Bridegroom, four different interpre-
tations of, 12, 13. which interpreta-

tion adopted in the sermon, 13.
Burdens, undoing of, a fit accompani-
ment of Lent, 147.

Buxtorf, Syn. Jud., mentions the four
principal fasts of the Jews, 114.

Canons Apostolical, why so called, 31.
their date, ibid. sixty-first canon,
193, confirmed in General Council,
239. speaks of the holy Quadrage-
sima of the Pasch, 84, 97, and the
stationary fasts, 194, as to be ob-
served if bodily weakness hinder not,
116.

of the English Church, vid.
England.
Canute, Eccl. laws of, enjoin observance
of Lent, 90.

Caput jejunii, vid. Ash Wednesday.
Cassian, witnesses to the universal ob-

servance of Lent, 104. excepts from
the obligation those whose life is a
continual fast, 242. alleged by the
presbyterians against the antiquity
of the Lent fast, 259. the answer
given, ibid.

Cassiodore, his anecdote of Spiridion,
59. witness to the Lent fast; the
antiquity, 58, manner, 59, and period
of it, 126.

Cassius, Bp. of Tyre, 29, 231.
Catechesis, vid. Tuesday before Easter.
Catechumens, how employed in Lent in
preparation for baptism at Easter,

77, sqq.
Celeusius, vid. Gregory S. Nazianz.
Chalcedon, Council of, vid. Councils.
Chálon, Council of, vid. Councils.
Children, the Three, vid. Theodoret.
Chochebas, vid. Scaliger.
Chresti, Christians so called, 87.
Christ, the subject of the two mystical

317

Psalms, lxix. cix., 1. His frequent fast-
ing, ibid. turned to His reproof, ibid.
merciful and considerate in prescrib-
ing fasts to His people, 115. would
not command any but such as their
own love should dictate, 175. His
forty days' fast; Irenæus' account
of it, 237. compared with our Pas-
chal abstinence, 250. whieh is in its
degree an imitation of Christ's fast,
281. spent the night in prayer before
choosing His Apostles, 188.
Christians, called by many Chresti, 87.
their fasting foretold by Christ, 8—
15, 175. and enjoined by St. Paul,
15.

Chronicle of Eusebius, vid. Eusebius.
Chrysologus, witnesses to the observ-
ance of Lent, as a divine appoint-
ment, 54. and a mystical solemnity,
ibid. 75, 122. compares John the
Baptist's fasting with Christ's, 112.
benefits of fasting to mind and body,
119. how it concurs with repentance,
137. and elevates the mind, 163.
should be joined with almsgiving,
149, sq. he who cannot fast should
especially give alms, 120. it must
be free from hypocrisy and affected
gloominess, 157.

Chrysostom, St., quoted, In Gen., 43,
123, 153, 212. Pss., 162. S. Matth,
3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, 116, 118, 162.
2 Thess., 102. Ad eos qui primum
pascha jejunant, 158, 241.-pop. Ant.,
43, 86, 128, 133, 135, 144, 199,
220.-Stel. de comp., 138. De Anna,
153. jej., 139, 157.-pœnit., 119, 127,
132, 142, 156, 157, 160.-His com-
ments upon the text; gentleness of
Christ's answer therein, 3, a pattern
to His ministers, 116. true explana-
tion of Christ and the Apostles' not
fasting, 4, 6, 11. Christ here the
Bridegroom, His Church the Bride,
7. He foretels what His followers
will do, 8. St. Chrysostom a witness
to the observance of the Lent fast,
43, 220. its orderly stages and in-
termissions, 43, 86, 123. the Lent
fast in what sense an ecclesiastical
ordinance, e. g. as a preparation for
Easter, 241. while truly an appoint-
ment of Christ also, 242. respect
due to unwritten tradition, 102. fast-
ing saved Nineveh, 127. but must
have its due laws, to do good, or be
accepted, 128. must be joined with
repentance, 132. as in the Ninevites,
133. how this repentance is to be
shewn, 135. repentance requires fast-
ing, 138. fasting must be joined with
reconciling of offences, 139. must

not be preceded or followed by in-
temperance, 142. wine, in particular,
anciently abstained from, 144. they
who cannot fast, can yet forego all
needless indulgence, 118. fasting
good for the health, 119. Lent, a
time for frequent hearing of God's
word and the like, 153. our fasting
must be free from hypocrisy and
affected gloominess, 157. all the
rules put together, 158. fasting en-
joined in Paradise, 160. Moses and
Elias fasted before appearing in
God's presence, 156. Christ and
His Apostles constant in self-denial,
162. St. Paul amid all his labours
fasted, 15. St. Chrysostom men-
tioned as authority for the fast of
many weeks, 199. charged with
bitterness by Socrates, 274.
Church, Christ would that His Church

should be one; so Constantine writes,
33. the Church hath authority over
her several members, 285. her ap-
pointments binding, in things which
the Apostles left open, 266. practice
of universal Church, evidence of
apostolical institution, 101. to argue
against it is extravagant and insane,
102. considerate to men's weakness
of mind or body, 116. allowed of
four excuses from fasting, 118.
joined with the Catechumens, candi-
dates for ordination, and penitents,
in their fastings and prayers, 80.
must not trust to men's fasting pri-
vately, 297. vid. Lent, Tradition.

of England, vid. England.
Cinerum, Dies, vid. Ash Wednesday.
Clarus, Bp. of Ptolemais, 29, 231.
Clement I., vid. Constitutions Apostolical.

St., of Alexandria, speaks of
the enigmas of the fast of Wednes-
day and Friday, 75, 193.
Cliff, or Cloveshowe, Council of, vid.
Councils.

Coena Domini, a title of Thursday in

Passion week, 62, 80, 157, 303.
Commodus, Emp., vid. Athenagoras.
Communion, holy; difference respecting

the days for celebrating it, 29, 264.
celebrated in the Passion week, 37,
57. but especially on Easter day,
154. Lent a preparation for it, 42,
56, 154, 237. how often required to
be received, 156.

Confirmation, administered especially
on Easter eve, 154.

Consent of Doctors, one of the tests of
true doctrine, 86, 300.
Constantine the Great, his letter to the
Churches, fixing the time of Easter,
x, 33, 77, 279. his interview with

Acesius the Novatian bishop, 88,
203.
Constantinople, Council of, vid. Councils.
Constitutions Apostolical, why not ad-
duced in evidence, 76. falsely attri-
buted to Clement, 98. rejected by
sixth General Council, ibid. Epi-
phanius probably misled by them,
ibid.

Continentia, or abstinence, distinguished
from fasting, 263.

Cornelius, Bp. of Rome, opponent of
Novatus, 274. Socrates' disparage-
ment of him, ibid. his true character,
275. a martyr, ibid.

the Centurion, his fast, till
three o'clock in the afternoon, 12. an
instance of a set fast, 112. joined
with prayer, 150. his prayers and
alms a memorial before God, 149.
Cosin, Bp., speaks of Lent as being
certainly an apostolical constitution,

298.

Council Ecclesiastical, of Agde, (Aga-
thense,) enjoins observance of Lent,
61.-Ancyra, (1st,) speaks of Easter
Day as the Great day, 303.-Antioch,
(A.D. 269,) Synodical Epistle of
speaks of the Great day of Easter,
84.-Braga, (Braccarense,) (1st,)
gives directions for fasting on
Thursday in Passion week, 62.-
Chalcedon, (A.D. 451,) confirms
the Councils of Gangra, 109, and
Laodicea, 31, 239.-Châlon, (2nd,)
complains of some whose fast was
only a change of indulgences, 140.—
Cliff, or Cloveshowe, (2nd.) speaks of
Lent as a fast of the whole Church,
and enjoins the observance of it, 90.
-Constantinople, (3rd, or in Trullo,)
mentions the observance of Lent as
anterior to any General Council, 31.
and re-enjoins it, 260. confirms the
Apostolical Canons, 31, 99. but re-
jects the Apostolical Constitutions,
99. confirms the Councils of Gan-
gra, 109. and Laodicea, 220, 239.
and the canons of Peter, Abp. of
Alexandria, 193.-Elvira, (Eliberis.)
converts the Saturday's vigil into a
fast, 62, 187. alleged to enjoin the
Holy Communion to be received
thrice in the year, 156.-Enham,
speaks of the four Ember weeks,
305.-Gangra, confirmed in the 4th
and 6th General Councils, 109.
speaks of Lent as a traditional ob-
servance of the Universal Church,
and enforces it with an anathema.
ibid. 295. quoted to that effect by
Bp. Andrewes, 297. their Synodical
Epistle concerning the Eustathians,