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LETTERS OF ST. AUGUSTININDEX OF SUBJECTSAcademic philosophy, 401-407, 444 Acclamations in ecclesiastical meetings, 569 Ambrose, conversation of Monica with, 270, 300 Anaxagoras refuted 446 Anaximenes refuted, 446 Anecdote of Vendicianus 482 Anecdote of Gennadius, 514, Anecdote, humorous, 533 Anecdote of Dioscorus, 576 Apuleius of Madaura, 487 Astrology, absurdities of, 588, 589 Baptism not to be repeated, 243 Baptism of infants, 409, 410, 526-530, 532 motives to resign or accept it, 325, 326 Bodily infirmities, reference to Augustin's, 271, 452, 509, 593 Catholic faith, restoration of Leporius to, 572 Christ commended to Licentius, 248 to Dioscorus, 445 to Volusianus, , 478 Christ, name of, known throughout the world, 586 Christ preaching to the spirits in prison, 515-521 Christian churches, social influence of, 377, 484 resorted to in time of trouble and distress, 579 Christian Dispensation, epoch of, 416-418 Christian Dispensation, peculiarities of, 418-420 Christian excellence, a fine example of, 507 Christianity, evidences of, 478-480 Christianity favourable to national prosperity, 485-487 Conciliation, endeavours after, with Donatists, 242, 244, 262, etc. Conscience, cases of, resolved, 290, 294 Consolation to a bereaved sister, 591-593 Conversion of Dioscorus, marvellous, 576 Cross, symbolical significance of the, 311 Cutzupits or mountain men, 298 Danger, bishops should not desert their sees in time of, 577-581 Death-bed, a triumphant, 509-512 Debate between Fortunius and Augustin, 285-290 Deliverance of Christian captive, remarkable, 436 Disinterestedness of Augustin, 362 Dispensations, unity of Old and New Testament, 481-483 Donatists, controversy with 276-285 Dove, the form of a, symbol of the Holy Ghost, 541, 542 Dreams, marvellous, 510, 512, 513, 514 Dreams, phenomena inexplicable, 513, 514 Easter, observance of, 308-312 Abundantius, 322 Pinianus, 459 Election of Augustin's successor, record of proceedings at, 568-570 Epicureans refuted, 443 Epicureans extinct in fifth century, 442, 445 Epicurus refuted, 448 Eternity of punishment, 420, 422 Eucharist to be taken fasting, 301 Excommunication, example of rash, 589, 590 Faith, perfect understanding not essential to, 425, 426, 539, 540 Falsehood in no case excusable, 251, 273, 351, 357, 547, 548 Fasting before taking the Eucharist, 302, 303 Feasts in honour of martyrs, censured, 239-241 Forbearance, duty of mutual, 562-563 Ghostly apparitions, 511, 512 God not seen with the bodily eyes, 498, 499 Grace, human dependence on, 496, 497, 549-551, 571 Greek, Augustin's imperfect knowledge of, 251, 275 Heavenly-mindedness, 451, 459-462 Hebrew, Augustin's ignorance of, 303, 327 Humility of Augustin, 236, 237, 241, 250, 270, 491, 494 Incarnation, nature of, 474-477, 541, 542 Infantile protest against idolatry, marvellous, 408 Infants, sufferings of, difficult to account for 526, 528-531 Irony, 234, 235, 267, 295, 298, 377, 378, 588 Jonah's gourd, discussion as to, 327, 342, 361 Jonah's history defended and allegorized, 422, 423 Jupiter, Apollonius more respectable than, 489 Latin clerks scarce in Palestine, 544 Lent, observance of, 312 Letter to Jerome, tedious journey of, 328 Loaf exchanged between Christian friends, 246, 260 Manuscripts stolen from Jerome, 544 Martyrs of Suffectum, 295 Maundy Thursday, how observed, 302, 303 Mercy to man recompensed with mercy from God, 538 Monks, counsels to, 294, 378, 362 Moon, the, a symbol of the Church, 305, 306 Murder, judicial, of Marcellinus, 505-508 Music, symbolical value of, 473, 527 Numbers, significance of, 308-309, 312-314 Nun, on Demetrias becoming a, 504 Nuns rebuked for unseemly strife, 563, 564 Nunneries, rule of Augustinian, 564-568 Oath, binding nature of an, 453-455, 458, 459 Occupations of Augustin, multifarious, 223, 414, 489, 539, 543, 570 Ordination of Augustin, reference to, 238, 570 Pagan objections to Christianity, 233, 234, 422, 423, 472, 473 Paganism, arguments against, 234, 235, 295, 377, 378, 406, 585-587 Patience recommended, 450, 451, 469 Pelagianism, warnings against, 549-552 Pelagianism, measures against, 554-556 Persecution, earlier views of Augustin on, 289 later views of Augustin on, 367, 375, 382-386, 388-390, 543, 545, 547 Peter, successors of St., 298 Piety of Augustin, 222, 228, 294, 307 Praise should not be vehemently desired, 583 Prayer, subjects of, 462-464, 466 Prayer, continuance in, 464, 465 Prayer, use of, 465 Preaching, example of Augustin's power in, 253-255 Presents received by Augustin, 504, 572, 597 Punic language, preaching in, 364 Reading of Scripture in churches, 327 Rebuke of worldliness in a priest, 364, 365 Remorse, pangs of, 508 Resurrection of Christ and of Lazarus compared, 414-417 Riotous election of Pinianus at Hippo, 455, 456 Rites and ceremonies of the Church, 300-315 Rome, sieges of, referred to, 410 Rome, Bishop of, appealed to, 560-562 Sabbath, law of the, typical, 310 Saints, miracles wrought at tombs of, 346 Sanctuary, churches used as a, by offenders, 436, 437, 589 Scandals in the Church no reason for forsaking it, 283, 284, 345, 558-560 Scriptures, Augustin's study of the, 238, 313 Scriptures superior to all other writings, 413, 470, 480 Septuagint version, Augustin's undue reverence for, 347 Sin, essential nature of, 537-538 Soldier, advices to a, 553, 554, 581, 582 Souls, condition of disembodied, 512-514 Spirits in prison, who were the, 519-521 Stoics, doctrines of, refuted, 443, 444, 534-537 Stoics extinct in fifth century, 442, 445, 446 Torture, examination by, 470 Trinity, mystery of the, 229-230, 540, 541 Violence of barbarians, 433-437 Violence of Donatists, 264, 371, 372, 433, 470 Ward of the Church, concerning marriage of, 591 Widows especially called to pray, 468 Worldliness, warnings against, 573-576 Zeal, an example of Christian, in Orosius, 523
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