Affections, change of, the way to heaven, [1901]527.

Aids to interpreting Scripture history, [1902]549; mechanical arts and dialectics as, [1903]550.

Ambiguity, rules for removing, [1904]557, [1905]558.

Ambrose, examples of style from, [1906]590, etc.

Amos, examples of eloquence from, [1907]580.

Antony, a monk who committed the Scriptures to memory, [1908]519.

Astrologers, superstition of, [1909]545.

Body, love of one's, [1910]528; the resurrection, wholly subject to the spirit, [1911]529.

Bondage, to the letter, [1912]559, etc.; to signs, [1913]560.

Canonical Books, list of, [1914]538.

Circumstantial considerations, [1915]564.

Charms to be avoided by Christians, [1916]550.

Child of grace, mature, [1917]534.

Christ, purges the Church by affliction, [1918]526; opens the way to our home, [1919]527; is the first way to God, [1920]532.

Christian teacher, duty of, [1921]576, [1922]581.

Church, the, purged by afflictions, [1923]526; the keys given to, [1924]527.

Cicero, on rhetoric, [1925]576, [1926]577; on style, [1927]583, [1928]586; on the aim of an orator, [1929]583.

Claudian's description of Neptune, [1930]559.

Commands, rules for interpreting, [1931]563.

Crime as distinguished from vice, [1932]561.

David, not lustful though he fell into adultery, [1933]565.

Death, not destruction but change, [1934]527.

Definition, the science of, not false, but may be applied to falsities, [1935]552.

Devils arrange the language of omens, [1936]547.

Dialectics, use of, in interpreting Scripture, [1937]550.

Difficult passages, how and with whom to discuss, [1938]581.

Discourses of others, when they may be preached, [1939]596.

Divination, why we reject acts of, [1940]546.

Egyptians, spoiling of the, typical import of, [1941]554.

Eloquence, the rules of, are true, though sometimes used to persuade men of what is false, [1942]552; of the sacred writers is united with wisdom, [1943]577.

Enjoyment, distinction between, and use, [1944]523; of man, [1945]532.

Faith, strengthened by the resurrection and ascension of Christ, and stimulated by his coming to judgment, [1946]526.

Figurative expressions not to be taken literally, [1947]559; how to discern whether a phrase is figurative, [1948]560; interpretation of, [1949]561, etc.; variation of figure, [1950]566.

Flesh, no man hates his own, expounded, [1951]528, etc.

Gentiles, useless bondage of the, to the letter, [1952]559.

God, in what sense ineffable, and what all men understand by the term, [1953]524; is unchangeable wisdom, [1954]524; is alone to be loved for his own sake, [1955]528; uses rather than enjoys man, [1956]531.

God, wisdom of, how He came to us and healed man, [1957]525, [1958]526.

Hearers, to be moved as well as instructed, [1959]583.

History, to what extent an aid in interpreting Scripture, [1960]549.

Holy life, power of, in a teacher, [1961]595.

Hope, a buttress of faith, [1962]526. See Faith.

Human institutions, superstitious nature of, [1963]545; of those not superstitious, some convenient and necessary, [1964]548.

Humility essential to the study of Scripture, [1965]555.

Idioms, how to attain a knowledge of, [1966]542.

Ineffable, in what sense God is, [1967]524.

Inference, logical, how valid, [1968]551.

Interpretation of Scripture, rules for, [1969]519-[1970]521; depends on two things, understanding and making known its meaning, [1971]522; dangers of mistaken, [1972]533; a diversity of, useful, [1973]540; how faulty, can be emended, [1974]541; figures, [1975]561, etc.; sayings and doings ascribed to God and the saints, [1976]562; commands and prohibitions, [1977]563; sins of great men, [1978]565; obscure passages to be interpreted by clearer, [1979]566; passages susceptible of various interpretations, [1980]567; rules of Tichonius the Donatist, [1981]568-[1982]573.

Israel, the spiritual, [1983]571.

Itala, the, to be preferred to other Latin versions, [1984]542.

Jews, bondage of, to the letter, and how liberated therefrom, [1985]559, etc.

Keys, the, given to the Church, [1986]527.

Knowledge, a step to wisdom, [1987]537; from a profane source, not to be despised, [1988]544.

Languages, knowledge of, useful, [1989]539, [1990]543.

Learning, what branches of, are useful to a Christian, [1991]553.

Letter, the, killeth, expounded, [1992]559, etc.

Logical sequence, valid, not devised, but only observed by man, [1993]551.

Lot, the, for deciding whom to aid, [1994]530.

Love to God and our neighbor, includes love to ourselves, [1995]529; the order of, [1996]530; never faileth, [1997]533; its import, [1998]561.

Lucus-quod minime luceat, [1999]567.

Mechanical arts contributory to exegetics, [2000]550.

Men, ministry of, employed for teaching and administering sacraments, [2001]520.

Muses, the nine, legend of their origin, [2002]544.

Natural science, an exegetical aid, [2003]549.

Neighbor, who is our, [2004]530; love to our, [2005]533.

Neptune, described by Claudian, [2006]560.

Number, the science of, not created but only discovered by man, [2007]553.

Numbers, the mystical, [2008]543, [2009]571.

Omens, how far of force, and the part devils have in them, [2010]547.

Orator, aim of the, [2011]583, [2012]594.

Paul, example of eloquence from, [2013]577, etc.

Perspicuity, [2014]582.

Persuasiveness, [2015]594.

Philosophers, heathen, what they have said rightly to be appropriated to our uses, [2016]554.

Plato, was in Egypt when Jeremiah was there, [2017]549.

Prayer, ability to read granted in answer to, [2018]520; to be engaged in before preaching, [2019]584, [2020]597.

Preaching the discourses of others, when permissible, [2021]596.

Prohibitions, rules for interpreting, [2022]563.

Pronunciation, how it serves to remove ambiguity, [2023]557.

Punctuation, ambiguities of, [2024]556.

Purification of soul, necessary in order to see God, [2025]525.

Pythagoras, not prior to the Hebrew Scriptures, [2026]549.

Rhetoric, use of, [2027]552; what use a Christian is to make of the art, [2028]575, etc.; it is better to listen to and imitate eloquent men than attend teachers of, [2029]576.

Scripture, rules for interpretation of, [2030]519, [2031]539, [2032]567, [2033]568; its fulfillment and end is the love of God and our neighbor, [2034]532; use of the obscurities in, [2035]537; in what spirit. to be studied, [2036]539, [2037]553, [2038]555; compared with profane authors, [2039]555; what it enjoins and asserts, [2040]561; See Interpretations.

Septuagint, the authority of, [2041]542, etc.

Signs, as distinguished from things, [2042]523; nature and variety of, [2043]535, etc.; when unknown and ambiguous, they prevent Scripture from being understood, [2044]539; knowledge of languages, especially of Greek and Hebrew, necessary to remove ignorance of, [2045]540, etc.; conventional, [2046]536, [2047]547.

Solecism, what it is, [2048]541.

Solomon, gave way to lust, [2049]565.

Stars, folly of observing the, in order to predict the events of a life, [2050]546.

Style, necessity for perspicuity of, [2051]582, etc.; threefold division of -- majestic, quiet, temperate, [2052]586; to be different on different occasions, [2053]587; examples of, from Scripture, [2054]588; from Ambrose or Cvprian, [2055]590; necessity of variety in, [2056]593; effects of the different styles, [2057]593, etc.

Superstitious nature of human institutions, [2058]545, etc.

Teacher, the true, made by God, yet human directions for, are not to be despised, [2059]585; power of a holy life in, [2060]595.

Terence, quoted, [2061]553.

Thing, what a, is, [2062]523.

Tichonius the Donatist, rules of, for interpreting Scripture, [2063]568-[2064]573.

Translations, usefulness of comparing, [2065]540; preference among, to be given to the Latin, Itala, and the Greek Septuagint, [2066]542.

Trinity, the, true object of enjoyment, [2067]524.

Tropes, knowledge of, necessary, [2068]567.

Truth, [2069]552, [2070]596.

Use, different from enjoyment, [2071]523; what, God makes of us, [2072]531.

Varro, on the nine Muses, [2073]544.

Vice, as distinguished from crime, [2074]561

Wicked men, judge others by themselves, [2075]564.

Wisdom, unchangeable, [2076]524; steps to, [2077]537, [2078]576.

Word, the, made flesh, [2079]526. See Christ.

Words, hold the chief place among signs, [2080]536; have special meanings, [2081]566; strife about, expounded, [2082]596.

Writing, origin of, [2083]536.