# History of the First Council of Nice/Index

INDEX.
* Achillas, or Achilles, bishop of Alexandria, 34, 37, 45.
* Acesius, bishop of the Novatians, invited to the Council, 103.
* Admission of women forbidden, 100.
* Adultery, remark of Constantine upon, 114.
* Ælia, or Jerusalem, 102.
* Ætians, 119. See Eunomians.
* Ætins, originator of the Ætian, or Eunomian sect of Ariaus, sketch of, 47, 119.
* Aithalis, or Aithalas, 45.
* Alaphio, 45.
* Aix, Council of, 96.
* Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, 34, 36; letter, 37; dies, 85.
* Alexander, of Byzantium, 55.
* Alexandrian Synod, 73.
* Ambrose, Saint, composes hymns, 78; quoted, 104.
* Ammonius, lather of Arius, 34.
* Amphion, of Epiphania, 55, and another of Sidon, 55.
* Anthony of Tarsus, 55.
* Apion, son of Alexander, 45.
* Apollinaris, junior, of Antioch, 117.
* Arians, bent upon establishing their doctrines, 87, 88; their arguments reported, 86, 87, 88; seventeen bishops at first side with Arius, 90; favored by Constautine, 60, 70; contests of, 117.
* Arian sect, 30.
* Arians, of later times, 30.
* Arian singers, 73.
* Arian Council, 116.
* Arius, originator of Arianism, sketches of him, 34, 47, 110; opposition to him, 36; he writes to Eusebius, of Nicomedia, 46; his friends, 47; excommunicated and banished, 72; or anathematized, 108; recalled, 70; his creed, 71; death of, 35, 117.
* Arius, another of this name, 45.
* Armentarius, 14.
* Arostanes, or Aristens, 55.
* Athanasius, of Anazarbus, 47, 55, 119.
* Athanasius, the archbishop of Alexandria, 71; succeeds Alexander, 60; quoted, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, etc.; sketches of him, 118.
* Attig's Hist. Con. Niceni, 76.
* Augusta, 19.
* Auxanon, 55.
* Basil, of Amasia, 55.
* Banquet of Constantine, to which he invites all the bishops, 114.
* Baronius' Annals of the Church, quoted, 30.
* Bethlehem Church, 19.
* Beveridge's Pandecta Canonum, quoted, 104, etc.
* Bingham's Antiquities of the Christian Church, quoted, 73.
* Bishops, known to have attended the Council of Nice, 55; their manner of discussion, 60; their flattery of the emperor, 23.
* Boniface iii., 36.
* Books of the Bible, 94.
* Bower's Lives of the Popes, quoted, 36.
* Cæcilian, of Carthage, 55.
* Canon of Scriptures, 94.
* Canons of Nice, 76; twenty established, 98.
* Candidus, the Arian, 74.
* Carpones, 45.
* Carthage, Council of, 96.
* Cathari, i. e., the pure (or Puritans), 102.
* Celibacy, 20, 90.
* Chlorus, 13, 19.
* Christ's divine nature, 29.
* Chrysostom, John, 20.
* Clark's Hefele, quoted, 86.
* Claudia, 13.
* Coluthus, 38.
* Confessors present, 54.
* Conclusion of this history, 120.
* Constans, son of Constantine, 26.
* Constantia, sister of Constantine, 23, 25; friendly to Arius, 70.
* Constantine, his life, 13; baptized, 21; dies, 21; his army, 22; his cruelty to captives, 23; his daughters, 26; his will, 26; his character, 23, 29, 108; his letter to Alexander and Arius, 52; splendid appearance and speech of, 65; cause of his lenity to Arius, 70; his letters quoted, 75, ​76; he argues the homoöusian, 87, 90; friendly to Acesius, 103; his epistle to absent bishops, 111; his Vicennalia and banquet, 114.
* Constantius-Chlorus, 19.
* Constantius, son of Constantine, 26.
* Consubstantial Creed, by which party proposed, 71; introduced, and established, 79, 80.
* Cornelius, bishop of Rome, 103.
* Council, Arian, prior to the Nicene, 116; of Antioch, 116.
* Council of Nice, causes of its convocation, 29–33; its objects and results, 30; date and locality, 31; last day's proceedings, 115; who presided, 64; the discussions, 69; number of bishops present, 57; number of persons present, 54.
* Council of Nice, the second, 51;
* Council of Tyre, 85.
* Councils of various times and places, 30.
* Creed of the Orthodox party, 94; confirmed by decree of Constantine, 107; Arian rejected, 69.
* Crispus, son of Constantine, 23, 24, 25, 26.
* Cyclopædia, New American, quoted, 96, etc.
* Cynon, 55.
* Dachius, of Berenice, 55.
* Dalmatius, 24, 26.
* Day of Rest, 4.
* Daza, 18.
* Deacons, their duties, 106.
* Desios (Lat. Desius), the Greek name of the month of June, 57.
* Diocletian, 13, 62.
* Dionysius, bishop of Rome, 89.
* Divine nature of Christ, 35.
* Doctrine and discipline. See Canons.
* Domnus, of Stridon, 55.
* Dying penitents, 105.
* Easter, the day on which Christ's, resurrection is commemorated, called also Paschal feast, festival, or solemnity, first instituted A. D. 68, 97, 112.
* Ecclesiastes, quoted, 8.
* Epilogue, 117.
* Epiphanius, his account of heresies quoted, 34, etc.; sketch of, 92.
* Eucharist, 106.
* Eulalius, 55.
* Eunomius, the acute theologian, and founder of a sect of Arians, 119.
* Eupsychius, of Tyana, 55.
* Eusebians, i. e., Arians, 118.
* Eusebius, of Nicomedia, 25, 26, 70, 72; his letter to Paulinus, bishop of Tyre, 49; defends and supports Arius, 60, etc.; the Arians, called also Eusebians, propound their doctrines, 60; baptizes Constantine, 21, 60; sketch of, 118, 60.
* Eusebius Pamphilus, or Pamphili, bishop of Cæsarea, 50, 62; his letter to Alexander, 13, 25, 43, of, 59; his letter quoted, 79; his 46, 115; quoted, 59, etc.; sketch creed, 78; subscribes the Nicene Creed, 82.
* Eustathius, bishop of Antioch, 55, 68; quoted, 85, 72, etc.; sketch of, 84.
* Eustorgius, 55.
* Eutropius, 13.
* Eutychius, 55.
* Euzoius, the Arian, 45.
* Fabianus, bishop of Rome, 102.
* Fausta, 17, 23, 25, 26.
* Formulary, or confession of faith, 94; of Eusebius Pamphilus, 79. See, also, Creed.
* Gaius, 45.
* Galerius, 13, 14, 17.
* Gallus, 25.
* Garden of Eden, 6.
* Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, quoted, 23, 24, 25, 27, 47, 120.
* Gratian, 26.
* Gregory, of Berytus, which was anciently "Beroe," and is now Beirout, and the name "Berea," given in Theodoret, should probably be Beroe, 47, 55.
* Gregory, of Cæsarea, quoted, 64.
* Hadrian, or Adrian, pope of Rome, quoted, 58.
* Hagiograpba, 93.
* Hammond's Canons, quoted, 76.
* Hanibalianus, 24.
* Harpocration, 55.
* Hefele, quoted, 86, 95.
* Hell, 8.
* Helladius, 45.
* Hellanicus, 47, 55.
* Helena, 13, 19, 26, 28.
* Hermogenes, 55.
* Hilary, ecclesiastical historian, quoted, 58.
* Hippo, Council of, 94.
* Holy Sepulchre, 19.
* Homoiousios, introduced by the Arians, 70.
* Homoöusian, the, 71, 72; explained by Constantine, 90.
* Homoöusios, the word introduced by the Orthodox, 70, 71, 96. ​
* Hosius, or Osius, bishop of Corduba (Cordova), 28, 29, 51, 119, 64; sketch of him, 119.
* Huxley, 7.
* Hymn to God, 97.
* Hymns, first composed by Arius, St. Ambrose, Victorinus, etc., 73; one to God, decreed by the Council, 97.
* Hypatius, of Gangra, 56.
* James, bishop of Antioch (alias Nisibis, or Nisbis) in Mygdonia, 53, 56.
* Jerome, ecclesiastical historian, quoted, 58, 93, etc.
* Jews, their Passover, 29, 97, 112.
* Job, 7.
* John, the Persian, 56.
* Judith, Book of, 93.
* Julian, the emperor, 23, 25, 26.
* Julius Constantius, 24.
* Julius, 45.
* Justin Martyr, quoted, 106.
* Laodicea, Council of, 94.
* Labarum, 15, 16.
* Lapsed presbyters, 105; catechumens, 106.
* Lardner, Dr., quoted, 31.
* Lateran Palace, 17.
* Latin bishops, 57.
* Leontius, bishop, a eunuch, 56, 98.
* Letter, of Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, concerning Arius, 37; of Constantine, 75; of Arius, 46; of Eusebius, of Nicomedia, 49; of Eusebius Pamphilus, 79; others of Constantine, quoted, 76, 111.
* Licinius, 17, 18, 23, 33, 53.
* Licinius, son of Licinius, 26.
* Longinus, of Cappodocia, 56.
* Longinus, of Poutus, 56.
* Lord's Day made legal Sunday, 20.
* Lucian, of Antioch, 116.
* Lucius, 45.
* Luther, Martin, quoted, 96.
* Macarius, 47, 56.
* Macedonius, 118.
* Mansi, quoted, 54.
* Marcellianus, 36.
* Marcellus, of Ancyra, 56, 117.
* Marcus, of Calabria, 56.
* Marcus Aurelius, 28.
* Maris, the Arian, 56, 72, 70.
* Maronite, 75.
* Martial, the poet, quoted, 75.
* Martyr, Justin, quoted, 106.
* Mary, "mother of God," 43.
* Maxentius, 16, 13.
* Maximian, 13, 17, 18, 23.
* Maximin, 18, 33, 92.
* Meletians, 29, 91, 92.
* Meletius, of Lycus, and his followers, 56, 91.
* Meletius, of Pontus, 56.
* Menas, or Minas, 45.
* Menophantus Bides with Arius, 56, 69.
* Mexia, quoted, 4.
* Mill, J. S., quoted, 28.
* Miltiades, or Melchiades, 36.
* Minervina, 14, 24.
* Miracles, performers of, present, 59, 61.
* Moses, 7, 8.
* Mosheim's Institutes, quoted, 32, etc.
* Mount of Olives Church, 19.
* Murdock, Dr. James, quoted, 32, etc.
* Narcissus, the Arian, 56, 69.
* Neander, ecclesiastical historian, quoted, 32, etc.
* Nero mentioned, 28.
* Nice, its ancient and modern names, 52.
* Nicasius, 56.
* Nicholas, of Myra, 56.
* Novations, 31; re-admitted to communion, 102.
* Novatus, or Novatian, and his sect, 102, 103; sketch of him, 102.
* Number of bishops present, 57.
* Objects of the Council, 29.
* Ordination of bishops, 100.
* Origen, quoted, 8,
* Orthodox faith. See Nicene Creed, Homoöusian, etc.
* Pagi, Dr. Anthony, editor of Baronius, quoted, 64, etc.
* Pamphylus, or Pamphilus, the martyr, 59.
* Paphnutius, of Egypt, 54, 56, 59; favors marriage, 90; being a confessor, his wounds kissed by the emperor, 113.
* Parties present, 59.
* Passover, or Paschal festival, 29, 97.
* Pastor, book of the, quoted, 87.
* Patrophilus, the Arian, 56.
* Paul, 12 years old, 56,
* Paulinus and Julian, consuls of Pome, 31, 57.
* Paulinus, bishop of Antioch, 64.
* Paulinus, bishop of Tyre, 43, 47.
* Paul, of Neo-Cæsarea, a confessor, 56.
* Paul, of Samosata, 106.
* Penitent, a dying one, 105.
* Petavius, Dionysus, editor of Epiphanius, quoted, 34, 37. ​
* Persecutions by the Roman emperors, 53.
* Peter, bishop of Alexandria, a martyr, 33, 34, 92.
* Philogonius, 25, 45, 47.
* Philostorgius, ecclesiastical historian, sketch of him, 47, 48; quoted, 47, 73.
* Photinus, of Sirmium, 117.
* Pistus, of Athens, 56.
* Plato and his logos, 22.
* Platonism, 35, 117.
* Pope, 36 (a title first adopted at Rome, by Hygenus, A. D. 138), supremacy of the Roman, 36.
* Potamon, of Heraclea, 56.
* Presidents of the Council, 64.
* Primacy of certain churches, 101.
* Protogenes, 56.
* Purgatory, 8.
* Roman pope, 36, 102.
* Rufinus, ecclesiastical historian, quoted, 58, 90.
* Sabbath, 20.
* Sabellianism, 34, 117.
* Sarmatis, 45.
* Schisms. See Arians, Meletians, Novations, Eunomians, etc.
* Schlegel, J. R., quoted, 26.
* Second marriage, 104.
* Secundus, the Arian, 56; anathematized, 69; excommunicated, 90.
* Self-mutilators, proscribed, 98.
* Sentianus, 56.
* Sibyls, as true predictors, 22.
* Silvester, bishop, or pope, of Rome, 17, 36.
* Socrates, the philosopher, 22.
* Socrates Scholasticus, ecclesiastical historian, sketch of him, 31; quoted, 52, etc.
* Solomon, king, 8.
* Sotadés, a poet, 75.
* Sozomen, ecclesiastical historian, sketch of him, 45; quoted, 53, 61, 90, 91, 103, 114, etc.
* Spyridon, 61, 57, 59.
* Sunday instituted, 20.
* Stanley, A. P., dean of Westminster, quoted, 21, 23, 24, 28.
* Symbol (see Creed and Formulary), 94.
* Synodical epistle, 107.
* Synodicon, of Athanasius, 54.
* Synod. See Council.
* Tarcodinatus, 57.
* Thalia, 69; quoted, 85, 86, 73.
* Theodora, 19.
* Theodore, of Mopsuestia, quoted, 64.
* Theodoret, of Heraclea, 57.
* Theodoret, ecclesiastical historian, sketch of him, 33; quoted, 33, etc,
* Theodotus, 43.
* Theodotius, 47, 57.
* Theognis, the Arian, 57; banished, 70, 72.
* Theonas, the Arian, 57, 70; excommunicated, 90.
* Theophilus, 57.
* Tillemont's Hist. of Rome, 117.
* Translations to new Sees forbidden, 105.
* Trinity dogma, its origin, etc., 35. See Plato.
* Tryphillius, 57.
* Tyndall, 7.
* Tyre, Council of 85.
* Valeria, 14.
* Valerius, 14.
* Valesias, Henry, ecclesiastical historian, quoted, 57.
* Vicennalia, of Constantine, 114.
* Victorinus, Fabius Marius, the rhetorician, quoted, 57, 74.
* Vincent, of Rome, 57.
* Virgil, quoted, 22.
* Vito, or Victor, 53, 57.
* Walford, Edward, A. M., translator of Socrates, Philostorgius, etc., 33.
* Women not to be Sorores, 100.
* Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, 106.
* Zophyrus, 57.
* Zosimus, quoted, 29.