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.
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,
Ancyra, Council of, vid. Councils.
Andrew, Abp. of Crete, vid. Magnus
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-
Antioch, Council of, vid. Councils.
Antiochus, quoted, λογ. ζ'. περὶ νηστ.
Anti-pascha, vid. Sunday after Easter.
Antiquity, one of the tests of true doc-
trine, 86, 300.
Antoninus, Emp., vid. Athenagoras.
άπλóτηs 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
the Church of Rome in regard to
the time of keeping Easter, vid. Ire-
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.
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.,
140.-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.
Baptism, sacrament of, especially con-
ferred on the vigil of Easter-day, 76,
154. how the Catechumens prepared
themselves for it, 77, 154. sqq.
Basil, St., quoted, In Pss., 170. Asc.,
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
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