Meletius of Mopsuestia, iv. 186
Meletius of Sebaste, iv. 74
Melito, bishop of Sardis, i. 140, 141,
144; ii. 433

Mellitus, abbot, sent to the Anglo-
Saxons, v. 19. Archbishop of
London, 21. Banished from Essex,
24

Memnon of Ephesus, iv. 154
Menander, ii. 123

Mennas, iv. 250, 255, 489
Mensurius, bishop of Carthage, i.
208, 210; iii. 259, 263
Mentz, archbishopric of, v. 91
Meropius, iii. 168

Merswin, Rulmann, of Strasburg, ix.
560

Messalians, iii. 341

Messiah, idea of, among the Jews, i. 49
Methodius, patriarch of Constanti-
nople, vi. 286

Methodius of Tyre, against Origen's
doctrine, ii. 282. His writings,
497

Methodius, monk, v. 423, 436
Metropolitan constitution, iii. 229.
In the church, v. 153
Metropolitical churches, their origin,
i. 283

Michael II., Greek emperor, vi. 279

Michael III., Greek emperor, vi. 285
Michael (Bogoris), v. 423
Michael de Causis, ix. 424, 434. Ene-
my of Huss, 465, 474. Accuses
him at the council of Constance,
478, 515

Michael Cerularius, patriarch of
Constantinople, vi. 331. Takes his
stand against the Romish church,
332

Michael of Chesena, general of the
Franciscans, ix. 35

Michael of Deutschbrod, ix. 424
Michael Curopalates (Rhangabe),
Greek emperor, persecutes the
Paulicians, v. 351

Michael Paleologus, viii. 264
Miesrob, iii. 160

Migetius, Spanish errorist, v. 217, n.
Mihr-Nerseh, proclamation of, iii.

Mjesko (Miecislaw) of Poland, v. 454
Mohammed, his appearance, v. 116;
viii. 253; ix. 284. His religious
tone of mind, v. 117. His first
intentions, 118. His opposition to
idolaters, to Judaism and Chris-
tianity, 119. His ground in op-
position to the essence of Chris-
tianity, 120.
His use of apocry-
phal gospels, 120
Mohammed, Arabian Caliph in Spain,
v. 471

Mohammedanism, its character, v.
118. Its relation to Judaism, 119.
Means of its advancement, 121
Möhler (Dr.) on Gnosticism as a
precursor of Protestantism, ii. 3
Monachism, iii. 322-393. Its decline
in France, v. 41. Its influence in
the Greek church, 233. History
of, in the fourth period, vi. 97.
Reforms of, 97

Monarchians, two classes of them, ii.
292-295. First Class, found in the
early Roman church, 295. Theo-
dotus the head of them, 297. The
confessor Natalis, ib. Artemonites,
298. Opposed by Novatian, ib.
Their arbitrary criticism of Scrip-
ture, 299. The Alogi, 301. Se-
cond Class: The Patripassians, 301.
Praxeas opposed by Tertullian,
302. Noetus, 303. In conflict
with the church doctrine of the
Trinity, 304. The Logos, 305-
314. Mediatory Monarchian ten-
dency, 313. Christ a being in
the Divine idea, 315. Beryllus'
disputation with Origen, 316. Sa-
bellius, 317-335. Paul of Samo-
sata, 327-332. Origen and Ter-
tullian on the Unity in the Trinity,
333. The term Homoousion con-
demned, ib. Denied the doctrine
of the Holy Spirit, 337. Doctrine
of human nature, 340
Mongus, Peter, iv. 238
Monica, iii. 321

Monks, Oriental, their principle to
hold no persons as slaves, v. 136.
VOL. IX.

Rising estimation in which they
were held, 146. Extravagance

of fanatical monkish asceticism in
Italy, vi. 103. Their resistance
to the Iconoclasts, v. 288
Monkish rule of Benedict of Aniane,
vi. 97

Monophysite controversies, iv. 231
Monophysites beyond the Roman
empire, iv. 271

Monophysitism, among the Copts, v.
23. In the Armenian church,
v. 122, n.

Monotheletic controversies, v. 242.
Internal and external causes of
the same, 242. Dogmatic interests
of the Monotheletic party, 246
Monotheletism, its approximation to
Docetism, v. 252. Condemnation
of it, 270. Its supremacy under
Philippicus, 271. Among the
Maronites, 272

Montanism, its character, ii. 200.

Tenacity to a rigid supernatural-
ism, 202. Hostile to the culture
of all art and science, 203. His-
tory of its development, 204-207.
Nearness of the millennium, 208.
The priestly dignity of all Chris-
tians, 212.
Its over-estimate of
celibacy, 217. On second mar-
riages, ib. Penance, 218. Its op-
ponents, 222

Montanists, the public speaking of
women, i. 252. Resistance of the
evangelical spirit to them, 388, 407
Montanus, his importance as founder
of a sect, ii. 199. His education,
205. On martyrdom, 216.
puza, 221

Pe-

Its

Montfort, sect there, vi. 359.
doctrines, 360
Moravia, spread of Christianity in,
vi. 350. Rise of the Reformation
in, ix. 146

Moritz, bishop of Paris, vii. 451
Mosburg, v. 434

Moses viewed as a religious re-
former, i. 13. His legislation de
scribed by Philo, 72

2 T

Moses of Chorene, iii. 163
Moymar, Moravian prince, v. 434
Mythical religion, its use among the
common people, i. 9, 16

N

Nalgod, disciple of Majolus, vi.
102, n.

Nass, Dr., ix. 393

Natalis, bishop of Salona, v. 158
Natalis the Theodotian, confessor,
ii. 297

Naum, disciple of Methodius, v.
440, n.

Nazareans, i. 478, 482

Nazareth, bishop of, ix. 459

Nazarius, preaches in Milan against
the corruption of morals, vi. 66;
viii. 297

Neander (Dr.), Memoir of his life
and writings, i. xxiii-xxxii. His
Church History projected, vi. His
literary, works, xxix
Nechites, archbishop of Nicomedia,
viii. 256

Nectarius of Constantinople, iii. 257
Nefrid, bishop of Narbonne, v. 231
Neo Cæsarea, council of (A.D. 314),
iii. 209, 455

Neo-Platonism, i. 40-47, 221, 233;
ii. 5; iii. 51, 53, 118, 144; viii.
127

Nepos, Egyptian bishop, Chiliast, ii.
400

Nequinta, Catharist pope, viii. 331
Nero, persecution under, i. 130
Nerva, emperor, i. 133

Nestorians, active in promoting the
spread of Christianity, v. 122.
Their labours in Persia, iv. 269.
In Tartary, vii. 61. Character of

their clergy, 70

Nestorian schools, iii. 212
Nestorian controversy, iv. 122, 570
Nestorius, iv. 122-172, 187-191.
Anthropology and participation in
the Pelagian controversy, iv. 421
New Year, festival of the, iii. 445-
447

Newman, Rev. J. H., his theory of
development derived from the
Montanists, i. 217

Nicæ in Thrace, iv. 69

Nice, council of (first ecumenical),
iv. 18-27; iii. 214, 217, 222.
Decision with respect to the Mele-
tian schism, iii. 311. On the time
of the celebration of the passover,
428. Intended council of (A.D.

451), iv. 366
Nicephorus, Greek emperor, conduct
towards the Paulicians, v. 351
Nicephorus, patriarch of Constanti-
nople, v. 351. His controversy
with Leo the Armenian on the
abolition of images, vi. 265. De-
posed, 273. His origin, 265, n.
Nicephorus Blemmydes, viii. 262
Nicetas, bishop of Chonæ, viii. 256
Nicetas (Ignatius), vi. 302, 303
Nicetas, abbot, vi. 275
Nicetas, ecclesiastic, vi. 289
Nicetas Pectoratus, vi. 335
Nicetius, of Triers, v. 9, n.
Nicholas I., pope, his rescripts to
the Bulgarians, v. 426.
His con-
duct towards Lothaire of Lotha-
ringia, vi. 11. His principles for
the foundation of the papal
monarchy, 19. His conduct in
the controversy between Photius
and Ignatius, 305
Nicholas II., pope, vi. 60
Nicholas III., pope, vii. 404
Nicholas IV., pope, viii. 384
Nicholas V., pope (Pietro Corvaro),
submits to John XXII. after
having assumed the papacy, ix. 52
Nicholas of Basle, his life and "doc-
trines, ix. 564

Nicholas, patriarch of Constanti-
nople, viii. 288

Nicholas, bishop of Methone, viii.
247

Nicholas de Baya, ix. 164

Nicholas, English monk, vii. 461
Nicholas of Clemangis, ix. 76. His
remarkable book on the corruptions
of the church, 81-87. De Studio

pope

Theologico, 87-90. Warns the
against flattery, 93-95. His at-
tempts to restore unity to the
church, 99-101. On the council

of Pisa, 127, 128. Anecdote of
pope John XXIII., 130. On the
council of Constance, 164-170
Nicholas Eymericus, viii. 370
Nicholas of Faulfisch, ix. 351
Nicholas of Leitomysl, ix. 355
Nicholas of Lyra, ix. 215
Nicholas of Welenowitz, ix. 361
Nicholas de Pistorio, vii. 77
Nicholas, monk, vi. 278
Nicholas the protospatharius, vi. 107
Nicolaitans, a Gnostic sect, ii. 119
Nicolaitism, vi, 75
Nicolaus, abbot, v. 137

Nicomedia, meeting of Dioclesian and

Galerius at, i. 204. Fire at the
imperial palace, 212
Nieder, John, ix. 551
Nigellus Witeker, vii. 368
Nilus, iii. 338. Against indolence
and too long prayer, 342. On the
monastic life, 354, 355, 376.
images, 413. Lord's supper, iv.
436

On

Nilus the Younger, vi. 105. His
labours in the Greek church,
105. In Italy, 329. His death,

110

Ninyas, among the Picts, v. 12
Niobites, iv. 273

Niphon, monk, viii. 292

Nisibis, iii. 212; iv. 271

Nitria, cloisters of, iii. 358
Noetus, Patripassianist, ii. 303
Nominalism, viii. 3
Nonna, iii, 320
Norbert, vii. 339

North-African church, its difference
with the Alexandrian school on the
doctrine of human nature, ii. 346,
368. Its free spirit, iii. 247; iv.
323, 439

Northumberland, Christianity there,

v. 25

Norway, spread of Christianity there,
V. 403

Norker, (Labeo), vi. 177
Notting of Verona, vi. 183
Narapio, among the Paulicians, their
business, v. 365

Novatian, presbyter, some account of
him, i. 330-335. His schism, 336.
Its character, 339. His confused
notions of the visible and invisible
church, 344. Opposes the Arte-
monites, ii. 298, 452

Novatus, exciter of the Carthaginian
schism, i. 312. Participation in
the Roman, 336

Novempopulania, viii. 296

Nubia, Christian realm of, under the
Coptic patriarchs, v. 124

Numidian Christians made captives,
i. 355

Numidicus, confessor, i. 184
Nuns, cloisters for, iii. 326, 336

0

Oak, synod of the, iv. 473
Oblati, vii. 324

Obscurantists, vii. 134

Occam, William, ix. 35. His works,
54-58, 194, 353
Octai Khan, vii. 66

Octavian (John XII.), vi. 30
Octavian, cardinal, vii. 231

Odilo, reformer of Monachism, vi.
103

Odin, festival of, v. 404

Odincar, bishop, v. 400

Odo, archbishop of Canterbury, v. 395
Odo, abbot of Cluny, reformer of
Monachism, vi. 101, 139

Odo of Tournay, viii. 4, 195
Odoacer, v. 37, n.

Ecumenius of Tricca, vi. 261.
Oertel, John, ix. 432

Offa, English king, v. 167, n.
Offering, notion of, connected with
the sacrament of the supper, iii.
471

Oil, consecration with. See Extreme
Unction

Olga (Helena), Russian grand prin-
cess, v. 451

Olopuen, Nestorian priest in China,
v. 123

Olov, king of Norway, vii. 122
Olympius, exarch of Ravenna, v.
250

Ophites, a Gnostic sect, the panthe-
istic principle prominent in their
system, ii. 107. Ialdabaoth, 107.
Ophiomorphus, the serpent-spirit,
109. Creation of man, 110. Migra-
tion of Christ through the heavens,
111. Their pantheistic system of
morals, 112. Their antichristian
principles, 113.

Optatus of Mileve, iii. 236, 264
Oracles, Plutarch's defence of, i. 32.
Porphyry's views of them, 43, 238.
Sought for in the Scriptures, v.
178. Of the saints, 178. Laws
against, 178

Oral confession, vii. 491
Orange, council of (A.D. 441), iii.
223; (A.D. 529), iv. 407
Orcades, islands, spread of Christi-
anity in, v. 420
Ordibarii, viii. 303

Ordinationes absolutæ, v. 149

Ordo fratrum militiæ Christi, vii. 51
Ordo predicatorum, vii. 375
Organ, v. 176

Oriental church. As distinguished
from the Western church, iii. 490.
Anthropology of the, iv. 409-422
Origen on psychological phenomena,

i. 103. On the diffusion of Chris-
tianity in the country, 109. His
labours in Arabia, 112. Corre-
spondence with Julia Mammæa,
173. State of the Christians under
Philip the Arabian, 175. On the
persecutions, 176. Celsus, 175,
178, 222. On humility, 232. His
ordination in Palestine, 232. Bap-

tism, 351.
The military profes-
sion, 377. Prayer, 395. And the
study of the Scriptures, 398. Spi-
ritual worship of God, 401. Ca-
techumens, 423. Infant baptism,
435. Ebionites, 477. Ophites, ii.
97, 112. Simon Magus, 123. Ori-
gen as a catechist, 225. Isaiah,
228. Gnosis and Pistis, 246-253.
Principles in relation to the Scrip-
tures, 254-259. The Divine at-
tributes, 273. Doctrine of crea-
tion, 280-285. Of the Logos, 307-
314. Anthropology, 355-369.
Christ's servant-form, 372. Hu-
manity of Christ, 373. Human
soul of Christ, 376-381. Redemp-
tive activity, 382. Doctrine of the
sacraments, 393. Resurrection,
403. Life and works of Origen,
456-484. Compared with Au-
gustin, iii. 497, 501. Heresies to
be found in his writings, ix. 379.
Referred to, viii. 370; ix. 523.
Origen the pagan, ii. 464
Origen, the school of, ii. 482-496
Origenists and the Origenistic contro-

versy, iv. 248, 447, 489; ix. 379
Original sin (inherited sin). See
Pelagian controversy

Orleans, sect there, vi. 349. Do-
cetic doctrines taught there, 351.
Sacraments of the sect, 352.
Council against them, 353
Orleans, university of, ix. 46
Orosius, iii. 124.

In the Pelagian

controversy, iv. 312

Orthorp, church there, v. 68, n.

Osbern, viii, 12

Ostiarii, vergers, i. 279

Osmund, bishop, v. 401

Oswald, king of Northumberland, v.
28

Oswin, king of Northumberland, v.
32

Otfried, German preacher, vi. 113
Otho I., of Germany, v. 396. De-
poses pope John XII. on account
of his immoralities, vi. 331; ix.
26