Subject Index
A
Abraham, 64 sq., 97, 100, 149, 151, 160, 170, 240, 271 sq., 302
Achilles, 64
Acts of the Apostles, 107, 119, 221
Acts of the Martyrs, 250
Æsculapius, Pseudo-miracles of, 63, 124
Agape, 326
Aggeus, 95
Agrippa I, 122
Agrippa II, 122
Akkadians, 297
Albigenses, 64
“Alcibiades,” Dialogue, 30
Alexander Severus, 240
Allard, P., 239
Alypius of Antioch, 199
Amesha spentas, 307
Ammianus Marcellinus, 198
Amraph-el, 97
Anabaptists, 64
Andrew, St., Apostle, 130
Angelology, 305
Angus, S., 336
Annas, 121
Antoninus Pius, 257
Apocryphal Gospel of Peter, 228 sq.
ἀποκαλύπτειν, 8 sq.
Apollo of Alexandria, 238
Apollonius of Tyana, The pseudo-miracles of, 63 sq.; 238
Apology of Aristides of Athens, 257 sqq.
Apostles, 84, 103, 118 sqq., 131, 172, 196 sq., 207 sq., 211, 219, 234
Apparitions of the risen Lord, 206 sqq.
Apuleius, 240
Aretas, 122
Aristides, 257 sqq.
Aristotle, On the nature of the deity, 30
Ark, 295
Artaxerxes Longimanus, 281 sqq.
Ascension of Christ, 144, 196, 205, 219
Ashur, 299
Asita, 315 sq.
Asklepios, 62
Asmodeus, 305
Asoka, 245
Athenagoras, 259 sq.
Aurelian, 246
Authenticity of the Bible, 86 sqq.
Authority as a source of knowledge, 15 sq.
Avatars, 314
B
Baal, 164 sq.
Babylonia, Religion of, 287 sqq.; Laws of, 303
Babylonian Captivity, 94, 162, 166, 276 sqq., 280
Babylonian Chronicle, 99
Baptism and its parallels in the mystery-religions of pagan antiquity, 323 sqq.
Barnabas, 119
Baruch, 95
Baur, Ferd. Christian, 139 sq., 141
Beatific vision, 167
Berendt, W., 130
Belser, J. E., 115
Benan, 133 sqq.
Benedict XIV, On miracles, 40
Benefits conferred upon mankind by Christianity, 256 sqq.
Bernard, St., 90
Bernheim, On suggestion in connection with miracles, 59; On the competency of the witnesses who testify to miracles, 90
Berossus, 294
Bethsura, 160
Bezold, 298
Bible, Genuineness of the, 87 sqq.; Credibility of the, 88 sqq.; The Old Testament, 92 sqq.; The New Testament, 101 sqq.
Bishops, 235
Black Obelisk, 98
Blasphemy, 175
Blötzer, Jos. (S.J.), 323
Bonnet, 49 sq.
Bournouf, 140
Bousset, W., 142
C
Caiphas, 121
Callistus, 239
Calumnies against the early Christians, 241 sq.
Certitude, 86
Chagnon, A., Miraculous cure of, at Lourdes, 54
Chamberlain, Houston Stuart, 138
Chanaanites, Extermination of the, 154 sq.
Charcot, On faith-healing, 59 sq.
Cherubim, 306 sqq.
Christianity, Rapid spread of, 233 sqq.; Obstacles impeding that spread, 240 sqq.; Natural causes of same, 242 sq., 243 sqq.; Duty of embracing, 327 sqq.
Christmas, 321 sq.
“Christ the Prince,” in Daniel, 275 sqq.
Church of Christ, The, 144, 172, 328
Cicero, On philosophy, 29; On sacrifices to the gods, 29; On the nature of the gods, 29; On the human soul, 29; On ethics, 30 sq.; On oracles, 70, 75
Circumstances attending a miracle, 60 sq.
Clairvoyance, 76
Cleanness, Ritual, 303, 304 sq.
Clemen, C., 324
Clement of Alexandria, 106 sqq., 110, 236
Clement of Rome, 112, 234, 257
Commandments, The ten, 147 sq.
Communicatio in sacris, 240
Communion, 325
Concupiscence, 148
Confession of sins among the Buddhists, 312 sq.
Conscience, 168
Constantine the Great, 232
Consubstantiality of Christ with God the Father, 172 sqq., 210
Contradictions, Ten alleged in the Gospel accounts of the Resurrection, 224 sqq.
Conversion, 244
Convulsionaries, 65
Core, Dathan, and Abiron, 158 sq.; 162
Cornelius, 238
Cornely, 114
Creation, Biblical and Babylonian accounts of, 100, 286 sqq.
Credibility of the Bible, 88–90
Crispus, 238
Criteria of revelation, 32 sqq.; Definition of, 33 sqq.; Division of, 34 sq.; The internal criteria, 34 sqq.; The external criteria, 33 sqq.; Evidential value of the criteria, 36 sqq.; Miracles and prophecies, 37 sqq.
Crucifixion of Christ, 202 sq.
Cruelty, Alleged, of Yahweh, 150 sq.
Crurifragium, 201
Cumanus, 335
Curse against the fig tree, 181
Cuspius Fadus, 334
D
Dahlmann, Jos. (S.J.), 318 sqq.
Daiches, 298
Darmesteter, 307
David, 117, 131, 149, 152 sq., 162, 170, 210, 268, 272 sq.
Dead, Raised by Christ, 188 sq., 192 sq.
Death of Christ, 202 sqq., 215 sqq.; Foretold in the Old Testament, 278 sqq.; Alleged pagan parallels of, 320 sqq.
December 25 as the birthday of Jesus, 322 sq.
Dehant, J., Miraculous cure of, at Lourdes, 54
Delehaye, H. (S.J.), 131
Delitzsch, F., 290 sq., 292 sqq., 298 sqq., 299 sqq., 302
Deluge, Biblical and Babylonian versions of, 100 sq., 289, 294 sqq.
Demons, Whether they can work miracles, 41 sq., 59 sq., 60 sqq., 173; Can the miracles of Christ be ascribed to? 190 sq., 213
De Rossi, J. B., 239
Deschamps, Alfred, S. J., 53 sq.
Devil, 173
Dio Cassius, 249
Dionysian era, 282
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 225
Dionysius the Areopagite, 239
Dionysos, 62
Disciples of Christ, 196 sq.; 207 sq., 213 sqq., 217 sqq.
Dogma, 167 sq.
Döllinger, J. J. I., on the impostures practiced by the priests of Serapis, 62 sq.
Domitilla, 239
Doublegangers, 223
Dualism, 28
Duchesne, L., 322
Duty of embracing the Christian religion, 327
E
Ebed Yahweh, 267
Ebers, G., 100
Edmunds, A. J., 317
Egypt, 93, 119, 132, 161, 162, 199
Eisler, R., 131
Elias, 164 sq.
Emperor-worship, 246
Enthusiasm of the first Christians, 253 sqq.
Enuma elish, 286
Epiphanius, 141
Epistles, 100; Of St. Paul, 111 sqq., 117 sqq.
Equality of all men before God, 243
Esarhaddon, 99
Esther, 212 sq.
Eternity, 61
Ethics of the pagan philosophers of antiquity, 30
Eucharist, 118, 331; Alleged pagan parallels of, 325 sqq.
Eusebius, 102, 109, 112, 129, 238, 250, 261
Evangelists; see Gospels.
Evil spirits, Influence of, in connection with miracles, 41 sq., 60, 61 sqq., 64
Evolution, Revelation and natural, 15 sq., 330 sq.; Fr. Jos. Rickaby on, 340; applied to the Gospels, 142 sqq.
Exclusiveness of Christianity, 240 sq.
Extension of Christianity as an argument for its divine origin, 232–234
Ezechias, 94, 99, 166 sqq., 230
Ezechiel, 307
F
Faith, 187
Fall, Story of the, in Babylonian mythology, 289 sqq.
Family, Influence of Christianity on the, 263 sq.
Father, Miracles of God the, 194
Felicitas, St., 252
Felix, Procurator, 122
Festus, 122
Fillion, L. C. (S. S.), 133
“Five Orders” of Buddhism, 311
Flood, see Deluge
Foerster, F. W., 141
Forel, 76
Forget, J., 66
Fortitude of the early Christian martyrs, 251 sqq.
Foucher, A., 319
“Four Noble Truths” of Buddhism, 311
François de Paris, 64
Fraud in connection with supposed miracles, 58, 59, 120; Cannot explain the Resurrection of Christ, 213 sqq.
Free will, 167
G
Galen, 261
Galenus, 63
Galilee, 228 sqq.
Gallus, 249
Gandhāra, 307 sq.
Gangra, Council of, 243
Gedeon, 164 sq.
Generatio, 197
Genuineness of the Bible, 87 sqq.; The Old Testament, 92 sqq.
Gfrörer, 215
Gieseler, 114
Gilgamesh, History of, 289 sq., 291 sq., 294, 296
Goethals, A., 130
Goettsberger, J., 336
Gospel, The, within the Gospel, 143
Gospels, 84; Distinct tendency of each, 101 sq.; Meaning of word, 101 sq.; Genuineness of the four, 102 sqq.; The Synoptic Problem, 114 sqq.; Style of the, 119 sq.; Subject-matter of, 119 sq.; Attacks upon the authenticity and credibility of the, 135 sqq.; Strauss’ theory of the origin of the, 136 sqq.; The evolutionary hypothesis applied to the, 142 sqq.; Lessing on the alleged contradictions in, 225
Graffito blasfemo, 242 sq.
Grave, The empty, 205 sq., 226 sqq., 230 sqq.
Gregory of Nyssa, 322
Gundaforus, 318
Gundapharna, 319
H
Hammurapi, 96, 100, 147 sqq., 298, 302
Harnack, A. von, On the possibility of miracles, 50 sq.; On Strauss’ theory of the origin of the Gospels, 138; On Baur’s theory of the Gospels as tendentious pamphlets, 139 sq.; As defender of the evolutionary theory applied to the Gospels, 142 sq.; On the Resurrection of Christ, 216; On the rapid spread of Christianity, 237 sq.; On the Apology of Aristides, 258
Harris, J. Rendel, 258
Hase, K., 215
Hazaël, 97
Heraclitus, 76
Hebrews, Epistle to the, 111 sq.
Herod the Great, 121, 281, 282
Heroism, Moral, of the first Christians, 243 sq., 248–252
Hilprecht, H. V., 296
Hochard, 140
Hoffmann, R. A., 222 sqq.
Holiness of God and miracles, 47
Holstein, 140
Holy Ghost, 83, 196 sq., 200, 234
Hommel, F., 297
Hope of eternal reward as motive of martyrdom, 256 sq.
Horace, On the profanum vulgus, 29
Houtteville, 48 sq.
Hug, 136
Hume, David, On miracles, 54 sqq., 64 sq.
Hysteria, Influence of, in connection with miracles, 60, 187 sq.
I
Ilu, 297 sqq.
Immorality under paganism, 28 sq.
Immutability of God and miracles, 46 sq.
Incarnation of the Son of God in pagan religions of antiquity, 314
India, Christianity in, 318
Infancy of Christ, 119
Insanity, No signs of in Christ, 177 sq.
Inspiration, In its relation to revelation, 11
Interdependence between Christianity and the pagan mysteries, 322 sqq.
Irenaeus, St., 102, 104, 106, 108, 236
Isaias, 94, 152, 165 sq., 264 sqq., 270
Israel Stele, 97
Iudicium credibilitatis, 33
J
Jacob, 273
Jairus, 188
James, St., Apostle, 110, 118, 203
Jansenists, “Miracles” of the, 64
Jehoshua of Anu-Heliopolis, 134
Jensen, P., 141
Jeremias (the Prophet), 95 sq., 268
Jericho, 164
Jerome, St., 128
Jerusalem, 165, 181, 196, 198–199, 214, 227, 241, 281
Jeshu ben Pandira, 132
Jesse, 272
Jesus Christ and Apollonius of Tyana, 64 sq.; Lessing on the miracles of, 68; Revelation of, 83 sqq.; Left no writing, 101; As a teacher, 116; Allusions to the earthly life of, in the Epistles of St. Paul, 117 sqq.; In the Gospels, 119 sq.; Extra-Biblical testimonies for the life of, 123 sqq.; Pliny on, 124 sq.; Tacitus on, 124 sqq.; Suetonius on, 126 sqq.; Josephus on, 127 sqq.; Talmud on, 132 sqq.; Following of, 168; His own testimony to His nature and mission, 169 sqq.; His divine sonship, 171 sq., 175 sq.; Consubstantial with God the Father, 173 sqq.; Divinity of, 175 sq.; Not insane, 177 sq., 180 sqq.; Not a deceiver, 179 sq.; Sinlessness of, 178 sq.; A model of holiness, 179 sq.; Attitude towards His relations, friends, and disciples, 181 sqq.; Not subject to hallucinations and visions, 183 sqq.; Alleged egoism of, 184 sq.; Miracles of, 185 sqq.; Raises dead persons to life, 188; Was He a Spiritistic medium? 189 sq., 222 sqq.; His appeal to His miracles, 191 sqq.; Prophecies of, 194 sqq.; Death of, 202 sqq.; Resurrection of, 201 sqq.; Personality of, 240; Fulfilment of Old Testament prophecies in, 279 sqq.
Jewish Encyclopedia, 132
Jewish testimonies for the life of Christ, 127 sqq.
Jews, 240
Johns, C. W. H., 302
Johnson, Edwin, 140
John the Apostle, 108 sqq.; Gospel of, 108 sqq., 114–115, 119, 173 sqq., 200 sq., 205 sq., 210, 215
John the Baptist, 84, 121, 129, 130 sqq., 173, 191 sq., 269
John the Presbyter, 105
Jordan, 164
Joseph of Egypt, 100
Josephus, Flavius, As a witness for the genuineness of the Old Testament, 92; On Jewish sects at the time of Christ, 122; On the dislike of the Jews for the Samaritans, 123 sq.; His testimony in favor of Christ, 127 sqq.; The “Russian,” 131 sqq.; On the destruction of Jerusalem, 198, 199; On the three crucified men at Tekoa, 215
Judas, Apostle, 119, 178, 196, 198
Judas Machabeus, 94
Jude, St., 118
Judges, Book of, 93 sq.
Julian, the Apostate, 135, 198, 246, 261
Jülicher, A., 142
Justin Martyr, St., 235, 259, 325
K
Kalthoff, A., 140
Kaulen, F., 114
Keim, 216
Kent, W. H., 110
Kingdom, Messianic, 265 sq.
Kingdom of God, 84 sq.
Kingship of Christ, 279 sq.
Kings, Books of, 94 sq.
Kingu, 286
Kleutgen, Joseph, S. J., On “moral certainty” as a criterion of revelation, 35
Kneller, K. A. (S.J.), 128
Knowability of miracles, 51 sqq.
König, 298
Krauss, S., 133
Kriobolia, 324
Krishna, 313 sq.
Kuenen, 140
Kurash, 99
L
Lachis, 99
Lactantius, 127, 250, 252, 260 sq.
Lao-tse, 146
Last Judgment, 218 sq.
Laws of nature and miracles, 45 sq., 49, 57 sq.
Leibniz, On miracles, 49 sq.
Leprosy, 157
Lessing, G. E., On miracles as motives of credibility, 68 sqq.; The Wolfenbütteler Fragmente, 135, 213, 224; On the Gospels, 225 sq.
Leviathan, 287
Livy, 225
Loman, 140
Lotze, 216
Lourdes, Cures at, 54 sqq.
Lucian, 135
Luke, St., 107–110, 114, 119, 174, 201, 204, 210, 226 sq.
Lysanias, Tetrarch, 121
M
Machabees, Books of the, 94, 162
Manna, 163 sq.
Manticism, Pagan, 70
Marcus Aurelius, 140, 249, 313 sq.
Mark, St., 105 sqq., 114 sqq., 174, 204 sq., 227 sq.
Martha, 173
Martindale, C. C. (S.J.), 246, 247
Martyrology, Roman, 250
Martyrs, 123; Number of the early, 250 sqq.; Tortures endured by, 250 sq.; Sublime fortitude of the, 251 sqq.
Marucchi, O., 250
Mary, Blessed Virgin, 132; Christ’s words to her at the marriage feast of Cana, 182 sq.
Mary Magdalen, 204, 205, 206, 215, 218
Matthew, St., 102–104, 113 sq., 119, 204 sq., 206, 209 sq., 212, 227
Maximinus Daza, Emperor, 237
Mazdaic mass, 325 sq.
Melchisedech, 269
Memory, Tenacity of the Oriental, 116 sq.
Ménégoz, 51
Merneptah, 97
Mesa Stone, 97
Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament, 264 sqq.; Fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth, 279 sqq.
Messias, The, 82, 123, 129, 131 sq., 136, 144, 172 sq., 180, 191, 193, 196, 200, 208, 209, 241, 264–265, 323
Midwives, Egyptian, 149 sq., 151 sq.
Miracles, 38 sqq., 41 sqq.; Definition of a miracle, 38 sq.; Essential elements of a, 38 sqq.; St. Thomas’ definition of a, 40; As criteria of divine revelation, 41 sqq.; Pseudo-miracles, 41 sq., 61 sq.; Division of, 43 sqq.; Possibility of, 44 sqq.; Restraining miracles, 46; Knowability of, 51 sqq.; Hume on, 54 sqq.; As criteria of divine revelation, 66 sqq.; Strauss’ myth theory, 136 sqq.; In the O. T. to the death of Moses, 156 sqq.; In the post-Mosaic period, 163 sqq.; Of Christ, 123, 185 sqq.; Historical reality of, 185; Miraculous character of, 185 sqq.; Miracles of the Father, 194; The rôle of miracles in the historical development of Christianity, 232 sqq.
Miraculous, Notion of the, 8
Mishna, 132
Mithraism, 245, 246 sqq., 323 sqq.
Modernism, On revelation and natural religion, 17
Monks, Buddhist, 311 sq.
Monotheism, of the Old Testament, 28, 146 sqq., 165, 291, 300 sq.; of Babylonia, 297 sqq.
Montanists, 64
Moon, 304 sq.
Morality, Of the Old Testament, 147 sqq.; Christian, 167 sq.; compared with Buddhist, 311 sqq.
Mordochai, 212
Mormons, 64
Mosaic law, 81 sqq., 115, 147 sqq., 301 sqq., 325, 328
Moses, 81 sq., 84, 93 sq., 96, 156 sqq., 170, 266 sqq., 274, 301, 303
Motives of credibility, 32
Musonius Rufus, 313
Mutius Scaevola, 255
μυστήριον, 19 sq.
Mysteries, Definition of, 17 sqq.; Possibility of the revelation of, 20–22; Pagan, 321 sq.
Mystery-religions of the gentiles, 19 sq., 321 sq., 336 sq.
Myth theory of D. F. Strauss, 136 sqq.
Mythology, Pagan, 28 sqq., 140, 226, 230
Mythus, 137
N
Naber, 140
Nabuchodonosor, 99 sq.
Naim, 187
Nathanael, 173
Naturalism, 144
Nature, 6 sq.; Miracles consonant with the concept of, 47 sqq.; Wundt on the “closed causality” of, 48; Miracles and the powers of, 57 sqq., 189 sqq.
Nature-worship, 308
Necessity, Definition of, 27; Moral necessity of supernatural revelation, 27 sqq.
New Testament, Revelation of the, 83 sqq.; Divine origin of the, 166 sqq.
Nippur version of the Deluge, 296
Nirvana, 310
Number of early Christian martyrs, 249 sqq.
Nunn, H. P. V., 110 sq.
Nuns, Buddhist, 312
O
Obstacles impeding the spread of Christianity, 240 sqq.
Old Testament, The, as a source of divine revelation, 80 sqq.; Genuineness and credibility of the, 92 sqq.; Divine origin of the, 146 sqq.; Religious teaching of the, 146 sqq.; Messianic prophecies of the, 264 sqq.
Omnipotence, Divine, and miracles, 45 sqq., 57, 60
Omri, 98
Optimism of Leibniz, 48 sq.
“Order,” The, established by Buddha, 312
Origen, 104, 128, 130, 261 sq.
Oversoul, 307
P
Padi, 99
Paganism, 240 sq.
Pagan testimonies to the life of Christ, 124 sqq.
Palestine, 120 sqq., 122–123, 234, 324
Pandera, 131 sq.
Pantheism, 28
Papylus, St., 236
Parables of the Gospels, 116
Paraclete, 11
Paradise and fall in the mythologies of Babylonia, 289–291
Paralipomena, 94
Parallels between Old and New Testament and pagan religions of antiquity, Rules for judging, 284 sqq.; The creation, 286 sqq.; Paradise and the Fall, 290 sqq.; The Deluge, 289 sqq.; Monotheism, 297 sqq.; Legislation, 301 sqq.; Doctrine of the angels, 307 sqq.; The Trinity, 307 sqq.; The Redemption, 309 sqq.; Moral teaching, 311 sqq.; The Incarnation, 313 sqq.; Earthly life of the Son of God, 314 sqq.; The Transfiguration, 316 sqq.; Christ and Buddha, 317 sqq.; Death and Resurrection of Christ, 320 sqq.; Baptism and the Eucharist, 323 sqq.
Parents, Christ’s attitude towards His, 181 sq.
Parousia, 181 sq.
Passion of Christ, 195, 283, 331 sq.; Foretold in the Old Testament, 278 sqq.
Paterson, L., 246
Patriarchs, 81
Paul, St., 19, 104, 107, 108, 111 sqq., 117, 117 sqq.; Theology of, 331; Conversion of, 120; Reliability of, 120 sq.; On the sinlessness of Christ, 178 sq.; On the Resurrection of Christ, 201, 203 sq.; Apparition of Christ to, 207, 216 sqq., 220 sqq., 226 sq., 229, 230, 231; Missionary activity of, 234 sq.; On the first followers of Christ, 238 sq.; Admonition to slaves, 244
Penance, Sacrament of, 313
Persecutions, 234, 241, 246, 249 sqq.
Peter, St., 84, 104, 105 sqq., 110, 115, 118, 172, 196, 200, 203, 206, 215, 218, 226, 228, 233, 234, 331.
Petrinism vs. Paulinism, according to F. C. Baur, 138
Pfleiderer, O., 15 sqq., 104 sq., 136, 140, 216
Pharisees, 84, 122 sq., 169, 181, 190, 208, 209, 211
φανέρωσις, 8 sq.
Phantasms of the living, 77
Pharao, Deception of, 149, 150 sq.
Philip, Apostle, 174
Philip, Tetrarch, 121
Philo Judaeus, Silence of, concerning Christ, 131 sqq., 140
Philosophy and historical research, 90 sqq.
Philostratus, 63
Phul, 98
Pierson, Allard, 140
Pilate, Pontius, 119, 121, 125, 133, 175, 178, 202 sq., 211, 280
Plagues, The Ten, 157, 158 sq.
Planitz, Ernst Edler von, 133
Plato, On religion in his ideal Republic, 29 sq.; On the nature of matter, 29; Three principles of, 307, 308
Plessis, J., 307
Pliny, On the early Christians, 124, 235 sq., 238, 261 sq.
Πνεῦμα, 184
Pohle-Preuss, 308
Polybius, 225
Polygamy among the Patriarchs and the Israelites in general, 152
Polytheism, Made supernatural revelation morally necessary, 27 sqq., 28 sqq.; Of the Babylonians, 301
Pontus, 238
Poros, 98
Porphyry, 135
Possession, Diabolical, 188 sq.
Possibility, 12; Species of, 12 sq.
Pothinus, 109
Poussin, L. de la Vallée, 317
Predestination, 72 sq.
Predetermination, Divine, 72 sq.
Preformation theories and the concept of miracles, 48 sqq.
Priestly office of the Messias, 268 sqq., 280 sq.
Prophecies: Definition of, 69 sqq.; Object of, 69; Qualities of, 70 sq.; Possibility of, 71 sqq.; Knowability of, 73 sqq.; Pseudo-prophecies, 75 sqq.; Of the Old Testament, 160 sqq., 166 sqq.; Of Christ, 194 sqq.; Messianic, of the Old Testament, 264 sqq.
Prostitutes, 148
Providence, Divine, and miracles, 47 sq.; Jewish belief in, 146
Psalm CIX, 268 sq.
Psalms, Authorship of the, 94; The so-called imprecatory or “cursing,” 155 sq.
Pseudo-Ambrose, 322
Pseudo-miracles, 61 sqq.; Examples of, 61 sqq.
R
Rachel, 100
Rationalism, 13 sq., 16, 22, 25, 51 sq., 58 sq., 90 sqq., 105, 196, 287, 296
Redeemer, Prophecies of a, 82 sq.; Christ the, 83, 263 sqq.
Reformation, The Protestant, 247 sq.
Regulus, 255
Reimarus, H. S., 135 sq., 214 sqq., 224
Renan, Ernest, 52 sq., 138 sq., 216
Resurrection of Christ: Both a miracle and a prophecy, 201 sq.; As the pillar of Christian faith, 201 sq.; Historicity of, 202 sqq.; Miraculous character of, 207 sqq., 232; Christ’s appeal to, 208 sqq.; The, as a prophecy, 210 sqq.; Cannot be explained by purely natural means, 213 sqq.; The hypothesis of fraud, 214 sqq.; The vision hypothesis, 216 sqq.; Alleged contradictions in the Gospel accounts of the, 224 sqq.; Alleged pagan parallels of, 320 sqq.
Revelation, Supernatural: Origin of concept, 6; Nature and the supernatural, 6 sq.; Divine: concept of, 9 sq.; Natural and supernatural, 10 sqq.; Supernatural quoad modum and quoad substantiam, 10 sq.; Immediate and mediate, 10 sq.; Internal and external, 11 sq.; Private and public, 11; Process of, 11 sq.; And inspiration, 12; Possibility of supernatural, 12 sqq.; Possibility of mediate, 22 sqq.; Necessity of supernatural, 25 sqq.; Knowability of supernatural, 32 sqq.; Criteria (notae) of, 32 sqq.; Existence and divine origin of, 80 sqq.; The Old Testament, 80 sqq.; The New Testament, 83 sqq.; Historical actuality of, 86 sqq.; The divine origin of, 145 sqq.
Réville, 127
Rickaby, Jos. (S.J.), 340 sq., 70 sq.
Rites, Sacrificial, 303 sq., 304 sq.
Ritschl, A. B., 142 sq.
Robertson, 140
Roman Empire, 244 sq.
Rousseau, J. J., On the knowability of miracles, 53 sq., 54
Rudder, Peter de, Miraculous cure of, 54 sq., 91
“Russian Josephus,” The, 131
S
Sabatier, Paul, On immediate divine revelation, 23; On the necessity of revelation, 25; On the possibility of miracles, 51
Sabbatical Year, The, 160 sqq.
Sacraments, 167, 247, 323 sqq.
Sacramentum, Fundamental meaning of, 20
Sacred tree on Babylonian seal cylinders and Assyrian palace reliefs, 290 sq.
Sacrifice, Unbloody, of the Messianic Kingdom, 268, 280
Sacrifices of the Old Law, 151
Sadducees, 122 sq.
Salmanassar II, 97
Sargon, 98
Schleiermacher, F., 50, 114, 215
Schmid, C., 135
Schmiedel, P. W., 140
Schneider, W., 189
Scholasticism, 248
Schürer, 130
Schweitzer, A., 215
Second sight, 77 sq.
Secouristes, 65
“Secours,” 65
Selfishness, Alleged, of Yahweh, 149 sq.
Semler, 135
Sepher Toledoth Yeshu, 133 sq.
Septimius Severus, 64 sq., 249
Serapis, Pseudo-miracles of, 63, 124
Sergius Paulus, 239
Serpent, 293 sq.
“Servant of God” in Isaias, 266–269
Servius, 63
Seventy year-weeks of Daniel, 276
Shepherd of Hermas, 235 sq.
Shebet, 273
Shilo, 274 sq.
Sibylline Books, 76 sq.
Sibyls, 75 sqq.
Siebeck, 50
Signs wrought by Moses, 157 sqq.
Smith, George, 289
Smith, Wm. Benj., 140
Socrates (church historian), 198
Soden, H. von, 125 sq.
Sodom and Gomorrha, 11, 154, 160
Soldiers compared with martyrs, 254 sqq.
Son of God, 171 sqq., 172 sqq.
Son of man, 171
Spinoza, B., 49
Spiritism, Phenomena of, 59 sq., 66; Was Christ a “medium”? 189
Spoliation of the Egyptians by the Israelites, 153 sq.
Stephen, St., 234
Steude, E. G., 216
Stoa, 313
Strauss, David F., On the possibility of miracles, 49; On the knowability of miracles, 53 sq.; Asserts that miracles prove nothing, 67 sq.; On the miracles of the Bible, 90 sq., 136 sqq.; On the Resurrection of Christ, 201, 215, 216
Suarez, On miracles, 45
Suetonius, On the “miracles” of Æsculapius, 63; On the life of Christ and the early Christians, 126 sqq.
Sumerians, 297
Sun-worship, 246
Supernatural order, The, 6 sqq.; species of (quoad modum, quoad substantiam), 7 sq.; Notion of, 8 sq.
Superstition, 61, 147, 235, 241
Suprarational, Notion of the, 7 sq.
Suprasensible, Notion of the, 8
Suttee, 255
Synagogue, 84
Syncretism, Religious, 246 sq.
Synoptic Problem, 114 sqq.
T
Tacitus, On the “miracles” of Æsculapius, 63; On Christ and His followers, 124 sqq.; On the destruction of Jerusalem, 197; Reliability as a historian, 225; On the Neronian persecution, 234; On the number of the martyrs, 249
Talmud, Character of the, 133; Testimony of the, concerning Christ, 131 sqq.; Angels in the, 305
Tatian, 335
Tehom, 287 sq.
Tel-el-Amarna tablets, 97, 100
Temptation of Buddha, compared with that of Christ, 315 sqq.
Tertullian, On the meaning of sacramentum, 20; Reproaches pagans for calling the Christians “Chrestiani,” 126; On the rapid spread of Christianity, 236 sqq.; On Mithraism, 246; On the martyrs, 253; On the early Christians, 259 sq.; On the baptism of Mithra, 323 sqq.
Tetrarch, 121
Theodas, 129
Theophanies, Old Testament, 156 sq.
Therapeutae, 134
Thomas, Apostle, 202, 207, 219 sq., 318
Thomas, E. J., 320 sqq.
Thomas, St., Definition of a miracle, 40
Tiamat, 287
Tiberius Alexander, 334
Tiberius, Emperor, 121 sqq., 125, 133 sq.
Tiglath-Pilesar III, 98
Titus, 119, 198, 215, 283 sq., 337
Titus Flavius Clemens, 239
Toledoth Yeshu, 132 sq.
Tolerance, 240
Tortures endured by the early martyrs, 250 sq.
Tosephta, 132 sq.
Traditionalism, 26
Trajan, 124, 126, 235, 249, 262
Transfiguration of Christ, 194, 211; Compared with that of Buddha, 316 sqq.
Tree of life, 289 sq., 292 sq.
Trent, Council of, 145
Triads, Ethnic, 307 sqq.
Trinity, The divine, 18 sq., 83 sq.; Is the dogma of pagan origin? 308 sqq.
Twofold source theory, 114 sq.
U
Unnatural, Definition of, 8 sq.
Ur of the Chaldees, 97
Uta-Napishtim, 294, 294 sq., 297
V
Van den Bergh van Eysinga, 317, 320 sq.
Varro, 76
Vatican Council, On supernatural revelation, 13 sq.; On the possibility of the revelation of mysteries, 20; On the necessity of revelation, 26 sq.; On the possibility of miracles, 44; On the authenticity of the Vulgate, 91 sq.; On the inspiration of the Bible, 91; On the sources of revelation, 145 sq.; On the value of miracles, 232 sq.
Vespasian, 198
Vishnu, 313
Vision hypothesis of the Resurrection, 213 sqq.
Volkelt, 51
Volkmar, 141
Vollers, K., 141
W
Wagenseil, J. C., 133
Wardle, B. S., 288 sq., 293, 295 sq., 301
Wecker, O., 320
Weiss, 114
Weizsäcker, C., 142
Wellhausen, 141
Windle, Sir Bertram C. A., 53 sq., 246 sq., 246, 247
Wisdom of God and miracles, 15 sq.
Wolfenbütteler Fragmente, 135
Worship, Christian, 168 sq.
Wundt, W., On the “closed causality of nature,” 48
X
Xisouthros, 293
Y
Yahweh, 82, 146, 149 sq., 164 sq., 298 sq., 301 sq., 302
Yahwism, 298
Year-weeks, 275 sqq.
Z
Zahn, Th., 115
Zeller, 55
Zend-Avesta, 307
Zoroastrianism, 307
Zorobabel, 280
Zurbonsen, Fr., 77 sq.
