Adam, 56

Adam of St. Victor, 92

Adler, Michael, 114

Aetheria, 108

Ambrose, 27, 105

Andrew, 13

Anselm, 61

antichrist, 21

Apollinarius, 93

apostasy

description of, in the New Testament, 5

general, 15

apostles

as eyewitnesses, 13

failure of, to leave written instructions, 10

hatred toward, 23

missionary activities of, 4, 9

need of, for instruction, 51

passing of, 10, 15, 16

weeping of, 10

apostolic church, absence of missionary organization in, 9

apostolic fathers, call to repentance by, 7

Aquinas, 94, 96

ascension, 4

ascent, levels of, 77—78 n. 66

Athanasius, 107, 111, 114

baptism, 56

Bardy, Gustave, 11, 17

Basil, 22

Belial, 21

betrayers, 31 n. 26

Brandon, S. G. F., 14, 91

Brandt, Theodore, 15

Bridegroom, mourning for, 7

Bultmann, Rudolf, 6

Busy, D., 16

Cantor, Peter, 95

Celsus, 8

Christ, Wilhelm, 18

Christian, name of, 7

survival of, 20

Christianity

loss of moral and spiritual forces by, 18

supposed victory of, over paganism, 21

Chrysostom, 14, 22, 24, 102, 105, 112

church

break in continuity of, 15

compared to fallen Israel, 6

dim prospects of, 20

discrepancy of views of fourth century and of early, 24

divinity of, 24

enemy within, 21

falling asleep of, 7

fate of, 2

finding the true, 16

gnostic claim of survival of, 17

indifference of, to social and political problems, 11

integrity of founders of, 26

lack of scriptural support for survival of, 19

neglect of education in, 11

primitive, 25

refusal of, to invest in lands and buildings, 11

restoration of, 22, 29

return to first order of, 17

second generation of, 17, 18

second—century factions of, 54

second—century upheaval in, 19

survival of, 1, 19, 24

teachings of, withheld, 8

as temporary visitor, 12

two centers of, 103

victory of, in fourth century, 53

wrong direction of, 6

Clement, 50, 94

Constantine, Emperor, 101

converting the world, 2

cosmoplanes, 53

rule of, 6

council of Yahweh, 79 n. 71

Craig, Clarence T., 14

Crusades, religious clashes of, 107

Cullmann, Oscar, 12

darkness, rule of, 6

de Faye, Eugéne, 11

de Zwaan, Johannes, 18

dead, raising of, 57, 84 n. 85

deceivers, claims of, 15

Demosthenes, 25

descensus, 55, 76 n. 63, 77 n. 65

Diaspora, 95

Dionysius of Alexandria, 13, 93

disciples, success of, 3

doctrine, perversion of, 3

Duchesne, Louis, 19

early Christians

being led astray, 5

declarations of, 2

distinguishing true from false, 16

fate of, 3

public relations of, 8

reticence of, on certain matters, 8

Eisler, Robert, 26

endurance to the end, 4, 23

eschatology, 25, 28, 116

eschaton, 3, 9, 22

eternal life, inheritance of, 5

Eucharist, 58

Euripides, 94

Eusebius, 22, 94, 102

fall of Adam, 56

Farrar, Frederic W., 99

Felicitas, 58

final test, 6

forty-day period

apocryphal teachings of, 55, 61

apocryphal writings on, 52

consistency of rites and ordinances of, 89 n. 107

consistent body of doctrine of, 61

gnostic claim to possess secrets of, 61

historicity of, 49

need for, to explain founding of church, 60

popular legends and cults of, 61

priority of, among early Christians, 60

reality of, 50

rites and ordinances of, 61

secret teachings of, 54

as time of spiritual discipline and preparation, 50

Fulcher, 109

future marked by gloom and pessimism, 52

garment, new, 82 n. 78

George, Saint, 58

feast of, 85 n. 88

glory achieved incrementally, 55

gnosis, 54

Gnosticism, 16, 75 n. 60

false teachings of, 75—76 n. 61

Goguel, Maurice, 17

gospel message, rejection of, by all men, 3

Grant, Robert M., 10, 25

Gregory of Nyssa, 103

Hegesippus, 10

Hellenism, 18, 57

Hilary, 21, 98

Hippolytus, 58, 112

Holl, K., 9

holy of holies, 105

Holy Sepulchre, 102

as religious center of the universe, 108

idolatry, heathen, 58

Ignatius, 13, 50

impostors, 7

Irenaeus, 8, 16, 93

Jeremias, Joachim, 9, 25

Jerome, 21, 93, 100, 105

Jerusalem

as a center of world pilgrimage, 106

fall of, 10, 91

sacred edifices in, 108

Jesus Christ

message of, 3

missionary activities of, 9, 55, 59

name of, 7

postresurrectional activity of, 51, 55, 60

reality of the resurrection of, 57

as a restorer of temple worship, 126 n. 64

return of, 4

John, 14

Josephus, 112

judgment, day of, 13

Julian, Emperor, 113

Justin, 16, 26

Justinian, temple of, 103

Kaaba, 106

kerygma, 13, 55, 56

Knights Templars, 110

kyrios, 67 n. 31

Lactantius, 93

Lake, Kirsopp, 10

Leo, Saint, 99, 103

liberty, ancient law of, 79 n. 72

Lietzmann, Hans, 12

Lord

coming of, 27

desertion by, 22

final return of, 56

secret knowledge imparted by, 54

Luke, 50, 51

Macarius, Bishop, 102

marriage ordinances, 57, 83 n. 81

martyrdom

concept of, 13

universal, 14

martyria, 13

martyrs, 31 n. 26

Christian, 13, 14

first, 12

number of, 14

Maurus, Rabanus, 111

meal, sacred, 82 n. 79

Mercurius, Saint 58

millennial day, dawn of, 22

millennium, 93

missionaries, warning message of, 9

monasticism, 17

money changers, driving out of, 99

Müller, Friedrich A., 107

mysteries, 8

Nepos, Bishop, 93

New Jerusalem

coming of, 22

rebuilding of, 115

Norden, Eduard, 19

Omar, 106

Origen, 8, 50, 97, 99, 112

paganism, festivals of, adopted by Christianity, 21

pagans, 71 n. 47

parousia, 4, 8, 26, 56, 93

interval between apostles and the, 28

Paul the apostle, 10

responsibility of, 12

Perpetua, 13, 58

Peter, 23

Photius, 108

Phythian—Adams, William J., 94

pilgrimages, 17, 40 n. 108, 101

Pius Aeneas, 13

Plato, 94

Polycarp, 12

postburial appearances, 85 n. 86

preacher

salvation of, 12

witness of, 13

premortal existence, 78 n. 68

gnostic idea of, 55

Prince of Peace, 21

probation, life as a time of, 56

prophecy

events of, 25

fulfillment of, 25, 53

gift of, 16

protology, 79 n. 71

Puech, H., 58

Quispel, G., 58

Reformation, 115

resurrection

belief in, 52

reality of, 54

rhetoric

age of, 115

arts of, 50

examples of, 23

schools of, 20

substitution of, for spiritual gifts, 18

royal court, glory of, 87 n. 97

Rupert, 110

sacrificial system of Old Testament, 140—41 n. 184

Satan, 56

Schoeps, Hans J., 2, 28

seals, types of, 81 n. 77

Sebastian, Saint, 58

second coming, beliefs about, 8

secrecy, policy of, 54

Seidlmayer, Michael, 104

Seven Sleepers, 58

Shepherd of Hermas, 7

shrines, multiplication of, 120 n. 28

Sophronius, 107

Stephen VI, 97

syllegein, 30 n. 19

synagogein, 30 n. 19

synagogue worship based on temple liturgy, 110

teachers, false, 5, 7, 21, 53

temple

authority of, 95

built not for God but man, 94

coexistence of church and, 92

creation of bond between heaven and earth by, 92

destruction of, 10, 112

fear of literal, 105

gathering of Israel at, 104

historical argument against, 98

hymns of, 111

intellectual version of, 97

of Jerusalem, 102

Jewish loss of, 111

literality of, 94

location of, 93

longing for return of, 100

loss of, 91

millennial, 100

money changers at, 124 n. 53

multiplication of, 96

no adequate substitute for, 92

opposition to, 93

philosophical plea against, 94

as physical center of universe, 101

pilgrimage to, 101

reluctance of churchmen to talk about, 112

restoration of, 112, 113

revival of practices peculiar to, 92

rites, ordinances, and teachings of, 83—84 n. 82, 95

scriptural arguments against, 99

spiritual version of, 97

symbolic of narrow worldview, 95

universality of, 95

veneration of, by Crusaders, 109

temple complex

holy places of, identified with each other, 109

Muslim claims to, 106

possession of, 107

temptation necessary for testing, 56

Tertullian, 12, 93

Thecla, 58

Theodore, Saint, 58

Theodoret, 102

Theophylactus, 113

thlibomenoi, 68 n. 37

thlibontes, 68 n. 37

time and history, concepts of, 27

Trypho the Jew, 26

Two Ways, doctrine of, 7, 23, 56, 79 n. 71

Victor, Saint, 58

Victorinus, 93

von Harnack, Adolf, 16

washing and anointing, rites of, 56

Wintertime of the Just, 7, 53

witnesses, living, 15

world conversion, 9

world, end of, 27

Zeno, 94

Zwischenzeit, 4