Salvation by Christ, its superiority to the life first pro-
Talmudists, their works,
Testament, a designation of the New Covenant,
Threefold immersion, or sprinkling,
Titles of sacred books,
TRINITY, certainty of the doctrine,
-- its importance,
its practical uses,
Truth, its value and utility,
Understanding and Will, not separate,
Union between Christ and believers,
Unpardonable sin,
Waldenses, origin of the name,
Worlds, Jewish distribution of them,
their plurality,
INDEX OF AUTHORS
Quoted or referred to in the Dissertations on the Creed, in-
cluding short Notices of most of them.*
The Numeral Letters refer to the Dissertations; the Figures to the Sections.
ABEN EZRA, a celebrated Spanish Rabbi of the 12th century.
His commentaries on the Old Testament are much esteemed for
their conciseness and elegance. He died at Rhodes in the year
1174 or 1190, aged 75. Diss. xiv. 17. xxvi. 6.
ABERBENEL, or ABARBANEL, R. Isaac, a Rabbi who wrote
Commentaries on many books of the Old Testament.
xix. 36.
ABULENSIS, an ancient Commentator on Scripture. x. 9.
ACACIUS, a Bishop of Constantinople, and a noted Arian, who
flourished in the close of the 5th Century. He must be distin-
guished from Acacius, Bishop of Cæsaria, in the 4th Century;
Acacius, the generous Bishop of Amida in Mesopotamia, who
lived about the year 420; and several others of the same name.
xviii. 7.
ADO, the learned and pious Archbishop of Vienne in Dauphine
in the 9th Century, author of "the Universal Chronology."
ESCHINES, a distinguished Grecian orator, rival to Demosthe-
nes. He was born at Athens about the year B. C. 390. xiii. 4.
ALEXANDER POLYHISTOR, an ancient Author, so called for his
numerous writings in history and philology. viii. 63.
ALTING, JAMES, an eminent Professor of Hebrew and Theolo-
gy in the university of Groningen. His Father was Henry Alt-
ing, Professor of Divinity at Heidelberg and Groningen. James
was born 1618, chosen Professor of Hebrew 1643, and cut off by
a fever 1679. He wrote a commentary on the Romans, and va-
rious other works, which extend to five volumes folio. xiv. 38.
xvi. 39.
These short notices have been carefully selected from Ainsworth, Aikin,
Mosheim, Enfield, esteemed Encyclopædias, and other good authorities.
AMBROSE, a pious Bishop of Milan in the 4th Century, and one
of the Latin Fathers. He was born in Gaul about 340, ordained
Bishop about 375, and died at Milan in 397. He opposed the Arians
with great zeal. His works were published at Paris 1690, in
two volumes folio. Diss. vi. 13. xi. 40. xvi. 7, 8. xvii. 26.
AMMIANUS, MARCELLINUS, a celebrated Roman Historian,
whose history extends from the reign of Nerva to the death of
Valens. He died about 390. xvi. 26.
AMMONIUS, surnamed SACCAS, a celebrated Grammarian of
the 3d Century, founder of the Eclectic Philosophy at Alexandria,
and the reputed author of a Treatise on Greek Synonymes. xiii. 3.
AMYRAULT, MOSES AMYRALDUS, a celebrated French Protes-
tant Divine of the 17th Century, Professor of Divinity in the
university of Saumur. He wrote an Apology for the Protestants;
a Paraphrase on the New Testament; a Treatise on Grace and
Predestination, which excited much attention amongst the Pro-
testants, and other works. He was born at Bourgueil in Tou-
raine 1596, and died 1664. vi. 5, 14.
ANASTASIUS, THEOPOLITANUS, Bishop of Antioch of the 6th
Century, author of several Sermons and Treatises on the Trinity.
He is to be distinguished from Anastasius, a Roman Abbot of the
9th Century. xii. 14.
ANAXAGORAS, one of the most celebrated philosophers and as-
tronomers of Greece. He was born at Clazomene, a city of Io-
nia, about the 78th Olympiad. viii. 10.
ANSELM, a native of Italy, and Archbishop of Canterbury in
the reigns of William Rufus and Henry I. He was born 1033,
and died 1109. His writings in Metaphysics and Theology are
numerous; and he was one of the chief instruments of reviving
literature, after three Centuries of ignorance. vii. 15.
· ANTONINUS, MARCUS AURELIUS, the Roman Emperor. He
succeeded Antoninus Pius in the year 161, and died 180. His
book of Meditations has been much esteemed. iv. 9.
ANTONY of LEBRIXA, (Antonius Nebrissensis) a celebrated
Spanish scholar of the 15th century. xxi. 4.
APICIUS, an epicure who lived in the time of Nero, and wrote
a volume on the means of exciting appetite. xi. 4.
AQUINAS, THOMAS, a celebrated scholastic writer. He was
born in Italy about 1224, settled at Naples, and died 1274. He
was a Dominican, and commonly styled the Angelic Doctor. His
writings, printed at Venice 1490, consist of seventeen volumes
folio. xviii. 7.
ARGYROPILUS, JOHN, a learned man, who translated into Latin
the works of Basil the Great. Diss. viii: 98.
ARISTARCHUS, a noted Grammarian, who flourished in the
reign of Ptolemy Philometor, and was intrusted with the educa-
tion of his Son. He was a different person from Aristarchus, the
Philosopher of Samos. xi. 4.
ARISTOPHANES, one of the most famous of the Greek comic
Poets, contemporary with Socrates, Plato, and Euripides. Plutus
is one of the most esteemed of his comedies. iii. 14.
ARISTOPHANES, a Grammarian of Byzantium. i. 8.
ARISTOTLE, a man of wonderful genius, and the chief of the
Peripatetic Philosophers, born at Stagyra, a town of Thrace,
B. C. 384. He was Tutor to Alexander the Great. He wrote
numerous treatises on philosophy, rhetoric, poetry, law, &c.
iii. 14. iv. 17, 24. viii. 54.
ARNOLD, NICHOLAS, Professor of Divinity at Franeker in
Friesland. He was born at Lesna in Poland 1618, became Pro-
fessor 1652, and died 1680. He wrote a Commentary on the
Hebrews, Lux in Tenebris, a refutation of the Socinian Cate-
chism, and other works. He must be distinguished from Arnold
of Brescia, and from Arnoldus Gothofredus, historiographer to his
Prussian Majesty. xi. 21.
ARRIAN, a Greek Philosopher and Historian of the 2d Century.
He was born at Nicomedia in Bithynia, and received the title of
the second Xenophon. He wrote an excellent history of Alex-
ander the Great, and four Books of Dissertations on Epictetus,
whose scholar he had been. iv. 9. xvi. 23.
ARTEMIDORUS, a master of the Greek tongue, who resided at
Rome, and warned Julius Cæsar of his assassination. xvi. 23.
ATHANASIUS, a native of Egypt and Bishop of Alexandria in
the 4th Century, celebrated for his learning and piety, and for
his vigorous opposition to the Arians. After suffering numerous
troubles and repeated banishments for the sake of the truth, he
died May 2d 373, in the 46th or 48th year of his ministry.
His works chiefly relate to the Trinity, the divinity and incarna
tion of Christ, and the person of the Spirit. i. 7, 8, 13. vii. 3,
8, 9, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23. viii. 60. xiv. 10. xviii. 5.
ATHENÆUS, a learned Grammarian, who was born at Neucrates
in Egypt, and flourished in the 3d Century. xi. 17.
ATHENAGORAS, a learned Christian philosopher of Athens, who
wrote an Apology for the Christians in the Greek language, ad-
dressed to M. Antoninus and his son L. Commodus. xi. 9.
ATTICUS HERODES, an Athenian orator, distinguished for
wealth and generosity, who flourished in the reign of Adrian.
Diss. x. 3.
AUBERTIN, EDINE, (Albertinus,) a French Protestant Minister,
who wrote on the Eucharist, and died 1652. xxiv. 30.
AUGUSTINE, or AUGUSTIN, Bishop of Hippo in Africa in the
4th and 5th Centuries, celebrated for learning and piety, and for
his zealous opposition to Pelagius. He was born at Thagaste, a
city of Numidia, 354, and died at Hippo in the year 430, after
that city had been besieged for seven months by the Vandals.
His works, printed at Antwerp 1700, make 10 volumes folio.
He must be distinguished from Augustin, or Austin, the first
Archbishop of Canterbury, who died 607. i. 4, 9, 13. iii. 17. v.
12, 23. vi. 10. xi. 40. xviii. 45. xix. 11. xxii. 11. xxiv. 40.
xxvi. 26, 39.
BARONIUS, CÆSAR, a Cardinal. He was raised to this dignity
1596, and afterwards appointed Librarian to the Vatican. He
died 1605, aged 68. He is the author of Ecclesiastical Annals,
extending from the birth of Christ to the year 1198-a learned
work in 12 volumes folio, but abounding with misrepresentations
and mistakes. i. 4, 9. xi. 8, 9, 25. xiv. 22. xvi. 9, 11, 23. xx.
13, 15. xxi. 4.
BASIL, surnamed THE GREAT, Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappado-
cia in the 4th Century, successor of Eusebius there, eminently
distinguished for piety, literature, and eloquence. He was born
at Cæsarea about the year 328, and died 379. His works are
printed in three volumes folio. Erasmus pronounces his eloquence
equal, if not superior, to that of Demosthenes. iii. 39. vi. 13.
vii. 22. viii. 26, 98, 103. xi. 21. xxi. 6. xxiii. 25.
BASIL, Bishop of Seleucia in the 5th Century, an excellent
writer against Jewish and Pagan infidelity. ii. 10. xi. 35.
BECANUS, GOROPIUS. xxi. 4, 10.
BECKMAN, ISAAC, Principal of the College of Dort in the 17th
Century. xxvi. 37.
BEDE, surnamed THE VENERABLE, a celebrated English Monk.
He was born at the mouth of the Tyne about the year 672, and
died 735. He is the Author of a Church History in five Books,
and various other works, all in Latin. xx. 13, 24.
BELLARMINE, ROBERT, an Italian Jesuit, and a strenuous de-
fender of the Roman Catholic religion against the Reformers.
He was honoured with a Cardinal's hat 1599. i. 9. xvi. 16.
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