Remarks on Ecclesiastical History, Volume 2

John Jortin

Lackington, Allen, and Company, 1805 - Church history

Contents

• Monkish ignorance austerities and fanaticism 1224: 17
• Monkish miracles preserved by tradition: 20
• Alexander excommunicates Arius and others: 26
• Character of the councils of Constantinople and Ephe: 34
• Symeon Stylites his notion of them 41: 42
• Ananus 43: 43
• Apollinaris his notion of the Λόγος: 47
• Consubstantiality how understood by the Nicene: 55
• Constantine variable in his conduct towards the con: 62
• Said to have had a divine revelation to build Constan: 69
• History of Theophilus the Arian Missionary to: 76
• kers of miracles: 78
• An account of the Ecclesiastical Historians and: 91
• Some passages in his works corrected or explained ibid: 109
• Evagrius: 119
• In favour of farmers 124: 134
• Herod the Great: 138
• Nero: 144
• Alteration in the form of government made by Diocle: 146
• Maximianus Galerius: 150
• Hero Theotecnus Thalassius 160: 160
• miracles supposed to have been wrought: 163
• Hunneric: 166
• False miracles in the fifth century I: 169
• The interpretation of Ruarus rejected 179 2: 181
• A Syrian Jew: 187
• Nehemiah Cohen: 196
• Against usury 124: 199
• Antonius Pius: 202
• Their rebellion under Constantius: 211
• The fires which have accompanied earthquakes: 217
• Sufferings of the Jews and lies invented concerning: 224
• Symeon Stylites defends the seizing upon the Syna: 230
• Monks may have been sometimes misrepresented: 234
• Improbable account of the Jews assembling in: 236
• Limborch his method of disputing with Orobius: 247
• Appendix: 255
• Africanus: 261
• Miracles for what purposes they were wrought: 265
• Strange titles of Christian emperors: 267
• Monastic life pious frauds and spirit of persecution: 276
• Curiosi imperatoris oculi an account of them: 282
• Council of Gangra make good canons: 288
• nus: 294
• Ephraim Syruss character: 301
• Character of Metaphrastes 139: 302
• Valens oppresses those who are not Arians: 305
• Gratian at first tolerates all Christians except three: 311
• Gregory Nazianzen: 317
• Jerom: 323
• Siricius bishop of Romes decree about baptism: 328
• The image of the monkey and tooth of the monkey: 335
• Donatists their schism and decree 339 34: 341
• The third council of Carthage remarks on its canons: 347
• John Chrysostom bishop of Constantinople: 349
• The fourth council of Carthage made canons against: 356
• Christians how used by Trajan Titus Antoninus: 367
• Customs in the time of Chrysostom 358: 372
• A trick used to convert a Nestorian monk: 379
• Daniel the monk: 433
• Gelasius the pope claims infallibility: 439

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Remarks on Ecclesiastical History, Volume 2; Remarks on Ecclesiastical History, John Jortin
• Author: John Jortin
• Publisher: Lackington, Allen, and Company, 1805
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: Aug 3, 2006