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Theophilus
THEOPHILUS
Abel 105
Abraham 107
Adam 105
Antioch, seat of the early Christians 87
bishops of 88
described, Renan and Ferrar 87
see of Theophilus 88
Atheists, philosophers proved to be such 113
others attribute crimes to the gods 113
Authors, profane 111
their contradictions 111
their ignorance 111
Autolycus, 89, and passim; second book addressed to 94
concluding advice to 121
misled by false accusations 111
third book addressed to 111
Babel, tower of 106
Cain 105
family of 106
Chaldeans 106
Chastity 115
Chedorlaomer 107
Christianity, antiquity of 120
Christians, scorned by Autolycus 89
Theophilus glories in the name of 89
also chastity and love of enemies 115
also repentance and righteousness 114
honour God and his law 114
its meaning 92
teach humanity 114
their innocent manner of life 115
their name 92
Chronology, biblical, Theophilus founder of 87, 106, 118
Roman, to death of Aurelius 119
Saul to Jeremiah 119
from Adam to Saul 119
his system 118
leading epochs 120
its glory 99
its restoration 101
its sympathy with man 101
the fifth day 101
the fourth day 100
the sixth day 101
Delitzsch 102
Deluge, errors of Greeks about 116
contrasted with Scripture accuracy 117
Epochs, the leading chronological 120
Eucharist, the 112
Eusebius, his praise of the Fathers 87
Eve, why formed from Adam’s rib 105
Evil, not created by God 101
Faith 91
the leading principle 91
Foot-baths 92
Genesis, the truth of its testimony 103
Gibbon, cited 92
God, his nature 89
absurd opinions of philosophers and poets concerning 95
his attributes 90
his law and Christian doctrine 113
his voice 103
his walking 103
perceived through his works 90
to be seen hereafter in immortality 91
to be worshipped 92
Gods, of the heathen 91
absurdities of their worship 92
despicable when made 94
divers doctrines concerning 112
their genealogy 96
their images 94
their immoralities 91
valuable when purchased 94
what has become of them 94
Hebrew historians contrasted with Greek 119
his origin of the world 95
Holiness, enjoined by the prophets 107
anointing of 92
Homer, his opinion concerning the gods 95
Human race, how dispersed 107
Innocence 115
Inspiration 93
of prophets 97
refinements about 93
Kings, earthly 92
to be honoured, not adored 92
Knowledge, tree of 104
Light, created 100
Logos 98
and external 103
the internal 103
Luther, referred to 102
and free-will 105
and immortality 105
his expulsion from Paradise 104
his fall 102
his life 102
his mortality 105
history of, after the flood 106
or lives 102
races of, dispersed 107
tripartite nature 102
Manetho 117
his inaccuracy in history 117
Melchisedek 107
Moses, antiquity of 117
Paradise 102
its beauty 103
man’s expulsion from 104
Philosophers, absurd opinions concerning God 95
historical errors of 116
teach cannibalism, incest, and other crimes 112
their mistakes about the deluge 116
vague conjectures of 116
Poets 109
confirm the Hebrew prophets 109
Profane history 107
its inconsistencies 111
Prophecies 108
Prophets, inspired by the Holy Ghost 97, 107
enjoin holiness 108
more ancient than Greek writers 118
their precepts 108
Providence 97
Repentance 114
Resurrection 92
illustrated 93
Righteousness 114
Sabbath 99
Scriptures, the prophetic 93
converting power of 93
Sea, the, 100, emblem of the world 100
its harbors, emblems of the churches 100
its perils, of heresies 100
Serpent, the 103
Seth, his race 106
Temple, antiquity of 117
Theophilus 87
Barnabas 87
Theophilus to Autolycus, book i. 89
conjectural date of birth 88
conversion of 93
follows Ignatius 87
founder of Biblical chronology 87, 106
his account of 93
his only remaining work 87
oral discussions 87
prophets and teachers of Antioch 87
sixth bishop of Antioch 88
writes second book to Autolycus 94
Tree of knowledge 104
Trinity, the 101
first use of the word 101
or Triad 101
Writings, Hebrew contrasted with Greek 119
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