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The Institutes of the Christian Religion
Sabbath
Has three objects, the first of which was to furnish the people of Israel with a type of the spiritual rest 2.8.29
Reply to those who complain of the observance of the Lord’s Day as Judaism 2.8.33
The purport of the command of the 2.8.28
The second is, to assemble on stated days for hearing the word, and other ordinances 2.8.32
The third is, to give our servants relaxation from labour 2.8.32
Why one day in seven was appointed for 2.8.30
Sabellius
The erroneous views of, respecting the Holy Trinity 1.13.4
Sackcloth and ashes
Were signs of repentance 3.3.17, 4.12.17
Sacraments
Are called by Augustine a visible word 4.14.6
Are signs, though held forth to the ungodly, but are signs of grace to none but believers 4.14.7
Are sometimes unduly extolled by the early theologians 4.14.26
Are unduly exalted by others, who ascribe to them a kind of secret virtue 4.14.14
Are unjustly regarded by many as mere signs 4.14.13
Cannot exist without an antecedent promise, of which they are the seal 4.14.3
Consist of the word and the external sign 4.14.4
Distinction made by Augustine between the sacrament and the matter of 4.14.15
Extensive meaning of the term 4.14.18
How far they are confirmations of our faith 4.14.12
In what sense the word was used by the ancients 4.14.2
Inquiry into the Five Sacraments falsely so called 4.19.1
Must be accompanied by the word, that they may be complete 4.14.4
Of the New Testament 4.14.22
Of the Old Testament 4.14.21
The whole efficacy of, depends on the inward operation of the Holy Spirit 4.14.9
What they are 4.14.1
Why they are called Signs of the Covenants 4.14.6
Sacrifices
And in this respect they are priests to God, but this does not interfere with the priesthood of Christ 4.18.17
Mosaic, difference between and our Eucharist 4.18.13
Of Samuel, Manoah, and Gideon, what they were 4.10.25
Of believers are thanksgiving 2.15.6
Some were eucharistic, and others were propitiatory 4.18.13
Were intended to prefigure Christ 2.7.1
What they strictly are 4.18.13
Sadducees
Concerning the resurrection 3.25.5
Concerning the soul 1.15.3
Erroneous opinions of, concerning angels 1.14.9
Saints
All, even the most blameless, are struck and overwhelmed whenever they behold the presence of God 1.1.3
Departed, do they intercede for us? 3.20.21
In the presence of God sometimes plead their own innocence, and why 3.14.18, 3.17.14, 3.20.10
Unspeakable glory of the, in heaven 3.25.10
Salvation
Four causes of 3.14.17
The gospel includes the whole doctrine of 2.10.3
Samson
The prayers of, when he was about to slay the Philistines, were they free from all blame? 3.20.15
Samuel
Not he, but the Lord, was rejected by the Israelites, when his authority was declined 4.20.7
What was the sacrifice of, at Ramah 4.10.25
Satan
Cannot possibly do anything against the consent and will of God 1.14.17
Has been vanquished by Christ, and will be vanquished by all his people 1.14.18
Is employed by God in exercising believers 1.14.18
Is said to blind those who do not believe the gospel 1.18.2
Often apes God 1.8.2
The whole nature of is depraved, mischievous, and malignant 1.14.15
The wickedness of the nature of, is not from creation, but from depravation 1.14.16
Various names of 1.14.13
What it is to deliver to 4.12.5
Why he is sometimes said to be from the Lord 1.18.2, 2.4.5
With what dexterity he has laboured to deprive the Church of the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper 4.17.1
Schism and heresy
Difference between 4.2.5
Scribes
The intolerable burdens imposed by 4.10.26
Scripture
By the amazing power or the truth itself, and by the steadfastness of the martyrs 1.8.13
By the calling of the apostles and the conversion of Paul 1.8.11
By the harmony of the Evangelists 1.8.11
By the heavenly majesty of John, Paul, and Peter 1.8.11
By the majestic style of the Prophets 1.8.2
Carefulness of the preservation of, by the Jews, whom Augustine calls the librarians of the Christian Church 1.8.10
Cavil about cleaving to the dead letter of, answered 1.9.3
Credibility of, proved by the admirable arrangement of the sacred volume 1.8.1
Describes accurately, and to the life, the character of God 1.6.3
In what manner it exhorts to holiness of life 3.6.1
Is the proper school for training the children of God 1.6.4
Never receives full credit, till it is sealed by the testimony of the Holy Spirit 1.7.5
Objection that it is insulting to subject the Spirit to, answered 1.9.2
Signal work of God in preserving 1.8.10
Subverted by fanatics, who substitute pretended revelations for 1.9.1
The authority of, does not depend on the judgment of the Church 1.7.1
The tendency of, what it teaches concerning devils 1.14.13
Very far surpasses all other writings 1.7.4
Was necessary in order to a perfect knowledge of God 1.6.1
Why it was committed to writing 1.6.2
Without it, the brightness of the divine countenance is an inextricable labyrinth 1.6.3
simplicity of See Simplicity of the Holy Scriptures
Sculpture and painting
Are gifts of God, and may be used purely and lawfully, but with what limitations 1.11.12
Self-denial
Has respect partly to men, and partly to God 3.7.4
How it ought to be cultivated 3.7.4
Is most necessary, and yet most difficult 3.7.5
Leads us to shun ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to follow sobriety, righteousness, and godliness 3.7.3
Necessity of the doctrineof 3.7.10
The beginning and sum of 3.7.1
Will keep us from envying the prosperity of others 3.7.9
Will lead us to equanimity and endurance 3.7.8
Will lead us to resign ourselves entirely to the Lord 3.7.10
Will prevent us from eagerly contending for riches and honours 3.7.9
Seraphim
Placed in the temple lent no countenance to the use of images 1.11.3
Simon Magus
Fabulous account of the dispute of, with the Apostle Peter 4.6.15
Simonides
The celebrated answer of, to King Hiero 1.5.12
Simplicity of the Holy Scriptures
Simplicity of the Holy Scriptures, the
Is a proof of their divine original 1.8.1, 1.8.11
Is often beheld by the proud with disdain 1.8.11
Sin
Against the Holy Spirit, what it is 3.3.22
Does not always proceed from preconceived depravity or malice 2.2.25
Good intention does not hinder us from falling into 2.2.25
Is erroneously supposed by Plato to be always committed through ignorance 2.2.25
Of parents, in what respect God punishes on the children 2.8.19
Venial and mortal, absurd distinction of the Schoolmen between 2.8.58, 3.4.28
Singing
In the worship is very ancient 3.20.32
Ought to proceed from deep feeling of the heart 3.20.31
Was not universal 3.20.32
Sinner, the woman who was a
On what ground she obtained the forgiveness of sins 3.4.37
Sinners
Are justly punished, though they fulfil the appointment of Providence 1.17.5
Sins
Are called Debts, and why 3.20.45
Sitting at the right hand of God the Father
Reasons why Christ is so seated 2.16.16
What is meant by 2.16.15
Slander
Is forbidden by the Ninth Commandment 2.8.47
Sobriety
Ought to be constantly maintained by us in inquiring into the meaning of the Holy Scriptures 1.14.4
Ought to be displayed in the whole life of the Christian 3.3.17
Solomon
Saying of 4.20.10
Son of God See Christ
In what sense Christ is called 2.14.6
That he is so does not weaken the proof of his supreme Divinity 1.13.23
The twofold filiation of, explained 2.14.6
Soul
A strong proof of, taken from man having been created in the image of God 1.15.3
Division of, into the intellect and the will 1.15.8
Dreams of the Manichees, of Servetus, and of Osiander, as to the origin of; refuted 1.15.5
Faculties of, opinions of philosophers concerning, reviewed 1.15.7
Immortality of 1.15.2
Not distinctly maintained by any of the ancient philosophers 1.15.6
Proved by various argurnents 1.15.2
The excellencies of the, described 1.15.6
Spirit See Holy Spirit
Conflict of the flesh with the 2.2.27, 2.7.5, 3.2.18, 3.3.14
Statius
The saying of, that fear first brought gods into the world 1.4.4
Stoics
The opinions of, about fate 1.16.8
Sun, the
Is a bright manifestation of the providence of God 1.16.2
Was worshipped by the Persians 1.11.1
Superstition
Arises from corrupting the true knowledge of God 1.4.1
Differs widely from true piety 1.4.4
Does not free man from guilt 1.4.1
Leads to reluctant and constrained worship of God 1.4.4
Led to the Popish observance of Lent 4.12.20
Mocks God while it tries to please him 1.4.3
Must be avoided in the use of fasting 4.12.19
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