Antonius Paulus, endeavours to correct the abuses among the clergy in xvii cent. v. 314. 319.

Antony, forms in Egypt the folitary Monks into a body, i. 377; the rapid progrefs of this order in the east, and maxims of their philofophy which feduced the Chriftians, 378; the state of this order in xi cent. ii. 536. Apocryphal and fpurious writings, many in i cent. i. 109 and [r].

books, reading of them in the church disliked by the Puritans, iv. 396.

Apollinarian herefy, its rife, i. 423; author and tenets maintained by him, ibid. the confequences deduced from the fentiments of Apollinaris feem unjust, ibid. and [c]; its fate, ibid. 424, and [d]. Apollonius Tyaneus, comparison of Chrift and him pernicious, i. 334.

his controverfies about the power of the magiftrate in church affairs, v. 421; occafions a flaming difpute between Spanheim and Vander Wayen, 442. Apologies, many produced in defence of Chriftianity in ii cent. i. 188, 189.

Apoftles of Chrift, why limited to twelve, i. 57; the fuccefs of their miniftry, after the effufion of the Holy Ghoft, 61: the election of one in the room of Judas, 62; founded many churches, 63, 64; fables related of them, 65; their authority and office, 96; left the external form of the church undetermined, 97, and [x]; they and their disciples the principal writers, 107 the creed, by whom compofed, 116, 117 and [k, 1]; inftituted many rites, 124.

account of a fect in xiii cent. iii. 290; made no alterations in the doctrinal part of the public religion, ib. their leaders and extirpation, 291 and [b]. Apoftolic Fathers, their general character, i. 114 and [b]. Apoftolics, a fect in xii cent. iii. 128; the remarkable purity of their lives, ibid. fome peculiarities among them deferve cenfure, ibid. the credit given by them to the predictions of the Abbot Joachim, iii. 291. Apoftoolians, an inferior fect of Anabaptifts or Mennonites in xvii cent. v 496; their founder Samuel Apoftol, who oppofes Galen Haan, with an account of his controversy and tenets, 497.

Appellants,

Appellants, great number of them in France, and why fo
called, vi. 9, and [9].

Aquinas, Thomas, a very powerful advocate for the phi-
lofophy of Ariftotle, and gives a new translation of his
works, iii. 160, and [c]; called the Angelic Doctor,
ib. his character, 239, and [g]; method of explaining
the Scriptures, 246; orthodoxy queftioned, 252; fa-
mous fum, what, 254; polemic work against the Gen-
tiles, 256; feveral of his doctrines oppofed by John
Duns Scotus, 365; hence the origin of the fect of the
Thomifts, ibid.
Arabian philofophers, their tenets, and reafon of their
name, i. 308; confuted by Origen, abandon their er-
roneous fentiments, and return to the church, ibid.
found schools in Spain and Italy, in x cent. ii. 398;
and fource of knowledge among the Europeans, ibid.
and 462; authors of divination and aftrology in the
Weft, ib. many of their works tranflated into Latin in
xii cent. iii. 40. and [u].

Arabians, in Spain, converted in xiii cent. iii. 142; but ex-
pelled by the order of Pope Clement, iv. 143, and [y].
Arabs, converted by Origen in iii cent. i. 246.

Arator, his works and character, ii. 122.

Arbricelles, Robert, founds a monaftery at Fontevraud in
xii cent. iii. 70; one fingularity in his rule, ib. charge
against him, ibid. and [p]; some nuns in England, 71
and [9].

Archbishops, the extent of their authority in iv cent. i.

349.

Archelaus, fucceeds his father Herod in the kingdom of

Judea; is infamous for his vices, and dethroned, i. 39.
Arianifm, its rife in iv cent. i. 412 and [m]; the tenets
held by its author, 413; its progress before the first
Nicene council, in which the fentiments of its founder
are condemned, ibid. its history after this time, 416,
417; ftate under the fons of Conftantine, 419; Con-
ftantius forces profelytes, ibid. under Julian, who
favours neither fide, 420; under Jovian, a defender of
the Nicenians, ibid. under Valentinian, an enemy to
the Arians, particularly in the Weft, ibid. under Va-
lens, a friend to the Arians, ibid. under Gratian and
Theodofius the Great, who favour the Nicenians, ib.

exceffes on both fides, 420; various fects of it, which
may be reduced to three claffes, 421; this divifion de-
trimental to the Arians, 422; is encouraged by the
Vandals in Africa, ii. 61; its ftate in vi cent. 142,
143; encouraged by the Lombards in vii cent. ii. 186.
Arians, two eminent writers among them in xvii cent. v.
505 and [w]; to whom the denomination of Arian is
applicable, 506; moft eminent patrons in xviii cent.
vi. 5c6; bad confequences of Arianism, 40 [g]; points
of its doctrine adopted by Mr Whifton, and confe-
quence, ibid. fub [z]; controversy occafioned by Dr
Clarke's opinions concerning the Trinity, and by whom
oppofed, 41 fub [z]; no end to be gained by thefe dif-
putes, with Dr Stillingfleet's excellent admonition to
the disputants, 44 sub [≈].

Ariftotelian philofophy, admired by the Neftorians in vi
cent. ii. 110; its progrefs in viii cent. ii. 216; the
perfons to whom its fuccefs was due, 217; taught by
the reformed church in xvi cent. iv. 426; introduced
into theology, and bad confequence, 427 and [n]; its
ftate in xvii cent, v. 78.

Ariftotelians, poor fubterfuge ufed by them before the in-
quifition in xv cent. iii. 398.

Ariftotle, his notions of God and the human foul, i. 35;
has many admirers in xiii cent. and the prejudice done
by them to Christianity, iii. 146, 147 and [a]; the
reading of his works condemned by the Bishops at Pa-
ris, 288; if preferable to Plato, debated in xv cent.
396 and [a].

Arius, oppofes the opinions of Alexander on the second
perfon of the Trinity, i. 412; expelled from the
church, 413; defends his opinions with fuccefs, ibid.
brings over Eufebius Bishop of Nicodemia to his cause,
ibid. Conftantine, after fruitless admonitions, calls a
Council at Nice, at which Arius is condemned, and
Chrift is declared confubftantial, 414; recalled from
exile, 417 and [x]; is received into the church, and
invited to Conftantinople, 418; is reinftated with his
followers in their privileges, but is denied a place a-
mong the prefbyters by the people of Alexandria, ibid.
dies a miferable death, with fome reflections on the
manner, ibid. and [y].

Armagh

Armagh, the fee of, erected by Patrick in v cent. ii. 9

and [r].

Richard of, attacks the Mendicants in xiv. cent.

iii. 331.
Armenia, Great and Lefs, Chriftianity established there in
iv cent, i. 337; a church founded at, by Gregory the
Enlightener, ibid.

Armenians, an account of, in xvi cent. iv. 261 and [9];
have three patriarchs, 262 and [r, s]; their titular
ones, 236 and [t]; their ftate in xvii cent. v. 261;
country laid waste by Abbas the Great, King of Perfia,
ibid. and his generous behaviour towards them, ibid.
the advantages they received from the fettlement of a
great number of Armenians in different parts of Eu-
rope, 262 and [2]; religious books printed for their
ufe in Europe, particularly in Holland and England,
ibid.

Arminianifm, its rife and progrefs in xvii cent. v. 440.
See Church Arminian.

Arminians, their leading maxim adopted by the Lutherans
in xvii. cent. v. 295; their rife and fchifm in this
cent. 366; condemned at the fynod of Dort, 367;
the effects of this fchifm in Holland 368; gain
ground in England through Archbishop Laud, 369;
favoured in France, Brandenberg, Bremen, and Ge-
neva, 370; the farther progrefs of this fect. See Church

Arminian.

Arminius, James, his tenets, and by whom oppofed, with
the decifion of the fynod of Dort, v. 367; founder of
the Arminian church, 439; his great character and ac-
count of, ibid. profeffes publicly his opinions about
predeftination and grace, &c. in oppofition to thofe of
Calvin, 440; two favourable circumftances for him,
441; by whom opposed, and controverfy thereupon,
with his death, ibid. and [c], progrefs of his fect after
his death, 442.

Arnauld, his difpute with the Jefuits concerning a fre-
quent approach to the holy communion, iv. 232 and
[c]; improves and illuftrates the doctrine of Des
Cartes, v. 81 and [o] a patron of the Tanfenifts,
208; fies into Holland, 219; and the confequences

to

to the Jesuits, ibid. and [w]; his dispute with Claude
concerning tranfubftantiation, 251.

Arndt, a moral writer in xvii cent. v. 299; debates re-
lating to, 337; his good character and works, par-
ticularly his True Christianity, ibid. is cenfured by
fome, and by whom defended, 338; a Paracelfift,
ibid.

Arnobius, character of his polemic works against the Gen-
tiles in iii. cent i. 272.

Arnobius, the younger, an account of, ii. 37,

Arnold, of Brescia, account of him and his fect in xii cent.
iii. 116.; is justly cenfured for the violent impetuofity
of his temper, but difcovered in his character feveral
things worthy of esteem, 120; is greatly admired, and
his followers called Arnoldifts, ibid.

of Villa Nova, his extenfive learning, iii. 162;
unjuft punishment, ibid.

Godfrey, difturbs the Lutheran church, and his
character, v. 325; his ecclefiaftical history cenfured,
ibid. his partiality in favour of heretics, which he quit-
ted when old, 326 and [o].

Arfenius, his fynopfis of the Greek canon law, in xiii
cent. iii. 237.

Artemon, his tenets, i. 235; uncertainty about these, ibid.
Arts, seven, the wretched manner of teaching them in viii
cent. ii. 219; divided into the Trivium and Quadri-
vium, 220; the works of Caffiodore and Boethius re-
commended for further progress, ibid.

Afcetics, their rife and principles, i. 193; why certain
Christians became of this fect, 194; the progress of this
`difcipline, 196.

Afculanus, Ceccus, a famous philofopher in xiv cent. iii.
310; imprudently mingles aftrology with his philofo-
phy, ibid. is accufed of dealing with infernal fpirits, and
burnt by the inquifitors at Florence, ibid. and [a].
Afia, Proteftant miffions there, in xvi cent. v. 38; Eng-
lith and Dutch colonies, 39.

Afiatic, Gnoftic, fect in ii cent. and tenets, an account of,
i. 216.

Afinus, John Pungens, fubftitutes confubftantiation in-
ftead of tranfubftantiation in xiii cent. iii. 259.

Aftefanus