INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND NAMES

Aaron, 209 111; guardian a., 106; a. as spectators, Abraham, 179 107; a. of the gate, 108; punishment abstraction (aphairesis, analysis), 12, through a., 106, 250f.; assimilation 137f. to a., 108, 110; see also isangelia Adam, the creation of, 76, 92, 206, 246, anthropology, see also Adam, soul 294 anthropomorphism see gods adoption, 147, 175, 244 Antiphon, 124n40 Adrastea, 52 apatheia of God, 46, 50, 54, 55, 211; of Aeacus, 158n49, 162n64 the gnostic, 47f., 54, 59, 71f., 107, aeons, the succession of, 246 108, 179, 181, 186f., 201, 202f., 208, Aeschylus, 317n14 211f., 223, 244; a. as ‘likeness’, 211; Aesop, 59 translations of a., 202n13; a. in Albinus, 209 Greek philosophy, 208–212; a. vs. Alcinous, 93 metriopatheia, 209f. Alexander of Aphrodisias, 82, 84n113, Apocalypse of Peter, 247 127 apocalyptic, 51f., 99 Alexander of Jerusalem, 256, 257n56, apokatastasis, 76n71, 97, 239–257; the 291, 292 term a. in C.’s writings, 243–245; Alexandria, 278f., 295, 318; catecheti- a. in Philo, 256 cal school, 257n57, 290 see also anakephalai¯osis, contempla- allegory, 48, 54, 55, 59, 86f.n124, 174, tion, eternity, goal 202, 223, 292, 298, 301f. apologists, 94f., 261, 277, 283, 290 Ammonius Sakkas, 278n9 apophasis see abstraction amn¯esikakia, 157, 203f., 207f., 214 aporiai, doubts on Christian faith, 40, anakephalai¯osis, 246f. 263, 270f., 299f. analysis see abstraction aporrhoia, 227, 232, 225n21 anapausis see rest apostles, 103, 287, 289 Anastasius Sinaita, 90–92 apostolic succession, 283f., 290 Anaxagoras, 266 Apuleius, 83, 209 Androcydes, 59 Arethas of Caesarea, 315 angels, 78f., 93–111, 149, 204; the Aristotle, 11, 64, 87n124, 118, 127, 136, sources of C.’s angelology, 79, 139, 146, 210, 254, 267; Pseudo- 93f.; C.’s writings on a., 95–97; Aristotle, De mundo, 86–88, 127f., a. equipped with free will, 97, De coloribus, 226 103; in nite number of a., 97; Arius Didymus, 67, 86n124 fallen a., 8, 47, 94, 96, 99, 103, 110; Arnobius, 309n35 corporeality of a., 98f.; hierarchy of ascent, 7f., 76n71, 78, 97, 106–110, 297; a. , 76n71, 78f., 88, 99f.; pr¯otoktistoi cosmic ladder, 78, 93, 108; see also angeloi, 80f.n101, 100, 101–103, 243; progress a. contemplating God, 76n71, 102, assent (synkatathesis), 249; see also 103, 108, 242; a. of nations, 78, 106, choice, faith 348 index of subjects and names assimilation to God, 6f., 51f., 53–55, christianismos, 42f., 44, 46f., 49, 54, 56, 57, 75, 90, 146f., 167–170, 180, 185– 58, 61 188, 194, 196, 203, 205–208, 211, 214, Christology, 82, 105, 294 244, 295; as transformation, 76, Chrysippus, 86n124, 209, 211, 213n66, 107, 192, 297; theoprep¯es, 51; see also 222, 248 angels church, 286–288, 291–298; as a divine Athanasius, 256 statue, 58; as the body of Christ, atheism, Christians accused of a., 150, 201f.; as a temple of Spirit, 8, 44, 46, 113, 117, 143; Epicureans 201f.; community of saints/the accused of a., 119f., 124; Plutarch on elect, 151, 296; spiritualized ch., a., 120, 122; superstition as a., 58, 116, 230f.; idealization of ch., 288; 123, 124; see also superstition ch. identi ed with humanity, Athenagoras of Athens, 94, 262n6 245; earthly and heavenly ch., athlete, the gnostic as, 57, 107, 150, 234, 100, 293; ch. hierarchy, 100f., 235n42; see also struggle 296f.; the unity of ch., 282, 287, 290, 296; ecclesiastical Bacchylides, 248 context of prayer, 150; see also baptism, 54, 170, 174f., 178, 180, 201, school 317, 321n50; ‘b. of tears’, 174, 180; Cicero, 119, 124, 126 baptismal confession formula, Cleanthes, 49n45, 59 264, 269; see also illumination, Clement of Alexandria, his biography, puri cation, sin 256f., 238; relationship with barbarians see philosophy Origen, 257; his sacerdotal status, Bardaisan of Edessa, 257 291f., division of his works, 302f., Basilides/Basilideans, 11, 73f., 76, 103, 309f. 178n78, 224f., 225n20, 227, 238n45, Clement of Rome, 91 247n31, 277n2, 279, 284, 287n47 Codex Patmensis, 63, 90 bene cence, of God, 49f., 67, 68f., 83, community see church 252, 256, 295, see also mercy; b. of conception/notion of the divine, 114f., the gnostic, 70f., 167, 170, 182, 185– 123–130, 267–270; connected with 198, 206f.; b. as hexis, 189; biblical character, 116f., 120–122; Christian metaphors of b., 189f.; see also conception of God, 114, 125, 269; mercy, perfection koinai ennoiai, 125, 261, 269f., breath, divine, 191, 232f., 267 prol¯epseis, 125, 267 confession, 105, 137, 139f., 179, 180n98, Caesarius (Pseudo-), 96 181, 217f., 221–223, 238n45, 264, Calcidius, 84 268f., see also baptism Callimachus, 317n14 contemplation, 60f., 76n71, 77, 102, care, for oneself, 51, 65, 90, 146, 180; 103, 108, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 146, for others, 65f., 90, 188; see also 239, 241, 242, 310; epopteia, 109, 231; bene cence, providence nous, 133; two kinds of the¯oria, 140; Celsus (the Platonist), 261, 269n41 see also prayer Chaeremon, 279 conversion, 171f., 178, 179f., 194f., chance see providence 197, 214, 248f., 251f.; c. of heretics, choice, freedom of see freedom; 253f.; c. of demons, 254; see also ‘choice of life’, 75, 77, 220n10, 221, repentance 230, 247f.; choice of reason, 273f. Cotta, Gaius Aurelius, 119, 124