Index

Note: References to sects and sectarian leaders are generally to mentions which occur outside of the principal discussions. For the principal discussions, consult the Table of Contents and the Anacephalaeoses.

Aaron 2, 33, 53, 80, 81, 91, 92, 317, 441, Agabus 13, 286, 490 507, 626, 638 Alexander, bishop of Alexandria 329, Abgar, bishop of Cyrus 472 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 339, 340, 341 Abgar of Edessa 88 Alexander, bishop of Constantinople 328 Abidas 88 Ambrose, patron of Origen 135, 136 Abraham 13, 30, 31, 32, 37, 38, 45, 77, 79, Ammonius 337, 441 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 113, 133, 174, 179, Anathemas on Trinitarian subjects 442, 186, 268, 289, 291, 311, 317, 319, 322, 323, 455, 456, 457, 458, 467 351, 352, 382, 389, 417, 418, 432, 479, 485, Anatolius, Epiphanius’ amanuensis 681 486, 587, 619, 638, 648, 652, 654, 658, Anaxagoras 663 661, 662 Anaximander 663 abstention from work 277–278, 648, 681 Ancoratus 356, 483 abstinence from bathing 681 excerpt from, on the abstinence from foods 14, 71, 139, 217, 319, 484–499 323, 426, 680 Ancrya, Council of (358 a.d.) 444 abstinence from sexual relations 103, 107, Ancyra, encyclical of Council of (Basil of 652, 678 Ancyra) 444–458 Acacians 470 Andrew 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 624, Acacius, bishop of Caesarea 471 639 actors not admitted to the church 681 angels 33, 39, 52, 65, 68, 89, 115, 133, 137, Acts of Pilate 24 152, 159, 172, 173, 174, 207, 256, 315, 389, Acvas, Manichaean missionary 226 390, 391, 403, 404, 560, 562, 606 Adam created in order to care for creation buried on Golgotha 212 161, 220 created in First Man’s image 259, 275 creation of 169, 220, 365, 374, 377–378, ecstasy of sleep 10, 11 496, 551, 560, 561 expulsion of 16, 70, 415 one species of immortals among many knowledge of Eve 372–373 172, 173, 174, 345, 346, 568 loses the image of God 138, 415, 416 Anianus, bishop of Antioch 468, 473 Adamians 1 Ann and Joachim, parents of Mary 630, Addas, Manichaean missionary 232, 239, 641 261 Anomoeans 137, 221, 412, 483 adoptionism 380, 382, 397, 440 Antichrist 7, 28, 475 adoptive wives 131, 132, 323, 624 Antidicomarians 581 aeons, Valentinian 55, 60, 438 Antioch, Council of, 268 a.d. 216, 226, Aerius, biography 411–412 428 Aetians 137, 221, 412, 483 Antioch, Council of, Second 341 a.d. 445 Aetius, the Anomoean Antioch, Council of, Third 429 alleged understanding of God 412 Antisthenes 666 biography 412 Antoninus Pius, emperor 6, 88, 247 episcopal consecration 511 Antoninus Verus (Marcus Aurelius) exile 483, 512 emperor 88 moral laxism 515 apocryphal Acts of Apostles 536, 646 Syntagmation 511 Apocryphon of Ezekiel 208, 209 684 index

Apollinarius, bishop of Laodicaea 249, Athanasius, bishop of Scythopolis 482 583, 584, 585, 586, 603, 604, 608, 609, 334, 599 615, 616 accused at Tyre 330–331 Apollonius, imperial official 18, 88, 471 attitude towards Marcellus 436 apostles, earning living 650 consecrated 329, 340–341 Apostolics 61, 123 Epistle to Epicretus of Corinth 582, Apotactics 2, 116 583–593 Arabia 1, 2, 52, 79, 227, 302, 331, 427, exile to Italy 331–332 616–636, 637, 662 refutation of Mani 249 Arcesilaus 666 Athenodorus of Tarsus 667 Archelaus 36, 238, 596, 623 atonement 486, 587, 632. See also opponent of Mani 234, 235, 237–238, redemption 239 Audians 411 written refutation of Mani 249, Audius, biography 413, 426 252–261 Aurelian, emperor 216, 227, 246, 248, 305 Archelaus, son of Apollodorus 663 Auxentius, Arian bishop of Milan 150, Archon 151, 583 chief 256, 277 of darkness 260, 281, 282 baptism of destruction 256 Christian 104, 109, 119, 415, 417, 500, of righteousness 84 505, 534, 643, 676, 679, 680, 681 archons 230, 236, 249, 251, 261, 272, 273, Eunomian style of 412, 579, 580 274–275, 281, 284, 290 the first/decisive repentance 104–105 create man in their image 280, 304 of 33, 39, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 51, creation of Adam and Eve 259–260 596, 639 crucified by Living Spirit 254, 262 non-Christian 23 eat First Man’s armor 253, 257, 259, repentance after 109, 112, 113 270, 271, 304 baptismal formula 500 robbed of their power 251, 256, 277 Bardesanes 88, 89, 90, 91 Archontics 100, 274, 617 Bardesians 2 Arian factions 459, 468 Basil, bishop of Ancyra 428, 444, 467, 482 Arians 215, 221, 248, 328, 329, 330, 332, Basil, bishop of Galatia 436 412, 433, 468, 472, 479, 513, 514, 544, 565, bathing 186, 626, 627 579, 584, 592, 602, 636, 671 abstained from by Christian monks Ariminum, Council of, 359 a.d. 467, 469 681 Aristippus of Cyrene 665 forbidden Manichaean elect 257 Aristotle 398, 556, 666 battle between light and darkness 99, 100, 115, 125, 327, 328, 448 (Manichaean) 253–254 biography 215 begetting of the Son 93, 125, 379, 381, death 324 392, 432, 438, 439, 454, 455, 527, 531, 535, deposition of 413, 444 537, 542, 544, 547, 548, 552, 559, 566, to 327–329, 569, 570 339 alleged to involve suffering 91–94, 217, exposed by Melitius 326, 335 344, 355, 364 interpretation of Prov 8:22 343, 353 Arian version of the begetting 341, Letter of Athanasius 583–593 343, 353, 355–356 Arsenius, alleged victim of eternal and not in time 398, 399 Athanasius 330, 331, 332 without passion/suffering/physical Artotyrites 1, 22, 23 effect 355, 461, 464, 465, 477 Ascension of Isaiah 319 bishop and presbyter said to be the Asclepius, bishop of Gaza 336 same 505, 506 Asia 27, 445, 489, 624 bishops of Jerusalem, circumcised 421, Asterius, Arian writer 437, 439, 440, 513 422