further, what seems quite decisive is the fact that when our Lord was solemnly adjured by the high priest, i.e. put on His oath, He did not refuse to answer. See S. Matt. xxvi. 62-64, " And the high priest stood up, and said unto Him, Answerest Thou nothing? What is it which these witness against Thee? But Jesus held His peace. And the high priest said unto Him, I adjure Thee by the living God (ἐξορκίζω σε κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ LOVTOS) that Thou tell us whether Thou be the Christ, the Son of God? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven." In this case, as in others, our Lord's actions form the best commentary upon the meaning of His words, and prove decisively that the reference in the Sermon on the Mount is, as the Article takes it, to "vain and rash swearing." S. James' words are apparently directly founded on our Lord's,1 and there is nothing in them to lead us to think that he is contemplating anything more than ordinary conversation and the use of oaths in it. We conclude, therefore, that there is nothing in Holy Scripture which need raise any scruple in the minds of Christians as to the lawfulness of acquiescing when solemnly put upon their oath. Whether the use of oaths by the Legislature is advisable is another matter, on which we are not called upon to offer an opinion. A man may regret the custom, and feel that it brings with it grave dangers of the profanation of sacred things, and encourages the false idea of a double standard of truthfulness, and yet hold that Christian religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may swear when the magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity, so it be done according to
This is made very plain if the marginal rendering of the Revised Version be adopted.
the prophet's teaching, in justice, judgment, and truth. The "prophet," whose "teaching" is here referred to, is the prophet Jeremiah, who says (iv. 2), "Thou shalt swear, As the Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness";1 and if judicial oaths are permissible at all, it can only be on these conditions.
1"Et jurabis: Vivit Dominus in veritate, et in judicio, et in justitia" (Vulgate). The passage is quoted in the Homily "Against Swearing and Perjury” (p. 73, S.P.C.K.), where the whole question of the lawfulness of oaths is also argued.
AACHEN, Council of, 222.
Abbot, Archbishop, 48.
Abelard, 111.
Addis and Arnold, 472, 553, 659.
Admonition to Parliament, 53, 458,
747.
Adoration, Eucharistic, 667.
A Lasco, John, 28, 643.
Albertus Magnus, 149, 435, 692.
Alexander, Archbishop, 591.
Alexander of Hales, 435.
Alexandria, Church of, 507.
Alexandria, Council of, 109.
Alley, Bishop, on the descent into
hell, 160; on the Old Testament,
281.
Almsgiving, teaching of Scripture
on, 786.
Ambrose, 219, 314, 360, 426.
Amphilochius, 249, 265.
Anabaptists, 22, 24, 125, 282, 358,
386, 398, 441, 455, 574, 588, 616,
760, 783, 788.
Ancyra, Council of, 700, 711.
Andrewes, Bishop, 47, 554, 660,
663.
Athanasius, 329; a Latin Creed,
329; origin of name, 330; con-
troversy on date, 331; internal
evidence of date, 332; external
evidence, 333; MSS. of, 336;
contained in early collections of
canons, 338; commentaries on,
339; used by early writers, 340;
probable date of, 343; use made
of, by the Church of England,
344; contents of, 345; objections
to, 346; mistranslations in, 347;
text of, 353.
Athanasius,
use of Hypostasis,
107; on the Monarchia, 116;
on Homoousios, 126; on Sabell-
ianism, 206; on the sufficiency
of Scripture, 242; on the Canon
of Scripture, 256; on blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost, 446; on
the powers of the Church, 521;
on Councils, 534.
Athenagoras, 105, 205.
Atonement, doctrine of,
150;
theories of, 154; reveals the
Father's love, 154; a mystery,
157; complete and sufficient,
688. Cf. 439.
Augsburg, Confession of. See Con-
fession.
Augustine, on the Trinity, 101,
111, 112; on eternal generation,
123; on the divinity of Christ,
129; on the descent into hell,
167, 171; on the presence of Bull, Bishop, 365, 413, 416.
Christ as man, 196; on the Burke, Edmund, 63.
Macedonians, 208; on the pro- Burnet, Bishop, 18, 47, 660.
cession of the Holy Spirit, 219; Butler, Bishop, on the Atonement,
on the sufficiency of Scripture,
157.
242; on the Canon of Scripture,
250, 256; on the Creed, 300; CESAREA, Baptismal Creed of, 316.
coincidences with the Athanasian Cæsarius of Arles, 309, 342.
Creed, 332, 345; on original sin, Cajetan, Cardinal, 572.
360, 371; on grace, 383; on Calvin, 385, 446, 474, 590.
justification, 393; on good works, Canon of Scripture, meaning of the
410; on works before justifica- term, 248; method of determin-
tion, 423; on predestination, ing, 250; difference between
478;
on ceremonies, 517; on England and Rome on, 252;
purgatory, 545; on miracles, evidence on which the Canon of
558;
on invocation of saints, the New Testament rests, 261.
566; on sacraments, 596; on the Capital punishment, 780.
Eucharist, 671.
Carthage, Council of, 257, 699.
Augustine of Canterbury, 518. Cassian, 304.
Autun, Council of, 333.
Celibacy of the clergy, history of,
696.
Barnabas, Epistle of, 270.
Basil, 206, 565, 566.
Baxter, R., 56.
Bede, 171.
Bellarmine, 549, 618.
Bengel, 115, 147.
Beringar, 650.
Bigg, C., 108.
BANCROFT, Bishop, 482.
Ceremonial Law of Moses not bind-
Chalcedon, Council of, 533.
See
Baptism, effect of, in removing orig- ing on Christians, 294.
inal sin, 373; lay, 505; Zwinglian Cerinthus, 711.
and Anabaptist teaching on, 621;
teaching of the Church on, 623; Charisius of Philadelphia, 225.
blessings of, 623; relation to Charlemagne, 221, 313, 337.
confirmation, 630; of infants, Charles the Bald, 337.
Scriptural arguments for, 635; Cheke, Sir J., 13, 19, 654.
patristic evidence for, 637. Chrysostom, 192, 214, 471.
also Regeneration.
Church, use of the word in Scrip-
Barlow, Bishop, consecration of, ture, 497; the visible, 498;
invisible, meaning of phrase, 499;
Scripture proof of visibility of,
500; notes of, 502; legislative
power of, 514; judicial power of,
520; a witness and keeper of
Scripture, 526; particular or
national, 717.
751.
Blackburne, Archdeacon, 63.
Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost,
447.
Bona, Cardinal, 677.
Bonaventura, 435, 567.
Boniface VIII., 432.
Boxley, Rood of, 561.
Braga, Council of, 713.
Bramhall, Archbishop, 660, 746.
Bright, W., 507, 690, 773, 776.
Brightman, F. E., 694, 755.
Browne, Bishop H., on the Articles,
144, 172, 242, 244, 330, 465, 607,
632, 660.
Church authority, in relation to
private judgment, 525.
Church, Dean, 371.
Clarke, Dr. S., 111.
Clement of Alexandria, 171, 248,
275, 366, 471, 544, 698, 741.
Clement of Rome, 104, 205, 248
270, 467, 578, 739.
Clermont, Council of, 430, 678.
Clovesho, Council of, 567.
Communicatio idiomatum, 138.
Communion of Saints, 311.
Community of goods, 784.
Concomitance, doctrine of, 683.
Confirmation, 604, 630.
Constance, Council of, 431, 679.
Constantine Porphyrogenitus, 559.
Constantinople, first Council of,
215, 533; second Council of,
533; third Council of, 533;
seventh Council of, 559; eighth
Council of, 559.
Constantinople, Creed of, 324.
Convocation, were the Forty-Two
Articles submitted to it? 15.
Corpus Christi, Festival of, 666.
Cosin, Bishop, 49.
Councils. See General Councils.
Counsels and precepts, 437.
Cranmer, Archbishop, prepares the
Forty-Two Articles, 12; his ac-
counts of the title to them, 17;
on the Eucharist, 642-674'; his
marriage, 702; on the Royal
Supremacy, 769. See also 5, 7,
28, 258.
Creeds, origin of, 297; indications
of, in New Testament, 297; early
forms of, 298; interrogative forms
of, 300; introduced into the
liturgy, 300; used as tests of
orthodoxy, 301; difference be-
tween Eastern and Western, 302.
Creighton, Bishop, 435, 556.
Cup, denial of, to the laity, 506;
condemned by early writers, 677;
gradual growth of the practice,
679; rejected by the Church of
England, 680; grounds of the
rejection, 681.
Curteis, Canon, 68.
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, 105,
307, 360, 427, 453, 555, 595, 639,
711, 778.
Cyprian, Bishop of Toulon, 309.
Cyril of Alexandria, 216.
Cyril of Jerusalem, catechetical
lectures of, 207, 800; on the
Canon, 255, 265; on the term
Apocryphal, 276; creed of, 321;
on the administration of the
Cyril Lucar, Confession of, 259.
Eucharist, 677.
DALE, R. W., 147, 148.
Deity, properties of, 139.
Decentius of Eugubium, 606.
Denebert, Bishop, 341.
Denny and Lacey, 749.
Descent into hell, change in the
Article on, 160. See also Hell,
descent into.
Diaconate, origin of, 733.
Diatessaron of Tatian, 269.
Diocesan System, origin of, 738.
Diogenes of Cyzicus, 322.
Dionysius of Alexandria, 107.
Dionysius the Areopagite, 597.
Dionysius of Rome, 107.
Divinity of the Son, proved from
Scripture, 127; of the Spirit, 199.
Dixon, Canon R. W., 3, 5, 12, 13,
14, 17, 29, 561.
Donatism, 779.
Docetism, 145.
Double procession, the doctrine of,
Driver, Dr., 164, 286, 291, 292.
211; objections to, 224.
ELECTION, 466 seq.
Enoch, Book of, 164, 287.
Elvira, Council of, 558, 698.
Ephesus, seventh canon of the
Council of, 225; ratifies the
Creed of Nicæa, 324. Cf. 530,
523.
Ephraem the Syrian, 565.
Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, on
Montanism, 205; creeds given by,
Episcopacy, history of, 731; how far
319. Cf. 208, 215, 324, 557.
Episcopal succession, Church of
necessary, 744.
England, Roman objections to,
748.
Estcourt, 750.
Erasmus, 568.
Eternal generation of the Son, 123.
Eucharist, changes in the Article
on, 644; teaching on, 647; adop-
tion of, 667; elevation of, 666;
reservation of, 666.
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