• Abraham, 165.
• Adam, fall of, 118, 122.
• Age, consummation of, 139, 152.
• Amusements, harmful, 105; maintained by coercion, 106.
• Anger, the commandment against, 70 et seq.; destructive of happiness, 247; temptations to, 247.
• ἀνίστημι, meaning of, 146.
• Army, the Christophile, 15.
• Art has forsaken the Church, 224.
• auferstehn, meaning of, 146.
• Aurelius, Marcus, 126.
• Average man, the, and the problem of existence, 229.
• Belief, if true, always brings forth works, 160 et seq.
• Believers, and the problem of existence, 228.
• Berditchef, circus at, 135, 157.
• Bible, 17.
• Biblical references.—O. T.: Gen. (iii. 22) 149; Exod. (iii. 6) 144; Levit. (xix. 12) 86, (xix. 17, 18) 94; Deut. (xiii. 21, 34) 86, (xxiv. 1) 77, (xxx. 15-19) 150, (xxxii. 39, 40) 149; Judges (ix. 4) 76; Sam. (I. viii.-xii.) 18; Isaiah (lxi. 1, 2) 110. N. T.: Matt. (iv. 1-11) 178, (iv. 37) 253, (v.) 17, (v., vi., vii.) 5, (v. 17-20) 51, 52, 53, (v. 18) 262, (v. 19) 70, (v. 21-26) 70, 76, (v. 21-48) 69, (v. 22-44) 109, (v. 27-32) 77, (v. 28-32) 109, (v. 32) 79, 81, (v. 33-37) 86, 91, (v. 34-37) 109, (v. 36) 89, (v. 38, 39) 7, 8, (v. 38-42) 92, 93, 110, (v. 40) 26, (v. 43-48) 95, 110, (v. 44) 256, (vii. 1) 23, (vii. 12) 57, (x. 10) 200, 254, (xi. 30) 14, (xii. 16-21) 138, (xii. 31) 217, (xii. 35-40) 139, (xii. 40) 145, (xiii. 52) 62, (xiv. 2) 146, (xvi. 13-21) 145, (xvi. 21) 145, (xvii. 23) 145, (xix.) 79, (xix. 4-6) 250, (xix. 4-9) 80, (xix. 9) 81, 84, (xix. 17) 151, (xx. 1-16) 167, 168, (xx. 19) 145, (xx. 20-28) 166, (xxi. 33-42) 139, (xxii. 44) 98, (xxiii. 13-35) 217, (xxv. 14-46) 142, (xxvi. 32) 145, (xxvii. 42) 163; Mark (viii. 31) 145, (ix. 31) 145, [270] (x. 5-12) 79, (x. 28-30) 180, (x. 34) 145, (x. 35-48) 166, (x. 45) 202, 254, (xii. 21-24) 144, (xii. 26, 27) 144, (xii. 36) 98, (xiv. 25) 145, (xv. 32) 163; Luke (i. 71, 74) 98, (iv. 1-13) 178, (iv. 18, 19, 21) 111, (vi. 37) 23, (vi. 37-49) 24, (ix. 22) 145, (x. 5, 7) 200, (x. 26) 61, (x. 28) 151, (x. 29) 98, (xi. 30) 145, (xi. 35) 125, 216, (xii. 22-27) 137, (xii. 32) 263, (xii. 54-57) 136, (xiii. 1-5) 135, (xiv. 28-31) 136, (xvi. 15-18) 54, (xvi. 16) 57, (xvi. 18) 79, (xvi. 31) 147, (xviii. 33) 145, (xx. 43) 98, (xxii. 67) 163; John (i. 9-12) 171, (i. 17) 245, (iii. 5, 6, 7) 125, (iii. 19-21) 171, (iii. 14-17) 125, (v. 39) 150, (v. 44) 164, (vi. 30) 163, (vii. 18) 164, (vii. 19) 57, (viii. 17) 57, (viii. 28) 125, 258, (viii. 32) 258, (viii. 35) 141, (viii. 40) 171, (viii. 46) 171, (x. 25, 26) 163, (xi. 19-22) 145, (xii. 31) 244, (xii. 35) 125, (xiv. 6) 172, (xiv. 16, 17) 172, (xiv. 27) 109, (xv. 25) 57, (xvi. 33) 244, (xviii. 37) 172, (xix. 7) 57; Acts (vii. 27) 98, (xxiii. 8) 143; Rom. (i. 32, ii. 1, ii. 4) 31; Cor. (I. vii. 1-11) 80, (I. xv. 2) 75; Heb. (ii. 2) 115; Jas. (ii. 12, 13) 30, (ii. 13) 29, (ii. 14-26) 163, (iv. 11, 12) 28, (v. 6) 35, (v. 12) 89; John (I. v. 3) 14, (I. v. 4) 244.
• Borovitzky Gate, 19.
• Brahmins, 173, 218.
• Buddha, 134, 218.
• Buddhism, 124.
• Catechism analyzed, 213.
• Children, education of, 105.
• Christian rationalists in Russia, 223.
• Christianity, substance of, 2, 13; a spiritual tendency, 4; lack of ethical and moral instruction in, 123.
• Christians may believe in Jesus, 241; duties of, 258 et seq.
• Chrysostom, xi., 33, 63, et seq.; 79, 92.
• Church, the fathers of, 31, 81, 93; the Orthodox, 2; creed of, 265; inadequacy of 3, 4, 175, 209-244; teachings of, 4, 40, 47, 58, 62, 107, 115, 127, 154, 178, 213-217, 227; compulsory in Russia, 216; the true, 262.
• Churches, as useless sentinels, 224.
• Civilization, characteristics of, 42, 233.
• Clement, x.
• Commandments, abrogated by the Church, 214.
• Commentators, pseudo-Christian, 91; liberal, 93.
• condemnare, 34.
• Confucius, 124, 126, 127, 218.
• Constantine, 31, 219.
• Cosmopolitanism, importance of, 257. [271]
• Daniel, apocryphal book of, 149.
• Death, inevitable, 137, 138, 139.
• Death penalty, sanctioned by the Church, 221.
• Debauchery, 77 et seq.; Paul's idea of, 80; destructive of happiness, 249; temptations to, 251.
• Devotion, a pagan book of, 212.
• Divorce, denounced by Jesus, 78 et seq.; sanctioned by the Church, 221.
• δόξα, meaning of, 164.
• ἐγείρω, meaning of, 146.
• ehebruch, meaning of, 84.
• εἰκῆ, meaning and textual authenticity of, 75.
• Elijah, 48, 145.
• ἡλικίαν, meaning of, 137.
• Enemy, love for, 95 et seq.; meaning of, 98.
• Epictetus, 89, 126, 127.
• Error, temptation of Jesus by, 178; the cohesive power of, 262.
• Esdras, 56.
• Evil, submission to, 8 et seq., 13, 92-94; resistance to, 15; destructive of happiness, 253; to speak, 28, 32.
• Existence, its futilities, 226.
• Faith, defined, 115, 162, 166, 244; and works, 160, 169; based on the dictates of reason, 170; source of, 171; the false, 173.
• Fall, dogma of the, 120, 153.
• Family, the, a condition of happiness, 187.
• Foreigners, hostility toward, 100; destructive of happiness, 255.
• Formalism, evils of, 68.
• fornicatio, meaning of, 83.
• Free-will, an illusion, 124.
• French war of 1870, 198.
• Galilee, 41, 44, 48, 49, 178.
• Galileans, massacre of, 135.
• Germans, 45, 259.
• Ghengis Khan, 36.
• God, service of, 21; appears to Elijah, 48; commandments of, 51; kingdom of, 108, 111, 160; how brought, 209.
• Gospels, exegesis, 1, 55, 75.
• Griesbach, 175.
• Happiness, conditions of, 185-189.
• hayai leolam, meaning of, 148.
• Health, a condition of happiness, 189.
• Hebrews, 176.
• Hegelianism, 122.
• Herod, 25, 146.
• High Priests, 25, 59.
• Householder, parable of, 168.
• hurerei, meaning of, 83.
• Husbandmen, parable of, 139.
• Immortality, belief in, 147, 150, 153, 155.
• Irenæus, 62.
• Isaiah, 56, 61.
• James, 167.
• Jesus, as the "charmant docteur," 41; divinity of, 15; the enemies of, 60; his use of the Mosaic law, 67; commandments of, 69, 76, 86, 194, 242, 246 et seq.; [272] mission of, 108; the Messiah, 111, 145, 158; his revelation of the true life, 139; his doctrine of eternal life, 153; as a Savior, 158; his definition of belief, 164; of true life, 167; his temptation in the wilderness, 177; offers the water of truth, 196.
• Jesus, doctrine of, its simplicity, vi., 6, 7, 11, 12, 69, 194; as a metaphysical theory and an ethical system, 218, 231; a doctrine of grace and truth, 246; practical results of, 107; key to, 2, 16, 17; requirements of, 248; its meaning, 7, 43, 50, 58, 108, 172, 193, 199, 240; its rewards, 179, 202; to bring the kingdom of God, 209; its relation to the Church, 209-244; its adaptability to Christians, 241; to the philosopher, 242; to the "average" man, 243; difficulty in obeying, 14, 16, 112, 132, 160, 173, 194, 259; belief in, 160 et seq.; requirements of, 245 et seq.; a protest against ceremonial, 219; its concealment, 49, 68, 90, 173, 174; and military regulations, 19, 22, 104, 223; its universality, 241; delusions with regard to, 23, 101, 114, 191 et seq., 204; will overcome the world, 244; substance of, 124; and social customs, 58, 90, 93, 133, 194; where are its martyrs? 195.
• Jews, criminal law of, 27.
• John, 167.
• John the Baptist, 43, 54, 108, 135, 145, 146.
• Jonah, 146; story of, 176.
• Judaism, 124, 220.
• Judgment, parable of the last, 139, 152.
• Laborer, worthy of his sustenance, 200, 205; rewards of, 201, 203.
• Law, the eternal, 53, 55.
• Law of struggle, 47, 181, 197.
• Lazarus, 147.
• libertinage, meaning of, 83.
• Libertinism, 83, 85.
• Liberty, law of, 29.
• Life, essence of, 118, 138, 165; the personal, 134, 139, 174; salvation of, 152, 165; renunciation of, 141, 142; the eternal, 143; how perpetuated, 150; rewards of, 167; doctrine of, enforced by the police, 232.
• Loaves and fishes, lesson of the, 206.
• Luke, 34, 54, 55, 80.
• Luther, 34, 84.
• Manu, laws of, 89.
• Mark, 80.
• Martyrs, Christian, number of, 192.
• Martyrs to the world, 183, 193.
• Materialism, 122.
• Men, brotherhood of, 110, 246, 256; intercourse with, essential to [273] happiness, 188; nature of, 112; debt to the past, 141; mutual dependence, 207; temptations against, 246.
• μετάνοια, meaning of, 135, 141.
• Michael, Archbishop, 93.
• Military regulations, 19.
• μοιχᾶσθαι, meaning of, 83.
• Monasticism, contrary to the doctrine of Jesus, 176.
• Monogamy the natural law of humanity, 250.
• Moscow, 183.
• Mount, the Sermon on the, 5, 6, 10, 11, 17, 26, 78, 79, 108.
• Müller, Max, 148.
• Nationality, renunciation of, 257.
• Nature, the law of, 46; communion with, essential to happiness, 185.
• Neighbor, meaning of, 97 et seq.
• Nicodemus, 60, 108, 125.
• νόμος, meaning of, 56.
• Oaths, the commandment against, 87 et seq.; destruction of happiness, 252; evils of, 252.
• Origen, 102.
• Pascal, 134.
• Paul, x., 30, 56, 80, 88, 115; his metaphysico-cabalistic doctrine, 219.
• Peace, the reign of, 108; how violated, 109.
• Penalty, the death, 36.
• Pentateuch, 57, 148.
• Persons, respect of, 29.
• Pessimism, 122.
• Peter, 11, 145, 167, 168, 180.
• Pharisees, 54, 59, 60, 85, 88, 143, 178.
• Philosophers, and the problem of existence, 229.
• Pilate, 135, 175.
• πορνεία, meaning of, 83; et seq.
• Poverty, the blessings of, 199; indispensable to the follower of Jesus, 200.
• prissaiaga, meaning of, 85.
• Prophets, the Hebrew, 43, 57, 143.
• qum, meaning of, 146.
• raca, meaning of, 73, 76.
• Reason, authority of, 124.
• Redemption, dogma of, 120, 122, 153.
• Religions, requirements of, 220.
• Renan, 31, 93.
• Repentance, 60; necessity of, 135.
• Resurrection, not taught by Jesus, 143.
• resusciter, meaning of, 146.
• Reuss, 79.
• Revolution, the French, 36.
• Revolutionists, atheistic, 39; Christian, 39.
• Riches, the struggle for, 184.
• Righteousness, progress toward, 48.
• Sadducees, 60, 143.
• Samaritan, 98.
• Sanhedrin, 25.
• Schopenhauer, 148.
• Science, hostile to the Church, 223.
• Security, struggle for, its futility, 198. [274]
• Seneca, 89.
• Sisyphus, labor of, 184.
• Slave, 39.
• Slavery, sanctioned by the Church, 221.
• Slavophile, 39.
• Socrates, 124, 126.
• Soldier, at Borovitzky Gate, 19, 88; Russian nickname for, 88.
• Solomon, 134.
• Son of man, doctrine regarding, 125 et seq.; 142, 150, 152, 156, 263.
• Spirit, the Holy, 68.
• Spiritism, 123.
• State, service of, 21, 22, 257; independent of the Church, 223.
• States, divisions into, a barbarism, 107.
• Stoics, 124, 173.
• Strauss, 41, 93.
• Suffering, useless, 183.
• Sukhareff Tower, 183.
• Talents, parable of the, 142.
• Talmud, 17, 56, 143, 173.
• Theologians, declarations of, 6.
• Theophylact, 33.
• Thief, on the cross, vii.
• Tiele, 148.
• Tischendorf, 55, 75.
• Tohu, 18, 19, 21, 22, 42, 43.
• Torah, 56, 61, 68.
• Tribunals, 23, 24; contrary to law of Jesus, 25 et seq.; sanctioned by the Church, 221.
• Trinity, 14, 40, 58, 116, 117, 127.
• Truth, Christian, 4.
• Tübingen, school of, 33.
• Turks, 259.
• verdammen, meaning of, 34.
• Violence, renunciation of, 38; organized, 45, 196; destructive to happiness, 253; temptations to, 254; futility of, 259 et seq.
• Virgins, parable of, 139.
• voskresnovit, meaning of, 146.
• Vulgate, 34.
• War, organized murder, 101, 192; justified by the Church, 211, 221.
• Wars of our century, victims of, 193.
• Work, an inevitable condition of happiness, 186, 201, 205, 207.
• World, the doctrine of, illustrated, 129; sufferings for, 181, 185-192; its commands, 191; its necessities, 184 et seq.; justification of, 188; its relation to the Church, 221 et seq.
• Worldly advantage, 11.
• zanah, meaning of, 83.

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