(tous les pécheurs passent également dans l'enfer, séjour de tristesse et d'affliction), the Orthodox Church professes that for those who, before death, were penitent, but had no time to bring forth worthy fruits of repentance . . . there remains the possibility of obtaining a refreshment from pain, and even a complete escape from the chains of Hades." This they can obtain by no repentance, or merit of their own, but only by the prayers of the Church. Macarius suggests that the sufferings of the penitent may be less than those of the reprobate, and even that there may be in Hades "plusieurs demeures et des rétributions differentes," but he insists upon there being no distinct place in Hades for the penitent apart from the damned and the devils. Of such a distinct place he says, "Nous ne le saurions, parce que l'Église n'admet point d'état intermédiaire pour les âmes après la mort, point de troisième lieu entre le ciel et l'enfer ou la Géhenne," i.e. the Eastern Church, as I have said already (p. 396), admits no intermediate place such as Purgatory "between Heaven and Hades or Gehenna."
This Macarius repeats with emphasis in the next section on "Purgatory" (see p. 272 for quotation), and asserts that the chief difference between his Communion and the Church of Rome is on the doctrine of Purgatory being a place distinct from "Hell" (Gehenna), and upon the question of temporal punishment; the Easterns deny that temporal punishment is endured in Hades. After the resurrection Macarius teaches that the soul will receive an increase of joy or pain through its reunion with the body, and consequently until the resurrection man is not completely (ie. as a whole) rewarded or punished. His soul is, however, before the resurrection either in Heaven-which is called by many names—or in Hell, which is called by many names. There is no intermediate place for
Abraham's Bosom, and Paradise, 156-60, 237, 275
Achilles and Patroklos, 105 Advent, Second, 176
"Aɩdηs, 140, 142 (notes)
Akiba, Rabbi, 125, 128 Alford, Dean, 177 Altars, privileged, origin and mean-
ing of, 319; utility, 321 Anacreon, literary epitaph on, 96 Ancestor worship, Israelite, 68 Anglican Communion, teaching
of, as to intermediate state, 356; as to authority of Church and Holy Scripture, 329-33; appeal of, to Fathers, 332 Annihilation, 132 Anthology, the Palatine, 94 Apocrypha (see Deutero-canonical Books)
Apostles, their teaching office, 8; inspiration of, 9; teaching of, as to Second Advent, 175-7 Articles, The XXXIX., XXII., 299; VI., 329; XX. and XXXIV., 331
the "hidden receptacles" of souls, 186; on Abraham's Bosom and the Vision of God, 237; teaching
Aquinas, St. Thomas, on
on Purgatory, 261-3, 301, 334; Commentary on Sentences, 262; on temporal punishment, 337 Augustine, St., on intermediate state, 186; on righteous dead, 187; De cura pro mortuis, 190; on prayer for departed, 198; on sacrifice of altar and alms for departed, 202; on perfecting of souls before general judgment, 209-10; on classes of souls, 217-18; on "saved, so as by fire," 219, 242; on severity of suffering after death, 244; on penance, 31I
Christ crucified, conformity to,
232-3 Chrysostom, St. John, on joy and
sorrow over departed, 184; on the righteous dead, 185; on in- vocation of saints, 190; on prayer for sinful dead, 210-15; on un- certainty of salvation, 240 Church, a witness, 6; relation to Bible, 6, 39, 332; not an oracle, 10 Cicero, on funeral rites, 105 Clement of Alexandria, St., on our Lord's descent into Hades, 172; on suffering hereafter, 243 Coleridge, Father, 303-5, 315-16, 318 Commendatory prayer, Anglican, 247; Roman, 350 Commination Service, on primitive discipline, 306, 341 Communion of Saints, the, 295; when found in Creed, 187, 189 Councils, œcumenical, 11; ac- cepted by Anglican Communion, II; of Florence, 263-5, 289, 395; of Bethlehem, 270-1; of Trent, 255, 287, 288, 300 Creationism, 28
Creeds, contain dogmatic faith, 12; Nicene, decree of Council of Ephesus as to, 10-11; a develop- ment of deposit of truth, 226 Cyprian, St., on Paradise, 183; on purification after death, 243-4; on remission of penance, 308 Cyril of Jerusalem, St., 29; on "caught up to Paradise," 163, 185; on commemoration of saints, and prayer for departed, 203; divides dead into three classes, 208
Damascene, St. John, 268 Dante, 119, 157
66 Day of Christ," 176, 346 Dead, Israelite superstitions con-
demned, 70; Office of the, 260 Death, twofold aspect of, 49; soul
survives, 50; improvement after, 53; in what sense end of proba. tion, 56-9; type of sin, 142 Delitzsch, 35-7, 161, 169 Departed, prayer for, in Macca- bees, 117, 127; modern Jewish, 129; Gentile influence as to, 130; in all religions, 199-200; for whom among departed, 201-2; for sinners, 203, 209; in Litur- gies, 202-7; in Primitive Church, 209, 245-6; in Canon of Mass and Offertorium of Mass for Dead, 256; in Eastern Church, 276; in Ist Prayer Book, Ed. VI., 358; in present Prayer Book, 359; Abp. Temple on, 360; alms for, 211, 214-15, 217-18, 246, 265, 269; diptychs of, 206 Deutero-canonical Books, 83, 112 Dives and Lazarus, 54, 143, 152 Doctrine, Romish, as to tortures of Purgatory, 301; of material fire, 303; of indulgences, 306 Dogma, and doctrine, 12; Roman,
distinction between the, and doctrine of theologians, 279-84; on Purgatory not contrary to Scripture, 365 Dositheus, Bp., 270 Duggan, Father, Steps to Reunion, 288
Eastern Church (see Orthodox)
"Ecclesia docet," etc., 8 Edersheim, Dr., 121–2, 125 Elias taken up to heaven, 163, 185 Elysian Fields (Isles of Blessed), 92, 93, 98, 103, 111, 132, 133, 157
Enoch, Book of, 119 Ephesus, Decree as to Nicene Creed at Council of, 10 Epitaphs, Greek, on Anacreon and a slave, 96; Plato's on Aster, 97; on Sabinus, 97; on Pamphile and Plato, 98; on Plato, a boy, and Proté, 99; why they contain no mention of Tartarus, 100 Essenes, 116; belief of as to future life, 123
Eternal Hope, 149, 150-1
ἑτερὸς and ἄλλος, “ another gospel,”
Eucharist for departed in Primitive Church, 201, 202, 203, 211, 214- 15, 241, 364; in Eastern Church, 269, 271, 272; in Roman Church, 256, 317; should be valued, 364-5
Faber, Father, 192; Interest and Characteristics of the Lives of the Saints, 193-4
Faith, The, once delivered, 8 Fall of man, 158 Fathers, The, on Pagan philosophy, 88; on intermediate state, 177, 234; on two states hereafter, 235-6, 239; on pain of sense, 242-4; different opinions of, 275-6; hope for sinners, 289 (see Eucha- rist, Departed, etc.)
"Figures of the true," 136, 137
Guilt, absence of, negative state, 241; of mortal and venial sin, 337
Habits, hard to alter, 51
Hades, 54, 119; no sunlight in, 96; whole nether world, 140, 143; gates of, 141, 142; tem- porary purgation in, 141, 253; our Lord's descent into, 143, 159, 160, 162, 164, 172; all imperfect souls in, 252-3; the "place of grief and pain," 274 Harnack, Dr., 189 Heaven, four Hebrew words for,
66; belief of Jews about, 119; the "throne of God," 137; a region above, 138; future home of man, 138-9; third, 162-3; souls already in, 167-8 Hellenisation of Judæa, 113 Hilary, St., distinguishes between "kingdom of the Lord" and "kingdom of God," 186 Hillel, school of, 121 Hinduism, sacrifice for dead, 91 Hinnom, Valley of, 119, 140 Hippolitus, St., teaches all souls in Hades, 238
Homer, his teaching on future life, 91; on burial of dead, 105 Homily on Prayer, denies inter- mediate place, 360 Honorius, Pope, 283, 284 Humanity, Sacred, visible in heaven, 178
Hunter, Father, S.J., Outlines of Dogmatic Theology, 293; on Indulgences, 309-10
Illuminative way of Church, 81 Immortality, conditional, 39, 44 (see Soul)
Infallibility, dogma of, 286 Inferi, the nether world, 236,257, 260, 262, 265 Inspiration, 64
Intermediate State, little revealed as to, 13; in Old Testament, 67-84; in ancient religions, 90, 105; in Jewish tradition, 116-21; in New Testament, 152-168; in Primitive Church, 175, 334-5; in medieval, 252-4; in Greek Church, 276; in modern Roman Communion, 326; in Anglican Communion, 333, 343 Invocation of saints, 189; wide- spread in fourth century, 191; abuse of, in medieval Church, "Romish doctrine of," 193,
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