[3] Many of the Bishops, at this time, were foreigners, who lived away from their sees, and did not even understand the native language of their flocks. The Kings of England and the Bishops of Rome seem to have equally abused their powers of patronage in this respect.
Abendon, Dr., at Constance, 150 Abyssinia, Church of, 82 Africa, Church in, its early history, 80 ------, Church in, its mediaeval history, 120 Aidan, St., 144, 152 Alban, St., his martyrdom, 73 Albigenses, 122 Alexandria, Church of, 80 ------, School of, 81 Altar, its arrangements in Eastern and Early English Churches, 54 Ambrosian Liturgy, 123 "Angels" or Bishops, The Seven, 49, 52, 85 Annates, Payment of, 149 Anselm, St., 146 Anti-Popes, 109 Antioch, Church of, 23, 28, 84 ------, St. Paul and St. Barnabas at, 28 "------ St. Peter's Throne at," 28 ------ first sends Missionaries to heathen, 29 Antioch disturbed by disputes about circumcision, 34 Antioch, Probable visit of St. Peter to, 36 Apocalypse, The, 52 "Apology against Heathenism," The first Christian, 32 "------ Judaism," The first Christian, 20 Apostle, St. Matthias chosen to be, 8 Apostles, extent of their labours, 43 ------ trained by our Lord, 5 ------ taught by the Holy Ghost, 5, 6, 48 ------, Commission given to the, 6 ------ a living Gospel, 12 ------ Creed, an instance of traditional teaching, 13 ------ St. Paul and St. Barnabas complete the number of, 30 ------, how they differ from Bishops, 31 ------, their deaths, 43 Apostolic office, Nature of, 5 _n._ ------ Doctrine, 12 ------ Fellowship, 18 Apostolical Succession in England, 144 Appeals from England to Rome, 148 Arabia, Church of, 86 Arianism, 68, 81 ------ in Greece, 79 ------ in France, 78 ------ of the Goths, 77 ------ prepares for Mahometanism, 88 Arles, Council of, 78 Armenia, Church of, 85 Athanasius, St., 70, 72, 81 Athens, its intellectual pride, 39 ------, St. Paul at, 39 Augustine, St., 82 ------, and Church of England, 142 Authority of the Jerusalem Council, 36 Avignon, The Popes at, 108, 123
Baptism, Nature of, 2, 3, 4 ------, its necessity, 26 ------ of St. John different from that of our Lord, 7 _n._ ------ of the Three Thousand, 10 Barchochebas, 83 Barnabas, St., Conversion of, 11 ------, ordained Apostle, 30 Basil, St., 111 Basle, Council of, 110 Becket, St. Thomas à, 147 Benedictine rule, The, 111 Bible, The, in Middle Ages, 117 Bishop, Meaning of the word, 33 _n._ ------ and Priest originally one office, 5 _n._ Bishops, Consecration of, by the Apostles, 33 ------ rarely appointed at first, 46, 47 ------ especially subject to persecution, 65 Bohemia, Church of, 129 Boniface, St., in Germany, 128 Books, Christian, kept hidden, 63 Bread, The Breaking of the, 7, 13 Breakspear, Nicholas, 106 Bulgaria, Conversion of, 136