The Mohammedan conquest of, 143.

Triumphs of the Catholics in, 196

Egyptians, their reverence for the vulture, i. 108, _note_.

Their kindness to animals, 289.

Contrast of the spirit of their religion with that of the Greeks, 324.

Difference between the Stoical and Egyptian pantheism, 325

Elephants, legends of, ii. 161

Emperors, Roman, apotheosis of, i. 170, 257

Endura, the Albigensian practice of, ii. 49

England, national virtues and vices of, i. 153.

Ancient amus.e.m.e.nts of, ii. 174, 175, _note_

Ephrem, St., his charity, ii. 81

Epictetus, his disbelief in a future state, i. 183.

His life and works, 184, and _note_.

On the frame of mind in which a man should approach death, 195.

His views of the natural virtue of man, 198.

On suicide, 214, _note_, 220.

On universal brotherhood, 254.

His stoicism tempered by a milder and more religious spirit, 245, 246.

His remarks on national religious beliefs, 405

Epicureans, their faith preserved unchanged at Athens, i. 128, and _note_.

Their scepticism, 162.

Roman Epicureans, 162, 163.

Epicureanism the expression of a type of character different from Stoicism, 171, 172.

But never became a school of virtue in Rome, 175.

Destructive nature of its functions, 176.

Esteemed pleasure as the ultimate end of our actions, 186.

Encouraged physical science, 193.

Their doctrine as to suicide, 214, 215, _note_

Epicurus, the four canons of, i. 14.

Vast place occupied by his system in the moral history of man, 171.

His character, 175, 176, _note_.

Lucretius' praise of him, 197.

His view of death, 205.

Discovery of one of his treatises at Herculaneum, 205, _note_

Epidemics, theological notions respecting, i. 356

Epiphanius, St., his miraculous stories, i. 378.

His charges against the Gnostics, 417.

Legend of him and St. Hilarius, ii. 159

Epponina, story of her conjugal fidelity, ii. 342

Error, the notion of the guilt of, ii. 190-193

Essenes, virginity their ideal of sanct.i.ty, i. 109, ii. 102

Euhemerus, his explanation of the legends, i. 163

Euphrates the Stoic, his answer to Pliny the Younger, i. 202.

Has permission from Hadrian to commit suicide, 218, _note_

Euphraxia, St., ii. 110

Euripides, beauty of the gentler virtues inculcated in the plays of, i.

228

Eusebius, on the allegorical and mythical interpretations of paganism, i.

163, _note_.

His account of the Christian persecutions, i. 463

Eusebius, St., his penances, ii. 108

Eustathius, condemnation of, by the council of Gangra, ii. 131

Evagrius, his inhumanity to his parents, ii. 125

Evil, views of Hobbes and the Utilitarians of the essence and origin of, i. 8-10

Excellence, supreme, how far it is conducive to happiness, i. 56

Excommunication, penalties of, ii. 7

Executioners, always regarded as unholy, i. 41

Exorcism, among the early Christians, i. 378, 380.

Origin of the notions of possession and exorcism, 380.

Jews the princ.i.p.al exorcists, 380.

Belief of the early Christians in, 382.

Contempt of the pagans for it, 384.

Ulpian's law against exorcists, 384.

Probable explanation of possession and exorcism, 385.

Speedy decline of exorcism, 385.

The practice probably had no appreciable influence in provoking persecution of the Christians, 420

Experience, general statement of the doctrine which bases morals upon, i.

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Fabia.n.u.s, martyrdom of, i. 446