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him concerning the neceffity of
tradition to establish the Canon
of the New Testament, 58, n.

C

CAIANITES, a fect of the Gnof-
ticks, &c. 234. forged a piece
under the name of Judas, ibid.
their tenets, 235, n.
CAJETAN queftioned the authority
of the Revelation, 9.
CAIUS, Prefbyter of Rome, Apo-
cryphal books mentioned by him,

31.

CALVIN queftioned the authority
of the Revelation, 9. fuppofed
St. Paul to have written more
Epiftles than we now have, 136,
137, n.

CANON of the New Testament

more difficult to fettle, than that
of the Old, 2, 3. The original
of the word, and when first ap-
plied to Scripture, 19, 20. Pri-
initive Chriftians did well agree
about books Canonical, 41. and
did generally receive the fame for
fuch, as we do now, ibid. Tra-
dition of the antients, the princi-
pal method of determining it, 53.
A demonftrative indication of a
true Canon, 63. Canonical
books, which, ibid. none of them
loft, 130. A noted objection to
this anfwered, 133.
The bare

citation of a book in facred writ-
ings does not prove it Canonical,
135.

CANTERBURY, prefent Archbi-
fhop of, a citation out of him
concerning the Apoftolical Fa-
thers, 5. a mistake of him in
putting the word Soul for the
Greek opgayida, 418.
CAPELLUS, his proof of the dox-
ology at the end of the Lord's
Prayer, &c. 116, n. thought St.
Paul to have wrote other Epistles
than those we now have, 136,
137, n.
CARTHAGE, Council Third, its
catalogue of Canonical books,
62.

CASAUBON, a citation from him
concerning the early rife of Apo-
cryphal books, 40. his opinion
of the Nazarene Gospel, 284, n.
CASSIODORUS, his conjecture con-

cerning the Hypotyposes, 374, n.
CAVE, Dr. thinks the decree of
Gelafius concerning Apocryphal
books to be fpurious, 156, n.
His mistake in thinking the Ana-
baticon and Revelation of Paul
to be two different books, 319,
n. his opinion that the Judgment
of Peter was the fame book with
the Shepherd of Hermas, re-
jected, 336. his favourable fen-
timent of the Preaching of Peter,
356, n.

CELSUS, his objection to our Savi-
our, as a magician, 191. banters
the Chriftians under the name of
Sibyllifts, 364, n.
CERINTHUS, his Gospel and Re-

velation not extant, 120. feems
to have been a different name for
the Hebrew Gofpel of Matthew,
126. mentioned only by Epipha-
nius, 178, n. his age, tenets,
&c. 179. A ftory of St. John
the Apostle and him at Ephefus,
ibid. n. he is referred to in Acts
xv. ibid. his Gospel the fame
with the Nazarenes, 181. his
Revelation mentioned only by
Caius or Gaius the Prefbyter,
182, n. not the fame as St.
John's, 183. but a ridiculous
forgery compiled out of the Ca-

nonical Revelation, 184, 185, n.
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he taught his difciples, not extant, 120, 186. not mentioned till Auftin's time, except an Epiftle to Abgarus, &c. ibid. that to Peter and Paul proved out of Auftin to be a ridiculous forgery, 188. another book mentioned under his name, 190. he is falfely charged by the Jews and Celfus, as a magician, 191. an idle trite ftory of the former to the fame purpose, ibid. a spurious Epiftle of his among the Manichees, 193, n. a hymn forged by the Prifcillianifts under his name proved fpurious, 195, n. a faying of his mentioned by St. Paul, 408. others afcribed to him in the Epistle of Barnabas, 409. others by Clemens, fuppofed to be the fame mentioned by St. Paul, 412. a fragment in his name cited by Irenæus, 416, n. a difcourfe afcribed to him by Papias, 422. another by the fame, 423. a faying of his out of Juftin Martyr, 425. hiftory of his baptifm by the fame, 428. another concerning him in his younger years, by the fame, 430. a faying of him in Irenæus, 433. hiftory of his age in the fame, 434. a faying afcribed to him in Athenagoras, and a continuation of it by Pfaffius, 436. another by Clemens Alexandrinus, 437. another by the fame, 442. another cited by moft of the antient Fathers, 438. hiftory of him and his parents by Origen, 444. of his relations according to the flesh in Epiphanius, 445. an answer of the Apostles to him in Jerome, 447. hiftories and fayings of, and things relating to him, to be found in the Alcoran of Mahomet, 451. four particular fayings afcribed to him by the Mahometan doctors, 469. CHRYSOSTOM makes no mention of the adulterous woman in John viii. p. 111. CLARKE, Dr. a mistake of his concerning Mr. Dodwell, rectified, 5. n.

CLEMENS ALEXANDRINUS, A

pocryphal books mentioned by him, 30. makes no mention of the adulterous woman in John viii. p. 111. his teftimonies of the Gospel of the Egyptians, 198. n. his interpretation of £ Cor. vii. 1. and 1 Tim. iv. 3. p. 209. n. mentions the traditions of Matthias, 255. His account of the Nazarene or Hebrew Gofpel, 268. n. does not appeal to the Hebrew Gofpel as of any authority, 297. cites fragments of the Preaching of Peter. 345. Obfervation on the Hypotyposes of Clemens, &c. 370. n. that book not his, 373. the citation of it by Theodotus examined, 375. CLEMENS ROMANUS, contemporary with St. Paul, his teftimony of St. Paul's firft Epistle to the Corinthians, contrary to the opinions of many modern learned men, 138. CLEOBIUS, author of several Apocryphal books, 39. LE CLERC, Mr. his opinion of feveral Epiftles of St. Paul, not extant, and fanguine remark, on thofe that are, examined, 136. His fentiments of the Egyptian Gofpel, 203. cenfure of Dr. Grabe, 208, n. His opinion the fame with Dr. Whitby's concerning the Nazarene Gospel, 288, n.

COLLINS, Dr. was of opinion that St. Paul wrote an Epistle to the Corinthians, previous to thofe

two extant, 137, n. CONSTANTINE Emperor, cites a Greek acroftick concerning Chrift, 364, n. CORINTHIANS, a fpurious Epiftle of theirs to Paul, and another of Paul to them, 144, 145. COSIN, Dr. a miftake of his rectified, 56. CYPRIAN, Apocryphal books mentioned by him, 32. his account of the Christian meetings, 67. CYRIL, Apocryphal books mentioned by him, 33. his Catalogue of Canonical books, 61. inftruc

tions to his catechumen concern-
ing the Scriptures, 67, n. his
diftinction of books Canonical,
and fuch as were doubted of, 69,
n. Account of the Gospel of
Scythianus, 384, n. Cenfure of the
Gofpel of Thomas, as the Gof-
pel of one of the Manichees of
the fame name, 397, n.

D

DAILLE, Monf. demonstrates the
fpurioufnefs of a book under the
name of Bartholomew, mentioned
by the fuppofed Dionyfius the
Areopagite, 171. a mistake of
his rectified by Bp. Pearfon,
ibid, n. another concerning Bar-
tholomew's Gospel, 174.
he
thinks the Epiftles of Ignatius to
be fpurious, 295.
DANIEL the Prophet, a citation
out of him, whereby the Chaldee
and Syriack languages feem to
be fynonymous, 95.
DE DIEU, his obfervation on the
affinity of the Chaldee and Sy-
riack languages, 95, n.
DIONYSIUS the Areopagite, one
of St. Paul's converts at Rome,
175, n.

DOCETE, a branch of the Gnof-
tick Hereticks, 332. fuppofed to
forge Peter's Golpel, which likely
may be the fame as the Gospel
of Bafilides, ibid.
DODWELL, Mr. a falfe opinion of
his, concerning the books of the
prefent Canon, efpoufed by Mr.
Toland, refuted, 42, n. 133. he
thinks Peter's Gospel was a for-
gery of the Docetæ, 332. his ac-
count of the age of Tatian, 390,
n. a mistake of his concerning the
promifcuous ufe of the Golpels
and Apocryphal books by the
Fathers of the first century, 410,

n. 414, 419.
DOXOLOGY at the end of the
Lord's Prayer, various opinions
of it, 115.

DRUSIUS, his proof of the Doxology, &c. 116. his opinion of the fuppofed loft pieces of Paul, 136,

137, n.

Du PIN, Mr. the only person who

has purpofely written on the Canon of the New Teftament, 17. defects in his performance, ibid. his mistake about the word Eucharift, 114, n. another concerning the time of the Syriack Version, ibid. his cenfure of the Egyptian Gofpel, 202, n. of the Gospel of Eve; and a mistake of his, 224, n. his fentiments of the Nazarene, or Hebrew Gofpel, 285, n. his opinion of the Anabaticon and Révelation of Paul, 390, n. a mistake of his concerning Philip's Gospel rectified, 383.

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EBIONITES, what part of the New Teftament they rejected, 8. the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles made ufe of by them, 120. not extant, ibid. feems to have been a different name of the Hebrew Gofpel of Matthew, 126, 217. their Apocryphal Acts, 220. their Gofpel the fame with the Nazarenes, &c. 221. They used the Acts of Peter, 326, n. efteemed St. Paul their great e nemy, 360. they and the Nazarenes always declared Hereticks by the Catholick Church, ibid. EGYPTIANS, their Apocryphal Gospel not extant, 120. teftimonies of the antients and fragments of it, 197. fentiments of modern writers concerning it, 201. five arguments proving it Apocryphal, 204. it was never cited, nor appealed to, by Clemens, 206. but utterly rejected by him, 207. compofed by early Hereticks, and probably Egyptians, 209, 216. Their Therapeutæ bore a great agreement with the Effenes, 213. ELXAI, or ELXEUS, a falfe prophet about the time of Trajan, A. C. 114. founder of the fect of the Helkefaites, &c. 225. ENCRATITES, Apocryphal Gofpel of, not extant, 120. efteemed the fpurious Acts of Andrew above

above all other Scriptures, and
why, 151.
EPIPHANIUS, Apocryphal books
mentioned by him, 34. his Cata-
logue of Canonical books, 61.
his cenfure of the Apocryphal
Acts of Andrew, 149, n. of
the Egyptian Gospel, 200. He
the only antient writer that men-
tions the Acts of the Apostles,
received by the Ebionites, 217.
and the Gofpel of Eve, 222, n.
His cenfure of the Helkefaites,
226, n. Account of the Gospel
of Judas Iscariot, 234. of the
Encratites, Apotacticks, and Ori-
genians, 243. A mistake of his
concerning the Lucianifts recti-
fied, 252. he charges the Ebio-
nites with forging books under
St. Matthew's name, 253. men-
tions the Gospel of Marcion,
263, n. his doubt whether Me-
rinthus and Cerinthus were not
one and the fame perfon, 265.
his account of the Nazarene or
Hebrew Gofpel, 271, n. declares
Paul's Revelation a forgery, 317,
n. his opinion of the Anabaticon
of Paul, 320. rejects the Acts of
Peter as fpurious, 326, n. his
account of the Gospel of Scythi-
anus, 385, n. his account of the
principles of Tatian, 388, n.
cites the Acts of Thomas, 395,
n. his history of Christ according
to the flesh, 445.
ERASMUS, questioned the autho-
rity of the Revelation, 9. fays
the history of the adulterous wo-
man was wanting in moft Greek
copies, &c. 111, n. his acknow-
ledgment of finding the doxo-
logy at the end of the Lord's
prayer in all the Greek copies,
115, n. Sentiments of the Gof-
pel of the Nazarenes, Thomas,
Matthias, the Egyptians, Twelve
Apoftles, and Nicodemus, 201,

n.

ESSENES, the great agreement be-

tween them and the Egyptian
Christians, 213.

EUCHARIST, in what fenfe the
word is used by Justin Martyr,
114, n.

EVE, Apocryphal Gospel of, not

extant, 120. has been observed
by feveral modern, though only
by Ephiphanius among the an-
tient writers, 222, n. proved to
be a forgery of the Gnofticks,

224.

EUSEBIUS, his account of several
books of the New Testament not
received by fome, who were not
hereticks, in the firft ages, 8.
n. 270. Apocryphal books men-
tioned by him, 32. his Catalogue
of Canonical books, 60. method
of distinguishing between books,
which are, or are not to be re-
ceived, 64 to 70, n. he excludes
the Shepherd of Hermas from
the Canon, 70, n. cenfures the
Apocryphal Acts of Andrew,
148, n. his account of a piece
wrote by Agrippa Caftor against
Bafilides, 177. he declares the
Acts of Peter, Thomas, &c. to
be heretical forgeries, 241, n.
ranks the Gofpel of Matthias
among heretical books, 254. his
account of the Nazarene or He-
brew Gofpel, 268, 270. he
makes no ufe (as Mr Toland
falfely fuppofes) of the Nazarene
Gospel, 299, n. rejects the Acts
of Paul as fpurious, 314. and
the Acts of Peter as not Cano-
nical, 325, n. as alfo his Gofpel
330, n. a fragment from him of
The Preaching of Peter, 354. he
rejects Peter's Revelation as not
Canonical and fpurious, 372, n.
376. is wrongfully charged by
Toland and others, with felf-con-
tradictions, 377, n. mentions the
Gofpel of Thomas as heretical,
397, n.

EZRA fettled the Canon of the
Jews, 3.

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FABRICIUS, Mr. obferves that in
fome copies of Gelafius's decree
of Apocryphal books, there is
no mention of Andrew's Gospel,
154, n. he made a collection of
Apocryphal books under our
Saviour's name, 186. a mistake
of

of his concerning the traditions of Matthias rectified, 259, n. his nice diftinction between the contents of those traditions and a Golpel, 260. he cenfures Mr. Toland, and condemns the Gofpel of the Nazarenes, 288, n. his mistake in fuppofing the Anabaticon and Paul's Revelation to be different books, 319, n. produces a large fragment of Philip's Acts, 381, n. his observation on the Orthodoxographa, 390, n. mistake concerning the Acts of Thomas, 395, n. another concerning the citations of the Fathers of the first century, 410, n. FULLER, his obfervation on the affinity of the Chaldee and Syriac languages, 95, n.

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GELASIUS,Apocryphal books mentioned by him, 36. his cenfure of the Acts of Andrew, 150, n. famous decree concerning Apocryphal books, 154, n. thought to have been formed at Rome, A. C. 494. though fome afcribe it to Damafus, and others to Hormifdas; whence Baluzius conjectures it to have been begun by Damafus, renewed by Gelafius, and continued by Hormifdas, 1 56. He cenfures the book of Leucius for Apocryphal, 244, n. and the Golpel of Matthias for the fame, 254.

Mentions the Acts of Thecla and Paul, 313, n. condemns their Revelation as Apocryphal, 318, n. rejects the books under the name of Peter, called the books of Clemens, as Apocryphal, 326, n. as alfo the Gofpel under the fame name, 331, n. mentions the Revelation of Stephen as fuch, 386. does the like by the Acts of Thomas, his Gofpel, and Revelation, 395, n, 398,

n. 399, n. GNOSTICS, forge the Gospel of Perfection, 380, n. a forgery of theirs mentioned by Irenæus, concerning Christ, 432.

GOSPELS, had not the prefent titles prefixed to them by their authors, 173, n. GRABE, Dr. produces a fuppofed fragment of the Gospel of Barnabas out of an old MS. in the Bodleian library, 161, n. but gives no reafon in fupport of his conjecture concerning it, 162. his error concerning the Revelation of St. John and Cerinthus, 183, n. Opinion of the Gospel of the Egyptians, 202, n. his too fond opinion of Apocryphal books, 208. A iniftake of his in fuppofing the Gospel of Matthias to be the fame with the traditions, 255, n. 259. His collection of the fragments of Matthias's Gofpel, 215. of the Gospel of the Nazarenes or Hebrews, 271, n. his fentiments of the latter, 285, n. a mistake of his concerning Hegefippus, 296, n. another concerning Origen, 298. an abfurdity of his in fuppofing the Nazarene to be previous to St. Matthew's Gofpel, 307. His Acts of Paul and Thecla taken out of a MS. in the Bodleian library, 313, n. His diftinction between the Acts of Paul and Thecla, and the Acts of Paul only, 314. an error of his rectified, ibid. allother concerning the Anabaticon and Revelation of Paul, 319. His account of a MS. now extant in Merton College, intitled, The Revelation of Paul, 324, n. His conjecture concerning the judgment of Peter, rectified, 338. too great opinion of the Preaching of Peter, 356, n. he would have Peter's Revelation equally orthodox with that of John, 372, n. wrongfully charges Eufebius with felf-contradiction, 376, n. his falfe conclufion from a paffage out of Sozomen of the Revelation of Peter, 378, n. He fuppofes Peter's Revelation to be a prophecy concerning the state of the Jews and the Chriftian Church, ibid. n.

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