The Ancient Witnesses

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On Isaac , by Ambrose. ................................................................................. 129 Opus Imperfectum (see Incomplete Commentary on Matthew) Origen of Alexandria. ..............11, 45-46, 50, 84ff, 92, 162ff, 190ff, 248ff, 276 Parables, parabolic language........................................................ 137, 199, 282 Paradise (see Garden of Eden) Parchment...................................................................................................... 36 Pascha, Passover................................................................................142ff, 151 Pentecost.....................................................................................74, 223, 230ff, Pharaoh...............................................................................134-135, 145ff, 232 Plagues, Egyptian.......................................................................................135ff Pleroma (Gnoticism)..................................................................................... 43 Prayer................................................................... 150, 165, 183, 212, 236, 238 Praxeus. ......................................................................................................... 45 Priests, priestly line of Jesus in Luke.........................................................176ff Principalities and powers................................................................... 82, 85, 90 Promise, Promised Land....................... 119ff, 131ff, 157ff, 178, 211, 230, 266 Proof of the Gospel , by Eusebius................................................................... 173 Proof-texting........................................................................................ 138 n.37 Proto-evangelium .......................................................................................... 238 Purgatory. ....................................................................................264 n.4, 269ff Rabbi...................................................................................................... 40, 213 Red Sea................................................................................................. 135, 149 Remnant.............................................................................................119, 165ff Revelation, book of.......................... 42, 83, 159, 234, 266, 274, 277, 281, 287 Rome...........................................................................................................41ff, Sacramental view..................................................................................107-108 Sacrifice..............................................................................108, 143, 145ff, 161 Samaritan....................................................................................................... 40 Satan. ..........................81ff, 103-104, 109, 111, 113, 118, 164, 195-196, 266ff Scientific worldview..................................................................................... 135 Seder Services. .......................................................................21, 145 n.45, 147 Septimus Severus, Roman emperor. ........................................................ 46 n.8 Septuagint.................................................................................................... 160 Serpent............................................................. 50, 83-84, 103ff, 179, 278, 281 Seven Cities of Revelation. ............................................................................ 42 Sheep, shepherd, sheepfold. ................................49, 130, 132, 135ff, 161, 198 Shepherd of Hermas . ..................................................................................39-40 Sheol...................................................................................................... 83, 272 Smyrna, Greece........................................................................................ 42, 98