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Astronomy, i, 1 14-170. Its influence
on theological ideas of the creation,
17-19. How regarded by the early
Church, 114. How developed in the
Middle Ages, 116, 117. Treatises on,
ascribed to Dionysius the Areopagite,
116. Among the early Egyptians,
261. Vincent of Beauvais's investigations
in, 378. Made predictive by
Newton's calculations, 406. Early
theories of, ii, i6g. Devotion of the
Chaldeans to the study of, 172.
Astruc, his discovery of the two narratives
in Genesis, ii, 322. Its importance,
322. Attempts to pour con-
tempt on his work, 322, 323.
Athanasian Creed, its condemnation of
those who confound the persons of the
Trinity, i, 11.
Athanasius, St., his theory of the creation,
i, 6. His influence on the doctrine
of the Trinity, iig. On St. An-
INDEX.
thony's sanctity, ii, 69. On Origen,
298. Cited, i, 6, note ; ii, 71, note.
Atheism, charge
ii, 104.
of, against physicians,
Atheist, use of the epithet by theologians,
i, 17, 135.
Athenians, charge of poisoning
the enemies of the, ii, 89.
against
Athens, plague at, ii, 67.
Atkinson, B., his attempt to prove Hebrew
the primitive tongue, ii, 202.
Atlantic Monthly, cited, i, 70, note.
Atterbury, his part in the controversy
over the
338.
Letters of PAalaris, ii, 337,
Attis, metamorphosis of, ii, 219.
Auber, cited, i, 399, note.
Audiat, cited, i, 226, note.
Augustine, St., his views on the creation,
i, 3, 5, 6. 25, 30, 210, 211. On
the powers of numbers, 7. On the
250. His belief that the air is full of
devils, 337.
His testimony regarding
miracles, ii, 23. On the efficacy of
relics, 26. On the cause of disea.ses,
27. His denunciation of anatomists,
31, 50. On the original language of
the race, 175. Citation of, by Whit-
taker, 181. His allegorical interpretation
of Scripture, 294, 298, 299, 301.
Cited, i, 5, note ; 6, note : 8, note ;
28, note ; 31, note ; 54, note ; 105,
note; 115, note; 210, note; 252,
note; 325, note; 337, note; ii, 11,
note ; 24, note ; 28, note ; 98, note ;
176, note ; 266, note ; 300, note.
Augustus, supernatural announcement of
his birth, i, 173.
Aurelian, Father, his trial for accusing a
woman of witchcraft, ii, 128.
Aurignac, remains of man found in the
Grotto of, i, 273.
Austin, Godwin, his memoir on the remains
in Kent's Cavern, i, 271.
Australia, peculiar animals of, i, 45, 48.
Darwin's work in, 66. Opposition to
Darwinism in, 72. Prevalence of
magic among tribes of, 373. Progress
of the science of philology in, ii, 202.
Atlas, King, transformation of, ii, 233.
Atreus, his death announced by darkness
over the earth, i, 172.
Attention, expectant, a cause of Myths among
hysteria,
ii, 166.
the natives of, 217. Reception
of the revised version of the
Bible in, 291.
Australians, absence of pottery and spinning
among, i, 306.
Austria, epidemics in, ii, 87.
Austria, Emperor of, his hostility to scientific
study, i, 408.
Authority, power of, during the Middle
Ages, i, 32.
Authority of Scripture,
308.
meaning of, ii,
Ave Maria, its power over demons, i,
353-
Avernus, explanation of crater of, ii,
214.
Averroes, his activity in scientific work,
i, 389.
Averroism, chaise of, against physicians,
ii, 38.
Avicenna, his geological theories, i, 212.
Influence of, ii, 34.
authority of the Scriptures, 25, 325; ii,
307. On Adam's curse, i, 28, 43. On
superfluous animals, 30. On the futility
of Avignon,
studying nature, 32. On
spontaneous generation, 42. On the
distribution of animals, 45, 46. On
evolution, 53. On the sphericity of the
earth, 97. On the theory of the antipodes,
103, 104, 109, 250. Result of
his efforts to combat scientific thought,
log. On astronomical knowledge,
114, 2og. His view regarding fossils,
225. On the antiquity of the earth,
Councils of, their decree against
Jewish physicians, ii, 44.
Azores, Pope Alexander's line of demarcation
reckoned from the, i, 108.
Baas, cited, ii, 3, note ; 35, note ; 36,
note ; 40, note ; 45, note ; 50, note ;
74, note ; 84, note ; 104, note.
Babel, Chaldean and Hebrew legends of,
i, 96. From Babel to comparative philology,
ii, 168-208. Legend of the