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Acts of the Council of Saragossa , 25 -26;
judgments of, 33 -42;
literary form of, 30 -33, 178 -79nn42, 45,46;
scriptural justification in, 180 n51.
See also Council of Saragossa
Acts of the Council of Toledo , 28 , 30 , 104 , 109 -14, 211 n7.
See also Council of Toledo; Transcript of the Professions Held in the Council of Toledo against the Sect of Priscillian
Advent observances, 37 -38, 44 , 182 n68, 183 nn73,74
Aeschylus, 169 n26
Against Vigilantius (Jerome), 144 -45, 220 nn26, 32 , 221 n39
Agape, 135 , 139 , 140 , 154 , 155 , 221 -22n49
Agapetae , 150
Ambrose:
asceticism, 205 n51;
and Council of Aquileia, 203 n36, 204 n44;
and Council of Toledo, 105 , 106 ;
and Damasus, 90 , 91 , 206 n60;
and Gallic bishops, 89 , 204 n48;
and Gratian's rescript, 54 , 85 , 202 n28, 204 n47;
and Homoian rivals, 85 -88, 202 nn30-33, 203 nn36,38;
and Macedonius, 207 n70;
and Priscillian, 85 -86, 88 -89, 99 -100, 202 nn28, 29
and Trier trial, 96 , 187 -88n1;
on virgins, 185 nn88, 89 , 186 n93
"Ambrosiaster," 209 n90, 228 n146
Amidon, Philip, 178 n39
Ampelius, 28
Animals in scripture, 59 -61, 64 , 193 n64
Antony, 174 n76
Apocalypse of Elijah, 132
Apocryphal literature:
and Council of Saragossa, 29 , 55 , 193 n62;
and Council of Toledo, 107 -9;
Priscillian's use of, 3 , 29 , 55 , 60 -61, 64 -65, 68 , 194 n72
Apocryphon of John , 61 , 64 , 194 n74
Apology (Ithacius), 95 -96, 126 -27, 134 , 218 n1
Apology (Palladius), 88 , 204 n46
Apology (Priscillian), 10 , 48 -50, 56 -69, 72 , 85 , 191 -92nn47-51
Aquitaine, 27 -28, 81 , 100 , 175 nn11,13, 185 n87, 198 -99nn1,3.
See also Bordeaux
Arian controversy, 16 , 70 , 90 , 167 -68n16;
and cosmology, 196 n113;
and Rome, 90
Aristophanes, 170 n26
Aristotle, 7 , 169 n25, 187 n95
Asarbus, 78
Ascension of Isaiah, 132
Asceticism:
and Ambrose, 205 n51;
and authority conflicts, 13 -14, 18 -20, 57 , 76 -78, 143 -45, 149 , 156 ;
and clerical
Asceticism (continued )
celibacy, 110 ;
and "confessor" title, 112 , 214 n55;
Council of Saragossa on, 28 -29, 35 , 37 -38, 39 , 40 -42, 71 , 87 , 97 ;
female adherents, 40 -42, 82 -84, 111 -14, 142 , 152 , 154 , 157 , 201 nn20, 21;
and gender roles, 14 , 33 -34, 40 -42, 80 , 100 , 109 , 114 , 124 , 127 -28, 145 -48, 150 -51, 153 -55, 157 -59;
and gnostic portrayal of Priscillian, 218 n5;
and interpretation of animals in scripture, 60 , 193 n64;
and Manichaeism accusations, 19 , 78 , 95 , 218 n5;
and Meridan conflict, 51 ;
monasticism, 20 , 39 , 120 , 141 , 151 , 152 -53, 156 , 173 nn69, 74;
and political alienation, 14 -15;
Priscillian's community, 26 -27, 29 , 34 , 36 , 51 , 178 -79n46, 179 -80n50, 182 n66;
and private prayers, 113 , 214 -15n59.
See also specific groups and topics
Aspegren, Kerstin, 171 n49
Asterius, Count, 117 -18, 216 n80, 217 n105
Astrology, 63 , 71 , 139 , 194 -95n82.
See also Cosmology; Gentile gods
Athanasius, 16 -17
Augentius, 28
Augustine, 166 n7;
and Council of Toledo, 211 n10;
and Dictinius, 108 , 212 -13nn36, 37, 218 n109;
and Manichaeism accusations, 97 , 199 n6, 209 n90;
and Tarragona inquisition, 115 -16, 120 , 215 n64, 217 n101
Ausonius, 82 -83, 98 , 100 , 199 -200nn5,6,8,11,12
Authority conflicts, 5 , 18 -20, 21 , 22 , 23 ;
and asceticism, 13 -14, 18 -20, 57 , 76 -78, 143 -45, 149 , 156 ;
and Ambrose, 87 ;
and Council of Saragossa, 35 -36, 39 -40, 44 -45, 87 ;
and Council of Toledo, 103 -4, 107 , 108 -9, 111 , 122 -24;
and demonology, 77 ;
and Galician society, 108 , 166 n6, 213 n39;
and gender roles, 113 , 123 -24, 128 , 215 n60;
and gnostic portrayal of Priscillianism, 127 -28, 155 -57, 158 ;
and lay teachers, 39 -40, 45 , 108 -9, 184 -85n85;
and public-private distinction, 11 -13, 87 , 92 , 145 , 173 -74n76;
and Severus, 143 -45;
and sorcery accusations, 171 n43;
and Tarragona inquisition, 121 , 123 .
See also Lay teachers; Public-private distinction