Eschatologic trend of the Haggadah, 378 Esquiline Hill, church on, 262 Essenes, the, 330 Europe, Christian congregations in mid-second century, 36 Eusebian catalogue of Roman Bishops, value of, in support of Petrine tradition, 14, 15, Armenian version of above, _ib. ib._ Eusebius, Bishop or Pope of Rome, 128, 147, 187-8; attempted exculpation by, of Trajan, 49; burial-place of, 243; identified, 243 _cited_ in support of Petrine tradition, 10, 11-12, 14; on Almsgiving, 120, 127; on high offices filled by Christians, 149; on the Plague, and on Christian charity, 127; on Pliny’s correspondence with Trajan, 45; on Theophilus of Antioch, 189 Evander, home of, 87 _Évangiles, Les_, by Renan, _cited_ on Pliny’s letter, 46 _n._ 1; on Trajan as persecutor, 49 Evaristus, Bishop or Pope of Rome, burial-place of, 287 _Exhortatio ad Martyrum_, by Origen, 199 Exile of the Jews, in Babylonia, Effect of, on their character, 348, 361, 371 Return from, Rise of the Scribes on, 343, 356 Talmud, origin of, coeval with, 348 Ezra, 342, 343 Fabius, Bishop of Antioch, 105 Faith, in Early Christian Church, 39 Fame, posthumous, Roman yearning for, 59 _& n._ 1, 65 Family life, early Christian difficulties in, 140-1 Fasting, early Church, 124 _& n._ 1; Rigourist teaching on, 153 Filocalus, Furius Dionysius, inscriptions cut by, 230; fame of, 301 Fire of Rome, the great, 25; attributed to Nero, 26-7, 28, 31, 285; consequence of, to Christians and to Jews, 27-30 Martyrdom by, 28-30, 256; unusual, 275 Fish, mystic, explained, 310, 316-7 _& n._ 1 Flaccus, 3 Flavian Emperors, the (_see also_ Domitian, Titus, _and_ Vespasian), persecutions under, and reasons for, 39-42, 163 _n._ 1, 172, 173, 174; tombs of, 277 Flavianus, Pope, martyr, tomb of, 243 Flavius Clemens, Consul, martyred by Domitian, 41 Florus, Procurator of Judea, 330 Forgiveness of Sin, consciousness of, joy from, 155-6 Formula for reply, of possible Martyrs, 199 Fortitude under Torture, Justin Martyr on, 185; moral effect of, Lecky on, 193-4; Roman view, 193, 205 Forum, the, 86, 89 Freedmen, in Rome, 137 Freeman, Prof., on S. Petronilla’s altar, at Gloucester, 279 Friedländer,--, views of, on Trajan’s Rescript, 49 Fronto, 95, 145; contempt of, for Christians, 158; correspondence with Marcus Aurelius and his colleague, 63-4; letters of, on Antoninus Pius, 85, 86-7 Galatians, Epistle to, _see_ Epistles Galba, Emperor, 39, 331 Gallerius, Emperor, and the cemeteries, 237 Gallus, Cestius, siege by, of Jerusalem, 330 Gamaliel, the elder, 366 Gaul (_see also_ Lyons, Vienne, _&c._), Visigoth invasion of, 66