Immortality, Christian ideas on, 156-8 Imperial cultus, _see_ Emperor-worship Families, Christian members of, 110, 112, 148, 240, 241 Household, Christians in, 147 Incense, offering of (_see also_ Idol-worship), test for Christians, 52, 53, 181, 194-6 Insanity of despots, _see_ Hadrian _and_ Nero Inscriptions in the Catacombs (_see also_ Damasus), 237, 251, 267, 268, 271, 285, 296-7, 301 Greek, 256-7; age witnessed by, 267, 268 “Graffiti,” later, 229 Teaching of, 219, 220, 225, 307 Value of, to explorers, 229 Inspiration, claimed for Haggadah, 365; of Jewish Scriptures, Talmud view on, 364-5; of New Testament writings, 70; voice of, cessation of, 73 Invocation of Saints, not generally taught in Catacombs, 312 Irenæus, teacher of S. Hippolytus, 14, 138, 170, 251, 315, 319 _n._ 1; list of Roman Bishops by, 15; writings addressed by, to cultured classes, 111 _n._ 1 _cited_ in support of Petrine tradition, 10, 14 on Christians at Court, 147; on the founding of the Roman Church by SS. Peter and Paul and on Linus, 15; on numbers of Christians at Rome, 104, 106, 107; on Polycarp and his memories of S. John, 73 Isaiah, the prophet, 365; book of, 53rd chapter of, use made of, by early Christian writers, 117 _& n._ 1 _cited_ on Forgiveness of Sins, 155 Israel, Glorification of, the object of the Talmud, 345 Itineraries, Pilgrim (_see also_ Names), value of, to explorers of Catacombs, &c., 209 _et seq._, 227-8, 242, 243, 246, 247 Jamnia, Rabbinic School at, 326, 353, 357, 358 _n._ 1 Jannes and Jambres, source of names of, 379 Jerusalem, Ælia Capitolina built on site of, 332, 335-6; result, 336-8; Hadrian’s insults at, to Christianity, 77-8 Apostolic Council at, S. Peter at, 8 Communism in the Church at, results of, 120 _n._ 1, 130 Fall and destruction of, effect on Jewish nation, 22, 39, 340, 342, 346-8, 351, 353, 355, 357, 362, 368 Parties in, before first great war, 329-30 Sieges of, in order of date, by Gallus, 330; Vespasian, 331; Titus, 331-3; Severus, 337 Taken by Pompey, 3 JESUS CHRIST (_see also_ Christ), Godhead of, importance of the testimony of Apostolic Fathers in regard to, 74 Jew, the, and the Talmud (Book V.), 325 _et seq._ _Jewish Encyclopædia_, _cited_ on the life of Rabbinic schools, 359 Jewish heroes, Haggadic legends of, 378 Learning, stimulus to, of Talmudic study, 369 National ideals as affected by War of Extermination, 78-9 Scriptures, Canonical, 361; inspiration of, 364-5 Women, disabilities of, 367 _& n._ 1, 380