Part 53

Beauty, definition of, 185

Benedict, St., the vision of, 202

Bernard, St.: on the meaning of contemplation, 188, 189; of the steps in contemplation, 194

Bestial Life, the, 175

Birds, the movements of, 209

Blood of Christ, the, 163

Boethius, on the liberty needful for contemplation, 237

Cajetan, O.P., Cardinal, 19, 20; on the meaning of Religion, 50; on the meaning of devotion, 53, 54; on its causes, 60; on devotion as opposed to gloom, 64; of the "devout female sex," 62; of the need of meditation, 61; of prayer as the cause of union with God, 71; of prayer as a real cause, 74; on three points to be considered in prayer, 78; on prayer as a sacrifice, 79; of the divisions of the Lord's Prayer, 107, 108; how those in Limbo can hear prayers, 118; on vocal prayer, 121, 123; on the tone to be employed in saying Mass, 122; the function of ecclesiastical chant, 122, 124; on attention in recitation of Divine Office, 128; on attention to the words of Consecration, 149, 150; of the need of the moral virtues in the Contemplative Life, 239; the Parable of the Ten Virgins, 247; on the real object of prayer, 129

Canticle of Canticles, the, 14

Cassian, the Conferences of: on St. Antony and discretion, 254, 257; on different kinds of prayer, 148

Cassiodorus on Ps. xxxviii. 13, 68

Cato on respect for parents, 30

Ceremonial, the value of, 35

Chant of the Church, the Public, 122, 123

Charity as the principle of religion, 56. Cf. s.v. Theological virtues

"Christ, pray for us," why we do not say, 160, 161

Christ, the Name of, on the foreheads of Christians, 219

Chrysostom, St.: the Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum falsely attributed to him, 24; on prayer as a conversation with God, 74; on prayer for others, 95; in public, 121; on prayer for sinners, 143; on prayer through Jesus Christ, 145; on the zeal of S. Paul, 242

Church customs, 158, 163

Church, the prayers of the, 81

Cicero, on religion, 27; on prudence and intellectual quickness, 224

Circular movement of the soul, 172, 203-210

Cleanness, 47, 184

Colere, 31

Collect for Friday in September Ember Week, 147; for Trinity Sunday, 147, 148

Compline, St. Thomas's devotion at, 14

Communion of Saints, 158, 164

Conformity to the will of God, 86