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Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin

Saint Augustine of Hippo · the golden age of the Fathers · 218 parts

Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin, by Saint Augustine of Hippo, writing in the golden age of the Fathers, given here in 218 parts.

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Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 1 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 1.—How Augustin Writes in Answer to a Favor Asked by a Deacon of Carthage. How Augustin Writes in Answer to a Favor Asked by a Deacon of…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 2 (St. Augustine) · 7 paragraphsChapter 2.—How It Often Happens that a Discourse Which Gives Pleasure to the Hearer is Distasteful to the Speaker; And What Explanation is to Be…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 3 (St. Augustine) · 6 paragraphsChapter 3.—Of the Full Narration to Be Employed in Catechising. Of the Full Narration to Be Employed in Catechising.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 4 (St. Augustine) · 6 paragraphsChapter 4.—That the Great Reason for the Advent of Christ Was the Commendation of Love. That the Great Reason for the Advent of Christ Was the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 5 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsChapter 5.—That the Person Who Comes for Catechetical Instruction is to Be Examined with Respect to His Views, on Desiring to Become a That the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 6 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsChapter 6.—Of the Way to Commence the Catechetical Instruction, and of the Narration of Facts from the History of the World’s Creation on to the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 7 (St. Augustine) · 5 paragraphsChapter 7.—Of the Exposition of the Resurrection, the Judgment, and Other Subjects, Which Should Follow This Narration. Of the Exposition of the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 8 (St. Augustine) · 5 paragraphsChapter 8.—Of the Method to Be Pursued in Catechising Those Who Have Had a Liberal Education. Of the Method to Be Pursued in Catechising Those Who…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 9 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsChapter 9.—Of the Method in Which Grammarians and Professional Speakers are to Be Of the Method in Which Grammarians and Professional Speakers are to…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 10 (St. Augustine) · 7 paragraphsAttainment of Cheerfulness in the Duty of Catechising, and of Various Causes Producing Weariness in the Catechumen. Of the Attainment of Cheerfulness…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 11 (St. Augustine) · 5 paragraphsChapter 11.—Of the Remedy for the Second Source of Weariness. Of the Remedy for the Second Source of Weariness.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 12 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 12.—Of the Remedy for the Third Source of Weariness. Of the Remedy for the Third Source of Weariness.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 13 (St. Augustine) · 7 paragraphsChapter 13.—Of the Remedy for the Fourth Source of Weariness. Of the Remedy for the Fourth Source of Weariness.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 14 (St. Augustine) · 7 paragraphsChapter 14.—Of the Remedy Against the Fifth and Sixth Sources of Weariness. Of the Remedy Against the Fifth and Sixth Sources of Weariness.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 15 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsChapter 15.—Of the Method in Which Our Address Should Be Adapted to Different Classes of Hearers. Of the Method in Which Our Address Should Be…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 16 (St. Augustine) · 6 paragraphsChapter 16.—A Specimen of a Catechetical Address; And First, the Case of a Catechumen with Worthy Views. A Specimen of a Catechetical Address; And…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 17 (St. Augustine) · 5 paragraphsSpecimen of Catechetical Discourse Continued, in Reference Specially to the Reproval of False Aims on the Catechumen’s The Specimen of Catechetical…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 18 (St. Augustine) · 5 paragraphsChapter 18.—Of What is to Be Believed on the Subject of the Creation of Man and Other Objects. Of What is to Be Believed on the Subject of the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 19 (St. Augustine) · 7 paragraphsChapter 19.—Of the Co-Existence of Good and Evil in the Church, and Their Final Of the Co-Existence of Good and Evil in the Church, and Their Final…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 20 (St. Augustine) · 7 paragraphsChapter 20.—Of Israel’s Bondage in Egypt, Their Deliverance, and Their Passage Through the Red Sea. Of Israel’s Bondage in Egypt, Their Deliverance,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 21 (St. Augustine) · 5 paragraphsBabylonish Captivity, and the Things Signified Thereby. Of the Babylonish Captivity, and the Things Signified Thereby.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 22 (St. Augustine) · 5 paragraphsChapter 22.—Of the Six Ages of the World. Of the Six Ages of the World.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 23 (St. Augustine) · 6 paragraphsChapter 23.—Of the Mission of the Holy Ghost Fifty Days After Christ’s Of the Mission of the Holy Ghost Fifty Days After Christ’s Resurrection.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 24 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsChapter 24.—Of the Church in Its Likeness to a Vine Sprouting and Suffering Of the Church in Its Likeness to a Vine Sprouting and Suffering Pruning.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 25 (St. Augustine) · 10 paragraphsChapter 25.—Of Constancy in the Faith of the Resurrection. Of Constancy in the Faith of the Resurrection.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 26 (St. Augustine) · 5 paragraphsChapter 26.—Of the Formal Admission of the Catechumen, and of the Signs Of the Formal Admission of the Catechumen, and of the Signs Therein Made Use…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Catechising of the Uninstructed. — Chapter 27 (St. Augustine) · 7 paragraphsChapter 27.—Of the Prophecies of the Old Testament in Their Visible Fulfillment in the Church. Of the Prophecies of the Old Testament in Their…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 2 (St. Augustine) · 76 paragraphsThe equality of the Trinity maintained against objections drawn from those texts which speak of the sending of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 3 (St. Augustine) · 53 paragraphsThe appearances of God to the Old Testament saints are discussed. ———————————— The question is discussed with respect to the appearances of God…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 4 (St. Augustine) · 77 paragraphsAugustin explains for what the Son of God was sent; but, however, that the Son of God, although made less by being sent, is not therefore less…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 5 (St. Augustine) · 44 paragraphsHe proceeds to refute those arguments which the heretics put forward, not out of the Scriptures, but from their own conceptions. And first he refutes…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 6 (St. Augustine) · 28 paragraphsIn reply to the argument alleged against the equality of the Son from the apostle’s words, saying that Christ is the ‘power of God and the wisdom of…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 7 (St. Augustine) · 42 paragraphsHe resolves the question he had deferred, and teaches us that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is one power and one wisdom, no otherwise than…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 8 (St. Augustine) · 44 paragraphsHe advances reasons to show not only that the Father is not greater than the Son, but that neither are both together anything greater than the Holy…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 9 (St. Augustine) · 41 paragraphsHe instructs us that there is a kind of trinity discernible in man, who is the image of God, viz. the mind, and the knowledge by which the mind knows…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 10 (St. Augustine) · 42 paragraphsThat there is yet another and a more manifest trinity to be found in the mind of man, viz. in his memory, understanding, and will. ———————————— In…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 11 (St. Augustine) · 49 paragraphsThat even in the outer man some traces of a trinity may be detected, as e.g., in the bodily sight, and in the recollection of objects seen with the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 12 (St. Augustine) · 48 paragraphsAfter premising the difference between wisdom and knowledge, he points out a kind of trinity in that which is properly called knowledge; but one…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 13 (St. Augustine) · 73 paragraphsHe expounds this trinity that he has found in knowledge by commending Christian faith. ———————————— The inquiry is prosecuted respecting knowledge,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 14 (St. Augustine) · 65 paragraphsHe speaks of the true wisdom of man, viz. that by which he remembers, understands, and loves God; and shows that it is in this very thing that the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — Book 15 (St. Augustine) · 133 paragraphsHe embraces in a brief compendium the contents of the previous books; and finally shows that the Trinity, in the perfect sight of which consists the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 1 (St. Augustine) · 7 paragraphsChapter 1.—This Work is Written Against Those Who Sophistically Assail the Faith of the Trinity, Through Misuse of Reason. They Who Dispute…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 2 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsManner This Work Proposes to Discourse Concerning the In What Manner This Work Proposes to Discourse Concerning the Trinity.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 3 (St. Augustine) · 6 paragraphsChapter 3.—What Augustin Requests from His Readers. The Errors of Readers Dull of Comprehension Not to Be Ascribed to the Author. What Augustin…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 4 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 4.—What the Doctrine of the Catholic Faith is Concerning the What the Doctrine of the Catholic Faith is Concerning the Trinity.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 5 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsChapter 5.—Of Difficulties Concerning the Trinity: in What Manner Three are One God, and How, Working Indivisibly, They Yet Perform Some Things…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 6 (St. Augustine) · 11 paragraphsChapter 6.—That the Son is Very God, of the Same Substance with the Father. Not Only the Father, But the Trinity, is Affirmed to Be Immortal. All…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 7 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsChapter 7.—In What Manner the Son is Less Than the Father, and Than Himself. In What Manner the Son is Less Than the Father, and Than Himself.
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 8 (St. Augustine) · 11 paragraphsChapter 8.—The Texts of Scripture Explained Respecting the Subjection of the Son to the Father, Which Have Been Misunderstood. Christ Will Not So…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 9 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsChapter 9.—All are Sometimes Understood in One All are Sometimes Understood in One Person. But this is said, not on account of any inequality of the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 10 (St. Augustine) · 7 paragraphsChapter 10.—In What Manner Christ Shall Deliver Up the Kingdom to God, Even the Father. The Kingdom Having Been Delivered to God, Even the Father,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 11 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 11.—By What Rule in the Scriptures It is Understood that the Son is Now Equal and Now Less. By What Rule in the Scriptures It is Understood…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 12 (St. Augustine) · 12 paragraphsChapter 12.—In What Manner the Son is Said Not to Know the Day and the Hour Which the Father Knows. Some Things Said of Christ According to the Form…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Holy Trinity. — The unity and equality of the Trinity are demonstrated out of the Scriptures; and the true interpret — Chapter 13 (St. Augustine) · 14 paragraphsChapter 13.—Diverse Things are Spoken Concerning the Same Christ, on Account of the Diverse Natures of the One Hypostasis [Theanthropic Person]. Why…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 1 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 1 1. IF, Honoratus, a heretic, and a man trusting heretics seemed to me one and the same, I should judge it my duty to remain silent both in…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 2 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsSection 2 2. It is then my purpose to prove to you, if I can, that the Manichees profanely and rashly inveigh against those, who, following the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 3 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 3 3. But why do I not make answer to myself, that these fair and clever similies, and charges of this nature may be poured forth against all…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 4 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 4 4. For you well know that the Manichees move the unlearned by finding fault with the Catholic Faith, and chiefly by rending in pieces and…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 5 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphSection 5 5. All that Scripture therefore, which is called the Old Testament, is handed down fourfold to them who desire to know it, according to…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 6 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphSection 6 6. All these ways our Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles used. For when it had been objected that His disciples had plucked the ears of…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 7 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsSection 7 7. And further, analogy, whereby the agreement of both Testaments is plainly seen, why shall I say that all have made use of, to whose…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 8 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsSection 8 8. For that both history of the Old Testament, and ætiology, and analogy are found in the New Testament, has been, as I think, sufficiently…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 9 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsSection 9 9. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. For they mark what is…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 10 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsSection 10 10. But, passing over in the mean while the depth of knowledge, to deal with you as I think I ought to deal with my intimate friend; that…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 11 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 11 11. And, this being so, hear also just so many conditions and differences of the same Scriptures. For it must be that just so many meet…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 12 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphSection 12 12. Wherefore I would that they would tell me, in what kind they place the, supposed, error of the Catholic Church. If in the first, it is…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 13 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsSection 13 13. I call to witness, Honoratus, my conscience, and God Who hath His dwelling in pure souls, that I account nothing more prudent, chaste,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 14 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 14 14. But now I will proceed with what I have begun, if I can, and I will so treat with you, as not in the mean while to lay open the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 15 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphSection 15 15. Put the case that we have not as yet heard a teacher of any religion. Lo we have undertaken a new matter and business. We must seek, I…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 16 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 16 16. But it will be said, the truth is with some few; therefore you already know what it is, if you know with whom it is. Said I not a…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 17 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 17 17. “But they seemed there to make absurd statements.” On whose assertion? Forsooth on that of enemies, for whatever cause, for whatever…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 18 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphSection 18 18. But in truth was there either decree of any law, or power of gainsayers, or vile character of persons consecrated, or shameful report,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 19 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 19 19. The case standing thus, suppose, as I said, that we are now for the first time seeking unto what religion we shall deliver up our…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 20 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 20 20. Having then laid down these principles, which, as I think, are so just that I ought to win this cause before you, let who will be my…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 21 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphSection 21 21. This, you will say, is ridiculous, whereas all profess to hold and teach this: all heretics make this profession, I cannot deny it;…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 22 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsSection 22 22. But perhaps you seek to have some reason given you on this very point, such as may persuade you, that you ought not to be taught by…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 23 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 23 23. But you will say, consider now whether we ought to believe in religion. For, although we grant that it is one thing to believe,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 24 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsSection 24 24. But you say, Were it not better that you should give me a reason, that, wherever, that shall lead me, I may follow without any…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 25 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsSection 25 25. Wherefore it now remains to consider, in what manner we ought not to follow these, who profess that they will lead by reason. For how…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 26 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphSection 26 26. For I ask, if what is not known must not be believed, in what way may children do service to their parents, and love with mutual…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 27 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 27 27. But now hear, what I trust I shall by this time more easily persuade you of. In a matter of religion, that is, of the worship and…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 28 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 28 28. Here again arises a very difficult question. For in what way shall we fools be able to find a wise man, whereas this name, although…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 29 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 29 29. Therefore this so vast difficulty, since our enquiry is about religion, God alone can remedy: nor indeed, unless we believe both that…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 30 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphSection 30 30. Wherefore that heretic, (inasmuch as our discourse is of those who wish to be called Christians,) I ask you, what reason he alleges to…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 31 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsSection 31 31. What, that all heretics exhort us to believe in Christ? Can they possibly be more opposed to themselves? And in this matter they are…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 32 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 32 32. But if they say that we are not even to believe in Christ, unless undoubted reason shall be given us, they are not Christians. For…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 33 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 33 33. Wherefore, although I am not able to teach, yet I cease not to advise, that, (whereas many wish to appear wise, and it is no easy…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 34 (St. Augustine) · 4 paragraphsSection 34 34. This is, believe me, a most wholesome authority, this a lifting up first of our mind from dwelling on the earth, this a turning from…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 35 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsSection 35 35. But any habits whatever have so great power to hold possession of men’s minds, that even what in them are evil, which usually takes…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — On the Profit of Believing. — Section 36 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsSection 36 36. Wherefore, if either our reasoning or our discourse hath in any way moved you, and if you have, as I believe, a true care for…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — Section 1 (St. Augustine) (2) · 24 paragraphsCatechumens. [De Symbolo Ad Translated by the Rev. C. L. Cornish, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford 1. Receive, my children, the Rule of Faith, which…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Argument. (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphEnchiridion. ———————————— Laurentius having asked Augustin to furnish him with a handbook of Christian doctrine, containing in brief compass answers…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 1 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 1.—The Author Desires the Gift of True Wisdom for Laurentius. The Author Desires the Gift of True Wisdom for Laurentius. I Cannot express, my…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 2 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 2.—The Fear of God is Man’s True The Fear of God is Man’s True Wisdom. The true wisdom of man is piety. You find this in the book of holy…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 3 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 3.—God is to Be Worshipped Through Faith, Hope, and Love. God is to Be Worshipped Through Faith, Hope, and Love. Now if I should answer, that…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 4 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 4.—The Questions Propounded by The Questions Propounded by Laurentius. You are anxious, you say, that I should write a sort of handbook for…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 5 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 5.—Brief Answers to These Brief Answers to These Questions. Moreover, when the mind has been imbued with the first elements of that faith…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 6 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 6.—Controversy Out of Place in a Handbook Like the Present. Controversy Out of Place in a Handbook Like the Present. Now you ask of me a…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 7 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphCreed and the Lord’s Prayer Demand the Exercise of Faith, Hope, and Love. The Creed and the Lord’s Prayer Demand the Exercise of Faith, Hope, and…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 8 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 8.—The Distinction Between Faith and Hope, and the Mutual Dependence of Faith, Hope, and Love. The Distinction Between Faith and Hope, and…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 9 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 9.—What We are to Believe. In Regard to Nature It is Not Necessary for the Christian to Know More Than that the Goodness of the Creator is…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 10 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 10.—The Supremely Good Creator Made All Things Good. The Supremely Good Creator Made All Things Good. By the Trinity, thus supremely and…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 11 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsCalled Evil in the Universe is But the Absence of Good. What is Called Evil in the Universe is But the Absence of Good. And in the universe, even…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 12 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 12.—All Beings Were Made Good, But Not Being Made Perfectly Good, are Liable to Corruption. All Beings Were Made Good, But Not Being Made…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 13 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 13.—There Can Be No Evil Where There is No Good; And an Evil Man is an Evil Good. There Can Be No Evil Where There is No Good; And an Evil…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 14 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 14.—Good and Evil are an Exception to the Rule that Contrary Attributes Cannot Be Predicated of the Same Subject. Evil Springs Up in What is…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 15 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 15.—The Preceding Argument is in No Wise Inconsistent with the Saying of Our Lord: “A Good Tree Cannot Bring Forth Evil Fruit.” The Preceding…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 16 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 16.—It is Not Essential to Man’s Happiness that He Should Know the Causes of Physical Convulsions; But It Is, that He Should Know the Causes…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 17 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 17.—The Nature of Error. All Error is Not Hurtful, Though It is Man’s Duty as Far as Possible to Avoid The Nature of Error. All Error is Not…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 18 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 18.—It is Never Allowable to Tell a Lie; But Lies Differ Very Much in Guilt, According to the Intention and the Subject. It is Never…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 19 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 19.—Men’s Errors Vary Very Much in the Magnitude of the Evils They Produce; But Yet Every Error is in Itself an Evil. Men’s Errors Vary Very…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 20 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 20.—Every Error is Not a Sin. An Examination of the Opinion of the Academic Philosophers, that to Avoid Error We Should in All Cases Suspend…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 21 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 21.—Error, Though Not Always a Sin, is Always an Evil. Error, Though Not Always a Sin, is Always an Evil. But as to those matters in regard…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 22 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 22.—A Lie is Not Allowable, Even to Save Another from Injury. A Lie is Not Allowable, Even to Save Another from Injury. But every lie must be…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 23 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 23.—Summary of the Results of the Preceding Discussion. Summary of the Results of the Preceding Discussion. As it is right that we should…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 24 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 24.—The Secondary Causes of Evil are Ignorance and Lust. The Secondary Causes of Evil are Ignorance and Lust. This is the first evil that…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 25 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphJudgments Upon Fallen Men and Angels. The Death of the Body is Man’s Peculiar Punishment. God’s Judgments Upon Fallen Men and Angels. The Death of…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 26 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphAdam’s Sin His Whole Posterity Were Corrupted, and Were Born Under the Penalty of Death, Which He Had Incurred. Through Adam’s Sin His Whole…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 27 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 27.—The State of Misery to Which Adam’s Sin Reduced Mankind, and the Restoration Effected Through the Mercy of God. The State of Misery to…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 28 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphRebellious Angels Were Cast Out, the Rest Remained in the Enjoyment of Eternal Happiness with God. When the Rebellious Angels Were Cast Out, the Rest…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 29 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 29.—The Restored Part of Humanity Shall, in Accordance with the Promises of God, Succeed to the Place Which the Rebellious Angels Lost. The…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 30 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 30.—Men are Not Saved by Good Works, Nor by the Free Determination of Their Own Will, But by the Grace of God Through Faith. Men are Not…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 31 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 31.—Faith Itself is the Gift of God; And Good Works Will Not Be Wanting in Those Who Believe. Faith Itself is the Gift of God; And Good Works…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 32 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 32.—The Freedom of the Will is Also the Gift of God, for God Worketh in Us Both to Will and to Do. The Freedom of the Will is Also the Gift…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 33 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 33.—Men, Being by Nature the Children of Wrath, Needed a Mediator. In What Sense God is Said to Be Angry. Men, Being by Nature the Children…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 34 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 34.—The Ineffable Mystery of the Birth of Christ the Mediator Through the Virgin Mary. The Ineffable Mystery of the Birth of Christ the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 35 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChrist, Being the Only Son of God, is at the Same Time Jesus Christ, Being the Only Son of God, is at the Same Time Man. Wherefore Christ Jesus, the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 36 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 36.—The Grace of God is Clearly and Remarkably Displayed in Raising the Man Christ Jesus to the Dignity of the Son of God. The Grace of God…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 37 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 37.—The Same Grace is Further Clearly Manifested in This, that the Birth of Christ According to the Flesh is of the Holy Ghost. The Same…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 38 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 38.—Jesus Christ, According to the Flesh, Was Not Born of the Holy Spirit in Such a Sense that the Holy Spirit is His Father. Jesus Christ,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 39 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsEverything that is Born of Another is to Be Called a Son of that Not Everything that is Born of Another is to Be Called a Son of that Other. We need…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 40 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 40.—Christ’s Birth Through the Holy Spirit Manifests to Us the Christ’s Birth Through the Holy Spirit Manifests to Us the Grace of God. And,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 41 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 41.—Christ, Who Was Himself Free from Sin, Was Made Sin for Us, that We Might Be Reconciled to God. Christ, Who Was Himself Free from Sin,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 42 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 42.—The Sacrament of Baptism Indicates Our Death with Christ to Sin, and Our Resurrection with Him to Newness of Life. The Sacrament of…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 43 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 43.—Baptism and the Grace Which It Typifies are Open to All, Both Infants and Adults. Baptism and the Grace Which It Typifies are Open to…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 44 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 44.—In Speaking of Sin, the Singular Number is Often Put for the Plural, and the Plural for the In Speaking of Sin, the Singular Number is…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 45 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 45.—In Adam’s First Sin, Many Kinds of Sin Were Involved. In Adam’s First Sin, Many Kinds of Sin Were Involved. However, even in that one…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 46 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 46.—It is Probable that Children are Involved in the Guilt Not Only of the First Pair, But of Their Own Immediate Parents. It is Probable…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 47 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 47.—It is Difficult to Decide Whether the Sins of a Man’s Other Progenitors are Imputed to Him. It is Difficult to Decide Whether the Sins of…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 48 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 48.—The Guilt of the First Sin is So Great that It Can Be Washed Away Only in the Blood of the Mediator, Jesus Christ. The Guilt of the First…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 49 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 49.—Christ Was Not Regenerated in the Baptism of John, But Submitted to It to Give Us an Example of Humility, Just as He Submitted to Death,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 50 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 50.—Christ Took Away Not Only the One Original Sin, But All the Other Sins that Have Been Added to It. Christ Took Away Not Only the One…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 51 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 51.—All Men Born of Adam are Under Condemnation, and Only If New Born in Christ are Freed from All Men Born of Adam are Under Condemnation,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 52 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 52.—In Baptism, Which is the Similitude of the Death and Resurrection of Christ, All, Both Infants and Adults, Die to Sin that They May Walk…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 53 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 53.—Christ’s Cross and Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, and Sitting Down at the Right Hand of God, are Images of the Christian Christ’s Cross…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 54 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphSecond Coming Does Not Belong to the Past, But Will Take Place at the End of the World. Christ’s Second Coming Does Not Belong to the Past, But Will…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 55 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 55.—The Expression, “Christ Shall Judge the Quick and the Dead,” May Be Understood in Either of Two The Expression, ‘Christ Shall Judge the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 56 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 56.—The Holy Spirit and the Church. The Church is the Temple of God. The Holy Spirit and the Church. The Church is the Temple of God. And…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 57 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 57.—The Condition of the Church in The Condition of the Church in Heaven. But of that part of the Church which is in heaven what can we say,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 58 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphHave No Certain Knowledge of the Organization of the Angelic We Have No Certain Knowledge of the Organization of the Angelic Society. Now, what the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 59 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 59.—The Bodies Assumed by Angels Raise a Very Difficult, and Not Very Useful, Subject of Discussion. The Bodies Assumed by Angels Raise a…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 60 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 60.—It is More Necessary to Be Able to Detect the Wiles of Satan When He Transforms Himself into an Angel of Light. It is More Necessary to…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 61 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChurch on Earth Has Been Redeemed from Sin by the Blood of a The Church on Earth Has Been Redeemed from Sin by the Blood of a Mediator. This part of…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 62 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 62.—By the Sacrifice of Christ All Things are Restored, and Peace is Made Between Earth and Heaven. By the Sacrifice of Christ All Things are…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 63 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 63.—The Peace of God, Which Reigneth in Heaven, Passeth All The Peace of God, Which Reigneth in Heaven, Passeth All Understanding. This…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 64 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 64.—Pardon of Sin Extends Over the Whole Mortal Life of the Saints, Which, Though Free from Crime, is Not Free from Sin. Pardon of Sin…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 65 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 65.—God Pardons Sins, But on Condition of Penitence, Certain Times for Which Have Been Fixed by the Law of the Church. God Pardons Sins, But…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 66 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 66.—The Pardon of Sin Has Reference Chiefly to the Future Judgment. The Pardon of Sin Has Reference Chiefly to the Future Judgment. Now the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 67 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 67.—Faith Without Works is Dead, and Cannot Save a Man. Faith Without Works is Dead, and Cannot Save a Man. It is believed, moreover, by…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 68 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 68.—The True Sense of the Passage (I Cor. III. 11–15) About Those Who are Saved, Yet So as by Fire. The True Sense of the Passage I Cor. III.…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 69 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 69.—It is Not Impossible that Some Believers May Pass Through a Purgatorial Fire in the Future Life. It is Not Impossible that Some Believers…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 70 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 70.—Almsgiving Will Not Atone for Sin Unless the Life Be Almsgiving Will Not Atone for Sin Unless the Life Be Changed. We must beware,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 71 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 71.—The Daily Prayer of the Believer Makes Satisfaction for the Trivial Sins that Daily Stain His The Daily Prayer of the Believer Makes…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 72 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 72.—There are Many Kinds of Alms, the Giving of Which Assists to Procure Pardon for Our Sins. There are Many Kinds of Alms, the Giving of…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 73 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsGreatest of All Alms is to Forgive Our Debtors and to Love Our The Greatest of All Alms is to Forgive Our Debtors and to Love Our Enemies. But none…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 74 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphDoes Not Pardon the Sins of Those Who Do Not from the Heart Forgive God Does Not Pardon the Sins of Those Who Do Not from the Heart Forgive Others.…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 75 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 75.—The Wicked and the Unbelieving are Not Made Clean by the Giving of Alms, Except They Be Born The Wicked and the Unbelieving are Not Made…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 76 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 76.—To Give Alms Aright, We Should Begin with Ourselves, and Have Pity Upon Our Own Souls. To Give Alms Aright, We Should Begin with…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 77 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 77.—If We Would Give Alms to Ourselves, We Must Flee Iniquity; For He Who Loveth Iniquity Hateth His If We Would Give Alms to Ourselves, We…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 78 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 78.—What Sins are Trivial and What Heinous is a Matter for What Sins are Trivial and What Heinous is a Matter for God’s Judgment. Now, what…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 79 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 79.—Sins Which Appear Very Trifling, are Sometimes in Reality Sins Which Appear Very Trifling, are Sometimes in Reality Very Serious. Again,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 80 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 80.—Sins, However Great and Detestable, Seem Trivial When We are Sins, However Great and Detestable, Seem Trivial When We are Accustomed to…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 81 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 81.—There are Two Causes of Sin, Ignorance and Weakness; And We Need Divine Help to Overcome Both. There are Two Causes of Sin, Ignorance and…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 82 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 82.—The Mercy of God is Necessary to True Repentance. The Mercy of God is Necessary to True Repentance. Now even penance itself, when by the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 83 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 83.—The Man Who Despises the Mercy of God is Guilty of the Sin Against the Holy Ghost. The Man Who Despises the Mercy of God is Guilty of the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 84 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphResurrection of the Body Gives Rise to Numerous The Resurrection of the Body Gives Rise to Numerous Questions. Now, as to the resurrection of the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 85 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 85.—The Case of Abortive Conceptions. The Case of Abortive Conceptions. Hence in the first place arises a question about abortive…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 86 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 86.—If They Have Ever Lived, They Must of Course Have Died, and Therefore Shall Have a Share in the Resurrection of the Dead. If They Have…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 87 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 87.—The Case of Monstrous Births. The Case of Monstrous Births. We are not justified in affirming even of monstrosities, which are born and…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 88 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 88.—The Material of the Body Never The Material of the Body Never Perishes. Nor does the earthly material out of which men’s mortal bodies…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 89 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsMaterial May Be Differently Arranged in the Resurrection But This Material May Be Differently Arranged in the Resurrection Body. And this earthly…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 90 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsBe Differences and Inequalities Among the Bodies of Those Who Rise Again, There Shall Be Nothing Offensive or Disproportionate in If There Be…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 91 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphBodies of the Saints Shall at The Resurrection Be Spiritual The Bodies of the Saints Shall at The Resurrection Be Spiritual Bodies. The bodies of the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 92 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 92.—The Resurrection of the Lost. The Resurrection of the Lost. But as for those who, out of the mass of perdition caused by the first man’s…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 93 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 93.—Both the First and the Second Deaths are the Consequence of Sin. Punishment is Proportioned to Guilt. Both the First and the Second…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 94 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 94.—The Saints Shall Know More Fully in the Next World the Benefits They Have Received by Grace. The Saints Shall Know More Fully in the Next…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 95 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsJudgments Shall Then Be Explained. God’s Judgments Shall Then Be Explained. Then shall be made clear much that is now dark. For example, when of two…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 96 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 96.—The Omnipotent God Does Well Even in the Permission of Evil. The Omnipotent God Does Well Even in the Permission of Evil. Nor can we…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 97 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 97.—In What Sense Does the Apostle Say that “God Will Have All Men to Be Saved,” When, as a Matter of Fact, All are Not Saved? In What Sense…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 98 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 98.—Predestination to Eternal Life is Wholly of God’s Free Predestination to Eternal Life is Wholly of God’s Free Grace. And, moreover, who…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 99 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsGod’s Mercy is Free, So His Judgments are Just, and Cannot Be As God’s Mercy is Free, So His Judgments are Just, and Cannot Be Gainsaid. Now after…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 100 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 100.—The Will of God is Never Defeated, Though Much is Done that is Contrary to His Will. The Will of God is Never Defeated, Though Much is…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 101 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 101.—The Will of God, Which is Always Good, is Sometimes Fulfilled Through the Evil Will of Man. The Will of God, Which is Always Good, is…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 102 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 102.—The Will of the Omnipotent God is Never Defeated, and is Never Evil. The Will of the Omnipotent God is Never Defeated, and is Never…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 103 (St. Augustine) · 3 paragraphsChapter 103.—Interpretation of the Expression in I Tim. II. 4: “Who Will Have All Men to Be Saved.” Interpretation of the Expression in I Tim. II. 4:…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 104 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 104.—God, Foreknowing the Sin of the First Man, Ordered His Own Purposes Accordingly. God, Foreknowing the Sin of the First Man, Ordered His…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 105 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 105.—Man Was So Created as to Be Able to Choose Either Good or Evil: in the Future Life, the Choice of Evil Will Be Impossible. Man Was So…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 106 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 106.—The Grace of God Was Necessary to Man’s Salvation Before the Fall as Well as After It. The Grace of God Was Necessary to Man’s Salvation…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 107 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 107.—Eternal Life, Though the Reward of Good Works, is Itself the Eternal Life, Though the Reward of Good Works, is Itself the Gift of God.…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 108 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 108.—A Mediator Was Necessary to Reconcile Us to God; And Unless This Mediator Had Been God, He Could Not Have Been Our Redeemer. A Mediator…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 109 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 109.—The State of the Soul During the Interval Between Death and the Resurrection. The State of the Soul During the Interval Between Death…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 110 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 110.—The Benefit to the Souls of the Dead from the Sacraments and Alms of Their Living Friends. The Benefit to the Souls of the Dead from the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 111 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 111.—After the Resurrection There Shall Be Two Distinct Kingdoms, One of Eternal Happiness, the Other of Eternal Misery. After the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 112 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 112.—There is No Ground in Scripture for the Opinion of Those Who Deny the Eternity of Future Punishments. There is No Ground in Scripture…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 113 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 113.—The Death of the Wicked Shall Be Eternal in the Same Sense as the Life of the Saints. The Death of the Wicked Shall Be Eternal in the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 114 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 114.—Having Dealt with Faith, We Now Come to Speak of Hope. Everything that Pertains to Hope is Embraced in the Lord’s Having Dealt with…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 115 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 115.—The Seven Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer, According to Matthew. The Seven Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer, According to Matthew.…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 116 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 116.—Luke Expresses the Substance of These Seven Petitions More Luke Expresses the Substance of These Seven Petitions More Briefly in Five.…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 117 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 117.—Love, Which is Greater Than Faith and Hope, is Shed Abroad in Our Hearts by the Holy Ghost. Love, Which is Greater Than Faith and Hope,…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 118 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 118.—The Four Stages of the Christian’s Life, and the Four Corresponding Stages of the Church’s The Four Stages of the Christian’s Life, and…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 119 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphGrace of Regeneration Washes Away All Past Sin and All Original The Grace of Regeneration Washes Away All Past Sin and All Original Guilt. Now in…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 120 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 120.—Death Cannot Injure Those Who Have Received the Grace of Death Cannot Injure Those Who Have Received the Grace of Regeneration. But…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 121 (St. Augustine) · 2 paragraphsChapter 121.—Love is the End of All the Commandments, and God Himself is Love is the End of All the Commandments, and God Himself is Love. All the…
Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin — The Enchiridion. — Chapter 122 (St. Augustine) · 1 paragraphChapter 122.—Conclusion. But now there must be an end at last to this volume. And it is for yourself to judge whether you should call it a hand-book,…
On the Catechising of the Uninstructed — Introductory Notice · 2 paragraphsIn the fourteenth chapter of the second book of his Retractations, Augustin makes the following statement: “There is also a book of ours on the…
On the Holy Trinity — Translator's Preface · 11 paragraphsTranslator’s Preface. ———————————— The history of St. Augustin’s treatise on the Trinity, as gathered by Tillemont and others from his own allusions…
On the Profit of Believing — Translator's Preface · 2 paragraphsTranslator’s Preface. Retract. i. cap.
The Enchiridion — Introductory Notice · 2 paragraphsSt. Augustin speaks of this book in his Retractations, l. ii. c. 63, as follows: “I also wrote a book on Faith, Hope, and Charity, at the request of…

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