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The City of God, Volume I by Saint of Hippo Augustine
BOOK XI.
The City of God, Volume I by Saint of Hippo Augustine
BOOK XI.
Chapter 12
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Chapters
Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: BOOK I.
Chapter 3: BOOK II.
Chapter 4: BOOK III.
Chapter 5: BOOK IV.
Chapter 6: BOOK V.
Chapter 7: BOOK VI.
Chapter 8: BOOK VII.
Chapter 9: BOOK VIII.
Chapter 10: BOOK IX.
Chapter 11: BOOK X.
Chapter 12: BOOK XI.
Chapter 13: BOOK XII.
Chapter 14: BOOK XIII.
Chapter 15: 1. _Of the adversaries of the name of Christ, whom the barbarians for
Chapter 16: 2. _That it is quite contrary to the usage of war, that the victors
Chapter 17: 3. _That the Romans did not show their usual sagacity when they
Chapter 18: 4. _Of the asylum of Juno in Troy, which saved no one from the
Chapter 19: 5. _Cæsar's statement regarding the universal custom of an enemy when
Chapter 20: 6. _That not even the Romans, when they took cities, spared the
Chapter 21: 7. _That the cruelties which occurred in the sack of Rome were in
Chapter 22: 8. _Of the advantages and disadvantages which often indiscriminately
Chapter 23: 9. _Of the reasons for administering correction to bad and good
Chapter 24: 10. _That the saints lose nothing in losing temporal goods._
Chapter 25: 11. _Of the end of this life, whether it is material that it be long
Chapter 26: 12. _Of the burial of the dead: that the denial of it to Christians
Chapter 27: 13. _Reasons for burying the bodies of the saints._
Chapter 28: 14. _Of the captivity of the saints, and that divine consolation
Chapter 29: 15. _Of Regulus, in whom we have an example of the voluntary
Chapter 30: 16. _Of the violation of the consecrated and other Christian
Chapter 31: 17. _Of suicide committed through fear of punishment or dishonour._
Chapter 32: 18. _Of the violence which may be done to the body by another's
Chapter 33: 19. _Of Lucretia, who put an end to her life because of the outrage
Chapter 34: 20. _That Christians have no authority for committing suicide in any
Chapter 35: 21. _Of the cases in which we may put men to death without incurring
Chapter 36: 22. _That suicide can never be prompted by magnanimity._
Chapter 37: 23. _What we are to think of the example of Cato, who slew himself
Chapter 38: 24. _That in that virtue in which Regulus excels Cato, Christians
Chapter 39: 25. _That we should not endeavour by sin to obviate sin._
Chapter 40: 26. _That in certain peculiar cases the examples of the saints are
Chapter 41: 27. _Whether voluntary death should be sought in order to avoid sin._
Chapter 42: 28. _By what judgment of God the enemy was permitted to indulge
Chapter 43: 29. _What the servants of Christ should say in reply to the
Chapter 44: 30. _That those who complain of Christianity really desire to
Chapter 45: 31. _By what steps the passion for governing increased among
Chapter 46: 32. _Of the establishment of scenic entertainments._
Chapter 47: 33. _That the overthrow of Rome has not corrected the vices of
Chapter 48: 34. _Of God's clemency in moderating the ruin of the city._
Chapter 49: 35. _Of the sons of the church who are hidden among the wicked,
Chapter 50: 36. _What subjects are to be handled in the following discourse._
Chapter 51: 1. _Of the limits which must be put to the necessity of replying
Chapter 52: 2. _Recapitulation of the contents of the first book._
Chapter 53: 3. _That we need only to read history in order to see what
Chapter 54: 4. _That the worshippers of the gods never received from them any
Chapter 55: 5. _Of the obscenities practised in honour of the mother of
Chapter 56: 6. _That the gods of the pagans never inculcated holiness of life._
Chapter 57: 7. _That the suggestions of philosophers are precluded from having
Chapter 58: 8. _That the theatrical exhibitions publishing the shameful actions
Chapter 59: 9. _That the poetical licence which the Greeks, in obedience to
Chapter 60: 10. _That the devils, in suffering either false or true crimes to
Chapter 61: 11. _That the Greeks admitted players to offices of state, on
Chapter 62: 12. _That the Romans, by refusing to the poets the same licence in
Chapter 63: 13. _That the Romans should have understood that gods who desired
Chapter 64: 14. _That Plato, who excluded poets from a well-ordered city, was
Chapter 65: 15. _That it was vanity, not reason, which created some of the
Chapter 66: 16. _That if the gods had really possessed any regard for
Chapter 67: 17. _Of the rape of the Sabine women, and other iniquities
Chapter 68: 18. _What the history of Sallust reveals regarding the life of the
Chapter 69: 19. _Of the corruption which had grown upon the Roman republic
Chapter 70: 20. _Of the kind of happiness and life truly delighted in by those
Chapter 71: 21. _Cicero's opinion of the Roman republic._
Chapter 72: 22. _That the Roman gods never took any steps to prevent the
Chapter 73: 23. _That the vicissitudes of this life are dependent not on
Chapter 74: 24. _Of the deeds of Sylla, in which the demons boasted that he
Chapter 75: 25. _How powerfully the evil spirits incite men to wicked actions,
Chapter 76: 26. _That the demons gave in secret certain obscure instructions in
Chapter 77: 27. _That the obscenities of those plays which the Romans
Chapter 78: 28. _That the Christian religion is health-giving._
Chapter 79: 29. _An exhortation to the Romans to renounce paganism._
Chapter 80: 1. _Of the ills which alone the wicked fear, and which the world
Chapter 81: 2. _Whether the gods, whom the Greeks and Romans worshipped in
Chapter 82: 3. _That the gods could not be offended by the adultery of Paris,
Chapter 83: 4. _Of Varro's opinion, that it is useful for men to feign
Chapter 84: 5. _That it is not credible that the gods should have punished the
Chapter 85: 6. _That the gods exacted no penalty for the fratricidal act of
Chapter 86: 7. _Of the destruction of Ilium by Fimbria, a lieutenant of Marius._
Chapter 87: 8. _Whether Rome ought to have been entrusted to the Trojan gods?_
Chapter 88: 9. _Whether it is credible that the peace during the reign of Numa
Chapter 89: 10. _Whether it was desirable that the Roman empire should be
Chapter 90: 11. _Of the statue of Apollo at Cumæ, whose tears are supposed to
Chapter 91: 12. _That the Romans added a vast number of gods to those introduced
Chapter 92: 13. _By what right or agreement the Romans obtained their first
Chapter 93: 14. _Of the wickedness of the war waged by the Romans against
Chapter 94: 15. _What manner of life and death the Roman kings had._
Chapter 95: 16. _Of the first Roman consuls, the one of whom drove the other
Chapter 96: 17. _Of the disasters which vexed the Roman republic after the
Chapter 97: 18. _The disasters suffered by the Romans in the Punic wars, which
Chapter 98: 19. _Of the calamity of the second Punic war, which consumed the
Chapter 99: 20. _Of the destruction of the Saguntines, who received no help
Chapter 100: 21. _Of the ingratitude of Rome to Scipio, its deliverer, and of
Chapter 101: 22. _Of the edict of Mithridates, commanding that all Roman
Chapter 102: 23. _Of the internal disasters which vexed the Roman republic, and
Chapter 103: 24. _Of the civil dissension occasioned by the sedition of
Chapter 104: 25. _Of the temple of Concord, which was erected by a decree of
Chapter 105: 26. _Of the various kinds of wars which followed the building of
Chapter 106: 27. _Of the civil war between Marius and Sylla._
Chapter 107: 28. _Of the victory of Sylla, the avenger of the cruelties of
Chapter 108: 29. _A comparison of the disasters which Rome experienced during
Chapter 109: 30. _Of the connection of the wars which with great severity and
Chapter 110: 31. _That it is effrontery to impute the present troubles to Christ
Chapter 111: 1. _Of the things which have been discussed in the first book._
Chapter 112: 2. _Of those things which are contained in Books Second and Third._
Chapter 113: 3. _Whether the great extent of the empire, which has been
Chapter 114: 4. _How like kingdoms without justice are to robberies._
Chapter 115: 5. _Of the runaway gladiators whose power became like that of
Chapter 116: 6. _Concerning the covetousness of Ninus, who was the first who
Chapter 117: 7. _Whether earthly kingdoms in their rise and fall have been
Chapter 118: 8. _Which of the gods can the Romans suppose presided over the
Chapter 119: 9. _Whether the great extent and long duration of the Roman empire
Chapter 120: 10. _What opinions those have followed who have set divers gods
Chapter 121: 11. _Concerning the many gods whom the pagan doctors defend as
Chapter 122: 12. _Concerning the opinion of those who have thought that God is
Chapter 123: 13. _Concerning those who assert that only rational animals are
Chapter 124: 14. _The enlargement of kingdoms is unsuitably ascribed to Jove;
Chapter 125: 15. _Whether it is suitable for good men to wish to rule more
Chapter 126: 16. _What was the reason why the Romans, in detailing separate gods
Chapter 127: 17. _Whether, if the highest power belongs to Jove, Victoria also
Chapter 128: 18. _With what reason they who think Felicity and Fortune
Chapter 129: 19. _Concerning Fortuna Muliebris._[169]
Chapter 130: 20. _Concerning Virtue and Faith, which the pagans have honoured
Chapter 131: 21. _That although not understanding them to be the gifts of God,
Chapter 132: 22. _Concerning the knowledge of the worship due to the gods,
Chapter 133: 23. _Concerning Felicity, whom the Romans, who venerate many gods,
Chapter 134: 24. _The reasons by which the pagans attempt to defend their
Chapter 135: 25. _Concerning the one God only to be worshipped, who, although
Chapter 136: 26. _Of the scenic plays, the celebration of which the gods have
Chapter 137: 27. _Concerning the three kinds of gods about which the pontiff
Chapter 138: 28. _Whether the worship of the gods has been of service to the
Chapter 139: 29. _Of the falsity of the augury by which the strength and
Chapter 140: 30. _What kind of things even their worshippers have owned they
Chapter 141: 31. _Concerning the opinions of Varro, who, while reprobating the
Chapter 142: 32. _In what interest the princes of the nations wished false
Chapter 143: 33. _That the times of all kings and kingdoms are ordained by the
Chapter 144: 34. _Concerning the kingdom of the Jews, which was founded by the
Chapter 145: 1. _That the cause of the Roman empire, and of all kingdoms, is
Chapter 146: 2. _On the difference in the health of twins._
Chapter 147: 3. _Concerning the arguments which Nigidius the mathematician drew
Chapter 148: 4. _Concerning the twins Esau and Jacob, who were very unlike each
Chapter 149: 5. _In what manner the mathematicians are convicted of professing
Chapter 150: 6. _Concerning twins of different sexes._
Chapter 151: 7. _Concerning the choosing of a day for marriage, or for planting,
Chapter 152: 8. _Concerning those who call by the name of fate, not the
Chapter 153: 9. _Concerning the foreknowledge of God and the free will of man,
Chapter 154: 10. _Whether our wills are ruled by necessity._
Chapter 155: 11. _Concerning the universal providence of God in the laws of
Chapter 156: 12. _By what virtues the ancient Romans merited that the true God,
Chapter 157: 13. _Concerning the love of praise, which, though it is a vice, is
Chapter 158: 14. _Concerning the eradication of the love of human praise,
Chapter 159: 15. _Concerning the temporal reward which God granted to the
Chapter 160: 16. _Concerning the reward of the holy citizens of the celestial
Chapter 161: 17. _To what profit the Romans carried on wars, and how much they
Chapter 162: 18. _How far Christians ought to be from boasting, if they have done
Chapter 163: 19. _Concerning the difference between true glory and the desire
Chapter 164: 20. _That it is as shameful for the virtues to serve human glory
Chapter 165: 21. _That the Roman dominion was granted by Him from whom is all
Chapter 166: 22. _The durations and issues of war depend on the will of God._
Chapter 167: 23. _Concerning the war in which Radagaisus, king of the Goths, a
Chapter 168: 24. _What was the happiness of the Christian emperors, and how far
Chapter 169: 25. _Concerning the prosperity which God granted to the Christian
Chapter 170: 26. _On the faith and piety of Theodosius Augustus._
Chapter 171: 1. _Of those who maintain that they worship the gods not for the
Chapter 172: 2. _What we are to believe that Varro thought concerning the gods
Chapter 173: 3. _Varro's distribution of his book which he composed concerning
Chapter 174: 4. _That from the disputation of Varro, it follows that the
Chapter 175: 5. _Concerning the three kinds of theology according to Varro,
Chapter 176: 6. _Concerning the mythic, that is, the fabulous, theology, and
Chapter 177: 7. _Concerning the likeness and agreement of the fabulous and
Chapter 178: 8. _Concerning the interpretations, consisting of natural
Chapter 179: 9. _Concerning the special offices of the gods._
Chapter 180: 10. _Concerning the liberty of Seneca, who more vehemently
Chapter 181: 11. _What Seneca thought concerning the Jews._
Chapter 182: 12. _That when once the vanity of the gods of the nations has been
Chapter 183: 1. _Whether, since it is evident that Deity is not to be found in
Chapter 184: 2. _Who are the select gods, and whether they are held to be
Chapter 185: 3. _How there is no reason which can be shown for the selection of
Chapter 186: 4. _The inferior gods, whose names are not associated with infamy,
Chapter 187: 5. _Concerning the more secret doctrine of the pagans, and
Chapter 188: 6. _Concerning the opinion of Varro, that God is the soul of the
Chapter 189: 7. _Whether it is reasonable to separate Janus and Terminus as
Chapter 190: 8. _For what reason the worshippers of Janus have made his image
Chapter 191: 9. _Concerning the power of Jupiter, and a comparison of Jupiter
Chapter 192: 10. _Whether the distinction between Janus and Jupiter is a proper
Chapter 193: 11. _Concerning the surnames of Jupiter, which are referred not to
Chapter 194: 12. _That Jupiter is also called Pecunia._
Chapter 195: 13. _That when it is expounded what Saturn is, what Genius is, it
Chapter 196: 14. _Concerning the offices of Mercury and Mars._
Chapter 197: 15. _Concerning certain stars which the pagans have called by the
Chapter 198: 16. _Concerning Apollo and Diana, and the other select gods whom
Chapter 199: 17. _That even Varro himself pronounced his own opinions regarding
Chapter 200: 18. _A more credible cause of the rise of pagan error._
Chapter 201: 19. _Concerning the interpretations which compose the reason of
Chapter 202: 20. _Concerning the rites of Eleusinian Ceres_.
Chapter 203: 21. _Concerning the shamefulness of the rites which are celebrated
Chapter 204: 22. _Concerning Neptune, and Salacia, and Venilia_.
Chapter 205: 23. _Concerning the earth, which Varro affirms to be a goddess,
Chapter 206: 24. _Concerning the surnames of Tellus and their significations,
Chapter 207: 25. _The interpretation of the mutilation of Atys which the
Chapter 208: 26. _Concerning the abomination of the sacred rites of the Great
Chapter 209: 27. _Concerning the figments of the physical theologists, who
Chapter 210: 28. _That the doctrine of Varro concerning theology is in no part
Chapter 211: 29. _That all things which the physical theologists have referred
Chapter 212: 30. _How piety distinguishes the Creator from the creatures, so
Chapter 213: 31. _What benefits God gives to the followers of the truth to
Chapter 214: 32. _That at no time in the past was the mystery of Christ's
Chapter 215: 33. _That only through the Christian religion could the deceit of
Chapter 216: 34. _Concerning the books of Numa Pompilius, which the senate
Chapter 217: 35. _Concerning the hydromancy through which Numa was befooled
Chapter 218: 1. _That the question of natural theology is to be discussed with
Chapter 219: 2. _Concerning the two schools of philosophers, that is, the
Chapter 220: 3. _Of the Socratic philosophy._
Chapter 221: 4. _Concerning Plato, the chief among the disciples of Socrates,
Chapter 222: 5. _That it is especially with the Platonists that we must carry
Chapter 223: 6. _Concerning the meaning of the Platonists in that part of
Chapter 224: 7. _How much the Platonists are to be held as excelling other
Chapter 225: 8. _That the Platonists hold the first rank in moral philosophy
Chapter 226: 9. _Concerning that philosophy which has come nearest to the
Chapter 227: 10. _That the excellency of the Christian religion is above all
Chapter 228: 11. _How Plato has been able to approach so nearly to Christian
Chapter 229: 12. _That even the Platonists, though they say these things
Chapter 230: 13. _Concerning the opinion of Plato, according to which he defined
Chapter 231: 14. _Of the opinion of those who have said that rational souls are
Chapter 232: 15. _That the demons are not better than men because of their
Chapter 233: 16. _What Apuleius the Platonist thought concerning the manners
Chapter 234: 17. _Whether it is proper that men should worship those spirits
Chapter 235: 18. _What kind of religion that is which teaches that men ought to
Chapter 236: 19. _Of the impiety of the magic art, which is dependent on the
Chapter 237: 20. _Whether we are to believe that the good gods are more willing
Chapter 238: 21. _Whether the gods use the demons as messengers and
Chapter 239: 22. _That we must, notwithstanding the opinion of Apuleius, reject
Chapter 240: 23. _What Hermes Trismegistus thought concerning idolatry, and from
Chapter 241: 24. _How Hermes openly confessed the error of his forefathers, the
Chapter 242: 25. _Concerning those things which may be common to the holy angels
Chapter 243: 26. _That all the religion of the pagans has reference to dead
Chapter 244: 27. _Concerning the nature of the honour which the Christians
Chapter 245: 1. _The point at which the discussion has arrived, and what remains
Chapter 246: 2. _Whether among the demons, inferior to the gods, there are any
Chapter 247: 3. _What Apuleius attributes to the demons, to whom, though he
Chapter 248: 4. _The opinion of the Peripatetics and Stoics about mental
Chapter 249: 5. _That the passions which assail the souls of Christians do not
Chapter 250: 6. _Of the passions which, according to Apuleius, agitate the
Chapter 251: 7. _That the Platonists maintain that the poets wrong the gods by
Chapter 252: 8. _How Apuleius defines the gods who dwell in heaven, the demons
Chapter 253: 9. _Whether the intercession of the demons can secure for men the
Chapter 254: 10. _That, according to Plotinus, men, whose body is mortal, are
Chapter 255: 11. _Of the opinion of the Platonists, that the souls of men become
Chapter 256: 12. _Of the three opposite qualities by which the Platonists
Chapter 257: 13. _How the demons can mediate between gods and men if they have
Chapter 258: 14. _Whether men, though mortal, can enjoy true blessedness._
Chapter 259: 15. _Of the man Christ Jesus, the Mediator between God and men_.
Chapter 260: 16. _Whether it is reasonable in the Platonists to determine that
Chapter 261: 17. _That to obtain the blessed life, which consists in partaking
Chapter 262: 18. _That the deceitful demons, while promising to conduct men to
Chapter 263: 19. _That even among their own worshippers the name "demon" has
Chapter 264: 20. _Of the kind of knowledge which puffs up the demons._
Chapter 265: 21. _To what extent the Lord was pleased to make Himself known to
Chapter 266: 22. _The difference between the knowledge of the holy angels and
Chapter 267: 23. _That the name of gods is falsely given to the gods of the
Chapter 268: 1. _That the Platonists themselves have determined that God alone
Chapter 269: 2. _The opinion of Plotinus the Platonist regarding enlightenment
Chapter 270: 3. _That the Platonists, though knowing something of the Creator
Chapter 271: 4. _That sacrifice is due to the true God only._
Chapter 272: 5. _Of the sacrifices which God does not require, but wished to
Chapter 273: 6. _Of the true and perfect sacrifice._
Chapter 274: 7. _Of the love of the holy angels, which prompts them to desire
Chapter 275: 8. _Of the miracles which God has condescended to adhibit, through
Chapter 276: 9. _Of the illicit arts connected with demonolatry, and of which
Chapter 277: 10. _Concerning theurgy, which promises a delusive purification of
Chapter 278: 11. _Of Porphyry's epistle to Anebo, in which he asks for
Chapter 279: 12. _Of the miracles wrought by the true God through the ministry
Chapter 280: 13. _Of the invisible God, who has often made Himself visible,
Chapter 281: 14. _That the one God is to be worshipped not only for the sake
Chapter 282: 15. _Of the ministry of the holy angels, by which they fulfil
Chapter 283: 16. _Whether those angels who demand that we pay them divine
Chapter 284: 17. _Concerning the ark of the covenant, and the miraculous signs
Chapter 285: 18. _Against those who deny that the books of the Church are to
Chapter 286: 19. _On the reasonableness of offering, as the true religion
Chapter 287: 20. _Of the supreme and true sacrifice which was effected by the
Chapter 288: 21. _Of the power delegated to demons for the trial and
Chapter 289: 22. _Whence the saints derive power against demons and true
Chapter 290: 23. _Of the principles which, according to the Platonists,
Chapter 291: 24. _Of the one only true principle which alone purifies and renews
Chapter 292: 25. _That all the saints, both under the law and before it, were
Chapter 293: 26. _Of Porphyry's weakness in wavering between the confession of
Chapter 294: 27. _Of the impiety of Porphyry, which is worse than even the
Chapter 295: 28. _How it is that Porphyry has been so blind as not to recognise
Chapter 296: 29. _Of the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, which the
Chapter 297: 30. _Porphyry's emendations and modifications of Platonism._
Chapter 298: 31. _Against the arguments on which the Platonists ground their
Chapter 299: 32. _Of the universal way of the soul's deliverance, which Porphyry
Chapter 300: 1. _Of this part of the work, wherein we begin to explain the origin
Chapter 301: 2. _Of the knowledge of God, to which no man can attain save
Chapter 302: 3. _Of the authority of the canonical Scriptures composed by the
Chapter 303: 4. _That the world is neither without beginning, nor yet created
Chapter 304: 5. _That we ought not to seek to comprehend the infinite ages of
Chapter 305: 6. _That the world and time had both one beginning, and the one
Chapter 306: 7. _Of the nature of the first days, which are said to have had
Chapter 307: 8. _What we are to understand of God's resting on the seventh day,
Chapter 308: 9. _What the Scriptures teach us to believe concerning the creation
Chapter 309: 10. _Of the simple and unchangeable Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy
Chapter 310: 11. _Whether the angels that fell partook of the blessedness which
Chapter 311: 12. _A comparison of the blessedness of the righteous, who have not
Chapter 312: 13. _Whether all the angels were so created in one common state of
Chapter 313: 14. _An explanation of what is said of the devil, that he did not
Chapter 314: 15. _How we are to understand the words, "The devil sinneth from
Chapter 315: 16. _Of the ranks and differences of the creatures, estimated by
Chapter 316: 17. _That the flaw of wickedness is not nature, but contrary to
Chapter 317: 18. _Of the beauty of the universe, which becomes, by God's
Chapter 318: 19. _What, seemingly, we are to understand by the words, "God
Chapter 319: 20. _Of the words which follow the separation of light and
Chapter 320: 21. _Of God's eternal and unchangeable knowledge and will, whereby
Chapter 321: 22. _Of those who do not approve of certain things which are a part
Chapter 322: 23. _Of the error in which the doctrine of Origen is involved._
Chapter 323: 24. _Of the divine Trinity, and the indications of its presence
Chapter 324: 25. _Of the division of philosophy into three parts._
Chapter 325: 26. _Of the image of the supreme Trinity, which we find in some
Chapter 326: 27. _Of existence, and knowledge of it, and the love of both._
Chapter 327: 28. _Whether we ought to love the love itself with which we love
Chapter 328: 29. _Of the knowledge by which the holy angels know God in His
Chapter 329: 30. _Of the perfection of the number six, which is the first of
Chapter 330: 31. _Of the seventh day, in which completeness and repose are
Chapter 331: 32. _Of the opinion that the angels were created before the world._
Chapter 332: 33. _Of the two different and dissimilar communities of angels,
Chapter 333: 34. _Of the idea that the angels were meant where the separation
Chapter 334: 1. _That the nature of the angels, both good and bad, is one and
Chapter 335: 2. _That there is no entity_[521] _contrary to the divine, because
Chapter 336: 3. _That the enemies of God are so, not by nature but by will,
Chapter 337: 4. _Of the nature of irrational and lifeless creatures, which in
Chapter 338: 5. _That in all natures, of every kind and rank, God is glorified._
Chapter 339: 6. _What the cause of the blessedness of the good angels is, and
Chapter 340: 7. _That we ought not to expect to find any efficient cause of the
Chapter 341: 8. _Of the misdirected love whereby the will fell away from the
Chapter 342: 9. _Whether the angels, besides receiving from God their nature,
Chapter 343: 10. _Of the falseness of the history which allots many thousand
Chapter 344: 11. _Of those who suppose that this world indeed is not eternal,
Chapter 345: 12. _How these persons are to be answered, who find fault with the
Chapter 346: 13. _Of the revolution of the ages, which some philosophers believe
Chapter 347: 14. _Of the creation of the human race in time, and how this was
Chapter 348: 15. _Whether we are to believe that God, as He has always been
Chapter 349: 16. _How we are to understand God's promise of life eternal,
Chapter 350: 17. _What defence is made by sound faith regarding God's
Chapter 351: 18. _Against those who assert that things that are infinite_[550]
Chapter 352: 19. _Of worlds without end, or ages of ages._[556]
Chapter 353: 20. _Of the impiety of those who assert that the souls which enjoy
Chapter 354: 21. _That there was created at first but one individual, and that
Chapter 355: 22. _That God foreknew that the first man would sin, and that He at
Chapter 356: 23. _Of the nature of the human soul created in the image of God._
Chapter 357: 24. _Whether the angels can be said to be the creators of any, even
Chapter 358: 25. _That God alone is the Creator of every kind of creature,
Chapter 359: 26. _Of that opinion of the Platonists, that the angels were
Chapter 360: 27. _That the whole plenitude of the human race was embraced in the
Chapter 361: 1. _Of the fall of the first man, through which mortality has
Chapter 362: 2. _Of that death which can affect an immortal soul, and of that
Chapter 363: 3. _Whether death, which by the sin of our first parents has passed
Chapter 364: 4. _Why death, the punishment of sin, is not withheld from those
Chapter 365: 5. _As the wicked make an ill use of the law, which is good, so
Chapter 366: 6. _Of the evil of death in general, considered as the separation
Chapter 367: 7. _Of the death which the unbaptized_[580] _suffer for the
Chapter 368: 8. _That the saints, by suffering the first death for the truth's
Chapter 369: 9. _Whether we should say that the moment of death, in which
Chapter 370: 10. _Of the life of mortals, which is rather to be called death
Chapter 371: 11. _Whether one can both be living and dead at the same time._
Chapter 372: 12. _What death God intended, when He threatened our first parents
Chapter 373: 13. _What was the first punishment of the transgression of our
Chapter 374: 14. _In what state man was made by God, and into what estate he
Chapter 375: 15. _That Adam in his sin forsook God ere God forsook him, and
Chapter 376: 16. _Concerning the philosophers who think that the separation of
Chapter 377: 17. _Against those who affirm that earthly bodies cannot be made
Chapter 378: 18. _Of earthly bodies, which the philosophers affirm cannot be in
Chapter 379: 19. _Against the opinion of those who do not believe that the
Chapter 380: 20. _That the flesh now resting in peace shall be raised to a
Chapter 381: 21. _Of Paradise, that it can be understood in a spiritual sense
Chapter 382: 22. _That the bodies of the saints shall after the resurrection be
Chapter 383: 23. _What we are to understand by the animal and spiritual body; or
Chapter 384: 24. _How we must understand that breathing of God by which "the
Augustine passes to the second part of the work, in which the origin, progress, and destinies of the earthly and heavenly cities are discussed.--Speculations regarding the creation of the world, 436
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