A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series • VOL 2 • SECTION 434

ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.

← Augustine — City of God & Christian Doctrine

Wisdom, the Book of, a prophecy of Christ in, [1876]357.

Wives, how the Romans obtained their first, [1877]48.

Woman, shall she retain her sex in the resurrection? [1878]495; the formation of, from a rib of sleeping Adam, a type, [1879]496.

World, the, not eternal, [1880]206; the infinite ages before, not to be comprehended, [1881]207; and time, had both one beginning [1882]208; falseness of the history which ascribes many thousand years to the past existence of, [1883]232; of those who hold a plurality of worlds, [1884]233; predictions respecting the end of, [1885]444, etc.

Worlds without end, or ages of ages, [1886]238, etc.

Wonders, lying, [1887]484

Worm, the, that dieth not, [1888]443, [1889]461.

Worship of God, distinction between latria and dulia, [1890]180, [1891]181, [1892]182, etc.

Xenocrates, [1893]152.

Years, in the time of the antediluvians, [1894]292, etc., [1895]295, etc.; in the words, "their days shall be an hundred and twenty years," [1896]305, etc.; the thousand, of the Book of Revelation, [1897]426; the three and a half, of the Book of Revelation, [1898]443.

Zoroaster, [1899]464.

ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Absolute right and wrong, treated of, [1900]562.

Affections, change of, the way to heaven, [1901]527.

Aids to interpreting Scripture history, [1902]549; mechanical arts and dialectics as, [1903]550.

Ambiguity, rules for removing, [1904]557, [1905]558.

Ambrose, examples of style from, [1906]590, etc.

Amos, examples of eloquence from, [1907]580.

Antony, a monk who committed the Scriptures to memory, [1908]519.

Astrologers, superstition of, [1909]545.

Body, love of one's, [1910]528; the resurrection, wholly subject to the spirit, [1911]529.

Bondage, to the letter, [1912]559, etc.; to signs, [1913]560.

Canonical Books, list of, [1914]538.

Circumstantial considerations, [1915]564.

Charms to be avoided by Christians, [1916]550.

Child of grace, mature, [1917]534.

Christ, purges the Church by affliction, [1918]526; opens the way to our home, [1919]527; is the first way to God, [1920]532.

Christian teacher, duty of, [1921]576, [1922]581.

Church, the, purged by afflictions, [1923]526; the keys given to, [1924]527.

Cicero, on rhetoric, [1925]576, [1926]577; on style, [1927]583, [1928]586; on the aim of an orator, [1929]583.

Claudian's description of Neptune, [1930]559.

Commands, rules for interpreting, [1931]563.

Crime as distinguished from vice, [1932]561.

David, not lustful though he fell into adultery, [1933]565.

Death, not destruction but change, [1934]527.

Definition, the science of, not false, but may be applied to falsities, [1935]552.

Devils arrange the language of omens, [1936]547.

Dialectics, use of, in interpreting Scripture, [1937]550.

Difficult passages, how and with whom to discuss, [1938]581.

Discourses of others, when they may be preached, [1939]596.

Divination, why we reject acts of, [1940]546.

Egyptians, spoiling of the, typical import of, [1941]554.

Eloquence, the rules of, are true, though sometimes used to persuade men of what is false, [1942]552; of the sacred writers is united with wisdom, [1943]577.

Enjoyment, distinction between, and use, [1944]523; of man, [1945]532.

Faith, strengthened by the resurrection and ascension of Christ, and stimulated by his coming to judgment, [1946]526.

Figurative expressions not to be taken literally, [1947]559; how to discern whether a phrase is figurative, [1948]560; interpretation of, [1949]561, etc.; variation of figure, [1950]566.

Flesh, no man hates his own, expounded, [1951]528, etc.

Gentiles, useless bondage of the, to the letter, [1952]559.

God, in what sense ineffable, and what all men understand by the term, [1953]524; is unchangeable wisdom, [1954]524; is alone to be loved for his own sake, [1955]528; uses rather than enjoys man, [1956]531.

God, wisdom of, how He came to us and healed man, [1957]525, [1958]526.

Hearers, to be moved as well as instructed, [1959]583.

History, to what extent an aid in interpreting Scripture, [1960]549.

Holy life, power of, in a teacher, [1961]595.

Hope, a buttress of faith, [1962]526. See Faith.

Human institutions, superstitious nature of, [1963]545; of those not superstitious, some convenient and necessary, [1964]548.

Humility essential to the study of Scripture, [1965]555.

Idioms, how to attain a knowledge of, [1966]542.

Ineffable, in what sense God is, [1967]524.

Inference, logical, how valid, [1968]551.

Interpretation of Scripture, rules for, [1969]519-[1970]521; depends on two things, understanding and making known its meaning, [1971]522; dangers of mistaken, [1972]533; a diversity of, useful, [1973]540; how faulty, can be emended, [1974]541; figures, [1975]561, etc.; sayings and doings ascribed to God and the saints, [1976]562; commands and prohibitions, [1977]563; sins of great men, [1978]565; obscure passages to be interpreted by clearer, [1979]566; passages susceptible of various interpretations, [1980]567; rules of Tichonius the Donatist, [1981]568-[1982]573.

Israel, the spiritual, [1983]571.

Itala, the, to be preferred to other Latin versions, [1984]542.

Jews, bondage of, to the letter, and how liberated therefrom, [1985]559, etc.

Keys, the, given to the Church, [1986]527.

Knowledge, a step to wisdom, [1987]537; from a profane source, not to be despised, [1988]544.

Languages, knowledge of, useful, [1989]539, [1990]543.

Learning, what branches of, are useful to a Christian, [1991]553.

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