Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series • VOLUME 3
Augustine — Trinity, Doctrinal & Moral Treatises
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[2728] Orantes
[2728] Orantes 8. We read in the Ecclesiastical History which Eusebius wrote in Greek, and Ruffinus turned into the Latin tongue, of Martyr's bodies in Gaul exposed to dogs, and how the leavings of those dogs and bones of the dead were, even to uttermost consumption, by fire burned up; and the ashes of the same scattered on the…
2,355 wordsSECTION 282[2737] Visa
[2737] Visa [2738] Imagines [2739] Visis 13. Such, however, is human infirmity, that when in a dream a person shall see a dead man, he thinks it is the soul that he sees: but when he shall in like manner dream of a living man, he has no doubt that it is not a soul nor a body, but the likeness of a man that has appeared to him…
2,332 wordsSECTION 283[2746] Ps. ci. 1
[2746] Ps. ci. 1 [2747] Ps. xxvii. 10 [2748] Is. lxiii. 16 [2749] 2 Kings xxii. 18-20 17. Some man may say: "If there be not in the dead any care for the living, how is it that the rich man, who was tormented in hell, asked father Abraham to send Lazarus to his five brothers not as yet dead, and to take course with them, tha…
2,534 wordsSECTION 284ON THE TRINITY.
[2772] Acts ix. 12 [2773] 1 Cor. xii. 11 [2774] Ecclus. iii. 22 22. Which things being so, let us not think that to the dead for whom we have a care, any thing reaches save what by sacrifices either of the altar, or of prayers, or of alms, we solemnly supplicate: although not to all for whom they are done be they profitable, …
2,207 wordsSECTION 285DOCTRINAL AND MORAL TREATISES.
Trinity in man, three things in love, as it were a trace of, [250]124; a kind of, exists in mind, knowledge, and love, [251]125; another, in memory, understanding, and will, [252]134-[253]143; a trace of, in the outer man, [254]144, etc.; man made after the image of the, [255]5, [256]157., etc., [257]190. Unity of the Father an…
2,229 wordsSECTION 286Chase, simile of, [669]457.
Chase, simile of, [669]457. Chastity, advanced by Christianity, [670]364; of continence, better than married chastity, [671]411; wedded, is a good, [672]443, [673]445; wedded, is God's gift, [674]450; complete (integritas), of virgins and widows, [675]450; spiritual delights in, [676]452; not to be broken to save a life, [677]4…
1,706 wordsSECTION 287Councils, weight of, against heretics, [984]365.
Councils, weight of, against heretics, [984]365. Creation, of man, what is to be believed concerning the, [985]302; all good, the whole better than each part, [986]444. Creature, visible and invisible, [987]369; gives pleasure by approach to that which it loves, [988]534. Credulousness, distinguished from faith, [989]357. Cr…
819 wordsSECTION 288Epistles, of St. Paul, said by Manichees to be interpolated, [1141]350; written for men's salvation, [1142]470, [1143]477; truth clearly put forth in, [1144]493.
Epistles, of St. Paul, said by Manichees to be interpolated, [1141]350; written for men's salvation, [1142]470, [1143]477; truth clearly put forth in, [1144]493. Erasmus, his opinion of the "De Patientia," [1145]527. Error, the nature of, [1146]242; always an evil, [1147]243, [1148]245; not always a sin, [1149]244; easy to tal…
2,200 wordsSECTION 289Heresy, pretence of, may cause real, [1541]483, [1542]484; how to be exposed: sometimes healed secretly, [1543]486.
Heresy, pretence of, may cause real, [1541]483, [1542]484; how to be exposed: sometimes healed secretly, [1543]486. Heretic, not every one a, who believes heretics, [1544]347; what makes a, [1545]348; silence to be kept to a: each claims name of Catholic, [1546]355, [1547]356; spoils that claim by pretending to reason, [1548]35…
2,574 wordsSECTION 290Married, faithful women are mothers of Christ, [2020]419; fruitfulness may not vie with virgin chastity, [2021]419, [2022]420; persons may f
Married, faithful women are mothers of Christ, [2020]419; fruitfulness may not vie with virgin chastity, [2021]419, [2022]420; persons may follow the Lamb, [2023]427, [2024]436; persons in one respect cannot follow the Lamb, [2025]427; may be fitter than virgins for Martyrdom, [2026]434. Martha and Mary, [2027]403. Martyr, sup…
2,201 wordsSECTION 291Prophetic meaning of Patriarchs' care for burial, [2419]541.
Prophetic meaning of Patriarchs' care for burial, [2419]541. Prophets, effect of their teaching on multitudes, [2420]364; in time of, women served God by marriage: God's ancient people a prophet, [2421]444; marriages of, attacked by Faustus, [2422]448; knew only what God thought fit, [2423]548. Providence, not excluding our ex…
2,272 wordsSECTION 292Virgins, brought to Christ everywhere, [2841]340; all holy ones are Mothers of Christ, [2842]418; rich, how they may give birth to members o
Virgins, brought to Christ everywhere, [2841]340; all holy ones are Mothers of Christ, [2842]418; rich, how they may give birth to members of Christ, [2843]419; distinguished from sacred Virgins, [2844]420; no "command" concerning, [2845]421; have peculiar joys in heaven, [2846]426; follow the Lamb, [2847]427; need humility, [28…
2,296 wordsSECTION 2931 Corinthians
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