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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series • VOLUME 4

Augustine — Against the Manichaeans and Donatists

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[2498] Ps. ii. 1, 2, 10, 11.

[2498] Ps. ii. 1, 2, 10, 11. [2499] 2 Kings xviii. 4. [2500] 2 Kings xxiii. 4, 5. [2501] Jonah iii. 6-9. [2502] Bel and Drag. vv. 22, 42. [2503] Dan. iii. 29. [2504] John xvi. 2. [2505] Ps. lxxii. 11. Chapter 6.--21. It is indeed better (as no one ever could deny) that men should be led to worship God by teaching, than t…

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27. With regard to the aforesaid bishop of Bagai, in consequence of his claim being allowed in the ordinary courts, after each party had bee

27. With regard to the aforesaid bishop of Bagai, in consequence of his claim being allowed in the ordinary courts, after each party had been heard in turn, in a basilica [2522] of which the Donatists had taken possession, as being the property of the Catholics, they rushed upon him as he was standing at the altar, with fearful …

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[2528] 2 Sam. xviii., xxii.

[2528] 2 Sam. xviii., xxii. Chapter 9.--35. As to the charge that they bring against us, that we covet and plunder their possessions, I would that they would become Catholics, and possess in peace and love with us, not only what they call theirs, but also what confessedly belongs to us. But they are so blinded with the desire o…

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[2547] Rom. iii. 24.

[2547] Rom. iii. 24. [2548] Wisd. v. 1. [2549] Rom. xii. 3-5. Chapter 10.--43. But this, they say, is the very thing which disquiets us,--If we are unrighteous, wherefore do you seek our company? To which question we answer, We seek the company of you who are unrighteous, that you may not remain unrighteous; we seek for you w…

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THE ANTI-MANICHÆAN WRITINGS.

50. But those with whom we are arguing, or about whom we are arguing, are not to be despaired of, for they are yet in the body; but they cannot seek the Holy Spirit, except in the body of Christ, of which they possess the outward sign outside the Church, but they do not possess the actual reality itself within the Church of whic…

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Existence, true, belongs to God alone, [261]354 sq.

Existence, true, belongs to God alone, [261]354 sq. Exodus, the, of Israel from Egypt, a type, [262]192. "Eye for an Eye," etc., [263]248 sq. Fabricius' Bibliotheca Græca, referred to, [264]33. Faith, confounded with orthodox doctrine by Augustin, [265]164; the Catholic proofs of, [266]130. Fallaciousness of Mani's pretensi…

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Mouth, the, the value of the Manichæan symbol of, [640]74, etc.

Mouth, the, the value of the Manichæan symbol of, [640]74, etc. Mozley's Ruling Ideas in Early Ages, referred to, 5, [641]51, [642]107; quoted, [643]28. Mugtasila, a Babylonian sect with which Mani was connected, 8. Muller, Max, his Sacred Books of the East, referred to, [644]20. Murder, the Manichæans guilty of, in cutting …

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THE ANTI-DONATIST WRITINGS.

THE ANTI-DONATIST WRITINGS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Aaron, [962]469, [963]591-[964]593. Aaron's sons, [965]444. Abel, [966]422. Abiram, [967]444, [968]528. Abitini (Avitini), [969]507. Abraham, [970]422, [971]461, [972]527, [973]534, [974]537, [975]552, [976]563, [977]579, [978]622, [979]628. Abraham's seed, [980]534, [981]53…

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Canon, as to holy orders of penitents, [1356]649.

Canon, as to holy orders of penitents, [1356]649. Capse, [1357]507. Caracalla, [1358]578. Carneades, [1359]606. Cartenna, [1360]572. Carthage, [1361]412, [1362]426, [1363]433, [1364]510, [1365]578, [1366]634, [1367]635, [1368]639. Cassianus, [1369]586, [1370]587. Cassius, bp. of Macomades, [1371]492, [1372]493. Castus, b…

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Council:

Council: African, [1654]416, [1655]439, [1656]450. Arles, [1657]431, [1658]432, [1659]442, [1660]580, [1661]636. authority of, [1662]427. of Bagai, [1663]412, [1664]415, [1665]430, [1666]432, [1667]433, [1668]437, [1669]523, [1670]524, [1671]525, [1672]526, [1673]532, [1674]538, [1675]557, [1676]561, [1677]613, [1678]615, [1…

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as to the bad within and the bad without, [2777]449, [2778]450, [2779]473, [2780]488, [2781]489; [2782]493, [2783]494, [2784]502-[2785]510,

as to the bad within and the bad without, [2777]449, [2778]450, [2779]473, [2780]488, [2781]489; [2782]493, [2783]494, [2784]502-[2785]510, [2786]513. disliked, by schismatics themselves, [2787]465. natural shrinking from, [2788]465. to be denied even to those deserving it, [2789]465. argument for, from rebaptism of John's d…

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1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians [4529]1:10-13 [4530]1:12-13 [4531]1:12-13 [4532]1:12-15 [4533]1:13 [4534]1:13 [4535]1:13 [4536]1:13 [4537]1:14 [4538]1:16 [4539]1:17 [4540]1:22 [4541]1:23-24 [4542]1:23-24 [4543]1:23-25 [4544]1:24 [4545]1:24 [4546]1:24 [4547]1:27 [4548]1:30-31 [4549]1:31 [4550]2:6-8 [4551]2:8 [4552]2:13 [4553]2:14 [4554]2:14 [4555…

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This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College, http://www.ccel.org, generated on demand from ThML source.

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