Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: First Series, Volume IV St. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans, and Against the DonatistsPhilip Schaff Cosimo, Inc., 1 mei 2007 - 684 pagina's "The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD marked the beginning of a new era in Christianity. For the first time, doctrines were organized into a single creed. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers did most of their writing during and after this important event in Church history. Unlike the previous era of Christian writing, the Nicene and Post-Nicene era is dominated by a few very important and prolific writers. In Volume IV of the 14-volume collected writings of the Nicenes and Post-Nicenes (first published between 1886 and 1889), readers will find Augustines writings defending the Catholic church against the Manichaeans and the Donatists. Manichaeanism was a religion developed in Persia by the prophet Mani. According to this religion, creation has two parts: darkness and light. Light is God and has ten attributes. Opposing this, and coeternal with it, is darkness and its five attributes. Saint Augustine was originally a Manichaean, so his defense of Christianity against this religion comes from a deep understanding of its nature. Donatists were a group of believers who refused to forgive those who had renounced their faith during a time of persecution, which caused a schism in Christianity. In opposing these men, Augustine attempted to mend the rift. Those with an interest in ancient religions will find Augustines writings on Manichaeanism one of the most important historical records of that religions practices." |
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Pagina 27
... cause appeared to confirm calculations , the succession of seasons , and the visible manifestations of the stars ; and I compared them with the sayings of Manichæus , who in his frenzy has written most extensively on these subjects ...
... cause appeared to confirm calculations , the succession of seasons , and the visible manifestations of the stars ; and I compared them with the sayings of Manichæus , who in his frenzy has written most extensively on these subjects ...
Pagina 30
... cause or author , or be referred to God . God would not have permitted evil unless by His own supreme power he had ... causing its gradual but almost complete overthrow . His arguments were probably more effective in guarding Christians ...
... cause or author , or be referred to God . God would not have permitted evil unless by His own supreme power he had ... causing its gradual but almost complete overthrow . His arguments were probably more effective in guarding Christians ...
Pagina 45
... cause that love God . " Let him , too , say what is great suffering to man while in this life . So the measure of love . " Who then , " he says , all these words are implied in the single quo- shall separate us from the love of Christ ...
... cause that love God . " Let him , too , say what is great suffering to man while in this life . So the measure of love . " Who then , " he says , all these words are implied in the single quo- shall separate us from the love of Christ ...
Pagina 51
... cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named , that He would grant unto you , according to the riches of His glory , to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in ...
... cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named , that He would grant unto you , according to the riches of His glory , to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in ...
Pagina 57
... cause , and leave them to escape detection in an opinion which , though false and impious , is hard to disprove ? I will not . God will Himself be at hand to aid me ; nor will He suffer me in those straits to remain helpless or forsaken ...
... cause , and leave them to escape detection in an opinion which , though false and impious , is hard to disprove ? I will not . God will Himself be at hand to aid me ; nor will He suffer me in those straits to remain helpless or forsaken ...
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The beauty of the straight line might be taken from the region of darkness without taking anything from its substance So evil neither takes from nor ... | 142 |
Evil alone is corruption Corruption is not nature but contrary to nature Corrup tion implies previous good | 147 |
God alone perfectly good | 148 |
In what sense evils are from God | 149 |
Corruption is by Gods permission and comes from us | 150 |
Tim ii 24 25 | 157 |
Written after the year 404 It is put in the Retractations immediately after the De Actis | 387 |
BOOK I | 401 |
CONCERNING THE NATURE OF GOOD AGAINST THE MANICHÆANS | 457 |
The refutation of this absurdity | 143 |
The same subject continued | 144 |
Every nature as nature is good | 145 |
Nature cannot be without some good The Manichæans dwell upon the evils | 146 |
THE ANTIDONATIST WRITINGS | 515 |
THE CORRECTION OF THE DONATISTS | 629 |
INDEX TO THE ANTIDONATIST WRITINGS 667675 | 667 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 499 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Pagina 532 - Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, and do not.
Pagina 331 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Pagina 203 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Pagina 167 - He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
Pagina 177 - Well ; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear : for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.
Pagina 203 - Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Pagina 79 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Pagina 157 - The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Pagina 553 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, he said unto them ; Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him; We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.