De Principiis, Book I

Book I

• De Principiis I.1 — On God. 1. I know that some will attempt to say that, even according to the declarations of our own Scriptures, God is a body, because in the writings of Moses they find it said, that “our God is a consuming fire;”…vatican.va
• De Principiis I.2 — On Christ. 1. In the first place, we must note that the nature of that deity which is in Christ in respect of His being the only-begotten Son of God is one thing, and that human nature which He assumed in these last…vatican.va
• De Principiis I.3 — On the Holy Spirit. 1. The next point is to investigate as briefly as possible the subject of the Holy Spirit. All who perceive, in whatever manner, the existence of Providence, confess that God, who created and…vatican.va
• De Principiis I.4 — On Defection, or Falling Away. 1. To exhibit the nature of defection or falling away, on the part of those who conduct themselves carelessly, it will not appear out of place to employ a similitude by way of…vatican.va
• De Principiis I.5 — On Rational Natures. 1. After the dissertation, which we have briefly conducted to the best of our ability, regarding the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, it follows that we offer a few remarks upon the subject of…vatican.va
• De Principiis I.6 — On the End or Consummation. 1. An end or consummation would seem to be an indication of the perfection and completion of things. And this reminds us here, that if there be any one imbued with a desire of reading and…vatican.va
• De Principiis I.7 — On Incorporeal and Corporeal Beings. 1. The subjects considered in the previous chapter have been spoken of in general language, the nature of rational beings being discussed more by way of intelligent inference than…vatican.va
• De Principiis I.8 — On the Angels. 1. A similar method must be followed in treating of the angels; nor are we to suppose that it is the result of accident that a particular office is assigned to a particular angel: as to Raphael, e.g.,…vatican.va
• De Principiis I.9 — Fragment from the First Book of the de Principiis. Translated by Jerome in His Epistle to Avitus. “It is an evidence of great negligence and sloth, that each one should fall down to such (a pitch of degradation), and…vatican.va
• De Principiis I.10 — Another Fragment from the Same. Translated in the Same Epistle to Avitus. “At the end and consummation of the world, when souls and rational creatures shall have been sent forth as from bolts and barriers, some of…vatican.va