Confessions, Book IV

Book IV

• Confessions IV.1 — Concerning that Most Unhappy Time in Which He, Being Deceived, Deceived Others; And Concerning the Mockers of His Confession. Chapter I.—Concerning that Most Unhappy Time in Which He, Being Deceived, Deceived Others;…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.2 — He Teaches Rhetoric, the Only Thing He Loved, and Scorns the Soothsayer, Who Promised Him Victory. Chapter II.—He Teaches Rhetoric, the Only Thing He Loved, and Scorns the Soothsayer, Who Promised Him Victory. 2. In…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.3 — Not Even the Most Experienced Men Could Persuade Him of the Vanity of Astrology to Which He Was Devoted. Chapter III.—Not Even the Most Experienced Men Could Persuade Him of the Vanity of Astrology to Which He Was…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.4 — Sorely Distressed by Weeping at the Death of His Friend, He Provides Consolation for Himself. Chapter IV.—Sorely Distressed by Weeping at the Death of His Friend, He Provides Consolation for Himself. 7. In those…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.5 — Why Weeping is Pleasant to the Wretched. 10. And now, O Lord, these things are passed away, and time hath healed my wound. May I learn from Thee, who art Truth, and apply the ear of my heart unto Thy mouth, that Thou…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.6 — His Friend Being Snatched Away by Death, He Imagines that He Remains Only as Half. Chapter VI.—His Friend Being Snatched Away by Death, He Imagines that He Remains Only as Half. 11. But why do I speak of these…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.7 — Troubled by Restlessness and Grief, He Leaves His Country a Second Time for Carthage. Chapter VII.—Troubled by Restlessness and Grief, He Leaves His Country a Second Time for Carthage. 12. O madness, which knowest…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.8 — That His Grief Ceased by Time, and the Consolation of Friends. 13. Times lose no time, nor do they idly roll through our senses. They work strange operations on the mind. Behold, they came and went from day to day,…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.9 — That the Love of a Human Being, However Constant in Loving and Returning Love, Perishes; While He Who Loves God Never Loses a Friend. Chapter IX.—That the Love of a Human Being, However Constant in Loving and…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.10 — That All Things Exist that They May Perish, and that We are Not Safe Unless God Watches Over Us. Chapter X.—That All Things Exist that They May Perish, and that We are Not Safe Unless God Watches Over Us. 15. “Turn…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.11 — That Portions of the World are Not to Be Loved; But that God, Their Author, is Immutable, and His Word Eternal. Chapter XI.—That Portions of the World are Not to Be Loved; But that God, Their Author, is Immutable,…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.12 — Love is Not Condemned, But Love in God, in Whom There is Rest Through Jesus Christ, is to Be Preferred. Chapter XII.—Love is Not Condemned, But Love in God, in Whom There is Rest Through Jesus Christ, is to Be…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.13 — Love Originates from Grace and Beauty Enticing Us. 20. These things I knew not at that time, and I loved these lower beauties, and I was sinking to the very depths; and I said to my friends, “Do we love anything but…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.14 — Concerning the Books Which He Wrote ‘On the Fair and Fit,’ Dedicated to Hierius. Chapter XIV.—Concerning the Books Which He Wrote “On the Fair and Fit,” Dedicated to Hierius. 21. But what was it that prompted me, O…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.15 — While Writing, Being Blinded by Corporeal Images, He Failed to Recognise the Spiritual Nature of God. Chapter XV.—While Writing, Being Blinded by Corporeal Images, He Failed to Recognise the Spiritual Nature of God.…vatican.va
• Confessions IV.16 — He Very Easily Understood the Liberal Arts and the Categories of Aristotle, But Without True Fruit. Chapter XVI.—He Very Easily Understood the Liberal Arts and the Categories of Aristotle, But Without True Fruit. 28.…vatican.va