Confessions, Book V

Book V

• Confessions V.1 — That It Becomes the Soul to Praise God, and to Confess Unto Him. 1. Accept the sacrifice of my confessions by the agency of my tongue, which Thou hast formed and quickened, that it may confess to Thy name; and heal…vatican.va
• Confessions V.2 — On the Vanity of Those Who Wished to Escape the Omnipotent God. 2. Let the restless and the unjust depart and flee from Thee. Thou both seest them and distinguishest the shadows. And lo! all things with them are…vatican.va
• Confessions V.3 — Chapter III.—Having Heard Faustus, the Most Learned Bishop of the Manichæans, He Discerns that God, the Author Both of Things Animate and Inanimate, Chiefly Has Care for the Humble. 3. Let me lay bare before my God…vatican.va
• Confessions V.4 — That the Knowledge of Terrestrial and Celestial Things Does Not Give Happiness, But the Knowledge of God Only. Chapter IV.—That the Knowledge of Terrestrial and Celestial Things Does Not Give Happiness, But the…vatican.va
• Confessions V.5 — Of Manichæus Pertinaciously Teaching False Doctrines, and Proudly Arrogating to Himself the Holy Spirit. Chapter V.—Of Manichæus Pertinaciously Teaching False Doctrines, and Proudly Arrogating to Himself the Holy…vatican.va
• Confessions V.6 — Faustus Was Indeed an Elegant Speaker, But Knew Nothing of the Liberal Sciences. Chapter VI.—Faustus Was Indeed an Elegant Speaker, But Knew Nothing of the Liberal Sciences. 10. And for nearly the whole of those nine…vatican.va
• Confessions V.7 — Clearly Seeing the Fallacies of the Manichæans, He Retires from Them, Being Remarkably Aided by God. Chapter VII.—Clearly Seeing the Fallacies of the Manichæans, He Retires from Them, Being Remarkably Aided by God.…vatican.va
• Confessions V.8 — He Sets Out for Rome, His Mother in Vain Lamenting It. 14. Thou dealedst with me, therefore, that I should be persuaded to go to Rome, and teach there rather what I was then teaching at Carthage. And how I was…vatican.va
• Confessions V.9 — Being Attacked by Fever, He is in Great Danger. 16. And behold, there was I received by the scourge of bodily sickness, and I was descending into hell burdened with all the sins that I had committed, both against…vatican.va
• Confessions V.10 — When He Had Left the Manichæans, He Retained His Depraved Opinions Concerning Sin and the Origin of the Saviour. Chapter X.—When He Had Left the Manichæans, He Retained His Depraved Opinions Concerning Sin and the…vatican.va
• Confessions V.11 — Helpidius Disputed Well Against the Manichæans as to the Authenticity of the New Testament. Chapter XI.—Helpidius Disputed Well Against the Manichæans as to the Authenticity of the New Testament. 21. Furthermore,…vatican.va
• Confessions V.12 — Professing Rhetoric at Rome, He Discovers the Fraud of His Scholars. 22. Then began I assiduously to practise that for which I came to Rome—the teaching of rhetoric; and first to bring together at my home some to…vatican.va
• Confessions V.13 — He is Sent to Milan, that He, About to Teach Rhetoric, May Be Known by Ambrose. Chapter XIII.—He is Sent to Milan, that He, About to Teach Rhetoric, May Be Known by Ambrose. 23. When, therefore, they of Milan had…vatican.va
• Confessions V.14 — Having Heard the Bishop, He Perceives the Force of the Catholic Faith, Yet Doubts, After the Manner of the Modern Academics. Chapter XIV.—Having Heard the Bishop, He Perceives the Force of the Catholic Faith, Yet…vatican.va