Confessions, Book VIII

Book VIII

• Confessions VIII.1 — He, Now Given to Divine Things, and Yet Entangled by the Lusts of Love, Consults Simplicianus in Reference to the Renewing of His Mind. Chapter I.—He, Now Given to Divine Things, and Yet Entangled by the Lusts of…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.2 — Chapter II.—The Pious Old Man Rejoices that He Read Plato and the Scriptures, and Tells Him of the Rhetorician Victorinus Having Been Converted to the Faith Through the Reading of the Sacred Books. 3. To Simplicianus…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.3 — That God and the Angels Rejoice More on the Return of One Sinner Than of Many Just Persons. Chapter III.—That God and the Angels Rejoice More on the Return of One Sinner Than of Many Just Persons. 6. Good God, what…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.4 — He Shows by the Example of Victorinus that There is More Joy in the Conversion of Nobles. Chapter IV.—He Shows by the Example of Victorinus that There is More Joy in the Conversion of Nobles. 9. Haste, Lord, and act;…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.5 — Of the Causes Which Alienate Us from God. 10. But when that man of Thine, Simplicianus, related this to me about Victorinus, I burned to imitate him; and it was for this end he had related it. But when he had added…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.6 — Pontitianus’ Account of Antony, the Founder of Monachism, and of Some Who Imitated Him. Chapter VI.—Pontitianus’ Account of Antony, the Founder of Monachism, and of Some Who Imitated Him. 13. And how, then, Thou…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.7 — He Deplores His Wretchedness, that Having Been Born Thirty-Two Years, He Had Not Yet Found Out the Truth. Chapter VII.—He Deplores His Wretchedness, that Having Been Born Thirty-Two Years, He Had Not Yet Found Out…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.8 — The Conversation with Alypius Being Ended, He Retires to the Garden, Whither His Friend Follows Him. Chapter VIII.—The Conversation with Alypius Being Ended, He Retires to the Garden, Whither His Friend Follows Him.…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.9 — That the Mind Commandeth the Mind, But It Willeth Not Entirely. 21. Whence is this monstrous thing? And why is it? Let Thy mercy shine on me, that I may inquire, if so be the hiding-places of man’s punishment, and…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.10 — He Refutes the Opinion of the Manichæans as to Two Kinds of Minds,—One Good and the Other Evil. Chapter X.—He Refutes the Opinion of the Manichæans as to Two Kinds of Minds,—One Good and the Other Evil. 22. Let them…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.11 — In What Manner the Spirit Struggled with the Flesh, that It Might Be Freed from the Bondage of Vanity. Chapter XI.—In What Manner the Spirit Struggled with the Flesh, that It Might Be Freed from the Bondage of…vatican.va
• Confessions VIII.12 — Chapter XII.—Having Prayed to God, He Pours Forth a Shower of Tears, And, Admonished by a Voice, He Opens the Book and Reads the Words in Rom. XIII. 13; By Which, Being Changed in His Whole Soul, He Discloses the…vatican.va