Confessions, Book XIII

Book XIII

• Confessions XIII.1 — He Calls Upon God, and Proposes to Himself to Worship Him. 1. I Call upon Thee, my God, my mercy, who madest me, and who didst not forget me, though forgetful of Thee. I call Thee into my soul, which by the desire…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.2 — All Creatures Subsist from the Plenitude of Divine Goodness. 2. For of the plenitude of Thy goodness Thy creature subsists, that a good, which could profit Thee nothing, nor though of Thee was equal to Thee, might…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.3 — Genesis I. 3,—Of ‘Light,’—He Understands as It is Seen in the Spiritual Creature. Chapter III.—Genesis I. 3,—Of “Light,”—He Understands as It is Seen in the Spiritual Creature. 4. But what Thou saidst in the…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.4 — All Things Have Been Created by the Grace of God, and are Not of Him as Standing in Need of Created Things. Chapter IV.—All Things Have Been Created by the Grace of God, and are Not of Him as Standing in Need of…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.5 — He Recognises the Trinity in the First Two Verses of Genesis. 6. Behold now, the Trinity appears unto me in an enigma, which Thou, O my God, art, since Thou, O Father, in the Beginning of our wisdom,—Which is Thy…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.6 — Why the Holy Ghost Should Have Been Mentioned After the Mention of Heaven and Earth. Chapter VI.—Why the Holy Ghost Should Have Been Mentioned After the Mention of Heaven and Earth. 7. But what was the cause, O Thou…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.7 — That the Holy Spirit Brings Us to God. 8. Hence let him that is able now follow Thy apostle with his understanding where he thus speaks, because Thy love “is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.8 — That Nothing Whatever, Short of God, Can Yield to the Rational Creature a Happy Rest. Chapter VIII.—That Nothing Whatever, Short of God, Can Yield to the Rational Creature a Happy Rest. 9. The angels fell, the soul…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.9 — Why the Holy Spirit Was Only ‘Borne Over’ The Waters. 10. But was not either the Father or the Son “borne over the waters?” If we understand this to mean in space, as a body, then neither was the Holy Spirit; but if…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.10 — That Nothing Arose Save by the Gift of God. 11. Happy creature, which, though in itself it was other than Thou, hath known no other state than that as soon as it was made, it was, without any interval of time, by Thy…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.11 — That the Symbols of the Trinity in Man, to Be, to Know, and to Will, are Never Thoroughly Examined. Chapter XI.—That the Symbols of the Trinity in Man, to Be, to Know, and to Will, are Never Thoroughly Examined. 12.…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.12 — Allegorical Explanation of Genesis, Chap. I., Concerning the Origin of the Church and Its Worship. Chapter XII.—Allegorical Explanation of Genesis, Chap. I., Concerning the Origin of the Church and Its Worship. 13.…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.13 — That the Renewal of Man is Not Completed in This World. 14. But as yet “by faith, not by sight,” for “we are saved by hope; but hope that is seen is not hope.” As yet deep calleth unto deep but in “the noise of Thy…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.14 — That Out of the Children of the Night and of the Darkness, Children of the Light and of the Day are Made. Chapter XIV.—That Out of the Children of the Night and of the Darkness, Children of the Light and of the Day…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.15 — Allegorical Explanation of the Firmament and Upper Works, Ver. 6. 16. Or who but Thou, our God, made for us that firmament of authority over us in Thy divine Scripture? As it is said, For heaven shall be folded up…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.16 — That No One But the Unchangeable Light Knows Himself. 19. For altogether as Thou art, Thou only knowest, Who art unchangeably, and knowest unchangeably, and willest unchangeably. And Thy Essence Knoweth and Willeth…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.17 — Allegorical Explanation of the Sea and the Fruit-Bearing Earth—Verses 9 and 11. Chapter XVII.—Allegorical Explanation of the Sea and the Fruit-Bearing Earth—Verses 9 and 11. 20. Who hath gathered the embittered…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.18 — Of the Lights and Stars of Heaven—Of Day and Night, Ver. 14. 22. Thus, O Lord, thus, I beseech Thee, let there arise, as Thou makest, as Thou givest joy and ability,—let “truth spring out of the earth, and…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.19 — All Men Should Become Lights in the Firmament of Heaven. 24. But first, “Wash you, make you clean;” put away iniquity from your souls, and from before mine eyes, that the dry land may appear. “Learn to do well; judge…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.20 — Concerning Reptiles and Flying Creatures (Ver. 20),—The Sacrament of Baptism Being Regarded. Chapter XX.—Concerning Reptiles and Flying Creatures (Ver. 20),—The Sacrament of Baptism Being Regarded. 26. Let the sea…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.21 — Concerning the Living Soul, Birds, and Fishes (Ver. 24)—The Sacrament of the Eucharist Being Regarded. Chapter XXI.—Concerning the Living Soul, Birds, and Fishes (Ver. 24)—The Sacrament of the Eucharist Being…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.22 — He Explains the Divine Image (Ver. 26) of the Renewal of the Mind. 32. For behold, O Lord our God, our Creator, when our affections have been restrained from the love of the world, by which we died by living ill, and…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.23 — That to Have Power Over All Things (Ver. 26) is to Judge Spiritually of All. Chapter XXIII.—That to Have Power Over All Things (Ver. 26) is to Judge Spiritually of All. 33. But that he judgeth all things answers to…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.24 — Why God Has Blessed Men, Fishes, Flying Creatures, and Not Herbs and the Other Animals (Ver. 28). Chapter XXIV.—Why God Has Blessed Men, Fishes, Flying Creatures, and Not Herbs and the Other Animals (Ver. 28). 35.…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.25 — He Explains the Fruits of the Earth (Ver. 29) of Works of Mercy. 38. I would also say, O Lord my God, what the following Scripture reminds me of; yea, I will say it without fear. For I will speak the truth, Thou…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.26 — Chapter XXVI.—In the Confessing of Benefits, Computation is Made Not as to The “Gift,” But as to the “Fruit,”—That Is, the Good and Right Will of the Giver. 39. But they who are delighted with them are fed by those…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.27 — Many are Ignorant as to This, and Ask for Miracles, Which are Signified Under the Names Of ‘Fishes’ And ‘Whales.’. Chapter XXVII.—Many are Ignorant as to This, and Ask for Miracles, Which are Signified Under the…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.28 — He Proceeds to the Last Verse, ‘All Things are Very Good,’—That Is, the Work Being Altogether Good. Chapter XXVIII.—He Proceeds to the Last Verse, “All Things are Very Good,”—That Is, the Work Being Altogether Good.…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.29 — Although It is Said Eight Times that ‘God Saw that It Was Good,’ Yet Time Has No Relation to God and His Word. Chapter XXIX.—Although It is Said Eight Times that “God Saw that It Was Good,” Yet Time Has No Relation…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.30 — He Refutes the Opinions of the Manichæans and the Gnostics Concerning the Origin of the World. Chapter XXX.—He Refutes the Opinions of the Manichæans and the Gnostics Concerning the Origin of the World. 45. And I…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.31 — We Do Not See ‘That It Was Good’ But Through the Spirit of God Which is in Us. Chapter XXXI.—We Do Not See “That It Was Good” But Through the Spirit of God Which is in Us. 46. But as for those who through Thy Spirit…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.32 — Of the Particular Works of God, More Especially of Man. 47. Thanks to Thee, O Lord. We behold the heaven and the earth, whether the corporeal part, superior and inferior, or the spiritual and corporeal creature; and…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.33 — The World Was Created by God Out of Nothing. 48. Let Thy works praise Thee, that we may love Thee; and let us love Thee, that Thy works may praise Thee, the which have beginning and end from time,—rising and setting,…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.34 — He Briefly Repeats the Allegorical Interpretation of Genesis (Ch. I.), and Confesses that We See It by the Divine Spirit. Chapter XXXIV.—He Briefly Repeats the Allegorical Interpretation of Genesis (Ch. I.), and…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.35 — He Prays God for that Peace of Rest Which Hath No Evening. 50. O Lord God, grant Thy peace unto us, for Thou hast supplied us with all things,—the peace of rest, the peace of the Sabbath, which hath no evening. For…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.36 — The Seventh Day, Without Evening and Setting, the Image of Eternal Life and Rest in God. Chapter XXXVI.—The Seventh Day, Without Evening and Setting, the Image of Eternal Life and Rest in God. 51. But the seventh day…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.37 — Of Rest in God Who Ever Worketh, and Yet is Ever at Rest. 52. For even then shalt Thou so rest in us, as now Thou dost work in us; and thus shall that be Thy rest through us, as these are Thy works through us. But…vatican.va
• Confessions XIII.38 — Of the Difference Between the Knowledge of God and of Men, and of the Repose Which is to Be Sought from God Only. Chapter XXXVIII.—Of the Difference Between the Knowledge of God and of Men, and of the Repose Which is…vatican.va