The City of God, Book X

Book X

• The City of God X.1 — Chapter 1.—That the Platonists Themselves Have Determined that God Alone Can Confer Happiness Either on Angels or Men, But that It Yet Remains a Question Whether Those Spirits Whom They Direct Us to Worship, that We…vatican.va
• The City of God X.2 — Chapter 3.—That the Platonists, Though Knowing Something of the Creator of the Universe, Have Misunderstood the True Worship of God, by Giving Divine Honor to Angels, Good or Bad. This being so, if the Platonists, or…vatican.va
• The City of God X.3 — That Sacrifice is Due to the True God Only. But, putting aside for the present the other religious services with which God is worshipped, certainly no man would dare to say that sacrifice is due to any but God. Many…vatican.va
• The City of God X.4 — Of the Sacrifices Which God Does Not Require, But Wished to Be Observed for the Exhibition of Those Things Which He Does Require. Chapter 5.—Of the Sacrifices Which God Does Not Require, But Wished to Be Observed for…vatican.va
• The City of God X.5 — Of the True and Perfect Sacrifice. Thus a true sacrifice is every work which is done that we may be united to God in holy fellowship, and which has a reference to that supreme good and end in which alone we can be…vatican.va
• The City of God X.6 — Of the Love of the Holy Angels, Which Prompts Them to Desire that We Worship the One True God, and Not Themselves. Chapter 7.—Of the Love of the Holy Angels, Which Prompts Them to Desire that We Worship the One True…vatican.va
• The City of God X.7 — Chapter 8.—Of the Miracles Which God Has Condescended to Adhibit Through the Ministry of Angels, to His Promises for the Confirmation of the Faith of the Godly. I should seem tedious were I to recount all the ancient…vatican.va
• The City of God X.8 — Of the Illicit Arts Connected with Demonolatry, and of Which the Platonist Porphyry Adopts Some, and Discards Others. Chapter 9.—Of the Illicit Arts Connected with Demonolatry, and of Which the Platonist Porphyry…vatican.va
• The City of God X.9 — Concerning Theurgy, Which Promises a Delusive Purification of the Soul by the Invocation of Demons. Chapter 10.—Concerning Theurgy, Which Promises a Delusive Purification of the Soul by the Invocation of Demons. But…vatican.va
• The City of God X.10 — Of Porphyry’s Epistle to Anebo, in Which He Asks for Information About the Differences Among Demons. Chapter 11.—Of Porphyry’s Epistle to Anebo, in Which He Asks for Information About the Differences Among Demons. It…vatican.va
• The City of God X.11 — Of the Miracles Wrought by the True God Through the Ministry of the Holy Angels. Chapter 12.—Of the Miracles Wrought by the True God Through the Ministry of the Holy Angels. Since by means of these arts wonders are…vatican.va
• The City of God X.12 — Of the Invisible God, Who Has Often Made Himself Visible, Not as He Really Is, But as the Beholders Could Bear the Sight. Chapter 13.—Of the Invisible God, Who Has Often Made Himself Visible, Not as He Really Is, But…vatican.va
• The City of God X.13 — Chapter 14.—That the One God is to Be Worshipped Not Only for the Sake of Eternal Blessings, But Also in Connection with Temporal Prosperity, Because All Things are Regulated by His Providence. The education of the…vatican.va
• The City of God X.14 — Of the Ministry of the Holy Angels, by Which They Fulfill the Providence of God. Chapter 15.—Of the Ministry of the Holy Angels, by Which They Fulfill the Providence of God. And so it has pleased Divine Providence,…vatican.va
• The City of God X.15 — Chapter 16.—Whether Those Angels Who Demand that We Pay Them Divine Honor, or Those Who Teach Us to Render Holy Service, Not to Themselves, But to God, are to Be Trusted About the Way to Life Eternal. What angels,…vatican.va
• The City of God X.16 — Concerning the Ark of the Covenant, and the Miraculous Signs Whereby God Authenticated the Law and the Promise. Chapter 17.—Concerning the Ark of the Covenant, and the Miraculous Signs Whereby God Authenticated the…vatican.va
• The City of God X.17 — Against Those Who Deny that the Books of the Church are to Be Believed About the Miracles Whereby the People of God Were Educated. Chapter 18.—Against Those Who Deny that the Books of the Church are to Be Believed…vatican.va
• The City of God X.18 — On the Reasonableness of Offering, as the True Religion Teaches, a Visible Sacrifice to the One True and Invisible God. Chapter 19.—On the Reasonableness of Offering, as the True Religion Teaches, a Visible Sacrifice…vatican.va
• The City of God X.19 — Of the Supreme and True Sacrifice Which Was Effected by the Mediator Between God and Men. Chapter 20.—Of the Supreme and True Sacrifice Which Was Effected by the Mediator Between God and Men. And hence that true…vatican.va
• The City of God X.20 — Chapter 21 .—Of the Power Delegated to Demons for the Trial and Glorification of the Saints, Who Conquer Not by Propitiating the Spirits of the Air, But by Abiding in God. The power delegated to the demons at certain…vatican.va
• The City of God X.21 — Whence the Saints Derive Power Against Demons and True Purification of Heart. It is by true piety that men of God cast out the hostile power of the air which opposes godliness; it is by exorcising it, not by…vatican.va
• The City of God X.22 — Of the Principles Which, According to the Platonists, Regulate the Purification of the Soul. Chapter 23.—Of the Principles Which, According to the Platonists, Regulate the Purification of the Soul. Even Porphyry…vatican.va
• The City of God X.23 — Of the One Only True Principle Which Alone Purifies and Renews Human Nature. Accordingly, when we speak of God, we do not affirm two or three principles, no more than we are at liberty to affirm two or three gods;…vatican.va
• The City of God X.24 — That All the Saints, Both Under the Law and Before It, Were Justified by Faith in the Mystery of Christ’s Incarnation. Chapter 25.—That All the Saints, Both Under the Law and Before It, Were Justified by Faith in the…vatican.va
• The City of God X.25 — Of Porphyry’s Weakness in Wavering Between the Confession of the True God and the Worship of Demons. Chapter 26.—Of Porphyry’s Weakness in Wavering Between the Confession of the True God and the Worship of Demons. I…vatican.va
• The City of God X.26 — Of the Impiety of Porphyry, Which is Worse Than Even the Mistake of Apuleius. How much more tolerable and accordant with human feeling is the error of your Platonist co-sectary Apuleius! for he attributed the…vatican.va
• The City of God X.27 — How It is that Porphyry Has Been So Blind as Not to Recognize the True Wisdom—Christ. Chapter 28.—How It is that Porphyry Has Been So Blind as Not to Recognize the True Wisdom—Christ. You drive men, therefore, into…vatican.va
• The City of God X.28 — Of the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Which the Platonists in Their Impiety Blush to Acknowledge. Chapter 29.—Of the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Which the Platonists in Their Impiety Blush to…vatican.va
• The City of God X.29 — Porphyry’s Emendations and Modifications of Platonism. If it is considered unseemly to emend anything which Plato has touched, why did Porphyry himself make emendations, and these not a few? for it is very certain…vatican.va
• The City of God X.30 — Against the Arguments on Which the Platonists Ground Their Assertion that the Human Soul is Co-Eternal with God. Chapter 31.—Against the Arguments on Which the Platonists Ground Their Assertion that the Human Soul is…vatican.va
• The City of God X.31 — Chapter 32.—Of the Universal Way of the Soul’s Deliverance, Which Porphyry Did Not Find Because He Did Not Rightly Seek It, and Which the Grace of Christ Has Alone Thrown Open. This is the religion which possesses…vatican.va