The City of God, Book XIII

Book XIII

• The City of God XIII.1 — Of the Fall of the First Man, Through Which Mortality Has Been Contracted. Having disposed of the very difficult questions concerning the origin of our world and the beginning of the human race, the natural order…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.2 — Of that Death Which Can Affect an Immortal Soul, and of that to Which the Body is Subject. Chapter 2.—Of that Death Which Can Affect an Immortal Soul, and of that to Which the Body is Subject. But I see I must speak…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.3 — Whether Death, Which by the Sin of Our First Parents Has Passed Upon All Men, is the Punishment of Sin, Even to the Good. Chapter 3.—Whether Death, Which by the Sin of Our First Parents Has Passed Upon All Men, is…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.4 — Why Death, the Punishment of Sin, is Not Withheld from Those Who by the Grace of Regeneration are Absolved from Sin. Chapter 4.—Why Death, the Punishment of Sin, is Not Withheld from Those Who by the Grace of…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.5 — As the Wicked Make an Ill Use of the Law, Which is Good, So the Good Make a Good Use of Death, Which is an Ill. Chapter 5.—As the Wicked Make an Ill Use of the Law, Which is Good, So the Good Make a Good Use of…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.6 — Of the Evil of Death in General, Considered as the Separation of Soul and Body. Wherefore, as regards bodily death, that is, the separation of the soul from the body, it is good unto none while it is being endured by…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.7 — Of the Death Which the Unbaptized Suffer for the Confession of Christ. For whatever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.8 — That the Saints, by Suffering the First Death for the Truth’s Sake, are Freed from the Second. Chapter 8.—That the Saints, by Suffering the First Death for the Truth’s Sake, are Freed from the Second. For if we look…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.9 — Whether We Should Say that The Moment of Death, in Which Sensation Ceases, Occurs in the Experience of the Dying or in that of the Dead. Chapter 9.—Whether We Should Say that The Moment of Death, in Which Sensation…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.10 — Of the Life of Mortals, Which is Rather to Be Called Death Than Life. For no sooner do we begin to live in this dying body, than we begin to move ceaselessly towards death. For in the whole course of this life (if…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.11 — Whether One Can Both Be Living and Dead at the Same Time. But if it is absurd to say that a man is in death before he reaches death (for to what is his course running as he passes through life, if already he is in…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.12 — What Death God Intended, When He Threatened Our First Parents with Death If They Should Disobey His Commandment. Chapter 12.—What Death God Intended, When He Threatened Our First Parents with Death If They Should…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.13 — What Was the First Punishment of the Transgression of Our First Parents. For, as soon as our first parents had transgressed the commandment, divine grace forsook them, and they were confounded at their own…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.14 — In What State Man Was Made by God, and into What Estate He Fell by the Choice of His Own Will. Chapter 14.—In What State Man Was Made by God, and into What Estate He Fell by the Choice of His Own Will. For God, the…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.15 — That Adam in His Sin Forsook God Ere God Forsook Him, and that His Falling Away From God Was the First Death of the Soul. Chapter 15.—That Adam in His Sin Forsook God Ere God Forsook Him, and that His Falling Away…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.16 — Chapter 16.—Concerning the Philosophers Who Think that the Separation of Soul and Body is Not Penal, Though Plato Represents the Supreme Deity as Promising to the Inferior Gods that They Shall Never Be Dismissed from…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.17 — Against Those Who Affirm that Earthly Bodies Cannot Be Made Incorruptible and Eternal. Chapter 17.—Against Those Who Affirm that Earthly Bodies Cannot Be Made Incorruptible and Eternal. These same philosophers…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.18 — Chapter 18.—Of Earthly Bodies, Which the Philosophers Affirm Cannot Be in Heavenly Places, Because Whatever is of Earth is by Its Natural Weight Attracted to Earth. But it is necessary, they say, that the natural…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.19 — Against the Opinion of Those Who Do Not Believe that the Primitive Men Would Have Been Immortal If They Had Not Sinned. Chapter 19.—Against the Opinion of Those Who Do Not Believe that the Primitive Men Would Have…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.20 — That the Flesh Now Resting in Peace Shall Be Raised to a Perfection Not Enjoyed by the Flesh of Our First Parents. Chapter 20.—That the Flesh Now Resting in Peace Shall Be Raised to a Perfection Not Enjoyed by the…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.21 — Chapter 21.—Of Paradise, that It Can Be Understood in a Spiritual Sense Without Sacrificing the Historic Truth of the Narrative Regarding The Real Place. On this account some allegorize all that concerns Paradise…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.22 — That the Bodies of the Saints Shall After the Resurrection Be Spiritual, and Yet Flesh Shall Not Be Changed into Spirit. Chapter 22.—That the Bodies of the Saints Shall After the Resurrection Be Spiritual, and Yet…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.23 — What We are to Understand by the Animal and Spiritual Body; Or of Those Who Die in Adam, And of Those Who are Made Alive in Christ. Chapter 23.—What We are to Understand by the Animal and Spiritual Body; Or of Those…vatican.va
• The City of God XIII.24 — Chapter 24.—How We Must Understand that Breathing of God by Which “The First Man Was Made a Living Soul,” And that Also by Which the Lord Conveyed His Spirit to His Disciples When He Said, “Receive Ye the Holy…vatican.va