The City of God, Book XIX

Book XIX

• The City of God XIX.1 — Chapter 1.—That Varro Has Made Out that Two Hundred and Eighty-Eight Different Sects of Philosophy Might Be Formed by the Various Opinions Regarding the Supreme Good. As I see that I have still to discuss the fit…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.2 — Chapter 2.—How Varro, by Removing All the Differences Which Do Not Form Sects, But are Merely Secondary Questions, Reaches Three Definitions of the Chief Good, of Which We Must Choose One. The same may be said of…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.3 — Chapter 3.—Which of the Three Leading Opinions Regarding the Chief Good Should Be Preferred, According to Varro, Who Follows Antiochus and the Old Academy. Which of these three is true and to be adopted he attempts…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.4 — Chapter 4.—What the Christians Believe Regarding the Supreme Good and Evil, in Opposition to the Philosophers, Who Have Maintained that the Supreme Good is in Themselves. If, then, we be asked what the city of God…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.5 — Of the Social Life, Which, Though Most Desirable, is Frequently Disturbed by Many Distresses. Chapter 5.—Of the Social Life, Which, Though Most Desirable, is Frequently Disturbed by Many Distresses. We give a much…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.6 — Of the Error of Human Judgments When the Truth is Hidden. What shall I say of these judgments which men pronounce on men, and which are necessary in communities, whatever outward peace they enjoy? Melancholy and…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.7 — Of the Diversity of Languages, by Which the Intercourse of Men is Prevented; And of the Misery of Wars, Even of Those Called Just. Chapter 7.—Of the Diversity of Languages, by Which the Intercourse of Men is…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.8 — That the Friendship of Good Men Cannot Be Securely Rested In, So Long as the Dangers of This Life Force Us to Be Anxious. Chapter 8.—That the Friendship of Good Men Cannot Be Securely Rested In, So Long as the…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.9 — Chapter 9.—Of the Friendship of the Holy Angels, Which Men Cannot Be Sure of in This Life, Owing to the Deceit of the Demons Who Hold in Bondage the Worshippers of a Plurality of Gods. The philosophers who wished us…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.10 — The Reward Prepared for the Saints After They Have Endured the Trial of This Life. Chapter 10.—The Reward Prepared for the Saints After They Have Endured the Trial of This Life. But not even the saints and faithful…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.11 — Of the Happiness of the Eternal Peace, Which Constitutes the End or True Perfection of the Saints. Chapter 11.—Of the Happiness of the Eternal Peace, Which Constitutes the End or True Perfection of the Saints. And…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.12 — That Even the Fierceness of War and All the Disquietude of Men Make Towards This One End of Peace, Which Every Nature Desires. Chapter 12.—That Even the Fierceness of War and All the Disquietude of Men Make Towards…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.13 — Chapter 13.—Of the Universal Peace Which the Law of Nature Preserves Through All Disturbances, and by Which Every One Reaches His Desert in a Way Regulated by the Just Judge. The peace of the body then consists in…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.14 — Of the Order and Law Which Obtain in Heaven and Earth, Whereby It Comes to Pass that Human Society Is Served by Those Who Rule It. Chapter 14.—Of the Order and Law Which Obtain in Heaven and Earth, Whereby It Comes…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.15 — Chapter 15.—Of the Liberty Proper to Man’s Nature, and the Servitude Introduced by Sin,—A Servitude in Which the Man Whose Will is Wicked is the Slave of His Own Lust, Though He is Free So Far as Regards Other Men.…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.16 — Of Equitable Rule. And therefore, although our righteous fathers had slaves, and administered their domestic affairs so as to distinguish between the condition of slaves and the heirship of sons in regard to the…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.17 — What Produces Peace, and What Discord, Between the Heavenly and Earthly Cities. Chapter 17.—What Produces Peace, and What Discord, Between the Heavenly and Earthly Cities. But the families which do not live by faith…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.18 — How Different the Uncertainty of the New Academy is from the Certainty of the Christian Faith. Chapter 18.—How Different the Uncertainty of the New Academy is from the Certainty of the Christian Faith. As regards the…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.19 — Of the Dress and Habits of the Christian People. It is a matter of no moment in the city of God whether he who adopts the faith that brings men to God adopts it in one dress and manner of life or another, so long…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.20 — That the Saints are in This Life Blessed in Hope. Since, then, the supreme good of the city of God is perfect and eternal peace, not such as mortals pass into and out of by birth and death, but the peace of freedom…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.21 — Whether There Ever Was a Roman Republic Answering to the Definitions of Scipio in Cicero’s Dialogue. Chapter 21.—Whether There Ever Was a Roman Republic Answering to the Definitions of Scipio in Cicero’s Dialogue.…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.22 — Whether the God Whom the Christians Serve is the True God to Whom Alone Sacrifice Ought to Be Paid. Chapter 22.—Whether the God Whom the Christians Serve is the True God to Whom Alone Sacrifice Ought to Be Paid. But…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.23 — Porphyry’s Account of the Responses Given by the Oracles of the gods Concerning Christ. Chapter 23.—Porphyry’s Account of the Responses Given by the Oracles of the gods Concerning Christ. For in his book called ἐκ…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.24 — Chapter 24.—The Definition Which Must Be Given of a People and a Republic, in Order to Vindicate the Assumption of These Titles by the Romans and by Other Kingdoms. But if we discard this definition of a people, and,…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.25 — That Where There is No True Religion There are No True Virtues. For though the soul may seem to rule the body admirably, and the reason the vices, if the soul and reason do not themselves obey God, as God has…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.26 — Chapter 26.—Of the Peace Which is Enjoyed by the People that are Alienated from God, and the Use Made of It by the People of God in the Time of Its Pilgrimage. Wherefore, as the life of the flesh is the soul, so the…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.27 — That the Peace of Those Who Serve God Cannot in This Mortal Life Be Apprehended in Its Perfection. Chapter 27.—That the Peace of Those Who Serve God Cannot in This Mortal Life Be Apprehended in Its Perfection. But…vatican.va
• The City of God XIX.28 — The End of the Wicked. But, on the other hand, they who do not belong to this city of God shall inherit eternal misery, which is also called the second death, because the soul shall then be separated from God its…vatican.va