The City of God, Book XV

Book XV

• The City of God XV.1 — Of the Two Lines of the Human Race Which from First to Last Divide It. Of the bliss of Paradise, of Paradise itself, and of the life of our first parents there, and of their sin and punishment, many have thought…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.2 — Of the Children of the Flesh and the Children of the Promise. There was indeed on earth, so long as it was needed, a symbol and foreshadowing image of this city, which served the purpose of reminding men that such a…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.3 — That Sarah’s Barrenness was Made Productive by God’s Grace. Sarah, in fact, was barren; and, despairing of offspring, and being resolved that she would have at least through her handmaid that blessing she saw she…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.4 — Of the Conflict and Peace of the Earthly City. But the earthly city, which shall not be everlasting (for it will no longer be a city when it has been committed to the extreme penalty), has its good in this world, and…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.5 — Of the Fratricidal Act of the Founder of the Earthly City, and the Corresponding Crime of the Founder of Rome. Chapter 5.—Of the Fratricidal Act of the Founder of the Earthly City, and the Corresponding Crime of the…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.6 — Chapter 6.—Of the Weaknesses Which Even the Citizens of the City of God Suffer During This Earthly Pilgrimage in Punishment of Sin, and of Which They are Healed by God’s Care. This sickliness—that is to say, that…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.7 — Of the Cause of Cain’s Crime and His Obstinacy, Which Not Even the Word of God Could Subdue. Chapter 7.—Of the Cause of Cain’s Crime and His Obstinacy, Which Not Even the Word of God Could Subdue. But though God made…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.8 — What Cain’s Reason Was for Building a City So Early in the History of the Human Race. Chapter 8.—What Cain’s Reason Was for Building a City So Early in the History of the Human Race. At present it is the history…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.9 — Of the Long Life and Greater Stature of the Antediluvians. Wherefore no one who considerately weighs facts will doubt that Cain might have built a city, and that a large one, when it is observed how prolonged were…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.10 — Of the Different Computation of the Ages of the Antediluvians, Given by the Hebrew Manuscripts and by Our Own. Chapter 10.—Of the Different Computation of the Ages of the Antediluvians, Given by the Hebrew…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.11 — Of Methuselah’s Age, Which Seems to Extend Fourteen Years Beyond the Deluge. From this discrepancy between the Hebrew books and our own arises the well-known question as to the age of Methuselah; for it is computed…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.12 — Of the Opinion of Those Who Do Not Believe that in These Primitive Times Men Lived So Long as is Stated. Chapter 12.—Of the Opinion of Those Who Do Not Believe that in These Primitive Times Men Lived So Long as is…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.13 — Whether, in Computing Years, We Ought to Follow the Hebrew or the Septuagint. But if I say this, I shall presently be answered, It is one of the Jews’ lies. This, however, we have disposed of above, showing that it…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.14 — That the Years in Those Ancient Times Were of the Same Length as Our Own. Let us now see how it can be plainly made out that in the enormously protracted lives of those men the years were not so short that ten of…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.15 — Chapter 15.—Whether It is Credible that the Men of the Primitive Age Abstained from Sexual Intercourse Until that Date at Which It is Recorded that They Begat Children. Some one, then, will say, Is it to be believed…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.16 — Of Marriage Between Blood-Relations, in Regard to Which the Present Law Could Not Bind the Men of the Earliest Ages. Chapter 16.—Of Marriage Between Blood-Relations, in Regard to Which the Present Law Could Not Bind…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.17 — Of the Two Fathers and Leaders Who Sprang from One Progenitor. Since, then, Adam was the father of both lines,—the father, that is to say, both of the line which belonged to the earthly, and of that which belonged to…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.18 — The Significance of Abel, Seth, and Enos to Christ and His Body the Church. “And to Seth,” it is said, “there was born a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.” Here we have a…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.19 — The Significance Of Enoch’s Translation. For that line also of which Seth is the father has the name “Dedication” in the seventh generation from Adam, counting Adam. For the seventh from him is Enoch, that is,…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.20 — Chapter 20.—How It is that Cain’s Line Terminates in the Eighth Generation, While Noah, Though Descended from the Same Father, Adam, is Found to Be the Tenth from Him. Some one will say, If the writer of this history…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.21 — Chapter 21.—Why It is That, as Soon as Cain’s Son Enoch Has Been Named, the Genealogy is Forthwith Continued as Far as the Deluge, While After the Mention of Enos, Seth’s Son, the Narrative Returns Again to the…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.22 — Chapter 22.—Of the Fall of the Sons of God Who Were Captivated by the Daughters of Men, Whereby All, with the Exception of Eight Persons, Deservedly Perished in the Deluge. When the human race, in the exercise of…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.23 — Chapter 23.—Whether We are to Believe that Angels, Who are of a Spiritual Substance, Fell in Love with the Beauty of Women, and Sought Them in Marriage, and that from This Connection Giants Were Born. In the third…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.24 — How We are to Understand This Which the Lord Said to Those Who Were to Perish in the Flood: ‘Their Days Shall Be 120 Years.’. Chapter 24.—How We are to Understand This Which the Lord Said to Those Who Were to Perish…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.25 — Of the Anger of God, Which Does Not Inflame His Mind, Nor Disturb His Unchangeable Tranquillity. Chapter 25.—Of the Anger of God, Which Does Not Inflame His Mind, Nor Disturb His Unchangeable Tranquillity. The anger…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.26 — That the Ark Which Noah Was Ordered to Make Figures In Every Respect Christ and the Church. Chapter 26.—That the Ark Which Noah Was Ordered to Make Figures In Every Respect Christ and the Church. Moreover, inasmuch…vatican.va
• The City of God XV.27 — Chapter 27.—Of the Ark and the Deluge, and that We Cannot Agree with Those Who Receive the Bare History, But Reject the Allegorical Interpretation, Nor with Those Who Maintain the Figurative and Not the Historical…vatican.va