The City of God, Book XVII

Book XVII

• The City of God XVII.1 — Of the Prophetic Age. By the favor of God we have treated distinctly of His promises made to Abraham, that both the nation of Israel according to the flesh, and all nations according to faith, should be his seed, and…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.2 — At What Time the Promise of God Was Fulfilled Concerning the Land of Canaan, Which Even Carnal Israel Got in Possession. Chapter 2.—At What Time the Promise of God Was Fulfilled Concerning the Land of Canaan, Which…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.3 — Chapter 3.—Of the Three-Fold Meaning of the Prophecies, Which are to Be Referred Now to the Earthly, Now to the Heavenly Jerusalem, and Now Again to Both. Wherefore just as that divine oracle to Abraham, Isaac, and…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.4 — Chapter 4.—About the Prefigured Change of the Israelitic Kingdom and Priesthood, and About the Things Hannah the Mother of Samuel Prophesied, Personating the Church. Therefore the advance of the city of God, where it…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.5 — Chapter 5.—Of Those Things Which a Man of God Spake by the Spirit to Eli the Priest, Signifying that the Priesthood Which Had Been Appointed According to Aaron Was to Be Taken Away. But this is said more plainly by a…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.6 — Chapter 6.—Of the Jewish Priesthood and Kingdom, Which, Although Promised to Be Established for Ever, Did Not Continue; So that Other Things are to Be Understood to Which Eternity is Assured. While, therefore, these…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.7 — Of the Disruption of the Kingdom of Israel, by Which the Perpetual Division of the Spiritual from the Carnal Israel Was Prefigured. Chapter 7.—Of the Disruption of the Kingdom of Israel, by Which the Perpetual…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.8 — Of the Promises Made to David in His Son, Which are in No Wise Fulfilled in Solomon, But Most Fully in Christ. Chapter 8.—Of the Promises Made to David in His Son, Which are in No Wise Fulfilled in Solomon, But Most…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.9 — How Like the Prophecy About Christ in the 89th Psalm is to the Things Promised in Nathan’s Prophecy in the Books of Samuel. Chapter 9.—How Like the Prophecy About Christ in the 89th Psalm is to the Things Promised in…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.10 — Chapter 10.—How Different the Acts in the Kingdom of the Earthly Jerusalem are from Those Which God Had Promised, So that the Truth of the Promise Should Be Understood to Pertain to the Glory of the Other King and…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.11 — Chapter 11.—Of the Substance of the People of God, Which Through His Assumption of Flesh is in Christ, Who Alone Had Power to Deliver His Own Soul from Hell. But after having prophesied these things, the prophet…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.12 — Chapter 12.—To Whose Person the Entreaty for the Promises is to Be Understood to Belong, When He Says in the Psalm, “Where are Thine Ancient Compassions, Lord?” Etc. But the rest of this psalm runs thus: “Where are…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.13 — Whether the Truth of This Promised Peace Can Be Ascribed to Those Times Passed Away Under Solomon. Chapter 13.—Whether the Truth of This Promised Peace Can Be Ascribed to Those Times Passed Away Under Solomon.…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.14 — Of David’s Concern in the Writing of the Psalms. In the progress of the city of God through the ages, therefore, David first reigned in the earthly Jerusalem as a shadow of that which was to come. Now David was a man…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.15 — Whether All the Things Prophesied in the Psalms Concerning Christ and His Church Should Be Taken Up in the Text of This Work. Chapter 15.—Whether All the Things Prophesied in the Psalms Concerning Christ and His…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.16 — Of the Things Pertaining to Christ and the Church, Said Either Openly or Tropically in the 45th Psalm. Chapter 16.—Of the Things Pertaining to Christ and the Church, Said Either Openly or Tropically in the 45th…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.17 — Of Those Things in the 110th Psalm Which Relate to the Priesthood of Christ, and in the 22d to His Passion. Chapter 17.—Of Those Things in the 110th Psalm Which Relate to the Priesthood of Christ, and in the 22d to…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.18 — Of the 3d, 41st, 15th, and 68th Psalms, in Which the Death and Resurrection of the Lord are Prophesied. Chapter 18.—Of the 3d, 41st, 15th, and 68th Psalms, in Which the Death and Resurrection of the Lord are…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.19 — Of the 69th Psalm, in Which the Obstinate Unbelief of the Jews is Declared. But when the Jews will not in the least yield to the testimonies of this prophecy, which are so manifest, and are also brought by events to…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.20 — Chapter 20.—Of David’s Reign and Merit; And of His Son Solomon, and that Prophecy Relating to Christ Which is Found Either in Those Books Which are Joined to Those Written by Him, or in Those Which are Indubitably…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.21 — Of the Kings After Solomon, Both in Judah and Israel. The other kings of the Hebrews after Solomon are scarcely found to have prophesied, through certain enigmatic words or actions of theirs, what may pertain to…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.22 — Chapter 22.—Of Jeroboam, Who Profaned the People Put Under Him by the Impiety of Idolatry, Amid Which, However, God Did Not Cease to Inspire the Prophets, and to Guard Many from the Crime of Idolatry. But Jeroboam…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.23 — Chapter 23.—Of the Varying Condition of Both the Hebrew Kingdoms, Until the People of Both Were at Different Times Led into Captivity, Judah Being Afterwards Recalled into His Kingdom, Which Finally Passed into the…vatican.va
• The City of God XVII.24 — Of the Prophets, Who Either Were the Last Among the Jews, or Whom the Gospel History Reports About the Time of Christ’s Nativity. Chapter 24.—Of the Prophets, Who Either Were the Last Among the Jews, or Whom the…vatican.va