The City of God, Book XXI

Book XXI

• The City of God XXI.1 — Chapter 1.—Of the Order of the Discussion, Which Requires that We First Speak of the Eternal Punishment of the Lost in Company with the Devil, and Then of the Eternal Happiness of the Saints. I Propose, with such…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.2 — Whether It is Possible for Bodies to Last for Ever in Burning Fire. What, then, can I adduce to convince those who refuse to believe that human bodies, animated and living, can not only survive death, but also last…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.3 — Whether Bodily Suffering Necessarily Terminates in the Destruction of the Flesh. Chapter 3.—Whether Bodily Suffering Necessarily Terminates in the Destruction of the Flesh. But, say they, there is no body which can…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.4 — Examples from Nature Proving that Bodies May Remain Unconsumed and Alive in Fire. Chapter 4.—Examples from Nature Proving that Bodies May Remain Unconsumed and Alive in Fire. If, therefore, the salamander lives in…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.5 — That There are Many Things Which Reason Cannot Account For, and Which are Nevertheless True. Chapter 5.—That There are Many Things Which Reason Cannot Account For, and Which are Nevertheless True. Nevertheless, when…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.6 — That All Marvels are Not of Nature’s Production, But that Some are Due to Human Ingenuity and Others to Diabolic Contrivance. Chapter 6.—That All Marvels are Not of Nature’s Production, But that Some are Due to Human…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.7 — That the Ultimate Reason for Believing Miracles is the Omnipotence of the Creator. Chapter 7.—That the Ultimate Reason for Believing Miracles is the Omnipotence of the Creator. Why, then, cannot God effect both that…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.8 — Chapter 8.—That It is Not Contrary to Nature That, in an Object Whose Nature is Known, There Should Be Discovered an Alteration of the Properties Which Have Been Known as Its Natural Properties. But if they reply…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.9 — Of Hell, and the Nature of Eternal Punishments. So then what God by His prophet has said of the everlasting punishment of the damned shall come to pass—shall without fail come to pass,—“their worm shall not die,…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.10 — Whether the Fire of Hell, If It Be Material Fire, Can Burn the Wicked Spirits, that is to Say, Devils, Who are Immaterial. Chapter 10.—Whether the Fire of Hell, If It Be Material Fire, Can Burn the Wicked Spirits,…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.11 — Whether It is Just that the Punishments of Sins Last Longer Than the Sins Themselves Lasted. Chapter 11.—Whether It is Just that the Punishments of Sins Last Longer Than the Sins Themselves Lasted. Some, however, of…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.12 — Chapter 12.—Of the Greatness of the First Transgression, on Account of Which Eternal Punishment is Due to All Who are Not Within the Pale of the Saviour’s Grace. But eternal punishment seems hard and unjust to human…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.13 — Against the Opinion of Those Who Think that the Punishments of the Wicked After Death are Purgatorial. Chapter 13.—Against the Opinion of Those Who Think that the Punishments of the Wicked After Death are…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.14 — Of the Temporary Punishments of This Life to Which the Human Condition is Subject. Chapter 14.—Of the Temporary Punishments of This Life to Which the Human Condition is Subject. Quite exceptional are those who are…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.15 — Chapter 15.—That Everything Which the Grace of God Does in the Way of Rescuing Us from the Inveterate Evils in Which We are Sunk, Pertains to the Future World, in Which All Things are Made New. Nevertheless, in the…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.16 — The Laws of Grace, Which Extend to All the Epochs of the Life of the Regenerate. Chapter 16.—The Laws of Grace, Which Extend to All the Epochs of the Life of the Regenerate. But such is God’s mercy towards the…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.17 — Of Those Who Fancy that No Men Shall Be Punished Eternally. I must now, I see, enter the lists of amicable controversy with those tender-hearted Christians who decline to believe that any, or that all of those whom…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.18 — Of Those Who Fancy That, on Account of the Saints’ Intercession, Man Shall Be Damned in the Last Judgment. Chapter 18.—Of Those Who Fancy That, on Account of the Saints’ Intercession, Man Shall Be Damned in the Last…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.19 — Of Those Who Promise Impunity from All Sins Even to Heretics, Through Virtue of Their Participation of the Body of Christ. Chapter 19.—Of Those Who Promise Impunity from All Sins Even to Heretics, Through Virtue of…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.20 — Chapter 20.—Of Those Who Promise This Indulgence Not to All, But Only to Those Who Have Been Baptized as Catholics, Though Afterwards They Have Broken Out into Many Crimes and Heresies. There are others still who…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.21 — Chapter 21.—Of Those Who Assert that All Catholics Who Continue in the Faith Even Though by the Depravity of Their Lives They Have Merited Hell Fire, Shall Be Saved on Account of the “Foundation” Of Their Faith.…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.22 — Of Those Who Fancy that the Sins Which are Intermingled with Alms-Deeds Shall Not Be Charged at the Day of Judgment. Chapter 22.—Of Those Who Fancy that the Sins Which are Intermingled with Alms-Deeds Shall Not Be…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.23 — Against Those Who are of Opinion that the Punishment Neither of the Devil Nor of Wicked Men Shall Be Eternal. Chapter 23.—Against Those Who are of Opinion that the Punishment Neither of the Devil Nor of Wicked Men…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.24 — Against Those Who Fancy that in the Judgment of God All the Accused Will Be Spared in Virtue of the Prayers of the Saints. Chapter 24.—Against Those Who Fancy that in the Judgment of God All the Accused Will Be…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.25 — Chapter 25.—Whether Those Who Received Heretical Baptism, and Have Afterwards Fallen Away to Wickedness of Life; Or Those Who Have Received Catholic Baptism, But Have Afterwards Passed Over to Heresy and Schism; Or…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.26 — What It is to Have Christ for a Foundation, and Who They are to Whom Salvation as by Fire is Promised. Chapter 26.—What It is to Have Christ for a Foundation, and Who They are to Whom Salvation as by Fire is…vatican.va
• The City of God XXI.27 — Against the Belief of Those Who Think that the Sins Which Have Been Accompanied with Almsgiving Will Do Them No Harm. Chapter 27.—Against the Belief of Those Who Think that the Sins Which Have Been Accompanied with…vatican.va