On the Holy Trinity, Book IV

Book IV

• On the Holy Trinity IV.1 — We are Made Perfect by Acknowledgement of Our Own Weakness. The Incarnate Word Dispels Our Darkness. Chapter 1.—We are Made Perfect by Acknowledgement of Our Own Weakness. The Incarnate Word Dispels Our Darkness. 2.…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.2 — How We are Rendered Apt for the Perception of Truth Through the Incarnate Word. 4. But “the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.” Now the “darkness” is the foolish minds of men, made blind…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.3 — Chapter 3.—The One Death and Resurrection of The Body of Christ Harmonizes with Our Double Death and Resurrection of Body and Soul, to the Effect of Salvation. In What Way the Single Death of Christ is Bestowed Upon…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.4 — Chapter 4.—The Ratio of the Single to the Double Comes from the Perfection of the Senary Number. The Perfection of The Senary Number is Commended in the Scriptures. The Year Abounds in The Senary Number. 7. Now this…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.5 — The Number Six is Also Commended in the Building Up of the Body of Christ and of the Temple at Jerusalem. Chapter 5.—The Number Six is Also Commended in the Building Up of the Body of Christ and of the Temple at…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.6 — The Three Days of the Resurrection, in Which Also the Ratio of Single to Double is Apparent. Chapter 6.—The Three Days of the Resurrection, in Which Also the Ratio of Single to Double is Apparent. 10. Scripture again…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.7 — In What Manner We are Gathered from Many into One Through One Mediator. 11. This mystery, this sacrifice, this priest, this God, before He was sent and came, being made of a woman—of Him, all those things which…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.8 — In What Manner Christ Wills that All Shall Be One in Himself. 12. So the Son of God Himself, the Word of God, Himself also the Mediator between God and men, the Son of man, equal to the Father through the unity of…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.9 — The Same Argument Continued. He did not say, I and they are one thing; although, in that He is the head of the church which is His body, He might have said, and they are, not one thing, but one person, because the…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.10 — As Christ is the Mediator of Life, So the Devil is the Mediator of Death. 13. Therein is our true peace and firm bond of union with our Creator, that we should be purified and reconciled through the Mediator of life,…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.11 — Miracles Which are Done by Demons are to Be Spurned. 14. For it is easy for the most worthless spirits to do many things by means of aerial bodies, such as to cause wonder to souls which are weighed down by earthly…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.12 — The Devil the Mediator of Death, Christ of Life. 15. In no wise therefore are souls cleansed and reconciled to God by sacrilegious imitations, or curious arts that are impious, or magical incantations; since the…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.13 — Chapter 13.—The Death of Christ Voluntary. How the Mediator of Life Subdued the Mediator of Death. How the Devil Leads His Own to Despise the Death of Christ. 16. Wherefore, since the spirit is to be preferred to the…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.14 — Christ the Most Perfect Victim for Cleansing Our Faults. In Every Sacrifice Four Things are to Be Considered. Chapter 14.—Christ the Most Perfect Victim for Cleansing Our Faults. In Every Sacrifice Four Things are to…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.15 — They are Proud Who Think They are Able, by Their Own Righteousness, to Be Cleansed So as to See God. Chapter 15.—They are Proud Who Think They are Able, by Their Own Righteousness, to Be Cleansed So as to See God.…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.16 — The Old Philosophers are Not to Be Consulted Concerning the Resurrection and Concerning Things to Come. Chapter 16.—The Old Philosophers are Not to Be Consulted Concerning the Resurrection and Concerning Things to…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.17 — Chapter 17.—In How Many Ways Things Future are Foreknown. Neither Philosophers, Nor Those Who Were Distinguished Among the Ancients, are to Be Consulted Concerning the Resurrection of the Dead. 22.—although the name…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.18 — The Son of God Became Incarnate in Order that We Being Cleansed by Faith May Be Raised to the Unchangeable Truth. Chapter 18.—The Son of God Became Incarnate in Order that We Being Cleansed by Faith May Be Raised to…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.19 — Chapter 19.—In What Manner the Son Was Sent and Proclaimed Beforehand. How in the Sending of His Birth in the Flesh He Was Made Less Without Detriment to His Equality with the Father. 25. Behold, then, why the Son of…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.20 — Chapter 20.—The Sender and the Sent Equal. Why the Son is Said to Be Sent by the Father. Of the Mission of the Holy Spirit. How and by Whom He Was Sent. The Father the Beginning of the Whole Godhead. 27. But if the…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity IV.21 — Of the Sensible Showing of the Holy Spirit, and of the Coeternity of the Trinity. What Has Been Said, and What Remains to Be Said. Chapter 21.—Of the Sensible Showing of the Holy Spirit, and of the Coeternity of the…vatican.va