He expounds this trinity that he has found in knowledge by commending Christian faith
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Book XIII
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.1 — Chapter 1.—The Attempt is Made to Distinguish Out of the Scriptures the Offices of Wisdom and of Knowledge. That in the Beginning of John Some Things that are Said Belong to Wisdom, Some to Knowledge. Some Things…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.2 — Chapter 2.—Faith a Thing of the Heart, Not of the Body; How It is Common and One and the Same in All Believers. The Faith of Believers is One, No Otherwise than the Will of Those Who Will is One. 5. But faith, of…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.3 — Some Desires Being the Same in All, are Known to Each. The Poet Ennius. 6. There is, indeed, so closely conspiring a harmony in the same nature living and using reason, that although one knows not what the other…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.4 — The Will to Possess Blessedness is One in All, But the Variety of Wills is Very Great Concerning that Blessedness Itself. Chapter 4.—The Will to Possess Blessedness is One in All, But the Variety of Wills is Very…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.5 — Of the Same Thing. 8. Or is, perhaps, the deliverance from our difficulties to be found in this, that, since we have said that every one places his idea of a blessed life in that which has most pleased him, as…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.6 — Why, When All Will to Be Blessed, that is Rather Chosen by Which One Withdraws from Being So. Chapter 6.—Why, When All Will to Be Blessed, that is Rather Chosen by Which One Withdraws from Being So. 9. Since, then, a…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.7 — Chapter 7.—Faith is Necessary, that Man May at Some Time Be Blessed, Which He Will Only Attain in the Future Life. The Blessedness of Proud Philosophers Ridiculous and Pitiable. 10. And on this account, faith, by…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.8 — Blessedness Cannot Exist Without Immortality. 11. As, therefore, all men will to be blessed, certainly, if they will truly, they will also to be immortal; for otherwise they could not be blessed. And further, if…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.9 — Chapter 9.—We Say that Future Blessedness is Truly Eternal, Not Through Human Reasonings, But by the Help of Faith. The Immortality of Blessedness Becomes Credible from the Incarnation of the Son of God. 12. Whether…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.10 — Chapter 10.—There Was No Other More Suitable Way of Freeing Man from the Misery of Mortality Than The Incarnation of the Word. The Merits Which are Called Ours are the Gifts of God. 13. Those then who say, What, had…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.11 — A Difficulty, How We are Justified in the Blood of the Son of God. 15. But what is meant by “justified in His blood?” What power is there in this blood, I beseech you, that they who believe should be justified in it?…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.12 — All, on Account of the Sin of Adam, Were Delivered into the Power of the Devil. Chapter 12.—All, on Account of the Sin of Adam, Were Delivered into the Power of the Devil. 16. By the justice of God in some sense, the…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.13 — Man Was to Be Rescued from the Power of the Devil, Not by Power, But by Righteousness. Chapter 13.—Man Was to Be Rescued from the Power of the Devil, Not by Power, But by Righteousness. 17. But the devil was to be…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.14 — The Unobligated Death of Christ Has Freed Those Who Were Liable to Death. 18. What, then, is the righteousness by which the devil was conquered? What, except the righteousness of Jesus Christ? And how was he…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.15 — Of the Same Subject. 19. It is not then difficult to see that the devil was conquered, when he who was slain by Him rose again. It is something more, and more profound of comprehension, to see that the devil was…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.16 — Chapter 16.—The Remains of Death and the Evil Things of the World Turn to Good for the Elect. How Fitly the Death of Christ Was Chosen, that We Might Be Justified in His Blood. What the Anger of God is. 20. For…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.17 — Other Advantages of the Incarnation. 22. There are many other things also in the incarnation of Christ, displeasing as it is to the proud, that are to be observed and thought of advantageously. And one of them is,…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.18 — Why the Son of God Took Man Upon Himself from the Race of Adam, and from a Virgin. Chapter 18.—Why the Son of God Took Man Upon Himself from the Race of Adam, and from a Virgin. 23. For assuredly God could have taken…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.19 — What in the Incarnate Word Belongs to Knowledge, What to Wisdom. 24. And all these things which the Word made flesh did and bare for us in time and place, belong, according to the distinction which we have undertaken…vatican.va
- On the Holy Trinity XIII.20 — Chapter 20.—What Has Been Treated of in This Book. How We Have Reached by Steps to a Certain Trinity, Which is Found in Practical Knowledge and True Faith. 25. Now, therefore, let us see what this prolix discourse…vatican.va
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