On the Holy Trinity, Book XV

Book XV

• On the Holy Trinity XV.1 — God is Above the Mind. 1. Desiring to exercise the reader in the things that are made, in order that he may know Him by whom they are made, we have now advanced so far as to His image, which is man, in that wherein…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.2 — God, Although Incomprehensible, is Ever to Be Sought. The Traces of the Trinity are Not Vainly Sought in the Creature. Chapter 2.—God, Although Incomprehensible, is Ever to Be Sought. The Traces of the Trinity are…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.3 — A Brief Recapitulation of All the Previous Books. 4. But since the necessities of our discussion and argument have compelled us to say a great many things in the course of fourteen books, which we cannot view at once…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.4 — What Universal Nature Teaches Us Concerning God. 6. Let us, then, now seek the Trinity which is God, in the things themselves that are eternal, incorporeal, and unchangeable; in the perfect contemplation of which a…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.5 — How Difficult It is to Demonstrate the Trinity by Natural Reason. 7. But all that I have said, and whatever else seems to be worthily said of God after the like fashion of human speech, applies to the whole Trinity,…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.6 — Chapter 6.—How There is a Trinity in the Very Simplicity of God. Whether and How the Trinity that is God is Manifested from the Trinities Which Have Been Shown to Be in Men. 9. When, then, we say, Eternal, wise,…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.7 — That It is Not Easy to Discover the Trinity that is God from the Trinities We Have Spoken of. Chapter 7.—That It is Not Easy to Discover the Trinity that is God from the Trinities We Have Spoken of. 11. But these…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.8 — How the Apostle Says that God is Now Seen by Us Through a Glass. 14. I know that wisdom is an incorporeal substance, and that it is the light by which those things are seen that are not seen by carnal eyes; and yet a…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.9 — Of the Term ‘Enigma,’ And of Tropical Modes of Speech. 15. What has been said relates to the words of the apostle, that “we see now through a glass;” but whereas he has added, “in an enigma,” the meaning of this…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.10 — Concerning the Word of the Mind, in Which We See the Word of God, as in a Glass and an Enigma. Chapter 10.—Concerning the Word of the Mind, in Which We See the Word of God, as in a Glass and an Enigma. 17. But let us…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.11 — Chapter 11.—The Likeness of the Divine Word, Such as It Is, is to Be Sought, Not in Our Own Outer and Sensible Word, But in the Inner and Mental One. There is the Greatest Possible Unlikeness Between Our Word and…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.12 — The Academic Philosophy. First, of what sort and how great is the very knowledge itself that a man can attain, be he ever so skillful and learned, by which our thought is formed with truth, when we speak what we…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.13 — Still Further of the Difference Between the Knowledge and Word of Our Mind, and the Knowledge and Word of God. Chapter 13.—Still Further of the Difference Between the Knowledge and Word of Our Mind, and the Knowledge…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.14 — The Word of God is in All Things Equal to the Father, from Whom It is. 23. The Word of God, then, the only-begotten Son of the Father, in all things like and equal to the Father, God of God, Light of Light, Wisdom of…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.15 — How Great is the Unlikeness Between Our Word and the Divine Word. Our Word Cannot Be or Be Called Eternal. Chapter 15.—How Great is the Unlikeness Between Our Word and the Divine Word. Our Word Cannot Be or Be Called…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.16 — Our Word is Never to Be Equalled to the Divine Word, Not Even When We Shall Be Like God. Chapter 16.—Our Word is Never to Be Equalled to the Divine Word, Not Even When We Shall Be Like God. Wherefore that Word of God…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.17 — Chapter 17.—How the Holy Spirit is Called Love, and Whether He Alone is So Called. That the Holy Spirit is in the Scriptures Properly Called by the Name of Love. 27. We have sufficiently spoken of the Father and of…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.18 — No Gift of God is More Excellent Than Love. 32. There is no gift of God more excellent than this. It alone distinguishes the sons of the eternal kingdom and the sons of eternal perdition. Other gifts, too, are given…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.19 — Chapter 19.—The Holy Spirit is Called the Gift of God in the Scriptures. By the Gift of the Holy Spirit is Meant the Gift Which is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is Specially Called Love, Although Not Only the Holy…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.20 — Against Eunomius, Saying that the Son of God is the Son, Not of His Nature, But of His Will. Epilogue to What Has Been Said Already. Chapter 20.—Against Eunomius, Saying that the Son of God is the Son, Not of His…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.21 — Chapter 21.—Of the Likeness of the Father and of the Son Alleged to Be in Our Memory and Understanding. Of the Likeness of the Holy Spirit in Our Will or Love. 40. I have undoubtedly taken pains so far as I could,…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.22 — How Great the Unlikeness is Between the Image of the Trinity Which We Have Found in Ourselves, and the Trinity Itself. Chapter 22.—How Great the Unlikeness is Between the Image of the Trinity Which We Have Found in…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.23 — Chapter 23.—Augustin Dwells Still Further on the Disparity Between the Trinity Which is in Man, and the Trinity Which is God. The Trinity is Now Seen Through a Glass by the Help of Faith, that It May Hereafter Be…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.24 — The Infirmity of the Human Mind. They, then, who see their own mind, in whatever way that is possible, and in it that Trinity of which I have treated as I could in many ways, and yet do not believe or understand it…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.25 — Chapter 25.—The Question Why the Holy Spirit is Not Begotten, and How He Proceeds from the Father and the Son, Will Only Be Understood When We are in Bliss. For if any belong to Him, although far duller in intellect…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.26 — Chapter 26.—The Holy Spirit Twice Given by Christ. The Procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and from the Son is Apart from Time, Nor Can He Be Called the Son of Both. Further, in that Highest Trinity which…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.27 — Chapter 27.—What It is that Suffices Here to Solve the Question Why the Spirit is Not Said to Be Begotten, and Why the Father Alone is Unbegotten. What They Ought to Do Who Do Not Understand These Things. 48. But…vatican.va
• On the Holy Trinity XV.28 — The Conclusion of the Book with a Prayer, and an Apology for Multitude of Words. Chapter 28.—The Conclusion of the Book with a Prayer, and an Apology for Multitude of Words. 51. O Lord our God, we believe in Thee,…vatican.va