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The Enchiridion

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Augustine of Hippo, The Enchiridion. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 3 (Schaff, 1887), public domain.

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  • The Enchiridion Chapter 1 — The Author Desires the Gift of True Wisdom for Laurentius. I Cannot express, my beloved son Laurentius, the delight with which I witness your progress in knowledge, and the earnest desire I have that you should be a…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 2 — The Fear of God is Man’s True Wisdom. The true wisdom of man is piety. You find this in the book of holy Job. For we read there what wisdom itself has said to man: “Behold, the fear of the Lord [pietas], that is…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 3 — God is to Be Worshipped Through Faith, Hope, and Love. Now if I should answer, that God is to be worshipped with faith, hope, and love, you will at once say that this answer is too brief, and will ask me briefly to…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 4 — The Questions Propounded by Laurentius. You are anxious, you say, that I should write a sort of handbook for you, which you might always keep beside you, containing answers to the questions you put, viz.: what ought…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 5 — Brief Answers to These Questions. Moreover, when the mind has been imbued with the first elements of that faith which worketh by love, it endeavors by purity of life to attain unto sight, where the pure and perfect…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 6 — Controversy Out of Place in a Handbook Like the Present. Now you ask of me a handbook, that is, one that can be carried in the hand, not one to load your shelves. To return, then, to the three graces through which,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 7 — The Creed and the Lord’s Prayer Demand the Exercise of Faith, Hope, and Love. For you have the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer. What can be briefer to hear or to read? What easier to commit to memory? When, as the result…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 8 — The Distinction Between Faith and Hope, and the Mutual Dependence of Faith, Hope, and Love. Chapter 8.—The Distinction Between Faith and Hope, and the Mutual Dependence of Faith, Hope, and Love. Again, can anything…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 9 — Chapter 9.—What We are to Believe. In Regard to Nature It is Not Necessary for the Christian to Know More Than that the Goodness of the Creator is the Cause of All Things. When, then, the question is asked what we…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 10 — The Supremely Good Creator Made All Things Good. By the Trinity, thus supremely and equally and unchangeably good, all things were created; and these are not supremely and equally and unchangeably good, but yet they…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 11 — What is Called Evil in the Universe is But the Absence of Good. And in the universe, even that which is called evil, when it is regulated and put in its own place, only enhances our admiration of the good; for we…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 12 — All Beings Were Made Good, But Not Being Made Perfectly Good, are Liable to Corruption. Chapter 12.—All Beings Were Made Good, But Not Being Made Perfectly Good, are Liable to Corruption. All things that exist,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 13 — There Can Be No Evil Where There is No Good; And an Evil Man is an Evil Good. Accordingly, there is nothing of what we call evil, if there be nothing good. But a good which is wholly without evil is a perfect good. A…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 14 — Chapter 14.—Good and Evil are an Exception to the Rule that Contrary Attributes Cannot Be Predicated of the Same Subject. Evil Springs Up in What is Good, and Cannot Exist Except in What is Good. Accordingly, in the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 15 — The Preceding Argument is in No Wise Inconsistent with the Saying of Our Lord: ‘A Good Tree Cannot Bring Forth Evil Fruit.’. Chapter 15.—The Preceding Argument is in No Wise Inconsistent with the Saying of Our Lord:…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 16 — Chapter 16.—It is Not Essential to Man’s Happiness that He Should Know the Causes of Physical Convulsions; But It Is, that He Should Know the Causes of Good and Evil. Now, in view of these considerations, when we are…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 17 — The Nature of Error. All Error is Not Hurtful, Though It is Man’s Duty as Far as Possible to Avoid It. Chapter 17.—The Nature of Error. All Error is Not Hurtful, Though It is Man’s Duty as Far as Possible to Avoid…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 18 — It is Never Allowable to Tell a Lie; But Lies Differ Very Much in Guilt, According to the Intention and the Subject. Chapter 18.—It is Never Allowable to Tell a Lie; But Lies Differ Very Much in Guilt, According to…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 19 — Men’s Errors Vary Very Much in the Magnitude of the Evils They Produce; But Yet Every Error is in Itself an Evil. Chapter 19.—Men’s Errors Vary Very Much in the Magnitude of the Evils They Produce; But Yet Every…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 20 — Chapter 20.—Every Error is Not a Sin. An Examination of the Opinion of the Academic Philosophers, that to Avoid Error We Should in All Cases Suspend Belief. I am not sure whether mistakes such as the following,—when…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 21 — Error, Though Not Always a Sin, is Always an Evil. But as to those matters in regard to which our belief or disbelief, and indeed their truth or supposed truth or falsity, are of no importance whatever, so far as…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 22 — A Lie is Not Allowable, Even to Save Another from Injury. But every lie must be called a sin, because not only when a man knows the truth, but even when, as a man may be, he is mistaken and deceived, it is his duty…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 23 — Summary of the Results of the Preceding Discussion. As it is right that we should know the causes of good and evil, so much of them at least as will suffice for the way that leads us to the kingdom, where there will…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 24 — The Secondary Causes of Evil are Ignorance and Lust. This is the first evil that befell the intelligent creation—that is, its first privation of good. Following upon this crept in, and now even in opposition to man’s…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 25 — God’s Judgments Upon Fallen Men and Angels. The Death of the Body is Man’s Peculiar Punishment. Chapter 25.—God’s Judgments Upon Fallen Men and Angels. The Death of the Body is Man’s Peculiar Punishment. And yet such…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 26 — Through Adam’s Sin His Whole Posterity Were Corrupted, and Were Born Under the Penalty of Death, Which He Had Incurred. Chapter 26.—Through Adam’s Sin His Whole Posterity Were Corrupted, and Were Born Under the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 27 — The State of Misery to Which Adam’s Sin Reduced Mankind, and the Restoration Effected Through the Mercy of God. Chapter 27.—The State of Misery to Which Adam’s Sin Reduced Mankind, and the Restoration Effected…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 28 — When the Rebellious Angels Were Cast Out, the Rest Remained in the Enjoyment of Eternal Happiness with God. Chapter 28.—When the Rebellious Angels Were Cast Out, the Rest Remained in the Enjoyment of Eternal…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 29 — The Restored Part of Humanity Shall, in Accordance with the Promises of God, Succeed to the Place Which the Rebellious Angels Lost. Chapter 29.—The Restored Part of Humanity Shall, in Accordance with the Promises of…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 30 — Men are Not Saved by Good Works, Nor by the Free Determination of Their Own Will, But by the Grace of God Through Faith. Chapter 30.—Men are Not Saved by Good Works, Nor by the Free Determination of Their Own Will,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 31 — Faith Itself is the Gift of God; And Good Works Will Not Be Wanting in Those Who Believe. Chapter 31.—Faith Itself is the Gift of God; And Good Works Will Not Be Wanting in Those Who Believe. And lest men should…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 32 — The Freedom of the Will is Also the Gift of God, for God Worketh in Us Both to Will and to Do. Chapter 32.—The Freedom of the Will is Also the Gift of God, for God Worketh in Us Both to Will and to Do. And further,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 33 — Men, Being by Nature the Children of Wrath, Needed a Mediator. In What Sense God is Said to Be Angry. Chapter 33.—Men, Being by Nature the Children of Wrath, Needed a Mediator. In What Sense God is Said to Be Angry.…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 34 — The Ineffable Mystery of the Birth of Christ the Mediator Through the Virgin Mary. Chapter 34.—The Ineffable Mystery of the Birth of Christ the Mediator Through the Virgin Mary. Now of this Mediator it would occupy…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 35 — Jesus Christ, Being the Only Son of God, is at the Same Time Man. Wherefore Christ Jesus, the Son of God, is both God and man; God before all worlds; man in our world: God, because the Word of God (for “the Word was…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 36 — The Grace of God is Clearly and Remarkably Displayed in Raising the Man Christ Jesus to the Dignity of the Son of God. Chapter 36.—The Grace of God is Clearly and Remarkably Displayed in Raising the Man Christ Jesus…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 37 — The Same Grace is Further Clearly Manifested in This, that the Birth of Christ According to the Flesh is of the Holy Ghost. Chapter 37.—The Same Grace is Further Clearly Manifested in This, that the Birth of Christ…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 38 — Jesus Christ, According to the Flesh, Was Not Born of the Holy Spirit in Such a Sense that the Holy Spirit is His Father. Chapter 38.—Jesus Christ, According to the Flesh, Was Not Born of the Holy Spirit in Such a…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 39 — Not Everything that is Born of Another is to Be Called a Son of that Other. We need not therefore take for granted, that whatever is born of a thing is forthwith to be declared the son of that thing. For, to pass…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 40 — Christ’s Birth Through the Holy Spirit Manifests to Us the Grace of God. And, therefore, as one thing may be born of another, and yet not in such a way as to be its son, and as not every one who is called a son was…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 41 — Christ, Who Was Himself Free from Sin, Was Made Sin for Us, that We Might Be Reconciled to God. Chapter 41.—Christ, Who Was Himself Free from Sin, Was Made Sin for Us, that We Might Be Reconciled to God. Begotten and…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 42 — The Sacrament of Baptism Indicates Our Death with Christ to Sin, and Our Resurrection with Him to Newness of Life. Chapter 42.—The Sacrament of Baptism Indicates Our Death with Christ to Sin, and Our Resurrection…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 43 — Baptism and the Grace Which It Typifies are Open to All, Both Infants and Adults. Chapter 43.—Baptism and the Grace Which It Typifies are Open to All, Both Infants and Adults. For from the infant newly born to the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 44 — In Speaking of Sin, the Singular Number is Often Put for the Plural, and the Plural for the Singular. Chapter 44.—In Speaking of Sin, the Singular Number is Often Put for the Plural, and the Plural for the Singular.…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 45 — In Adam’s First Sin, Many Kinds of Sin Were Involved. However, even in that one sin, which “by one man entered into the world, and so passed upon all men,” and on account of which infants are baptized, a number of…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 46 — It is Probable that Children are Involved in the Guilt Not Only of the First Pair, But of Their Own Immediate Parents. Chapter 46.—It is Probable that Children are Involved in the Guilt Not Only of the First Pair,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 47 — It is Difficult to Decide Whether the Sins of a Man’s Other Progenitors are Imputed to Him. Chapter 47.—It is Difficult to Decide Whether the Sins of a Man’s Other Progenitors are Imputed to Him. But about the sins…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 48 — The Guilt of the First Sin is So Great that It Can Be Washed Away Only in the Blood of the Mediator, Jesus Christ. Chapter 48.—The Guilt of the First Sin is So Great that It Can Be Washed Away Only in the Blood of…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 49 — Chapter 49.—Christ Was Not Regenerated in the Baptism of John, But Submitted to It to Give Us an Example of Humility, Just as He Submitted to Death, Not as the Punishment of Sin, But to Take Away the Sin of the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 50 — Christ Took Away Not Only the One Original Sin, But All the Other Sins that Have Been Added to It. Chapter 50.—Christ Took Away Not Only the One Original Sin, But All the Other Sins that Have Been Added to It. With…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 51 — All Men Born of Adam are Under Condemnation, and Only If New Born in Christ are Freed from Condemnation. Chapter 51.—All Men Born of Adam are Under Condemnation, and Only If New Born in Christ are Freed from…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 52 — Chapter 52.—In Baptism, Which is the Similitude of the Death and Resurrection of Christ, All, Both Infants and Adults, Die to Sin that They May Walk in Newness of Life. And after he has said as much about the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 53 — Christ’s Cross and Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, and Sitting Down at the Right Hand of God, are Images of the Christian Life. Chapter 53.—Christ’s Cross and Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, and Sitting Down at the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 54 — Christ’s Second Coming Does Not Belong to the Past, But Will Take Place at the End of the World. Chapter 54.—Christ’s Second Coming Does Not Belong to the Past, But Will Take Place at the End of the World. But what…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 55 — The Expression, ‘Christ Shall Judge the Quick and the Dead,’ May Be Understood in Either of Two Senses. Chapter 55.—The Expression, “Christ Shall Judge the Quick and the Dead,” May Be Understood in Either of Two…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 56 — The Holy Spirit and the Church. The Church is the Temple of God. And now, having spoken of Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, our Lord, with the brevity suitable to a confession of our faith, we go on to say that we…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 57 — The Condition of the Church in Heaven. But of that part of the Church which is in heaven what can we say, except that no wicked one is found in it, and that no one has fallen from it, or shall ever fall from it,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 58 — We Have No Certain Knowledge of the Organization of the Angelic Society. Now, what the organization is of that supremely happy society in heaven: what the differences of rank are, which explain the fact that while…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 59 — The Bodies Assumed by Angels Raise a Very Difficult, and Not Very Useful, Subject of Discussion. Chapter 59.—The Bodies Assumed by Angels Raise a Very Difficult, and Not Very Useful, Subject of Discussion. Further,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 60 — It is More Necessary to Be Able to Detect the Wiles of Satan When He Transforms Himself into an Angel of Light. Chapter 60.—It is More Necessary to Be Able to Detect the Wiles of Satan When He Transforms Himself into…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 61 — The Church on Earth Has Been Redeemed from Sin by the Blood of a Mediator. This part of the Church, then, which is made up of the holy angels and the hosts of God, shall become known to us in its true nature, when,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 62 — By the Sacrifice of Christ All Things are Restored, and Peace is Made Between Earth and Heaven. Chapter 62.—By the Sacrifice of Christ All Things are Restored, and Peace is Made Between Earth and Heaven. And, of…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 63 — The Peace of God, Which Reigneth in Heaven, Passeth All Understanding. This peace, as Scripture saith, “passeth all understanding,” and cannot be known by us until we have come into the full possession of it. For in…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 64 — Pardon of Sin Extends Over the Whole Mortal Life of the Saints, Which, Though Free from Crime, is Not Free from Sin. Chapter 64.—Pardon of Sin Extends Over the Whole Mortal Life of the Saints, Which, Though Free from…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 65 — God Pardons Sins, But on Condition of Penitence, Certain Times for Which Have Been Fixed by the Law of the Church. Chapter 65.—God Pardons Sins, But on Condition of Penitence, Certain Times for Which Have Been Fixed…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 66 — The Pardon of Sin Has Reference Chiefly to the Future Judgment. Now the pardon of sin has reference chiefly to the future judgment. For, as far as this life is concerned, the saying of Scripture holds good: “A heavy…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 67 — Faith Without Works is Dead, and Cannot Save a Man. It is believed, moreover, by some, that men who do not abandon the name of Christ, and who have been baptized in the Church by His baptism, and who have never been…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 68 — The True Sense of the Passage I Cor. III. 11–15 About Those Who are Saved, Yet So as by Fire. Chapter 68.—The True Sense of the Passage (I Cor. III. 11–15) About Those Who are Saved, Yet So as by Fire. But as these…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 69 — It is Not Impossible that Some Believers May Pass Through a Purgatorial Fire in the Future Life. Chapter 69.—It is Not Impossible that Some Believers May Pass Through a Purgatorial Fire in the Future Life. And it is…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 70 — Almsgiving Will Not Atone for Sin Unless the Life Be Changed. We must beware, however, lest any one should suppose that gross sins, such as are committed by those who shall not inherit the kingdom of God, may be…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 71 — The Daily Prayer of the Believer Makes Satisfaction for the Trivial Sins that Daily Stain His Life. Chapter 71.—The Daily Prayer of the Believer Makes Satisfaction for the Trivial Sins that Daily Stain His Life. Now…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 72 — There are Many Kinds of Alms, the Giving of Which Assists to Procure Pardon for Our Sins. Chapter 72.—There are Many Kinds of Alms, the Giving of Which Assists to Procure Pardon for Our Sins. And on this principle of…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 73 — The Greatest of All Alms is to Forgive Our Debtors and to Love Our Enemies. But none of those is greater than to forgive from the heart a sin that has been committed against us. For it is a comparatively small thing…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 74 — God Does Not Pardon the Sins of Those Who Do Not from the Heart Forgive Others. Chapter 74.—God Does Not Pardon the Sins of Those Who Do Not from the Heart Forgive Others. Now, he who asks forgiveness of the man…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 75 — The Wicked and the Unbelieving are Not Made Clean by the Giving of Alms, Except They Be Born Again. Chapter 75.—The Wicked and the Unbelieving are Not Made Clean by the Giving of Alms, Except They Be Born Again.…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 76 — To Give Alms Aright, We Should Begin with Ourselves, and Have Pity Upon Our Own Souls. Chapter 76.—To Give Alms Aright, We Should Begin with Ourselves, and Have Pity Upon Our Own Souls. For the man who wishes to give…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 77 — If We Would Give Alms to Ourselves, We Must Flee Iniquity; For He Who Loveth Iniquity Hateth His Soul. Chapter 77.—If We Would Give Alms to Ourselves, We Must Flee Iniquity; For He Who Loveth Iniquity Hateth His…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 78 — What Sins are Trivial and What Heinous is a Matter for God’s Judgment. Now, what sins are trivial and what heinous is not a matter to be decided by man’s judgment, but by the judgment of God. For it is plain that the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 79 — Sins Which Appear Very Trifling, are Sometimes in Reality Very Serious. Again, there are some sins which would be considered very trifling, if the Scriptures did not show that they are really very serious. For who…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 80 — Sins, However Great and Detestable, Seem Trivial When We are Accustomed to Them. Chapter 80.—Sins, However Great and Detestable, Seem Trivial When We are Accustomed to Them. Add to this, that sins, however great and…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 81 — There are Two Causes of Sin, Ignorance and Weakness; And We Need Divine Help to Overcome Both. Chapter 81.—There are Two Causes of Sin, Ignorance and Weakness; And We Need Divine Help to Overcome Both. I shall now…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 82 — The Mercy of God is Necessary to True Repentance. Now even penance itself, when by the law of the Church there is sufficient reason for its being gone through, is frequently evaded through infirmity; for shame is the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 83 — The Man Who Despises the Mercy of God is Guilty of the Sin Against the Holy Ghost. Chapter 83.—The Man Who Despises the Mercy of God is Guilty of the Sin Against the Holy Ghost. Now the man who, not believing that…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 84 — The Resurrection of the Body Gives Rise to Numerous Questions. Now, as to the resurrection of the body, —not a resurrection such as some have had, who came back to life for a time and died again, but a resurrection…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 85 — The Case of Abortive Conceptions. Hence in the first place arises a question about abortive conceptions, which have indeed been born in the mother’s womb, but not so born that they could be born again. For if we…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 86 — If They Have Ever Lived, They Must of Course Have Died, and Therefore Shall Have a Share in the Resurrection of the Dead. Chapter 86.—If They Have Ever Lived, They Must of Course Have Died, and Therefore Shall Have a…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 87 — The Case of Monstrous Births. We are not justified in affirming even of monstrosities, which are born and live, however quickly they may die, that they shall not rise again, nor that they shall rise again in their…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 88 — The Material of the Body Never Perishes. Nor does the earthly material out of which men’s mortal bodies are created ever perish; but though it may crumble into dust and ashes, or be dissolved into vapors and…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 89 — But This Material May Be Differently Arranged in the Resurrection Body. And this earthly material, which when the soul leaves it becomes a corpse, shall not at the resurrection be so restored as that the parts into…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 90 — Chapter 90.—If There Be Differences and Inequalities Among the Bodies of Those Who Rise Again, There Shall Be Nothing Offensive or Disproportionate in Any. Nor does it necessarily follow that there shall be…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 91 — The Bodies of the Saints Shall at The Resurrection Be Spiritual Bodies. The bodies of the saints, then, shall rise again free from every defect, from every blemish, as from all corruption, weight, and impediment. For…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 92 — The Resurrection of the Lost. But as for those who, out of the mass of perdition caused by the first man’s sin, are not redeemed through the one Mediator between God and man, they too shall rise again, each with his…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 93 — Both the First and the Second Deaths are the Consequence of Sin. Punishment is Proportioned to Guilt. Chapter 93.—Both the First and the Second Deaths are the Consequence of Sin. Punishment is Proportioned to Guilt.…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 94 — The Saints Shall Know More Fully in the Next World the Benefits They Have Received by Grace. Chapter 94.—The Saints Shall Know More Fully in the Next World the Benefits They Have Received by Grace. Thus, when…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 95 — God’s Judgments Shall Then Be Explained. Then shall be made clear much that is now dark. For example, when of two infants, whose cases seem in all respects alike, one by the mercy of God chosen to Himself, and the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 96 — The Omnipotent God Does Well Even in the Permission of Evil. Nor can we doubt that God does well even in the permission of what is evil. For He permits it only in the justice of His judgment. And surely all that is…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 97 — In What Sense Does the Apostle Say that ’God Will Have All Men to Be Saved,’ When, as a Matter of Fact, All are Not Saved?. Chapter 97.—In What Sense Does the Apostle Say that “God Will Have All Men to Be Saved,”…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 98 — Predestination to Eternal Life is Wholly of God’s Free Grace. And, moreover, who will be so foolish and blasphemous as to say that God cannot change the evil wills of men, whichever, whenever, and wheresoever He…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 99 — As God’s Mercy is Free, So His Judgments are Just, and Cannot Be Gainsaid. Now after commending the mercy of God, saying, “So it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy,”…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 100 — The Will of God is Never Defeated, Though Much is Done that is Contrary to His Will. Chapter 100.—The Will of God is Never Defeated, Though Much is Done that is Contrary to His Will. These are the great works of the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 101 — The Will of God, Which is Always Good, is Sometimes Fulfilled Through the Evil Will of Man. Chapter 101.—The Will of God, Which is Always Good, is Sometimes Fulfilled Through the Evil Will of Man. Sometimes, however,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 102 — The Will of the Omnipotent God is Never Defeated, and is Never Evil. But however strong may be the purposes either of angels or of men, whether of good or bad, whether these purposes fall in with the will of God or…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 103 — Interpretation of the Expression in I Tim. II. 4: ‘Who Will Have All Men to Be Saved.’. Chapter 103.—Interpretation of the Expression in I Tim. II. 4: “Who Will Have All Men to Be Saved.” Accordingly, when we hear…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 104 — God, Foreknowing the Sin of the First Man, Ordered His Own Purposes Accordingly. Chapter 104.—God, Foreknowing the Sin of the First Man, Ordered His Own Purposes Accordingly. Wherefore, God would have been willing to…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 105 — Man Was So Created as to Be Able to Choose Either Good or Evil: in the Future Life, the Choice of Evil Will Be Impossible. Chapter 105.—Man Was So Created as to Be Able to Choose Either Good or Evil: in the Future…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 106 — The Grace of God Was Necessary to Man’s Salvation Before the Fall as Well as After It. Chapter 106.—The Grace of God Was Necessary to Man’s Salvation Before the Fall as Well as After It. The former immortality man…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 107 — Eternal Life, Though the Reward of Good Works, is Itself the Gift of God. Wherefore, even eternal life itself, which is surely the reward of good works, the apostle calls the gift of God. “For the wages of sin,” he…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 108 — A Mediator Was Necessary to Reconcile Us to God; And Unless This Mediator Had Been God, He Could Not Have Been Our Redeemer. Chapter 108.—A Mediator Was Necessary to Reconcile Us to God; And Unless This Mediator Had…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 109 — The State of the Soul During the Interval Between Death and the Resurrection. During the time, moreover, which intervenes between a man’s death and the final resurrection, the soul dwells in a hidden retreat, where…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 110 — The Benefit to the Souls of the Dead from the Sacraments and Alms of Their Living Friends. Chapter 110.—The Benefit to the Souls of the Dead from the Sacraments and Alms of Their Living Friends. Nor can it be denied…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 111 — After the Resurrection There Shall Be Two Distinct Kingdoms, One of Eternal Happiness, the Other of Eternal Misery. Chapter 111.—After the Resurrection There Shall Be Two Distinct Kingdoms, One of Eternal Happiness,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 112 — There is No Ground in Scripture for the Opinion of Those Who Deny the Eternity of Future Punishments. Chapter 112.—There is No Ground in Scripture for the Opinion of Those Who Deny the Eternity of Future Punishments.…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 113 — The Death of the Wicked Shall Be Eternal in the Same Sense as the Life of the Saints. Chapter 113.—The Death of the Wicked Shall Be Eternal in the Same Sense as the Life of the Saints. This perpetual death of the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 114 — Having Dealt with Faith, We Now Come to Speak of Hope. Everything that Pertains to Hope is Embraced in the Lord’s Prayer. Chapter 114.—Having Dealt with Faith, We Now Come to Speak of Hope. Everything that Pertains…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 115 — The Seven Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer, According to Matthew. Accordingly, in the Gospel according to Matthew the Lord’s Prayer seems to embrace seven petitions, three of which ask for eternal blessings, and the…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 116 — Luke Expresses the Substance of These Seven Petitions More Briefly in Five. But the Evangelist Luke in his version of the Lord’s prayer embraces not seven, but five petitions: not, of course, that there is any…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 117 — Love, Which is Greater Than Faith and Hope, is Shed Abroad in Our Hearts by the Holy Ghost. Chapter 117.—Love, Which is Greater Than Faith and Hope, is Shed Abroad in Our Hearts by the Holy Ghost. And now as to love,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 118 — The Four Stages of the Christian’s Life, and the Four Corresponding Stages of the Church’s History. Chapter 118.—The Four Stages of the Christian’s Life, and the Four Corresponding Stages of the Church’s History.…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 119 — The Grace of Regeneration Washes Away All Past Sin and All Original Guilt. Now in whichever of these four stages (as we may call them) the grace of regeneration finds any particular man, all his past sins are there…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 120 — Death Cannot Injure Those Who Have Received the Grace of Regeneration. But before a man can receive the commandment, it is necessary that he should live according to the flesh. But if once he has received the grace…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 121 — Love is the End of All the Commandments, and God Himself is Love. All the commandments of God, then, are embraced in love, of which the apostle says: “Now the end of the commandment is charity, out of a pure heart,…vatican.va
  • The Enchiridion Chapter 122 — Conclusion. But now there must be an end at last to this volume. And it is for yourself to judge whether you should call it a hand-book, or should use it as such. I, however, thinking that your zeal in Christ ought…vatican.va

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