Augustine of Hippo, A Treatise on Faith and the Creed. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 3 (Schaff, 1887), public domain.
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- A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 1 — Of the Origin and Object of the Composition. 1. Inasmuch as it is a position, written and established on the most solid foundation of apostolic teaching, “that the just lives of faith;” and inasmuch also as this…vatican.va
- A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 2 — Of God and His Exclusive Eternity. 2. For certain parties have attempted to gain acceptance for the opinion that God the Father is not Almighty: not that they have been bold enough expressly to affirm this, but in…vatican.va
- A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 3 — Of the Son of God, and His Peculiar Designation as the Word. —Since this is the case, I repeat, we believe also in Jesus Christ, the Son of God the Only-Begotten of the Father, that is to say, His Only Son, our Lord.…vatican.va
- A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 4 — Of the Son of God as Neither Made by the Father Nor Less Than the Father, and of His Incarnation. Chapter 4.—Of the Son of God as Neither Made by the Father Nor Less Than the Father, and of His Incarnation. 5.…vatican.va
- A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 5 — Of Christ’s Passion, Burial, and Resurrection. 11. But little [comparatively] was the humiliation (humilitas) of our Lord on our behalf in His being born: it was also added that He deemed it meet to die in behalf of…vatican.va
- A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 6 — Of Christ’s Ascension into Heaven. 13. We believe that He Ascended into Heaven, which place of blessedness He has likewise promised unto us, saying, “They shall be as the angels in the heavens,” in that city which is…vatican.va
- A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 7 — Of Christ’s Session at the Father’s Right Hand. 14. We believe also that He Sitteth at the Right Hand of the Father. This, however, is not to lead us to suppose that God the Father is, as it were, circumscribed by a…vatican.va
- A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 8 — Of Christ’s Coming to Judgment. 15. We believe also, that at the most seasonable time He Will Come from Thence, and Will Judge the Quick and the Dead: whether by these terms are signified the righteous and sinners,…vatican.va
- A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 9 — Of the Holy Spirit and the Mystery of the Trinity. 16. The divine generation, therefore, of our Lord, and his human dispensation, having both been thus systematically disposed and commended to faith, there is added…vatican.va
- A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 10 — Of the Catholic Church, the Remission of Sins, and the Resurrection of the Flesh. Chapter 10.—Of the Catholic Church, the Remission of Sins, and the Resurrection of the Flesh. —Inasmuch, I repeat, as this is the…vatican.va
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