Augustine of Hippo, On the Creed. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 3 (Schaff, 1887), public domain.
Passages · 17
- On the Creed Chapter 1 — 1. Receive, my children, the Rule of Faith, which is called the Symbol (or Creed). And when ye have received it, write it in your heart, and be daily saying it to yourselves; before ye sleep, before ye go forth, arm…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 2 — 2. Of this, then, ye have now received, have meditated, and having meditated have held, that ye should say, “I believe in God the Father Almighty.” God is Almighty, and yet, though Almighty, He cannot die, cannot be…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 3 — 3. For this reason we believe also in His Son, that is to say, God the Father Almighty’s, “His Only Son, our Lord.” When thou hearest of the Only Son of God, acknowledge Him God. For it could not be that God’s Only…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 4 — 4. We do not bring in two Gods as some do, who say, “God the Father and God the Son, but greater God the Father and lesser God the Son.” They both are what? Two Gods? Thou blushest to speak it, blush to believe it.…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 5 — 5. The Father doeth what He will, and what He will doeth the Son. Do not imagine an Almighty Father and a not Almighty Son: it is error, blot it out within you, let it not cleave in your memory, let it not be drunk…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 6 — 6. But this Only Son of God, the Father Almighty, let us see what He did for us, what He suffered for us. “Born of the Holy Ghost and of the Virgin Mary.” He, so great God, equal with the Father, born of the Holy…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 7 — 7. What next? “Suffered under Pontius Pilate.” He was in office as governor and was the judge, this same Pontius Pilate, what time as Christ suffered. In the name of the judge there is a mark of the times, when He…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 8 — 8. He was begotten before all times, before all worlds. “Begotten before.” Before what, He in Whom is no before? Do not in the least imagine any time before that Nativity of Christ whereby He was begotten of the…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 9 — 9. Of His cross what shall I speak, what say? This extremest kind of death He chose, that not any kind of death might make His Martyrs afraid. The doctrine He shewed in His life as Man, the example of patience He…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 10 — 10. Scripture saith, “Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord.” When we read what great trials Job endured, it makes one shudder, it makes one shrink, it makes one quake. And what did…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 11 — 11. “He ascended into heaven:” believe. “He sitteth at the right hand of the Father:” believe. By sitting, understand dwelling: as [in Latin] we say of any person, “In that country he dwelt (sedit) three years.” The…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 12 — 12. “Thence He shall come to judge the quick and dead.” The quick, who shall be alive and remain; the dead, who shall have gone before. It may also be understood thus: The living, the just; the dead, the unjust. For…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 13 — 13. It follows in the Creed, “And in the Holy Ghost.” This Trinity, one God, one nature, one substance, one power; highest equality, no division, no diversity, perpetual dearness of love. Would ye know the Holy…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 14 — 14. It follows after commendation of the Trinity, “The Holy Church.” God is pointed out, and His temple. “For the temple of God is holy,” says the Apostle, “which (temple) are ye.” This same is the holy Church, the…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 15 — 15. “Forgiveness of sins.” Ye have [this article of] the Creed perfectly in you when ye receive Baptism. Let none say, “I have done this or that sin: perchance that is not forgiven me.” What hast thou done? How great…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 16 — 16. In three ways then are sins remitted in the Church; by Baptism, by prayer, by the greater humility of penance; yet God doth not remit sins but to the baptized. The very sins which He remits first, He remits not…vatican.va
- On the Creed Chapter 17 — 17. We believe also “the resurrection of the flesh,” which went before in Christ: that the body too may have hope of that which went before in its Head. The Head of the Church, Christ: the Church, the body of Christ.…vatican.va
Scripture cited · 29 verses
1 Kings 2:38 · Job 1:21 · Job 2:9 · Job 2:10 · Psalm 22:1 · Psalm 75:7 · Psalm 116:12 · Isaiah 53:8 · Matthew 6:12 · Matthew 6:24 · Matthew 6:30 · Matthew 16:18 · Matthew 25:34 · Matthew 25:41 · John 5:19 · John 16:15 · Acts 4:32 · Acts 7:47 · Acts 7:48 · Romans 6:9 · Romans 10:10 · 1 Corinthians 3:17 · 1 Corinthians 6:19 · 1 Corinthians 12:24 · 1 Corinthians 15:36 · 1 Corinthians 15:37 · 1 Corinthians 15:38 · 2 Timothy 2:13 · James 5:11