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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III
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226 The Judicial Retribution of These Migrations Refuted with Raillery. 227 These Vagaries Stimulated Some Profane Corruptions of Christianity. The Profanity of Simon Magus Condemned. 228 The Opinions of Carpocrates, Another Offset from the Pythagorean Dogmas, Stated and Confuted. 229 The Main Points of Our Author's Subject. On the Sexes of the Human Race. 230 On the Formation and State of the Embryo. Its Relation with the Subject of This Treatise. 231 On the Growth of the Soul. Its Maturity Coincident with the Maturity of the Flesh in Man. 232 The Evil Spirit Has Marred the Purity of the Soul from the Very Birth. 233 The Body of Man Only Ancillary to the Soul in the Commission of Evil. 234 Notwithstanding the Depravity of Man's Soul by Original Sin, There is Yet Left a Basis Whereon Divine Grace Can Work for Its Recovery by Spiritual Regeneration. 235 Sleep, the Mirror of Death, as Introductory to the Consideration of Death. 236 Sleep a Natural Function as Shown by Other Considerations, and by the Testimony of Scripture. 237 The Story of Hermotimus, and the Sleeplessness of the Emperor Nero. No Separation of the Soul from the Body Until Death. 238 Dreams, an Incidental Effect of the Soul's Activity. Ecstasy. 239 Diversity of Dreams and Visions. Epicurus Thought Lightly of Them, Though Generally Most Highly Valued. Instances of Dreams. 240 Dreams Variously Classified. Some are God-Sent, as the Dreams of Nebuchadnezzar; Others Simply Products of Nature. 241 Causes and Circumstances of Dreams. What Best Contributes to Efficient Dreaming. 242 No Soul Naturally Exempt from Dreams. 243 The Absurd Opinion of Epicurus and the Profane Conceits of the Heretic Menander on Death, Even Enoch and Elijah Reserved for Death. 244 Death Entirely Separates the Soul from the Body. 245 All Kinds of Death a Violence to Nature, Arising from Sin.--Sin an Intrusion Upon Nature as God Created It. 246 The Entire Soul Being Indivisible Remains to the Last Act of Vitality; Never Partially or Fractionally Withdrawn from the Body. 247 Whither Does the Soul Retire When It Quits the Body? Opinions of Philosophers All More or Less Absurd. The Hades of Plato. 248 The Christian Idea of the Position of Hades; The Blessedness of Paradise Immediately After Death. The Privilege of the Martyrs. 249 Refutation of the Homeric View of the Soul's Detention from Hades Owing to the Body's Being Unburied. That Souls Prematurely Separated from the Body Had to Wait for Admission into Hades Also Refuted. 250 Magic and Sorcery Only Apparent in Their Effects. God Alone Can Raise the Dead.
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III
783 chapters English Public domain
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783 chapters
226 The Judicial Retribution of These Migrations Refuted with Raillery. 227 These Vagaries Stimulated Some Profane Corruptions of Christianity. The Profanity of Simon Magus Condemned. 228 The Opinions of Carpocrates, Another Offset from the Pythagorean Dogmas, Stated and Confuted. 229 The Main Points of Our Author's Subject. On the Sexes of the Human Race. 230 On the Formation and State of the Embryo. Its Relation with the Subject of This Treatise. 231 On the Growth of the Soul. Its Maturity Coincident with the Maturity of the Flesh in Man. 232 The Evil Spirit Has Marred the Purity of the Soul from the Very Birth. 233 The Body of Man Only Ancillary to the Soul in the Commission of Evil. 234 Notwithstanding the Depravity of Man's Soul by Original Sin, There is Yet Left a Basis Whereon Divine Grace Can Work for Its Recovery by Spiritual Regeneration. 235 Sleep, the Mirror of Death, as Introductory to the Consideration of Death. 236 Sleep a Natural Function as Shown by Other Considerations, and by the Testimony of Scripture. 237 The Story of Hermotimus, and the Sleeplessness of the Emperor Nero. No Separation of the Soul from the Body Until Death. 238 Dreams, an Incidental Effect of the Soul's Activity. Ecstasy. 239 Diversity of Dreams and Visions. Epicurus Thought Lightly of Them, Though Generally Most Highly Valued. Instances of Dreams. 240 Dreams Variously Classified. Some are God-Sent, as the Dreams of Nebuchadnezzar; Others Simply Products of Nature. 241 Causes and Circumstances of Dreams. What Best Contributes to Efficient Dreaming. 242 No Soul Naturally Exempt from Dreams. 243 The Absurd Opinion of Epicurus and the Profane Conceits of the Heretic Menander on Death, Even Enoch and Elijah Reserved for Death. 244 Death Entirely Separates the Soul from the Body. 245 All Kinds of Death a Violence to Nature, Arising from Sin.--Sin an Intrusion Upon Nature as God Created It. 246 The Entire Soul Being Indivisible Remains to the Last Act of Vitality; Never Partially or Fractionally Withdrawn from the Body. 247 Whither Does the Soul Retire When It Quits the Body? Opinions of Philosophers All More or Less Absurd. The Hades of Plato. 248 The Christian Idea of the Position of Hades; The Blessedness of Paradise Immediately After Death. The Privilege of the Martyrs. 249 Refutation of the Homeric View of the Soul's Detention from Hades Owing to the Body's Being Unburied. That Souls Prematurely Separated from the Body Had to Wait for Admission into Hades Also Refuted. 250 Magic and Sorcery Only Apparent in Their Effects. God Alone Can Raise the Dead.
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III
783 chapters English Public domain
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783 chapters
226 The Judicial Retribution of These Migrations Refuted with Raillery. 227 These Vagaries Stimulated Some Profane Corruptions of Christianity. The Profanity of Simon Magus Condemned. 228 The Opinions of Carpocrates, Another Offset from the Pythagorean Dogmas, Stated and Confuted. 229 The Main Points of Our Author's Subject. On the Sexes of the Human Race. 230 On the Formation and State of the Embryo. Its Relation with the Subject of This Treatise. 231 On the Growth of the Soul. Its Maturity Coincident with the Maturity of the Flesh in Man. 232 The Evil Spirit Has Marred the Purity of the Soul from the Very Birth. 233 The Body of Man Only Ancillary to the Soul in the Commission of Evil. 234 Notwithstanding the Depravity of Man's Soul by Original Sin, There is Yet Left a Basis Whereon Divine Grace Can Work for Its Recovery by Spiritual Regeneration. 235 Sleep, the Mirror of Death, as Introductory to the Consideration of Death. 236 Sleep a Natural Function as Shown by Other Considerations, and by the Testimony of Scripture. 237 The Story of Hermotimus, and the Sleeplessness of the Emperor Nero. No Separation of the Soul from the Body Until Death. 238 Dreams, an Incidental Effect of the Soul's Activity. Ecstasy. 239 Diversity of Dreams and Visions. Epicurus Thought Lightly of Them, Though Generally Most Highly Valued. Instances of Dreams. 240 Dreams Variously Classified. Some are God-Sent, as the Dreams of Nebuchadnezzar; Others Simply Products of Nature. 241 Causes and Circumstances of Dreams. What Best Contributes to Efficient Dreaming. 242 No Soul Naturally Exempt from Dreams. 243 The Absurd Opinion of Epicurus and the Profane Conceits of the Heretic Menander on Death, Even Enoch and Elijah Reserved for Death. 244 Death Entirely Separates the Soul from the Body. 245 All Kinds of Death a Violence to Nature, Arising from Sin.--Sin an Intrusion Upon Nature as God Created It. 246 The Entire Soul Being Indivisible Remains to the Last Act of Vitality; Never Partially or Fractionally Withdrawn from the Body. 247 Whither Does the Soul Retire When It Quits the Body? Opinions of Philosophers All More or Less Absurd. The Hades of Plato. 248 The Christian Idea of the Position of Hades; The Blessedness of Paradise Immediately After Death. The Privilege of the Martyrs. 249 Refutation of the Homeric View of the Soul's Detention from Hades Owing to the Body's Being Unburied. That Souls Prematurely Separated from the Body Had to Wait for Admission into Hades Also Refuted. 250 Magic and Sorcery Only Apparent in Their Effects. God Alone Can Raise the Dead.
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