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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. IV
416 chapters English Public domain
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416 chapters
26 Fundamental ideas of man and his redemption. 27 Fundamental Ideas of God, the World, and Creation. 28 Vehicles of Revelation; Scripture, the Church, Tradition. 29 Content of Revelation. God Three in One and the Incarnation. 30 Derivative Doctrines. Grace and the Means of Grace; The Christian Life; The Last Things. 31 Section 1 32 Principles and Method. 33 Applications. 34 Table I 35 Synoptical Table of the Bishops of the Chief Sees. 36 Chapter V 37 Introduction. 38 Section 1 39 Evil no part of the essential nature of things. The original creation and constitution of man in grace and in the knowledge of God. 40 The decline of man from the above condition, owing to his absorption in material things. 41 The gradual abasement of the Soul from Truth to Falsehood by the abuse of her freedom of Choice. 42 Evil, then consists essentially in the choice of what is lower in preference to what is higher. 43 False views of the nature of evil: viz., that evil is something in the nature of things, and has substantive existence. (a) Heathen thinkers: (evil resides in matter). Their refutation. (b) Heretical teachers: (Dualism). Refutation from Scripture. 44 Refutation of dualism from reason. Impossibility of two Gods. The truth as to evil is that which the Church teaches: that it originates, and resides, in the perverted choice of the darkened soul. 45 The origin of idolatry is similar. The soul, materialised by forgetting God, and engrossed in earthly things, makes them into gods. The race of men descends into a hopeless depth of delusion and superstition. 46 The various developments of idolatry: worship of the heavenly bodies, the elements, natural objects, fabulous creatures, personified lusts, men living and dead. The case of Antinous, and of the deified Emperors. 47 Similar human origin of the Greek gods, by decree of Theseus. The process by which mortals became deified. 48 The deeds of heathen deities, and particularly of Zeus. 49 Other shameful actions ascribed to heathen deities. All prove that they are but men of former times, and not even good men. 50 The folly of image worship and its dishonour to art.
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. IV
416 chapters English Public domain
About this book
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Table of contents
416 chapters
26 Fundamental ideas of man and his redemption. 27 Fundamental Ideas of God, the World, and Creation. 28 Vehicles of Revelation; Scripture, the Church, Tradition. 29 Content of Revelation. God Three in One and the Incarnation. 30 Derivative Doctrines. Grace and the Means of Grace; The Christian Life; The Last Things. 31 Section 1 32 Principles and Method. 33 Applications. 34 Table I 35 Synoptical Table of the Bishops of the Chief Sees. 36 Chapter V 37 Introduction. 38 Section 1 39 Evil no part of the essential nature of things. The original creation and constitution of man in grace and in the knowledge of God. 40 The decline of man from the above condition, owing to his absorption in material things. 41 The gradual abasement of the Soul from Truth to Falsehood by the abuse of her freedom of Choice. 42 Evil, then consists essentially in the choice of what is lower in preference to what is higher. 43 False views of the nature of evil: viz., that evil is something in the nature of things, and has substantive existence. (a) Heathen thinkers: (evil resides in matter). Their refutation. (b) Heretical teachers: (Dualism). Refutation from Scripture. 44 Refutation of dualism from reason. Impossibility of two Gods. The truth as to evil is that which the Church teaches: that it originates, and resides, in the perverted choice of the darkened soul. 45 The origin of idolatry is similar. The soul, materialised by forgetting God, and engrossed in earthly things, makes them into gods. The race of men descends into a hopeless depth of delusion and superstition. 46 The various developments of idolatry: worship of the heavenly bodies, the elements, natural objects, fabulous creatures, personified lusts, men living and dead. The case of Antinous, and of the deified Emperors. 47 Similar human origin of the Greek gods, by decree of Theseus. The process by which mortals became deified. 48 The deeds of heathen deities, and particularly of Zeus. 49 Other shameful actions ascribed to heathen deities. All prove that they are but men of former times, and not even good men. 50 The folly of image worship and its dishonour to art.
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. IV
416 chapters English Public domain
About this book
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Table of contents
416 chapters
26 Fundamental ideas of man and his redemption. 27 Fundamental Ideas of God, the World, and Creation. 28 Vehicles of Revelation; Scripture, the Church, Tradition. 29 Content of Revelation. God Three in One and the Incarnation. 30 Derivative Doctrines. Grace and the Means of Grace; The Christian Life; The Last Things. 31 Section 1 32 Principles and Method. 33 Applications. 34 Table I 35 Synoptical Table of the Bishops of the Chief Sees. 36 Chapter V 37 Introduction. 38 Section 1 39 Evil no part of the essential nature of things. The original creation and constitution of man in grace and in the knowledge of God. 40 The decline of man from the above condition, owing to his absorption in material things. 41 The gradual abasement of the Soul from Truth to Falsehood by the abuse of her freedom of Choice. 42 Evil, then consists essentially in the choice of what is lower in preference to what is higher. 43 False views of the nature of evil: viz., that evil is something in the nature of things, and has substantive existence. (a) Heathen thinkers: (evil resides in matter). Their refutation. (b) Heretical teachers: (Dualism). Refutation from Scripture. 44 Refutation of dualism from reason. Impossibility of two Gods. The truth as to evil is that which the Church teaches: that it originates, and resides, in the perverted choice of the darkened soul. 45 The origin of idolatry is similar. The soul, materialised by forgetting God, and engrossed in earthly things, makes them into gods. The race of men descends into a hopeless depth of delusion and superstition. 46 The various developments of idolatry: worship of the heavenly bodies, the elements, natural objects, fabulous creatures, personified lusts, men living and dead. The case of Antinous, and of the deified Emperors. 47 Similar human origin of the Greek gods, by decree of Theseus. The process by which mortals became deified. 48 The deeds of heathen deities, and particularly of Zeus. 49 Other shameful actions ascribed to heathen deities. All prove that they are but men of former times, and not even good men. 50 The folly of image worship and its dishonour to art.
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