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  • Title Page
  • THE PASTOR OF HERMAS
  • Introductory Note
  • Book First.—Visions
  • Vision First. Against Filthy and Proud Thoughts, and the Carelessness of Hermas in Chastising His Sons.
  • Vision Second. Again, of His Neglect in Chastising His Talkative Wife and His Lustful Sons, and of His Character.
  • Vision Third. Concerning the Building of the Triumphant Church, and the Various Classes of Reprobate Men.
  • Vision Fourth. Concerning the Trial and Tribulation that are to Come Upon Men.
  • Vision Fifth. Concerning the Commandments.
  • Book Second.—Commandments
  • Commandment First. On Faith in God.
  • Commandment Second. On Avoiding Evil-Speaking, and on Giving Alms in Simplicity.
  • Commandment Third. On Avoiding Falsehood, and on the Repentance of Hermas for His Dissimulation.
  • Commandment Fourth. On Putting One’s Wife Away for Adultery.
  • Commandment Fifth. Of Sadness of Heart, and of Patience.
  • Commandment Sixth. How to Recognise the Two Spirits Attendant on Each Man, and How to Distinguish the Suggestions of the One from Those of the Other.
  • Commandment Seventh. On Fearing God, and Not Fearing the Devil.
  • Commandment Eighth. We Ought to Shun that Which is Evil, and Do that Which is Good.
  • Commandment Ninth. Prayer Must Be Made to God Without Ceasing, and with Unwavering Confidence.
  • Commandment Tenth. Of Grief, and Not Grieving the Spirit of God Which is in Us.
  • Commandment Eleventh. The Spirit and Prophets to Be Tried by Their Works; Also of the Two Kinds of Spirit.
  • Commandment Twelfth. On the Twofold Desire. The Commandments of God Can Be Kept, and Believers Ought Not to Fear the Devil.
  • Book Third.—Similitudes
  • Similitude First. As in This World We Have No Abiding City, We Ought to Seek One to Come.
  • Similitude Second. As the Vine is Supported by the Elm, So is the Rich Man Helped by the Prayer of the Poor.
  • Similitude Third. As in Winter Green Trees Cannot Be Distinguished from Withered, So in This World Neither Can the Just from the Unjust.
  • Similitude Fourth. As in Summer Living Trees are Distinguished from Withered by Fruit and Living Leaves, So in the World to Come the Just Differ from the Unjust in Happiness.
  • Similitude Fifth. Of True Fasting and Its Reward: Also of Purity of Body.
  • Similitude Sixth. Of the Two Classes of Voluptuous Men, and of Their Death, Falling Away, and the Duration of Their Punishment.
  • Similitude Seventh. They Who Repent Must Bring Forth Fruits Worthy of Repentance.
  • Similitude Eighth. The Sins of the Elect and of the Penitent are of Many Kinds, But All Will Be Rewarded According to the Measure of Their Repentance and Good Works.
  • Similitude Ninth. The Great Mysteries in the Building of the Militant and Triumphant Church.
  • Similitude Tenth. Concerning Repentance and Alms-Giving.
  • Elucidations
  • TATIAN
  • Introductory Note
  • Address to the Greeks
  • Chapter I. The Greeks Claim, Without Reason, the Invention of the Arts.
  • Chapter II. The Vices and Errors of the Philosophers.
  • Chapter III. Ridicule of the Philosophers.
  • Chapter IV. The Christians Worship God Alone.
  • Chapter V. The Doctrine of the Christians as to the Creation of the World.
  • Chapter VI. Christians’ Belief in the Resurrection.
  • Chapter VII. Concerning the Fall of Man.
  • Chapter VIII. The Demons Sin Among Mankind.
  • Chapter IX. They Give Rise to Superstitions.
  • Chapter X. Ridicule of the Heathen Divinities.
  • Chapter XI. The Sin of Men Due Not to Fate, But to Free-Will.
  • Chapter XII. The Two Kinds of Spirits.
  • Chapter XIII. Theory of the Soul’s Immortality.
  • Chapter XIV. The Demons Shall Be Punished More Severely Than Men.
  • Chapter XV. Necessity of a Union with the Holy Spirit.
  • Chapter XVI. Vain Display of Power by the Demons.
  • Chapter XVII. They Falsely Promise Health to Their Votaries.
  • Chapter XVIII. They Deceive, Instead of Healing.
  • Chapter XIX. Depravity Lies at the Bottom of Demon-Worship.
  • Chapter XX. Thanks are Ever Due to God.
  • Chapter XXI. Doctrines of the Christians and Greeks Respecting God Compared.
  • Chapter XXII. Ridicule of the Solemnities of the Greeks.
  • Chapter XXIII. Of the Pugilists and Gladiators.
  • Chapter XXIV. Of the Other Public Amusements.
  • Chapter XXV. Boastings and Quarrels of the Philosophers.
  • Chapter XXVI. Ridicule of the Studies of the Greeks.
  • Chapter XXVII. The Christians are Hated Unjustly.
  • Chapter XXVIII. Condemnation of the Greek Legislation.
  • Chapter XXIX. Account of Tatian’s Conversion.
  • Chapter XXX. How He Resolved to Resist the Devil.
  • Chapter XXXI. The Philosophy of the Christians More Ancient Than that of the Greeks.
  • Chapter XXXII. The Doctrine of the Christians, is Opposed to Dissensions, and Fitted for All.
  • Chapter XXXIII. Vindication of Christian Women.
  • Chapter XXXIV. Ridicule of the Statues Erected by the Greeks.
  • Chapter XXXV. Tatian Speaks as an Eye-Witness.
  • Chapter XXXVI. Testimony of the Chaldeans to the Antiquity of Moses.
  • Chapter XXXVII. Testimony of the Phœnicians.
  • Chapter XXXVIII. The Egyptians Place Moses in the Reign of Inachus.
  • Chapter XXXIX. Catalogue of the Argive Kings.
  • Chapter XL. Moses More Ancient and Credible Than the Heathen Heroes.
  • Chapter XLI.
  • Chapter XLII. Concluding Statement as to the Author.
  • Fragments
  • THEOPHILUS
  • Introductory Note
  • Theophilus to Autolycus
  • Book I
  • Chapter I.—Autolycus an Idolater and Scorner of Christians.
  • Chapter II.—That the Eyes of the Soul Must Be Purged Ere God Can Be Seen.
  • Chapter III.—Nature of God.
  • Chapter IV.—Attributes of God.
  • Chapter V.—The Invisible God Perceived Through His Works.
  • Chapter VI.—God is Known by His Works.
  • Chapter VII.—We Shall See God When We Put on Immortality.
  • Chapter VIII.—Faith Required in All Matters.
  • Chapter IX.—Immoralities of the Gods.
  • Chapter X.—Absurdities of Idolatry.
  • Chapter XI.—The King to Be Honoured, God to Be Worshipped.
  • Chapter XII.—Meaning of the Name Christian.
  • Chapter XIII.—The Resurrection Proved by Examples.
  • Chapter XIV.—Theophilus an Example of Conversion.
  • Book II
  • Chapter I.—Occasion of Writing This Book.
  • Chapter II.—The Gods are Despised When They are Made; But Become Valuable When Bought.
  • Chapter III.—What Has Become of the Gods?
  • Chapter IV.—Absurd Opinions of the Philosophers Concerning God.
  • Chapter V.—Opinions of Homer and Hesiod Concerning the Gods.
  • Chapter VI.—Hesiod on the Origin of the World.
  • Chapter VII.—Fabulous Heathen Genealogies.
  • Chapter VIII.— Opinions Concerning Providence.
  • Chapter IX.—The Prophets Inspired by the Holy Ghost.
  • Chapter X.—The World Created by God Through the Word.
  • Chapter XI.—The Six Days’ Work Described.
  • Chapter XII.—The Glory of the Six Days’ Work.
  • Chapter XIII.—Remarks on the Creation of the World.
  • Chapter XIV.—The World Compared to the Sea.
  • Chapter XV.—Of the Fourth Day.
  • Chapter XVI.—Of the Fifth Day.
  • Chapter XVII.—Of the Sixth Day.
  • Chapter XVIII.—The Creation of Man.
  • Chapter XIX.—Man is Placed in Paradise.
  • Chapter XX.—The Scriptural Account of Paradise.
  • Chapter XXI.—Of the Fall of Man.
  • Chapter XXII.—Why God is Said to Have Walked.
  • Chapter XXIII.—The Truth of the Account in Genesis.
  • Chapter XXIV.—The Beauty of Paradise.
  • Chapter XXV.—God Was Justified in Forbidding Man to Eat of the Tree of Knowledge.
  • Chapter XXVI.—God’s Goodness in Expelling Man from Paradise.
  • Chapter XXVII.—The Nature of Man.
  • Chapter XXVIII.—Why Eve Was Formed of Adam’s Rib.
  • Chapter XXIX.—Cain’s Crime.
  • Chapter XXX.—Cain’s Family and Their Inventions.
  • Chapter XXXI.—The History After the Flood.
  • Chapter XXXII.—How the Human Race Was Dispersed.
  • Chapter XXXIII.—Profane History Gives No Account of These Matters.
  • Chapter XXXIV.—The Prophets Enjoined Holiness of Life.
  • Chapter XXXV.—Precepts from the Prophetic Books.
  • Chapter XXXVI.—Prophecies of the Sibyl.
  • Chapter XXXVII.—The Testimonies of the Poets.
  • Chapter XXXVIII.—The Teachings of the Greek Poets and Philosophers Confirmatory of Those of the Hebrew Prophets.
  • Book III
  • Chapter I.—Autolycus Not Yet Convinced.
  • Chapter II.—Profane Authors Had No Means of Knowing the Truth.
  • Chapter III.—Their Contradictions.
  • Chapter IV.—How Autolycus Had Been Misled by False Accusations Against the Christians.
  • Chapter V.—Philosophers Inculcate Cannibalism.
  • Chapter VI.—Other Opinions of the Philosophers.
  • Chapter VII.—Varying Doctrine Concerning the Gods.
  • Chapter VIII.—Wickedness Attributed to the Gods by Heathen Writers.
  • Chapter IX.—Christian Doctrine of God and His Law.
  • Chapter X.—Of Humanity to Strangers.
  • Chapter XI.—Of Repentance.
  • Chapter XII.—Of Righteousness.
  • Chapter XIII.—Of Chastity.
  • Chapter XIV.—Of Loving Our Enemies.
  • Chapter XV.—The Innocence of the Christians Defended.
  • Chapter XVI.—Uncertain Conjectures of the Philosophers.
  • Chapter XVII.—Accurate Information of the Christians.
  • Chapter XVIII.—Errors of the Greeks About the Deluge.
  • Chapter XIX.—Accurate Account of the Deluge.
  • Chapter XX.—Antiquity of Moses.
  • Chapter XXI.—Of Manetho’s Inaccuracy.
  • Chapter XXII.—Antiquity of the Temple.
  • Chapter XXIII.—Prophets More Ancient Than Greek Writers.
  • Chapter XXIV.—Chronology from Adam.
  • Chapter XXV.—From Saul to the Captivity.
  • Chapter XXVI.—Contrast Between Hebrew and Greek Writings.
  • Chapter XXVII.—Roman Chronology to the Death of M. Aurelius.
  • Chapter XXVIII.—Leading Chronological Epochs.
  • Chapter XXIX.—Antiquity of Christianity.
  • Chapter XXX.—Why the Greeks Did Not Mention Our Histories.
  • ATHENAGORAS
  • Introductory Note
  • A Plea for the Christians
  • Chapter I.—Injustice Shown Towards the Christians.
  • Chapter II.—Claim to Be Treated as Others are When Accused.
  • Chapter III.—Charges Brought Against the Christians.
  • Chapter IV.—The Christians are Not Atheists, But Acknowledge One Only God.
  • Chapter V.—Testimony of the Poets to the Unity of God.
  • Chapter VI.—Opinions of the Philosophers as to the One God.
  • Chapter VII.—Superiority of the Christian Doctrine Respecting God.
  • Chapter VIII.—Absurdities of Polytheism.
  • Chapter IX.—The Testimony of the Prophets.
  • Chapter X.—The Christians Worship the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
  • Chapter XI.—The Moral Teaching of the Christians Repels the Charge Brought Against Them.
  • Chapter XII.—Consequent Absurdity of the Charge of Atheism.
  • Chapter XIII.—Why the Christians Do Not Offer Sacrifices.
  • Chapter XIV.—Inconsistency of Those Who Accuse the Christians.
  • Chapter XV.—The Christians Distinguish God from Matter.
  • Chapter XVI.—The Christians Do Not Worship the Universe.
  • Chapter XVII.—The Names of the Gods and Their Images are But of Recent Date.
  • Chapter XVIII.—The Gods Themselves Have Been Created, as the Poets Confess.
  • Chapter XIX.—The Philosophers Agree with the Poets Respecting the Gods.
  • Chapter XX.—Absurd Representations of the Gods.
  • Chapter XXI.—Impure Loves Ascribed to the Gods.
  • Chapter XXII.—Pretended Symbolical Explanations.
  • Chapter XXIII.—Opinions of Thales and Plato.
  • Chapter XXIV.—Concerning the Angels and Giants.
  • Chapter XXV.—The Poets and Philosophers Have Denied a Divine Providence.
  • Chapter XXVI.—The Demons Allure Men to the Worship of Images.
  • Chapter XXVII.—Artifices of the Demons.
  • Chapter XXVIII.—The Heathen Gods Were Simply Men.
  • Chapter XXIX.—Proof of the Same from the Poets.
  • Chapter XXX.—Reasons Why Divinity Has Been Ascribed to Men.
  • Chapter XXXI.—Confutation of the Other Charges Brought Against the Christians.
  • Chapter XXXII.—Elevated Morality of the Christians.
  • Chapter XXXIII.—Chastity of the Christians with Respect to Marriage.
  • Chapter XXXIV.—The Vast Difference in Morals Between the Christians and Their Accusers.
  • Chapter XXXV.—The Christians Condemn and Detest All Cruelty.
  • Chapter XXXVI.—Bearing of the Doctrine of the Resurrection on the Practices of the Christians.
  • Chapter XXXVII.—Entreaty to Be Fairly Judged.
  • The Resurrection of the Dead
  • Chapter I.—Defence of the Truth Should Precede Discussions Regarding It.
  • Chapter II.—A Resurrection is Not Impossible.
  • Chapter III.—He Who Could Create, Can Also Raise Up the Dead.
  • Chapter IV.—Objection from the Fact that Some Human Bodies Have Become Part of Others.
  • Chapter V.—Reference to the Processes of Digestion and Nutrition.
  • Chapter VI.—Everything that is Useless or Hurtful is Rejected.
  • Chapter VII.—The Resurrection-Body Different from the Present.
  • Chapter VIII.—Human Flesh Not the Proper or Natural Food of Men.
  • Chapter IX.—Absurdity of Arguing from Man’s Impotency.
  • Chapter X.—It Cannot Be Shown that God Does Not Will a Resurrection.
  • Chapter XI.—Recapitulation.
  • Chapter XII.—Argument for the Resurrection /rom the Purpose Contemplated in Man’s Creation.
  • Chapter XIII.—Continuation of the Argument.
  • Chapter XIV.—The Resurrection Does Not Rest Solely on the Fact of a Future Judgment.
  • Chapter XV.—Argument for the Resurrection from the Nature of Man.
  • Chapter XVI—Analogy of Death and Sleep, and Consequent Argument for the Resurrection.
  • Chapter XVII.—The Series of Changes We Can Now Trace in Man Renders a Resurrection Probable.
  • Chapter XVIII.—Judgment Must Have Reference Both to Soul and Body: There Will Therefore Be a Resurrection.
  • Chapter XIX.—Man Would Be More Unfavourably Situated Than the Beasts If There Were No Resurrection.
  • Chapter XX.—Man Must Be Possessed Both of a Body and Soul Hereafter, that the Judgment Passed Upon Him May Be Just.
  • Chapter XXI.—Continuation of the Argument.
  • Chapter XXII.—Continuation of the Argument.
  • Chapter XXIII.—Continuation of the Argument.
  • Chapter XXIV.—Argument for the Resurrection from the Chief End of Man.
  • Chapter XXV.—Argument Continued and Concluded.
  • CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA
  • Introductory Note
  • Exhortation to the Heathen
  • Chapter I.—Exhortation to Abandon the Impious Mysteries of Idolatry for the Adoration of the Divine Word and God the Father.
  • Chapter II.—The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables About the Birth and Death of Their Gods.
  • Chapter III.—The Cruelty of the Sacrifices to the Gods.
  • Chapter IV.—The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by Which the Gods are Worshipped.
  • Chapter V.—The Opinions of the Philosophers Respecting God.
  • Chapter VI.—By Divine Inspiration Philosophers Sometimes Hit on the Truth.
  • Chapter VII.—The Poets Also Bear Testimony to the Truth.
  • Chapter VIII.—The True Doctrine is to Be Sought in the Prophets.
  • Chapter IX.—“That Those Grievously Sin Who Despise or Neglect God’s Gracious Calling.”
  • Chapter X.—Answer to the Objection of the Heathen, that It Was Not Right to Abandon the Customs of Their Fathers.
  • Chapter XI.—How Great are the Benefits Conferred on Man Through the Advent of Christ.
  • Chapter XII.—Exhortation to Abandon Their Old Errors and Listen to the Instructions of Christ.
  • The Instructor
  • Book I
  • Chapter I. The Office of the Instructor.
  • Chapter II.—Our Instructor’s Treatment of Our Sins.
  • Chapter III.—The Philanthropy of the Instructor.
  • Chapter IV.—Men and Women Alike Under the Instructor’s Charge.
  • Chapter V.—All Who Walk According to Truth are Children of God.
  • Chapter VI.—The Name Children Does Not Imply Instruction in Elementary Principles.
  • Chapter VII.—Who the Instructor Is, and Respecting His Instruction.
  • Chapter VIII.—Against Those Who Think that What is Just is Not Good.
  • Chapter IX.—That It is the Prerogative of the Same Power to Be Beneficent and to Punish Justly. Also the Manner of the Instruction of the Logos.
  • Chapter X.—That the Same God, by the Same Word, Restrains from Sin by Threatening, and Saves Humanity by Exhorting.
  • Chapter XI.—That the Word Instructed by the Law and the Prophets.
  • Chapter XII.—The Instructor Characterized by the Severity and Benignity of Paternal Affection.
  • Chapter XIII.—Virtue Rational, Sin Irrational.
  • Book II
  • Chap. I.—On Eating.
  • Chapter II.—On Drinking.
  • Chapter III.—On Costly Vessels.
  • Chapter IV.—How to Conduct Ourselves at Feasts.
  • Chapter V.—On Laughter.
  • Chapter VI.—On Filthy Speaking.
  • Chapter VII.—Directions for Those Who Live Together.
  • Chapter VIII.—On the Use of Ointments and Crowns.
  • Chap. IX.—On Sleep.
  • Chapter X.
  • Chapter XI.—On Clothes.
  • Chap. XII.—On Shoes.
  • Chapter XIII—Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels and Gold Ornaments.
  • Book III
  • Chapter I.—On the True Beauty.
  • Chapter II.—Against Embellishing the Body.
  • Chapter III.—Against Men Who Embellish Themselves.
  • Chapter IV.—With Whom We are to Associate.
  • Chapter V.—Behaviour in the Baths.
  • Chapter VI.—The Christian Alone Rich.
  • Chapter VII.—Frugality a Good Provision for the Christian.
  • Chapter VIII.—Similitudes and Examples a Most Important Part of Right Instruction.
  • Chapter IX.—Why We are to Use the Bath.
  • Chapter X.—The Exercises Suited to a Good Life.
  • Chapter XI.—A Compendious View of the Christian Life.
  • Chapter XII.—Continuation: with Texts from Scripture.
  • Elucidations
  • The Stromata, or Miscellanies
  • Book I
  • Chapter I.—Preface—The Author’s Object—The Utility of Written Compositions.
  • Chapter II.—Objection to the Number of Extracts from Philosophical Writings in These Books Anticipated and Answered.
  • Chapter III.—Against the Sophists.
  • Chapter IV.—Human Arts as Well as Divine Knowledge Proceed from God.
  • Chapter V.—Philosophy the Handmaid of Theology.
  • Chapter VI.—The Benefit of Culture.
  • Chapter VII.—The Eclectic Philosophy Paves the Way for Divine Virtue.
  • Chapter VIII.—The Sophistical Arts Useless.
  • Chapter IX.—Human Knowledge Necessary for the Understanding of the Scriptures.
  • Chapter X.—To Act Well of Greater Consequence Than to Speak Well.
  • Chapter XI.—What is the Philosophy Which the Apostle Bids Us Shun?
  • Chapter XII.—The Mysteries of the Faith Not to Be Divulged to All.
  • Chapter XIII.—All Sects of Philosophy Contain a Germ of Truth.
  • Chapter XIV.—Succession of Philosophers in Greece.
  • Chapter XV.—The Greek Philosophy in Great Part Derived from the Barbarians.
  • Chapter XVI.—That the Inventors of Other Arts Were Mostly Barbarians.
  • Chapter XVII.—On the Saying of the Saviour, “All that Came Before Me Were Thieves and Robbers.”
  • Chapter XVIII.—He Illustrates the Apostle’s Saying, “I Will Destroy the Wisdom of the Wise.”
  • Chapter XIX.—That the Philosophers Have Attained to Some Portion of Truth.
  • Chapter XX.—In What Respect Philosophy Contributes to the Comprehension of Divine Truth.
  • Chapter XXI.—The Jewish Institutions and Laws of Far Higher Antiquity Than the Philosophy of the Greeks.
  • Chapter XXII.—On the Greek Translation of the Old Testament.
  • Chapter XXIII.—The Age, Birth, and Life of Moses.
  • Chapter XXIV.—How Moses Discharged the Part of a Military Leader.
  • Chapter XXV.—Plato an Imitator of Moses in Framing Laws.
  • Chapter XXVI.—Moses Rightly Called a Divine Legislator, And, Though Inferior to Christ, Far Superior to the Great Legislators of the Greeks, Minos and Lycurgus.
  • Chapter XXVII.—The Law, Even in Correcting and Punishing, Aims at the Good of Men.
  • Chapter XXVIII.—The Fourfold Division of the Mosaic Law.
  • Chapter XXIX.—The Greeks But Children Compared with the Hebrews.
  • Elucidations
  • Book II
  • Chapter I.—Introductory.
  • Chapter II.—The Knowledge of God Can Be Attained Only Through Faith.
  • Chapter III.—Faith Not a Product of Nature.
  • Chapter IV.—Faith the Foundation of All Knowledge.
  • Chapter V.—He Proves by Several Examples that the Greeks Drew from the Sacred Writers.
  • Chapter VI.—The Excellence and Utility of Faith.
  • Chapter VII.—The Utility of Fear. Objections Answered.
  • Chapter VIII.—The Vagaries of Basilides and Valentinus as to Fear Being the Cause of Things.
  • Chapter IX.—The Connection of the Christian Virtues.
  • Chapter X.—To What the Philosopher Applies Himself.
  • Chapter XI.—The Knowledge Which Comes Through Faith the Surest of All.
  • Chapter XII.—Twofold Faith.
  • Chapter XIII.—On First and Second Repentance.
  • Chapter XIV.—How a Thing May Be Involuntary.
  • Chapter XV.—On the Different Kinds of Voluntary Actions, and the Sins Thence Proceeding.
  • Chapter XVI.—How We are to Explain the Passages of Scripture Which Ascribe to God Human Affections.
  • Chapter XVII.—On the Various Kinds of Knowledge.
  • Chapter XVIII.—The Mosaic Law the Fountain of All Ethics, and the Source from Which the Greeks Drew Theirs.
  • Chapter XIX.—The True Gnostic is an Imitator of God, Especially in Beneficence.
  • Chapter XX.—The True Gnostic Exercises Patience and Self-Restraint.
  • Chapter XXI.—Opinions of Various Philosophers on the Chief Good.
  • Chapter XXII.—Plato’s Opinion, that the Chief Good Consists in Assimilation to God, and Its Agreement with Scripture.
  • Chapter XXIII.—On Marriage.
  • Elucidations
  • Book III
  • Elucidations
  • Book IV.
  • Chapter I.—Order of Contents.
  • Chapter II.—The Meaning of the Name Stromata or Miscellanies.
  • Chapter III.—The True Excellence of Man.
  • Chapter IV.—The Praises of Martyrdom.
  • Chapter V.—On Contempt for Pain, Poverty, and Other External Things.
  • Chapter VII.—The Blessedness of the Martyr.
  • Chapter VIII.—Women as Well as Men, Slaves as Well as Freemen, Candidates for the Martyr’s Crown.
  • Chapter IX.—Christ’s Sayings Respecting Martyrdom.
  • Chapter X.—Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved.
  • Chapter XI.—The Objection, Why Do You Suffer If God Cares for You, Answered.
  • Chapter XII.—Basilides’ Idea of Martyrdom Refuted.
  • Chapter XIII.—Valentinian’s Vagaries About the Abolition of Death Refuted.
  • Chapter XIV.—The Love of All, Even of Our Enemies.
  • Chapter XV.—On Avoiding Offence.
  • Chapter XVI.—Passages of Scripture Respecting the Constancy, Patience, and Love of the Martyrs.
  • Chapter XVII.—Passages from Clement’s Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom.
  • Chapter XVIII.—On Love, and the Repressing of Our Desires.
  • Chap. XIX.—Women as well as Men Capable of Perfection.
  • Chapter XX.—A Good Wife.
  • Chapter XXI.—Description of the Perfect Man, or Gnostic.
  • Chapter XXIII.—The Same Subject Continued.
  • Elucidations
  • Book V
  • Chap. I.—On Faith.
  • Chap. II.—On Hope.
  • Chapter III.—The Objects of Faith and Hope Perceived by the Mind Alone.
  • Chapter IV.—Divine Things Wrapped Up in Figures Both in the Sacred and in Heathen Writers.
  • Chapter V.—On the Symbols of Pythagoras.
  • Chapter VI.—The Mystic Meaning of the Tabernacle and Its Furniture.
  • Chapter VII.—The Egyptian Symbols and Enigmas of Sacred Things.
  • Chapter VIII.—The Use of the Symbolic Style by Poets and Philosophers.
  • Chapter IX.—Reasons for Veiling the Truth in Symbols.
  • Chapter X.—The Opinion of the Apostles on Veiling the Mysteries of the Faith.
  • Chapter XI.—Abstraction from Material Things Necessary in Order to Attain to the True Knowledge of God.
  • Chapter XII.—God Cannot Be Embraced in Words or by the Mind.
  • Chapter XIII.—The Knowledge of God a Divine Gift, According to the Philosophers.
  • Chapter XIV.—Greek Plagiarism from the Hebrews.
  • Elucidations
  • Book VI
  • Chapter I.—Plan.
  • Chapter II.—The Subject of Plagiarisms Resumed. The Greeks Plagiarized from One Another.
  • Chapter III.—Plagiarism by the Greeks of the Miracles Related in the Sacred Books of the Hebrews.
  • Chapter IV.—The Greeks Drew Many of Their Philosophical Tenets from the Egyptian and Indian Gymnosophists.
  • Chapter V.—The Greeks Had Some Knowledge of the True God.
  • Chapter VI.—The Gospel Was Preached to Jews and Gentiles in Hades.
  • Chapter VII.—What True Philosophy Is, and Whence So Called.
  • Chapter VIII.—Philosophy is Knowledge Given by God.
  • Chapter IX.—The Gnostic Free of All Perturbations of the Soul.
  • Chapter X.—The Gnostic Avails Himself of the Help of All Human Knowledge.
  • Chapter XI.—The Mystical Meanings in the Proportions of Numbers, Geometrical Ratios, and Music.
  • Chapter XII.—Human Nature Possesses an Adaptation for Perfection; The Gnostic Alone Attains It.
  • Chapter XIII.—Degrees of Glory in Heaven Corresponding with the Dignities of the Church Below.
  • Chapter XIV.—Degrees of Glory in Heaven.
  • Chapter XV.—Different Degrees of Knowledge.
  • Chapter XVI.—Gnostic Exposition of the Decalogue.
  • Chapter XVII.—Philosophy Conveys Only an Imperfect Knowledge of God.
  • Chapter XVIII.—The Use of Philosophy to the Gnostic.
  • Elucidations
  • Book VII
  • Chapter I.—The Gnostic a True Worshipper of God, and Unjustly Calumniated by Unbelievers as an Atheist.
  • Chapter II.—The Son the Ruler and Saviour of All.
  • Chapter III.—The Gnostic Aims at the Nearest Likeness Possible to God and His Son.
  • Chapter IV.—The Heathens Made Gods Like Themselves, Whence Springs All Superstition.
  • Chapter V.—The Holy Soul a More Excellent Temple Than Any Edifice Built by Man.
  • Chapter VI.—Prayers and Praise from a Pure Mind, Ceaselessly Offered, Far Better Than Sacrifices.
  • Chapter VII.—What Sort of Prayer the Gnostic Employs, and How It is Heard by God.
  • Chapter VIII.—The Gnostic So Addicted to Truth as Not to Need to Use an Oath.
  • Chapter IX.—Those Who Teach Others, Ought to Excel in Virtues.
  • Chapter X.—Steps to Perfection.
  • Chapter XI.—Description of the Gnostic’s Life.
  • Chapter XII.—The True Gnostic is Beneficent, Continent, and Despises Worldly Things.
  • Chapter XIII.—Description of the Gnostic Continued.
  • Chapter XIV.—Description of the Gnostic Furnished by an Exposition of 1 Cor. vi. 1, Etc.
  • Chapter XV.—The Objection to Join the Church on Account of the Diversity of Heresies Answered.
  • Chapter XVI.—Scripture the Criterion by Which Truth and Heresy are Distinguished.
  • Chapter XVII.—The Tradition of the Church Prior to that of the Heresies.
  • Chapter XVIII—The Distinction Between Clean and Unclean Animals in the Law Symbolical of the Distinction Between the Church, and Jews, and Heretics.
  • Elucidations
  • Book VIII
  • Chapter I.—The Object of Philosophical and Theological Inquiry—The Discovery of Truth.
  • Chapter II.—The Necessity of Perspicuous Definition.
  • Chapter III.—Demonstration Defined.
  • Chapter IV.—To Prevent Ambiguity, We Must Begin with Clear Definition.
  • Chapter V.—Application of Demonstration to Sceptical Suspense of Judgment.
  • Chapter VI.—Definitions, Genera, and Species.
  • Chapter VII.—On the Causes of Doubt or Assent.
  • Chapter VIII.—The Method of Classifying Things and Names.
  • Chapter IX.—On the Different Kinds of Cause.
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