On Christian Doctrine — I

St. Augustine of Hippo

  1. 0. Greeting
  2. 1. — The Interpretation of Scripture Depends on the Discovery and Enunciation of the Meaning, and is to Be Undertaken in Dependence on God's Aid.
  3. 2. — What a Thing Is, and What A Sign.
  4. 3. — Some Things are for Use, Some for Enjoyment.
  5. 4. — Difference of Use and Enjoyment.
  6. 5. — The Trinity the True Object of Enjoyment.
  7. 6. — In What Sense God is Ineffable.
  8. 7. — What All Men Understand by the Term God.
  9. 8. — God to Be Esteemed Above All Else, Because He is Unchangeable Wisdom.
  10. 9. — All Acknowledge the Superiority of Unchangeable Wisdom to that Which is Variable.
  11. 10. — To See God, the Soul Must Be Purified.
  12. 11. — Wisdom Becoming Incarnate, a Pattern to Us of Purification.
  13. 12. — In What Sense the Wisdom of God Came to Us.
  14. 13. — The Word Was Made Flesh.
  15. 14. — How the Wisdom of God Healed Man.
  16. 15. — Faith is Buttressed by the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, and is Stimulated by His Coming to Judgment.
  17. 16. — Christ Purges His Church by Medicinal Afflictions.
  18. 17. — Christ, by Forgiving Our Sins, Opened the Way to Our Home.
  19. 18. — The Keys Given to the Church.
  20. 19. — Bodily and Spiritual Death and Resurrection.
  21. 20. — The Resurrection to Damnation.
  22. 21. — Neither Body Nor Soul Extinguished at Death.
  23. 22. — God Alone to Be Enjoyed.
  24. 23. — Man Needs No Injunction to Love Himself and His Own Body.
  25. 24. — No Man Hates His Own Flesh, Not Even Those Who Abuse It.
  26. 25. — A Man May Love Something More Than His Body, But Does Not Therefore Hate His Body.
  27. 26. — The Command to Love God and Our Neighbor Includes a Command to Love Ourselves.
  28. 27. — The Order of Love.
  29. 28. — How We are to Decide Whom to Aid.
  30. 29. — We are to Desire and Endeavor that All Men May Love God.
  31. 30. — Whether Angels are to Be Reckoned Our Neighbors.
  32. 31. — God Uses Rather Than Enjoys Us.
  33. 32. — In What Way God Uses Man.
  34. 33. — In What Way Man Should Be Enjoyed.
  35. 34. — Christ the First Way to God.
  36. 35. — The Fulfillment and End of Scripture is the Love of God and Our Neighbor.
  37. 36. — That Interpretation of Scripture Which Builds Us Up in Love is Not Perniciously Deceptive Nor Mendacious, Even Though It Be Faulty. The Interpreter, However, Should Be Corrected.
  38. 37. — Dangers of Mistaken Interpretation.
  39. 38. — Love Never Fails.
  40. 39. — He Who is Mature in Faith, Hope and Love, Needs Scripture No Longer.
  41. 40. — What Manner of Reader Scripture Demands.

Containing a general view of the subjects treated in Holy Scripture