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1 online resource (xxii, 257 pages) |
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The fathers of the church, a new translation ; v. 70 |
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Fathers of the church ; v. 70.
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| Contents |
Conents -- Preface -- Select Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Literary Form and Chronology -- II. Doctrinal Content -- Eighty-three Different Questions -- 1. Is the Soul Self-existent? -- 2. On Free Choice -- 3. Is God Responsible for Human Perversity? -- 4. What is the Cause of Human Perversity? -- 5. Can an Animal without Reason be Happy? -- 6. On Evil -- 7. What does 'Soul' Properly Refer to in a Living Being? -- 8. Is the Soul Self-moving? -- 9. Can Truth be Perceived by the Bodily Senses -- 10. Does Body Come from God? |
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11. Why was Christ Born of a Woman?12. The Opinion of a Certain Wise Man -- 13. What Proof is There that Men are Superior to Animals? -- 14. That the Body of Christ was not a Phantom -- 15. On the Intellect -- 16. On the Son of God -- 17. On God's Knowledge -- 18. On the Trinity -- 19. On God and the Created -- 20. On the Place of God -- 21. Is not God the Author of Evil? -- 22. That God is not Subject to Need -- 23. On the Father and the Son -- 24. Do Sin and Right Conduct Result from a Free Choice of the Will? -- 25. On the Cross of Christ |
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26. On the Diversity of Sins27. On Providence -- 28. Why did God Want to Make the World? -- 29. Is There an 'Above' and a 'Below' in the Universe? -- 30. Has Everything been Created for Man's Use? -- 31. Cicero's Opinion on the Division and Definition of the Virtues of the Soul -- Section 1 -- Section 2 -- Section 3 -- 32. Can Someone Understand Something Better than Someone Else, and Therefore Can There be an Endless Advance in the Understanding of the Thing? -- 33. On Fear -- 34. Must Nothing Else be Loved but Freedom from Fear? -- 35. What Ought to be Loved? |
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Section 1Section 2 -- 36. On Nourishing Charity -- Section 1 -- Section 2 -- Section 3 -- Section 4 -- 37. On the Forever Born -- 38. On the Structure of the Soul -- 39. On the Sources of Nourishment -- 40. Since the Nature of Souls is the Same, Why are the Choices of Men Different? -- 41. Since God has Made Everything, Why did He not Make Everything Equal? -- 42. How was Christ Both in His Mother's Womb and in Heaven? -- 43. Why did the Son of God Appear as a Man and the Holy Spirit as a Dove? |
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44. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ Come so Long After Man Sinned and not in the Beginning?45. Against the Mathematicians -- Section 1 -- Section 2 -- 46. On the Ideas -- Section 1 -- Section 2 -- 47. Will We Ever be Able to See our Own Thoughts? -- 48. On What can be Believed -- 49. Why is it that the Sons of Israel Used to Make Visible Sacrifices of Animal Victims? -- 50. On the Equality of the Son -- 51. On Man Made in the Image and Likeness of God -- Section 1 -- Section 2 -- Section 3 -- Section 4 |
| Notes |
Originally published: ©1982 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xix-xx) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Philosophy -- Miscellanea
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Theology -- Miscellanea.
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Philosophy.
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Theology.
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813211701 |
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0813211700 |
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