Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers First Series, St. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans, and Against the DonatistsPhilip Schaff Cosimo, Inc., 1 maj 2007 - 684 sidor "The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD marked the beginning of a new era in Christianity. For the first time, doctrines were organized into a single creed. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers did most of their writing during and after this important event in Church history. Unlike the previous era of Christian writing, the Nicene and Post-Nicene era is dominated by a few very important and prolific writers. In Volume IV of the 14-volume collected writings of the Nicenes and Post-Nicenes (first published between 1886 and 1889), readers will find Augustines writings defending the Catholic church against the Manichaeans and the Donatists. Manichaeanism was a religion developed in Persia by the prophet Mani. According to this religion, creation has two parts: darkness and light. Light is God and has ten attributes. Opposing this, and coeternal with it, is darkness and its five attributes. Saint Augustine was originally a Manichaean, so his defense of Christianity against this religion comes from a deep understanding of its nature. Donatists were a group of believers who refused to forgive those who had renounced their faith during a time of persecution, which caused a schism in Christianity. In opposing these men, Augustine attempted to mend the rift. Those with an interest in ancient religions will find Augustines writings on Manichaeanism one of the most important historical records of that religions practices." |
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... thee and chosen thee for his mission . But he commands thee to invite men to thy doctrine and to proclaim the glad tidings of truth that comes from him , and to bestow thereon all thy zeal . " Mani entered upon his work , according to ...
... thee and chosen thee for his mission . But he commands thee to invite men to thy doctrine and to proclaim the glad tidings of truth that comes from him , and to bestow thereon all thy zeal . " Mani entered upon his work , according to ...
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... thee who praises thy Host , thy Righteous Ones , thy Word , thy Glory , and thy Good Pleasure , because thou art the God who is wholly truth , life and righteousness . In the fourth prostration let him say : I praise and fall down ...
... thee who praises thy Host , thy Righteous Ones , thy Word , thy Glory , and thy Good Pleasure , because thou art the God who is wholly truth , life and righteousness . In the fourth prostration let him say : I praise and fall down ...
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... thee , O Spitama Zarathustra ; the man who has a wife is far above him who begets no sons ; he who keeps a house is far above him who has none ; he who has children is far above a childless man . " Mani made great merit of voluntary ...
... thee , O Spitama Zarathustra ; the man who has a wife is far above him who begets no sons ; he who keeps a house is far above him who has none ; he who has children is far above a childless man . " Mani made great merit of voluntary ...
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... Thee only - who , verily art the Truth - but also of the elements of this world , Thy creatures O Truth , Truth ! how inwardly even then did the marrow of my soul pant after Thee , when they frequently and in a multiplicity of ways ...
... Thee only - who , verily art the Truth - but also of the elements of this world , Thy creatures O Truth , Truth ! how inwardly even then did the marrow of my soul pant after Thee , when they frequently and in a multiplicity of ways ...
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... Thee , what must be the measure of love ; for does not agree with that of the apostle . For I fear lest the desire enkindled in my heart the first , the books will prove it ; and as for should either exceed or come short in fervor . the ...
... Thee , what must be the measure of love ; for does not agree with that of the apostle . For I fear lest the desire enkindled in my heart the first , the books will prove it ; and as for should either exceed or come short in fervor . the ...
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The beauty of the straight line might be taken from the region of darkness without taking anything from its substance So evil neither takes from nor ... | 142 |
Evil alone is corruption Corruption is not nature but contrary to nature Corrup tion implies previous good | 147 |
God alone perfectly good | 148 |
In what sense evils are from God | 149 |
Corruption is by Gods permission and comes from us | 150 |
Tim ii 24 25 | 157 |
Written after the year 404 It is put in the Retractations immediately after the De Actis | 387 |
BOOK I | 401 |
CONCERNING THE NATURE OF GOOD AGAINST THE MANICHÆANS | 457 |
The refutation of this absurdity | 143 |
The same subject continued | 144 |
Every nature as nature is good | 145 |
Nature cannot be without some good The Manichæans dwell upon the evils | 146 |
THE ANTIDONATIST WRITINGS | 515 |
THE CORRECTION OF THE DONATISTS | 629 |
INDEX TO THE ANTIDONATIST WRITINGS 667675 | 667 |
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Sida 499 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Sida 482 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Sida 331 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Sida 203 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Sida 167 - He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
Sida 442 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able.
Sida 177 - Well ; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear : for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.
Sida 203 - Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.