Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: First Series, Volume IV St. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans, and Against the DonatistsPhilip Schaff Cosimo, Inc., 1 maj 2007 - 684 "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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Strona 8
... evil , happiness and misery . Has the Creator form or is he formless ? Has he any qualities or none ? ” It is true that such questions pressed themselves with special importunity upon the thinkers of the age mentioned , but we should be ...
... evil , happiness and misery . Has the Creator form or is he formless ? Has he any qualities or none ? ” It is true that such questions pressed themselves with special importunity upon the thinkers of the age mentioned , but we should be ...
Strona 12
... evil , and assigned the name of Light to the former , and that of Darkness to the latter . " Again , Manes is represented as saying : " I hold that there are two natures , one good and another evil ; and that the one which is good ...
... evil , and assigned the name of Light to the former , and that of Darkness to the latter . " Again , Manes is represented as saying : " I hold that there are two natures , one good and another evil ; and that the one which is good ...
Strona 13
... evil . The complete separation of the eternally existent Kingdoms of Light and Darkness has been posited . How now are we to account for the mixture of light and darkness , of good and evil , in the present order of things ? Mani would ...
... evil . The complete separation of the eternally existent Kingdoms of Light and Darkness has been posited . How now are we to account for the mixture of light and darkness , of good and evil , in the present order of things ? Mani would ...
Strona 19
... evil beings , and teaches the adoration only of Ahura Mazda and the spirits subject to him ; but in the sense of placing in hostility to each other two sharply divided kingdoms , that of light , of truth , and of purity , and that of ...
... evil beings , and teaches the adoration only of Ahura Mazda and the spirits subject to him ; but in the sense of placing in hostility to each other two sharply divided kingdoms , that of light , of truth , and of purity , and that of ...
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... evil influence . " The appellation " Maker of the material world " is constantly applied to Ormuzd in the Vendîdâd ... evil , and it only ceases to be absolutely evil by the mixture with it of the elements of the Kingdom of Light ...
... evil influence . " The appellation " Maker of the material world " is constantly applied to Ormuzd in the Vendîdâd ... evil , and it only ceases to be absolutely evil by the mixture with it of the elements of the Kingdom of Light ...
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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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Strona 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.
Strona 532 - Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, and do not.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 79 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Strona 157 - The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Strona 553 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, he said unto them ; Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him; We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.