Against the Arians
Classic translation
4th c. · Polemics & Heresiology · English translation, 1890
Source edition: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II (ed. Schaff & Wace, 1890–1900)
Cover art: Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory) – The Morning after the Deluge — J. M. W. Turner (British, 1775–1851) (Wikimedia Commons (Tate), Public domain)
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Contents
- Discourse 1
- 1. Introduction. Reason for writing; certain persons indifferent about…
- 2. Extracts from the Thalia of Arius. Arius maintains that God became a Father…
- 3. The Importance of the Subject. The Arians affect Scripture language, but…
- 4. That the Son is Eternal and Increate. These attributes, being the points in…
- 5. Subject Continued. Objection, that the Son’s eternity makes Him coordinate…
- 6. Subject Continued. Third proof of the Son’s eternity, viz. from other titles…
- 7. Objections to the Foregoing Proof. Whether, in the generation of the Son…
- 8. Objections Continued. Whether we may decide the question by the parallel of…
- 9. Objections Continued. Whether is the Unoriginate one or two? Inconsistent in…
- 10. Objections Continued. How the Word has free will, yet without being…
- 11. Texts Explained; And First, Phil. II. 9, 10. Various texts which are…
- 12. Texts Explained; Secondly, Psalm xlv. 7, 8. Whether the words ‘therefore,’…
- 13. Texts Explained; Thirdly, Hebrews i. 4. Additional texts brought as…
- Excursus B. On §22 (Note 3)
- Discourse 2
- 14. Texts explained; Fourthly, Hebrews iii. 2. Introduction; the Regula Fidei…
- Texts Explained; Fifthly, Acts 2:36. The Regula Fidei Must Be Observed; Made…
- 16. Introductory to Proverbs viii. 22, that the Son is not a Creature. Arian…
- 17. Introduction to Proverbs 8:22 continued. Absurdity of supposing a Son or…
- 18. Introduction to Proverbs 8:22 continued. Contrast between the Father’s…
- 19. Texts explained; Sixthly, Proverbs viii. 22. Proverbs are of a figurative…
- 20. Texts Explained; Sixthly, Proverbs 8:22 Continued. Our Lord is said to be…
- 21. Texts Explained; Sixthly, Proverbs viii. 22, Continued. Our Lord not said…
- 22. Texts Explained; Sixthly, the Context of Proverbs viii. 22 Vz. 22-30. It is…
- Discourse 3
- 23. Texts Explained; Seventhly, John xiv. 10. Introduction. The doctrine of the…
- 24. Texts Explained; Eighthly, John xvii. 3. and the Like. Our Lord’s divinity…
- 25. Texts Explained; Ninthly, John x. 30; xvii. 11, &c. Arian explanation, that…
- 26. Introductory to Texts from the Gospels on the Incarnation. Enumeration of…
- 27. Texts Explained; Tenthly, Matthew xi. 27; John iii. 35, &c. These texts…
- 28. Texts Explained; Eleventhly, Mark xiii. 32 and Luke ii. 52. Arian…
- 29. Texts Explained; Twelfthly, Matthew xxvi. 39; John xii. 27, &c. Arian…
- 30. Objections continued, as in Chapters vii.—x. Whether the Son is begotten of…
- Excursus C. Introductory to the Fourth Discourse Against the Arians
- Discourse 4
- The Substantiality of the Word Proved From Scripture. If the One Origin Be…
- When the Word and Son Hungered, Wept, and Was Wearied, He Acted as Our…
- Arians Date the Son's Beginning Earlier Than Marcellus, &C
- Unless Father and Son Are Two in Name Only, or as Parts and So Each Imperfect…
- Marcellus and His Disciples, Like Arians, Say That the Word Was, Not Indeed…
- Such a Doctrine Precludes All Real Distinctions of Personality in the Divine…
- Since the Word is From God, He Must Be Son. Since the Son is From Everlasting…
- Marcellian Illustration From 1 Cor. Xii. 4, Refuted
- That the Son is the Co-existing Word, Argued From the New Testament. Texts From…