The Enchiridion
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5th c. · Dogmatic & Doctrinal · English translation, 1890
Source edition: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I (ed. Philip Schaff, 1886–90)
Cover art: Saints Cyril and Methodius (1912) — Uroš Predić (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
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Contents
- The Enchiridion
- Introductory Notice
- Argument
- 1. The Author Desires the Gift of True Wisdom for Laurentius
- 2. The Fear of God is Man’s True Wisdom
- 3. God is to Be Worshipped Through Faith, Hope, and Love
- 4. The Questions Propounded by Laurentius
- 5. Brief Answers to These Questions
- 6. Controversy Out of Place in a Handbook Like the Present
- 7. The Creed and the Lord’s Prayer Demand the Exercise of Faith, Hope, and Love
- 8. The Distinction Between Faith and Hope, and the Mutual Dependence of Faith…
- 9. What We are to Believe. In Regard to Nature It is Not Necessary for the…
- 10. The Supremely Good Creator Made All Things Good
- 11. What is Called Evil in the Universe is But the Absence of Good
- 12. All Beings Were Made Good, But Not Being Made Perfectly Good, are Liable to…
- 13. There Can Be No Evil Where There is No Good; And an Evil Man is an Evil Good
- 14. Good and Evil are an Exception to the Rule that Contrary Attributes Cannot…
- The Preceding Argument is in No Wise Inconsistent With the Saying of Our Lord…
- 16. It is Not Essential to Man’s Happiness that He Should Know the Causes of…
- 17. The Nature of Error. All Error is Not Hurtful, Though It is Man’s Duty as…
- 18. It is Never Allowable to Tell a Lie; But Lies Differ Very Much in Guilt…
- 19. Men’s Errors Vary Very Much in the Magnitude of the Evils They Produce; But…
- 20. Every Error is Not a Sin. An Examination of the Opinion of the Academic…
- 21. Error, Though Not Always a Sin, is Always an Evil
- 22. A Lie is Not Allowable, Even to Save Another from Injury
- 23. Summary of the Results of the Preceding Discussion
- 24. The Secondary Causes of Evil are Ignorance and Lust
- 25. God’s Judgments Upon Fallen Men and Angels. The Death of the Body is Man’s…
- 26. Through Adam’s Sin His Whole Posterity Were Corrupted, and Were Born Under…
- 27. The State of Misery to Which Adam’s Sin Reduced Mankind, and the…
- 28. When the Rebellious Angels Were Cast Out, the Rest Remained in the…
- 29. The Restored Part of Humanity Shall, in Accordance with the Promises of…
- 30. Men are Not Saved by Good Works, Nor by the Free Determination of Their Own…
- 31. Faith Itself is the Gift of God; And Good Works Will Not Be Wanting in…
- 32. The Freedom of the Will is Also the Gift of God, for God Worketh in Us Both…
- 33. Men, Being by Nature the Children of Wrath, Needed a Mediator. In What…
- 34. The Ineffable Mystery of the Birth of Christ the Mediator Through the…
- 35. Jesus Christ, Being the Only Son of God, is at the Same Time Man
- 36. The Grace of God is Clearly and Remarkably Displayed in Raising the Man…
- 37. The Same Grace is Further Clearly Manifested in This, that the Birth of…
- 38. Jesus Christ, According to the Flesh, Was Not Born of the Holy Spirit in…
- 39. Not Everything that is Born of Another is to Be Called a Son of that Other
- Christ’s Birth Through the Holy Spirit Manifests to Us the Grace of God
- Christ, Who Was Himself Free From Sin, Was Made Sin for Us, That We Might Be…
- 42. The Sacrament of Baptism Indicates Our Death with Christ to Sin, and Our…
- 43. Baptism and the Grace Which It Typifies are Open to All, Both Infants and…
- 44. In Speaking of Sin, the Singular Number is Often Put for the Plural, and…
- 45. In Adam’s First Sin, Many Kinds of Sin Were Involved
- 46. It is Probable that Children are Involved in the Guilt Not Only of the…
- 47. It is Difficult to Decide Whether the Sins of a Man’s Other Progenitors are…
- 48. The Guilt of the First Sin is So Great that It Can Be Washed Away Only in…
- Christ Was Not Regenerated in the Baptism of John, But Submitted to It to Give…
- Christ Took Away Not Only the One Original Sin, But All the Other Sins That…
- 51. All Men Born of Adam are Under Condemnation, and Only If New Born in Christ…
- 52. In Baptism, Which is the Similitude of the Death and Resurrection of…
- Christ’s Cross and Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, and Sitting Down at the…
- Christ’s Second Coming Does Not Belong to the Past, But Will Take Place at the…
- The Expression, ‘Christ Shall Judge the Quick and the Dead,’ May Be Understood…
- 56. The Holy Spirit and the Church. The Church is the Temple of God
- 57. The Condition of the Church in Heaven
- 58. We Have No Certain Knowledge of the Organization of the Angelic Society
- 59. The Bodies Assumed by Angels Raise a Very Difficult, and Not Very Useful…
- 60. It is More Necessary to Be Able to Detect the Wiles of Satan When He…
- 61. The Church on Earth Has Been Redeemed from Sin by the Blood of a Mediator
- 62. By the Sacrifice of Christ All Things are Restored, and Peace is Made…
- 63. The Peace of God, Which Reigneth in Heaven, Passeth All Understanding
- 64. Pardon of Sin Extends Over the Whole Mortal Life of the Saints, Which…
- 65. God Pardons Sins, But on Condition of Penitence, Certain Times for Which…
- 66. The Pardon of Sin Has Reference Chiefly to the Future Judgment
- 67. Faith Without Works is Dead, and Cannot Save a Man
- The True Sense of the Passage I Cor. III. 11–15 About Those Who Are Saved, Yet…
- 69. It is Not Impossible that Some Believers May Pass Through a Purgatorial…
- 70. Almsgiving Will Not Atone for Sin Unless the Life Be Changed
- 71. The Daily Prayer of the Believer Makes Satisfaction for the Trivial Sins…
- 72. There are Many Kinds of Alms, the Giving of Which Assists to Procure Pardon…
- 73. The Greatest of All Alms is to Forgive Our Debtors and to Love Our Enemies
- 74. God Does Not Pardon the Sins of Those Who Do Not from the Heart Forgive…
- 75. The Wicked and the Unbelieving are Not Made Clean by the Giving of Alms…
- 76. To Give Alms Aright, We Should Begin with Ourselves, and Have Pity Upon Our…
- 77. If We Would Give Alms to Ourselves, We Must Flee Iniquity; For He Who…
- 78. What Sins are Trivial and What Heinous is a Matter for God’s Judgment
- 79. Sins Which Appear Very Trifling, are Sometimes in Reality Very Serious
- 80. Sins, However Great and Detestable, Seem Trivial When We are Accustomed to…
- 81. There are Two Causes of Sin, Ignorance and Weakness; And We Need Divine…
- 82. The Mercy of God is Necessary to True Repentance
- 83. The Man Who Despises the Mercy of God is Guilty of the Sin Against the Holy…
- 84. The Resurrection of the Body Gives Rise to Numerous Questions
- 85. The Case of Abortive Conceptions
- 86. If They Have Ever Lived, They Must of Course Have Died, and Therefore Shall…
- 87. The Case of Monstrous Births
- 88. The Material of the Body Never Perishes
- 89. But This Material May Be Differently Arranged in the Resurrection Body
- 90. If There Be Differences and Inequalities Among the Bodies of Those Who Rise…
- 91. The Bodies of the Saints Shall at The Resurrection Be Spiritual Bodies
- 92. The Resurrection of the Lost
- 93. Both the First and the Second Deaths are the Consequence of Sin. Punishment…
- 94. The Saints Shall Know More Fully in the Next World the Benefits They Have…
- 95. God’s Judgments Shall Then Be Explained
- 96. The Omnipotent God Does Well Even in the Permission of Evil
- In What Sense Does the Apostle Say That ’God Will Have All Men to Be Saved,’…
- 98. Predestination to Eternal Life is Wholly of God’s Free Grace
- 99. As God’s Mercy is Free, So His Judgments are Just, and Cannot Be Gainsaid
- 100. The Will of God is Never Defeated, Though Much is Done that is Contrary to…
- 101. The Will of God, Which is Always Good, is Sometimes Fulfilled Through the…
- 102. The Will of the Omnipotent God is Never Defeated, and is Never Evil
- Interpretation of the Expression in I Tim. II. 4: ‘Who Will Have All Men to Be…
- 104. God, Foreknowing the Sin of the First Man, Ordered His Own Purposes…
- 105. Man Was So Created as to Be Able to Choose Either Good or Evil: in the…
- 106. The Grace of God Was Necessary to Man’s Salvation Before the Fall as Well…
- 107. Eternal Life, Though the Reward of Good Works, is Itself the Gift of God
- 108. A Mediator Was Necessary to Reconcile Us to God; And Unless This Mediator…
- 109. The State of the Soul During the Interval Between Death and the…
- 110. The Benefit to the Souls of the Dead from the Sacraments and Alms of Their…
- 111. After the Resurrection There Shall Be Two Distinct Kingdoms, One of…
- 112. There is No Ground in Scripture for the Opinion of Those Who Deny the…
- 113. The Death of the Wicked Shall Be Eternal in the Same Sense as the Life of…
- 114. Having Dealt with Faith, We Now Come to Speak of Hope. Everything that…
- 115. The Seven Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer, According to Matthew
- 116. Luke Expresses the Substance of These Seven Petitions More Briefly in Five
- 117. Love, Which is Greater Than Faith and Hope, is Shed Abroad in Our Hearts…
- 118. The Four Stages of the Christian’s Life, and the Four Corresponding Stages…
- 119. The Grace of Regeneration Washes Away All Past Sin and All Original Guilt
- 120. Death Cannot Injure Those Who Have Received the Grace of Regeneration
- 121. Love is the End of All the Commandments, and God Himself is Love
- Chapter 122.—Conclusion