Blessed Augustine of Hippo

The Harmony of the Gospels

Name: The Harmony of the Gospels
Author: Blessed Augustine of Hippo

5th c.

Classic translation

Scripture Commentary · English translation, 1890

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Title Page
Introductory Essay
Translator’s Introductory Notice
Book I
Introduction
On the Authority of the Gospels
On the Order of the Evangelists, and the Principles on Which They Wrote
Of the Fact That Matthew, Together With Mark, Had Specially in View the Kingly…
Of the Fact That John Undertook the Exposition of Christ’s Divinity
Concerning the Two Virtues, of Which John is Conversant With the Contemplative…
Of the Four Living Creatures in the Apocalypse, Which Have Been Taken by Some…
A Statement of Augustin’s Reason for Undertaking This Work on the Harmony of…
Of the Question Why, If Christ is Believed to Have Been the Wisest of Men on…
Of Certain Persons Who Pretend That Christ Wrote Books on the Arts of Magic
Of Some Who Are Mad Enough to Suppose That the Books Were Inscribed With the…
In Opposition to Those Who Foolishly Imagine That Christ Converted the People…
Of the Fact That the God of the Jews, After the Subjugation of That People, Was…
Of the Question Why God Suffered the Jews to Be Reduced to Subjection
Of the Fact That the God of the Hebrews, Although the People Were Conquered…
Of the Fact That the Pagans, When Constrained to Laud Christ, Have Launched…
Of the Fact That, on the Subject of the Destruction of Idols, the Apostles…
In Opposition to the Romans Who Rejected the God of Israel Alone
Of the Fact That the God of the Hebrews is Not Received by the Romans, Because…
The Proof That This God is the True God
Of the Fact That Nothing is Discovered to Have Been Predicted by the Prophets…
An Argument for the Exclusive Worship of This God, Who, While He Prohibits…
Of the Opinion Entertained by the Gentiles Regarding Our God
Of the Follies Which the Pagans Have Indulged in Regarding Jupiter and Saturn
Of the Fact That Those Persons Who Reject the God of Israel, in Consequence…
Of the Fact That the False Gods Do Not Forbid Others to Be Worshipped Along…
Of the Fact That Idolatry Has Been Subverted by the Name of Christ, and by the…
An Argument Urging It Upon the Remnant of Idolaters That They Should at Length…
Of the Predicted Rejection of Idols
Of the Question Why the Heathen Should Refuse to Worship the God of Israel…
Of the Fact That, as the Prophecies Have Been Fulfilled, the God of Israel Has…
The Fulfilment of the Prophecies Concerning Christ
A Statement in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Apostles as Opposed to…
A Statement in Opposition to Those Who Make the Complaint That the Bliss of…
Epilogue to the Preceding
Of the Fact That the Mystery of a Mediator Was Made Known to Those Who Lived in…
Book II
Introduction (i)
The Prologue
A Statement of the Reason Why the Enumeration of the Ancestors of Christ is…
An Explanation of the Sense in Which Christ is the Son of David, Although He…
A Statement of the Reason Why Matthew Enumerates One Succession of Ancestors…
Of the Reason Why Forty Generations (Not Including Christ Himself) Are Found in…
A Statement of the Manner in Which Luke’s Procedure is Proved to Be in Harmony…
On the Position Given to the Preaching of John the Baptist in All the Four…
Of the Two Herods
An Explanation of the Statement Made by Matthew, to the Effect That Joseph Was…
An Explanation of the Circumstance That Matthew States That Joseph’s Reason for…
A Statement of the Reason Why Luke Tells Us That ‘His Parents Went to Jerusalem…
An Examination of the Question as to How It Was Possible for Them to Go Up…
Concerning the Words Ascribed to John by All the Four Evangelists Respectively
Of the Baptism of Jesus
Of the Words or the Voice That Came From Heaven Upon Him When He Had Been…
An Explanation of the Circumstance That, According to the Evangelist John, John…
Of the Temptation of Jesus
Of the Calling of the Apostles as They Were Fishing
Of the Date of His Departure Into Galilee
Of the Lengthened Sermon Which, According to Matthew, He Delivered on the Mount
An Explanation of the Circumstance That Matthew Tells Us How the Centurion Came…
Of the Order in Which the Narrative Concerning Peter’s Mother-In-Law is…
Of the Order of the Incidents Which Are Recorded After This Section and of the…
Of the Person Who Said to the Lord, ‘I Will Follow Thee Whithersoever Thou…
Of the Lord’s Crossing the Lake on That Occasion on Which He Slept in the…
Of the Man Sick of the Palsy to Whom the Lord Said, ‘Thy Sins Are Forgiven…
Of the Calling of Matthew, and of the Question Whether Matthew’s Own Account is…
Of the Feast at Which It Was Objected at Once That Christ Ate With Sinners, and…
Of the Raising of the Daughter of the Ruler of the Synagogue, and of the Woman…
Of the Two Blind Men and the Dumb Demoniac Whose Stories Are Related Only by…
Of the Section Where It is Recorded, That Being Moved With Compassion for the…
Of the Account Given by Matthew and Luke of the Occasion When John the Baptist…
Of the Occasion on Which He Upbraided the Cities Because They Repented Not…
Of the Occasion on Which He Calls Them to Take His Yoke and Burden Upon Them…
Of the Passage in Which It is Said That the Disciples Plucked the Ears of Corn…
Of the Man With the Withered Hand, Who Was Restored on the Sabbath-Day; And of…
Of Another Question Which Demands Our Consideration, Namely, Whether, in…
Of the Consistency of the Accounts Given by Matthew and Luke Regarding the Dumb…
Of the Occasion on Which It Was Said to Him That He Cast Out Devils in the…
Of the Question as to the Manner of Matthew’s Agreement With Luke in the…
Of the Question as to Whether There is Any Discrepancy Between Matthew on the…
Of the Words Which Were Spoken Out of the Ship on the Subject of the Sower…
Of His Coming Into His Own Country, and of the Astonishment of the People at…
Of the Mutual Consistency of the Accounts Which Are Given by Matthew, Mark, and…
Of the Order in Which the Accounts of John’s Imprisonment and Death Are Given…
Of the Order and the Method in Which All the Four Evangelists Come to the…
Of the Question as to How the Four Evangelists Harmonize With Each Other on…
Of His Walking Upon the Water, and of the Questions Regarding the Harmony of…
Of the Absence of Any Discrepancy Between Matthew and Mark on the One Hand, and…
Of the Woman of Canaan Who Said, ‘Yet the Dogs Eat of the Crumbs Which Fall…
Of the Occasion on Which He Fed the Multitudes With the Seven Loaves, and of…
Of Matthew’s Declaration That, on Leaving These Parts, He Came Into the Coasts…
Of Matthew’s Agreement With Mark in the Statement About the Leaven of the…
Of the Occasion on Which He Asked the Disciples Whom Men Said That He Was; And…
Of the Occasion on Which He Announced His Coming Passion to the Disciples, and…
Of the Harmony Between the Three Evangelists in the Notices Which They Subjoin…
Of the Manifestation Which the Lord Made of Himself, in Company With Moses and…
Of the Harmony Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Given of the Occasion…
Of the Man Who Brought Before Him His Son, Whom the Disciples Were Unable to…
Of the Occasion on Which the Disciples Were Exceeding Sorry When He Spoke to…
Of His Paying the Tribute Money Out of the Mouth of the Fish, an Incident Which…
Of the Little Child Whom He Set Before Them for Their Imitation, and of the…
Of the Harmony Subsisting Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Which They…
Of the Little Children on Whom He Laid His Hands; Of the Rich Man to Whom He…
Of the Occasions on Which He Foretold His Passion in Private to His Disciples…
Of the Absence of Any Antagonism Between Matthew and Mark, or Between Matthew…
Of the Colt of the Ass Which is Mentioned by Matthew, and of the Consistency of…
Of the Expulsion of the Sellers and Buyers From the Temple, and of the Question…
Of the Withering of the Fig-Tree, and of the Question as to the Absence of Any…
Of the Harmony Between the First Three Evangelists in Their Accounts of the…
Of the Two Sons Who Were Commanded by Their Father to Go Into His Vineyard, and…
Of the Marriage of the King’s Son, to Which the Multitudes Were Invited; And of…
Of the Harmony Characterizing the Narratives Given by These Three Evangelists…
Of the Person to Whom the Two Precepts Concerning the Love of God and the Love…
Of the Passage in Which the Jews Are Asked to Say Whose Son They Suppose Christ…
Of the Pharisees Who Sit in the Seat of Moses, and Enjoin Things Which They Do…
Of the Harmony in Respect of the Order of Narration Subsisting Between Matthew…
Of the Harmony Subsisting Between the Three Evangelists in Their Narratives of…
Of the Question Whether There is Any Contradiction Between Matthew and Mark on…
Of the Concord Between Matthew, Mark, and John in Their Notices of the Supper…
Of the Harmony Characterizing the Accounts Which Are Given by Matthew, Mark…
Book III
Introduction (i, 2)
Prologue
Of the Method in Which the Four Evangelists Are Shown to Be at One in the…
Of the Proof of Their Freedom From Any Discrepancies in the Notices Given of…
Of the Manner in Which It Can Be Shown That No Discrepancies Exist Between Them…
Of What Took Place in the Piece of Ground or Garden to Which They Came on…
Of the Accounts Which Are Given by All the Four Evangelists in Regard to What…
Of the Harmony Characterizing the Accounts Which These Evangelists Give of What…
Of the Thorough Harmony of the Evangelists in the Different Accounts of What…
Of the Absence of Any Discrepancies in the Accounts Which the Evangelists Give…
Of the Mockery Which He Sustained at the Hands of Pilate’s Cohort, and of the…
Of the Method in Which We Can Reconcile the Statement Which is Made by Matthew…
Of the Consistency of Matthew’s Version With That of Mark in the Account of the…
Of the Concord Preserved Among All the Four Evangelists on the Subject of the…
Of the Hour of the Lord’s Passion, and of the Question Concerning the Absence…
Of the Harmony Preserved Among All the Evangelists on the Subject of the Two…
Of the Consistency of the Accounts Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke on the…
Of the Derision Ascribed to the Robbers, and of the Question Regarding the…
Of the Harmony of the Four Evangelists in Their Notices of the Draught of…
Of the Lord’s Successive Utterances When He Was About to Die; And of the…
Of the Rending of the Veil of the Temple, and of the Question Whether Matthew…
Of the Question as to the Consistency of the Several Notices Given by Matthew…
Of the Women Who Were Standing There, and of the Question Whether Matthew…
Of the Question Whether the Evangelists Are All at One on the Subject of the…
Of the Question Whether the First Three Evangelists Are Quite in Harmony With…
Of the Absence of All Discrepancies in the Narratives Constructed by the Four…
Of Christ’s Subsequent Manifestations of Himself to the Disciples, and of the…
Book IV
Introduction (i, 3)
Prologue (ii)
Of the Question Regarding the Proof That Mark’s Gospel is in Harmony With the…
Of the Man Out of Whom the Unclean Spirit That Was Tormenting Him Was Cast, and…
Of the Question Whether Mark’s Reports of the Repeated Occasions on Which the…
Of the Words, 'The More He Charged Them to Tell No One, So Much the More a…
Of the Statement Which John Made Concerning the Man Who Cast Out Devils…
Of the Circumstance That Mark Has Recorded More Than Luke as Spoken by the Lord…
Of the Fact That From This Point on to the Lord’s Supper, With Which Act the…
Of Luke’s Gospel, and Specially of the Harmony Between Its Commencement and the…
Of the Question How It Can Be Shown That the Narrative of the Haul of Fishes…
Of the Evangelist John, and the Distinction Between Him and the Other Three

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