Blessed Augustine of Hippo
On the Morals of the Catholic Church
5th c.
Classic translation
Moral & Pastoral · English translation, 1890
Contents
- Title Page
- Argument
- How the Pretensions of the Manichæans Are to Be Refuted. Two Manichæan…
- He Begins With Arguments, in Compliance With the Mistaken Method of the…
- Happiness is in the Enjoyment of Man’s Chief Good. Two Conditions of the Chief…
- Man—What?
- Man’s Chief Good is Not the Chief Good of the Body Only, But the Chief Good of…
- Virtue Gives Perfection to the Soul; The Soul Obtains Virtue by Following God…
- The Knowledge of God to Be Obtained From the Scripture. The Plan and Principal…
- God is the Chief Good, Whom We Are to Seek After With Supreme Affection
- Harmony of the Old and New Testament on the Precepts of Charity
- What the Church Teaches About God. The Two Gods of the Manichæans
- God is the One Object of Love; Therefore He is Man’s Chief Good. Nothing is…
- We Are United to God by Love, in Subjection to Him
- We Are Joined Inseparably to God by Christ and His Spirit
- We Cleave to the Trinity, Our Chief Good, by Love
- The Christian Definition of the Four Virtues
- Harmony of the Old and New Testaments
- Appeal to the Manichæans, Calling on Them to Repent
- Only in the Catholic Church is Perfect Truth Established on the Harmony of Both…
- Description of the Duties of Temperance, According to the Sacred Scriptures
- We Are Required to Despise All Sensible Things, and to Love God Alone
- Popular Renown and Inquisitiveness Are Condemned in the Sacred Scriptures
- Fortitude Comes From the Love of God
- Scripture Precepts and Examples of Fortitude
- Of Justice and Prudence
- Four Moral Duties Regarding the Love of God, of Which Love the Reward is…
- Love of Ourselves and of Our Neighbor
- On Doing Good to the Body of Our Neighbor
- On Doing Good to the Soul of Our Neighbor. Two Parts of Discipline, Restraint…
- Of the Authority of the Scriptures
- The Church Apostrophised as Teacher of All Wisdom. Doctrine of the Catholic…
- The Life of the Anachoretes and Cœnobites Set Against the Continence of the…
- Praise of the Clergy
- Another Kind of Men Living Together in Cities. Fasts of Three Days
- The Church is Not to Be Blamed for the Conduct of Bad Christians, Worshippers…
- Marriage and Property Allowed to the Baptized by the Apostles