On the Morals of the Catholic Church
Classic translation
5th c. · Moral & Pastoral · English translation, 1890
Source edition: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I (ed. Philip Schaff, 1886–90)
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Contents
Introduction & Notes
On the Morals of the Catholic Church
- Argument
- 1. How the Pretensions of the Manichæans are to Be Refuted. Two Manichæan…
- 2. He Begins with Arguments, in Compliance with the Mistaken Method of the…
- 3. Happiness is in the Enjoyment of Man’s Chief Good. Two Conditions of the…
- Chapter 4.—Man—What?
- 5. Man’s Chief Good is Not the Chief Good of the Body Only, But the Chief Good…
- 6. Virtue Gives Perfection to the Soul; The Soul Obtains Virtue by Following…
- 7. The Knowledge of God to Be Obtained from the Scripture. The Plan and…
- 8. God is the Chief Good, Whom We are to Seek After with Supreme Affection
- 9. Harmony of the Old and New Testament on the Precepts of Charity
- 10. What the Church Teaches About God. The Two Gods of the Manichæans
- 11. God is the One Object of Love; Therefore He is Man’s Chief Good. Nothing is…
- 12. We are United to God by Love, in Subjection to Him
- 13. We are Joined Inseparably to God by Christ and His Spirit
- 14. We Cleave to the Trinity, Our Chief Good, by Love
- 15. The Christian Definition of the Four Virtues
- 16. Harmony of the Old and New Testaments
- 17. Appeal to the Manichæans, Calling on Them to Repent
- 18. Only in the Catholic Church is Perfect Truth Established on the Harmony of…
- 19. Description of the Duties of Temperance, According to the Sacred Scriptures
- 20. We are Required to Despise All Sensible Things, and to Love God Alone
- 21. Popular Renown and Inquisitiveness are Condemned in the Sacred Scriptures
- 22. Fortitude Comes from the Love of God
- 23. Scripture Precepts and Examples of Fortitude
- Chapter 24.—Of Justice and Prudence
- 25. Four Moral Duties Regarding the Love of God, of Which Love the Reward is…
- 26. Love of Ourselves and of Our Neighbor
- 27. On Doing Good to the Body of Our Neighbor
- 28. On Doing Good to the Soul of Our Neighbor. Two Parts of Discipline…
- 29. Of the Authority of the Scriptures
- 30. The Church Apostrophised as Teacher of All Wisdom. Doctrine of the Catholic…
- 31. The Life of the Anachoretes and Cœnobites Set Against the Continence of the…
- Chapter 32.—Praise of the Clergy
- 33. Another Kind of Men Living Together in Cities. Fasts of Three Days
- 34. The Church is Not to Be Blamed for the Conduct of Bad Christians…
- 35. Marriage and Property Allowed to the Baptized by the Apostles