A Treatise on the Spirit and the Letter
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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)
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Contents
Introduction & Notes
A Treatise on the Spirit and the Letter
- Argument
- The Occasion of Writing This Work; A Thing May Be Capable of Being Done, and…
- The Examples Apposite
- 3. Theirs is Comparatively a Harmless Error, Who Say that a Man Lives Here…
- 4. Theirs is a Much More Serious Error, Requiring a Very Vigorous Refutation…
- True Grace is the Gift of the Holy Ghost, Which Kindles in the Soul the Joy and…
- The Teaching of Law Without the Life-Giving Spirit is 'The Letter That Killeth.'
- What is Proposed to Be Here Treated
- Chapter 8.—Romans Interprets Corinthians
- Through the Law Sin Has Abounded
- Christ the True Healer
- From What Fountain Good Works Flow
- 12. Paul, Whence So Called; Bravely Contends for Grace
- Keeping the Law; The Jews’ Glorying; The Fear of Punishment; The Circumcision…
- 14. In What Respect the Pelagians Acknowledge God as the Author of Our…
- The Righteousness of God Manifested by the Law and the Prophets
- How the Law Was Not Made for a Righteous Man
- Chapter 17.—The Exclusion of Boasting
- Piety is Wisdom; That is Called the Righteousness of God, Which He Produces
- The Knowledge of God Through the Creation
- Chapter 20.—The Law Without Grace
- The Law of Works and the Law of Faith
- 22. No Man Justified by Works
- How the Decalogue Kills, If Grace Be Not Present
- Chapter 24.—The Passage in Corinthians
- Chapter 25.—The Passage in Romans
- 26. No Fruit Good Except It Grow from the Root of Love
- Grace, Concealed in the Old Testament, is Revealed in the New
- Why the Holy Ghost is Called the Finger of God
- A Comparison of the Law of Moses and of the New Law
- 30. The New Law Written Within
- The Old Law Ministers Death; The New, Righteousness
- The Christian Faith Touching the Assistance of Grace
- 33. The Prophecy of Jeremiah Concerning the New Testament
- Chapter 34.—The Law; Grace
- The Old Law; The New Law
- The Law Written in Our Hearts
- The Eternal Reward
- The Re-Formation Which is Now Being Effected, Compared With the Perfection of…
- The Eternal Reward Which is Specially Declared in the New Testament, Foretold…
- 40. How that is to Be the Reward of All; The Apostle Earnestly Defends Grace
- 41. The Law Written in the Heart, and the Reward of the Eternal Contemplation…
- Difference Between the Old and the New Testaments
- A Question Touching the Passage in the Apostle About the Gentiles Who Are Said…
- 44. The Answer Is, that the Passage Must Be Understood of the Faithful of the…
- 45. It is Not by Their Works, But by Grace, that the Doers of the Law are…
- 46. How the Passage of the Law Agrees with that of the Prophet
- The Law ‘Being Done by Nature’ Means, Done by Nature as Restored by Grace
- 48. The Image of God is Not Wholly Blotted Out in These Unbelievers; Venial Sins
- 49. The Grace Promised by the Prophet for the New Covenant
- Righteousness is the Gift of God
- 51. Faith the Ground of All Righteousness
- Grace Establishes Free Will
- Volition and Ability
- 54. Whether Faith Be in a Man’s Own Power
- What Faith is Laudable
- 56. The Faith of Those Who are Under the Law Different from the Faith of Others
- Whence Comes the Will to Believe?
- 58. The Free Will of Man is an Intermediate Power
- 59. Mercy and Pity in the Judgment of God
- The Will to Believe is From God
- Conclusion of the Work
- 62. He Returns to the Question Which Marcellinus Had Proposed to Him
- Chapter 63.—An Objection
- When the Commandment to Love is Fulfilled
- 65. In What Sense a Sinless Righteousness in This Life Can Be Asserted
- 66. Although Perfect Righteousness Be Not Found Here on Earth, It is Still Not…