De Principiis
Classic translation
3rd c. · Treatises & Other · English translation, 1890
Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)
Cover art: Starry Night — Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875) (Wikimedia Commons (Yale University Art Gallery), Public domain)
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Contents
- Preface
- Book 1
- Chapter 1.—On God
- Chapter 2.—On Christ
- Chapter 3.—On the Holy Spirit
- 4. On Defection, or Falling Away
- Chapter 5.—On Rational Natures
- 6. On the End or Consummation
- 7. On Incorporeal and Corporeal Beings
- Chapter 8.—On the Angels
- Fragment From the First Book of the De Principiis
- Another Fragment From the Same
- Book 2
- Chapter 1.—On the World
- 2. On the Perpetuity of Bodily Nature
- 3. On the Beginning of the World, and Its Causes
- 4. The God of the Law and the Prophets, and the Father of Our Lord Jesus…
- Chapter 5.—On Justice and Goodness
- 6. On the Incarnation of Christ
- Chapter 7.—On the Holy Spirit
- Chapter 8.—On the Soul (Anima)
- 9. On the World and the Movements of Rational Creatures, Whether Good or Bad…
- 10. On the Resurrection, and the Judgment, the Fire of Hell, and Punishments
- Chapter 11.—On Counter Promises
- Book 3
- Preface of Rufinus
- 1. translated from the Latin of Rufinus: On the Freedom of the Will
- 1. translated from the Greek: On the Freedom of the Will, With an… (3)
- Chapter 2.—On the Opposing Powers
- Chapter 3.—On Threefold Wisdom
- Chapter 4.—On Human Temptations
- 5. That the World Took Its Beginning in Time
- 6. On the End of the World
- Book 4
- 1. Sections 1-23 translated from the Latin of Rufinus: That the Scriptures are…
- 1. Sections 1-23 translated from the Greek: On the Inspiration of Holy… (2)
- Sections 24-End Translated From the Latin
- Elucidations