Saint Theophilus of Antioch

To Autolycus

Name: To Autolycus
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Author: Saint Theophilus of Antioch

Classic translationAncient Greek original

2nd c. · Treatises & Other · English translation, 1890

28,625 words · 2.4 hr read· Accessible

Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)

Cover art: The Garden of Eden — Izaak van Oosten (Flemish, 1613–1661) (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)

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Book 1
1. Autolycus an Idolater and Scorner of Christians
2. That the Eyes of the Soul Must Be Purged Ere God Can Be Seen
Chapter 3.—Nature of God
Chapter 4.—Attributes of God
5. The Invisible God Perceived Through His Works
6. God is Known by His Works
7. We Shall See God When We Put on Immortality
8. Faith Required in All Matters
Chapter 9.—Immoralities of the Gods
Chapter 10.—Absurdities of Idolatry
11. The King to Be Honoured, God to Be Worshipped
12. Meaning of the Name Christian
13. The Resurrection Proved by Examples
14. Theophilus an Example of Conversion
Book 2
1. Occasion of Writing This Book
2. The Gods are Despised When They are Made; But Become Valuable When Bought
3. What Has Become of the Gods?
4. Absurd Opinions of the Philosophers Concerning God
5. Opinions of Homer and Hesiod Concerning the Gods
6. Hesiod on the Origin of the World
Chapter 7.—Fabulous Heathen Genealogies
Chapter 8.—Opinions Concerning Providence
9. The Prophets Inspired by the Holy Ghost
10. The World Created by God Through the Word
11. The Six Days’ Work Described
12. The Glory of the Six Days’ Work
13. Remarks on the Creation of the World
14. The World Compared to the Sea
Chapter 15.—Of the Fourth Day
Chapter 16.—Of the Fifth Day
Chapter 17.—Of the Sixth Day
Chapter 18.—The Creation of Man
19. Man is Placed in Paradise
20. The Scriptural Account of Paradise
21. Of the Fall of Man
22. Why God is Said to Have Walked
23. The Truth of the Account in Genesis
Chapter 24.—The Beauty of Paradise
25. God Was Justified in Forbidding Man to Eat of the Tree of Knowledge
26. God’s Goodness in Expelling Man from Paradise
Chapter 27.—The Nature of Man
28. Why Eve Was Formed of Adam’s Rib
Chapter 29.—Cain’s Crime
30. Cain’s Family and Their Inventions
31. The History After the Flood
32. How the Human Race Was Dispersed
33. Profane History Gives No Account of These Matters
34. The Prophets Enjoined Holiness of Life
35. Precepts from the Prophetic Books
Chapter 36.—Prophecies of the Sibyl
37. The Testimonies of the Poets
38. The Teachings of the Greek Poets and Philosophers Confirmatory of Those of…
Book 3
Chapter 1.—Autolycus Not Yet Convinced
2. Profane Authors Had No Means of Knowing the Truth
Chapter 3.—Their Contradictions
4. How Autolycus Had Been Misled by False Accusations Against the Christians
Chapter 5.—Philosophers Inculcate Cannibalism
6. Other Opinions of the Philosophers
7. Varying Doctrine Concerning the Gods
8. Wickedness Attributed to the Gods by Heathen Writers
9. Christian Doctrine of God and His Law
Chapter 10.—Of Humanity to Strangers
Chapter 11.—Of Repentance
Chapter 12.—Of Righteousness
Chapter 13.—Of Chastity
Chapter 14.—Of Loving Our Enemies
15. The Innocence of the Christians Defended
16. Uncertain Conjectures of the Philosophers
17. Accurate Information of the Christians
18. Errors of the Greeks About the Deluge
19. Accurate Account of the Deluge
Chapter 20.—Antiquity of Moses
Chapter 21.—Of Manetho’s Inaccuracy
Chapter 22.—Antiquity of the Temple
23. Prophets More Ancient Than Greek Writers
Chapter 24.—Chronology From Adam
25. From Saul to the Captivity
26. Contrast Between Hebrew and Greek Writings
27. Roman Chronology to the Death of M. Aurelius
Chapter 28.—Leading Chronological Epochs
Chapter 29.—Antiquity of Christianity
30. Why the Greeks Did Not Mention Our Histories

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