Confessions (1900) - Page 16

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Chapter v.—Faith is the basis of human life; man cannot discover the truth that Holy Scripture has disclosed,	97
Chapter vi.—On the source and cause of true joy—the example of the joyous beggar being provided,	99
Chapter vii.—He leads his friend Alypius to reformation, who was seized with a madness for the Circensian games,	100
Chapter viii.—The same man, while at Rome, is led by others into the amphitheater and takes delight in the gladiatorial games,	102
Chapter ix.—Innocent Alypius is arrested as a thief but is set at liberty by the cleverness of an architect,	104
Chapter x.—The wonderful integrity of Alypius in judgment. The lasting friendship of Nebridius with Augustine,	105
Chapter xi.—Troubled by his grievous errors, he meditates entering upon a new life,	107
Chapter xii.—Discussion with Alypius concerning a life of celibacy,	109
Chapter xiii.—Urged by his mother to take a wife, he seeks a maiden who is pleasing to him,	110
Chapter xiv.—The plan of establishing a common household with his friends is quickly hindered,	111
Chapter xv.—He dismisses one mistress and chooses another,	112
Chapter xvi.—The fear of death and judgment, along with his belief in the immortality of the soul, calls him back from his wickedness—he who formerly believed in the opinions of Epicurus A philosopher who taught that pleasure is the highest good and doubted divine intervention,	112

HE RECALLS THE BEGINNING OF HIS YOUTH, THAT IS, THE THIRTY-FIRST

YEAR OF HIS AGE, IN WHICH, HAVING DISTINGUISHED VERY GRAVE

ERRORS AS TO THE NATURE OF GOD AND THE ORIGIN OF EVIL, AND

HAVING KNOWN THE SACRED BOOKS MORE ACCURATELY, HE AT

LENGTH ARRIVES AT A CLEAR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, THOUGH NOT

YET RIGHTLY UNDERSTANDING JESUS CHRIST.


Chapter i.—He did not think of God as having a human body, but as a physical substance diffused through space,	114
Chapter ii.—The argument of Nebridius against the Manichæans Followers of the dualistic religion of Mani on the question, "Whether God is corruptible or incorruptible,"	116
Chapter iii.—That the cause of evil is the free judgment of the will,	117
Chapter iv.—That God is not corruptible; for if He were, He would not be God at all,	118