Confessions (1900) - Page 26

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Chapter XVIII.—Of the lights and stars of heaven—of day and night, verse 14,	306
Chapter XIX.—All men should become lights in the firmament of heaven,	307
Chapter XX.—Concerning reptiles and flying creatures (verse 20)—the sacrament of Baptism being regarded,	309
Chapter XXI.—Concerning the living soul, birds, and fishes (verse 24)—the sacrament of the Eucharist being regarded,	310
Chapter XXII.—He explains the Divine Image (verse 26) regarding the renewal of the mind,	312
Chapter XXIII.—That to have power over all things (verse 26) is to judge spiritually of all,	313
Chapter XXIV.—Why God has blessed men, fishes, and flying creatures, and not herbs and the other animals (verse 28),	315
Chapter XXV.—He explains the fruits of the earth (verse 29) as works of mercy,	318
Chapter XXVI.—In the confessing of benefits, calculation is made not as to the “gift,” but as to the “fruit”—that is, the good and right will of the giver,	319
Chapter XXVII.—Many are ignorant of this, and ask for miracles, which are signified under the names of “fishes” and “whales,”	321
Chapter XXVIII.—He proceeds to the last verse, “All things are very good”—that is, the work being altogether good,	321
Chapter XXIX.—Although it is said eight times that “God saw that it was good,” yet time has no relation to God and His Word,	322
Chapter XXX.—He refutes the opinions of the Manichæans A dualistic religious sect that believed in the conflict between light and dark, matter and spirit. and the Gnostics A group of religious movements that emphasized secret knowledge as a means to salvation. concerning the origin of the world,	322
Chapter XXXI.—We do not see “that it was good” except through the Spirit of God, which is in us,	323
Chapter XXXII.—Of the particular works of God, more especially of man,	324
Chapter XXXIII.—The world was created by God out of nothing,	325
Chapter XXXIV.—He briefly repeats the allegorical interpretation of Genesis (chap. i.), and confesses that we see it by the Divine Spirit,	326
Chapter XXXV.—He prays to God for that peace of rest which has no evening,	327
Chapter XXXVI.—The seventh day, without evening and sunset, is the image of eternal life and rest in God,	327
Chapter XXXVII.—Of rest in God, who ever works and yet is ever at rest,	327