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9. The Connection of the Christian Virtues,

THE MISCELLANIES.

1. Introductory,

2. The Knowledge of God can be attained only through Faith,

3. Faith not a product of Nature,

4. Faith the foundation of all Knowledge,

5. He proves by several examples that the Greeks drew from

the Sacred Writers,

6. The Excellence and Utility of Faith,

7. The Utility of Fear. Objections Answered,

8. The Vagaries of Basilides and Valentinus as to Fear being

the Cause of Things,

10. To what the Philosopher applies himself,

11. The Knowledge which comes through Faith the Surest of

16. How we are to explain the passages of Scripture which
ascribe to God Human Affections,

15. On the different kinds of Voluntary Actions, and the Sins

thence proceeding,

17. On the various kinds of Knowledge,

18. The Mosaic Law the fountain of all Ethics, and the source

from which the Greeks drew theirs,

19. The true Gnostic is an imitator of God, especially in Benefi-

20. The true Gnostic exercises Patience and Self-restraint,

21. Opinions of various Philosophers on the Chief Good,

22. Plato's Opinion, that the Chief Good consists in assimilation

to God, and its agreement with Scripture,

23. On Marriage,

1. Basilidis Sententiam de Continentia et Nuptiis refutat,

2. Carpocratis et Epiphanis Sententiam de Feminarum Com-

munitate refutat,

3. Quatenus Plato aliique e veteribus præiverint Marcionitis

aliisque Hæreticis, qui a Nuptiis ideo abstinent quia

Creaturam malam existimant et nasci Homines in
Pœnam opinantur,

4. Quibus prætextibus utantur Hæretici ad omnis generis

licentiam et libidinem exercendam,

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5. Duo genera Hæreticorum notat: prius illorum qui omnia

omnibus licere pronuntiant, quos refutat,

6. Secundum genus Hæreticorum aggreditur, illorum scilicet

qui ex impia de deo omnium conditore Sententia, Con-

tinentiam exercent,

7. Qua in re Christianorum Continentia eam quam sibi vindi-

cant Philosophi antecellat,

8. Loca S. Scripturæ ab Hæreticis in vituperium Matrimonii

adducta explicat; et primo verba Apostoli Rom. vi. 14,

ab Hæreticorum perversa interpretatione vindicat,

9. Dictum Christi ad Salomen exponit, quod tanquam in vitu-

perium Nuptiarum prolatum Hæretici allegabant,

10. Verba Christi Matt. xviii. 20, mystice exponit,

11. Legis et Christi mandatum de non Concupiscendo exponit,

12. Verba Apostoli 1 Cor. vii. 5, 39, 40, aliaque S. Scripturæ

loca eodem spectantia explicat,

13. Julii Cassiani Hæretici verbis respondet; item loco quem ex

Evangelio Apocrypho idem adduxerat,

14. 2 Cor. xi. 3, et Eph. iv. 24, exponit,

15. 1 Cor. vii. 1; Luc. xiv. 26; Isa. lvi. 2, 3, explicat,

16. Jer. xx. 14; Job xiv. 3; Ps. 1. 5; 1 Cor. ix. 27, exponit,

17. Qui Nuptias et Generationem malas asserunt, ii et dei Crea-

tionem et ipsam evangelii Dispensationem vituperant,

18. Duas extremas Opiniones esse vitandas: primam illorum qui

Creatoris odio a Nuptiis abstinent; alteram illorum qui

hinc occasionem arripiunt nefariis libidinibus indulgendi,

1. Order of Contents,

2. The meaning of the name Stromata [Miscellanies],

3. The true Excellence of Man,

4. The Praises of Martyrdom,

5. On Contempt for Pain, Poverty, and other external things,

6. Some points in the Beatitudes,

7. The Blessedness of the Martyr,

8. Women as well as Men, Slaves as well as Freemen, Candi-

dates for the Martyr's Crown,

9. Christ's Sayings respecting Martyrdom,

10. Those who offered themselves for Martyrdom reproved,

11. The objection, Why do you suffer if God cares for you,

12. Basilides' idea of Martyrdom refuted,

13. Valentinian's Vagaries about the Abolition of Death refuted,

14. The Love of All, even of our Enemies,

15. On avoiding Offence,

16. Passages of Scripture respecting the Constancy, Patience,

and Love of the Martyrs,

17. Passages from Clement's Epistle to the Corinthians on

18. On Love, and the repressing of our Desires,

19. Women as well as Men capable of Perfection,

20. A Good Wife,

21. Description of the Perfect Man, or Gnostic,

22. The true Gnostic does Good, not from fear of Punishment

or hope of Reward, but only for the sake of Good itself,

23. The same subject continued,

24. The reason and end of Divine Punishments,

25. True Perfection consists in the Knowledge and Love of God,

26. How the Perfect Man treats the Body and the Things of the

3. The objects of Faith and Hope perceived by the Mind alone,

4. Divine Things wrapped up in Figures both in the Sacred and

in Heathen Writers,

5. On the Symbols of Pythagoras,

6. The Mystic Meaning of the Tabernacle and its Furniture,

7. The Egyptian Symbols and Enigmas of Sacred Things,

8. The use of the Symbolic Style by Poets and Philosophers,

9. Reasons for veiling the Truth in Symbols,

10. The opinion of the Apostles on veiling the Mysteries of the

11. Abstraction from Material Things necessary in order to attain

to the true Knowledge of God,

12. God cannot be embraced in Words or by the Mind, .

13. The Knowledge of God a Divine Gift, according to the

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2. The subject of Plagiarisms resumed. The Greeks plagiarized

from one another,

3. Plagiarism by the Greeks of the Miracles related in the

Sacred Books of the Hebrews,

4. The Greeks drew many of their Philosophical Tenets from

the Egyptian and Indian Gymnosophists,

5. The Greeks had some Knowledge of the true God,

6. The Gospel was preached to Jews and Gentiles in Hades,

7. What true Philosophy is, and whence so called,

8. Philosophy is Knowledge given by God,

9. The Gnostic free of all Perturbations of the Soul,

10. The Gnostic avails himself of the help of all Human Know-

11. The Mystical Meanings in the proportions of Numbers, Geo-

metrical Ratios, and Music,

12. Human Nature possesses an adaptation for Perfection; the

18. Degrees of Glory in Heaven corresponding with the Dignities

of the Church below,

14. Degrees of Glory in Heaven,

15. Different Degrees of Knowledge,

16. Gnostic Exposition of the Decalogue,

17. Philosophy conveys only an imperfect Knowledge of God,

18. The use of Philosophy to the Gnostic,

1. The Gnostic a true Worshipper of God, and unjustly calum-

niated by Unbelievers as an Atheist,

2. The Son the Ruler and Saviour of All,

3. The Gnostic aims at the nearest Likeness possible to God

4. The Heathens made Gods like themselves, whence springs

6. Prayers and Praise from a Pure Mind, ceaselessly offered,

far better than Sacrifices,

7. What sort of Prayer the Gnostic employs, and how it is

8. The Gnostic so addicted to Truth as not to need to use an

9. Those who teach others, ought to excel in Virtues,

10. Steps to Perfection, .

11. Description of the Gnostic's Life,

12. The true Gnostic is Beneficent, Continent, and despises

Worldly Things,.

13. Description of the Gnostic continued,

14. Description of the Gnostic furnished by an Exposition of

1 Cor. vi. 1, etc.,

15. The objection to join the Church on account of the diver-

sity of Heresies answered,

16. Scripture the Criterion by which Truth and Heresy are dis-

17. The Tradition of the Church prior to that of the Heresies,

18. The Distinction between Clean and Unclean Animals in the

Law symbolical of the Distinction between the Church,

and Jews, and Heretics,

1. The object of Philosophical and Theological Inquiry-the

Discovery of Truth,

2. The necessity of Perspicuous Definition,

3. Demonstration defined,

4. To prevent Ambiguity, we must begin with clear Definition,

5. Application of Demonstration to Sceptical Suspense of Judg-

8. The Method of classifying Things and Names,

9. On the different kinds of Causes,

INDEXES-Index of Texts,

Index of Subjects,

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