OF THE MANICHAEANS
- CHAP. I.—THE EXCELLENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN
PHILOSOPHY; THE ORIGIN OF HERESIES AMONGST CHRISTIANS.
- CHAP. II.—THE AGE OF MANICAEUS, OR MANES; HIS
FIRST DISCIPLES;THE TWO PRINCIPLES; MANICHAEAN MATTER.
- CHAP. III.—THE FANCIES OF MANICHAEUS CONCERNING
MATTER.
- CHAP. IV.—THE MOON'S INCREASE AND WANE; THE
MANICHAEAN TRIFLING RESPECTING IT; THEIR DREAMS ABOUT MAN AND CHRIST;
THEIR FOOLISH SYSTEM OF ABSTINENCE.
- CHAP. V.—THE WORSHIP OF THE SUN AND MOON UNDER
GOD; SUPPORT SOUGHT FOR THE MANICHAEANS IN THE GRECIAN FABLES; THE
AUTHORITY OF THE SCRIPTURES AND FAITH DESPISED BY THE MANICHAEANS.
- CHAP. VI.—THE TWO PRINCIPLES OF THE
MANICHAEANS; THEMSELVES CONTROVERTED; THE PYTHAGOREAN OPINION
RESPECTING FIRST PRINCIPLES; GOOD AND EVIL CONTRARY; THE VICTORY ON
THE SIDE OF GOOD.
- CHAP. VII.—MOTION VINDICATED FROM THE CHARGE OF
IRREGULARITY; CIRCULAR; STRAIGHT; OF GENERATION AND CORRUPTION; OF
ALTERATION, AND QUALITY AFFECTING SENSE.
- CHAP. VIII.—IS MATTER WICKED? OF GOD AND MATTER.
- CHAP. IX.—THE RIDICULOUS FANCIES OF THE
MANICHAEANS ABOUT THE MOTION OF MATTER TOWARDS GOD; GOD THE AUTHOR OF
THE REBELLION OF MATTER IN THE MANICHAEAN SENSE; THE LONGING OF MATTER
FOR LIGHT AND BRIGHTNESS GOOD; DIVINE GOOD NONE THE LESS FOR BEING
COMMUNICATED.
- CHAP. X.—THE MYTHOLOGY RESPECTING THE GODS; THE
DOGMAS OF THE MANCHAEANS RESEMBLE THIS: THE HOMERIC ALLEGORY OF THE
BATTLE OF THE GODS; ENVY AND EMULATION EXISTING; IN GOD ACCORDING TO
THE MANICHAEAN OPINION ,; THESE VICES ARE TO BE FOUND IN NO GOOD MAN,
AND ARE TO BE ACCOUNTED DISGRACEFUL
- CHAP. XI.—THE TRANSMITTED VIRTUE OF 'THE
MANICHAENS; THE VIRTUES OF MATTER MIXED WITH EQUAL OR LESS AMOUNT OF
EVIL.
- CHAP. XII.—THE DESTRUCTION OF EVIL BY THE
IMMISSION OF VIRTUE REJECTED; BECAUSE FROM IT ARISES NO DIMINUTION OF
EVIL; ZENO'S OPINION DISCARDED, THAT THE WORLD WILL BE BURNT UP BY
FIRE FROM THE SUN.
- CHAP. XIII.—EVIL BY NO MEANS FOUND IN THE STARS
AND CONSTELLATIONS; ALL THE EVILS OF LIFE VAIN IN THE MANICHAEAN
OPINION, WHICH BRING ON THE EXTINCTION OF LIFE; THEIR FANCY HAVING
BEEN ABOVE EXPLAINED CONCERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF SOULS FROM THE
MOON TO THE SUN.
- CHAP. XIV.—NOXIOUS ANIMALS WORSHIPPED BY THE
EGYPTIANS; MAN BY ARTS AN EVIL-DOER; LUST AND INJUSTICE CORRECTED BY
LAWS AND DISCIPLINE; CONTINGENT AND NECESSARY THINGS IN WHICH THERE IS
NO STAIN.
- CHAP. XV.—THE LUST AND DESIRE OF SENTIENT
THINGS; DEMONS; ANIMALS SENTIENT; SO ALSO THE SUN AND THE MOON AND
STARS;THE PLATONIC DOCTRINE, NOT THE CHRISTIAN.
- CHAP. XVI.—BECAUSE SOME ARE WISE, NOTHING
PREVENTS OTHERS FROM BEING SO; VIRTUE IS TO BE ACQUIRED BY DILIGENCE
AND STUDY; BY A SOUNDER PHILOSOPHY MEN ARE TO BE CARRIED ONWARDS TO
THE GOOD; THE COMMON STUDY OF VIRTUE HAS BY CHRIST BEEN OPENED UP TO
ALL.
- CHAP. XVII.—THE MANICHAEAN IDEA OF VIRTUE IN
MATTER SCOUTED; IF ONE VIRTUE HAS BEEN CREATED IMMATERIAL, THE REST
ARE ALSO IMMATERIAL; MATERIAL VIRTUE AN EXPLODED NOTION.
- CHAP. XVIII.—DISSOLUTION AND INHERENCE
ACCORDING TO THE MANICHAEANS; THIS IS WELL PUT, AD HOMINEM, WITH
RESPECT TO MANES, WHO IS HIMSELF IN MATTER.
- CHAP. XIX.—THE SECOND VIRTUE OF THE MANICHAEANS
BESET WITH THE FORMER, AND WITH NEW ABSURDITIES; VIRTUE, ACTIVE AND
PASSIVE, THE FASHIONER OF MATTER, AND CONCRETE WITH IT; BODIES DIVIDED
BY MANICHAEUS INTO THREE PARTS.
- CHAP. XX.—THE DIVINE VIRTUE IN THE VIEW OF THE
SAME MANICHAEUS CORPOREAL AND DIVISIBLE; THE DIVINE VIRTUE ITSELF
MATTER WHICH BECOMES EVERYTHING; THIS IS NOT FITTING.
- CHAP. XXII.—THE LIGHT OF THE MOON FROM THE SUN;
THE INCONVENIENCE OF THE OPINION THAT SOULS ARE RECEIVED IN IT; THE
TWO DELUGES OF THE GREEKS.
- CHAP. XXIII.—THE IMAGE OF MATTER IN THE SUN,
AFTER WHICH MAN IS FORMED; TRIFLING FANCIES; IT IS A MERE FANCY, TOO,
THAT MAN. IS FORMED FROM MATTER; MAN IS EITHER A. COMPOSITE BEING, OR
A SOUL, OR MIND AND UNDERSTANDING.
- CHAP. XXIV.—CHRIST IS MIND, ACCORDING TO THE
MANICHAEANS; WHAT IS HE IN THE VIEW OF THE CHURCH? INCONGRUITY IN
THEIR IDEA OF CHRIST; THAT HE SUFFERED ONLY IN APPEARANCE, A DREAM OF
THE MANICHAEANS; NOTHING IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORD BY WAY OF FICTION.
- CHAP. XXV.—THE MANICHAEAN ABSTINENCE FROM
LIVING THINGS RIDICULOUS; THEIR MADNESS IN ABHORRING MARRIAGE; THE
MYTHOLOGY OF THE GIANTS; TOO ,ALLEGORICAL AN EXPOSITION.
- CHAP. XXVI.—THE MUCH-TALKED-OF FIRE OF THE
MANICHAEANS; THAT FIRE MATTER ITSELF.
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