THE EPITOME OF THE DIVINE INSTITUTES
CHAP. I.—OF THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE.
CHAP. II.—THAT THERE IS BUT ONE GOD, AND THAT
THERE CANNOT BE MORE.
CHAP. III.—THE TESTIMONIES OF THE POETS
CONCERNING THE ONE GOD.
CHAP. IV. —THE TESTIMONIES OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
TO THE UNITY OF GOD.
CHAP. V.—THAT THE PROPHETIC WOMEN—THAT IS, THE
SIBYLS—DECLARE THAT THERE IS BUT ONE GOD.
CHAP. Vl.—SINCE GOD IS ETERNAL AND IMMORTAL, HE
DOES NOT STAND IN NEED OF SEX AND SUCCESSION.
CHAP. VII. —OF the WICKED LIFE AND DEATH OF
HERCULES.
CHAP. VlIl.—OF AESCULAPIUS, APOLLO, MARS, CASTOR
AND POLLUX, AND OF MERCURIUS AND BACCHUS.
CHAP. IX.- OF THE DISGRACEFUL DEEDS OF THE GODS.
CHAP. X.—OF JUPITER, AND HIS LICENTIOUS LIFE.
CHAP. XI. — THE VARIOUS EMBLEMS UNDER WHICH THE
POETS VEILED THE TURPITUDE OF JUPITER.
CHAP. XlI.—THE POETS DO NOT INVENT ALL THOSE
THINGS WHICH RELATE TO THE GODS.
CHAP. XIII.—THE ACTIONS OF JUPITER ARE RELATED
FROM THE HISTORIAN EUHEMERUS.
CHAP. XIV.—THE ACTIONS OF SATURNUS AND
CHAP. XX.—OF THE GODS PECULIAR TO THE ROMANS.
CHAP. XXI.—OF THE SACRED RITES OF THE ROMAN
GODS.
CHAP. XXII.—OF THE SACRED RITES INTRODUCED BY
FAUNUS AND NUMA.
CHAP. XXIII.—OF THE GODS AND SACRED RITES OF
THE BARBARIANS.
CHAP. XXIV.—OF THE ORIGIN OF SACRED RITES
CHAP. XXV.—OF THE GOLDEN AGE, OF IMAGES,
CHAP. XXVI. —OF THE WORSHIP OF THE ELEMENTS AND
STARS.
CHAP. XXVII.—OF THE CREATION, SIN, AND
PUNISHMENT OF MAN; AND OF ANGELS, BOTH GOOD AND BAD.
CHAP. XXVIII.—OF THE DEMONS, AND THEIR EVIL
PRACTICES.
CHAP. XXIX.—OF THE PATIENCE AND PROVIDENCE
CHAP.XXX. — OF FALSE WISDOM.
CHAP. XXXI. — OF KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPOSITION.
CHAP. XXXII.—OF THE SECTS OF PHILOSOPHERS, AND
THEIR DISAGREEMENT.
CHAP. XXXIII.—WHAT IS THE CHIEF GOOD TO BE
SOUGHT IN LIFE.
CHAP. XXXIV. — THAT MEN ARE BORN TO JUSTICE.
CHAP. XXXV. —THAT IMMORTALITY IS THE CHIEF GOOD.
CHAP. XXXVI. — OF THE PHILOSOPHERS,-NAMELY,
EPICURUS AND PYTHAGORAS.
CHAP. XXXII. —OF SOCRATES AND HIS CONTRA-
DICTION.
CHAP. XXXVIII.—OF PLATO, WHOSE DOCTRINE
APPROACHES MORE NEARLY TO THE TRUTH.
CHAP. XXXIX. — OF VARIOUS PHILOSOPHERS, AND OF
THE ANTIPODES.
CHAP. XL.—OF THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE PHI-
LOSOPHERS.
CHAP. XLI.—OF TRUE RELIGION AND WISDOM.
CHAP. XLII.—OF RELIGIOUS WISDOM: THE NAME OF
CHRIST KNOWN TO NONE, EXCEPT HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.
CHAP. XLIII.—OF THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AND
HIS TWOFOLD NATIVITY.
CHAP. XLIV. —THE TWOFOLD NATIVITY OF CHRIST IS
PROVED FROM THE PROPHETS.
CHAP. XLV. —THE POWER AND WORKS OF CHRIST ARE
PROVED FROM THE SCRIPTURES.
CHAP. XLVI.—IT IS PROVED FROM THE PROPHETS THAT
THE PASSION AND DEATH OF CHRIST HAD BEEN FORETOLD.
CHAP. XLVII.—OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
CHRIST, THE SENDING OF THE APOSTLES, AND THE ASCENSION OF THE SAVIOUR
INTO HEAVEN.
CHAP. XLVIII. — OF THE DISINHERITING OF THE
JEWS, AND THE ADOPTION OF THE GENTILES.
CHAP. XLIX. —THAT GOD IS ONE ONLY.
CHAP. L. —WHY GOD ASSUMED A MORTAL BODY,
CHAP. LI. —OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST ON THE
CHAP. LII.—THE HOPE OF THE SALVATION OF MEN
CONSISTS IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE GOD, AND OF THE HATRED OF THE
HEATHENS AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS.
CHAP. LIII. —THE REASONS OF THE HATRED
CHAP. LIV.—OF THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN THE
WORSHIP OF GOD.
CHAP. LV. —THE HEATHENS CHARGE JUSTICE WITH
IMPIETY IN FOLLOWING GOD.
CHAP. LVI.—OF JUSTICE, WHICH IS THE WORSHIP
CHAP. LVII.—OF WISDOM AND FOOLISHNESS.
CHAP. LVIII.—OF THE TRUE WORSHIP OF GOD, AND
SACRIFICE.
CHAP. LIX. —OF THE WAYS OF LIFE,AND THE FIRST
TIMES OF THE WORLD.
CHAP. LX.—OF THE DUTIES OF JUSTICE.
CHAP. LXI.—OF THE PASSIONS.
CHAP. LXII.—OF RESTRAINING THE PLEASURES OF THE
SENSES.
CHAP. LXIII.—THAT SHOWS ARE MOST POWERFUL TO
CORRUPT THE MINDS.
CHAP. LXIV. — THE PASSIONS ARE TO BE SUBDUED,
AND WE MUST ABSTAIN FROM FORBIDDEN THINGS.
CHAP. LXV. — PRECEPTS ABOUT THOSE THINGS WHICH
ARE COMMANDED, AND OF PITY.
CHAP. LXVI. — OF FAITH IN RELIGION, AND OF
FORTITUDE.
CHAP. LXVII.—OF REPENTANCE, THE IMMORTALITY OF
THE SOUL, AND OF PROVIDENCE.
CHAP. LXVIII. — OF THE WORLD, MAN, AND THE
PROVIDENCE OF GOD.
CHAP. LXIX.—THAT THE WORLD WAS MADE ON ACCOUNT
OF MAN, AND MAN ON ACCOUNT OF GOD.
CHAP. LXX.—THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL IS
CONFIRMED.
CHAP. LXXI.—OF THE LAST TIMES.
CHAP. LXXII. — OF CHRIST DESCENDING FROM HEAVEN
TO THE GENERAL JUDGMENT, AND OF THE MILLENARIAN REIGN. (2)
CHAP. LXXIII.—THE HOPE OF SAFETY IS IN THE
RELIGION AND WORSHIP OF GOD.
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