AGAINST PRAXEAS
- CHAP. I.—SATAN'S WILES AGAINST THE TRUTH. HOW
THEY TAKE THE FORM OF THE PRAXEAN HERESY. ACCOUNT OF THE pUBLICATION OF
THIS HERESY.
- CHAP. II.—THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY
AND UNITY, SOMETIMES CALLED THE DIVINE ECONOMY, OR DISPENSATION OF THE
PERSONAL RELATIONS OF THE GODHEAD.
- CHAP. III.—SUNDRY POPULAR FEARS AND PREJUDICES.
THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY IN UNITY RESCUED FROM THESE
MISAPPREHENSIONS.
- CHAP. IV.—THE UNITY OF THE GODHEAD AND THE
SUPREMACY AND SOLE GOVERNMENT OF THE DIVINE BEING. THE MONARCHY NOT AT
ALL IMPAIRED BY THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE.
- CHAP. V.—THE EVOLUTION OF THE SON OR WORD OF GOD
FROM THE FATHER BY A DIVINE PROCESSION. ILLUSTRATED BY THE OPERATION OF
THE HUMAN THOUGHT AND CONSCIOUSNESS.
- CHAP. VI.—THE WORD OF GOD IS ALSO THE WISDOM OF
GOD. THE GOING FORTH OF WISDOM TO CREATE THE UNIVERSE, ACCORDING TO THE
DIVINE PLAN.
- CHAP. VII.—THE SON BY BEING DESIGNATED WORD AND
WISDOM, (ACCORDING TO THE IMPERFECTION OF HUMAN THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE)
LIABLE TO BE DEEMED A MERE ATTRIBUTE. HE IS SHOWN TO BE A PERSONAL
BEING.
- CHAP.VIII.—THOUGH THE SON OR WORD OF GOD
EMANATES FROM THE FATHER, HE IS NOT, LIKE THE EMANATIONS OF VALENTINUS,
SEPARABLE FROM THE FATHER. NOR IS THE HOLY GHOST SEPARABLE FROM EITHER.
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM NATURE.
- CHAP. IX.—THE CATHOLIC RULE OF FAITH EXPOUNDED
IN SOME OF ITS POINTS. ESPECIALLY IN THE UNCONFUSED DISTINCTION OF THE
SEVERAL PERSONS OF THE BLESSED TRINITY.
- CHAP. X.—THE VERY NAMES OF FATHER AND SON PROVE
THE PERSONAL DISTINCTION OF THE TWO. THEY CANNOT POSSIBLY BE IDENTICAL,
NOR IS THEIR IDENTITY NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE DIVINE MONARCHY.
- CHAP.XI.—THE IDENTITY OF THE FATHER AND THESON,
AS PRAXEAS HELD IT, SHOWN TO BE FULL OF PERPLEXITY AND ABSURDITY. MANY
SCRIPTURES QUOTED IN PROOF OF THE DISTINCTION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS OF
THE TRINITY.
- CHAP. XII.—OTHER QUOTATIONS FROM HOLY SCRIPTURE
ADDUCED IN PROOF OF THE PLURALITY OF PERSONS IN THE GODHEAD.
- CHAP. XIII.—THE FORCE OF SUNDRY PASSAGES OF
SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED IN RELATION TO THE PLURALITY OF PERSONS AND
UNITY OF SUBSTANCE. THERE IS NO POLYTHEISM HERE, SINCE THE UNITY IS
INSISTED ON AS A REMEDY AGAINST POLYTHEISM.
- CHAP. XIV.—THE NATURAL INVISIBILITY OF THE
FATHER, AND THE VISIBILITY OF THE SON WITNESSED IN MANY PASSAGES OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT. ARGUMENTS OF THEIR DISTINCTNESS, THUS SUPPLIED.
- CHAP. XV.—NEW TESTAMENT PASSAGES QUOTED. THEY
ATTEST THE SAME TRUTH OF THE SON'S VISIBILITY CONTRASTED WITH THE
FATHER'S INVISIBILITY.
- CHAP. XVI.—EARLY MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SON OF
GOD, AS RECORDED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; REHEARSALS OF HIS SUBSEQUENT
INCARNATION.
- CHAP. XVII.—SUNDRY AUGUST TITLES, DESCRIPTIVE
OF DEITY, APPLIED TO THE SON, NOT, AS PRAXEAS WOULD HAVE IT, ONLY TO
THE FATHER.
- CHAP. XVIII.—THE DESIGNATION OF THE ONE GOD IN
THE PROPHETIC SCRIPTURES. INTENDED AS A PROTEST AGAINST HEATHEN
IDOLATRY, IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE CORRELATIVE IDEA OF THE SON OF GOD.
THE SON IS IN THE FATHER.
- CHAP. XIX.—THE SON IN UNION WITH THE FATHER IN
THE CREATION OF ALL THINGS. THiS UNION OF THE TWO IN CO-OPERATION IS
NOT OPPOSED TO THE TRUE UNITY OF GOD. IT IS OPPOSED ONLY TO PRAXEAS'
IDENTIFICATION THEORY.
- CHAP. XX.—THE SCRIPTURES RELIED ON BY PRAXEAS
TO SUPPORT HIS HERESY BUT FEW. THEY ARE MENTIONED BY TERTULLIAN.
- CHAP. XXI.—IN THIS AND THE FOUR FOLLOWING
CHAPTERS IT IS SHEWN, BY A MINUTE ANALYSIS OF ST. JOHN'S GOSPEL, THAT
THE FATHER AND SON ARE CONSTANTLY SPOKEN OF AS DISTINCT PERSONS.
- CHAP. XXII.—SUNDRY PASSAGES OF ST. JOHN QUOTED,
TO SHOW THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SON. EVEN PRAXEAS'
CLASSIC TEXT—I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE—SHOWN TO BE AGAINST HIM.
- CHAP. XXIII.—MORE PASSAGES FROM THE SAME GOSPEL
IN PROOF OF THE SAME PORTION OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH. PRAXEAS' TAUNT OF
WORSHIPPING TWO GODS REPUDIATED.
- CHAP. XXIV.—ON ST. PHILIP'S CONVERSATION WITH
CHRIST. HE THAT HATH SEEN ME, HATH SEEN THE FATHER. THIS TEXT EXPLAINED
IN AN ANTI-PRAXEAN SENSE.
- CHAP. XXV.—THE PARACLETE, OR HOLY GHOST. HE IS
DISTINCT FROM THE FATHER AND THE SON AS TO THEIR PERSONAL EXISTENCE.
ONE AND INSEPARABLE FROM THEM AS TO THEIR DIVINE NATURE. OTHER
QUOTATIONS OUT OF ST. JOHN'S GOSPEL.
- CHAP. XXVI.—A BRIEF REFERENCE TO THE GOSPELS OF
ST. MATTHEW AND ST. LUKE. THEIR AGREEMENT WITH ST. JOHN, IN RESPECT TO
THE DISTINCT PERSONALITY OF THE FATHER AND THE SON.
- CHAP. XXVII.—THE DISTINCTION OF THE FATHER AND
THE SON, THUS ESTABLISHED, HE NOW PROVES THE DISTINCTION OF THE TWO
NATURES, WHICH WERE, WITHOUT CONFUSION, UNITED IN THE PERSON OF THE
SON. THE SUBTERFUGES OF PRAXEAS THUS EXPOSED.
- CHAP. XXVIII.—CHRIST NOT THE FATHER, AS PRAXEAS
SAID. THE INCONSISTENCY OF THIS OPINION, NO LESS THAN ITS ABSURDITY,
EXPOSED. THE TRUE DOCTRINE OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. PAUL, WHO
AGREES WITH OTHER SACRED WRITERS.
- CHAP. XXIX.—IT WAS CHRIST THAT DIED, THE FATHER
IS INCAPABLE OF SUFFERING EITHER SOLELY OR WITH ANOTHER. BLASPHEMOUS
CONCLUSIONS SPRING FROM PRAXEAS' PREMISES,
- CHAP. XXX.—HOW THE SON WAS FORSAKEN BY THE
FATHER UPON THE CROSS. THE TRUE MEANING THEREOF FATAL TO PRAXEAS. SO
TOO, THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, HIS ASCENSION, SESSION AT THE FATHER'S
RIGHT HAND, AND MISSION OF THE HOLY GHOST.
- CHAP. XXXI.—RETROGRADE CHARACTER OF THE HERESY
OF PRAXEAS. THE DOCTRINE OF THE BLESSED TRINITY CONSTITUTES THE GREAT
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY.
- ELUCIDATIONS.
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