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Book Description
- Title:
- Fathers of the Church. Tertullian: Cyprian: Arnobius: Lactantius: Ambrose: Jerome: Augustine. A Selection from the Writings of the Latin Fathers
- Author:
- Frederick Adam Wright [1869-1946]
- Publication Year:
- 1918
- Location:
- London
- Publisher:
- George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.
- Pages:
- 351
- Subjects:
- Church Fathers, Tertullian, Cyprian, Arnobius, Lactantius, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine
- Copyright Holder:
- Public domain
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Tertullian
Selections from The Christian's Defence
- Charges brought against the Christians
- The Jews and Christ
- Demons and their works
- The Spread of Christianity and its Ritual
- Christians and the Emperors
- The Christians and Trade
- The Crown of Martyrdom
- * Women's Dress
- * The Cloak Versus the Toga
- Cyprian
- * The World and its Vanities
- * The Unity of the Catholic Church
- Selection from The Lapsed
The punishment of Apostasy
- Arnobius
- Selection from Against the Heathen
- The Gods of the Romans
- Lactantius
- Selection from Divine Institutes
The Pleasures of the Senses
- Ambrose
- Five Hymns
- Selection from On Virgins
The Maiden of Antioch
- Selections from Clergymen's Duties
- Modesty
- Kindness
- Jerome
- * The Story of Malchus
- • The Virgin's Profession
- Augustine
- Selections from the City of God
- The Pagan's Ideal State
- Wonders of the Past
- The Eunuch Priests of Cybele
- The Manichrean Heresy
- Miracles in Augustine's time
- Can Men Change their Shape?
- Lessons for Christians from Roman History
- The Horrors of the Sack of Rome
- The Troubles and the Blessings of Life
- The Possibility of Eternal Punishment
- Adam and Eve in Paradise
- Index
• An asterisk affixed to a title means that the work is given complete.