6Preface.
88Chapter 40. Whatever Has Been Rightly Said by the Heathen, We Must Appropriate to Our Uses.
7Book I.
89Chapter 41. What Kind of Spirit is Required for the Study of Holy Scripture.
8Chapter 1. The Interpretation of Scripture Depends on the Discovery and Enunciation of the Meaning, and is to Be Undertaken in Dependence on God’s Aid.
90Chapter 42. Sacred Scripture Compared with Profane Authors.
9Chapter 2. What a Thing Is, and What A Sign.
91Book III.
10Chapter 3. Some Things are for Use, Some for Enjoyment.
92Chapter 1. Summary of the Foregoing Books, and Scope of that Which Follows.
11Chapter 4. Difference of Use and Enjoyment.
93Chapter 2. Rule for Removing Ambiguity by Attending to Punctuation.
12Chapter 5. The Trinity the True Object of Enjoyment.
94Chapter 3. How Pronunciation Serves to Remove Ambiguity. Different Kinds of Interrogation.
13Chapter 6. In What Sense God is Ineffable.
95Chapter 4. How Ambiguities May Be Solved.
14Chapter 7. What All Men Understand by the Term God.
96Chapter 5. It is a Wretched Slavery Which Takes the Figurative Expressions of Scripture in a Literal Sense.
15Chapter 8. God to Be Esteemed Above All Else, Because He is Unchangeable Wisdom.
97Chapter 6. Utility of the Bondage of the Jews.
16Chapter 9. All Acknowledge the Superiority of Unchangeable Wisdom to that Which is Variable.
98Chapter 7. The Useless Bondage of the Gentiles.
17Chapter 10. To See God, the Soul Must Be Purified.
99Chapter 8. The Jews Liberated from Their Bondage in One Way, the Gentiles in Another.
18Chapter 11. Wisdom Becoming Incarnate, a Pattern to Us of Purification.
100Chapter 9. Who is in Bondage to Signs, and Who Not.
19Chapter 12. In What Sense the Wisdom of God Came to Us.
101Chapter 10. How We are to Discern Whether a Phrase is Figurative.
20Chapter 13. The Word Was Made Flesh.
102Chapter 11. Rule for Interpreting Phrases Which Seem to Ascribe Severity to God and the Saints.
21Chapter 14. How the Wisdom of God Healed Man.
103Chapter 12. Rule for Interpreting Those Sayings and Actions Which are Ascribed to God and the Saints, and Which Yet Seem to the Unskillful to Be Wicked.
22Chapter 15. Faith is Buttressed by the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, and is Stimulated by His Coming to Judgment.
104Chapter 13. Same Subject, Continued.
23Chapter 16. Christ Purges His Church by Medicinal Afflictions.
105Chapter 14. Error of Those Who Think that There is No Absolute Right and Wrong.
24Chapter 17. Christ, by Forgiving Our Sins, Opened the Way to Our Home.
106Chapter 15. Rule for Interpreting Figurative Expressions.
25Chapter 18. The Keys Given to the Church.
107Chapter 16. Rule for Interpreting Commands and Prohibitions.
26Chapter 19. Bodily and Spiritual Death and Resurrection.
108Chapter 17. Some Commands are Given to All in Common, Others to Particular Classes.
27Chapter 20. The Resurrection to Damnation.
109Chapter 18. We Must Take into Consideration the Time at Which Anything Was Enjoyed or Allowed.
28Chapter 21. Neither Body Nor Soul Extinguished at Death.
110Chapter 19. Wicked Men Judge Others by Themselves.
29Chapter 22. God Alone to Be Enjoyed.
111Chapter 20. Consistency of Good Men in All Outward Circumstances.
30Chapter 23. Man Needs No Injunction to Love Himself and His Own Body.
112Chapter 21. David Not Lustful, Though He Fell into Adultery.
31Chapter 24. No Man Hates His Own Flesh, Not Even Those Who Abuse It.
113Chapter 22. Rule Regarding Passages of Scripture in Which Approval is Expressed of Actions Which are Now Condemned by Good Men.
32Chapter 25. A Man May Love Something More Than His Body, But Does Not Therefore Hate His Body.
114Chapter 23. Rule Regarding the Narrative of Sins of Great Men.
33Chapter 26. The Command to Love God and Our Neighbor Includes a Command to Love Ourselves.
115Chapter 24. The Character of the Expressions Used is Above All to Have Weight.
34Chapter 27. The Order of Love.
116Chapter 25. The Same Word Does Not Always Signify the Same Thing.
35Chapter 28. How We are to Decide Whom to Aid.
117Chapter 26. Obscure Passages are to Be Interpreted by Those Which are Clearer.
36Chapter 29. We are to Desire and Endeavor that All Men May Love God.
118Chapter 27. One Passage Susceptible of Various Interpretations.
37Chapter 30. Whether Angels are to Be Reckoned Our Neighbors.
119Chapter 28. It is Safer to Explain a Doubtful Passage by Other Passages of Scripture Than by Reason.
38Chapter 31. God Uses Rather Than Enjoys Us.
120Chapter 29. The Knowledge of Tropes is Necessary.
39Chapter 32. In What Way God Uses Man.
121Chapter 30. The Rules of Tichonius the Donatist Examined.
40Chapter 33. In What Way Man Should Be Enjoyed.
122Chapter 31. The First Rule of Tichonius.
41Chapter 34. Christ the First Way to God.
123Chapter 32. The Second Rule of Tichonius.
42Chapter 35. The Fulfillment and End of Scripture is the Love of God and Our Neighbor.
124Chapter 33. The Third Rule of Tichonius.
43Chapter 36. That Interpretation of Scripture Which Builds Us Up in Love is Not Perniciously Deceptive Nor Mendacious, Even Though It Be Faulty. The Interpreter, However, Should Be Corrected.
125Chapter 34. The Fourth Rule of Tichonius.
44Chapter 37. Dangers of Mistaken Interpretation.
126Chapter 35. The Fifth Rule of Tichonius.
45Chapter 38. Love Never Faileth.
127Chapter 36. The Sixth Rule of Tichonius.
46Chapter 39. He Who is Mature in Faith, Hope and Love, Needs Scripture No Longer.
128Chapter 37. The Seventh Rule of Tichonius.
47Chapter 40. What Manner of Reader Scripture Demands.
129Book IV.
48Book II.
130Chapter 1. This Work Not Intended as a Treatise on Rhetoric.
49Chapter 1. Signs, Their Nature and Variety.
131Chapter 2. It is Lawful for a Christian Teacher to Use the Art of Rhetoric.
50Chapter 2. Of the Kind of Signs We are Now Concerned with.
132Chapter 3. The Proper Age and the Proper Means for Acquiring Rhetorical Skill.
51Chapter 3. Among Signs, Words Hold the Chief Place.
133Chapter 4. The Duty of the Christian Teacher.
52Chapter 4. Origin of Writing.
134Chapter 5. Wisdom of More Importance Than Eloquence to the Christian Teacher.
53Chapter 5. Scripture Translated into Various Languages.
135Chapter 6. The Sacred Writers Unite Eloquence with Wisdom.
54Chapter 6. Use of the Obscurities in Scripture Which Arise from Its Figurative Language.
136Chapter 7. Examples of True Eloquence Drawn from the Epistles of Paul and the Prophecies of Amos.
55Chapter 7. Steps to Wisdom: First, Fear; Second, Piety; Third, Knowledge; Fourth, Resolution; Fifth, Counsel; Sixth, Purification of Heart; Seventh, Stop or Termination, Wisdom.
137Chapter 8. The Obscurity of the Sacred Writers, Though Compatible with Eloquence, Not to Be Imitated by Christian Teachers.
56Chapter 8. The Canonical Books.
138Chapter 9. How, and with Whom, Difficult Passages are to Be Discussed.
57Chapter 9. How We Should Proceed in Studying Scripture.
139Chapter 10. The Necessity for Perspicuity of Style.
58Chapter 10. Unknown or Ambiguous Signs Prevent Scripture from Being Understood.
140Chapter 11. The Christian Teacher Must Speak Clearly, But Not Inelegantly.
59Chapter 11. Knowledge of Languages, Especially of Greek and Hebrew, Necessary to Remove Ignorance or Signs.
141Chapter 12. The Aim of the Orator, According to Cicero, is to Teach, to Delight, and to Move. Of These, Teaching is the Most Essential.
60Chapter 12. A Diversity of Interpretations is Useful. Errors Arising from Ambiguous Words.
142Chapter 13. The Hearer Must Be Moved as Well as Instructed.
61Chapter 13. How Faulty Interpretations Can Be Emended.
143Chapter 14. Beauty of Diction to Be in Keeping with the Matter.
62Chapter 14. How the Meaning of Unknown Words and Idioms is to Be Discovered.
144Chapter 15. The Christian Teacher Should Pray Before Preaching.
63Chapter 15. Among Versions a Preference is Given to the Septuagint and the Itala.
145Chapter 16. Human Directions Not to Be Despised, Though God Makes the True Teacher.
64Chapter 16. The Knowledge Both of Language and Things is Helpful for the Understanding of Figurative Expressions.
146Chapter 17. Threefold Division of The Various Styles of Speech.
65Chapter 17. Origin of the Legend of the Nine Muses.
147Chapter 18. The Christian Orator is Constantly Dealing with Great Matters.
66Chapter 18. No Help is to Be Despised, Even Though It Come from a Profane Source.
148Chapter 19. The Christian Teacher Must Use Different Styles on Different Occasions.
67Chapter 19. Two Kinds Of Heathen Knowledge.
149Chapter 20. Examples of the Various Styles Drawn from Scripture.
68Chapter 20. The Superstitious Nature of Human Institutions.
150Chapter 21. Examples of the Various Styles, Drawn from the Teachers of the Church, Especially Ambrose and Cyprian.
69Chapter 21. Superstition of Astrologers.
151Chapter 22. The Necessity of Variety in Style.
70Chapter 22 . The Folly of Observing the Stars in Order to Predict the Events of a Life.
152Chapter 23. How the Various Styles Should Be Mingled.
71Chapter 23. Why We Repudiate Arts of Divination.
153Chapter 24. The Effects Produced by the Majestic Style.
72Chapter 24. The Intercourse and Agreement with Demons Which Superstitious Observances Maintain.
154Chapter 25. How the Temperate Style is to Be Used.
73Chapter 25. In Human Institutions Which are Not Superstitious, There are Some Things Superfluous and Some Convenient and Necessary.
155Chapter 26. In Every Style the Orator Should Aim at Perspicuity, Beauty, and Persuasiveness.
74Chapter 26. What Human Contrivances We are to Adopt, and What We are to Avoid.
156Chapter 27. The Man Whose Life is in Harmony with His Teaching Will Teach with Greater Effect.
75Chapter 27. Some Departments of Knowledge, Not of Mere Human Invention, Aid Us in Interpreting Scripture.
157Chapter 28. Truth is More Important Than Expression. What is Meant by Strife About Words.
76Chapter 28. To What Extent History is an Aid.
158Chapter 29. It is Permissible for a Preacher to Deliver to the People What Has Been Written by a More Eloquent Man Than Himself.
77Chapter 29. To What Extent Natural Science is an Exegetical Aid.
159Chapter 30. The Preacher Should Commence His Discourse with Prayer to God.
78Chapter 30. What the Mechanical Arts Contribute to Exegetics.
160Chapter 31. Apology for the Length of the Work.
79Chapter 31. Use of Dialectics. Of Fallacies.
161Analysis
80Chapter 32. Valid Logical Sequence is Not Devised But Only Observed by Man.
162Reflection
81Chapter 33. False Inferences May Be Drawn from Valid Reasonings, and Vice Versa.
163Memorable Quotes
82Chapter 34. It is One Thing to Know the Laws of Inference, Another to Know the Truth of Opinions.
