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Exposition of the Faith- John of Damascus NPNF209. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus by Philip Schaff About NPNF209. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus by Philip Schaff Title: NPNF209. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus URL: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf209.html Author(s): Schaff, Philip Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Print Basis: Edinburgh: T&T Clark Rights: Public Domain Date Created: 2004-01-13 CCEL Subjects: All; Classic; Proofed; Early Church NPNF209. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus Philip Schaff Table of Contents About This Book. p. ii Series Title. p. 1 Title Page. p. 2 Title Page.. p. 2 Preface.. p. 2 Introduction.. p. 5 The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers.. p. 5 The Theology of St. Hilary of Poitiers.. p. 65 De Synodis or On the Councils.. p. 109 Introduction.. p. 109 De Synodis or On the Councils.. p. 112 De Trinitate or On the Trinity.. p. 146 Introduction.. p. 146 De Trinitate or On the Trinity.. p. 155 Book I. p. 155 Book II. p. 170 Book III. p. 184 Book IV. p. 195 Book V. p. 214 Book VI. p. 231 Book VII. p. 256 Book VIII. p. 280 Book IX. p. 303 Book X. p. 339 Book XI. p. 367 Book XII. p. 387 Homilies on Psalms I., LIII., CXXX.. p. 408 Introduction.. p. 408 Homilies on the Psalms.. p. 409 Homily on Psalm I.. p. 409 Homily on Psalm LIII. (LIV.).. p. 419 Homily on Psalm CXXX. (CXXXI.).. p. 425 John of Damascus: Exposition of the Orthodox Faith.. p. 427 Title Page.. p. 427 Note.. p. 427 iii NPNF209. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus Philip Schaff Prologue.. p. 427 An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith.. p. 430 Book I. p. 430 That the Deity is incomprehensible, and that we ought not to pry into and meddle with the things which have not been delivered to us by the holy Prophets, and Apostles, and Evangelists.. p. 430 Concerning things utterable and things unutterable, and things knowable and thing unknowable.. p. 431 Proof that there is a God.. p. 432 Concerning the nature of Deity: that it is incomprehensible.. p. 433 Proof that God is one and not many.. p. 435 Concerning the Word and the Son of God: a reasoned proof.. p. 436 Concerning the Holy Spirit, a reasoned proof.. p. 437 Concerning the Holy Trinity.. p. 438 Concerning what is affirmed about God.. p. 447 Concerning divine union and separation.. p. 448 Concerning what is affirmed about God as though He had body.. p. 449 Concerning the Same.. p. 450 Concerning the place of God: and that the Deity alone is uncircumscribed.. p. 452 The properties of the divine nature.. p. 455 Book II. p. 456 Concerning ñon or age.. p. 456 Concerning the creation.. p. 457 Concerning angels.. p. 457 Concerning the devil and demons.. p. 459 Concerning the visible creation.. p. 460 Concerning the Heaven.. p. 461 Concerning light, fire, the luminaries, sun, moon and stars.. p. 463 Concerning air and winds.. p. 468 Concerning the waters.. p. 469 Concerning earth and its products.. p. 471 Concerning Paradise.. p. 473 Concerning Man.. p. 475 Concerning Pleasures.. p. 479 Concerning Pain.. p. 479 Concerning Fear.. p. 480 Concerning Anger.. p. 480 Concerning Imagination.. p. 481 Concerning Sensation.. p. 481 iv NPNF209. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus Philip Schaff Concerning Thought.. p. 482 Concerning Memory.. p. 483 Concerning Conception and Articulation.. p. 483 Concerning Passion and Energy.. p. 484 Concerning Energy.. p. 487 Concerning what is Voluntary and what is Involuntary.. p. 488 Concerning what is in our own power, that is, concerning Free-will.. p. 489 Concerning Events.. p. 490 Concerning the reason of our endowment with Free-will.. p. 490 Concerning what is not in our hands.. p. 491 Concerning Providence.. p. 492 Concerning Prescience and Predestination.. p. 494 Book III. p. 496 Concerning the Divine êconomy and God©s care over us, and concerning our salvation.. p. 496 Concerning the manner in which the Word was conceived, and concerning His divine incarnation.. p. 497 Concerning Christ©s two natures, in opposition to those who hold that He has only one.. p. 499 Concerning the manner of the Mutual Communication.. p. 501 Concerning the number of the Natures.. p. 502 That in one of its subsistences the divine nature is united in its entirety to the human nature, in its entirety and not only part to part.. p. 504 Concerning the one compound subsistence of God the Word.. p. 505 In reply to those who ask whether the natures of the Lord are brought under a continuous or a discontinuous quantity.. p. 507 In reply to the question whether there is Nature that has no Subsistence.. p. 509 Concerning the Trisagium (ªthe Thrice Holyº).. p. 509 Concerning the Nature as viewed in Species and in Individual, and concerning the difference between Union and Incarnation: and how this is to be understood, ªThe one Nature of God the Word Incarnate.º. p. 511 That the holy Virgin is the Mother of God: an argument directed against the Nestorians.. p. 512 Concerning the properties of the two Natures.. p. 514 Concerning the volitions and free-will of our Lord Jesus Christ.. p. 515 Concerning the energies in our Lord Jesus Christ.. p. 519 In reply to those who say ªIf man has two natures and two energies, Christ must be held to have three natures and as many energies.º. p. 525 v NPNF209. 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