Nicene and Post-nicene Fathers First Series, St. Augustine: On the Holy Trinity, Doctrinal Treatises, Moral TreatisesPhilip Schaff "The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD marked the beginning of a new era in Christianity. For the first time, doctrines were organized into a single creed. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers did most of their writing during and after this important event in Church history. Unlike the previous era of Christian writing, the Nicene and Post-Nicene era is dominated by a few very important and prolific writers. In Volume III of the 14-volume collected writings of the Nicenes and Post-Nicenes (first published between 1886 and 1889), readers will find a complete collection of Saint Augustines writings concerning Christian doctrine and ethics. On the Holy Trinity is one of his most important works, and Augustine spent a significant amount of time crafting it. Among the ethical considerations covered in the second half of the book readers will find essays on virginity, lying, patience, and proper care for the dead." |
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... Blessed Trinity from eternity , but only a unity existed first , which at length became a Trinity , it follows that the Holy Trinity must have been at one time imperfect , and at another time entire : imperfect until the Son came to be ...
... Blessed Trinity from eternity , but only a unity existed first , which at length became a Trinity , it follows that the Holy Trinity must have been at one time imperfect , and at another time entire : imperfect until the Son came to be ...
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... blessed forever ; " whose blessedness is independent of the universe which he has made from nonentity , and who must therefore find all the conditions of blessedness within himself alone . He is blessed from eternity , in his own self ...
... blessed forever ; " whose blessedness is independent of the universe which he has made from nonentity , and who must therefore find all the conditions of blessedness within himself alone . He is blessed from eternity , in his own self ...
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... blessed . The objective God for the subjective God must , there- fore , be very God of very God , begotten not made , the eternal Son of the eternal Father . The same line of reasoning applies to the third trinitarian person , but there ...
... blessed . The objective God for the subjective God must , there- fore , be very God of very God , begotten not made , the eternal Son of the eternal Father . The same line of reasoning applies to the third trinitarian person , but there ...
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... blessed life that is promised us , is here seen by us as in a glass and in an enigma , so long as it is seen through that image of God which we ourselves are , * 199 THE FIFTEEN BOOKS OF AURELIUS AUGUSTINUS , BISHOP OF HIPPO 16 CONTENTS .
... blessed life that is promised us , is here seen by us as in a glass and in an enigma , so long as it is seen through that image of God which we ourselves are , * 199 THE FIFTEEN BOOKS OF AURELIUS AUGUSTINUS , BISHOP OF HIPPO 16 CONTENTS .
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... blessed and only Poten- 10. Hence also it follows by consequence , tate , " who " shows the coming of our Lord that the Apostle Paul did not say , Who Jesus Christ in His own time . " For the alone has immortality , " of the Father ...
... blessed and only Poten- 10. Hence also it follows by consequence , tate , " who " shows the coming of our Lord that the Apostle Paul did not say , Who Jesus Christ in His own time . " For the alone has immortality , " of the Father ...
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He instructs us that there is a kind of trinity discernible in man who is the image of God viz the mind | 134 |
After premising the difference between wisdom and knowledge he points out a kind of trinity in that which | 166 |
BOOK XIV | 183 |
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Page 32 - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 40 - He shall glorify me : for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine : therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.
Page 54 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame and his wheels as burning fire.