Early Church Fathers
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Volume 6
Edited by Philip Schaff · AD 393–420 (English edition 1886–89)
Augustine on the Sermon on the Mount, The Harmony of the Gospels, and his sermons on passages from the Gospels.
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Contents
Preface25 pages
- Summary
- Introductory Essay. St. Augustin as an Exegete
- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
Book II. On the Latter Part of Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount, Contained in the Sixth and Seventh Chapters of Matthew117 pages
- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Introductory Essay. By Professor M. B. Riddle, D.D
- Translator's Introductory Notice
- Chapter I.—On the Authority of the Gospels
- Chapter II.—On the Order of the Evangelists, and the Principles on Which They Wrote
- Chapter III.—Of the Fact that Matthew, Together with Mark, Had Specially in View the Kingly Character of Christ, Whereas Luke Dealt with the Priestly
- Chapter IV.—Of the Fact that John Undertook the Exposition of Christ's Divinity
- Chapter V.—Concerning the Two Virtues, of Which John is Conversant with the Contemplative, the Other Evangelists with the Active
- Chapter VI.—Of the Four Living Creatures in the Apocalypse, Which Have Been Taken by Some in One Application, and by Others in Another, as Apt Figures of the Four Evangelists
- Chapter IX.—Of Certain Persons Who Pretend that Christ Wrote Books on the Arts of Magic
- Chapter X.—Of Some Who are Mad Enough to Suppose that the Books Were Inscribed with the Names of Peter and Paul
- Chapter XI.—In Opposition to Those Who Foolishly Imagine that Christ Converted the People to Himself by Magical Arts
- Chapter XIII.—Of the Question Why God Suffered the Jews to Be Reduced to Subjection
- Chapter XV.—Of the Fact that the Pagans, When Constrained to Laud Christ, Have Launched Their Insults Against His Disciples
- Chapter XVI.—Of the Fact That, on the Subject of the Destruction of Idols, the Apostles Taught Nothing Different from What Was Taught by Christ or by the Prophets
- Chapter XVII.—In Opposition to the Romans Who Rejected the God of Israel Alone
- Chapter XVIII.—Of the Fact that the God of the Hebrews is Not Received by the Romans, Because His Will is that He Alone Should Be Worshipped
- Chapter XIX.—The Proof that This God is the True God
- Chapter XX.—Of the Fact that Nothing is Discovered to Have Been Predicted by the Prophets of the Pagans in Opposition to the God of the Hebrews
- Chapter XXI.—An Argument for the Exclusive Worship of This God, Who, While He Prohibits Other Deities from Being Worshipped, is Not Himself Interdicted by Other Divinities from Being Worshipped
- Chapter XXII.—Of the Opinion Entertained by the Gentiles Regarding Our God
- Chapter XXIII.—Of the Follies Which the Pagans Have Indulged in Regarding Jupiter and Saturn
- Chapter XXIV.—Of the Fact that Those Persons Who Reject the God of Israel, in Consequence Fail to Worship All the Gods; And, on the Other Hand, that Those Who Worship Other Gods, Fail to Worship Him
- Chapter XXV.—Of the Fact that the False Gods Do Not Forbid Others to Be Worshipped Along with Themselves. That the God of Israel is the True God, is Proved by His Works, Both in Prophecy and in Fulfilment
- Chapter XXVI.—Of the Fact that Idolatry Has Been Subverted by the Name of Christ, and by the Faith of Christians According to the Prophecies
- Chapter XXVII.—An Argument Urging It Upon the Remnant of Idolaters that They Should at Length Become Servants of This True God, Who Everywhere is Subverting Idols
- Chapter XXVIII.—Of the Predicted Rejection of Idols
- Chapter XXIX.—Of the Question Why the Heathen Should Refuse to Worship the God of Israel; Even Although They Deem Him to Be Only the Presiding Divinity of the Elements?
- Chapter XXX.—Of the Fact That, as the Prophecies Have Been Fulfilled, the God of Israel Has Now Been Made Known Everywhere
- Chapter XXXI.—The Fulfilment of the Prophecies Concerning Christ
- Chapter XXXII.—A Statement in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Apostles as Opposed to Idolatry, in the Words of the Prophecies
- Chapter XXXIII.—A Statement in Opposition to Those Who Make the Complaint that the Bliss of Human Life Has Been Impaired by the Entrance of Christian Times
- Chapter XXXIV.—Epilogue to the Preceding
- Chapter XXXV.—Of the Fact that the Mystery of a Mediator Was Made Known to Those Who Lived in Ancient Times by the Agency of Prophecy, as It is Now Declared to Us in the Gospel
- Book II
- The Prologue
- Chapter I.—A Statement of the Reason Why the Enumeration of the Ancestors of Christ is Carried Down to Joseph, While Christ Was Not Born of that Man's Seed, But of the Virgin Mary
- Chapter II.—An Explanation of the Sense in Which Christ is the Son of David, Although He Was Not Begotten in the Way of Ordinary Generation by Joseph the Son of David
- Chapter III.—A Statement of the Reason Why Matthew Enumerates One Succession of Ancestors for Christ, and Luke Another
- Chapter IV.—Of the Reason Why Forty Generations (Not Including Christ Himself) are Found in Matthew, Although He Divides Them into Three Successions of Fourteen Each
- Chapter VI.—On the Position Given to the Preaching of John the Baptist in All the Four Evangelists
- Chapter VII.—Of the Two Herods
- Chapter XII.—Concerning the Words Ascribed to John by All the Four Evangelists Respectively
- Chapter XIII.—Of the Baptism of Jesus
- Chapter XIV.—Of the Words or the Voice that Came from Heaven Upon Him When He Had Been Baptized
- Chapter XV.—An Explanation of the Circumstance That, According to the Evangelist John, John the Baptist Says, "I Knew Him Not;" While, According to the Others, It is Found that He Did Already Know Him
- Chapter XVI.—Of the Temptation of Jesus
- Chapter XVII.—Of the Calling of the Apostles as They Were Fishing
- Chapter XVIII.—Of the Date of His Departure into Galilee
- Chapter XIX.—Of the Lengthened Sermon Which, According to Matthew, He Delivered on the Mount
- Chapter XX.—An Explanation of the Circumstance that Matthew Tells Us How the Centurion Came to Jesus on Behalf of His Servant, While Luke's Statement is that the Centurion Despatched Friends to Him
- Chapter XXI.—Of the Order in Which the Narrative Concerning Peter's Mother-In-Law is Introduced
- Chapter XXII.—Of the Order of the Incidents Which are Recorded After This Section and of the Question Whether Matthew, Mark, and Luke are Consistent with Each Other in These
- Chapter XXIII.—Of the Person Who Said to the Lord, "I Will Follow Thee Whithersoever Thou Goest;" And of the Other Things Connected Therewith, and of the Order in Which They are Recorded by Matthew and Luke
- Chapter XXVI.—Of the Calling of Matthew, and of the Question Whether Matthew's Own Account is in Harmony with Those of Mark and Luke When They Speak of Levi the Son of Alphaeus
- Chapter XXIX.—Of the Two Blind Men and the Dumb Demoniac Whose Stories are Related Only by Matthew
- Chapter XXXI.—Of the Account Given by Matthew and Luke of the Occasion When John the Baptist Was in Prison, and Despatched His Disciples on a Mission to the Lord
- Chapter XXXIII.—Of the Occasion on Which He Calls Them to Take His Yoke and Burden Upon Them, and of the Question as to the Absence of Any Discrepancy Between Matthew and Luke in the Order of Narration
- Chapter XXXVII.—Of the Consistency of the Accounts Given by Matthew and Luke Regarding the Dumb and Blind Man Who Was Possessed with a Devil
- Chapter XLIV.—Of the Order in Which the Accounts of John's Imprisonment and Death are Given by These Three Evangelists
- Chapter XLV.—Of the Order and the Method in Which All the Four Evangelists Come to the Narration of the Miracle of the Five Loaves
- Chapter XLVI.—Of the Question as to How the Four Evangelists Harmonize with Each Other on This Same Subject of the Miracle of the Five Loaves
- Chapter XLIX.—Of the Woman of Canaan Who Said, "Yet the Dogs Eat of the Crumbs Which Fall from Their Masters' Tables," And of the Harmony Between the Account Given by Matthew and that by Luke
- Chapter L.—Of the Occasion on Which He Fed the Multitudes with the Seven Loaves, and of the Question as to the Harmony Between Matthew and Mark in Their Accounts of that Miracle
- Chapter LII.—Of Matthew's Agreement with Mark in the Statement About the Leaven of the Pharisees, as Regards Both the Subject Itself and the Order of Narrative
- Chapter LIV.—Of the Occasion on Which He Announced His Coming Passion to the Disciples, and of the Measure of Concord Between Matthew, Mark, and Luke in the Accounts Which They Give of the Same
- Chapter LV.—Of the Harmony Between the Three Evangelists in the Notices Which They Subjoin of the Manner in Which the Lord Charged the Man to Follow Him Who Wished to Come After Him
- Chapter LVII.—Of the Harmony Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Given of the Occasion on Which He Spoke to the Disciples Concerning the Coming of Elias
- Chapter LIX.—Of the Occasion on Which the Disciples Were Exceeding Sorry When He Spoke to Them of His Passion, as It is Related in the Same Order by the Three Evangelists
- Chapter LX.—Of His Paying the Tribute Money Out of the Mouth of the Fish, an Incident Which Matthew Alone Mentions
- Chapter LXV.—Of the Absence of Any Antagonism Between Matthew and Mark, or Between Matthew and Luke, in the Account Offered of the Giving of Sight to the Blind Men of Jericho
- Chapter LXVI.—Of the Colt of the Ass Which is Mentioned by Matthew, and of the Consistency of His Account with that of the Other Evangelists, Who Speak Only of the Ass
- Chapter LXIX.—Of the Harmony Between the First Three Evangelists in Their Accounts of the Occasion on Which the Jews Asked the Lord by What Authority He Did These Things (part 1 of 2)
- Chapter LXIX.—Of the Harmony Between the First Three Evangelists in Their Accounts of the Occasion on Which the Jews Asked the Lord by What Authority He Did These Things (part 2 of 2)
- Chapter LXXX.—Of the Harmony Characterizing the Accounts Which are Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, of the Occasion on Which He Sent His Disciples to Make Preparations for His Eating the Passover
- Book III
- Prologue
- Chapter I.—Of the Method in Which the Four Evangelists are Shown to Be at One in the Accounts Given of the Lord's Supper and the Indication of His Betrayer
- Chapter II.—Of the Proof of Their Freedom from Any Discrepancies in the Notices Given of the Predictions of Peter's Denials (part 1 of 2)
- Chapter II.—Of the Proof of Their Freedom from Any Discrepancies in the Notices Given of the Predictions of Peter's Denials (part 2 of 2)
- Chapter VIII.—Of the Absence of Any Discrepancies in the Accounts Which the Evangelists Give of What Took Place in Pilate's Presence
- Chapter IX.—Of the Mockery Which He Sustained at the Hands of Pilate's Cohort, and of the Harmony Subsisting Among the Three Evangelists Who Report that Scene, Namely, Matthew, Mark, and John
- Chapter XI.—Of the Consistency of Matthew's Version with that of Mark in the Account of the Potion Offered Him to Drink, Which is Introduced Before the Narrative of His Crucifixion
- Chapter XII.—Of the Concord Preserved Among All the Four Evangelists on the Subject of the Parting of His Raiment
- Chapter XIII.—Of the Hour of the Lord's Passion, and of the Question Concerning the Absence of Any Discrepancy Between Mark and John in the Article of the "Third" Hour and the "Sixth."
- Chapter XIV.—Of the Harmony Preserved Among All the Evangelists on the Subject of the Two Robbers Who Were Crucified Along with Him
- Chapter XV.—Of the Consistency of the Accounts Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke on the Subject of the Parties Who Insulted the Lord
- Chapter XVII.—Of the Harmony of the Four Evangelists in Their Notices of the Draught of Vinegar
- Chapter XIX.—Of the Rending of the Veil of the Temple, and of the Question Whether Matthew and Mark Really Harmonize with Luke with Respect to the Order in Which that Incident Took Place
- Chapter XX.—Of the Question as to the Consistency of the Several Notices Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, on the Subject of the Astonishment Felt by the Centurion and Those Who Were with Him
- Chapter XXIII.—Of the Question Whether the First Three Evangelists are Quite in Harmony with John in the Accounts Given of His Burial
- Chapter XXIV.—Of the Absence of All Discrepancies in the Narratives Constructed by the Four Evangelists on the Subject of the Events Which Took Place About the Time of the Lord's Resurrection (part 1 of 2)
- Chapter XXIV.—Of the Absence of All Discrepancies in the Narratives Constructed by the Four Evangelists on the Subject of the Events Which Took Place About the Time of the Lord's Resurrection (part 2 of 2)
Book IV. This Book Embraces a Discussion of Those Passages Which Are Peculiar to Mark, Luke, or John101 pages
- Prologue
- Chapter VIII.—Of Luke's Gospel, and Specially of the Harmony Between Its Commencement and the Beginning of the Book of the Acts of the Apostles
- Chapter X.—Of the Evangelist John, and the Distinction Between Him and the Other Three (part 1 of 2)
- Chapter X.—Of the Evangelist John, and the Distinction Between Him and the Other Three (part 2 of 2)
- Sermon II
- Sermon III
- Sermon IV
- Sermon V
- Sermon VI
- Sermon VII
- Sermon VIII
- Sermon IX
- Sermon X
- Sermon XI
- Sermon XII
- Sermon XIII
- Sermon XIV
- Sermon XV
- Sermon XVI
- Sermon XVII
- Sermon XVIII
- Sermon XIX
- Sermon XX
- Sermon XXI (part 1 of 2)
- Sermon XXI (part 2 of 2)
- Sermon XXII
- Sermon XXIII
- Sermon XXIV
- Sermon XXV
- Sermon XXVI
- Sermon XXVII
- Sermon XXVIII
- Sermon XXIX
- Sermon XXX
- Sermon XXXI
- Sermon XXXII
- Sermon XXXIII
- Sermon XXXIV
- Sermon XXXV
- Sermon XXXVI
- Sermon XXXVII
- Sermon XXXVIII
- Sermon XXXIX
- Sermon XL
- Sermon XLI
- Sermon XLII
- Sermon XLIII
- Sermon XLIV
- Sermon XLV
- Sermon XLVI
- Sermon XLVII
- Sermon XLVIII
- Sermon XLIX
- Sermon L
- Sermon LI
- Sermon LII
- Sermon LIII
- Sermon LIV
- Sermon LV
- Sermon LVI
- Sermon LVII
- Sermon LVIII
- Sermon LIX
- Sermon LX
- Sermon LXI
- Sermon LXII
- Sermon LXIII
- Sermon LXIV
- Sermon LXV
- Sermon LXVI
- Sermon LXVII
- Sermon LXVIII
- Sermon LXIX
- Sermon LXX
- Sermon LXXI
- Sermon LXXII
- Sermon LXXIII
- Sermon LXXIV
- Sermon LXXV
- Sermon LXXVI
- Sermon LXXVII
- Sermon LXXVIII
- Sermon LXXIX
- Sermon LXXX
- Sermon LXXXI
- Sermon LXXXII
- Sermon LXXXIII
- Sermon LXXXIV
- Sermon LXXXV
- Sermon LXXXVI
- Sermon LXXXVII
- Sermon LXXXVIII
- Sermon LXXXIX
- Sermon XC
- Sermon XCI
- Sermon XCII
- Sermon XCIII
- Sermon XCIV
- Sermon XCV
- Sermon XCVI
- Sermon XCVII
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Volume 6, ed. Philip Schaff (1886–89). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.