On Christian Doctrine. Saint Bishop of Hippo Augustine
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Chapter 6. Utility of the Bondage of the Jews.
Chapter 7. The Useless Bondage of the Gentiles.
Chapter 8. The Jews Liberated from Their Bondage in One Way, the Gentiles in Another.
Chapter 9. Who is in Bondage to Signs, and Who Not.
Chapter 10. How We are to Discern Whether a Phrase is Figurative.
Chapter 11. Rule for Interpreting Phrases Which Seem to Ascribe Severity to God and the Saints.
Chapter 13. Same Subject, Continued.
Chapter 14. Error of Those Who Think that There is No Absolute Right and Wrong.
Chapter 15. Rule for Interpreting Figurative Expressions.
Chapter 16. Rule for Interpreting Commands and Prohibitions.
Chapter 17. Some Commands are Given to All in Common, Others to Particular Classes.
Chapter 18. We Must Take into Consideration the Time at Which Anything Was Enjoyed or Allowed.
Chapter 19. Wicked Men Judge Others by Themselves.
Chapter 20. Consistency of Good Men in All Outward Circumstances.
Chapter 21. David Not Lustful, Though He Fell into Adultery.
Chapter 23. Rule Regarding the Narrative of Sins of Great Men.
Chapter 24. The Character of the Expressions Used is Above All to Have Weight.
Chapter 25. The Same Word Does Not Always Signify the Same Thing.
Chapter 26. Obscure Passages are to Be Interpreted by Those Which are Clearer.
Chapter 27. One Passage Susceptible of Various Interpretations.
Chapter 28. It is Safer to Explain a Doubtful Passage by Other Passages of Scripture Than by Reason.
Chapter 29. The Knowledge of Tropes is Necessary.
Chapter 30. The Rules of Tichonius the Donatist Examined.
Chapter 31. The First Rule of Tichonius.
Chapter 32. The Second Rule of Tichonius.
Chapter 33. The Third Rule of Tichonius.
Chapter 34. The Fourth Rule of Tichonius.
Chapter 35. The Fifth Rule of Tichonius.
Chapter 36. The Sixth Rule of Tichonius.
Chapter 37. The Seventh Rule of Tichonius.
Chapter 1. This Work Not Intended as a Treatise on Rhetoric.
Chapter 2. It is Lawful for a Christian Teacher to Use the Art of Rhetoric.
Chapter 3. The Proper Age and the Proper Means for Acquiring Rhetorical Skill.
Chapter 4. The Duty of the Christian Teacher.
Chapter 5. Wisdom of More Importance Than Eloquence to the Christian Teacher.
Chapter 6. The Sacred Writers Unite Eloquence with Wisdom.
Chapter 7. Examples of True Eloquence Drawn from the Epistles of Paul and the Prophecies of Amos.
Chapter 9. How, and with Whom, Difficult Passages are to Be Discussed.
Chapter 10. The Necessity for Perspicuity of Style.
Chapter 11. The Christian Teacher Must Speak Clearly, But Not Inelegantly.
Chapter 13. The Hearer Must Be Moved as Well as Instructed.
Chapter 14. Beauty of Diction to Be in Keeping with the Matter.