2017 — THINGS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.
Scripture: concerning which it is not permitted for Christians to doubt. 51 Book I. — Against those who, although they wish to be Christians, think and opine according to outsiders that the heaven is spherical. 58 Book II. — Christian hypotheses regarding the figure and position of the whole world, which are proven from divine Scripture. 71 Book III. — That divine Scripture is firm and worthy of faith, and that it itself, namely the Old and New Testament, agrees in one, while it indicates the utility of the figures of the whole world. 135 Book IV. — A brief recapitulation and description of the figures of the world according to divine Scripture, and a refutation of the sphere. 182 Book V. — In which the description of the tabernacle is contained, and the concord of the prophets and apostles is proven. 191 Book VI (Superadded). — Concerning the magnitude of the sun. 319 Book VII. — Concerning the duration of the heavens. 339 Book VIII. — On the Canticle of Ezechias, and on the retrogression of the sun. 356 Book IX. — On the course of the stars. 403 Book X. — The locations of the Fathers. 414 Book XI. — A description of Indian animals; and concerning the island of Taprobana. 412 Book XII. — Another book as well, declaring that many of the ancient writers among the outsiders testify to the antiquity of the divine Scriptures edited by Moses and the prophets; and likewise that the Greeks seem to have learned letters last of all, and retain an incredulity more deeply fixed concerning the divine Scriptures. 451
CONSTANTINUS DIACONUS. Notice. 477 LAUDATIO OF ALL THE MARTYRS. 477 DISPUTATIONS WITH PHOTINUS THE MANICHAEAN. 479 First disputation. — On the creation of souls. 530 Second disputation. — On the two principles of the Manichaeans. 539 Third disputation. — On the divine Scriptures of either Testament. 546 PROPOSITION OF PHOTINUS THE MANICHAEAN, AND THE RESPONSE OF PAUL THE PERSIAN. 551 BLASPHEMIES OF THE MANICHAEANS. 567 CHRISTIAN PROPOSITIONS against the Manichaeans. 570 On the good. 574 On operation. 575 On evil. 575 On darkness. 578 SYLLOGISMS OF THE HOLY FATHERS. (They are only mentioned.) 578
S. JOANNES CLIMACUS. Notice. 579 Dedicatory epistle. 583 ISAGOGE OF MATTHAEUS RADERUS TO THE LADDER OF PARADISE OF S. CLIMACUS. 585 Chapter I. — Who Climacus is, and whether he is the same author as John the Sinaite, and John Climacus, and Saint John the abbot of Mount Sinai, by the name Scholasticus. 585 Chapter II. — On the name of Climacus, and the inscription of the book. 590 Chapter III. — On the life of S. Climacus, with praises of the same. 595 Chapter IV. — On various interpreters of Climacus, scholiasts, editions, and the causes of a new interpretation and edition. 611 LADDER OF PARADISE OF S. JOANNES CLIMACUS. 631 Prologue. 631 First Grade. — On the renunciation of the life of the world. 631 Second Grade. — On divesting oneself of affections and casting away all anxieties. 634 Third Grade. — On pilgrimage, or flight from the world and entry into the religious life, and on the dreams that are wont to follow the flight from the world. 663 Fourth Grade. — On the blessed and ever-praiseworthy or memorable obedience. 678 Fifth Grade. — On accurate and sincere penitence, in which the life and deeds of saints and penitent sinners are declared; and on the prison. 763 Sixth Grade. — On the memory of death. 794 Seventh Grade. — On the mourning which creates joy. 802 Eighth Grade. — On the victory over anger, and meekness. 827 Ninth Grade. — On the removal of the memory of injuries. 839 Tenth Grade. — On detraction. 846 Eleventh Grade. — On talkativeness and silence. 851
2018 Twelfth Grade. — On lying. 854 Thirteenth Grade. — On sloth or acedia. 858 Fourteenth Grade. — On the mistress of all, but evil, the belly, gluttony. 863 Fifteenth Grade. — On incorrupt chastity and temperance, compared against corruptible mortals through labors and sweats. 879 Sixteenth Grade. — On avarice. 923 Seventeenth Grade. — On poverty hastening to heaven. 927 Eighteenth Grade. — On the insensible stupor or hardness of the mind and the death of the soul before the death of the body. 931 Nineteenth Grade. — On sleep, prayer, and the chanting of psalms in public assembly. 958 Twentieth Grade. — On the vigils of the body, how the vigils of the spirit are performed, and how these are to be exercised. 939 Twenty-first Grade. — On effeminate timidity. 946 Twenty-second Grade. — On the multiform vainglory. 947 Twenty-third Grade. — On headless or foolish pride: in which grade treatment is also given concerning the impure thoughts of blasphemy. 966 Twenty-fourth Grade. — On gentleness or meekness, simplicity, innocence, and malice [which are] not innate by nature, but from the virtue or vice of the part. 979 Twenty-fifth Grade. — On the most high humility, the destroyer of all vices, innate to the incorporeal sense, whom he who has surpassed, let him know: for he has imitated Christ, and is made safe. 987 Twenty-sixth Grade. — On the discernment of thoughts, vices, and virtues. 1014 Twenty-seventh Grade. — On the sacred quiet of body and soul, or on the anchorite and solitary life. 1096 Twenty-eighth Grade. — On the sacred and blessed prayer that procreates virtues, and on the presence of the mind and body in it. 1130 Twenty-ninth Grade. — On the heaven on earth and the imitation of divine mental tranquility and perfection, and the resurrection of the soul before the general resurrection. 1147 Thirtieth Grade. — On the bond of the three virtues, namely faith, hope, and charity. 1154
BOOK TO THE PASTOR. Preface. 1186 Chapter I. — The cœnobiarch is compared to a pastor, a shipmaster, a physician, a teacher of letters. 1166 Chapter II. — The likeness of the physician and the cœnobiarch is explained more broadly. 1167 Chapter III. — The cœnobite should be most united with God. 1171 Chapter IV. — Follows the comparison with the physician. 1174 Chapter V. — In what the pastor’s industry is to be looked for. 1178 Chapter VI. — The duty of the pastor toward his subjects. 1178 Chapter VII. — Subjects are to be treated according to the variety of their natural gifts. 1182 Chapter VIII. — Pastor’s exhortation is constant and useful, his submission, his pride. 1183 Chapter IX. — The pastor should be steadfast in adversities. 1183 Chapter X. — On receiving novices. 1186 Chapter XI. — Meekness and piety are to be commended to the pastor. 1186 Chapter XII. — On the discipline of subjects. 1190 Chapter XIII. — Various documents. 1191 Chapter XIV. — How much care is to be given to nurturing the subject and other things. 1198 Chapter XV. — Praise of the Raithu cœnobiarch, who is elegantly compared with Moses. 1202 Scholia of S. John of Raithu on the Climacus. 1211
AGATHIAS MYRINEUS. Preface. 1250 On the life of Agathias and his books of histories. 1255 Dedicatory epistle of Vulcanus. 1263 Preface of the same. 1265 Book I of the Histories. 1268 Book II. 1327 Book III. 1399 Book IV. 1467 Book V. 1538 Notes of Vulcanus on the Histories of Agathias. 1593
S. DOROTHEUS ARCHIMANDRITA. Notice. 1610 EXPOSITIONS AND VARIOUS DOCTRINES. 1611 Preface of an anonymous author. 1611 Epistle to a brother who asked that the doctrines invented by the holy Father Dorotheus be sent to him. 1614 Doctrine I. — On renunciation. 1618 Doctrine II. — On humility. 1639
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Doctrine III. — On conscience. 1651 Doctrine IV. — On divine fear. 1638 Doctrine V. — That no one should trust in his own prudence. 1675 Doctrine VI. — That we should not judge our neighbor. 1686 Doctrine VII. — On self-accusation. 1695 Doctrine VIII. — On grudges. 1707 Doctrine IX. — On lying. 1713 Doctrine X. — That we may be directed toward a certain goal and sobriety in the way of God. 1723 Doctrine XI. — That we should strive to cut off passions from ourselves before they pass into a habit of the soul. 1754 Doctrine XII. — On the fear and punishments of hell; and that it is not fitting for him who desires to be saved to live without care for his own salvation. 1747 Doctrine XIII. — That we should bear temptations manfully and with thanksgiving. 1762 Doctrine XIV. — On the building and harmony of the virtues of the soul. 1771 Doctrine XV. — On holy fasting. 1787 Doctrine XVI. — To certain anchorites asking him about meetings and conversations. 1794 Doctrine XVII. — On the instruction of brothers in monasteries, how those in charge ought to preside over the brothers, and [how] they ought to be subject to them. 1799 Doctrine XVIII. — Dialogue with one who administers grain. 1803 Doctrine XIX. — Short and compendious sentences by the same. 1807 Doctrine XX. — A letter of the same to a brother, who questioned him about the insensibility of the soul and the refreshment of charity. 1811 Doctrine XXI. — Various questions and answers. 1811 Doctrine XXII. — An exposition of the same on certain sayings of Gregory Nazianzen: which is sung to certain melodies at holy Easter. 1822 Doctrine XXIII. — Exposition on the words of the holy martyrs. 1830 Doctrine XXIV. — On the formation of a monk. 1835
LETTERS TO VARIOUS PERSONS. I. — To a brother oppressed by temptations. 1838 II. — To the same. 1839 III. — To a brother who has fallen into a long illness and various accidents. 1839 IV. — To a brother existing in temptation. 1839 V. — To the same. 1839 VI. — To the same. 1842 VII. — To the same. 1842 VIII. — To a certain somewhat feeble brother, thinking various things about the administrator of matters pertaining to his own use. 1842
GREGORY, BISHOP OF ANTIOCH. Notice. 1845 ORATION ON THE MYRRH-BEARING WOMEN. 1847 SERMON I ON THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST. 1866 SERMON II ON THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST. 1871 ADDRESS TO THE ARMY. 1883
JOHN THE FASTER, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Notice. 1887 PENITENTIAL. 1889 SERMON ON CONFESSION AND PENANCE. 1919 ON PENANCE, etc. 1957 Analytical indices. 1979 On Cosmas Indicopleustes. 1979 On St. John Climacus. 1989 On Agathias Scholasticus. 2009 On St. Dorotheus the Archimandrite. 2017
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