Book II.
Of the Origin of Error.
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- The Divine Institutes
- Preface.--of what great value the knowledge of the truth is and always has been.
- Book i.
- Book II.
- Chap. i.--that forgetfulness of reason makes men ignorant of the true god, whom they worship in adversity and despise in prosperity.
- Chap. ii.--what was the first cause of making images; of the true likeness of god, and the true worship of him.
- Chap. iii.--that cicero and other men of learning erred in not turning away the people from error.
- Chap. iv.--of images, and the ornaments of temples, and the contempt in which they are held even by the heathens themselves.
- Chap. v.--that god only, the creator of all things, is to be worshipped, and not the elements or heavenly bodies; and the opinion of the stoics is refuted, who think that the stars and planets are gods.
- Chap. vI.--that neither the whole universe nor the elements are god, nor are they possessed of life.
- Chap. vii.--of god, and the religious rites of the foolish; of avarice, and the authority of ancestors.
- Chap. viii.--of the use of reason in religion; and of dreams, auguries, oracles, and similar portents.
- Chap. ix.--of the devil, the world, god, providence, man, and his wisdom.
- Chap. X.--Of the World, and Its Parts, the Elements and Seasons.
- Chap. XI.--Of Living Creatures, of Man; Prometheus, Deucalion, the ParcAe.
- Chap. XII.--That Animals Were Not Produced Spontaneously, But by a Divine Arrangement, of Which God Would Have Given Us the Knowledge, If It Were Advantageous for Us to Know It.
- Chap. XIII.--Why Man is of Two Sexes; What is His First Death, and What the Second and of the Fault and Punishment of Our First Parents.
- Chap. XIV.--Of Noah the Inventor of Wine, Who First Had Knowledge of the Stars, and of the Origin of False Religions.
- Chap. XV.--Of the Corruption of Angels, and the Two Kinds of Demons.
- Chap. XVI.--That Demons Have No Power Over Those Who are Established in the Faith.
- Chap. XVII.--That Astrology, Soothsaying, and Similar Arts are the Invention of Demons.
- Chap. XVIII.--Of the Patience and Vengeance of God, the Worship of Demons, and False Religions.
- Chap. XIX.--Of the Worship of Images and Earthly Objects.
- Chap. XX.--Of Philosophy and the Truth.
- Book III.
- Book IV.
- Book V.
- Book VI.
- Book VII.