Book 7. From Error to Truth

HE RECALLS THE BEGINNING OF HIS YOUTH, i.e. THE THIRTY-FIRST YEAR OF HIS AGE, IN WHICH VERY GRAVE ERRORS AS TO THE NATURE OF GOD AND THE ORIGIN OF EVIL BEING DISTINGUISHED, AND THE SACRED BOOKS MORE ACCURATELY KNOWN, HE AT LENGTH ARRIVES AT A CLEAR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, NOT YET RIGHTLY APPREHENDING JESUS CHRIST.

Chapter 1. HE REGARDED NOT GOD INDEED UNDER THE FORM OF A HUMAN BODY, BUT AS A CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE DIFFUSED THROUGH SPACE.

Chapter 2. THE DISPUTATION OF NEBRIDIUS AGAINST THE MANICHAEANS, ON THE QUESTION "WHETHER GOD BE CORRUPTIBLE OR INCORRUPTIBLE."

Chapter 3. THAT THE CAUSE OF EVIL IS THE FREE JUDGMENT OF THE WILL.

Chapter 4. THAT GOD IS NOT CORRUPTIBLE, WHO, IF HE WERE, WOULD NOT BE GOD AT ALL.

Chapter 5. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF EVIL IN REGARD TO GOD, WHO, SINCE HE IS THE CHIEF GOOD, CANNOT BE THE CAUSE OF EVIL.

Chapter 6. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF EVIL IN REGARD TO GOD, WHO, SINCE HE IS THE CHIEF GOOD, CANNOT BE THE CAUSE OF EVIL.

Chapter 7. HE IS SEVERELY EXERCISED AS TO THE ORIGIN OF EVIL.

Chapter 8. BY GOD'S ASSISTANCE HE BY DEGREES ARRIVES AT THE TRUTH.

Chapter 9. HE COMPARES THE DOCTRINE OF THE PLATONISTS CONCERNING THE LoUod WITH THE MUCH MORE EXCELLENT DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIANITY.

Chapter 10. DIVINE THINGS ARE THE MORE CLEARLY MANIFESTED TO HIM WHO WITHDRAWS INTO THE RECESSES OF HIS HEART.

Chapter 11. THAT CREATURES ARE MUTABLE AND GOD ALONE IMMUTABLE.

Chapter 12. WHATEVER THINGS THE GOOD GOD HAS CREATED ARE VERY GOOD.

Chapter 13. IT IS MEET TO PRAISE THE CREATOR FOR THE GOOD THINGS WHICH ARE MADE IN HEAVEN AND EARTH.

Chapter 14. BEING DISPLEASED WITH SOME PART; OF GOD'S CREATION, HE CONCEIVES OF TWO ORIGINAL SUBSTANCES.

Chapter 15. WHATEVER IS, OWES ITS BEING TO GOD.

Chapter 16. EVIL ARISES NOT FROM A SUBSTANCE, BUT FROM THE PERVERSION OF THE WILL.

Chapter 17. ABOVE HIS CHANGEABLE MIND, HE DISCOVERS THE UNCHANGEABLE AUTHOR OF TRUTH.

Chapter 18. JESUS CHRIST, THE MEDIATOR, IS THE ONLY WAY OF SAFETY.

Chapter 19. HE DOES NOT YET FULLY UNDERSTAND THE SAYING OF JOHN, THAT "THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH."

Chapter 20. HE REJOICES THAT HE PROCEEDED FROM PLATO TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, AND NOT THE REVERSE.

Chapter 21. WHAT HE FOUND IN THE SACRED BOOKS WHICH ARE NOT TO BE FOUND IN PLATO.