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Harmony of the Gospels

Blessed Augustine, NPNF I.6

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1. On the Authority of the Gospels
On the Order of the Evangelists, and the Principles on Which They Wrote
Of the Face that Matthew, Together with Mark, Had Specially in View the Kingly Character…
Of the Fact that John Undertook the Exposition of Christ’s Divinity
Concerning the Two Virtues, of Which John is Conversant with the Contemplative, the Other…
Of the Four Living Creatures in the Apocalypse, Which Have Been Taken by Some in One…
A Statement of Augustin’s Reason for Undertaking This Work on the Harmony of the…
Of the Question Why, If Christ is Believed to Have Been the Wisest of Men on the…
Of Certain Persons Who Pretend that Christ Wrote Books on the Arts of Magic
Of Some Who are Man Enough to Suppose that the Books Were Inscribed with the Names of…
In Opposition to Those Who Foolishly Imagine that Christ Converted the People to Himself…
Of the Fact that the God of the Jews, After the Subjugation of that People, Was Still Not…
Of the Question Why God Suffered the Jews to Be Reduced to Subjection
Of the Fact that the God of the Hebrews, Although the People Were Conquered, Proved…
Of the Fact that the Pagans, When Constrained to Laud Christ, Have Launched Their Insults…
Of the Fact That, on the Subject of the Destruction of Idols, the Apostles Taught Nothing…
In Opposition to the Romans Who Rejected the God of Israel Alone
Of the Fact that the God of the Hebrews is Not Received by the Romans, Because His Will…
19. The Proof that This God is the True God
Of the Fact that Nothing is Discovered to Have Been Predicted by the Prophets of the…
An Argument for the Exclusive Worship of This God, Who, While He Prohibits Other Deities…
Of the Opinion Entertained by the Gentiles Regarding Our God
Of the Follies Which the Pagans Have Indulged in Regarding Jupiter and Saturn
Of the Fact that Those Persons Who Reject the God of Israel, in Consequence Fail to…
Of the Fact that the False Gods Do Not Forbid Others to Be Worshipped Along with…
Of the Fact that Idolatry Has Been Subverted by the Name of Christ, and by the Faith of…
An Argument Urging It Upon the Remnant of Idolaters that They Should at Length Become…
28. Of the Predicted Rejection of Idols
Of the Question Why the Heathen Should Refuse to Worship the God of Israel; Even Although…
Of the Fact That, as the Prophecies Have Been Fulfilled, the God of Israel Has Now Been…
31. The Fulfilment of the Prophecies Concerning Christ
A Statement in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Apostles as Opposed to Idolatry, in the…
A Statement in Opposition to Those Who Make the Complaint that the Bliss of Human Life…
34. Epilogue to the Preceding
Of the Fact that the Mystery of a Mediator Was Made Known to Those Who Lived in Ancient…
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Prologue
A Statement of the Reason Why the Enumeration of the Ancestors of Christ is Carried Down…
An Explanation of the Sense in Which Christ is the Son of David, Although He Was Not…
A Statement of the Reason Why Matthew Enumerates One Succession of Ancestors for Christ,…
Of the Reason Why Forty Generations (Not Including Christ Himself) are Found in Matthew,…
A Statement of the Manner in Which Luke’s Procedure is Proved to Be in Harmony with…
On the Position Given to the Preaching of John the Baptist in All the Four Evangelists
7. Of the Two Herods
An Explanation of the Statement Made by Matthew, to the Effect that Joseph Was Afraid to…
An Explanation of the Circumstance that Matthew States that Joseph’s Reason for Going…
A Statement of the Reason Why Luke Tells Us that “His Parents Went to Jerusalem Every…
An Examination of the Question as to How It Was Possible for Them to Go Up, According to…
Concerning the Words Ascribed to John by All the Four Evangelists Respectively
13. Of the Baptism of Jesus
Of the Words or the Voice that Came from Heaven Upon Him When He Had Been Baptized
An Explanation of the Circumstance That, According to the Evangelist John, John the…
16. Of the Temptation of Jesus
17. Of the Calling of the Apostles as They Were Fishing
18. Of the Date of His Departure into Galilee
Of the Lengthened Sermon Which, According to Matthew, He Delivered on the Mount
An Explanation of the Circumstance that Matthew Tells Us How the Centurion Came to Jesus…
Of the Order in Which the Narrative Concerning Peter’s Mother-In-Law is Introduced
Of the Order of the Incidents Which are Recorded After This Section and of the Question…
Of the Person Who Said to the Lord, “I Will Follow Thee Whithersoever Thou Goest;” And of…
Of the Lord’s Crossing the Lake on that Occasion on Which He Slept in the Vessel, and of…
Of the Man Sick of the Palsy to Whom the Lord Said, “Thy Sins are Forgiven Thee,” And…
Of the Calling of Matthew, and of the Question Whether Matthew’s Own Account is in…
Of the Feast at Which It Was Objected at Once that Christ Ate with Sinners, and that His…
Of the Raising of the Daughter of the Ruler of the Synagogue, and of the Woman Who…
Of the Two Blind Men and the Dumb Demoniac Whose Stories are Related Only by Matthew
Of the Section Where It is Recorded, that Being Moved with Compassion for the Multitudes,…
Of the Account Given by Matthew and Luke of the Occasion When John the Baptist Was in…
Of the Occasion on Which He Upbraided the Cities Because They Repented Not, Which…
Of the Occasion on Which He Calls Them to Take His Yoke and Burden Upon Them, and of the…
Of the Passage in Which It is Said that the Disciples Plucked the Ears of Corn and Ate…
Of the Man with the Withered Hand, Who Was Restored on the Sabbath-Day; And of the…
Of Another Question Which Demands Our Consideration, Namely, Whether, in Passing from the…
Of the Consistency of the Accounts Given by Matthew and Luke Regarding the Dumb and Blind…
Of the Occasion on Which It Was Said to Him that He Cast Out Devils in the Power of…
Of the Question as to the Manner of Matthew’s Agreement with Luke in the Accounts Which…
Of the Question as to Whether There is Any Discrepancy Between Matthew on the One Hand,…
Of the Words Which Were Spoken Out of the Ship on the Subject of the Sower, Whose Seed,…
Of His Coming into His Own Country, and of the Astonishment of the People at His…
Of the Mutual Consistency of the Accounts Which are Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke of…
Of the Order in Which the Accounts of John’s Imprisonment and Death are Given by These…
Of the Order and the Method in Which All the Four Evangelists Come to the Narration of…
Of the Question as to How the Four Evangelists Harmonize with Each Other on This Same…
Of His Walking Upon the Water, and of the Questions Regarding the Harmony of the…
Of the Absence of Any Discrepancy Between Matthew and Mark on the One Hand, and John on…
Of the Woman of Canaan Who Said, “Yet the Dogs Eat of the Crumbs Which Fall from Their…
Of the Occasion on Which He Fed the Multitudes with the Seven Loaves, and of the Question…
Of Matthew’s Declaration That, on Leaving These Parts, He Came into the Coasts of…
Of Matthew’s Agreement with Mark in the Statement About the Leaven of the Pharisees, as…
Of the Occasion on Which He Asked the Disciples Whom Men Said that He Was; And of the…
Of the Occasion on Which He Announced His Coming Passion to the Disciples, and of the…
Of the Harmony Between the Three Evangelists in the Notices Which They Subjoin of the…
Of the Manifestation Which the Lord Made of Himself, in Company with Moses and Elias, to…
Of the Harmony Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Given of the Occasion on Which He…
Of the Man Who Brought Before Him His Son, Whom the Disciples Were Unable to Heal; And of…
Of the Occasion on Which the Disciples Were Exceeding Sorry When He Spoke to Them of His…
Of His Paying the Tribute Money Out of the Mouth of the Fish, an Incident Which Matthew…
Of the Little Child Whom He Set Before Them for Their Imitation, and of the Offences of…
Of the Harmony Subsisting Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Which They Offer of…
Of the Little Children on Whom He Laid His Hands; Of the Rich Man to Whom He Said, “Sell…
Of the Occasions on Which He Foretold His Passion in Private to His Disciples; And of the…
Of the Absence of Any Antagonism Between Matthew and Mark, or Between Matthew and Luke,…
Of the Colt of the Ass Which is Mentioned by Matthew, and of the Consistency of His…
Of the Expulsion of the Sellers and Buyers from the Temple, and of the Question as to the…
Of the Withering of the Fig-Tree, and of the Question as to the Absence of Any…
Of the Harmony Between the First Three Evangelists in Their Accounts of the Occasion on…
Of the Two Sons Who Were Commanded by Their Father to Go into His Vineyard, and of the…
Of the Marriage of the King’s Son, to Which the Multitudes Were Invited; And of the Order…
Of the Harmony Characterizing the Narratives Given by These Three Evangelists Regarding…
Of the Person to Whom the Two Precepts Concerning the Love of God and the Love of Our…
Of the Passage in Which the Jews are Asked to Say Whose Son They Suppose Christ to Be;…
Of the Pharisees Who Sit in the Seat of Moses, and Enjoin Things Which They Do Not, and…
Of the Harmony in Respect of the Order of Narration Subsisting Between Matthew and the…
Of the Harmony Subsisting Between the Three Evangelists in Their Narratives of the…
Of the Question Whether There is Any Contradiction Between Matthew and Mark on the One…
Of the Concord Between Matthew, Mark, and John in Their Notices of the Supper at Bethany,…
Of the Harmony Characterizing the Accounts Which are Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, of…
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Prologue
Of the Method in Which the Four Evangelists are Shown to Be at One in the Accounts Given…
Of the Proof of Their Freedom from Any Discrepancies in the Notices Given of the…
Of the Manner in Which It Can Be Shown that No Discrepancies Exist Between Them in the…
Of What Took Place in the Piece of Ground or Garden to Which They Came on Leaving the…
Of the Accounts Which are Given by All the Four Evangelists in Regard to What Was Done…
Of the Harmony Characterizing the Accounts Which These Evangelists Give of What Happened…
Of the Thorough Harmony of the Evangelists in the Different Accounts of What Took Place…
Of the Absence of Any Discrepancies in the Accounts Which the Evangelists Give of What…
Of the Mockery Which He Sustained at the Hands of Pilate’s Cohort, and of the Harmony…
Of the Method in Which We Can Reconcile the Statement Which is Made by Matthew, Mark, and…
Of the Consistency of Matthew’s Version with that of Mark in the Account of the Potion…
Of the Concord Preserved Among All the Four Evangelists on the Subject of the Parting of…
Of the Hour of the Lord’s Passion, and of the Question Concerning the Absence of Any…
Of the Harmony Preserved Among All the Evangelists on the Subject of the Two Robbers Who…
Of the Consistency of the Accounts Given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke on the Subject of the…
Of the Derision Ascribed to the Robbers, and of the Question Regarding the Absence of Any…
Of the Harmony of the Four Evangelists in Their Notices of the Draught of Vinegar
Of the Lord’s Successive Utterances When He Was About to Die; And of the Question Whether…
Of the Rending of the Veil of the Temple, and of the Question Whether Matthew and Mark…
Of the Question as to the Consistency of the Several Notices Given by Matthew, Mark, and…
Of the Women Who Were Standing There, and of the Question Whether Matthew, Mark, and…
Of the Question Whether the Evangelists are All at One on the Subject of the Narrative…
Of the Question Whether the First Three Evangelists are Quite in Harmony with John in the…
Of the Absence of All Discrepancies in the Narratives Constructed by the Four Evangelists…
Of Christ’s Subsequent Manifestations of Himself to the Disciples, and of the Question…
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Prologue
Of the Question Regarding the Proof that Mark’s Gospel is in Harmony with the Rest in…
Of the Man Out of Whom the Unclean Spirit that Was Tormenting Him Was Cast, and of the…
Of the Question Whether Mark’s Reports of the Repeated Occasions on Which the Name of…
Of the Words, “The More He Charged Them to Tell No One, So Much the More a Great Deal…
Of the Statement Which John Made Concerning the Man Who Cast Out Devils Although He Did…
Of the Circumstance that Mark Has Recorded More Than Luke as Spoken by the Lord in…
Of the Fact that from This Point on to the Lord’s Supper, with Which Act the Discussion…
Of Luke’s Gospel, and Specially of the Harmony Between Its Commencement and the Beginning…
Of the Question How It Can Be Shown that the Narrative of the Haul of Fishes Which Luke…
Of the Evangelist John, and the Distinction Between Him and the Other Three