SCRIPTURA

Church Fathers

Sermon on the Mount, Harmony of the Gospels, Homilies on the Gospels

Augustine

Translated by William Findlay, S. D. F. Salmond, R. G. MacMullen and others

Augustine on the Sermon on the Mount, the four Gospels in harmony, and his homilies on them.

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introductory Essay. St. Augustin as an Exegete
  3. 3Explanation of the First Part of the Sermon Delivered by Our Lord on the Mount, as Contained in the Fifth Chapter of Matthew
  4. 4Chapter VI
  5. 5Chapter XII
  6. 6Chapter XVII
  7. 7Chapter XXI
  8. 8Chapter II
  9. 9Chapter VII
  10. 10Chapter XIII
  11. 11Chapter XIX
  12. 12Chapter XXV
  13. 13Introductory Essay
  14. 14Translator’s Introductory Notice
  15. 15Of the Fact that John Undertook the Exposition of Christ’s Divinity
  16. 16In Opposition to Those Who Foolishly Imagine that Christ Converted the People to Himself by Magical Arts
  17. 17The Proof that This God is the True God
  18. 18Of the Follies Which the Pagans Have Indulged in Regarding Jupiter and Saturn
  19. 19Of the Fact that Those Persons Who Reject the God of Israel, in Consequence Fail to Worship All the Gods; And, on the Other Hand, that Those Who Worship Other Gods, Fail to Worship Him
  20. 20Of the Fact That, as the Prophecies Have Been Fulfilled, the God of Israel Has Now Been Made Known Everywhere
  21. 21Book II
  22. 22A Statement of the Manner in Which Luke’s Procedure is Proved to Be in Harmony with Matthew’s in Those Matters Concerning the Conception and the Infancy or Boyhood of Christ, Which are Omitted by the One and Recorded by the Other
  23. 23An Examination of the Question as to How It Was Possible for Them to Go Up, According to Luke’s Statement, with Him to Jerusalem to the Temple, When the Days of the Purification of the Mother of Christ Were Accomplished, in Order to Perform the Usual Rites, If It is Correctly Recorded by Matthew, that Herod Had Already Learned from the Wise Men that the Child Was Born in Whose Stead, When He Sought for Him, He Slew So Many Children
  24. 24Of the Calling of the Apostles as They Were Fishing
  25. 25Of the Order in Which the Narrative Concerning Peter’s Mother-In-Law is Introduced
  26. 26Of the Feast at Which It Was Objected at Once that Christ Ate with Sinners, and that His Disciples Did Not Fast; Of the Circumstance that the Evangelists Seem to Give Different Accounts of the Parties by Whom These Objections Were Alleged; And of the Question Whether Matthew and Mark and Luke are Also in Harmony with Each Other in the Reports Given of the Words of These Persons, and of the Replies Returned by the Lord
  27. 27Of the Account Given by Matthew and Luke of the Occasion When John the Baptist Was in Prison, and Despatched His Disciples on a Mission to the Lord
  28. 28Of the Question as to the Manner of Matthew’s Agreement with Luke in the Accounts Which are Given of the Lord’s Reply to Certain Persons Who Sought a Sign, When He Spoke of Jonas the Prophet, and of the Ninevites, and of the Queen of the South, and of the Unclean Spirit Which, When It Has Gone Out of the Man, Returns and Finds the House Garnished
  29. 29Of the Question as to How the Four Evangelists Harmonize with Each Other on This Same Subject of the Miracle of the Five Loaves
  30. 30Of Matthew’s Agreement with Mark in the Statement About the Leaven of the Pharisees, as Regards Both the Subject Itself and the Order of Narrative
  31. 31Of the Occasion on Which the Disciples Were Exceeding Sorry When He Spoke to Them of His Passion, as It is Related in the Same Order by the Three Evangelists
  32. 32Of the Colt of the Ass Which is Mentioned by Matthew, and of the Consistency of His Account with that of the Other Evangelists, Who Speak Only of the Ass
  33. 33Of the Harmony Characterizing the Narratives Given by These Three Evangelists Regarding the Duty of Rendering to Cæsar the Coin Bearing His Image, and Regarding the Woman Who Had Been Married to the Seven Brothers
  34. 34Of the Question Whether There is Any Contradiction Between Matthew and Mark on the One Hand, and John on the Other, in So Far as the Former State that After Two Days Was to Be the Feast of the Passover, and Afterwards Tells Us that He Was in Bethany, While the Latter Gives a Parallel Narrative of What Took Place at Bethany, But Mentions that It Was Six Days Before the Passover
  35. 35Of the Proof of Their Freedom from Any Discrepancies in the Notices Given of the Predictions of Peter’s Denials
  36. 36Of the Harmony Characterizing the Accounts Which These Evangelists Give of What Happened When the Lord Was Led Away to the House of the High Priest, as Also of the Occurrences Which Took Place Within the Said House After He Was Conducted There in the Nighttime, and in Particular of the Incident of Peter’s Denial
  37. 37Of the Method in Which We Can Reconcile the Statement Which is Made by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, to the Effect that Another Person Was Pressed into the Service of Carrying the Cross of Jesus, with that Given by John, Who Says that Jesus Bore It Himself
  38. 38Of the Hour of the Lord’s Passion, and of the Question Concerning the Absence of Any Discrepancy Between Mark and John in the Article of the ‘Third’ Hour and the ‘Sixth.’
  39. 39Of the Lord’s Successive Utterances When He Was About to Die; And of the Question Whether Matthew and Mark are in Harmony with Luke in Their Reports of These Sayings, and Also Whether These Three Evangelists are in Harmony with John
  40. 40Of the Absence of All Discrepancies in the Narratives Constructed by the Four Evangelists on the Subject of the Events Which Took Place About the Time of the Lord’s Resurrection
  41. 41Of Christ’s Subsequent Manifestations of Himself to the Disciples, and of the Question Whether a Thorough Harmony Can Be Established Between the Different Narratives When the Notices Given by the Four Several Evangelists, as Well as Those Presented by the Apostle Paul and in the Acts of the Apostles, are Compared Together
  42. 42Of the Man Out of Whom the Unclean Spirit that Was Tormenting Him Was Cast, and of the Question Whether Mark’s Version is Quite Consistent with that of Luke, Who is at One with Him in Reporting the Incident
  43. 43Of the Evangelist John, and the Distinction Between Him and the Other Three
  44. 44Of the agreement of the evangelists Matthew and Luke in the generations of the Lord
  45. 45Of the words of St. Matthew’s Gospel, Chap. iii. 13, 'Then Jesus cometh from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.' Concerning the Trinity
  46. 46On the words of the Gospel, Matt. Chap. v. 3 and 8, 'Blessed are the poor in spirit:' etc., but especially on that, 'Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.'
  47. 47On that which is written in the Gospel, Matt. v. 16, 'Even so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Who is in Heaven:' and contrariwise, Chap. vi., 'Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them.'
  48. 48On the Lord’s Prayer in St. Matthew’s Gospel, Chap. vi. 9, etc. to the Competentes
  49. 49Again, on Matt. vi. on the Lord’s Prayer. To the Competentes
  50. 50Again on the Lord’s Prayer, Matt. vi. To the Competentes
  51. 51Again, on the Lord’s Prayer, Matt. vi. To the Competentes
  52. 52On the words of the Gospel, Matt. vi. 19, ‘Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,’ etc. An exhortation to alms-deeds
  53. 53On the words of the Gospel, Matt. vii. 7, ‘Ask, and it shall be given you;’ etc. An exhortation to alms-deeds
  54. 54On the words of the Gospel, Matt. viii. 8, ‘I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof,’ etc., and of the words of the apostle, 1 Cor. viii. 10, ‘For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol’s temple,’ etc
  55. 55On the words of the Gospel, Matt. viii. 23, ‘And when he was entered into a boat,’ etc
  56. 56On the words of the Gospel, Matt. x. 28, ‘Be not afraid of them that kill the body.’ Delivered on a Festival of Martyrs
  57. 57On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xi. 25, ‘I thank thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding,’ etc
  58. 58On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xix. 28, ‘Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,’ etc
  59. 59On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xii. 32, ‘Whosoever shall speak a word against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.’ Or, ‘on the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.’
  60. 60On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xii. 33, ‘Either make the tree good, and its fruit good,’ etc
  61. 61On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xiii. 52, ‘Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of Heaven,’ etc
  62. 62On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xiv. 24, ‘But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves.’
  63. 63On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xv. 21,’Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanitish woman,’ etc
  64. 64On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xvii. 1, ‘After six days Jesus taketh with Him Peter, and James, and John his brother,’ etc
  65. 65On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xviii. 7, where we are admonished to beware of the offences of the world
  66. 66On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xviii. 15, ‘If thy brother sin against thee, go, shew him his fault between thee and him alone;’ and of the words of Solomon, he that winketh with the eyes deceitfully, heapeth sorrow upon men; but he that reproveth openly, maketh peace
  67. 67On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xvii. 21, ‘How oft shall my brother sin against me,’ etc
  68. 68On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xix. 17, ‘If thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.’
  69. 69On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xix. 21,’Go, sell that thou hast, and give to the poor,’ etc
  70. 70Delivered on the Lord’s Day, on that which is written in the Gospel, Matt. xx. 1, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.’
  71. 71On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xx. 30, about the two blind men sitting by the way side, and crying out, ‘Lord, have mercy on us, Thou Son of David.’
  72. 72On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xxi. 19, where Jesus dried up the fig-tree; and on the words, Luke xxiv. 28, where He made a pretence as though He would go further
  73. 73On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xxii. 2, etc., about the marriage of the king’s son; against the Donatists, on charity. Delivered at Carthage in the Restituta
  74. 74On the same words of the Gospel, Matt. xxii. 42
  75. 75On the words of the Gospel, Matt. xxv. 1, ‘then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins.’
  76. 76On the words of the Gospel, Mark viii. 5, etc., where the miracle of the seven loaves is related
  77. 77On the words of the Gospel, Mark viii. 34, ‘If any man would come after me, let him deny himself,’ etc. And on the words 1 John ii. 15, ‘if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.’
  78. 78On the words of the Gospel, Luke vii. 2, etc.; on the three dead persons whom the Lord raised
  79. 79On the words of the Gospel, Luke vii. 37, ‘And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner,’ etc. On the remission of sins, against the Donatists
  80. 80On the words of the Gospel, Luke x. 2, ‘The harvest truly is plenteous,’ etc
  81. 81On the words of the Gospel, Luke x. 38, ‘And a certain woman named Martha received him into her house,’ etc
  82. 82On the words of the Gospel, Luke xi. 5, ‘Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight,’ etc
  83. 83On the words of the Gospel, Luke xi. 39, ‘Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter,’ etc
  84. 84On the words of the Gospel, Luke xii. 15, ‘And he said unto them, take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness.’
  85. 85On the words of the Gospel, Luke xii. 56, 58, ‘Ye know how to interpret the face of the Earth and the Heaven,’ etc.; and of the words, ‘for as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him,’ etc
  86. 86On the words of the Gospel, Luke xiv. 16, ‘A certain man made a great supper,’ etc
  87. 87On the words of the Gospel, Luke xvii. 3, ‘If thy brother sin, rebuke him,’ etc., touching the remission of sins
  88. 88On the words of the Gospel, Luke xxiv. 36, ‘He himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, peace be unto you,’ etc
  89. 89On the words of the Gospel, John i. 1, ‘In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God,’ etc. Against the Arians
  90. 90On the same words of the Gospel, John i., ‘In the beginning was the word,’ etc
  91. 91On the words of the Gospel, John i. 10, ‘The world was made through him,’ etc
  92. 92On the words of the Gospel, John ii. 2, ‘and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.’
  93. 93Again in John v. 2, etc., on the five porches, where lay a great multitude of impotent folk, and of the pool of Siloa
  94. 94On the words of the Gospel, John v. 19, ‘The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father doing.’
  95. 95On the words of the Gospel, John v. 25,’Verily, verily, I say unto you, the hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the son of God; and they that hear shall live,’ etc.; and on the words of the apostle, ‘things which eye saw not,’ etc., 1 Cor. ii. 9
  96. 96On the words of the Gospel, John v. 31, ‘If I bear witness of myself,’ etc.; and on the words of the apostle, Galatians v. 16, ‘Walk by the spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth,’ etc
  97. 97On the words of the Gospel, John v. 39, ‘Ye search the Scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life,’ etc. Against the Donatists
  98. 98On the words of the Gospel, John vi. 53, ‘Except ye eat the flesh,’ etc., and on the words of the apostles. And the Psalms. Against the Pelagians
  99. 99On the words of the Gospel of John vii. 6, etc., where Jesus said that He was not going up unto the feast, and notwithstanding went up
  100. 100On the words of the Gospel, John ix. 4 and 31, ‘We must work the works of him that sent me,’ etc. Against the Arians. And of that which the man who was born blind and received his sight said, ‘We know that God heareth not sinners.’
  101. 101The tenth chapter of the Gospel of John. Of the shepherd, and the hireling, and the thief
  102. 102On the words of the Gospel, John x. 14, ‘I am the good shepherd,’ etc. Against the Donatists
  103. 103On the words of the Gospel, John xii. 44, ‘He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.’ Against a certain expression of Maximinus, a bishop of the Arians, who spread his blasphemy in Africa where he was with the Count Segisvult
  104. 104On the same words of the Gospel, John xiv. 6, ‘I am the way,’ etc
  105. 105On the same words of the Gospel, John xvi. 8, ‘He will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement.’
  106. 106On the same words of the Gospel of John. xxi. 15, ‘Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these?’ etc