City of God (Penguin Classics) (203 page)

1
. Not extant.

2
. A much debated point, cf. e.g. Plat,
Men
., 86ff; Arist,
Eth
.
Nic
, 2,1, 3.

3
. cf. Bk XIV, 2.

4
. ‘The first things according to nature’ in the Stoic phrase, cf. Oc,
De Fin
., 2.

5
. cf. Bk IV, 30n.

6
. cf. Bk XIV, 20n.

7
. Antiochus of Ascalon (
ft
.
c
.80
B.C.
) tried to reconcile Platonism and Stoicism, and claimed to have restored the Old Academy.

8
. Hab. 2,4; Rom. 1,17; Gal. 3,11; Hebr. 10,38.

9
. Ps. 94,11.

10
.1 Cor. 3,20.

11
. Only fragments remain of Cicero’s
Consolatio
on the death of Tullia in 45
B.C.

12
. Wisd. 9, 15.

13
. Gal 5, 17.

14
. cf. Bk 1, 22n.

15
. cf. Bk 1, 5n.

16
. Rom. 8, 24f.

17
. Ter.,
Adelph
., 5, 4, 13f.

18
.
Eun
., 1, 1, 14f.

19
. Cic.
In Verr
., 2, 1, 13.

20
. Matt. 10, 36.

21
. Ps. 25, 17.

22
. Job 7, 1 (LXX. The Hebrew reads: ‘What is man’s life but warfare?’).

23
. Matt. 18, 7.

24
. Matt. 24, 12.

25
. cf. Bk DC, 23.

26
. cf. 1 Cor. 11, 14.

27
. Ps. 147, 12ff.

28
. A fanciful etymology. ‘City of Peace’ is possible.

29
. Rom. 6, 22.

30
. cf. Virg.,
Aen
., 8, 190–305 for the story of Cacus and Hercules.

31
. Virg.
Aen
., 1.195.

32
. cf. 2 Cor. 5, 6f.

33
.1 Tim.5,8.

34
. Gen.1,26.

35
. Gen.9,25.

36
. A mistaken derivation generally accepted in antiquity.

37
. Dan.9,3–15.

38
. John 8,34.

39
.2 Pet.2,19.

40
. cf.Eph.6,5.

41
.1 Cor.15,24;28.

42
. Wisd. 9, 15.

43
. cf.Bks IV, VI, VII.

44
. cf. Hab. 2, 4; Rom. 1, 17 etc.

45
. cf. Bk IV, 301l

46
. 1 Cor. 13, 9.

47
. cf. ch. 1.

48
. Ecd. 1, 14 etc.

49
. cf. ch. 14.

50
.1 Tim. 3,1.

51
. 1 Cor. 15, 28.

52
. cf. Bk II, 21.

53
. cf.the argument of Thrasymachus in Plat. Rp. 339A-341A.

54
. Aristotle’s ‘distributive justice’ (Eth.Nic, 5, 5, 2).

55
. Exod. zz, 20.

56
. Gen. 22, 18.

57
. cf. Bk VII, 25n.

58
. Extensive fragments of this work remain (J. O’Meara, Porphyry’s Philosophy from Oracles, 1959).

59
. Lactantius quotes part of this oracle in Greek (De
Ira Dei
, 2,312).

60
. Part of the Greek is quoted in Euseb., Dem.Ev., 3, 6.

61
. Photinus, bishop of Sirmium, deposed 351. He seems to have taught a kind of Sabellianism. The Photinians, his followers, were condemned at the Council of Constantinople, 381.

62
. Exod.22,20.

63
. Ps.96,5, in the LXX.

64
. Ps.16,2.

65
. cf.esp.Bk X, 5; 6; 20.

66
. Hab.2,4etc.

67
. Gal.5,6.

68
. Ps.144,15.

69
.1 Tim.2,2.

70
.1er.29,7.

71
. cf.2 Cor.5,7.

72
. Matt.6,12.

73
. Jas.2,17.

74
. Gal.5,6.

75
. Wisd. 9, 15.

76
. Job 7,1; cf. ch. 8n.

77
. Jas.4, 6; 1 Pet. 5, 5.

1
. cf.2 Pet 2,4.

2
. cf.Bk VII, 14.

3
. cf.Matt.8, 19.

4
. Rom.9, 4.

5
. Rom.11, 33.

6
. Ps. 144, 4.

7
. cf. Rom. 11, 33.

8
. cf. Eccl. 2, 13f. ‘Vanity’ means ‘emptiness’, ‘futility’, ‘nonsense’. It seems best, failing a word to convey these shades of meaning, to retain the familial translation.

9
. Eccl. 8, 14.

10
. Eccl. 12, 13f (LXX).

11
. Rom. 3, 20ff.

12
. Matt 13, 52.

13
. Matt. 11, 22.

14
. Matt. 11, 24.

15
. Matt. 12, 41f.

16
. Matt. 13, 37–43.

17
. Matt. 19, 28.

18
. Matt. 12, 27.

19
. cf. Acts 1, 25f. On the significance of numbers cf. Bk XI, 30f; XV, 20; XVII, 4; ch. 7.

20
. 1 Cor. 15, 10.

21
. 1 Cor. 6, 2f.

22
. Ep., 199, the second of two letters written to Hesychius, bishop of Salona (Split, in Dalmatia), in answer to a query about the apocalyptic chronology in Dan. 9, 24ff.

23
. Matt. 25, 34–45.

24
. John 5, 22–24.

25
. John 5, 25f.

26
. Matt. 8, 22.

27
. 2 Cor. 5. 14f.

28
. cf.Rom. 4, 25.

29
. cf.Rom. 4, 5.

30
. Ps. 101, 1.

31
. John 5, 27–9.

32
. Rev. 20 1–6.

33
. 2 Pet. 3, 8.

34
. Matt. 12, 29.

35
. Matt.19, 29. On significant numbers cf. ch. 5, and references there.

36
. 2 Cor. 6, 10.

37
. Prov. 17, 6 (LXX).

38
. Ps. 105, 8.

39
. Eph. 1, 4.

40
. 2 Tim. 2, 19.

41
. Ps. 123, 2.

42
. Rev. 20, 9f.

43
. cf. Rev. 12, 12; 11, 2; 12, 6; 13, 5.

44
. Matt. 12, 9.

45
. 1 John 2, 19.

46
. Tit.3, 5.

47
. cf.Matt.24,12.

48
. Matt. 25, 34.

49
. Matt. 28, 20.

50
. Matt. 13, 52.

51
. Matt. 13, 39ff.

52
. Matt. 5,19.

53
. Matt. 23, 3.

54
. Col. 3, If.

55
. Phil. 3, 20.

56
. cf. Phil.2, 21.

57
. Rev. 20 ,4.

58
. Matt. 18 ,18.

59
. 1 Cor. 5, 12.

60
. Rev. 20, 4.

61
. Rev. 14, 13.

62
. Rom. 14, 9.

63
. Rev. 20, 4.

64
. cf.2 Cor.6, 14. The Apocalypse, in fact, is speaking of the Emperor’s image.

65
. Rev.20, 5.

66
. John 5, 25; cf. ch.6.

67
. Rev. 20, 6.

68
. Rev. 20, 5.

69
. Col. 3, If.

70
. Rom. 6, 4.

71
. Eph. 5, 14.

72
. Ecclus.2, 7.

73
. Rom.14,4.

74
. 1 Cor. 10,12.

75
. Rev. 20, 6.

76
. 1 Pet. 2, 9.

77
. Phil. 2, 7.

78
. cf. Ps.110, 4; Hebr.7, 17–21.

79
. cf. Bk XVI, 22; XVII, 17–20.

80
. Rev. 20, 7f.

81
. Impossible etymologies.

82
. cf. ch.7.

83
. Rev. 20, 9; cf. ch.8.

84
. Matt. 25, 41.

85
. Ps. 69, 9.

86
. Is. 26, 11 (LXX).

87
. cf. 2 Thess. 2.8.

88
. cf. ch.8; Dan.12, 7.

89
. Rev.
20, 6f.

90
. Rev. 6, 9.

91
. Bk XVI, 24.

92
. Rev. 20, 10.

93
. ch.9.

94
. Rev. 20, 11.

95
. 1 Cor. 7, 31f.

96
. Rev. 20, 12.

97
. cf.Rom.2,15.

98
. cf.Bk XVI, 5; 15.

99
. Rev.20, 13.

100
. Col.3,3; Matt 8,33.

101
. Rom.8, 10.

102
. Matt.25,46.

103
. Rev.21,1.

104
. Rev.20,11; cf.ch.14.

105
. Rev.4,6; 15,2.

106
. Rev. 20, 2-j.

107
. Is.45,8 (LXX).

108
. Tit.3,5.

109
. cf.1 Cor.15, 53f.