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10
. Rom 7, 12f.

 

11
. cf. Rom. 6, 23.

 

12
. John 3, 5.

 

13
. Matt. 10, 32.

 

14
. Matt, 16, 25.

 

15
. Ps. 116, 15.

 

16
. John 3, 8.

 

17
. Ecclus. 11, 28; cf. Hdt., 1, 32, 7 (Solon to Croesus); the final line of Soph.,
Oed. Tyr.; Juv
. 10, 274f.

 

18
. Ps. 6, 5.

 

19
. St Augustine puns on two meanings of
declinare
, ‘to decline (inflect)’ and ‘to refuse’, or ‘avoid’.

 

20
. Gen. 2, 17.

 

21
. Gen. 3, 7ff.

 

22
. Gal. 5, 17.

 

23
. Gen. 3, 9.

 

24
. Gen. 3, 19.

 

25
. In contrast to the Manicheans; cf. Bk XI, 13n.; XI, 22.

 

26
. Wisd. 9, 15; cf. Bk XII, 16.

 

27
.
Tim
., 41A; B.

 

28
. Cic.,
Tim
., 11 (inexactly quoted).

 

29
. Plato makes no explicit mention of bodies.

 

30
. cf. Tim., 41D-42A.

 

31
. Tim. 30C-D; 92c.

 

32
. The Greek cloak which became the conventional garb of philosophers.

 

33
. cf. Tim. 34A—B.

 

34
. cf. Tim., 30B.

 

35
. cf. Tim., 32 A-C.

 

36
. cf. Tim., 41A.

 

37
. cf. Tim., 32C-33D.

 

38
. cf. Tim., 40A.

 

39
. cf. Tim., 34A-B.

 

40
. cf. Tim., 35B-36B.

 

41
. cf. Bk XII, 22; xiii, 1; 3.

 

42
. cf. also Bk xxii, 11.

 

43
. cf. ch. 16.

 

44
. As the angel transplanted Habbakuk (Bel
and
the
Dragon
, 33–9).

 

45
. cf. Job 26, 7.

 

46
. cf. Tim., 41C-D.

 

47
. cf. Tim., 45B-C

 

48
. cf. Bk xxii, 12–21; 25–30.

 

49
. cf. ch. 16.

 

50
. cf.
Phaed
., 108C;
Phaedr
., 248C.

 

5l
.
Aen
., 6, 750f.

 

52
. cf.
Phaedr
., 248A-249D.

 

53
. Bk X, 30.

 

54
. cf. Bk XXII, 27.

 

55
. cf. Ps. 16, 9.

 

56
. cf. ch. 19.

 

57
. cf. Luke 21, 18.

 

58
. cf. Eph. 5, 29.

 

59
. 1 Cor. 15, 44.

 

60
. Prov. 3, 18.

 

61
. cf. Gal. 4, 22ff; Gen. 16, 4; 21, 2.

 

62
. cf. 1 Cor. 10, 4; Exod. 17, 6; Num. 20, 11.

 

63
. cf. 4, 12ff.

 

64
. Ps. 42, 6.

 

65
. Ps. 59.9.

 

66
. cf. Gen. 18, 8; 19, 3; Tob. 11, 20.

 

67
. Tob. 12, 19.

 

68
. cf. Luke 24, 43; Acts 10, 41.

 

69
. cf. 1 Cor. 15, 45.

 

70
. cf. 1 Cor. 15, 47:45.

 

71
. Gen. 2, 17.

 

72
. Rom. 8, l0f.

 

73
. Gen. 3, 9.

 

74
. Gen. 3, 19.

 

75
. cf. Rev. 2, 11; 20, 6; 20, 14; 21, 8.

 

76
. Rom. 8, 28f.

 

77
. 1 Cor. 15, 42–45.

 

78
. Gen. 2, 7.

 

79
. 1 Cor. 15, 45.

 

80
. cf. Eph.4, 15.

 

81
. cf. 1 Cor. 12, 27.

 

82
. 1 Cor., 15, 47ff.

 

83
. Gal. 3, 27.

 

84
. Rom. 8, 24.

 

85
. 1 Tim. 2, 5.

 

86
. cf. Rom. 12, 5; 1 Cor. 12, 27; Eph. 5, 30.

 

87
. 1 Cor. 15, 21f.

 

88
. i.e. Gen. 2, 7.

 

89
. Gen. 2, 7.

 

90
. A Manichean doctrine. cf. Aug.,
De Gen. c. Man.
, 2, 8, 11.

 

91
. John 20, 22.

 

92
. Gen. 2, 7.

 

93
. Gen., 2, 6.

 

94
. cf. 2 Cor. 4, 16.

 

95
. John 20, 22.

 

96
. Is. 57, 16 (LXX).

 

97
. 1 Cor. 2, 11.

 

98
. Eccl. 3, 21.

 

99
. Ps. 148, 8.

 

100
. John 20, 22.

 

101
. Matt. 28, 19.

 

102
. John 4, 24.

 

103
. Gen. 1, 24.

 

104
. Gen., 7, 27 (LXX).

 

105
. Ecclus. 24, 3.

 

106
. Rev. 3, 16.

 

107
. 1 Cor. 15, 44–9; cf. ch. 23.

 

1
. Bk XII, 22; 28.

 

2
. cf. Eph. 2, 19; Phil. 3, 20.

 

3
.
Epicureans
: Epicurus (341–270
B.C
.) taught that pleasure (or absence of pain) is the sole good; and that the highest pleasure is to be found in a life of simplicity and virtue. He was no advocate of sensuality.

 

4
. cf. Cic, De
Fin
., 1; 2.

 

5
. Stoics: the followers of Zeno of Citium (fl. 300
B.C
.) who taught in the Stoa Potktlê at Athens. He held that the true aim of life was harmony with nature. Happiness was to be obtained through right conduct. Although the Stoics preached the brotherhood of mankind and the duty of universal benevolence, the desired state of indifference to outward circumstances (’apathy’) demanded a detachment from the world.

 

6
.
Clc, De Fin
., 3; 4.

 

7
. 1 Cor. 15, 39.

 

8
. Rom. 3, 20

 

9
. Gal. 3, 11. (St. Augustine mistakenly attributes it to Rom.)

 

10
. Gal., 2, 16.

 

11
. A doctrine attributed to Apollinarian and Arian heretics (cf. Aug.
De Haer
, 49; 55).

 

12
. John 20, 13.

 

13
. Gal. 5, 19–21.

 

14
. cf. Tim. 2, 7.

 

15
. Wisd. 9, 15.

 

16
. 2 Cor. 4, 16.

 

17
. 2 Cor. 5, 1–4.

 

18
. cf.
Phaedr
., 245E–250E.

 

19
.
Aen
., 6, 73off.

 

20
. cf. Cic,
Tusc. Disp
., 3, 11, 24; 4, 6, 11; 12.

 

21
. cf. Gal. 5, 19ff

 

22
. John 8, 44.

 

23
. Rom. 3, 7.

 

24
. John 14, 6.

 

25
. 1 Cor. 3, 3.

 

26
. 1 Cor. 2, 11ff.

 

27
. 1 Cor. 3. 1.

 

28
. Rom. 3, 20.

 

29
. Gen. 46, 27.

 

30
. 1 Cor. 3, 4.

 

31
. Who ascribed the creation of flesh to an evil power, opposed to God, and co-eternal with him (Aug., De Hoer., 46); cf. Bk XI, 13n.

 

32
.
Tuse. Disp
., 4, 6, 11.

 

33
. cf. Bk VIII, 17.

 

34
.
Aen
., 6, 719ff.

 

35
. Ps. 139, 22.

 

36
. cf. Tit. 1, 8.

 

37
. John 21, 15ff.

 

38
. Ps. 11, 5.

 

39
. John 2, 15.

 

40
. 2 Tim. 2.

 

41
. cf. Phil. 1, 23.

 

42
. Ps. 119, 20.

 

43
. Wisd. 6, 20.

 

44
. Ps. 32, 11.

 

45
. Ps. 4, 7.

 

46
. Ps. 16, 11.

 

47
. Phil. 2, 12.

 

48
. Rom. 11, 20.

 

49
. 2 Cor. 11, 3.

 

50
.
Tusc. Disp
., 3, 10.

 

51
.
Aen
., 6, 733.

 

52
.
Tusc Disp
., 4, 6, 11ff: cf Diog. Laert. 7, 116.

 

53
. Is. 57, 21 (LXX).

 

54
.
Matt
. 7, 12.

 

55
. Ecclus. 7, 13.

 

56
. Luke 2, 14.

 

57
. 1 Cor. 13, 6.

 

58
.
Cat
., 1, 2, 4.

 

59
.
Andr
. 306ff

 

60
.
Aen
., 6, 733.

 

61
.
Aen
., 6, 278f.

 

62
. 2 Cor. 7, 8–11.

 

63
. Qc, Tuse. Disp., 3, 22.

 

64
. Bk IX, 4; 5.

 

65
. Rom. 8, 23.

 

66
. 1 Cor. 15, 54.

 

67
. Matt. 24, 12.

 

68
. Matt. 10, 22.

 

69
. 1 John 1, 8.

 

70
. 2 Cor. 9, 8.

 

71
. Gal. 6, 1.

 

72
. Ps. 26, 2.

 

73
. cf. Matt. 26, 75.

 

74
. Jas. 1, 2.

 

75
. 1 Tim. 2, 7.

 

76
. 2 Cor. 12, 5; 12, 9f.

 

77
. 1 Cor. 15, 10.

 

78
. Gal. 1, 12; 2; Cor. 1, 21; Gal. 2, 20.

 

79
. 1 Cor. 4, 9.

 

80
. 2 Tim. 2, 5.

 

81
. Phil. 3, 14.

 

82
. Rom. 12, 15.

 

83
. 2 Cor. 7, 5.

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