Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. ON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
7. Internal Table of Contents 45
8. PREAMBLE 47
9. CHAPTER 1 – RELIGION, ABOVE ALL, IS PARTICULAR TO MAN AND TRUTHFUL 49
10. CHAPTER 2 – ON THE DIVINITY OF THE SOUL THROUGH RELIGION 51
11. CHAPTER 3 – YOUTHS SHOULD BEWARE LEST THEY OFFER AN OPINION ON RELIGION LIGHTLY 52
12. CHAPTER 4 – EVERY RELIGION HAS SOME GOOD, SO LONG AS IT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS GOD HIMSELF, THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS; CHRISTIANITY IS FAULTLESS 53
13. CHAPTER 5 – CHRIST’S DISCIPLES NEVER DECEIVED ANYONE 54
14. CHAPTER 6 – IN WHAT STATE OF MIND CHRIST’S DISCIPLES WOULD TOIL 56
15. CHAPTER 7 – NO ONE DECEIVED CHRIST’S DISCIPLES 62
16. CHAPTER 8 – THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IS FOUNDED ON THE POWER OF GOD ALONE 65
17. CHAPTER 9 – CHRIST’S AUTHORITY IS NOT FROM THE STARS BUT FROM GOD 72
18. CHAPTER 10 – CHRIST’S AUTHORITY WAS NOT AT ALL WITHOUT MIRACLES 74
19. CHAPTER 11 – CHRIST’S AUTHORITY AMONG THE PAGANS 81
20. CHAPTER 12 – CHRIST’S AUTHORITY AMONG THE MOHAMMADANS 85
21. CHAPTER 13 – ON THE GENERATION OF GOD’S SON IN ETERNITY 86
22. CHAPTER 14 – THE ORDER OF THE HEAVENS, ANGELS, AND SOULS AROUND THE TRINITY IS LIKE THE ORDER OF THE SPHERES AROUND THE CENTRE 88
23. CHAPTER 15 – THE GENERATION OF THE SON IN ETERNITY AND HIS MANIFESTATION IN TIME 90
24. CHAPTER 16 – IT IS FITTING FOR GOD TO HAVE JOINED HIMSELF TO MAN 92
25. CHAPTER 17 – OF WHAT KIND IS THE UNION OF GOD AND MAN 94
26. CHAPTER 18 – HOW BECOMING IS THE UNION OF GOD AND MAN 95
27. CHAPTER 19 – CHRIST’S COMING GIVES BLESSEDNESS WITH FAITH, HOPE, LOVE 97
28. CHAPTER 20 – CHRIST’S COMING SERVED TO LIFT THE BURDEN OF SIN 98
29. CHAPTER 21 – CHRIST FULFILLED THE PERFECT KIND OF INSTRUCTION 99
30. CHAPTER 22 – CHRIST EXPELLED ERROR, REVEALED THE TRUTH 100
31. CHAPTER 23 – CHRIST IS THE IDEA AND EXEMPLAR OF VIRTUES 104
32. CHAPTER 24 – THE AUTHORITY OF THE SIBYLS 106
33. CHAPTER 25 – THE SIBYLS’ TESTIMONIES ABOUT CHRIST 109
34. CHAPTER 26 – ON THE PROPHETS’ AUTHORITY, THE OLD TESTAMENT’S NOBILITY, AND THE NEW TESTAMENT’S SUPERIORITY 112
35. CHAPTER 27 – THE PROPHETS’ TESTIMONIES ABOUT CHRIST 116
36. CHAPTER 28 – RESOLVING DOUBTS AROUND THE PROPHECIES 156
37. CHAPTER 29 – AGAINST THE JEWS: THAT THEY ARE WRETCHED IN CHRIST’S VENGEANCE 166
38. CHAPTER 30 – CONFIRMATION OF OUR MATERIAL FROM JEWISH SOURCES AGAINST THE JEWS REGARDING THE HOLY BOOKS 175
39. CHAPTER 31 – CONFIRMATION OF GOD’S TRINITY AND OF CHRIST’S DIVINITY FROM THE JEWS 179
40. CHAPTER 32 – CONFIRMATION OF THE MESSIAH’S SUFFERING AGAINST THE JEWS FROM JEWISH SOURCES 185
41. CHAPTER 33 – CONFIRMATION AGAINST THE JEWS OF ORIGINAL SIN, AND THEREBY OF THE MESSIAH’S SUFFERING, FROM JEWISH SOURCES 190
42. CHAPTER 34 – PROOF AGAINST THE JEWS, FROM JEWISH SOURCES, THAT THE CEREMONIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND FULFILLED BY THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 196
43. CHAPTER 35 – ON THE AUTHORITY OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE 206
44. CHAPTER 36 – THAT THE HOLY SCRIPTURE OF THE CHRISTIANS IS NOT CORRUPTED 214
45. CHAPTER 37 – THE CAUSE OF THE ERROR OF THE JEWS, MOHAMMADANS, AND PAGANS 219
46. Appendix: Table of References to On the Christian Religion in Ficino’s Correspondence 221
47. Bibliography 227
48. Index of Citations 235
49. Index 251