Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. PART VI. TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS
4. 6.1. Cyriacus’ BDP
5. Treatise 6.3. [That the incarnation of God the Word is also appropriate for God] 2
6. Treatise 6.4. Concerning [the question], if the coming of the Lord was beneficial and salvific for our race, why did He not come at the beginning of the ages, but rather at the end of the ages? 6
7. Treatise 6.5. Concerning why Christ God came to the testing of death and endured this through the Cross. 12
8. Treatise 7.1. That God is good and just in nature, and in knowledge, and in will, [and in power], and in operation 20
9. Treatise 12.1. [That God is the cause of good things, and He is never the cause of evil things.] 22
10. Treatise 12.2. Concerning the fact that all disciplines that are brought about by God are good and advantageous, and there is nothing evil in them, even if, due to human weakness, they are in certain places called evils 24
11. Treatise 12.3. Concerning that God does not in any way willingly agree with or accept the impudent purpose of evil beings, and so neither [does He agree] with that of Satan and the evil spirits 32
12. Treatise 12.4. Concerning the fact that even if God on many occasions allows the activities of demons or of evil people to have power over humans,—for reasons which He alone knows—even so He never desists from His protection and care for them 40
13. Treatise 12.5. Concerning the fact that none of the created or made beings is able to comprehend the depth of God’s judgements 44
14. Treatise 13.1. Concerning the fact that all that happen are wisely governed through Divine Providence, and are not due to fortunes or fates, or astrological birth-signs, or the providence of these, as has seemed good to the deceivers 50
15. Treatise 13.2. Concerning whether wealth and poverty are distributed by God to all who possess these, or only to a few, or whether [they are distributed] by fates, and fortunes, and through the motion of astrological birth-signs, as the deceivers rave 62
16. Treatise 14.1. Concerning whether God’s care is different or the same in the case of deaths which are calm and peaceful, and those which are sudden, or grievous, or agonizing, or through murders, or in [mine]-cuttings, or through other accidents, at various stages of life, whether full-grown or not full-grown 70
17. Treatise 14.2. Concerning infants who are snatched away when they have just received baptism, and concerning those who are taken away in their childhood without having been deemed worthy of baptism; there is also [discussion] in it about those who are permitted to flourish in this life in full-grown stages [of life] even though they are going to become evil 78
18. Treatise 14.3. Concerning the various plagues which affect various kinds and age-groups [of people], and whether each person departs from life in this world at his own [determined] end or not, and whether a fixed end is determined by God [for people] in general, or for each person individually 90
19. Treatise 14.4. Concerning the preparation of wars, and the victories and defeats of nations and kingdoms 94
20. Treatise 15.1. Whether all things that are going to happen happen because God knows them, or whether He knows them because they are going to happen, or because of both reasons at the same time 100
21. Treatise 15.2. Concerning whether all things that God knows will happen happen in any case, and do not fail to happen, or whether they do fail [to happen] 104
22. Treatise 15.3. Concerning whether God wills, or does not will, the accomplishment of all those things which He knows will happen 106
23. Treatise 16.1. Concerning whether there is any of those things which happen through God’s providence for His creatures that is newly brought to His knowledge, or [whether] it is eternally manifest to Him as the Knower of All 110
24. Treatise 16.2. Concerning whether the knowledge of God concerning the benefits which, of whatever kind, are brought into being for livingbeings through Him, diminishes with the accomplishment of the benefits, or not 114
25. Treatise 16.3. Concerning why God’s knowledge is different from His will in regards to those things which happen 118
26. Treatise 16.4. Concerning why God’s approval and command are different from His permission 124
27. Treatise 17.1. Concerning whether the will of rational beings is theirs by nature, or not 132
28. Treatise 17.2. Concerning the [reproductive] impulse implanted within us, that it is ours by nature, and not something from outside 140
29. Treatise 18.1. Concerning that everyone departs from this life at his own particular [determined] end, and not by chance 150
30. Treatise 18.2. About problematic passages taken from the Spirit-inspired Scripture 176
31. Treatise 19.1. Concerning Divine Providence in the period of time from the beginning of our creation until the flood 186
32. Treatise 19.2. Concerning Divine Providence, in the period of time from the flood to the building of the tower of Babel 196
33. Treatise 19.3. Concerning Divine Providence, in the period of time from the division of languages and the fall of the tower until Abraham 202
34. Treatise 19.4. Concerning Divine Providence, in the period of time from Abraham until the Law of Moses 210
35. Treatise 19.5. Concerning Divine Providence, in the period of time from the Law of Moses until the coming of Christ 220
36. Treatise 19.6. Concerning Divine Providence, in the period of time from the coming of Christ until the holy teachers 228
37. Treatise 19.7. Concerning Divine Providence, in the period of time from the holy teachers until the end of the world 234
38. Treatise 19.8. Concerning the fact that there are eleven causes of the afflictions and of the various tests that come upon the saints 238
39. Treatise 20.1. Concerning whether souls have knowledge after their separation from bodies 250
40. Treatise 20.2. Concerning the fact that the departed gain benefit from the offerings that are offered on their behalf 264
41. Treatise 20.3. Concerning the passage of souls after their departure from bodies, and what they encounter, and where they arrive and remain before the resurrection 274
42. Treatise 21.1. Concerning the Accuser and his angels, and what Gehenna is, and that it was prepared for them, and was prepared for the benefit of the Kingdom 286
43. Treatise 21.2. Against those who say that God made two [kinds of] beings or creatures, one [destined] for the Kingdom and the other for Gehenna 294
44. Treatise 22. From the Gospel of Matthew, on those [passages] concerning the Antichrist and the coming of the Lord 302
45. Treatise 23. Against those who say that it is inappropriate for Antichrist to be permitted to come, since all this destruction that is mentioned will happen on his arrival 334
46. Treatise 24. On that parable in Matthew’s Gospel concerning that net which was cast, or thrown, into the sea 348
47. Treatise 25. Concerning the fact that souls do not precede bodies, [about which] we were questioned by Theodosius, bishop of Seleucia 358
48. Treatise 26. Concerning the question which was asked by Walid and Yeshu', the believers, who live in the village of Tirminaz 370
49. Treatise 27. Concerning that passions for the love of money, and also concerning that for fornication 388
50. Treatise 28. Concerning passion for the desire for leadership, and also that of vain glory 400
51. 10 Questions. The explanation of the questions asked by the deacon Yeshu', who lives in the village of Tirminaz 404
52. Colophon 420
53. Again, the confession of faith of the holy and divinely clothed Mor Cyriacus, Patriarch of Antioch of Syria 426
54. Fragmentary Canons 444
55. Note by Binder 450
56. 6.2. The Creed Drawn up at Qenneshrin in A.D. 797 453
57. 6.3. The Report of Accusations 461
58. 6.4. The Letter Written at the Synod of Beth Gobrin in A.D. 808 465
59. 6.5. The Letter Written at the Synod of Mosul in A.D. 817 471
60. 6.6. Patriarch George’s letter on the Heavenly Bread 477
61. 6.7. Homily on ‘The Vineyard of the Beloved’ 489
62. 6.8. The Liturgy of Cyriacus 505
63. 6.9. Three Madroshe on Cyriacus 523
64. Biblical Citation Index 545
65. Patristic Citation Index 551
66. ′Saints′ & ′Heretics′ in the Homologia 553