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Book II.
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Augustin pursues his defense of the equality of the Trinity; and in treating of the sending of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and of the various appearances of God, demonstrates that He who is sent is not therefore less than He who sends, because the one has sent, the other has been sent; but that the Trinity, being in all things equal, and alike in its own nature unchangeable and invisible and omnipresent, works indivisibly in each sending or appearance.
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There is a Double Rule for Understanding the Scriptural Modes of Speech Concerning the Son of God. These Modes of Speech are of a Threefold Kind.iv.i.iv.ii
That Some Ways of Speaking Concerning the Son are to Be Understood According to Either Rule.iv.i.iv.iii
Some Things Concerning the Holy Spirit are to Be Understood According to the One Rule Only.iv.i.iv.iv
The Glorification of the Son by the Father Does Not Prove Inequality.iv.i.iv.v
The Son and Holy Spirit are Not Therefore Less Because Sent. The Son is Sent Also by Himself. Of the Sending of the Holy Spirit.iv.i.iv.vi
The Creature is Not So Taken by the Holy Spirit as Flesh is by the Word.iv.i.iv.vii
A Doubt Raised About Divine Appearances.iv.i.iv.viii
The Entire Trinity Invisible.iv.i.iv.ix
Against Those Who Believed the Father Only to Be Immortal and Invisible. The Truth to Be Sought by Peaceful Study.iv.i.iv.x
Whether God the Trinity Indiscriminately Appeared to the Fathers, or Any One Person of the Trinity. The Appearing of God to Adam. Of the Same Appearance. The Vision to Abraham.iv.i.iv.xi
Of the Same Appearance.iv.i.iv.xii
The Appearance to Lot is Examined.iv.i.iv.xiii
The Appearance in the Bush.iv.i.iv.xiv
Of the Appearance in the Pillar of Cloud and of Fire.iv.i.iv.xv
Of the Appearance on Sinai. Whether the Trinity Spake in that Appearance or Some One Person Specially.iv.i.iv.xvi
In What Manner Moses Saw God.iv.i.iv.xvii
How the Back Parts of God Were Seen. The Faith of the Resurrection of Christ. The Catholic Church Only is the Place from Whence the Back Parts of God are Seen. The Back Parts of God Were Seen by the Israelites. It is a Rash Opinion to Think that God the Father Only Was Never Seen by the Fathers.iv.i.iv.xviii
The Vision of Daniel.iv.i.iv.xix