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Book VII. Of a Happy Life

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The Divine Institutes.

Book VII.

Of a Happy Life.

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Chap. I.—Of the world, and those who are about to believe, and those who are not; and in this the censure of the faithless

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Chap. II.—Of the error of the philosophers, and of the divine wisdom, and of the golden age

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Chap. III.—Of nature, and of the world; and a censure of the Stoics and Epicureans

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Chap. IV.—That all things were created for some use, even those things which appear evil; on what account man enjoys reason in so frail a body

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Chap. V.—Of the creation of man, and of the arrangement of the world, and of the chief good

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Chap. VI.—Why the world and man were created. How unprofitable is the worship of false gods

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Chap. VII.—Of the variety of philosophers, and their truth

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Chap. VIII.—Of the immortality of the soul

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Chap. IX.—Of the immortality of the soul, and of virtue

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Chap. X.—Of vices and virtues, and of life and death

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Chap. XI.—Of the last times, and of the soul and body

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Chap. XII.—Of the soul and the body, and of their union and separation and return

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Chap. XIII.—Of the soul, and the testimonies concerning its eternity

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Chap. XIV.—Of the first and last times of the world

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Chap. XV.—Of the devastation of the world and change of the empires

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Chap. XVI.—Of the devastation of the world, and its prophetic omens

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Chap. XVII.—Of the false prophet, and the hardships of the righteous, and his destruction

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Chap. XVIII.—Of the fortunes of the world at the last time, and of the things foretold by the soothsayers

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Chap. XIX.—Of the advent of Christ to judgment, and of the overcoming of the false prophet

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Chap. XX.—Of the judgment of Christ, of Christians, and of the soul

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Chap. XXI.—Of the torments and punishments of souls

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Chap. XXII.—Of the error of the poets, and the return of the soul from the lower regions

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Chap. XXIII.—Of the resurrection of the soul, and the proofs of this fact

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Chap. XXIV.—Of the renewed world

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Chap. XXV.—Of the last times, and of the city of Rome

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Chap. XXVI.—Of the loosing of the devil, and of the second and greatest judgment

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Chap. XXVII.—An encouragement and confirmation of the pious

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