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Prologue.
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Preface.xvi.ii.ii
Birth and beginnings of Antony.xvi.ii.iii
His early ascetic life.xvi.ii.iv
Early conflicts with the devil.xvi.ii.v
Details of his life at this time (271-285?)xvi.ii.vi
His life in the tombs, and combats with demons there.xvi.ii.vii
He goes to the desert and overcomes temptations on the way.xvi.ii.viii
How Antony took up his abode in a ruined fort across the Nile, and how he defeated the demons. His twenty years' sojourn there.xvi.ii.ix
How he left the fort, and how monasticism began to flourish in Egypt. Antony its leader.xvi.ii.x
His address to monks, rendered from Coptic, exhorting them to perseverance, and encouraging them against the wiles of Satan.xvi.ii.xi
The growth of the monastic life at this time (about A.D. 305).xvi.ii.xii
How Antony renewed his ascetic endeavours at this time.xvi.ii.xiii
How he sought martyrdom at Alexandria during the Persecution (311).xvi.ii.xiv
How he lived at this time.xvi.ii.xv
How he delivered a woman from an evil spirit.xvi.ii.xvi
How at this time he betook himself to his 'inner mountain.'xvi.ii.xvii
How he there combated the demons.xvi.ii.xviii
Of the miraculous spring, and how he edified the monks of the 'outer' mountain, and of Antony's sister.xvi.ii.xix
How humanely he counselled those who resorted to him.xvi.ii.xx
Of the case of Fronto, healed by faith and prayer.xvi.ii.xxi
Of a certain virgin, and of Paphnutius the confessor.xvi.ii.xxii
Of the two brethren, and how one perished of thirst.xvi.ii.xxiii
Of the death of Amun, and Antony's vision thereof.xvi.ii.xxiv
Of Count Archelaus and the virgin Polycration.xvi.ii.xxv
Strange tales of the casting out of demons.xvi.ii.xxvi
Of Antony's vision concerning the forgiveness of his sins.xvi.ii.xxvii
Of the passage of souls, and how some were hindered of Satan.xvi.ii.xxviii
How Antony reverenced all ordained persons.xvi.ii.xxix
How he rejected the schism of Meletius and the heresies of Manes and Arius.xvi.ii.xxx
How he confuted the Arians.xvi.ii.xxxi
How he visited Alexandria, and healed and converted many, and how Athanasius escorted him from the city.xvi.ii.xxxii
How he reasoned with divers Greeks and philosophers at the 'outer' mountain.xvi.ii.xxxiii
How he confuted the philosophers by healing certain vexed with demons.xvi.ii.xxxiv
How the Emperors wrote to Antony, and of his answer.xvi.ii.xxxv
How he saw in a vision the present doings of the Arians.xvi.ii.xxxvi
That his healings were done by Christ alone, through prayer.xvi.ii.xxxvii
How wisely he answered a certain duke.xvi.ii.xxxviii
Of the Duke Balacius, and how, warned by Antony, he met with a miserable end.xvi.ii.xxxix
How he bore the infirmities of the weak, and of his great benefits to all Egypt.xvi.ii.xl
Of his discernment, and how he was a counsellor to all.xvi.ii.xli
How, when now 105 years old, he counselled the monks, and gave advice concerning burial.xvi.ii.xlii
Of his sickness and his last will.xvi.ii.xliii
Of Antony's death.xvi.ii.xliv
How Antony remained hale until his death, and how the fame of him filled all the world.xvi.ii.xlv
The end.xvi.ii.xlvi