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Book II. Of the Origin of Error

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the divine institutes.

Book II.

Of the Origin of Error.

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Chap. I.—That forgetfulness of reason makes men ignorant of the true God, whom they worship in adversity and despise in prosperity

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Chap. II.—What was the first cause of making images; of the true likeness of God, and the true worship of him

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Chap. III.—That Cicero and other men of learning erred in not turning away the people from error

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Chap. IV.—Of images, and the ornaments of temples, and the contempt in which they are held even by the heathens themselves

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Chap. V.—That God only, the creator of all things, is to be worshipped, and not the elements or heavenly bodies; and the opinion of the stoics is refuted, who think that the stars and planets are gods

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Chap. VI.—That neither the whole universe nor the elements are God, nor are they possessed of life

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Chap. VII.—Of God, and the religious rites of the foolish; of avarice, and the authority of ancestors

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Chap. VIII.—Of the use of reason in religion; and of dreams, auguries, oracles, and similar portents

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Chap. IX.—Of the devil, the world, God, providence, man, and his wisdom

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Chap. X.—Of the world, and its parts, the elements and seasons

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Chap. XI.—Of living creatures, of man; Prometheus, Deucalion, the Parcæ

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Chap. XII.—That animals were not produced spontaneously, but by a divine arrangement, of which God would have given us the knowledge, if it were advantageous for us to know It

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Chap. XIII.—Why man is of two sexes; what is his first death, and what the second and of the fault and punishment of our first parents

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Chap. XIV.—Of Noah the inventor of wine, who first had knowledge of the stars, and of the origin of false religions

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Chap. XV.—Of the corruption of angels, and the two kinds of demons

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Chap. XVI.—That demons have no power over those who are established in the faith

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Chap. XVII.—That astrology, soothsaying, and similar arts are the invention of demons

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Chap. XVIII.—Of the patience and vengeance of God, the worship of demons, and false religions

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Chap. XIX.—Of the worship of images and earthly objects

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Chap. XX.—Of philosophy and the truth

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