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Book XII.
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He continues his explanation of the first Chapter of Genesis according to the Septuagint, and by its assistance he argues, especially, concerning the double heaven, and the formless matter out of which the whole world may have been created; afterwards of the interpretations of others not disallowed, and sets forth at great length the sense of the Holy Scripture.
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vi.XII.I
Of the Double Heaven,—The Visible, and the Heaven of Heavens.vi.XII.II
Of the Darkness Upon the Deep, and of the Invisible and Formless Earth.vi.XII.III
From the Formlessness of Matter, the Beautiful World Has Arisen.vi.XII.IV
What May Have Been the Form of Matter.vi.XII.V
He Confesses that at One Time He Himself Thought Erroneously of Matter.vi.XII.VI
Out of Nothing God Made Heaven and Earth.vi.XII.VII
Heaven and Earth Were Made ‘In the Beginning;’ Afterwards the World, During Six Days, from Shapeless Matter.vi.XII.VIII
That the Heaven of Heavens Was an Intellectual Creature, But that the Earth Was Invisible and Formless Before the Days that It Was Made.vi.XII.IX
He Begs of God that He May Live in the True Light, and May Be Instructed as to the Mysteries of the Sacred Books.vi.XII.X
What May Be Discovered to Him by God.vi.XII.XI
From the Formless Earth God Created Another Heaven and a Visible and Formed Earth.vi.XII.XII
Of the Intellectual Heaven and Formless Earth, Out of Which, on Another Day, the Firmament Was Formed.vi.XII.XIII
Of the Depth of the Sacred Scripture, and Its Enemies.vi.XII.XIV
He Argues Against Adversaries Concerning the Heaven of Heavens.vi.XII.XV
He Wishes to Have No Intercourse with Those Who Deny Divine Truth.vi.XII.XVI
He Mentions Five Explanations of the Words of Genesis I. I.vi.XII.XVII
What Error is Harmless in Sacred Scripture.vi.XII.XVIII
He Enumerates the Things Concerning Which All Agree.vi.XII.XIX
Of the Words, ‘In the Beginning,’ Variously Understood.vi.XII.XX
Of the Explanation of the Words, ‘The Earth Was Invisible.’vi.XII.XXI
He Discusses Whether Matter Was from Eternity, or Was Made by God.vi.XII.XXII
Two Kinds of Disagreements in the Books to Be Explained.vi.XII.XXIII
Out of the Many True Things, It is Not Asserted Confidently that Moses Understood This or That.vi.XII.XXIV
It Behoves Interpreters, When Disagreeing Concerning Obscure Places, to Regard God the Author of Truth, and the Rule of Charity.vi.XII.XXV
What He Might Have Asked of God Had He Been Enjoined to Write the Book of Genesis.vi.XII.XXVI
The Style of Speaking in the Book of Genesis is Simple and Clear.vi.XII.XXVII
The Words, ‘In the Beginning,’ And, ‘The Heaven and the Earth,’ Are Differently Understood.vi.XII.XXVIII
Concerning the Opinion of Those Who Explain It ‘At First He Made.’vi.XII.XXIX
In the Great Diversity of Opinions, It Becomes All to Unite Charity and Divine Truth.vi.XII.XXX
Moses is Supposed to Have Perceived Whatever of Truth Can Be Discovered in His Words.vi.XII.XXXI
First, the Sense of the Writer is to Be Discovered, Then that is to Be Brought Out Which Divine Truth Intended.vi.XII.XXXII