Tertullian - Against Praxeas
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Introductory Note .
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Introductory Note .
Chapter I . — Satan’s Wiles Against the Truth . How They Take the Form of the Praxean Heresy . Account of the Publication of This Heresy .
Chapter II . — The Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity and Unity , Sometimes Called the Divine Economy , or Dispensation of the Personal Relations of the Godhead .
Chapter III . — Sundry Popular Fears and Prejudices . The Doctrine of the Trinity in Unity Rescued from These Misapprehensions .
Chapter IV . — The Unity of the Godhead and the Supremacy and Sole Government of the Divine Being . The Monarchy Not at All Impaired by the Catholic Doctrine .
Chapter V . — The Evolution of the Son or Word of God from the Father by a Divine Procession . Illustrated by the Operation of the Human Thought and Consciousness .
Chapter VII . — The Son by Being Designated Word and Wisdom , ( According to the Imperfection of Human Thought and Language ) Liable to Be Deemed a Mere Attribute . He is Shown to Be a Personal Being .
Chapter VIII . — Though the Son or Word of God Emanates from the Father , He is Not , Like the Emanations of Valentinus , Separable from the Father . Nor is the Holy Ghost Separable from Either . Illustrations from Nature .
Chapter IX . — The Catholic Rule of Faith Expounded in Some of Its Points . Especially in the Unconfused Distinction of the Several Persons of the Blessed Trinity .
Chapter X . — The Very Names of Father and Son Prove the Personal Distinction of the Two . They Cannot Possibly Be Identical , Nor is Their Identity Necessary to Preserve the Divine Monarchy .