Contents:

INTRODUCTION

BOOK ONE: THE WAY OF LIFE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Chapter 1 How the pretenses of the Manichaeans are to be ex-posed. Two ways in which the Manichaeans deceive
Chapter 2 He begins with reason rather than authority, in compliance with the faulty method of the Manichaeans
Chapter 3 Happiness lies in the enjoyment of man's supreme good. The conditions of this good: (1) that nothing is better than it; (2) that, it cannot be lost against one's will
Chapter 4 What is man?
Chapter 5 Man's supreme good is not the supreme good of the body alone, but the supreme good of the soul
Chapter 6 Virtue perfects the soul. The soul acquires virtue by following after God. To follow after God is to achieve the happy life
Chapter 7 In seeking to know God, we must appeal to the authority of the Scriptures. The plan and principal mysteries of the divine economy with reference to our salvation. A summary of the faith
Chapter 8 God is the supreme good whom we must strive after with perfect love
Chapter 9 The harmony between the Old and the New Testaments on the precept of the love of God
Chapter 10 What the Church teaches about God The two gods Page
of the Manichaeans
Chapter 11 God alone should be loved, and, therefore, He is man's supreme good. Nothing is better than God. We cannot lose God against our will
Chapter 12 We are united to God by love when we are subject to Him
Chapter 13 Through Christ and His Spirit, we are joined inseparably to God
Chapter 14 It is by love that we adhere to our supreme good, which is the Holy Trinity
Chapter 15 The Christian definition of the four virtues
Chapter 16 The harmony of the Old and New Testaments
Chapter 17 An appeal to the Manichaeans to come to their senses
Chapter 18 Only in the Catholic Church is there to be found perfect truth in the harmony of both Testaments
Chapter 19 Temperance as described in the Sacred Scriptures
Chapter 20 We are commanded to disdain all sensible things and to love God alone
Chapter 21 Human glory and curiosity are condemned in the Sacred Scriptures
Chapter 22 The love of God produces fortitude
Chapter 23 Counsels and examples of fortitude drawn from the Scriptures
Chapter 24 Justice and Prudence
Chapter 25 The four virtues in their relation to the love of God. The reward of this love is eternal life and the knowledge of truth
Chapter 26 Love of ourselves and of our neighbor
Chapter 27 Doing good for our neighbor's body
Chapter 28 Doing good for our neighbor's soul. The two parts of discipline: coercion and instruction. Through good conduct, we come to a knowledge of the truth
Chapter 29 The authority of the Sacred Scriptures
Chapter 30 Apostrophe to the Church, teacher of all wisdom. The doctrine of the Catholic Church
Chapter 31 The continence of the Manichaeans compared with the life of the Anchorites and Cenobites
Chapter 32 Praise of the clergy
Chapter 33 Another kind of communal living found in the city. Three-day fasts
Chapter 34 The Church should not be blamed for the conduct of bad Christians. Worshipers of tombs and pictures
Chapter 35 Even the baptized were permitted by the Apostle to marry and have possessions

BOOK TWO: THE WAY OF LIFE OF THE MANICHAEANS
Chapter 1 The supreme good is that which possesses supreme existence
Chapter 2 What evil is. The Manichaeans speak the truth when they say evil is that which is contrary to nature, but in saying this they overthrow their own heresy
Chapter 3 If evil be defined as that which is harmful, the Manichaeans are again refuted
Chapter 4 The difference between that which is good in itself and that which is good by participation
Chapter 5 Even if evil be defined as corruption, the Manichaean heresy is completely undermined
Chapter 6 What corruption affects and what it is
Chapter 7 The goodness of God prevents anything from being brought by corruption to the point of not being. The difference between creating and forming
Chapter 8 Evil is not a substance but an incompatibility harmful to substance
Chapter 9 The inconsistency of certain Manichaean fables concerning good and evil things
Chapter 10 Three false moral symbols invented by the Manichaeans
Chapter 11 What sort of thing the symbol of the mouth must be for the Manichaeans when they are guilty of blaspheming God
Chapter 12 The Manichaeans have no way out of their dilemma
Chapter 13 An action must be judged, not by outward appearance, but by the intention. We must keep this in mind in passing judgment on the abstinence of the Manichaeans
Chapter 14 Three praiseworthy reasons for abstaining from certain kinds of food
Chapter 15 Why the Manichaeans prohibit the eating of meat
Chapter 16 The monstrous mysteries of the Manichaeans are exposed
Chapter 17 The Manichaean symbol of the hands
Chapter 18 The symbol of the breast and the vile mysteries of the Manichaeans
Chapter 19 The disgraceful actions of the Manichaeans