To Autolycus
c. 180–185
Ad Autolycum
Theophilus’s apology to Autolycus on God, creation, and the Word. English by Marcus Dods in the Ante-Nicene Fathers.
Translated by Marcus Dods
English translation by Marcus Dods, in Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. II (eds. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson; Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1885). Public domain. Digital text via New Advent Church Fathers.
Contents
- Book 1, Chapter 1: Autolycus an Idolater and Scorner of Christians.
- Book 1, Chapter 2: That the Eyes of the Soul Must Be Purged Ere God Can Be Seen.
- Book 1, Chapter 3: Nature of God.
- Book 1, Chapter 4: Attributes of God.
- Book 1, Chapter 5: The Invisible God Perceived Through His Works.
- Book 1, Chapter 6: God is Known by His Works.
- Book 1, Chapter 7: We Shall See God When We Put on Immortality.
- Book 1, Chapter 8: Faith Required in All Matters.
- Book 1, Chapter 9: Immoralities of the Gods.
- Book 1, Chapter 10: Absurdities of Idolatry.
- Book 1, Chapter 11: The King to Be Honoured, God to Be Worshipped.
- Book 1, Chapter 12: Meaning of the Name Christian.
- Book 1, Chapter 13: The Resurrection Proved by Examples.
- Book 1, Chapter 14: Theophilus an Example of Conversion.
- Book 2, Chapter 1: Occasion of Writing This Book.
- Book 2, Chapter 2: The Gods are Despised When They are Made; But Become Valuable When Bought.
- Book 2, Chapter 3: What Has Become of the Gods?
- Book 2, Chapter 4: Absurd Opinions of the Philosophers Concerning God.
- Book 2, Chapter 5: Opinions of Homer and Hesiod Concerning the Gods.
- Book 2, Chapter 6: Hesiod on the Origin of the World.
- Book 2, Chapter 7: Fabulous Heathen Genealogies.
- Book 2, Chapter 8: Opinions Concerning Providence.
- Book 2, Chapter 9: The Prophets Inspired by the Holy Ghost.
- Book 2, Chapter 10: The World Created by God Through the Word.
- Book 2, Chapter 11: The Six Days' Work Described.
- Book 2, Chapter 12: The Glory of the Six Days' Work.
- Book 2, Chapter 13: Remarks on the Creation of the World.
- Book 2, Chapter 14: The World Compared to the Sea.
- Book 2, Chapter 15: Of the Fourth Day.
- Book 2, Chapter 16: Of the Fifth Day.
- Book 2, Chapter 17: Of the Sixth Day.
- Book 2, Chapter 18: The Creation of Man.
- Book 2, Chapter 19: Man is Placed in Paradise.
- Book 2, Chapter 20: The Scriptural Account of Paradise.
- Book 2, Chapter 21: Of the Fall of Man.
- Book 2, Chapter 22: Why God is Said to Have Walked.
- Book 2, Chapter 23: The Truth of the Account in Genesis.
- Book 2, Chapter 24: The Beauty of Paradise.
- Book 2, Chapter 25: God Was Justified in Forbidding Man to Eat of the Tree of Knowledge.
- Book 2, Chapter 26: God's Goodness in Expelling Man from Paradise.
- Book 2, Chapter 27: The Nature of Man.
- Book 2, Chapter 28: Why Eve Was Formed of Adam's Rib.
- Book 2, Chapter 29: Cain's Crime.
- Book 2, Chapter 30: Cain's Family and Their Inventions.
- Book 2, Chapter 31: The History After the Flood.
- Book 2, Chapter 32: How the Human Race Was Dispersed.
- Book 2, Chapter 33: Profane History Gives No Account of These Matters.
- Book 2, Chapter 34: The Prophets Enjoined Holiness of Life.
- Book 2, Chapter 35: Precepts from the Prophetic Books.
- Book 2, Chapter 36: Prophecies of the Sibyl.
- Book 2, Chapter 37: The Testimonies of the Poets.
- Book 2, Chapter 38: The Teachings of the Greek Poets and Philosophers Confirmatory of Those of the Hebrew Prophets.
- Book 3, Chapter 1: Autolycus Not Yet Convinced.
- Book 3, Chapter 2: Profane Authors Had No Means of Knowing the Truth.
- Book 3, Chapter 3: Their Contradictions.
- Book 3, Chapter 4: How Autolycus Had Been Misled by False Accusations Against the Christians.
- Book 3, Chapter 5: Philosophers Inculcate Cannibalism.
- Book 3, Chapter 6: Other Opinions of the Philosophers.
- Book 3, Chapter 7: Varying Doctrine Concerning the Gods.
- Book 3, Chapter 8: Wickedness Attributed to the Gods by Heathen Writers.
- Book 3, Chapter 9: Christian Doctrine of God and His Law.
- Book 3, Chapter 10: Of Humanity to Strangers.
- Book 3, Chapter 11: Of Repentance.
- Book 3, Chapter 12: Of Righteousness.
- Book 3, Chapter 13: Of Chastity.
- Book 3, Chapter 14: Of Loving Our Enemies.
- Book 3, Chapter 15: The Innocence of the Christians Defended.
- Book 3, Chapter 16: Uncertain Conjectures of the Philosophers.
- Book 3, Chapter 17: Accurate Information of the Christians.
- Book 3, Chapter 18: Errors of the Greeks About the Deluge.
- Book 3, Chapter 19: Accurate Account of the Deluge.
- Book 3, Chapter 20: Antiquity of Moses.
- Book 3, Chapter 21: Of Manetho's Inaccuracy.
- Book 3, Chapter 22: Antiquity of the Temple.
- Book 3, Chapter 23: Prophets More Ancient Than Greek Writers.
- Book 3, Chapter 24: Chronology from Adam.
- Book 3, Chapter 25: From Saul to the Captivity.
- Book 3, Chapter 26: Contrast Between Hebrew and Greek Writings.
- Book 3, Chapter 27: Roman Chronology to the Death of M. Aurelius.
- Book 3, Chapter 28: Leading Chronological Epochs.
- Book 3, Chapter 29: Antiquity of Christianity.
- Book 3, Chapter 30: Why the Greeks Did Not Mention Our Histories.