Title Page
Introductory Note
Theophilus to Autolycus: Book I.
Chapter I.--Autolycus an Idolater and Scorner of Christians.
Chapter II.--That the Eyes of the Soul Must Be Purged Ere God Can Be Seen.
Chapter III.--Nature of God.
Chapter IV.--Attributes of God.
Chapter V.--The Invisible God Perceived Through His Works.
Chapter VI.--God is Known by His Works.
Chapter VII.--We Shall See God When We Put on Immortality.
Chapter VIII.--Faith Required in All Matters.
Chapter IX.--Immoralities of the Gods.
Chapter X.--Absurdities of Idolatry.
Chapter XI.--The King to Be Honoured, God to Be Worshipped.
Chapter XII.--Meaning of the Name Christian.
Chapter XIII.--The Resurrection Proved by Examples.
Chapter XIV.--Theophilus an Example of Conversion.
Theophilus to Autolycus: Book II.
Chapter I.--Occasion of Writing This Book.
Chapter II.--The Gods are Despised When They are Made; But Become Valuable When Bought.
Chapter III.--What Has Become of the Gods?
Chapter IV.--Absurd Opinions of the Philosophers Concerning God.
Chapter V.--Opinions of Homer and Hesiod Concerning the Gods.
Chapter VI.--Hesiod on the Origin of the World.
Chapter VII.--Fabulous Heathen Genealogies.
Chapter VIII.-- Opinions Concerning Providence.
Chapter IX.--The Prophets Inspired by the Holy Ghost.
Chapter X.--The World Created by God Through the Word.
Chapter XI.--The Six Days' Work Described.
Chapter XII.--The Glory of the Six Days' Work.
Chapter XIII.--Remarks on the Creation of the World.
Chapter XIV.--The World Compared to the Sea.
Chapter XV.--Of the Fourth Day.
Chapter XVI.--Of the Fifth Day.
Chapter XVII.--Of the Sixth Day.
Chapter XVIII.--The Creation of Man.
Chapter XIX.--Man is Placed in Paradise.
Chapter XX.--The Scriptural Account of Paradise.
Chapter XXI.--Of the Fall of Man.
Chapter XXII.--Why God is Said to Have Walked.
Chapter XXIII.--The Truth of the Account in Genesis.
Chapter XXIV.--The Beauty of Paradise.
Chapter XXV.--God Was Justified in Forbidding Man to Eat of the Tree of Knowledge.
Chapter XXVI.--God's Goodness in Expelling Man from Paradise.
Chapter XXVII.--The Nature of Man.
Chapter XXVIII.--Why Eve Was Formed of Adam's Rib.
Chapter XXIX.--Cain's Crime.
Chapter XXX.--Cain's Family and Their Inventions.
Chapter XXXI.--The History After the Flood.
Chapter XXXII.--How the Human Race Was Dispersed.
Chapter XXXIII.--Profane History Gives No Account of These Matters.
Chapter XXXIV.--The Prophets Enjoined Holiness of Life.
Chapter XXXV.--Precepts from the Prophetic Books.
Chapter XXXVI.--Prophecies of the Sibyl.
Chapter XXXVII.--The Testimonies of the Poets.
Chapter XXXVIII.--The Teachings of the Greek Poets and Philosophers Confirmatory of Those of the Hebrew Prophets.
Theophilus to Autolycus: Book III.
Chapter I.--Autolycus Not Yet Convinced.
Chapter II.--Profane Authors Had No Means of Knowing the Truth.
Chapter III.--Their Contradictions.
Chapter IV.--How Autolycus Had Been Misled by False Accusations Against the Christians.
Chapter V.--Philosophers Inculcate Cannibalism.
Chapter VI.--Other Opinions of the Philosophers.
Chapter VII.--Varying Doctrine Concerning the Gods.
Chapter VIII.--Wickedness Attributed to the Gods by Heathen Writers.
Chapter IX.--Christian Doctrine of God and His Law.
Chapter X.--Of Humanity to Strangers.
Chapter XI.--Of Repentance.
Chapter XII.--Of Righteousness.
Chapter XIII.--Of Chastity.
Chapter XIV.--Of Loving Our Enemies.
Chapter XV.--The Innocence of the Christians Defended.
Chapter XVI.--Uncertain Conjectures of the Philosophers.
Chapter XVII.--Accurate Information of the Christians.
Chapter XVIII.--Errors of the Greeks About the Deluge.
Chapter XIX.--Accurate Account of the Deluge.
Chapter XX.--Antiquity of Moses.
Chapter XXI.--Of Manetho's Inaccuracy.
Chapter XXII.--Antiquity of the Temple.
Chapter XXIII.--Prophets More Ancient Than Greek Writers.
Chapter XXIV.--Chronology from Adam.
Chapter XXV.--From Saul to the Captivity.
Chapter XXVI.--Contrast Between Hebrew and Greek Writings.
Chapter XXVII.--Roman Chronology to the Death of M. Aurelius.
Chapter XXVIII.--Leading Chronological Epochs.
Chapter XXIX.--Antiquity of Christianity.
Chapter XXX.--Why the Greeks Did Not Mention Our Histories.
