On The Government Of God
Salvian's fifth-century treatise arguing that God actively governs the affairs of the world and that the calamities befalling the Roman Empire are divine judgments upon a sinful civilization, not evidence of divine absence.
20 Chapters
Table of Contents
1
TO MY FATHER
2
INTRODUCTION
3
I. A Fifth Century Tract for the Times
4
II. The Life of Salvian
5
III. Salvian's Literary Work
6
IV. On The Government of God
7
V. Style and Latinity
8
VI. The Editions of Salvian's Works
9
VII. Estimates of Salvian's Work
10
PREFACE
11
THE FIRST BOOK
12
THE SECOND BOOK
13
THE THIRD BOOK
14
THE FOURTH BOOK
15
THE FIFTH BOOK
16
THE SIXTH BOOK
17
THE SEVENTH BOOK
18
THE EIGHTH BOOK
19
BIBLIOGRAPHY
20
INDEX