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The Harmony of the Gospels

Saints›St. Augustine of Hippo›The Harmony of the Gospels

St. Augustine of Hippo

The Harmony of the Gospels

Four books on the agreement of the evangelists

Contents150 sections▾
  1. 1Book 1, Chapter 1. On the Authority of the Gospels
  2. 2Book 1, Chapter 2. On the Order of the Evangelists, and the Principles on
  3. 3Book 1, Chapter 3. Of the Fact that Matthew, Together with Mark, Had
  4. 4Book 1, Chapter 4. Of the Fact that John Undertook the Exposition of Christ's
  5. 5Book 1, Chapter 5. Concerning the Two Virtues, of Which John is Conversant
  6. 6Book 1, Chapter 6. Of the Four Living Creatures in the Apocalypse, Which Have
  7. 7Book 1, Chapter 7. A Statement of Augustin's Reason for Undertaking This
  8. 8Book 1, Chapter 8. Of the Question Why, If Christ is Believed to Have Been
  9. 9Book 1, Chapter 9. Of Certain Persons Who Pretend that Christ Wrote Books on
  10. 10Book 1, Chapter 10. Of Some Who are Mad Enough to Suppose that the Books Were
  11. 11Book 1, Chapter 11. In Opposition to Those Who Foolishly Imagine that Christ
  12. 12Book 1, Chapter 12. Of the Fact that the God of the Jews, After the
  13. 13Book 1, Chapter 13. Of the Question Why God Suffered the Jews to Be Reduced
  14. 14Book 1, Chapter 14. Of the Fact that the God of the Hebrews, Although the
  15. 15Book 1, Chapter 15. Of the Fact that the Pagans, When Constrained to Laud
  16. 16Book 1, Chapter 16. Of the Fact That, on the Subject of the Destruction of
  17. 17Book 1, Chapter 17. In Opposition to the Romans Who Rejected the God of
  18. 18Book 1, Chapter 18. Of the Fact that the God of the Hebrews is Not Received
  19. 19Book 1, Chapter 19. The Proof that This God is the True God
  20. 20Book 1, Chapter 20. Of the Fact that Nothing is Discovered to Have Been
  21. 21Book 1, Chapter 21. An Argument for the Exclusive Worship of This God, Who,
  22. 22Book 1, Chapter 22. Of the Opinion Entertained by the Gentiles Regarding Our
  23. 23Book 1, Chapter 23. Of the Follies Which the Pagans Have Indulged in
  24. 24Book 1, Chapter 24. Of the Fact that Those Persons Who Reject the God of
  25. 25Book 1, Chapter 25. Of the Fact that the False Gods Do Not Forbid Others to
  26. 26Book 1, Chapter 26. Of the Fact that Idolatry Has Been Subverted by the Name
  27. 27Book 1, Chapter 27. An Argument Urging It Upon the Remnant of Idolaters
  28. 28Book 1, Chapter 28. Of the Predicted Rejection of Idols
  29. 29Book 1, Chapter 29. Of the Question Why the Heathen Should Refuse to Worship
  30. 30Book 1, Chapter 30. Of the Fact That, as the Prophecies Have Been Fulfilled,
  31. 31Book 1, Chapter 31. The Fulfilment of the Prophecies Concerning Christ
  32. 32Book 1, Chapter 32. A Statement in Vindication of the Doctrine of the
  33. 33Book 1, Chapter 33. A Statement in Opposition to Those Who Make the
  34. 34Book 1, Chapter 34. Epilogue to the Preceding
  35. 35Book 1, Chapter 35. Of the Fact that the Mystery of a Mediator Was Made
  36. 36Book 2, Chapter 1. A Statement of the Reason Why the Enumeration of the
  37. 37Book 2, Chapter 2. An Explanation of the Sense in Which Christ is the Son of
  38. 38Book 2, Chapter 3. A Statement of the Reason Why Matthew Enumerates One
  39. 39Book 2, Chapter 4. Of the Reason Why Forty Generations (Not Including Christ
  40. 40Book 2, Chapter 5. A Statement of the Manner in Which Luke's Procedure is
  41. 41Book 2, Chapter 6. On the Position Given to the Preaching of John the Baptist
  42. 42Book 2, Chapter 7. Of the Two Herods
  43. 43Book 2, Chapter 8. An Explanation of the Statement Made by Matthew, to the
  44. 44Book 2, Chapter 9. An Explanation of the Circumstance that Matthew States
  45. 45Book 2, Chapter 10. A Statement of the Reason Why Luke Tells Us that "His
  46. 46Book 2, Chapter 11. An Examination of the Question as to How It Was Possible
  47. 47Book 2, Chapter 12. Concerning the Words Ascribed to John by All the Four
  48. 48Book 2, Chapter 13. Of the Baptism of Jesus
  49. 49Book 2, Chapter 14. Of the Words or the Voice that Came from Heaven Upon Him
  50. 50Book 2, Chapter 15. An Explanation of the Circumstance That, According to the
  51. 51Book 2, Chapter 16. Of the Temptation of Jesus
  52. 52Book 2, Chapter 17. Of the Calling of the Apostles as They Were Fishing
  53. 53Book 2, Chapter 18. Of the Date of His Departure into Galilee
  54. 54Book 2, Chapter 19. Of the Lengthened Sermon Which, According to Matthew, He
  55. 55Book 2, Chapter 20. An Explanation of the Circumstance that Matthew Tells Us
  56. 56Book 2, Chapter 21. Of the Order in Which the Narrative Concerning Peter's
  57. 57Book 2, Chapter 22. Of the Order of the Incidents Which are Recorded After
  58. 58Book 2, Chapter 23. Of the Person Who Said to the Lord, "I Will Follow Thee
  59. 59Book 2, Chapter 24. Of the Lord's Crossing the Lake on that Occasion on
  60. 60Book 2, Chapter 25. Of the Man Sick of the Palsy to Whom the Lord Said, "Thy
  61. 61Book 2, Chapter 26. Of the Calling of Matthew, and of the Question Whether
  62. 62Book 2, Chapter 27. Of the Feast at Which It Was Objected at Once that
  63. 63Book 2, Chapter 28. Of the Raising of the Daughter of the Ruler of the
  64. 64Book 2, Chapter 29. Of the Two Blind Men and the Dumb Demoniac Whose Stories
  65. 65Book 2, Chapter 30. Of the Section Where It is Recorded, that Being Moved
  66. 66Book 2, Chapter 31. Of the Account Given by Matthew and Luke of the Occasion
  67. 67Book 2, Chapter 32. Of the Occasion on Which He Upbraided the Cities
  68. 68Book 2, Chapter 33. Of the Occasion on Which He Calls Them to Take His
  69. 69Book 2, Chapter 34. Of the Passage in Which It is Said that the Disciples
  70. 70Book 2, Chapter 35. Of the Man with the Withered Hand, Who Was Restored on
  71. 71Book 2, Chapter 36. Of Another Question Which Demands Our Consideration,
  72. 72Book 2, Chapter 37. Of the Consistency of the Accounts Given by Matthew
  73. 73Book 2, Chapter 38. Of the Occasion on Which It Was Said to Him that He
  74. 74Book 2, Chapter 39. Of the Question as to the Manner of Matthew's Agreement
  75. 75Book 2, Chapter 40. Of the Question as to Whether There is Any Discrepancy
  76. 76Book 2, Chapter 41. Of the Words Which Were Spoken Out of the Ship on the
  77. 77Book 2, Chapter 42. Of His Coming into His Own Country, and of the
  78. 78Book 2, Chapter 43. Of the Mutual Consistency of the Accounts Which are
  79. 79Book 2, Chapter 44. Of the Order in Which the Accounts of John's
  80. 80Book 2, Chapter 45. Of the Order and the Method in Which All the Four
  81. 81Book 2, Chapter 46. Of the Question as to How the Four Evangelists Harmonize
  82. 82Book 2, Chapter 47. Of His Walking Upon the Water, and of the Questions
  83. 83Book 2, Chapter 48. Of the Absence of Any Discrepancy Between Matthew and
  84. 84Book 2, Chapter 49. Of the Woman of Canaan Who Said, "Yet the Dogs Eat of
  85. 85Book 2, Chapter 50. Of the Occasion on Which He Fed the Multitudes with the
  86. 86Book 2, Chapter 51. Of Matthew's Declaration That, on Leaving These Parts, He
  87. 87Book 2, Chapter 52. Of Matthew's Agreement with Mark in the Statement About
  88. 88Book 2, Chapter 53. Of the Occasion on Which He Asked the Disciples Whom Men
  89. 89Book 2, Chapter 54. Of the Occasion on Which He Announced His Coming Passion
  90. 90Book 2, Chapter 55. Of the Harmony Between the Three Evangelists in the
  91. 91Book 2, Chapter 56. Of the Manifestation Which the Lord Made of Himself, in
  92. 92Book 2, Chapter 57. Of the Harmony Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts
  93. 93Book 2, Chapter 58. Of the Man Who Brought Before Him His Son, Whom the
  94. 94Book 2, Chapter 59. Of the Occasion on Which the Disciples Were Exceeding
  95. 95Book 2, Chapter 60. Of His Paying the Tribute Money Out of the Mouth of the
  96. 96Book 2, Chapter 61. Of the Little Child Whom He Set Before Them for Their
  97. 97Book 2, Chapter 62. Of the Harmony Subsisting Between Matthew and Mark in
  98. 98Book 2, Chapter 63. Of the Little Children on Whom He Laid His Hands; Of
  99. 99Book 2, Chapter 64. Of the Occasions on Which He Foretold His Passion in
  100. 100Book 2, Chapter 65. Of the Absence of Any Antagonism Between Matthew and
  101. 101Book 2, Chapter 66. Of the Colt of the Ass Which is Mentioned by Matthew,
  102. 102Book 2, Chapter 67. Of the Expulsion of the Sellers and Buyers from the
  103. 103Book 2, Chapter 68. Of the Withering of the Fig-Tree, and of the Question
  104. 104Book 2, Chapter 69. Of the Harmony Between the First Three Evangelists in
  105. 105Book 2, Chapter 70. Of the Two Sons Who Were Commanded by Their Father to Go
  106. 106Book 2, Chapter 71. Of the Marriage of the King's Son, to Which the
  107. 107Book 2, Chapter 72. Of the Harmony Characterizing the Narratives Given by
  108. 108Book 2, Chapter 73. Of the Person to Whom the Two Precepts Concerning the
  109. 109Book 2, Chapter 74. Of the Passage in Which the Jews are Asked to Say Whose
  110. 110Book 2, Chapter 75. Of the Pharisees Who Sit in the Seat of Moses, and
  111. 111Book 2, Chapter 76. Of the Harmony in Respect of the Order of Narration
  112. 112Book 2, Chapter 77. Of the Harmony Subsisting Between the Three
  113. 113Book 2, Chapter 78. Of the Question Whether There is Any Contradiction
  114. 114Book 2, Chapter 79. Of the Concord Between Matthew, Mark, and John in Their
  115. 115Book 2, Chapter 80. Of the Harmony Characterizing the Accounts Which are
  116. 116Book 3, Chapter 1. Of the Method in Which the Four Evangelists are Shown to Be
  117. 117Book 3, Chapter 2. Of the Proof of Their Freedom from Any Discrepancies in
  118. 118Book 3, Chapter 3. Of the Manner in Which It Can Be Shown that No
  119. 119Book 3, Chapter 4. Of What Took Place in the Piece of Ground or Garden to
  120. 120Book 3, Chapter 5. Of the Accounts Which are Given by All the Four Evangelists
  121. 121Book 3, Chapter 6. Of the Harmony Characterizing the Accounts Which These
  122. 122Book 3, Chapter 7. Of the Thorough Harmony of the Evangelists in the
  123. 123Book 3, Chapter 8. Of the Absence of Any Discrepancies in the Accounts
  124. 124Book 3, Chapter 9. Of the Mockery Which He Sustained at the Hands of Pilate's
  125. 125Book 3, Chapter 10. Of the Method in Which We Can Reconcile the Statement Which
  126. 126Book 3, Chapter 11. Of the Consistency of Matthew's Version with that of Mark
  127. 127Book 3, Chapter 12. Of the Concord Preserved Among All the Four Evangelists
  128. 128Book 3, Chapter 13. Of the Hour of the Lord's Passion, and of the Question
  129. 129Book 3, Chapter 14. Of the Harmony Preserved Among All the Evangelists on the
  130. 130Book 3, Chapter 15. Of the Consistency of the Accounts Given by Matthew, Mark,
  131. 131Book 3, Chapter 16. Of the Derision Ascribed to the Robbers, and of the
  132. 132Book 3, Chapter 17. Of the Harmony of the Four Evangelists in Their Notices
  133. 133Book 3, Chapter 18. Of the Lord's Successive Utterances When He Was About
  134. 134Book 3, Chapter 19. Of the Rending of the Veil of the Temple, and of the
  135. 135Book 3, Chapter 20. Of the Question as to the Consistency of the Several
  136. 136Book 3, Chapter 21. Of the Women Who Were Standing There, and of the Question
  137. 137Book 3, Chapter 22. Of the Question Whether the Evangelists are All at One
  138. 138Book 3, Chapter 23. Of the Question Whether the First Three Evangelists are
  139. 139Book 3, Chapter 24. Of the Absence of All Discrepancies in the Narratives
  140. 140Book 3, Chapter 25. Of Christ's Subsequent Manifestations of Himself to the
  141. 141Book 4, Chapter 1. Of the Question Regarding the Proof that Mark's Gospel is
  142. 142Book 4, Chapter 2. Of the Man Out of Whom the Unclean Spirit that Was
  143. 143Book 4, Chapter 3. Of the Question Whether Mark's Reports of the Repeated
  144. 144Book 4, Chapter 4. Of the Words, "The More He Charged Them to Tell No One, So
  145. 145Book 4, Chapter 5. Of the Statement Which John Made Concerning the Man Who
  146. 146Book 4, Chapter 6. Of the Circumstance that Mark Has Recorded More Than Luke
  147. 147Book 4, Chapter 7. Of the Fact that from This Point on to the Lord's Supper,
  148. 148Book 4, Chapter 8. Of Luke's Gospel, and Specially of the Harmony Between
  149. 149Book 4, Chapter 9. Of the Question How It Can Be Shown that the Narrative of
  150. 150Book 4, Chapter 10. Of the Evangelist John, and the Distinction Between Him and

Source: St. Augustine, The Harmony of the Gospels. From the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Vol. 6 (ed. Philip Schaff). Public domain.