Dialogues /
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| Language: | English Latin |
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New York :
Fathers of the Church, Inc.,
1959.
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| Series: | Fathers of the church ;
v. 39. |
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Table of Contents:
- Book one
- Honoratus, abbot of the monastery at fondi
- Libertinus, prior of that monastery
- The gardener of the same monastery
- Equitius, abbot in the province of Valeria
- Constantius, sacristan of the Church of St. Stephen near Ancona
- Marcellinus, Bishop of Ancona
- Nonnosus, prior of the monastery of Mt. Soracte
- Anastasius, abbot of the monastery of Suppentonia
- Boniface, Bishop of Ferentino
- Fortunatus, Bishop of Todi
- The monk Martyrus of Valeria
- Severus, priest of Valeria.
- Book Two
- The mending of a broken tray
- The saint overcomes a temptation of the flesh
- A glass pitcher is shattered by the sign of the cross
- A monk is cured of wandering about during prayer
- At the saint's word water streams down the mountainside
- An iron blade is recovered from the water
- One of Benedict's disciples walks on the water
- A raven carries off a poisoned loaf of break
- A heavy rock is lightened by the by the saints prayer
- Benedicts disciples imagine the kitchen is on fire
- A young monk is crushed under a wall and then restored to life
- Some monks disobey the Rule by eating outside the monastery
- Valentinian's brother is guilty of a similar offense
- King Totila's trickery fails
- The saint's prophecy about King Totila
- A cleric is freed from an evil spirit
- Benedict fortells the destruction of his monastery
- The saint is aware in spirit that a flask of wine has been stolen
- A monk accepts some hankerchiefs as a present
- The man of God reads a young monk's proud thoughts
- A generous supply of flour is discovered in front of the abbey during a famine
- Two monks learn in a vision how they are to build their monastery
- After death two nuns are free from excommunication through the saint's offertory gift
- A young monk whose body could not rest in its grave
- A dragon blocks a dissatisfied monk's departure from the abbey
- the cure of a leper
- The miraculous discovery of some money saves an unfortunante debtor
- A glass vessel strikes against the rocks without breaking
- An empty cask overflows with oil
- A monk is freed from an evil spirit
- A glance from the saint sets a captive free
- A dead boy is raised to life
- Scholastica's miracle
- Benedict sees the soul of his sister on its way to heaven
- The whole world gathered up before the saint's eyes, an he beholds the soul of the Bishop Germanus
- The monastic rule he wrote
- Benedict's disciples are forewarned of his death
- A woman is cured of insanity by stopping at the sant's cave.
- Book Three
- Bishop Paulinus of Nola
- Pope John
- Pope Agapitus
- Bishop Datius of Milan
- Bishop Sanibus of Canosa
- Bishop Cassius of Narni
- Bishop Andrew of Fondi
- Bishop Constantius of Aquino
- Bishop Sabinus of Piacenza
- Bishop Cerbonius of Populonia
- Bishop Fulgentius of otricoli
- Bishop Herculanus of Perugia
- The servant of God Isaac
- The servants of God Eutychius and Florentius
- Martin, a monk of Mt. Massico
- A monk of Mt. Argentarius
- The monk Benedict
- The Church of St. Zeno in Verona
- Stephen, a priest of of Valeria
- A young woman consecrated to God frees a man from the power of Satan by a simple command
- A thief is held captive in a cemetary by the power of a saintly priest of Valeria who lies buried there
- The abbot of Palestrina and his priest
- Theodore, a sacristan of the Church of St. Peter the Apostle at Rome
- Acontius, a sacristan of the same Church
- Menas the hermit
- Forty Italian peasants are slain by the Lombards for refusing to eat pagan sacrificial meats
- Many captives are killed because they refuse to worship a goat's head
- An Arian bishop is stricken with blindness
- An Arian church in Rome is consecrated for Catholic worship
- King Hermangild is put to death for the faith by his father Leuvigild, King of the Visigoths
- Some bishops of Africa, who spoke in defense of the faith, have their tongues cut out by the Arian Vandals; yet their power of speech remains intact
- The servant of God Eleutherius
- The different types of compunction
- Amantius, a priest of Tuscany
- Bishop Maximillian of Syracuse
- Sanctulus, a priest of Norcia
- The vision of Redemptus, Bishop of Ferentino.
- Book Four
- The spiritual truths of eternity are not accepted by the worldly minded, because they have no experimental knowledge of the truths that were explained to them orally
- Unbelievers do not live without faith
- God created three kinds of living spirits
- The problem raised by Solomon's words 'the lot of man and of beast is one lot'
- The soul is invisible when it leaves the body; similarly, the life of the soul after death is recognized by its power of working miracles
- Souls at their departure from life
- The soul of Bishop Germanus of Capua makes its way to heaven
- The soul of the monk Specious on its way to heaven
- The soul of a recluse
- The soul of the abbot Spes
- The soul of the priest Ursinus
- The soul of Probus, Bishop of Rieti
- The death of God's handmaid Romula
- The death of the holy virgin Tarsilla
- The death of the little girl Musa
- Heaven is closed to some children because their parents neglect to train them properly; the example of the boy who blasphemed
- The death of the servant of God Stephen
- The soul's merit is sometimes not shown at the time of death but manifested later
- Abbot Valentio's two monks
- The death of the abbot Suranus
- The death of the deacon of the church of in Marsia
- The death of the man of God who was sent to Samaria
- Our belief that the souls of the just are admitted to heaven before they are reunited with the body
- The manner in which the dying fortell the future; the death of the lawyer Cumquodeus; the visions of Gerontius and Mellitus; the death of the boy Armentarius who had recieved the gift of speaking various languages
- The death of Count Theophane
- Our belief that after death the souls of the just go to heaven and those of the unjust go to hell
- on what grounds do we believe that a physical fire torments incorporeal spirits
- The death of Arian King Theodoric
- The death of Reparatus
- The death of a city official and the burning of his grave
- In eternity the good recognize the good and the wicked recognize the wicked
- The dying monk who saw the Prophets
- Sometimes souls that were unacquainted before recognize each other at the time of death because of their equality before God either in blame or merit; the death of John, Ursus, Eumorphius, and Stephen
- Some persons are summoned to death by mistake; the summoning and recall of the monk Peter; Stephen's death and return to life; the soldier's vision
- A dwelling is built for Deusdedit on Saturday
- The punishment of Sodom
- Some souls have a glimpse of eternal punishments even before they are separated from the body; the young man Theodore; the death of Chrysaorius and a monk of Isauria
- After death, purgatory
- The soul of the deacon Paschasius
- Why it is that so many truths about souls become clear toward the end of the world whereas they were previously hidden from us
- The location of hell
- There is one type of fire in hell, not several
- The souls confined to hell burn forever
- The soul does not die even though punished with death
- A saintly man is filled with dread at the hour of death
- Strength to overcome the fear of death is given through revelations; The monks Anthony, Merulus, and John
- The question of observing dreams; their types
- A man promised a long life in a dream dies soon thereafter
- The question of burial in church and its benefit to souls
- A nun is burried in the Church of St. Lawrence the Martyr; half of her body is burned
- The burial of the patrician Valerian
- The body of Valentine is cast out of the church in which it was buried
- The dyer's body disappears after being burried in church
- The one efficacious means of obtaining absolution for souls after death; a poor soul begs the priest of Centum Cellae for help through the holy Sacrifice; the soul of the monk Justus
- The life and death of Bishop Cassius
- A prisoner is freed from chains while Mass is being offered for Him; the boatman Varaca is saved from shipwreck through the holy Sacrifice of the Mass
- The power of the Mass and its mystery
- True contrition of heart is required during the Sacrifice; the need of guarding against distracting thoughts after compunction
- Forgive others their faults and yours will also be forgiven.