The Life of Christ: 3a. 38-45, Vol. 53 Book

Editorial Notes     xi
Introduction     xiii
The Baptism of John
Whether it was fitting for John to baptize     3
Whether the baptism of John was from God     5
Whether it conferred grace     9
Whether Christ alone should have been baptized by John     11
Whether the baptism of John should have ceased after Christ was baptized     13
Whether those baptized by John should afterwards have been baptized in Christ     17
The Baptizing of Christ
Whether it was fitting for Christ to be baptized     23
Whether he should have been baptized with the baptism of John     25
Whether the time was fitting     27
Whether he should have been baptized in the Jordan     31
Whether the heavens should have been opened     35
Whether the Holy Spirit should have descended in the form of a dove     39
Whether the dove was a real animal     45
Whether the Father's voice should have been heard bearing witness     47
Christ's Manner of Life
Whether Christ should have associated with men     53
Whether he should have led an austere life     57
And a lowly life     61
Whether he should have lived in conformity with the Law     65
The Temptation ofChrist
Whether Christ should have been tempted     71
Concerning the place     75
And the time     79
And the manner and order of temptation     81
Christ's Teaching
Whether Christ should have preached to the Jews, or to the Gentiles as well     91
Whether he should have preached without offence to the Jews     95
Whether he should have preached openly or secretly     97
And by word alone, or also by writing     101
Christ's Miracles in General
Whether Christ should have worked miracles     107
Whether he worked them by divine power     109
On the time when he began to work miracles     113
Whether they sufficiently manifested his divinity     115
The Different Kinds of Miracles
The miracles Christ worked concerning spiritual substances     123
And concerning the heavenly bodies     129
And concerning men     135
And concerning non-rational creatures     143
Christ's Transfiguration
Whether it was fitting for Christ to be transfigured     149
Whether his splendour was the splendour of glory     151
On the witnesses of the Transfiguration     155
And the testimony of the Father's voice     161
Appendices
The Baptism of John      165
The Baptism of Christ     171
The Mission of Christ     179
The Temptation of Christ     187
The Works and Words of Christ     195
The Transfiguration     204
Index     209