III. CONFERENCE OF ABBOT PAPHNUTIUS, ON THE THREE SORTS OF RENUNCIATIONS



Index

CHAPTER I: Of the life and conduct of Abbot Paphnutius.

CHAPTER II: Of the discourse of the same old man, and our reply to it.

CHAPTER III: The statement of Abbot Paphnutius on the three kinds of vocations, and the three sorts of renunciations.

CHAPTER IV: An explanation of the three callings.

CHAPTER V: How the first of these calls is of no use to a sluggard, and the last is no hindrance to one who is in earnest.

CHAPTER VI: An account of the three sorts of renunciations.

CHAPTER VII: How we can attain perfection in each of these sorts of renunciations.

CHAPTER VIII: Of our very own possessions in which the beauty of the soul is seen or its foulness.

CHAPTER IX: Of three sorts of possessions.

CHAPTER X: That none can become perfect merely through the first grade of renunciation.

CHAPTER XI: A question on the free will of man and the grace of God.

CHAPTER XII: The answer on the economy of Divine Grace, with free will still remaining in us.

CHAPTER XIII: That the ordering of our way comes from God.

CHAPTER XIV: That knowledge of the law is given by the guidance and illumination of the Lord.

CHAPTER XV: That the understanding, by means of which we can recognize God's commands, and the performance of a good will are both gifts from the Lord.

CHAPTER XVI: That faith itself must be given us by the Lord.

CHAPTER XVII: That temperateness and the endurance of temptations must be given to us by the Lord.

CHAPTER XVIII: That the continual fear of God must be bestowed on us by the Lord.

CHAPTER XIX: That the beginning of our good will and its completion comes from God.

CHAPTER XX: That nothing can be done in this world without God.

CHAPTER XXI: An objection on the power of free will.

CHAPTER XXII: The answer; viz., that our free will always has need of the help of the Lord.