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Augustin censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world, and especially the recent sack of Rome by the Goths, to the Christian religion, and its prohibition of the worship of the gods.  He speaks of the blessings and ills of life, which then, as always, happened to good and bad men alike.  Finally, he rebukes the shamelessness of those who cast up to the Christians that their women had been violated by the soldiers.

Augustin censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world, and especially the recent sack of Rome by the Goths, to the Christian religion, and its prohibition of the worship of the gods.  He speaks of the blessings and ills of life, which then, as always, happened to good and bad men alike.  Finally, he rebukes the shamelessness of those who cast up to the Christians that their women had been violated by the soldiers.

<a href="#c0">Introduction His Design in Undertaking This Work<br>

*[[#c0|Introduction]] His Design in Undertaking This Work

<a href="#c1">Chapter 1 Of the Adversaries of the Name of Christ, Whom the Barbarians for Christ's Sake Spared When They Stormed the City.<br>

*[[#c1|Chapter 1]] Of the Adversaries of the Name of Christ, Whom the Barbarians for Christ's Sake Spared When They Stormed the City.

<a href="#c2">Chapter 2 That It is Quite Contrary to the Usage of War, that the Victors Should Spare the Vanquished for the Sake of Their Gods.

*[[#c2|Chapter 2]] That It is Quite Contrary to the Usage of War, that the Victors Should Spare the Vanquished for the Sake of Their Gods.

*[[#c3|Chapter 3]] That the Romans Did Not Show Their Usual Sagacity When They Trusted that They Would Be Benefited by the Gods Who Had Been Unable to Defend Troy.

<a href="#c3">Chapter 3 That the Romans Did Not Show Their Usual Sagacity When They Trusted that They Would Be Benefited by the Gods Who Had Been Unable to Defend Troy.<br>

*[[#c4|Chapter 4]] Of the Asylum of Juno in Troy, Which Saved No One from the Greeks; And of the Churches of the Apostles, Which Protected from the Barbarians All Who Fled to Them.

<a href="#c4">Chapter 4 Of the Asylum of Juno in Troy, Which Saved No One from the Greeks; And of the Churches of the Apostles, Which Protected from the Barbarians All Who Fled to Them.<br>

*[[#c5|Chapter 5]] Caesar's Statement Regarding the Universal Custom of an Enemy When Sacking a City.

<a href="#c5">Chapter 5 Cжsar's Statement Regarding the Universal Custom of an Enemy When Sacking a City.<br>

*[[#c6|Chapter 6]] That Not Even the Romans, When They Took Cities, Spared the Conquered in Their Temples.

<a href="#c6">Chapter 6 That Not Even the Romans, When They Took Cities, Spared the Conquered in Their Temples.<br>

*[[#c7|Chapter 7]] That the Cruelties Which Occurred in the Sack of Rome Were in Accordance with the Custom of War, Whereas the Acts of Clemency Resulted from the Influence of Christ's Name.

<a href="#c7">Chapter 7 That the Cruelties Which Occurred in the Sack of Rome Were in Accordance with the Custom of War, Whereas the Acts of Clemency Resulted from the Influence of Christ's Name.<br>

*[[#c8|Chapter 8]] Of the Advantages and Disadvantages Which Often Indiscriminately Accrue to Good and Wicked Men.

<a href="#c8">Chapter 8 Of the Advantages and Disadvantages Which Often Indiscriminately Accrue to Good and Wicked Men.<br>

*[[#c9|Chapter 9]] Of the Reasons for Administering Correction to Bad and Good Together.

<a href="#c9">Chapter 9 Of the Reasons for Administering Correction to Bad and Good Together.<br>

*[[#c10|Chapter 10]] That the Saints Lose Nothing in Losing Temporal Goods.

<a href="#c10">Chapter 10 That the Saints Lose Nothing in Losing Temporal Goods.<br>

*[[#c11|Chapter 11]] Of the End of This Life, Whether It is Material that It Be Long Delayed.

<a href="#c11">Chapter 11 Of the End of This Life, Whether It is Material that It Be Long Delayed.<br>

*[[#c12|Chapter 12]] Of the Burial of the Dead:  that the Denial of It to Christians Does Them No Injury.

<a href="#c12">Chapter 12 Of the Burial of the Dead:  that the Denial of It to Christians Does Them No Injury.<br>

*[[#c13|Chapter 13]] Reasons for Burying the Bodies of the Saints.

<a href="#c13">Chapter 13 Reasons for Burying the Bodies of the Saints.<br>

*[[#c14|Chapter 14]] Of the Captivity of the Saints, and that Divine Consolation Never Failed Them Therein.

<a href="#c14">Chapter 14 Of the Captivity of the Saints, and that Divine Consolation Never Failed Them Therein.<br>

*[[#c15|Chapter 15]] Of Regulus, in Whom We Have an Example of the Voluntary Endurance of Captivity for the Sake of Religion; Which Yet Did Not Profit Him, Though He Was a Worshipper of the Gods.

<a href="#c15">Chapter 15 Of Regulus, in Whom We Have an Example of the Voluntary Endurance of Captivity for the Sake of Religion; Which Yet Did Not Profit Him, Though He Was a Worshipper of the Gods.<br>

*[[#c16|Chapter 16]] Of the Violation of the Consecrated and Other Christian Virgins, to Which They Were Subjected in Captivity and to Which Their Own Will Gave No Consent; And Whether This Contaminated Their Souls.

<a href="#c16">Chapter 16 Of the Violation of the Consecrated and Other Christian Virgins, to Which They Were Subjected in Captivity and to Which Their Own Will Gave No Consent; And Whether This Contaminated Their Souls.<br>

*[[#c17|Chapter 17]] Of Suicide Committed Through Fear of Punishment or Dishonor.

<a href="#c17">Chapter 17 Of Suicide Committed Through Fear of Punishment or Dishonor.<br>

*[[#c18|Chapter 18]] Of the Violence Which May Be Done to the Body by Another's Lust, While the Mind Remains Inviolate.

<a href="#c18">Chapter 18 Of the Violence Which May Be Done to the Body by Another's Lust, While the Mind Remains Inviolate.<br>

*[[#c19|Chapter 19]] Of Lucretia, Who Put an End to Her Life Because of the Outrage Done Her.

<a href="#c19">Chapter 19 Of Lucretia, Who Put an End to Her Life Because of the Outrage Done Her.<br>

*[[#c20|Chapter 20]] That Christians Have No Authority for Committing Suicide in Any Circumstances Whatever.

<a href="#c20">Chapter 20 That Christians Have No Authority for Committing Suicide in Any Circumstances Whatever.<br>

*[[#c21|Chapter 21]] Of the Cases in Which We May Put Men to Death Without Incurring the Guilt of Murder.

<a href="#c21">Chapter 21 Of the Cases in Which We May Put Men to Death Without Incurring the Guilt of Murder.<br>

*[[#c22|Chapter 22]] That Suicide Can Never Be Prompted by Magnanimity.

<a href="#c22">Chapter 22 That Suicide Can Never Be Prompted by Magnanimity.<br>

*[[#c23|Chapter 23]] What We are to Think of the Example of Cato, Who Slew Himself Because Unable to Endure Cжsar's Victory.

<a href="#c23">Chapter 23 What We are to Think of the Example of Cato, Who Slew Himself Because Unable to Endure Cжsar's Victory.<br>

*[[#c24|Chapter 24]] That in that Virtue in Which Regulus Excels Cato, Christians are Pre-Eminently Distinguished.

<a href="#c24">Chapter 24 That in that Virtue in Which Regulus Excels Cato, Christians are Pre-Eminently Distinguished.<br>

*[[#c25|Chapter 25]] That We Should Not Endeavor By Sin to Obviate Sin.

<a href="#c25">Chapter 25 That We Should Not Endeavor By Sin to Obviate Sin.<br>

*[[#c26|Chapter 26]] That in Certain Peculiar Cases the Examples of the Saints are Not to Be Followed.

<a href="#c26">Chapter 26 That in Certain Peculiar Cases the Examples of the Saints are Not to Be Followed.<br>

*[[#c27|Chapter 27]] Whether Voluntary Death Should Be Sought in Order to Avoid Sin.

<a href="#c27">Chapter 27 Whether Voluntary Death Should Be Sought in Order to Avoid Sin.<br>

*[[#c28|Chapter 28]] By What Judgment of God the Enemy Was Permitted to Indulge His Lust on the Bodies of Continent Christians.

<a href="#c28">Chapter 28 By What Judgment of God the Enemy Was Permitted to Indulge His Lust on the Bodies of Continent Christians.<br>

*[[#c29|Chapter 29]] What the Servants of Christ Should Say in Reply to the Unbelievers Who Cast in Their Teeth that Christ Did Not Rescue Them from the Fury of Their Enemies.

<a href="#c29">Chapter 29 What the Servants of Christ Should Say in Reply to the Unbelievers Who Cast in Their Teeth that Christ Did Not Rescue Them from the Fury of Their Enemies.<br>

*[[#c30|Chapter 30]] That Those Who Complain of Christianity Really Desire to Live Without Restraint in Shameful Luxury.

<a href="#c30">Chapter 30 That Those Who Complain of Christianity Really Desire to Live Without Restraint in Shameful Luxury.<br>

*[[#c31|Chapter 31]] By What Steps the Passion for Governing Increased Among the Romans.

<a href="#c31">Chapter 31 By What Steps the Passion for Governing Increased Among the Romans.<br>

*[[#c32|Chapter 32]] Of the Establishment of Scenic Entertainments.

<a href="#c32">Chapter 32 Of the Establishment of Scenic Entertainments.<br>

*[[#c33|Chapter 33]] That the Overthrow of Rome Has Not Corrected the Vices of the Romans.

<a href="#c33">Chapter 33 That the Overthrow of Rome Has Not Corrected the Vices of the Romans.<br>

*[[#c34|Chapter 34]] Of God's Clemency in Moderating the Ruin of the City.

<a href="#c34">Chapter 34 Of God's Clemency in Moderating the Ruin of the City.<br>

*[[#c35|Chapter 35]] Of the Sons of the Church Who are Hidden Among the Wicked, and of False Christians Within the Church.

<a href="#c35">Chapter 35 Of the Sons of the Church Who are Hidden Among the Wicked, and of False Christians Within the Church.<br>

*[[#c36|Chapter 36]] What Subjects are to Be Handled in the Following Discourse.

<a href="#c36">Chapter 36 What Subjects are to Be Handled in the Following Discourse.<br>