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The Number and Order of the Eight Books

THE NUMBER AND ORDER OF THE EIGHT BOOKS which are contained in this work

On the number, partition, and authority of the divine volumes (De numero, partitione, & autoritate diuinorum voluminum)Book 1
On the scriptures and writers of whom mention is made in the sacred volumes (De scripturis, & scriptoribus, quorum in sacris voluminibus fit mentio)Book 2
On the art of expounding the sacrosanct volumes (De arte exponendi sacrosancta volumina)Book 3
On the Catholic expositors of the sacred volumes (De Catholicis sacrorum voluminum expositoribus)Book 4
On the annotations and censures upon the expositors of the volumes of the Old Testament (De annotationibus, & censuris in expositores voluminum vet. Testamenti)Book 5
On the annotations and censures upon the expositors of the volumes of the New Testament (De annotationibus, & censuris in expositores voluminum noui Testamenti)Book 6
On those [writings], or against those [men], who have assailed the volumes of the New Testament (De his, vel aduersus eos, qui noui Testamenti volumina oppugnarunt)Book 7
On those [writings], or against those [men], who have assailed the volumes of the Old Testament (De his, vel aduersus eos, qui vet. Testamenti volumina oppugnarunt)Book 8

The usefulness of these [books] the Preface of the whole Work, following, will demonstrate.

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Sixtus of Siena, O.P., “The Number and Order of the Eight Books,” in On the Divine Volumes, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/bibliotheca-sancta-i/001-the-number-and-order-of-the-eight-books/.

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