The seventh book of the Bibliotheca Sancta: Sixtus's defense of the New Testament against those who have assailed its volumes — ten heresies, from the attacks on the New Testament in general through Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, the Acts, the epistles of Paul, Hebrews, the Catholic epistles, and the Apocalypse. For each: the heresy stated, its assertors named, the refutation, the heretics' objections, and their dissolution. In English for the first time.
Defense of Scripture · 16th century
The Defense of the New Testament
Sixtus of Siena, O.P. (1520–1569) · translated from the Latin of the Bibliotheca Sancta, Book VII
Companion volume: The Defense of the Old Testament
Annotations on the New Testament — Bibliotheca Sancta, Book VI
Original Latin text — Bibliotheca Sancta at Google Books
Where this work treats each passage of Scripture — the library-wide index
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Contents
- Preface and Catalogue of the Heresies Of Friar Sixtus of Siena, of the Order of Preachers: On those who have assailed the volumes of the New Testament, or, Against the destroyers of the new Scripture *(De his, qui novi Testamenti volumina oppugnarunt, sive adversus novae scripturae destructores)* — the Seventh Book of the *Bibliotheca Sancta*
- Heresy I, Of the New Testament in General The Assertors of this Heresy · The Refutation · The Objections of the Heretics · The Dissolution of the Objections
- Heresy II, Of the Gospel of Matthew The Assertors of this Heresy · The Refutation · The Objections of the Heretics · The Dissolution of the Objections
- Heresy III, Of the Gospel of Mark The Assertors of this Heresy · The Objections of the Heretics · The Dissolution
- Heresy IV, Of the Gospel of Luke The Assertors of this Heresy · The Confutation
- Heresy V, Of the Gospel of John The Assertors of this Heresy · The Refutation · The Objections of the Heretics · The Dissolution of the Objections
- Heresy VI, Of the Acts of the Apostles
- Heresy VII, Of the Epistles of Paul the Apostle in General The Assertors of this Heresy · The Objections of the Heretics · The Dissolution of the Objections
- Heresy VIII, Of the Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews The Assertors of this Heresy · The Refutation · The Objections of the Heretics · The Dissolution of the Objections
- Heresy IX, Of the Canonical or Catholic Epistles The Assertors of this Heresy · The Refutation · The Objections of the Heretics · The Dissolution of the Objections
- Heresy X, Of the Apocalypse of John the Evangelist The Assertors of this Heresy · The Refutation · The Objections of the Heretics · The Dissolution of the Objections