The scholastic-dogmatic lectures On God the Creator, which Fr. Camillo Mazzella delivered to the students of theology at Woodstock College in 1872–73 — the first book he printed there, years before Leo XIII called him to Rome and made him a Cardinal. Six disputations in fifty-five articles, through a continuous numeration of 831 sections: on the origin of the world through true creation; on the origin and nature of man; on man's elevation to the supernatural state; on the fall and original sin; on man's last things — beatitude, hell, purgatory, and the resurrection; and on the angels. With the author's analytic index. Presented with the Latin text and English translation side by side.
Dogmatic Theology · 19th century
On God the Creator
Camillo Cardinal Mazzella, S.J. (1833–1900) · translated from the Latin of the 1873 Woodstock first edition
Companion volume: On Religion and the Church
Original Latin text — De Deo Creatore at Google Books
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Contents
For a more detailed table of contents, see the Author’s Index — its page references are clickable links, on this site and in the PDF edition.
Disputation I — On the Origin of the World
- Article 1. The True Idea of Creation pp. 1–9
- Article 2. Whether Creation is a Transient or Immanent Action pp. 9–20
- Article 3. Whether God is the Efficient Cause of the World pp. 20–42
- Article 4. Whether to Create is Proper to the Whole Trinity pp. 42–50
- Article 5. Whether the Power of Creating is Communicable to Any Creature pp. 50–67
- Article 6. Whether God is the Exemplary Cause of the World pp. 67–75
- Article 7. Whether There is Some Representation of God in the World pp. 82–93
- Article 8. Whether God is the Final Cause of the World pp. 97–107
- Article 9. Whether God Freely Created the World pp. 113–118
- Article 10. Whether the World is from Eternity pp. 119–125
- Article 11. On Mosaic Cosmogony pp. 125–152
Disputation II — On the Origin and Nature of Man
- Article 1. Whether Man is Immediately from God pp. 163–191
- Article 2. Whether the Whole Human Race was Propagated from Adam, the First Parent of All pp. 191–204
- Article 3. What is the Origin of the Human Soul pp. 204–222
- Article 4. Whether There is Only One Soul in Man pp. 222–230
- Article 5. Whether Man is Substantially One pp. 230–239
- Article 6. How the Soul is United to the Body For Forming Man Substantially One pp. 239–268
Disputation III — On Man's Elevation to the Supernatural State
- Article 1. General Notion of the Diverse States of Human Nature pp. 277–283
- Article 2. General Idea of the State of Original Justice pp. 284–288
- Article 3. Idea of a Supernatural Being or Gift pp. 289–314
- Article 4. On Sanctifying Grace Conferred Upon Adam pp. 315–334
- Article 5. On the First Man's Immunity from Concupiscence pp. 334–353
- Article 6. On the Immortality of the First Man pp. 353–374
- Article 7. Whether Man in His First Condition was Impassible Through Grace pp. 374–384
- Article 8. On the Knowledge of the First Man in the State of Innocence pp. 384–397
- Article 9. Whether the First Parents were Immune from Error and from Venial Sin pp. 398–405
- Article 10. On the End to which the First Parents were Destined pp. 405–458
- Article 11. Whether the State of Pure Nature is Possible pp. 458–467
Disputation IV — On Man's Fall, or on Original Sin
- Article 1. On the Sin of the First Parents pp. 469–486
- Article 2. On the Propagation of the First Parents' Sin pp. 487–519
- Article 3. Whether the Blessed Virgin Mary was Immune from Original Stain pp. 519–556
- Article 4. On the Nature of Original Sin pp. 557–583
- Article 5. On the Manner in which the First Parent's Sin is Handed on Into Posterity pp. 583–609
- Article 6. The Harmony of Reason with the Dogma Concerning the Propagation of Original Sin pp. 609–616
- Article 7. On the Punishment of Original Sin in the Future Life pp. 616–628
- Article 8. On the Effects of Original Sin in This Life pp. 628–643
Disputation V — On Man's Last Things
- Article 1. Certain Notions Concerning Beatitude in General pp. 645–664
- Article 2. Whether Perpetuity Belongs to the Nature of Beatitude pp. 665–673
- Article 3. Whether, and by what Reason, the Blessed are Rendered Impeccable pp. 674–682
- Article 4. On the Dowries of the Souls of the Blessed - on Accidental Beatitude - and on Aureoles pp. 682–691
- Article 5. On the Existence and Eternity of the Punishments of Hell pp. 691–708
- Article 6. On the Nature of the Punishments of Hell pp. 708–717
- Article 7. On the Obstinacy of the Damned, and the Mitigation of Punishment pp. 725–735
- Article 8. Whether Purgatory Exists pp. 736–745
- Article 9. On the Character of the Punishments of Purgatory and on the State of Souls Dwelling There pp. 751–762
- Article 10. On the Resurrection of the Dead pp. 762–778
- Article 11. On the Dowries of the Bodies of the Blessed pp. 784–792
Disputation VI — On Angels
- Article 1. Whether Angels Exist pp. 793–803
- Article 2. Whether Angels are Pure Spirits pp. 803–811
- Article 3. On Angelic Cognition in General pp. 811–824
- Article 4. Whether Angels Know Future Things - and the Secrets of Hearts pp. 824–832
- Article 5. On the Hierarchies and Choirs of Angels pp. 832–841
- Article 6. On the Grace of Angels pp. 841–845
- Article 7. On the Fall of Angels pp. 845–850
- Article 8. On the Ministries of the Good Angels pp. 851–860