Life of Antony. (Vita Antoni.)
- pref. Prologue
- pref-2. Preface
- 1. Birth and beginnings of Antony
- 3. His early ascetic life
- 5. Early conflicts with the devil
- 7. Details of his life at this time (271-285?)
- 8. His life in the tombs, and combats with demons there
- 11. He goes to the desert and overcomes temptations on the way
- 12. How Antony took up his abode in a ruined fort across the Nile, and how he defeated the demons. His twenty years' sojourn there
- 14. How he left the fort, and how monasticism began to flourish in Egypt. Antony its leader
- 16. His address to monks, rendered from Coptic, exhorting them to perseverance, and encouraging them against the wiles of Satan
- 44. The growth of the monastic life at this time (about A.D. 305)
- 45. How Antony renewed his ascetic endeavours at this time
- 46. How he sought martyrdom at Alexandria during the Persecution (311)
- 47. How he lived at this time
- 48. How he delivered a woman from an evil spirit
- 49. How at this time he betook himself to his 'inner mountain.'
- 51. How he there combated the demons
- 54. Of the miraculous spring, and how he edified the monks of the 'outer' mountain, and of Antony's sister
- 55. How humanely he counselled those who resorted to him
- 57. Of the case of Fronto, healed by faith and prayer
- 58. Of a certain virgin, and of Paphnutius the confessor
- 59. Of the two brethren, and how one perished of thirst
- 60. Of the death of Amun, and Antony's vision thereof
- 61. Of Count Archelaus and the virgin Polycration
- 63. Strange tales of the casting out of demons
- 65. Of Antony's vision concerning the forgiveness of his sins
- 66. Of the passage of souls, and how some were hindered of Satan
- 67. How Antony reverenced all ordained persons
- 68. How he rejected the schism of Meletius and the heresies of Manes and Arius
- 69. How he confuted the Arians
- 70. How he visited Alexandria, and healed and converted many, and how Athanasius escorted him from the city
- 72. How he reasoned with divers Greeks and philosophers at the 'outer' mountain
- 80. How he confuted the philosophers by healing certain vexed with demons
- 81. How the Emperors wrote to Antony, and of his answer
- 82. How he saw in a vision the present doings of the Arians
- 83. That his healings were done by Christ alone, through prayer
- 85. How wisely he answered a certain duke
- 86. Of the Duke Balacius, and how, warned by Antony, he met with a miserable end
- 87. How he bore the infirmities of the weak, and of his great benefits to all Egypt
- 88. Of his discernment, and how he was a counsellor to all
- 89. How, when now 105 years old, he counselled the monks, and gave advice concerning burial
- 91. Of his sickness and his last will
- 92. Of Antony's death
- 93. How Antony remained hale until his death, and how the fame of him filled all the world
- 94. The end