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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Greco-Roman Astrology: A Brief Outline -- Greco-Roman Astrology and Early Christianity -- Notes -- Part A: Studies in Early Christian Anti-Astrological Polemic -- Notes -- 2. The Argument of Practical Impossibility -- Notes -- 3. The Argument of Different Destinies -- General Discussion of the Argument -- Astrology in the Early Career of Augustine -- Astrology in Augustine's Confessions -- Augustine and the Argument of Twins -- Augustine's Knowledge of Astrology -- Astrology Among the Liberal Arts -- Notes -- 4. The Argument of Common Destinies -- Notes -- 5. The Argument of Νόμιμα Βαρβαρικά -- General Discussion of the Argument -- Use of Particular νόμιμα βαρβαρικά -- Astrological Geography and Arguments Against It -- Notes -- 6. The Argument from Animals -- Notes -- 7. The Moral Argument -- Astrology Denies Freedom of the Will -- Astrology Overthrows all Systems of Morality and Justice -- Astrology Nullifies Religious Worship and Renders Prayer Useless -- Notes -- 8. Astrology as the Work of Demons -- Notes -- 9. Christian Condemnations of Astrology in a Broader Context -- Astrology, Magic and Divination -- Astrology as Heterodoxy -- Notes -- 10. Opposition to Astrology and Early Christian Doctrine -- Creation and Providence -- Sin and Evil -- Salvation -- Notes -- 11. Pastoral Problems Posed by Astrology -- Notes -- Part B: Early Christian Accommodation of Astrology -- 12. Archeological and Non-Literary Sources -- Notes -- 13. Matthew 2.1-12 and Its Interpretation in Early Christian Tradition -- The Magi and the Star in Matthew 2.1-12 -- The Magi in Early Christian Interpretation of Matthew 2.1-12 -- The Star in Early Christian Interpretation of Matthew 2.1-12 -- Notes.