Christian Instruction; Admonition and Grace; The Christian Combat; Faith, Hope and Charity (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 2)
Publication Year: 2010
Published by: The Catholic University of America Press
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Title Page, Copyright
Contents
Christian Instruction
Introduction
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pp. 3-18
TO INTRODUCE St. Augustine's Christian Instruction we can hardly do better than translate the chapter of his own Retractations in which, while correcting...
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pp. 19-236
THERE ARE several norms for expounding Scripture. These I am convinced can be profitably presented to those devoted to the study of this subject,..
Admonition and Grace
Introduction
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pp. 239-244
ST. AUGUSTINE'S immediate purpose in writing Admonition and Grace was to effect a final settlement of a dispute that had risen...
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pp. 245-306
DEAR BROTHER Valentine , my fellow savant of God, I have read the letter you kindly sent me, in answer to my own, by brother...
The Christian Combat
Introduction
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pp. 309-314
THE SHORT work entitled The Christian Combat was written at Hippo during the first years of St. Augustine's episcopate...
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pp. 315-354
THE CROWN of victory is promised only to those who engage in the struggle. Moreover, in the divine Scrip. tures we repeatedly...
Faith, Hope and Charity
Introduction
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pp. 357-368
THE PRESENT work belongs to the period in which St. Augustine was Bishop of Hippo. In date it cannot be later than the treatise...
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pp. 369-472
I CANNOT SAY, most beloved son Lawrence, how greatly I delight in your learning, and how desirous I am that you be wise...
Index
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pp. 473-494
E-ISBN-13: 9780813211022
Print-ISBN-13: 9780813213187
Page Count: 500
Publication Year: 2010
Series Title: Fathers of the Church ;
