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The Confessions of St. Augustine

The Confessions of St. Augustine

Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)

Reveals the spiritual and ascetical life of Saint Augustine.
Augustine: Later Works

Augustine: Later Works

Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)

'Three main subjects are discussed in this volume. The first is Augustine's classic work on the Trinity. In this work we see Augustine at his best. 'On the Spirit and the Letter' is the subject of the second section.
The Trinity

The Trinity

Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)

New translation of one of Augustine's classics
The Confessions

The Confessions

Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)

She has perfected an elegant and flowing style.” Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered the all time number one Christian classic. It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer.
Augustine in His Own Words

Augustine in His Own Words

Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)

This volume offers a comprehensive portrait--or rather, self-portrait, since its words are mostly Augustine's own--drawn from the breadth of his writings and from the long course of his career
The Confessions of Saint Augustine

The Confessions of Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo

And Thee would man raise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest
On Genesis

On Genesis

Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)

This volume brings these three works together for the first time in English and provides a valuable and comprehensive introduction to each one.
Augustine of Hippo: A Biography

Augustine of Hippo: A Biography

Peter Brown

This classic biography was first published thirty years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching.
The City of God

The City of God

Marcus Dods

" --Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint Augustine of Hippo is one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and this book is one of his greatest theological works.
Revisions

Revisions

Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)

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Augustine as Mentor: A Model for Preparing Spiritual Leaders

Augustine as Mentor: A Model for Preparing Spiritual Leaders

Edward L. Smither

The life and teachings of Augustine of Hippo are examined in the light of their value today as mentoring resources for the modern church.
A New Beginning: Tertullian, Cyril and Augustine on Baptism

A New Beginning: Tertullian, Cyril and Augustine on Baptism

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In this book two bishops, Cyril of Jerusalem and Augustine of Hippo use the rites of baptism to explain the beliefs and way of life of Christians.
Histoire ecclésiastique des Francs

Histoire ecclésiastique des Francs

Saint Gregory (Bishop of Tours)

Saint Gregory (Bishop of Tours). NOTE. RELATIVE AD CHAP. 28 DU LIVRE PnEMIER. observations son saint duiis, mihier fvf.qui di pakis. Grégoire de Tours dît formellement (1) que sous le consulat de Décius et de Gratus , c'est-à-dire l'an  ...
Intellectus Gratiae: Die erkenntnistheoretische und ...

Intellectus Gratiae: Die erkenntnistheoretische und ...

Josef Lössl

This study shows how St. Augustine of Hippo in his works on grace identifies the concepts of intellect and grace. It recommends this concept of intellectus gratiae as a key to Augustine's theology as a whole.
In the Self's Place: The Approach of Saint Augustine

In the Self's Place: The Approach of Saint Augustine

Jean-Luc Marion

In the Self's Place is an original phenomenological reading of Augustine that considers his engagement with notions of identity in Confessions.
British Books in Print

British Books in Print

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Church Times. Bailey (B. A.) George Augustine Selwyn, First Bishop of New Zealand. By E. A. Bulley. (Little Biographies.) Sewed. 2d. net. Bury (H.) A Bishop amongst Bananas : or Work and Experiences in a Unique Diocese. By the Right Rev.
Augustine of Hippo: A Biography

Augustine of Hippo: A Biography

Peter Robert Lamont Brown

Classic biography, published 30 years ago. Contains new thoughts in a 2 chapter epilogue.
Dictionary of Saints

Dictionary of Saints

Brian Starr

Georgia is the Grandfather of Saint Gregory Bishop of Tours. Georgia married Leocardia, who had a different husband Mundéric des Francs Ripuaires. He is the father with Leocardia of Gondolfus who is a saint in his own right. Saint Gondolfus ...
John Bale’s 'The Image of Both Churches'

John Bale’s 'The Image of Both Churches'

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He must have Saint Dominic's hood, and he Saint Augustine's girdle. And thus they cry to those earthly hills and rocks, to those filthy dung-heaps or dens of wild beasts, with a fearful desperate conscience107: 'Fall upon us with such stuff as ye ...
De Vocatione Omnium Gentium

De Vocatione Omnium Gentium

Saint Prosper (of Aquitaine)

Saint Prosper (of Aquitaine), Saint Ambrose (Bishop of Milan), Pope Leo I Prudentius de Letter. DIVISION CHAPTER 10. 11. 12. 13. BOOK ONE . The author states the theme of this book and shows the error of those who hold that to predicate ...
Beyond the Binary: Thinking about Sex and Gender

Beyond the Binary: Thinking about Sex and Gender

Shannon Dea

... for Augustine man reflects the image of God. 5 St. Augustine, On the Trinity, Book XII, Chapter VII, in Basic Writings of St. Augustine, Vol. 2,816. 6 St. Augustine, 814. 1 Martha Gulati and Henry R. Black, “Heart Rate Response 44 Chapter 3.

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