Saint Augustine is one of the most important Church Fathers. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Christianity. He is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran churches, and the Anglican Communion. Additionally, he is a preeminent Doctor of the Church and the patron of the Augustinians.
Augustine was one of the most prolific Christian authors, with more than one hundred surviving works. Among his most renowned works are Confessions, a personal account of his earlier life, and The City of God, written to restore the confidence of his fellow Christians after the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410. ‘On the Trinity’, in which he developed the ‘psychological analogy’ of the Trinity, is considered one of his masterpieces and arguably of more doctrinal importance than Confessions or The City of God. He also authored ‘On Free Choice of the Will’, addressing why God grants humans free will that can be used for evil.
Divided into various sections, this monumental compilation offers insights into Augustine’s life, history of the period, his philosophy and reactions to heresy, as well as his influential theological contributions.
The collection includes:
Biography
Early Works:
Two Books of Soliloquies
On the Profit of Believing
On Faith and the Creed
On Christian Doctrine
Confessions
On the Catechising of the Uninstructed
On the Trinity
Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen
Treatises on the Gospel of John
Homilies on the First Epistle of John
The City of God
Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Love
On the Creed: A Sermon to Catechumens
Moral Treatises:
On Lying
Against Lying
On the Work of Monks
On the Good of Marriage
Of Holy Virginity
On the Good of Widowhood
On Patience
On Continence
On Care to Be Had for the Dead
The Anti-Donatist Writings
Anti-Pelagian Writings
Teachings:
Expositions on the Psalms
Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount
The Harmony of the Gospels
Sermons
On the Lord’s Prayer
Te Deum
Letters
Despre autor
Augustine of Hippo (354–430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.