The Complete Works of St. Augustine
Confessions, Theology, and the Foundations of Western Christian ThoughtBy Saint Augustine of Hippo
Length460h 57m
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The Complete Works of St. Augustine gathers the writings of one of late antiquity's most influential Christian thinkers, encompassing theological treatises, sermons, letters, biblical expositions, polemical works, and the autobiographical masterpiece Confessions. Across these genres Augustine joins classical rhetoric to Christian doctrine, probing memory, time, desire, sin, grace, language, and the nature of the Church. His prose can be intimate and lyrical, as in Confessions, or rigorously argumentative, as in his anti-Manichaean, anti-Donatist, and anti-Pelagian writings. Read as a whole, the collection illuminates the intellectual and religious transformations of the late Roman world while establishing patterns of introspection, allegorical interpretation, and philosophical theology that shaped medieval and modern Western literature and thought. Augustine (354–430), bishop of Hippo in Roman North Africa, wrote amid the political instability, religious controversy, and cultural inheritance of a collapsing empire. Trained in classical rhetoric and influenced by Platonism, he moved from a youthful pursuit of prestige and competing philosophies toward Catholic Christianity, a conversion decisively narrated in Confessions. His pastoral responsibilities, engagement with Scripture, and sustained debates over human freedom, evil, grace, and ecclesial authority generated an exceptionally diverse body of work. This collection is indispensable for readers seeking the foundations of Christian theology, Western philosophy, and autobiographical literature. It rewards sustained study, yet its emotional candor and searching intelligence make it accessible beyond specialist audiences. Scholars, students, and reflective general readers will find in Augustine both a historical witness and an enduring interlocutor on the deepest questions of human existence.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length460 hrs 57 mins
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Publish dateJul 1, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Collected Works of George Rawlinson
2The Complete Works of Saint Augustine
3Preface
4A Sketch of the Life of St. Augustine
5Estimate of St. Augustine
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6The Writings of St. Augustine
7The Influence of St. Augustin upon Posterity, and his Relation to Catholicism and Protestantism
8Chief Events in the Life of St. Augustine
9Early Works
10Two Books of Soliloquies (Soliloquiorum libri duo)
11On the Profit of Believing (De utilitate credendi)
12On Faith and the Creed (De fide et symbolo)
13On Christian Doctrine (De doctrina Christiana) (pt. 1)
14On Christian Doctrine (De doctrina Christiana) (pt. 2)
15On Christian Doctrine (De doctrina Christiana) (pt. 3)
16On Christian Doctrine (De doctrina Christiana) (pt. 4)
17Confessions (Confessiones) (pt. 1)
18Confessions (Confessiones) (pt. 2)
19Confessions (Confessiones) (pt. 3)
20Confessions (Confessiones) (pt. 4)
21Confessions (Confessiones) (pt. 5)
22Confessions (Confessiones) (pt. 6)
23Confessions (Confessiones) (pt. 7)
24Confessions (Confessiones) (pt. 8)
25On the Catechising of the Uninstructed (De catechizandis rudibus) (pt. 1)
26On the Catechising of the Uninstructed (De catechizandis rudibus) (pt. 2)
27On the Trinity (De trinitate) (pt. 1)
28On the Trinity (De trinitate) (pt. 2)
29On the Trinity (De trinitate) (pt. 3)
30On the Trinity (De trinitate) (pt. 4)
31On the Trinity (De trinitate) (pt. 5)
32On the Trinity (De trinitate) (pt. 6)
33On the Trinity (De trinitate) (pt. 7)
34On the Trinity (De trinitate) (pt. 8)
35On the Trinity (De trinitate) (pt. 9)
36Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen (De fide rerum invisibilium)
37Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 1)
38Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 2)
39Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 3)
40Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 4)
41Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 5)
42Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 6)
43Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 7)
44Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 8)
45Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 9)
46Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 10)
47Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 11)
48Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 12)
49Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 13)
50Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus) (pt. 14)
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