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enchir0 Enchiridion On Faith, Hope, and Love Saint Augustine Newly translated and edited by ALBERT C. OUTLER, Ph.D., D.D. Professor of Theology Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Dallas,…

enchir16 CHAPTER XVI PROBLEMS ABOUT HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY DIVISIONS OF THE CHURCH 60. It is more important to be able to discern and tell when Satan transforms himself as an…

enchir32 CHAPTER XXXII THE END OF ALL THE LAW 121. All the divine precepts are, therefore, referred back to love, of which the apostle says, "Now the end of the…

conbk03 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK THREE CHAPTER I I came to Carthage, where a caldron of unholy loves was seething and bubbling all around me. I was not in love as…

enchir01 CHAPTER I THE OCCASION AND PURPOSE OF THIS "MANUAL" I cannot say, my dearest son Laurence, how much your learning pleases me, and how much I desire that you…

enchir17 CHAPTER XVII FORGIVENESS OF SINS IN THE CHURCH 64. The angels are in concord with us even now, when our sins are forgiven. Therefore, in the order of the…

enchir33 CHAPTER XXXIII CONCLUSION 122. But somewhere this book must have an end. You can see for yourself whether you should call it an Enchiridion, or use it as one.…

conbk04 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK FOUR CHAPTER I During this period of nine years, from my nineteenth year to my twenty-eighth, I went astray and led others astray. I was deceived…