enchir04 CHAPTER IV THE PROBLEM OF EVIL 12. All of nature, therefore, is good, since the Creator of all nature is supremely good. But nature is not supremely and immutably…

enchir03 CHAPTER III GOD THE CREATOR OF ALL; AND THE GOODNESS OF ALL CREATION 9. Wherefore, when it is asked what we ought to believe in matters of religion, the…

enchir02 CHAPTER II THE CREED AND THE LORD'S PRAYER AS GUIDES TO THE INTERPRETATION OF THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES OF FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE 7. Let us begin, for example, with…

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…

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,…

conret AUGUSTINE'S TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE CONFESSIONS I. THE Retractations, II, 6 (A.D. 427) My Confessions, in thirteen books, praise the righteous and good God as they speak either of my…

conintro Introduction AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS by ALBERT C. OUTLER, Ph.D., D.D. Professor of Theology Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas First published MCMLV Library of Congress Catalog Card…

AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS Newly translated and edited by ALBERT C. OUTLER, Ph.D., D.D. Professor of Theology Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas First published MCMLV Library of Congress…

conbk13 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK THIRTEEN CHAPTER I I call on thee, my God, my Mercy, who madest me and didst not forget me, though I was forgetful of thee. I…

conbk12 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK TWELVE CHAPTER I My heart is deeply stirred, O Lord, when in this poor life of mine the words of thy Holy Scripture strike upon it.…