The prophets of the exile were Ezekiel and Daniel; and, according to some, the latter portion of Isaiah is to be ascribed to this period. (Chaps, xl....
Against Lying. Against Lying. To Consentius[Contra Mendacium.]Translated by the Rev. H. Browne, M.a.From the Retractations, Book II. Chap. 60. Then(1...
S. AUGUSTINE TO CONSENTIUS: AGAINST LYING. From the Retractations, Book ii. Chap. 60. Then* also I wrote a Book against Lying, the occasion of whic...
Book VI.Book VI. Sec. I.-On Heresies. Who They Were that Ventured to Make Schisms, and Did Not Escape Punishment.I. Above all things, O bishop, avoid ...
Book VI.Book VI.1. Our condition here, indeed, is such as thou hast heard. But our condition hereafter how shall we endure, when we are compelled to g...
Psalm XL. Psalm XL. 1. Of all those things which our Lord Jesus Christ has foretold, we know part to have been already accomplished, part we hope will...
Chapter?15In this chapter, we have our Lord Jesus, as the great Prophet teaching, as the great Physician healing, and as the great Shepherd of the she...
The Shows, or De Spectaculis. The Shows, or De Spectaculis.(1) [Translated by the Rev. S. Thelwall.]-------- Chapter I.Ye Servants of God, about to dr...
Sermon XXXVIII. [LXXXVIII. Ben.]Sermon XXXVIII. [LXXXVIII. Ben.] On the words of the gospel, Matt. xx. 30, About the two blind men sitting by the way ...
On the Morals of the Manichaeans. On the Morals of the Manichaeans. [De Moribus Manichaeorum.] a.d. 388.Containing a particular refutation of the doct...
Book III.Book III. Sec. I.-Concerning Widows. The Age at Which Widows Should Be Chosen.I. Choose your widows not under sixty years of age,(1) that in ...
Book XV.Book XV.Begins by setting forth briefly and in sum the contents of the previous fourteen books. The argument is then shown to have reached so ...
PREFACE WOULDST thou be perfectly cleansed from thy faults; Wouldst thou be richly endowed with virtues; Wouldst thou have deep insight into Holy W...
Book I.Book I. Chapter I. A Bishop's special office is to teach; St. Ambrose himself, however, has to learn in order that he may teach; or rather has ...
Book II.(1) Book II.(1) In which Augustin replies to all the several statements in the letter of Petilianus, as though disputing with an adversary fac...
Book VII.Book VII.Concerning the Christian Life, and the Eucharist, and the Initiation into Christ. Sec. I.-On the Two Ways,(1) -The Way of Life and t...
Book XI.Book XI.1. The Apostle in his letter to the Ephesians, reviewing in its manifold aspects the full and perfect mystery of the Gospel, mingles w...
Having proceeded thus far about this doctrine of the fear of God, I now come to make some use and application of the whole; and my first use shall be...
The Oration of the Emperor ConstantineThe Oration of the Emperor ConstantineWhich He Addressed To the Assembly of the Saints. Chapter I. Preliminary R...
Book II.Book II. 1. Jerome says that the defenders of Origen are united in a federation of perjury. 2. Jerome's commentaries on Ephesians follow Orige...