Saint Augustine of Hippo: Selections from Confessions and Other Essential Writings—Annotated & Explained

by Augustine of Hippo

Publisher:

SkyLight Paths

, 2010

Overview

Augustine of Hippo (354–30 A.D.), theologian, priest, and bishop, is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He is known as much for his long interior struggle that ended with conversion and baptism at age thirty-two as for his influential teachings on human will, original sin and the theology of just war. Cherished as a model for the pursuit of a life of spiritual grace and criticized for his theory of predestination, Augustine is recognized as a living expression of the passion to understand and communicate the deeper meanings of human experience.

With fresh translations drawn from Augustine’s voluminous writings and probing facing-page commentary, Augustinian scholar Joseph T. Kelley, PhD, provides insight into the mind and heart of this foundational Christian figure. Kelley illustrates how Augustine’s keen intellect, rhetorical skill and passionate faith reshaped the theological language and dogmatic debates of early Christianity. He explores the stormy religious arguments and political upheavals of the fifth century, Augustine’s controversial teachings on predestination, sexuality and marriage, and the deep undercurrents of Augustine’s spiritual quest that still inspire Christians today.

Product Details

• Title: Saint Augustine of Hippo: Selections from Confessions and Other Essential Writings—Annotated & Explained
• Author: Augustine of Hippo
• Series: SkyLight Illuminations Series
• Publisher: SkyLight Paths
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
• ISBNs: 9781594732829, 1594732825
• Resource ID: LLS:SNTGSTNSSWRTNGS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2020-08-27T22:15:29Z

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About Augustine of Hippo

Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) is often simply referred to as St. Augustine or Augustine Bishop of Hippo (the ancient name of the modern city of Annaba in Algeria). He is the preeminent Doctor of the Church according to Roman Catholicism, and is considered by Evangelical Protestants to be in the tradition of the Apostle Paul as the theological fountainhead of the Reformation teaching on salvation and grace.

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