Saint Augustine: Essential Sermons
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Overview
From Augustine’s finest preaching, Fr. Doyle has selected over 70 sermons that represent a wide range of subjects, including God, Christ, sin, grace, conversion, martyrdom, sacraments, marriage, wealth, poverty, Christmas, Easter, and living the Christian life
The eleven volumes of Augustine’s Sermons to the People, translated by Fr. Edmund Hill (1990-1997) in clear contemporary English, showcase Augustine the brilliant speaker and engaging preacher of the Word. They have proven an indispensable resource for contemporary scholars, who laud Hills expert translation and extensive notes. But professors have clamored for an affordable one-volume anthology designed for undergraduate, graduate, and seminary classes. From the Bishops finest preaching, Fr. Doyle has selected sermons that represent a wide range of subjects, including God, Christ, sin, grace, conversion, martyrdom, sacraments, marriage, wealth, poverty, Christmas, Easter, and living the Christian life. Students and preachers alike will discover Augustine’s message as well as his medium: his masterful interpretation of the Word of God and his creative use of Ciceronian rhetoric to engage the people of God. Fr. Doyle has provided a concise introduction to Augustine’s preaching and a convenient table of themes for easy consultation.
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- Represents a wide range of subjects, including God, Christ, sin, grace and conversion.
- Discovers Augustine’s message as well as his medium.
- Provides a concise introduction to Augustine’s preaching.
- Title: Essential Sermons
- Authors: Augustine of Hippo, Daniel Doyle
- Series: The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century
- Publisher: New City Press
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2025
- Pages: 440
- Era: era:nicene
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Sermons, Latin › Translations into English--Early works to 1800; Sermons › Early works to 1800; Catholic Church › Sermons--Early works to 1800
- ISBNs: 9781565482760, 156548276X
- Resource ID: LLS:SNTGSTNSSNSRMNS
- Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-08-27T17:39:46Z
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