This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The four books of St. Augustin On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana, iv libri) are a compend of exegetical theology to guide the reader in the understanding and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, according to the analogy of faith. The first three books were written a.d. 397; the fourth was added in 426.

Augustine of Hippo (November 13, 354 August 28, 430), also known as St. Augustine, was Bishop of Hippo Regius. He was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who lived in the Roman Africa Province. His writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity. According to his contemporary, Jerome, Augustine "established anew the ancient Faith" In his early years he was heavily influenced by Manichaeism and afterward by the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus. After his conversio...

"Augustine never thought of God without thinking of his sin, nor of his sin without thinking of Christ."St. Augustine grates hard against "the anatomy of evil" while dealing succinctly and honestly with his own proneness toward sin. From his infatuation with its initial beauty to the discounting of his previously wasted life, Augustine leaves little to the imagination regarding his need to be saved from himself.Most of Augustine's Confessions are spent in a nearly ...

Have you ever wondered why the power of a sacrament depends on God rather than the perfection of the person performing it?In On Baptism B, St. Augustine delivers a masterful and defining continuation of his defense regarding the sacred rite of baptism. During the fourth and fifth centuries, the North African church was violently fractured by the Donatists, a puritanical sect that claimed sacraments performed by flawed or compromised leaders were entirely...

Have you ever wondered why the power of a sacrament depends on God rather than the perfection of the person performing it?In On Baptism B, St. Augustine delivers a masterful and defining continuation of his defense regarding the sacred rite of baptism. During the fourth and fifth centuries, the North African church was violently fractured by the Donatists, a puritanical sect that claimed sacraments performed by flawed or compromised leaders were entirely...

The Timeless Spiritual Masterpiece, Finally Accessible to the Modern Heart"You have made us for Yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in You."St. Augustine of Hippo was not born a saint. He was a man consumed by ambition, torn by lust, and plagued by deep intellectual doubt. In Confessions, he lays bare his soul, recounting his desperate search for truth through the fog of worldly pleasure and philosophical confusion. ...

Two cities. Two destinies. One timeless vision of faith and history. In The City of God, St. Augustine presents one of the most influential works in Christian theology and philosophy. Written in response to the fall of Rome, this monumental text contrasts the earthly city—driven by human desires—with the City of God, rooted in divine truth and eternal purpose. Blending history, theology, and philosophy, Augustine explores the nature of society, justice, and salvation, offering insights tha...

Chios Classics brings literature’s greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents.The Confessions is a Christian classic.

The delightful task of editing these Enarrations, which was what I undertook, became, indeed, a very painful one when the general editor informed me that the whole work must be comprised in a single volume of the series. This allowed but one hundred pages to each one of the six volumes of the Oxford translation. But I felt that my learned friend was right in deciding that St. Augustin’s treatment of the Psalms must not be wanting to the series, and that the exposition is so diffuse and dig...

Written in the waning days of the Roman era, Augustines Confessions are the moving diary of a soul's journey. From his earliest memories of childhood, through his turbulent and licentious youth, to his resolute conversion at the age of 32, Augustine traces a pilgrimage of unbounded grace. Throughout, he passionately addresses the spiritual questions that have engaged thoughtful minds since time began.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Faith, Hope, and Love" is a compact treatise on Christian piety, written in response to a request by an otherwise unknown person, named Laurentius, shortly after the death of Saint Jerome in 420. It is intended as a model for Christian instruction or catechesis. As the title indicates, the work is organized according to the three graces necessary for the Christian worship of God: Faith, Hope, and Love.

In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascentfrom a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and...