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.

Augustin was an indefatigable preacher. He considered regular preaching an indispensable part of the duty of a bishop. To his homilies we owe most of his exegetical labors. The homilies were delivered extempore, taken down by scribes and slightly revised by Augustin. They retain their colloquial form, devotional tone, frequent repetitions, and want of literary finish. He would rather be deficient in rhetoric than not be understood by the people. He was cheered by the eager attention and ac...

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...

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...

On Christian Doctrine is a theological text written by St. Augustine of Hippo. It consists of four books that describe how to interpret and teach the Scriptures. The first three of these books were published in 397 and the fourth added in 426. By writing this text, St. Augustine set three tasks for Christian teachers and preachers: to discover the truth in the contents of the Scriptures, to teach the truth from the Scriptures, and to defend scriptural truth when it was att...

On Christian Doctrine is a theological text written by St. Augustine of Hippo. It consists of four books that describe how to interpret and teach the Scriptures. The first three of these books were published in 397 and the fourth added in 426. By writing this text, St. Augustine set three tasks for Christian teachers and preachers: to discover the truth in the contents of the Scriptures, to teach the truth from the Scriptures, and to defend scriptural truth when it was att...

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...

This work outlines Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography ever written, and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the following 1000 years of the Middle Ages. It is not a complete autobiography, as it was written in his early 40s, and he lived long afterwards, producing another important work (City of God); it does, nonetheless, provide an unbroken record of his development of thought and is the ...

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.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Written by St. Augustine late in his life with the intention of supplying the Roamn layman with a comprehensive exposition of the basic teachings of Christianity.