This volume contains new translations of seven works: True Religion, The Advantage of Believing, Faith and Creed, Faith in the Unseen, Demonic Divination, Faith and Works, and Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Charity . The seven works of Saint Augustine in this volume all deal with the problem of faith in God. They were written over the course of about three decades, beginning with True Religion (390) and extending to The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Charity (c. 421). Therefore, this selection of writings provides ...
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This volume contains new translations of seven works: True Religion, The Advantage of Believing, Faith and Creed, Faith in the Unseen, Demonic Divination, Faith and Works, and Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Charity . The seven works of Saint Augustine in this volume all deal with the problem of faith in God. They were written over the course of about three decades, beginning with True Religion (390) and extending to The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Charity (c. 421). Therefore, this selection of writings provides an impressive insight into the intellectual and spiritual development of one of the greatest of all Western minds, as it grappled with a question that has never ceased to preoccupy and stimulate Western thought: Is it reasonable to believe in God, and what form might such belief take? This volume presents new translations of True Religion , The Advantage of Believing , Faith and the Creed , Faith in the Unseen , Demonic Divination , Faith and Works , and The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Charity.
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Fair. 372p. Ex-library. A brown cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Head of spine and top corners lightly bumped. Seminary stamps on endpapers and title page; card pocket in back. Otherwise clean and tight. No library marks on exterior. The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century, part I, volume 8.
