Augustine of Hippo - The Retractions (Fathers of the Church 60)

Revisions

Augustinian Heritage Institute

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+John E. Rotelle, O.S.A. (1939-2002), founding director

Michael T. Dolan Daniel E. Doyle, O.S.A.

Joseph T. Kelley Patricia H. Lo

Thomas Martin, O.S.A. Jane E. Merdinger

Boniface Ramsey

Translation Advisory Board:

Gerald Bonner Maria Boulding, O.S.B.

Allan D. Fitzgerald, O.S.A. Edmund Hill, O.P.

Joseph McGowan Boniface Ramsey

Ronald J. Teske, S.J.

THE WORKS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE

A Translation for the 21st Century

Part I Books

Volume 2:

Revisions

THE WORKS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE
A Translation for the 21st Century

Revisions
(Retractationes)

including an appendix with

the Indiculus of Possidius

translation, notes and introduction by

Boniface Ramsey

edited by

Roland Teske, S.J.

series editor

Boniface Ramsey

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2010 Augustinian Heritage Institute

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.

The works of Saint Augustine.

Augustinian Heritage Institute

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: pt. 3, v .15. Expositions of the Psalms, 1-32

pt. 3, v. 1. Sermons on the Old Testament, 1-19.

pt. 3, v. 2. Sermons on the Old Testament, 20-50 [et al.] pt. 3,

v. 10 Sermons on various subjects, 341-400.

1. Theology Early church, ca. 30-600. I. Hill,

Edmund. II. Rotelle, John E. III. Augustinian

Heritage Institute. IV. Title.

BR65.A5E53 1990 270.2 89-28878

ISBN 1-56548-055-4 (series)

ISBN 978-1-56548-360-6 (pt. 1, v. 2)

Printed in the United States of America

Contents
Introduction 11

First Book 16; Second Book 17

Prologue 20; First Book 24

1. Three Books In Answer To The Academics 24

(Contra Academicos Libri Tres) 24

2. One Book On The Happy Life 29

(De Beata Vita Liber Unus) 29

3. Two Books On Order 30

(De Ordine Libri Duo) 30

4. Two Books Of Soliloquies 32

(Soliloquiorum Libri Duo) 32

5. One Book On The Immortality Of The Soul 34

(De Immortalitate Animae Liber Unus) 34

6. One Book Of The Books On The Disciplines 36

(De Libris Disciplinarum Liber Unus) 36

7 (6). Two Books On The Catholic Way Of LifeAnd The Manichean Way Of Life 37

(De Moribus Ecclesiae Catholicae Et De Moribus Manichaeorum Libri Duo) 37

8 (7). One Book On The Magnitude Of The Soul 41

(De Animae Quantitate Liber Unus) 41

9 (8). Three Books On Free Choice 42

(De Libero Arbitrio Libri Tres) 42

10 (9). Two Books On Genesis
Against The Manicheans 50

(De Genesi Adversus Manichaeos Libri Duo) 50

11 (10). Six Books On Music 54

(De Musica Libri Sex) 54

12 (11). One Book On The Teacher 57

(De Magistro Liber Unus) 57

13 (12). One Book On True Religion 57

(De Vera Religione Liber Unus) 57

14 (13). One Book Addressed To Honoratus
On The Advantage Of Believing 63

(De Utilitate Credendi Ad Honoratum Liber Unus) 63

15 (14). One Book Against The Manicheans On The Two Souls 68

(De Duabus Animabus Contra Manichaeos Liber Unus) 68

16 (15). The Acts Of A Debate With Fortunatus,
A Manichean, In One Book 74

(Acta Contra Fortunatum Manichaeum,Liber Unus) 74

17 (16). One Book On Faith And The Creed 75

(De Fide Et Symbolo Liber Unus) 75

18 (17). One Book Of An Unfinished
Literal Commentary On Genesis 77

(De Genesi Ad Litteram Imperfectus Liber Unus) 77

19 (18). Two Books
On The Lords Sermon On The Mount 78

(De Sermone Domini In Monte Libri Duo) 78

20 (19). A Psalm Against The Party Of Donatus 85

(Psalmus Contra Partem Donati) 85

21 (20). One Book In Answer To A Letter
Of The Heretic Donatus 85

(Contra Epistolam Donati Heretici Liber Unus) 85

22 (21). One Book In Answer To Adimantus,
A Disciple Of Mani 87

(Contra Adimantum Manichaei Discipulum Liber Unus) 87

23 (22). A Commentary On Some Statements
In The Apostles Epistle To The Romans 90

(Expositio Quarumdam Propositionum
Ex Epistola Apostoli Ad Romanos) 90

24 (23). A Commentary
On The Epistle To The Galatians, In One Book 94

(Expositio Epistolae Ad Galatas Liber Unus) 94

25 (24). An Unfinished Commentary On The Epistle
To The Romans, In One Book 97

(Epistolae Ad Romanos Inchoata Expositio Liber Unus) 97

26 (25). One Book Containing
A Miscellany Of Eighty-Three Questions 98

(De Diversis Quaestionibus Octoginta Tribus Liber Unus) 98

27 (26). One Book On Lying 108

(De Mendacio Liber Unus) 108

Second Book 109

1 (28). Two Books For Simplician 109

(Ad Simplicianum Libri Duo) 109

2 (29). One Book In Answer To The Letter Of Mani
Known as The Foundation 111

(Contra Epistolam Manichaei Quam
Vocant Fundamenti Liber Unus) 111

3 (30). One Book On The Christian Combat 111

(De Agone Christiano Liber Unus) 111

4 (31). Four Books On Teaching Christianity 112

(De Doctrina Christiana Libri Quattuor) 112

5 (32). Two Books Against The Party Of Donatus 113

(Contra Partem Donati Libri Duo) 113

6 (33). Thirteen Books Of Confessions 113

(Confessionum Libri Tredecim) 113

7 (34). Thirty-Three Books
In Answer To Faustus, A Manichean 114

(Contra Faustum Manichaeum Libri Triginta Tres) 114

8 (35). Two Books In Answer To Felix, A Manichean 116

(Contra Felicem Manichaeum Libri Duo) 116

9 (36). One Book On The Nature Of The Good 117

(De Natura Boni Liber Unus) 117

10 (37). One Book In Answer To Secundinus, A Manichean 117

(Contra Secundinum Manichaeum Liber Unus) 117

11 (38). One Book In Answer To Hilary 118

(Contra Hilarum Liber Unus) 118

12 (39). Questions On The Gospels, In Two Books 119

(Quaestiones Evangeliorum, Libri Duo) 119

13 (40). Notes On Job, In One Book 120

(Annotationes In Iob, Liber Unus) 120

14 (41). One Book
On Instructing Beginners In Faith 120

(De Catechizandis Rudibus Liber Unus) 120

15 (42). Fifteen Books On The Trinity 121

(De Trinitate Libri Quindecim) 121

16 (43). Four Books On The Agreement Among The Evangelists 123

(De Consensu Evangelistarum Libri Quattuor) 123

17 (44). Three Books
In Answer To The Letter Of Parmenian 124

(Contra Epistolam Parmeniani Libri Tres) 124

18 (45). Seven Books On Baptism 125

(De Baptismo Libri Septem) 125

19 (46). One Book In Answer To
What Centurius, One Of The Donatists, Presented 126

(Contra Quod Attulit Centurius A Donatistis
Liber Unus) 126

20 (47). Two Books In Response To
The Questions Of Januarius 127

(Ad Inquisitiones Ianuarii Libri Duo) 127

21 (48). One Book On The Work Of Monks 127

(De Opere Monachorum Liber Unus) 127

22 (49). One Book On The Excellence Of Marriage 128

(De Bono Coniugali Liber Unus) 128

23 (50). One Book On Holy Virginity 130

(De Sancta Virginitate Liber Unus) 130

24 (51). Twelve Books
On The Literal Meaning Of Genesis 130

(De Genesi Ad Litteram Libri Duodecim) 130

25 (52). Three Books In Answer To
The Writings Of Petilian 131

(Contra Litteras Petiliani Libri Tres) 131

26 (53). Four Books In Answer To Cresconius,
A Grammarian Of The Donatist Party 132

(Ad Cresconium Grammaticum Partis Donati Libri Quattuor) 132

27 (54). One Book Of Proofs And Testimonies