Augustine of Hippo, Selected WritingsPaulist Press, 1984 - 514 pages "The very imposing and very welcome Classics of Western Spirituality(TM)series...should be in every theological collection of any depth." Ardin Newsletter In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars and spiritual leaders. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO-SELECTED WRITINGS translated and introduced by Mary T. Clark preface by Goulven Madec "You have made us to be toward you, and our heart is restless until it rests in you" Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Augustine of Hippo (354-430), bishop, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church whose thought molded the Western theological tradition, is clearly one of the most influential figures in the history of the Church. At the heart of his brilliant philosophical and theological speculation is his spirituality-a spirituality founded on the reality of the soul's experience of the Trinity in the depths of its interiority. This book is a collection of his writings, which in every sense must be considered true classics of spirituality in the West. Included are excerpts from Confessions, On the Trinity, The City of God, and Homilies on the Psalms along with the complete texts of the Rule of St. Augustine, On Seeing God, and On the Presence of God. In speaking of Augustine's relevance for our time, Paul VI said: "If St. Augustine were alive today, he would speak as he spoke a thousand and more years ago. Why? Because he really personifies a humanity that believes, that loves Christ and our beloved God." + |
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Page xi
... seek to achieve some higher gnosis for himself and to preach some kind of vulgarized religion to his people . He knew no ranks in the school of God .... He has no hesitation in broaching problems which are solved indirectly or by ...
... seek to achieve some higher gnosis for himself and to preach some kind of vulgarized religion to his people . He knew no ranks in the school of God .... He has no hesitation in broaching problems which are solved indirectly or by ...
Page xiv
... seeking happiness through the love of that Wisdom which is God , the only good . This eudemonism is itself suspect in the eyes of some people . Recently it was maintained that Augustine falsified the Christian idea of love by confining ...
... seeking happiness through the love of that Wisdom which is God , the only good . This eudemonism is itself suspect in the eyes of some people . Recently it was maintained that Augustine falsified the Christian idea of love by confining ...
Page xv
... seek the truth , follow the way , for the way is also the truth ; it is where you are going ; it is the means by which you go . It is through Christ that you come to Christ . How do we come to Christ by Christ ? To Christ God by Christ ...
... seek the truth , follow the way , for the way is also the truth ; it is where you are going ; it is the means by which you go . It is through Christ that you come to Christ . How do we come to Christ by Christ ? To Christ God by Christ ...
Page xvi
... seeking a formula to sum up Augustinian spiritu- ality I would like to propose the famous sentence from the Confes- sions , VII.10,16 : " I am the food of grown men . Grow and you shall feed upon me . You will not change me into ...
... seeking a formula to sum up Augustinian spiritu- ality I would like to propose the famous sentence from the Confes- sions , VII.10,16 : " I am the food of grown men . Grow and you shall feed upon me . You will not change me into ...
Page xviii
... us to appreciate it and yet transcend it by allow- ing the infinite longing of the human heart to seek true happiness in the Infinite God . Such happiness is visible only to the eyes of faith and is a gift of God to whom one xviii FOREWORD.
... us to appreciate it and yet transcend it by allow- ing the infinite longing of the human heart to seek true happiness in the Infinite God . Such happiness is visible only to the eyes of faith and is a gift of God to whom one xviii FOREWORD.
Contents
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Book Ten | 122 |
THE HAPPY LIFE | 163 |
HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS | 195 |
The Ascents of the Christian | 199 |
Treatise Seven | 299 |
ON THE TRINITY | 309 |
Book Eight | 313 |
Book Fourteen | 331 |
ON SEEING GOD ON THE PRESENCE OF GOD | 361 |
Augustine to the Noble Lady Pauline greeting | 365 |
On the Presence of God | 403 |
THE CITY OF GOD | 427 |
Our Confidence in the Lord | 213 |
The Ecstasy of Love | 231 |
God Is True Wealth | 248 |
HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF ST JOHN | 263 |
First Homily | 267 |
Twelfth Homily | 281 |
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST JOHN | 295 |
Book Nineteen | 433 |
THE RULE OF ST AUGUSTINE | 479 |
Selected Bibliography | 495 |
Indexes | 501 |
Index to Texts | 505 |
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Page 125 - God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it.
Page 252 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 27 - Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name ; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Page 73 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 73 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps: Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Page 29 - If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit which dwells in you.
Page 318 - ... in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.