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History of the Christian Church, Volume III: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 311-600 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... himself. There is, however, this important difference that Augustine, along with his many opinions on speculative questions ... of Manichaeism, Donatism, Arianism, Pelagianism, and Semi-Pelagianism. Augustine, with all the firmness of his convictions, was ...
NPNF-213. Gregory the Great (II), Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... in the absence of “the request of Augustine” (obsecratio Augustini) and “the grant of ... persuasion, the perverse corrected by authority. Augustine’s request. I request that the ... , and venerate what is uncertain. Augustine’s tenth question. Whether a pregnant ...
History of Dogma - Volume V by Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
... cunditate justitiæ, sine peccatorum remissione non agitur.” Thus Augustine dethroned the traditional feelings of the baptised, fear ... man has derived from his authorities. All this Augustine perceived and expressed. Therefore “the traditional, exclusively ...
Sketches of Church History, from AD 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie, Canon of Canterbury (1813-1882)
... all the old Christian fathers—St. Augustine. Augustine was born at Thagaste, a city ... things, they laid a plan for waylaying Augustine himself, which, however, he escaped, ... who should molest the Catholics; but Augustine begged that this penalty might be ...
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
... than solid. But the hermeneutics of Augustine merit great praise, especially for ... when favourable circumstances should permit. Is Augustine, therefore, an Evolutionist? If we ... , is an admirable synthesis of Augustine's theology, reduced to the three ...
NPNF1-01. The Confessions and Letters of St. Augustine, with a Sketch of his Life and Work by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... contain other noteworthy and important works of St. Augustine, such as On the Holy Trinity, Christian Doctrine ... series contains the Confessions and letters of St. Augustine. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is comprehensive ...
Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
German-American theologian and church historian
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, St. ("The Venerable," c. 673-735)
... to preach therein. [597 A. D.] Augustine, thus strengthened by the encouragement of the ... this island landedthe servant of the Lord, Augustine, and his companions, being, as is ... sitting in the open air, ordered Augustine and his companions to come and hold ...
Early Christian Doctrine by Pullan, Leighton (1865-1940)
... whose souls are like his own. St. Augustine's work De Trinitate, presents a more ... familiar both with the writings of St. Augustine and with the Nestorian controversy, and the ... creed shows traces of St. Augustine's influence and of the language used by ...
Monasticism: Its Ideals and History and The Confessions of St Augustine by Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
... is not hard to refute Augustine out of Augustine, and to show that ... And this it actually accomplished for Augustine; he severed himself henceforward from ... extraordinary transparency and dramatic sequence. Augustine recognised with growing clearness that man ...
