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THE ENCHIRIDION IBD

ST AUGUSTINE / STAUGUSTINE / J F SHAW
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLISHING
08 / 2018
9781643730424
Inglés

Sinopsis

St. Augustinspeaks of this book in his Retractations, l. ii. c. 63, as follows: &ldquo,I also wrote a book on Faith, Hope, and Charity, at the request of the person to whom I addressed it, that he might have a work of mine which should never be out of his hands, such as the Greeks call an Enchiridion (Hand-Book). There I think I have pretty carefully treated of the manner in which God is to be worshipped, which knowledge divine Scripture defines to be the true wisdom of man. The book begins: &lsquo,I cannot express,&rsquo,&rdquo, etc.1087 The Enchiridionis among the latest books of Augustin. It was written after the death of Jerome, which occurred Sept. 30, 420, for he alludes in ch. 87 to Jerome &ldquo,of blessed memory&rdquo, (sanctæ memoriæ Hieronymus presbyter). It is addressed to Laurentius, in answer to his questions. This person is otherwise unknown. One ms. calls him a deacon, another a notary of the city of Rome. He was probably a layman. The author usually calls the book &ldquo,On Faith, Hope and Love,&rdquo, because he treats the subject under these three heads (comp. (I Cor. xiii. 13). He follows under the first head the order of the Apostles&rsquo, Creed, and refutes, without naming them, the Manichæan, Apollinarian, Arian, and Pelagian heresies. Under the second head he gives a brief exposition of the Lord&rsquo,s Prayer. The third part is a discourse on Christian love.