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Accessible, clear, and pastoral, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament by St. Augustine examines passages from the Synoptic Gospels, the Johannine corpus, Acts, eight Pauline epistles, and the epistle of James. Focusing on practical application to the lives of Augustine’s parishioners, these sermons are easily adaptable for devotional reading and provide keen insights into how Augustine interpreted the Bible.
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Augustine of Hippo (AD 354–430) was born in Thagaste, Numidia, in Northern Africa. He studied rhetoric in Carthage when he was 17. As an adult, Augustine abandoned the Christianity of his youth to pursue Manichaeism. Through his Manichaean connections, Augustine became professor of rhetoric at the imperial court of Milan. While in Milan, Augustine was heavily influenced by the bishop of Milan, Ambrose. This influence led Augustine to begin exploring Christianity, and eventually he reconverted. He was baptized in AD 387 and returned to Africa. There he was ordained and became and eventually became bishop of Hippo, an office he held until his death in AD 430. Throughout his ministerial career was a party to multiple controversies, including the Aryan and Pelagian controversies. He was a staunch defender and advocate of Nicene orthodoxy and is one of the church’s most influential pastor-theologians.
“We are made a spectacle unto the world,* and to angels, and to men. Now two sorts of men are spectators of such spectacles; the one, carnal, the other, spiritual men.” (Volume 1, Page 2)
“For they acknowledged in Christ that which He became in time, but they did not understand in Him what He was in all eternity.” (Volume 1, Page 18)
“‘The pleasure of the body.’ Say, Stoic! ‘The virtue of the soul.’ Say, Christian! ‘The gift of God.’” (Volume 2, Page 706)
“Then it was not seen, and was believed; now it is seen, and it is contested” (Volume 1, Page 5)
“For if by loving himself man is lost, surely by denying himself he is found” (Volume 1, Page 371)
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