On the Holy Trinity/Doctrinal Treatises/Moral Treatises

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series #3

by Augustine of Hippo

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Genres: Theology, Reference, Christian

588 pages, paper

First published January 1, 1956

About the author

Early church father and philosopher Saint Augustine served from 396 as the bishop of Hippo in present-day Algeria and through such writings as the autobiographical Confessions in 397 and the voluminous City of God from 413 to 426 profoundly influenced Christianity, argued against Manichaeism and Donatism, and helped to establish the doctrine of original sin.

An Augustinian follows the principles and doctrines of Saint Augustine.

People also know Aurelius Augustinus in English of Regius (Annaba). From the Africa province of the Roman Empire, people generally consider this Latin theologian of the greatest thinkers of all times. He very developed the west. According to Jerome, a contemporary, Augustine renewed "the ancient Faith."

The Neo-Platonism of Plotinus afterward heavily weighed his years. After conversion and his baptism in 387, Augustine developed his own approach to theology and accommodated a variety of methods and different perspectives. He believed in the indispensable grace to human freedom and framed the concept of just war. When the Western Roman Empire started to disintegrate from the material earth, Augustine developed the concept of the distinct Catholic spirituality in a book of the same name. He thought the medieval worldview. Augustine closely identified with the community that worshiped the Trinity. The Catholics and the Anglican communion revere this preeminent doctor. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider his due teaching on salvation and divine grace of the theology of the Reformation. The Eastern Orthodox also consider him. He carries the additional title of blessed. The Orthodox call him "Blessed Augustine" or "Saint Augustine the Blessed."

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Reviews

[alannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is definitely a long one but also incredibly helpful in understanding what is widely accepted as the canon about the Trinity throughout much of Christianity and Catholicism. I particularly liked the parallel that the drew between the Holy Trinity and the trinity within all of us of the memory, the understanding, and the will (or love, and charity) and how this can help us to understand the Trinity from our creaturely perspective.

[Coyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

A few thoughts available here:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/schaeffe...

[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

The kindest Jesuit I knew at Loyola University Chicago was F. David Hassel, my instructor for "The Philosophy of St. Augustine" who later served as a committee member for my oral examination in philosophy. In addition to my own experience he also taught a course taken by my wife at the time, Linda, who, owing to her deafness, required and didn't always receive the attention required.

My paper for the aforementioned class was about Augustine's sense of the history of philosophy. To write it I read everything available by the bishop, including this book, tracing his notions about schools of thought, teachers and transmissions of ideas.

[Jeni Enjaian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I come once again to those books where I am not nearly qualified to review nor spend enough time in detailed reading to review. These free PDFs available online and are excellent resources for those interested in the church fathers and definitely an excellent resource for those studying anything to do with the period. These few words will have to suffice.