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Augustine: A Very Short Introduction ‘a very considerable achievement ... deep learning and lucidity make this a finely balanced and authoritative introduction to Augustine’s thought’ Times Literary Supplement ‘a triumph of compression and lucidity’ Church Times ‘For so rich and suggestive a summary, fully worthy of its subject, a wide readership will long have cause to be grateful.’ D. F. Wright, New College, Edinburgh Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have been published in 15 languages worldwide. 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It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in OxfordNew York AthensAucklandBangkokBogotáBuenos AiresCalcutta Cape TownChennaiDar es SalaamDelhiFlorenceHong KongIstanbul KarachiKuala LumpurMadridMelbourneMexico CityMumbai NairobiParisSão PauloShanghaiSingaporeTaipeiTokyoTorontoWarsaw with associated companies inBerlinIbadan Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Henry Chadwick 1986 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published as an Oxford University Press paperback 1986 First published as a Very Short Introduction 2001 All rights reserved. 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Contents List of illustrations vii Abbreviations ix 1 The formation of Augustine’s mind: Cicero, Mani, Plato, Christ 1 2 Liberal arts 32 3 Free choice 40 4 A philosophical society 46 5 Vocation 58 6 Confessions 68 7 Unity and division 79 8 Creation and the Trinity 91 9 City of God 101 10 Nature and grace 115 Further reading 129 Index 131 NOTE: This book uses material from the Larkin Stuart Lectures, Toronto 1980, and the Sarum Lectures, Oxford 1982–3. This page intentionally left blank List of illustrations 1 The oldest portrait of St 5 St Augustine in the ’region Augustine. 2 of dissimilarity’ 71 Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, 2 St Augustine’s vision of St Florence Jerome by Vittore 6 Saints Augustine and Carpaccio 24 Monica, 1854, by Ary Archivi Alinari, Florence Scheffer 73 3 Scenes from the life of St National Gallery, London Augustine: Baptism of St 7 Contemporary portrait of Augustine, 1645, by St Ambrose 98 Benozzo Gozzoli 29 © Archivo Iconografico S.A./Corbis 8 The Emperor Julian the Apostate 102 4 Aerial photo of the ruins The Louvre, Paris of St Augustine’s church at Hippo 60 9 The City of God, oldest From Erwan Marec: Monuments known manuscript 104 Chrétiens d’Hippone: Ville Épiscopale de Saint Augustin. Arts et 10 Colossal head of Emperor Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1958 Constantine the Great 108 German Institute of Archaeology, Rome 11 St Augustine in his cell, fifteenth century, by Sandro Botticelli 127 Archivi Alinari, Florence Abbreviations Ac Contra Academicos B De baptismo BC De bono conjugali BV De beata vita C Confessiones CD De civitate Dei CE De consensu evangelistarum CG De correptione et gratia CR De catechizandis rudibus DDC De doctrina christiana DEP Contra duas epistulas Pelagianorum DP De dono perseverantiae E Epistulae EJo In epistulam Johannis EP Contra Epistulam Parmeniani F Contra Faustum Manichaeum GC De gratia Christi et de peccato originali GL De Genesi ad litteram J Contra Julianum Pelagianum Jo Tractatus in Evangelium Johannis LA De libero arbitrio M De moribus ecclesiae catholicae et de moribus Manichaeorum N De natura et gratia
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