Letters, Volume 6 (1-29)

221 Pages·1989·18.665 MB·English

by  by Saint Augustine (Author), Robert B. Eno (Translator)

THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A NEW TRANSLATION
VOLUME 81
THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A NEW TRANSLATION
EDITORIAL BOARD
Thomas P. Halton
The Catholic University of America
Editorial Director
M. Josephine Brennan, I.H.M. Kathleen McVey
Marywood College Princetun Theological Seminary
Elizabeth Clark Daniel J. Sheerin
Duke University University of Notre Dame
Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M. Robert D. Sider
QJdncy College Dickinsun College
Robert B. Eno, S.S. Michael Slusser
The Catholic University of America DtuJuesne University
David J. McGonagle
Director
The Catholic University of America Press
FORMER EDITORIAL DIRECTORS
Ludwig Schopp, Roy J. Deferrari, Bernard M. Peebles,
Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M.
Warren J. A. Soule
Staff Editor
SAL T AUGUSTINE
LEI' I ERS
VOLUME VI (1 *-29*)
Translated by
ROBERT B. ENO, S.S.
The Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C.
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS
Wa<;hington, D.C.
copyright © 1989
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS, INC.
All rights reserved
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
(Revised for vol. 6)
Letters.
(The Fathers of the church, a new translation,
V.81.)
Vol. 6: Translated by Robert B. Eno.
Bibliography: v. 6, p.
1. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo---Correspondence.
2. Christian saints-Algeria-Hippo---Correspondence.
I. Parsons, Wilfrid, 1881-197°. Eno, Robert B.
III. Title. IV. Series.
BR60.F3A82 27°.2'092'4
ISBN 0-8132-0081-4 (v. 6)
CONTENTS
Abbreviations
VII
Select Bibliography
IX
Introduction
3
Letter 1 * 9
Letter l*A 14
Letter 2* 17
Letter 3*
31
Letter 4* 38
Letter 5* 44
Letter 6*
49
Letter 7* 60
Letter 8* 65
Letter 9* 69
Letter 10* 74
*
Letter 11 81
Letter 12* 99
Letter 13* 109
Letter 14* 112
Letter 15* 114
Letter 16* 117
Letter 17*
121
Letter 18*
Letter 19*
Letter 20*
Letter 21 *
v
VI SAINT AUGUSTINE
Letter 22* 153
Letter 23* 162
Letter 23*A 165
Letter 24* 171
Letter 25* 175
Letter 26* 179
Letter 27* 181
Letter 28* 186
Letter 29*
19~)
Indices
Index of Persons 199
Subject Index 204
Index of Citations 207
ABBREVIATIONS
ACW Ancient Christian Writers. New York, New YorklMahwah, New
jersey: Newman Press, 1946-.
BA Bibliotheque Augustinienne. Oeuvres de St. Augustin. Paris: Des
elee de Brouwer, 1947-.
CCL Corpus Christianorum. Series latina. Turnhout: Brepols, 1953-.
Colloq Les Lettres de Saint Augustin decouvertes parJ ohannes Divjak. Communi
cations presentees au colloque des 20 et 21 Septembre 1982. Paris:
Etudes Augustiniennes, 1983.
CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum. Austrian Acad
emy of Sciences: Vienna, 1865-.
Divjak Epistolae ex duobus codicibw nuper in lucem proiatae. CSEL Vol. 88. ed.
johannes Divjak. Vienna, 1981.
DPAC DWonario Patristico e di Antichita cristiana. 2 vols. ed. A. di Berardino.
Rome: Marietti, 1983.
FOTC The Fathers of the Church. New York and Washington, D.C., 1947-.
jThS Journal of Theological Studies
NPNF A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Chris
tian Church. Series I: Augustine and Chrysostom; Series 2: Various
Authors. Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, 1965.
ODC O:iford Classical Dictionary. 2d ed. edd. N. G. L. Hammond and
H. H. Scullard. Oxford, 1970.
ODCC The OxfordDictionary oft he Christian Church. 2ded. edd. F. L. Cross and
E. A. Livingstone. Oxford, 1974.
PCBE Prosopographie chrltienne du Bas Empire. Vol. 1: Afrique. ed. Andre
Mandouze. Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1982.
PLRE The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. 2 vols. edd. A. H. M.
jones,J. R. MartindaleandJ. Morris. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge
U.Pr., 1971-.
RBen Revue Blnldictine
REAug Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes
SC Sources chretiennes. Paris, 1942-.
StPatr Studia Patristica. ed. E. A. Livingstone. Oxford, 1982-.
TU Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Altchristlichen Li-
teratur. Berlin, 1882-.
Vg Chr Vigiliae Christianae. A Review of Early Christian Life and Language
Abbreviations of Classical and Patristic texts follow OCD and ODCC. Authors
are cited in footnotes by surname and short title: full bibliographical references
will be found in the Select Bibliography.
vii

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Text
Divjak, johannes, ed., Epistolae ex duobus codicibus nuper in lucem prolatae. Sancti
Aureli Augustini Opera. CSEL 88. Vienna: Noelder-Pichler-Tempsky,
1981.
---, ed., Lettres I*-29*. Nouvelle edition du texte critique et introduction
par johannes Divjak. Traduction et commentaire par divers auteurs. BA
46B. Paris: Etudes Augustiniennes, 1~87.
Studies
Andreau, jean, "La Lettre 7*, document sur les metiers bancaires," Colloq,
pp. 165-176.
Berrouard, Marie-Fran~ois, "L'activite litteraire de saint Augustin du 11 sep
tembre au 1"" decembre 419 d'apres la Lettre 23*A a Possidius de Calama,"
Colloq, pp. 301-327.
---, "Les lettres 6* et 19* de St. Augustin. Leur date et les renseignements
qU'elles apportent sur l'evolution de la crise pelagienne," REAug 27 (1981),
264-277.
---, "Un Toumant dans la vie de I'eglise d'Afrique: les deux missions
d'Alypius en ltalie a la lumiere de lettres 10*, 15*, 16*,22* et 23*A de St.
Augustin," REAug 31 (1985),46-7°.
Bonner, Gerald, "Some remarks on Letters 4* and 6*," Colloq, pp. 155-164.
a
Bouhot,jean-Paul, "Une Lettre d'Augustin d'Hippone Cyrille d'A lexandrie
(Epist. 4*)," Colloq, pp. 147-154.
Braun, Rene, "Observations textuelles sur l'edition des nouvelles Lettres,"
Colloq, pp. 33-35.
---, "Une nouvelle lettre de saint jerome," Nikaia-Cemenelum, Bulletin de
l'Arelan 4 (1985), 17-25.
Brox, Norbert, "Consentius fiber Origenes," VgChr 36 (1982), 141-144.
Castritius, Helmut, "Seid weder denjuden noch Heiden noch den Gemeinde
Gottes ein Argemis (I Kor 10.32). Zur sozialen und rechtlichen Stellung der
juden im spiitromischen Nordafrika" in Antisemitismus und jUdische Geschichte
(edd. Rainer Erb and Michael Schmidt). Berlin, 1987.
---, "The jews in North Mrica at the Time of Augustine of Hippo: Their
Social and Legal Position" in The Ninetieth World Congress ofJ ewish Studies.
jerusalem, 1986. Division B, Vol. I, pp. 31-37.
Chadwick, Henry, "New Letters of St. Augustine," jThS 34'2 (1983),425-
452.
Delmaire, Roland, and Claude Lepelley, "Du nouveau sur CartlIage: Ie tem
oignage des Lettres de Saint Augustin decouvertes par johannes Divjak,"
ix