Fathers

Augustine of Hippo

354–430 AD

Bishop of Hippo in North Africa from 395 and author of the Confessions and the City of God. His late teaching on grace and the will, set out against Pelagius and Julian of Eclanum, shaped the Western church. Here he appears in a few short passages until his works are added.

Works here: 6 to read straight through
Passages: 3 on 1 question

Start hereOn Faith and the CreedAugustine, then a priest, explains the creed to the bishops of Africa at Hippo in 393, line by line: God made all things from nothing, the Son is not… · 25 sections · with audio

Treatises and other works5

On Care for the Dead 23 sectionslistenPaulinus wrote to ask whether it benefits a person after death to be buried near the memorial shrine of a saint.
On Faith and the Creed 25 sectionslistenAugustine, then a priest, explains the creed to the bishops of Africa at Hippo in 393, line by line: God made all things from nothing, the Son is not a creature, the…
On the Divination of Demons 14 sectionslistenAugustine answers pagans who said their gods foretold the fall of the temples: God may allow what he does not approve, demons foresee some things only through their keen…
Proceedings with Emeritus 12 sectionslistenEmeritus, a Donatist bishop, came to the city two days earlier and agreed to enter the Catholic church.
Psalm against the Donatist Party 1 sectionlistenA song Augustine wrote about 393 for ordinary Christians to sing.

Sermons and addresses1

Sermon to the People of the Church of Caesarea 9 sectionslistenAugustine preaches at Caesarea in 418 before the Donatist bishop Emeritus: their baptism is Christ's, but without love in Catholic unity it profits nothing.

What Augustine of Hippo said on the questions

Spiritual Gifts and Church Order3 passages

City of God 22.8
Retractations 1.13.7 (on True Religion)
Sermon 267 (Pentecost)

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