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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 124
… From Augustine to Præsidius. Augustine asks Præsidius to forward the preceding letter to Jerome and also to write himself to urge him to forgive Augustine. Letter CXII. To Augustine. On receiving Letter CIV. together with …
768 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 118
… 595-6). (1) This year is memorable for the mission of Augustine to England, the progress of which, as indicated by the epistles, may be summarized as follows. The missionaries having left Rome, probably in …
1,064 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 135
… That Vincentius had Augustine and his adherents in view in this description will hardly be doubted by any one who will compare it with the following extracts, the first from Prosper's letter to Augustine …
1,803 wordsTertullian — Latin Christianity • SECTION 97
… 11. [N.B.--Augustine's borrowing from our author.] [970] Arnobius, adv. Nationes, iv. 3. [971] Augustine, de Civ. Dei. [iv. 11 and 16] mentions Agenoria. [972] On Fortuna Barbata, see Augustine, de Civ. Dei …
1,387 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 113
… To Augustine. A letter of introduction in which Jerome commends the deacon Præsidius to the kind offices of Augustine. Written in 403 a.d. See Augustine, vol. i., Letter XXXIX. Letter CIV. From Augustine. In …
2,418 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 139
Augustine replied to his correspondents by writing what proved to be almost his latest works,--the treatises "De Prædestinatione Sanctorum" and "De dono Perseverantiæ." In these volumes Augustine, while freely acknowledging the great difference between …
2,208 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 5
… by St. Augustine, Retract. I. 21, and by St. Ambrose himself, Hexaëm. V. 24, 88. The hymn is still in use at Lauds on Sunday. 2. Deus Creator omnium. Quoted by St. Augustine, Conf. IX …
712 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 112
… From Augustine. A letter from Augustine in which he denies that he has written a book against Jerome and sent it to Rome but confesses that he has criticized him although without giving details. Written …
726 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 158
… To Augustine. Jerome acknowledges the receipt of Letters CXXXI. and CXXXII. and excuses himself from answering the questions raised in them on the twofold ground (1) that the times are evil and (2) that it …
1,093 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 160
… This letter is among those of Augustine, number 123. Letter CXLIII. To Alypius and Augustine. In this letter Jerome congratulates Alypius and Augustine on their success in strangling the heresy of Cælestius, the co-adjutor …
2,578 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 59
… To Augustine, Bishop of the Angli [174] . Here begins the epistle of the blessed Gregory pope of the city of Rome, in exposition of various matters, which he sent into transmarine Saxony to Augustine, whom …
2,319 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 85
… From Augustine. Jerome having written him a short letter (no longer extant) Augustine now replies. He speaks with approval of Jerome's treatise On Famous Men, incorrectly called the Epitaph (see Letter CXII. §3). He …
1,293 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 5
… Augustine's Treatise, De Catechizandis Rudibus, was addressed to Deogratias, who being a Deacon at Carthage, and highly esteemed for his skill and success as a Catechist, felt so strongly the importance of the work …
2,235 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 219
… Simplicianus, [2634] the bishop, exhorted Augustine then presbyter, in many letters, that he should exercise his genius and take time for exposition of the Scriptures that, as it were, a new Ambrosius, the task master …
808 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 154
… Its number in the Letters of Augustine is CLXVI. Letter CXXXII. From Augustine. In this letter Augustine deals with the statement of James ii. 10 ("whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in …
2,320 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 113
… See below, Appendix II. [406] See Prosper's letter to Augustine in Augustine's works, Ep. 225, Tom. ii. Ed. Paris, 1836, etc. [407] T. xv. p. 146. [408] The Objectiones Vincentianæ must have been …
2,335 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 138
… The work was evidently done in haste, and published in 430, before the Council of Ephesus (for Cassian speaks of Nestorius throughout as still Bishop of Constantinople), and, judging from the way in which Augustine …
2,316 wordsLactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 145
… Every reader must feel how apposite is the sententious saying of Augustine: "Apocalypsis Joannis tot sacramenta quot verba." 2. The seven spirits, [230]p. 344, ver. 4. That is, the one Spirit in His seven …
1,506 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 277
… Obey in all things humbly Augustine your provost (præposito), who is returning to you, whom we also appoint your abbot, knowing that whatever may be fulfilled in you through his admonition will in all ways …
1,226 wordsThe Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 331
… 403) states that the Acts of Andrew were in favour with the Encratites, the Apostolics, and the Origenians; Augustine (d. 430) mentions that the Acts of the Apostles written by Leucius Charinus--discipulus diaboli, as …
2,206 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 160
… See the important letter of Augustine to Casulanus (Ep. xxxvi.), where the whole subject of the difference of usage on this matter is fully discussed. The reason here given by Cassian for the origin of …
830 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 278
… And accordingly we inform your Holiness that we have sent Augustine, the servant of God, the bearer of these presents, with other servants of God, for the winning of souls in the parts whither he …
844 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 58
… Now certain monks, who had proceeded with our most reverend brother and fellow-bishop Augustine to the nation of the Angli, have returned and told us with what great charity your Excellence refreshed this our …
920 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 62
… To Augustine, Bishop of the Angli [181] . Gregory to Augustine, &c. Though it is certain that for those who labour for Almighty God ineffable rewards of an eternal kingdom are reserved, yet we must needs …
1,472 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 279
… And having learnt that this is the case from the relation of Augustine, servant of God, the bearer of these presents, we rejoice exceedingly for the affection and zeal for truth that is in you …
933 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 438
… Having come under Augustine's influence, he was persuaded by him to give up all his property, and renounce the temporal care of a monastery which he had previously founded in a garden at Hippo …
943 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 55
… We commend to you in all respects the monks whom together with our most beloved son Laurentius the presbyter and Mellitus the abbot we have sent to our most reverend brother and fellow-bishop Augustine …
980 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 57
… Furthermore, what benefits your Excellence bestowed on our most reverend brother and fellow-bishop Augustine on his progress to the nation of the Angli we have been told by certain monks who have returned to …
1,027 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 134
… The Emperor Theodosius had written to Augustine, requiring his presence at the Council which he had summoned to meet at Ephesus in the matter of Nestorius. But Augustine having died while the letter was on …
1,074 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 161
… i.), Augustine and many others make mention of this rite, and above all St. Cyprian, who wrote a long epistle on the subject to Cecilius, and seeking the reason of the ceremony as a setting …
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