The bibliography of Augustine of Hippo contains a list of works published by fourth-century Christian bishop and theologian Augustine of Hippo.
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Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than one hundred separate titles.[1] They include apologetic works against the heresies of the Arians, Donatists, Manichaeans and Pelagians; texts on Christian doctrine, notably De Doctrina Christiana (On Christian Doctrine); and exegetical works such as commentaries on Book of Genesis, the Psalms and Paul's Letter to the Romans; along with many sermons and letters.
Apart from those, Augustine is probably best known for his Confessions, which is a personal account of his earlier life, and for De civitate dei (The City of God, consisting of 22 books), which he wrote to restore the confidence of his fellow Christians, which was badly shaken by the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410. His On the Trinity, in which he developed what has become known as the 'psychological analogy' of the Trinity, is also among his masterpieces. He also wrote On Free Choice Of The Will (De libero arbitrio), addressing why God gives humans free will that can be used for evil.
Towards the end of his life (c. 426–427), Augustine revisited his previous works in chronological order in the Retractationes. The title of this work is often translated into English as Retractions, which can give the erroneous idea that he was "retracting" his earlier works. In fact, the Latin title literally means "re-treatments", and though in this work Augustine suggested what he would have said differently, it provides little in the way of actual "retraction".[2]
Works
editThe chronology of Augustine's work is in many cases uncertain, and scholarly estimates of dates may differ.
Latin title | English translation | Approximate date |
---|---|---|
Contra Academicos | Against the Academics | 386/7[3] |
De Ordine | On Order | 386/7[3] |
De immortalitate animae | On the Immortality of the Soul | 386/7[3] |
Soliloquiorum libri duo | Soliloquies | 386/7[3] |
De Dialectica | On Dialectic[4] | 387[5] |
De animae quantitate | On the Magnitude of the Soul | 388[3] |
De moribus ecclesiae catholicae et de moribus Manichaeorum | On the Morals of the Catholic Church and on the Morals of the Manichaeans | 388–389[6] |
De musica | On Music | 388-390[3] |
De magistro | On the Teacher | 388–391[3] |
De libero arbitrio | On Free Choice of the Will | 388-395[3] |
De utilitate credendi | On the Profit of Believing | 391–392[3] |
De duabus animabus [contra Manichaeos] | On Two Souls, Against the Manichaeans | 391–392[6] |
[Acta] contra Fortunatum [Manichaeum] | Acts or Disputation Against Fortunatus the Manichaean | 392[7] |
Enarrationes in Psalmos | Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms | 392–422[3] |
De fide et symbolo | On Faith and the Creed | 393[6] |
De genesi ad litteram imperfectus liber | The Incomplete Literal Meaning of Genesis | 393/4[8] |
De sermone Domini in monte | Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount | 394[6] |
De diversis quaestionibus octaginta tribus | On eighty-three various questions | 395[9] |
De mendacio | On Lying | 395[10] |
Contra epistulam Manichaei quam vocant fundamenti | Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental | 396–397[6] |
De agone Christiano | The Christian Combat | 396–397[11] |
De doctrina Christiana | On Christian Doctrine | 396/7–426/7[3] |
Confessiones | Confessions | 397–400[12] |
De natura boni contra Manichaeos | Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manichaeans | 399[3] |
De catechizandis rudibus | On the Catechising of the Uninstructed | 399[6] |
De trinitate | On the Trinity | 399–419 or 426[3] |
De fide rerum invisibilium | Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen | 400[13] |
De opere monachorum | On the Work of Monks | 400[14] |
Contra Faustum [Manichaeum] | Reply to Faustus the Manichaean | 400[3] |
De consensu evangelistarum | On the Harmony of the Evangelists | 400[6] |
De bono coniugali | On the Good of Marriage | 401[6] |
De sancta virginitate | On Holy Virginity | 401[15] |
De Genesi ad litteram | De Genesi ad litteram | 401/2–416[3] |
Contra litteras Petiliani | Answer to the Letters of Petilian, Bishop of Cirta | 401–405[3] |
De baptismo [contra Donatistas] | On Baptism, Against the Donatists | 404[3] |
In Iohannis evangelium tractatus | Treatises on the Gospel of John | 406–420[3] |
In Epistolam Joannis Ad Parthos Tractatus Decem | Homilies on the First Epistle of John | 407[3] |
De peccatorum meritis et remissione et de baptismo parvulorum | On Merits and Remission of Sin, and Infant Baptism | 412[6] |
De spiritu et littera | On the Spirit and the Letter | 412[3] |
De civitate Dei | The City of God | 412–426[3] |
De natura et gratia | On Nature and Grace | 413–417[3] |
De bono viduitatis | On the Good of Widowhood | 414[16] |
De patientia | On Patience | 415–417[17] |
De perfectione iustitiae hominis | On Man's Perfection in Righteousness | 416[6] |
De gestis Pelagii | On the Proceedings of Pelagius | 417/8[18] |
De correctione Donatistarum | The Correction of the Donatists | 417[19] |
De gratia Christi et de peccato originali | On the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin | 418[20] |
De continentia | On Continence | 418–420[21] |
De anima et eius origine | On the Soul and its Origin | 419/21[22] |
De nuptiis et concupiscientia | On Marriage and Concupiscence | 419–420[23] |
Contra mendacium [ad Consentium] | To Consentius: Against Lying | 420[10] |
Contra duas epistulas Pelagianorum | Against Two Letters of the Pelagians | 420[24] |
Enchiridion ad Laurentium, seu de fide, spe et caritate | Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Love | 421[25] |
De cura pro mortuis gerenda | On Care to be Had For the Dead | 422[26] |
De gratia et libero arbitrio | On Grace and Free Will | 424–427[3] |
De symbolo ad catechumenos | On the Creed: A Sermon to Catechumens | 425[27] |
De correptione et gratia | On Rebuke and Grace | 426/7[3] |
Retractationes | Retractations | 426–427[28] |
De haeresibus ad Quodvultdeum | To Quodvultdeus, On Heresies | 428/9[29] |
De praedestinatione sanctorum | On the Predestination of the Saints | 428/9[30] |
De dono perseverantiae | On the Gift of Perseverance | 428/9[31] |
Contra Iulianum opus imperfectum libri sex | Unfinished Work in Answer to Julian | 430 (died while writing)[32] |
References
edit- ^ Wright, F. A.; Sinclair, T. A. (1931). A History of Later Latin Literature. Macmillan. pp. 56 ff.
- ^ Eller, Meredith F. (September 1949). "The Retractationes of Saint Augustine". Church History. 18 (3): 173. doi:10.2307/3162239. JSTOR 3162239. S2CID 162226922.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Tornau, Christian (25 September 2019). "Saint Augustine: Work". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- ^ The Book of St. Augustine on Dialectic, translated by Marchand, J..
- ^ Schultheiss, Jochen (2014). "De dialectica". In Pollmann, Karla; Otten, Willemien (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine. ISBN 978-0-19-178983-0. OCLC 884578244.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Harmless, William, ed. (2010). Augustine in His Own Words. CUA Press. pp. 441–446. ISBN 978-0-8132-1743-7.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Allan D., ed. (1999). Augustine Through the Ages. Wm. B. Eerdmans. p. 371. ISBN 978-0-8028-3843-8.
- ^ Weber, Hubert Philipp (2014). "De Genesi ad litteram liber inperfectus". In Pollmann, Karla; Otten, Willemien (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine. ISBN 978-0-19-178983-0. OCLC 884578244.
- ^ Rasche, Michael (2014). "De diversis quaestionibus octoginta tribus". In Pollmann, Karla; Otten, Willemien (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine. ISBN 978-0-19-178983-0. OCLC 884578244.
- ^ a b Fitzgerald 1999, p. 555
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 15
- ^ Chadwick, Henry, ed. (2008). St. Augustine: Confessions. Oxford University Press. p. xxix. ISBN 978-0-19-953782-2.
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 361
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 596
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 870
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 111
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 620
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 382
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 244
- ^ Lamberigts, Mathijs (2014). "De gratia Christi et de peccato originali". In Pollmann, Karla; Otten, Willemien (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine. ISBN 978-0-19-178983-0. OCLC 884578244.
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 237
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 22
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 592
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 288
- ^ Galynina, Irina (2014). "Enchiridion sive de fide, spe, et caritate". In Pollmann, Karla; Otten, Willemien (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine. ISBN 978-0-19-178983-0. OCLC 884578244.
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 259
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 820
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 723
- ^ Lambert, David (2014). "De haeresibus". In Pollmann, Karla; Otten, Willemien (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine. ISBN 978-0-19-178983-0. OCLC 884578244.
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 669
- ^ Fitzgerald 1999, p. 287
- ^ Teske, Ronald J. (1990). Answer to the Pelagians, III: Unfinished Work in Answer to Julian. Hyde Park, NY: New City Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-56548-055-1.
External links
edit- On Marriage and Concupiscence (De nuptiis et concupiscientia) available at New Advent
- On the literal meaning of Genesis - unfinished work (De genesi ad litteram opus imperfectum) - English translation
- On the divination of demons (De divinatione daemonorum )
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Saint Augustine, English translations
- Digitized manuscripts of Augustine of Hippo at Somni.