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The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Love (also called the Manual or Handbook) is a compact treatise on Christian piety written by Augustine of Hippo in response to a request by an otherwise unknown person, named Laurentius, shortly after the death of Saint Jerome in 420. It is intended as a model for Christian instruction or catechesis. [1]
Augustine of Hippo (/ ɔː ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ɪ n / aw-GUST-in, US also / ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; [22] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), [23] also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
The Gift of perseverance is the doctrine of Augustine of Hippo that persevering in the faith is a gift given by God, but a person can never know if they have the gift. [1] According to Augustine, without having the gift of perseverance a person is damned, even if he seems to have been elected by grace. [ 2 ]
Fides quaerens intellectum, means "faith seeking understanding" or "faith seeking intelligence", is a Latin sentence by Anselm of Canterbury. Anselm uses this expression for the first time in his Proslogion (I). It articulates the close relationship between faith and human reason.
A Defense of Free Grace Theology: With Respect to Saving Faith, Perseverance, and Assurance. The Woodlands, TX: Grace Theology Press. ISBN 978-0-9981385-4-1. Wilson, Kenneth (2018). Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will: A Comprehensive Methodology". Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. Wynkoop, Mildred Bangs (1967).
John Calvin wrote, "Augustine is so much at one with me that, if I wished to write a confession of my faith, it would abundantly satisfy me to quote wholesale from his writings." [ 113 ] "This is why one finds that every four pages written in the Institutes of the Christian Religion John Calvin quoted Augustine.
Confessions by Saint Augustine of Hippo. Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is an autobiographical work by Augustine of Hippo, consisting of 13 books written in Latin between AD 397 and 400. [1]
Saint Augustin et l'écriture polyphonique. Citations classiques et genèse de la pensée dans la Cité de Dieu. Turnhout: Brepols, ISBN 9782851213280 (see the English summary in the Review by James J. O'Donnell at Bryn Mawr Classical Review). Wetzel, James (2012). Augustine's City of God: A Critical Guide. Cambridge University Press.