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Life of St Augustine

Possidius, tr. Weiskotten, 1919

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3. Preface
4. 1. Augustine’s Birth, Conversion and Baptism
5. When More Than Thirty Years of Age He Leaves All and Takes Up His Profession of Serving…
6. 3. The Retirement of Augustine
7. 4. He is Seized for the Office of Presbyter
8. 5. He Establishes a Monastery
9. 6. The Conflict of Augustine with Fortunatus, a Manichaean
10. The Books and Treatises of Augustine Against the Enemies of the Faith are Eagerly…
11. He is Chosen Bishop While Valerius is Still Living, and is Ordained by the Primate…
12. 9. He Contends with the Donatists
13. 10. The Madness of the Circumcellions
14. 11. Progress of the Church Through Augustine
15. By the Error of His Guide Augustine Escapes an Ambuscade Laid for Him
16. 13. Peace of the Church Through Augustine
17. 14. Emeritus, a Donatist Bishop, Overcome
18. A Merchant, Firmus by Name, Converted by a Digression in Augustine’s Sermon
19. The Accursed and Shameful Practices of the Manichaeans Laid Bare
20. 17. Pascentius, an Arian Count, is Refuted in Public Debate
21. 18. Heretics of the New Pelagian Sect Overcome and Condemned
22. 19. Augustine as Judge
23. 20. How He Interceded for Prisoners
24. 21. His Frame of Mind When Attending Councils
25. 22. Augustine’s Use of Food and Clothing
26. 23. His Use of the Church Revenues
27. 24. Household Affairs
28. 25. Household Discipline
29. 26. On the Companionship of Women
30. 27. Service to the Needy and Sick
31. 28. The Books Published by Augustine Just Before His Death
32. 29. Augustine’s Last Illness
33. Advice on the Withdrawal of Bishops from the Churches at the Approach of a Foe
34. 31. Death and Burial