The Rule of Saint Augustine

by Augustine

• ISBN13: 9780385232418
• ISBN10: 0385232411
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-02-21
• Publisher: Galilee Trade
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Summary

A giant of the faith, St. Augustine is well known as "the restless searcher for truth." His life and the Rule he formulated have had enduring influence on the Christian ideal of the religious life. This is a new, modern English translation of the Rule from the original critical Latin text. An extensive Commentary elucidates its meaning and its relevance to those who follow or study it today.

Author Biography

Saint Augustine was one of those towering figures who so dominated his age that the age itself bears his name. The Age of Augustine was a time of transition, and Augustine was a genius of such stature that, according to Christopher Dawson, "he was, to a far greater degree than any emperor or general or barbarian warlord, a maker of history and a builder of the bridge which was to lead him from the old world to the new."  He was the ablest religious thinker and controversialist at a period when theological controversy reached a level of intellectual refinement never achieved before or since. He was a tireless preacher and he wrote 118 treatises, including the most famous spiritual autobiography of all time, The Confessions. Of all these works, the one most prized by Augustine was his City of God, a veritable encyclopedia of information on the lives, thoughts and aspirations of ancient and early Christian man.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Rule	p. 1
The Rule of Augustine	p. 9
Masculine Version	p. 11
Feminine Version	p. 25
Commentary on the Rule	p. 39
The Basic Ideal: Love and Community	p. 41
Prayer and Community	p. 61
Community and Care of the Body	p. 65
Mutual Responsibility for one another	p. 72
Service of one another	p. 86
Love and Conflict	p. 92
Love in Authority and Obedience	p. 101
Concluding Exhortation	p. 114
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