Letters of St. Augustin

 Letter II.

 Letter III.

 Letter IV.

 Letter V.

 Letter VI.

 Letter VII.

 Letter VIII.

 Letter IX.

 Letter X.

 Letter XI.

 Letter XII.

 Letter XIII.

 Letter XIV.

 Letter XV.

 Letter XVI.

 Letter XVII.

 Letter XVIII.

 Letter XIX.

 Letter XX.

 Letter XXI.

 Letter XXII.

 Letter XXIII.

 Letter XXIV.

 Letter XXV.

 Letter XXVI.

 Letter XXVII.

 Letter XXVIII.

 Letter XXIX.

 Letter XXX.

 Second Division.

 Letter XXXII.

 Letter XXXIII.

 Letter XXXIV.

 Letter XXXV.

 Letter XXXVI.

 Letter XXXVII.

 Letter XXXVIII.

 Letter XXXIX.

 Letter XL.

 Letter XLI.

 Letter XLII.

 Letter XLIII.

 Letter XLIV.

 Letter XLV.

 Letter XLVI.

 Letter XLVII.

 Letter XLVIII.

 Letter XLIX.

 (a.d. 399.)

 Letter LI.

 Letter LII.

 Letter LIII.

 Letter LIV.

 Letter LV.

 Letters LVI. Translation absent

 Letter LVII. Translation absent

 Letter LVIII.

 Letter LIX.

 Letter LX.

 Letter LXI.

 Letter LXII.

 Letter LXIII.

 Letter LXIV.

 Letter LXV.

 Letter LXVI.

 Letter LXVII.

 Letter LXVIII.

 Letter LXIX.

 Letter LXX.

 Letter LXXI.

 Letter LXXII.

 Letter LXXIII.

 Letter LXXIV.

 Letter LXXV.

 Letter LXXVI.

 Letter LXXVII.

 Letter LXXVIII.

 Letter LXXIX.

 Letter LXXX.

 Letter LXXXI.

 Letter LXXXII.

 Letter LXXXIII.

 Letter LXXXIV.

 Letter LXXXV.

 Letter LXXXVI.

 Letter LXXXVII.

 Letter LXXXVIII.

 Letter LXXXIX.

 Letter XC.

 Letter XCI.

 Letter XCII.

 Letter XCIII.

 Letter XCIV.

 Letter XCV.

 Letter XCVI.

 Letter XCVII.

 Letter XCVIII.

 Letter XCIX.

 Letter C.

 Letter CI.

 Letter CII.

 Letter CIII.

 Letter CIV.

 Letter CV. Translation absent

 Letter CVI. Translation absent

 Letter CVII. Translation absent

 Letter CVIII. Translation absent

 Letter CIX. Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CXI.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CXV.

 Letter CXVI.

 Letter CXVII.

 Letter CXVIII.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CXXII.

 Letter CXXIII.

 Third Division.

 Letter CXXV.

 Letter CXXVI.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CXXX.

 Letter CXXXI.

 Letter CXXXII.

 Letter CXXXIII.

 Letter CXXXV.

 Translation absent

 Letter CXXXVI.

 Letter CXXXVII.

 Letter CXXXVIII.

 Letter CXXXIX.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CXLIII.

 Letter CXLIV.

 Letter CXLV.

 Letter CXLVI.

 Translation absent

 Letter CXLVIII.

 Translation absent

 Letter CL.

 Letter CLI.

 Translation absent

 Letter CLVIII.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CLIX.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CLXIII.

 Letter CLXIV.

 Letter CLXV.

 Letter CLXVI.

 Letter CLXVII.

 Translation absent

 Letter CLXIX.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CLXXII.

 Letter CLXXIII.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CLXXX.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CLXXXVIII.

 Translation absent

 Letter CLXXXIX.

 Translation absent

 Letter CXCI.

 Letter CXCII.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CXCV.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CCI.

 Letter CCII.

 Translation absent

 Letter CCIII.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CCVIII.

 Letter CCIX.

 Letter CCX.

 Letter CCXI.

 Letter CCXII.

 Letter CCXIII.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CCXVIII.

 Letter CCXIX.

 Letter CCXX.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CCXXVII.

 Letter CCXXVIII.

 Letter CCXXIX.

 Translation absent

 Letter CCXXXI.

 Fourth Division.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CCXXXVII.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CCXLV.

 Letter CCXLVI.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CCL.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CCLIV.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CCLXIII.

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Translation absent

 Letter CCLXIX.

 Translation absent

Translation absent

EPISTOLA CCXXXIII . Augustinus Longiniano pagano philosopho, provocans illum ad scribendum quonam modo Deum colendum credat, quidve de Christo sentiat.

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LONGINIANO AUGUSTINUS.

Solere aiunt quemdam veterum dicere, quibus satis persuasum esset ut nihil mallent se esse quam viros bonos, his reliquam facilem esse doctrinam. Hanc sententiam (nam, si rite recolo, Socratica est) longe antiquior prophetica jam praecesserat, praecipiens homini breviter et simul, non tantum ut se nihil malit esse quam bonum, verum etiam unde fiat bonus: Diliges, inquit, Dominum Deum tuum ex toto cordo tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et ex tota mente tua (Deut. VI, 5); et, Diliges proximum tuum tanquam teipsum (Lev. XIX, 18). Hoc cui persuasum esset, non ei reliquam facilem, sed eam totam esse doctrinam duntaxat utilem ac salubrem. Multae enim doctrinae sunt, si tamen doctrinae dicendae sunt, vel superfluae, vel noxiae. Veterum Libris Christus attestans: In his, inquit, duobus praeceptis tota lex pendet et Prophetae (Matth. XXII, 40). Proinde, quia mihi videor inspexisse tanquam in speculo sermocinationis mecum tuae, nihil te esse malle quam virum bonum; Deum, quo nihil est melius, et unde humanus animus haurit ut bonus sit, quonam modo colendum credas, audeo percontari: nam quod eum colendum credas, jam teneo. Quaero etiam quid de Christo sentias. Quod enim eum non parvipendas, adverti: sed utrum ea et sola via quae ab illo demonstrata est, ad vitam beatam perveniri posse existimes, et aliqua ex causa non eam negligas ire, sed differas; an et aliam vel alias ad tam opimam et prae omnibus appetendam possessionem vias esse arbitreris, et aliquam earum jam te ingredi credas, nosse cupio, ut opinor, non impudenter. Diligo enim te propter id quod supra dixi, meque abs te diligi non temere existimo; nec ulla de re alia inter eos qui se benevole noverunt, sermo fructuosior, vel impenditur, vel reposcitur, vel accipitur, vel recipitur, quam unde boni beatique sumus.