The Retractations (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series)
By Unknown Author.
Description
The major portion of St. Augustine's literary output listed, accounted for, and criticized by the author himself―such is the work here published in English translation for the first time. As the aged Augustine reread his extensive production, he sought to identify and to report to his widely scattered readership anything in his writings that had offended him or might offend others. In achieving this purpose, Augustine brought out a book scarcely to be matched in world literature.Happily, it was toward the end of his life that the busy Bishop of Hippo set to this review; thus, but few o...
ISBN(s)
0813209706, 9780813209708
