St. Augustine : On Christian Doctrine: A compend of exegetical theology to guide the Christians in the interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures
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Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430) was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Period. Among his most important works are The City of God, On Christian Doctrine and Confessions.
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430) was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Period. Among his most important works are The City of God, On Christian Doctrine and Confessions.
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430) was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa and is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Period. Among his most important works are The City of God, On Christian Doctrine and Confessions.
Philip Schaff (1819 - 1893) was a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and ecclesiastical historian who spent most of his adult life living and teaching in the United States.
James Shaw was born in County Down and educated at Queen's College, Belfast. From 1869 to 1878 he was Professor of Metaphysics at Magee College, Derry, and in 1878 was called to the Bar. He served as Whately Professor in Trinity College, Dublin, from 1876 to 1891 and, in 1891, became Commissioner of Education and a county court judge in County Kerry, transferring to County Antrim in 1909. He framed the statutes of Queen's University, Belfast, and became pro-chancellor. Shaw translated the Enchiridion in 1873, for an edition of the works of St Augustine edited by Dr. Marcus Dods.
