Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Works. #pt. 1, v. 1

"Augustinian Heritage Institute."

Infancy and boyhood -- Adolescence -- Student years at Carthage -- Augustine the Manichee -- Faustus at Carthage, Augustine to Rome and Milan -- Milan 385 : progress, friends, perplexities -- Neo -- platonism frees Augustine's mind -- Conversion -- Death and rebirth -- Memory -- Time and eternity -- Heaven and Earth -- The days of creation, prophecy of the church

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