On Christian Teaching (On Christian Doctrine) - Softcover

Augustine, Saint

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1420934015 ISBN 13: 9781420934014

Publisher: Digireads.com, 2009

Synopsis

"On Christian Teaching" or "On Christian Doctrine" is a classic religious exposition by Saint Augustine of Hippo which includes four books that discuss how to interpret and teach the Holy Scriptures. This work is a basic outgrowth of Augustine's early frustrations with interpreting the Scriptures. In interpreting the Scriptures one must decide whether a literal or an allegorical interpretation is most appropriate and Augustine discusses this matter extensively in an effort to help Christian teachers and preachers to discover the truth in the contents of the Scriptures, to teach the truth from the Scriptures, and to defend scriptural truth when it was attacked. This important religious work written around the turn of the 5th century is a must read for all who wish to gain a greater confidence in interpreting Holy Christian Scripture and overcoming the difficulties that lie therein.

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Review

a great chance to see how clever Augustine was. ... (It is more than a work on Christian teaching: it is a book about teaching. Or learning, in fact.) (The Guardian G2 section, 17 July 1997)

About the Author

R. P. H. Green is Professor of Humanity (Latin) in the Dept. of Classics, University of Glasgow. He has published books on Augustine's contemporaries Paulinus of Nola and Ausonius.

Edition details

• Publisher: Digireads.com
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1420934015
• ISBN 13: 9781420934014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106