The Confessions Of Saint Augustine

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Contents – Book IV

Chapter XII -The Excellent Answer Of The Bishop When Referred To By His Mother As To The Conversion Of Her Son.

Chapter XI – He Refers To The Tears, And The Memorable Dream Concerning Her Son, Granted By God To His Mother.

Chapter X – He Reproves The Triflings Of The Manichæans As To The Fruits Of The Earth.

Chapter IX – That The Judgment Of God And Men, As To Human Acts Of Violence, Is Different.

Chapter VIII – He Argues Against The Same As To The Reason Of Offences.

Chapter VII – He Attacks The Doctrine Of The Manichaeans Concerning Evil, God, And The Righteousness Of The Patriarchs.

Chapter VI – Deceived By His Own Fault, He Falls Into The Errors Of The Manichaeans, Who Gloried In The True Knowledge Of God And In A Thorough Examination Of Things.

Chapter V – He Rejects The Sacred Scriptures As Too Simple, And As Not to Be Compared With The Dignity Of Tully.

Chapter IV – In The Nineteenth Year Of His Age (His Father Having Died Two Years Before) He Is Led By The “Hortensius” Of Cicero To “Philosophy,” To God, And A Better Mode Of Thinking.