The influence of Origen on the young Augustine : a chapter of the history of Origenism

The main purpose of the book is to demonstrate that as early as the first phase of his activity (386-393 AD), Augustine did make use of some Origenian works, and that basic elements of his early theology were derived from the Alexandrian master. PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS PART I. ORIGEN AND AUGUSTINE’S CONVERSION PART II. AUGUSTINE’S DE GENESI CONTRA MANICHAEOS PART III. AUGUSTINE’S EARLY PROTOLOGY AND ESCHATOLOGY APPENDIX 1: CANTICLE IMAGES IN CONFESSIONS 9.2.3 APPENDIX 2: THE LITTLE COMMENTARIES ON MATTHEW APPENDIX 3: SOME TRACES OF A LATIN COMPILATION OF ORIGEN’S COMMENTARY ON GENESIS APPENDIX 4: HILARY AND THE LATIN COMPILATION OF ORIGEN’S COMMENTARY ON GENESIS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF NAMES