The works a translation for the 21st century. Pt. 1, Books Vol. 20 Answer to Faustus, a Manichean

The Answer to Faustus, a Manichean is the most extensive attack on the Manichean religion that the early Church produced. Since Augustine himself had been associated with Manicheanism for nearly a decade before his conversion, his writing displays an insiders knowledge of Manichean teaching. Written probably at the very end of the fourth century, the Answer responds to a certain Faustus, a Manichean bishop, who objects to the Old Testament and questions how Christians can claim it for themselves. Augustine cites Faustus arguments at length, thus giving the reader a useful insight into the Manichean mentality. The Answer is valuable for its reasoned and still-relevant defense of Hebrew Scripture and of its patriarchs and prophets, and also for the opportunity that it gives Augustine to draw connections between the Old and the New Testaments and to show how, in Christian eyes, the latter is the fulfillment of the former. Part 1. Books: V. 1. The Confessions -- V. 2. Revisions (retractationes), Including An Appendix With The Indiculus Of Possidius -- V. 5. The Trinity -- V. 6-7. The City Of God (de Civitate Dei). I-xxii -- V. 8. On Christian Belief -- V. 9. Marriage And Virginity -- V. 10-11. Teaching Christianity (de Doctrina Christiana) -- V. 12. Responses To Miscellaneous Questions. Miscellany Of Eighty-three Questions (de Diversis Quastionibus Octoginta Tribus), Miscellany Of Questions In Response To Simplician (ad Simplicianum De Diversis Quaestionibus) And Eight Questions Of Dulcitius (de Octo Dulcitii Quaestionibus) -- V. 13. On Genesis : A Refutation Of The Manichees Unfinished Literal Commentary On Genesis ; The Literal Meaning Of Genesis -- V. 14. Writings On The Old Testament. Questions On The Heptateuch (quaestiones In Heptateuchum). Expressions In The Heptateuch (locutiones In Heptateuchum). Notes On Job (annotationes In Iob). Eight Questions From The Old Testament (octo Quaestiones Ex Veteri Testamento). Answer To The Jews (adversus Iudaeos) -- V. 15/16. New Testament I And Ii. The Lord's Sermon On The Mount (de Sermone Domini In Monte). Agreement Among The Evangelists (de Consensu Evangelistarum). Question On The Gospels (quaestiones Evangeliorum). Seventeen Questions On Matthew (quaestiones Xvii In Matthaeum) -- V. 18. Arianism And Other Heresies -- V. 19. The Manichean Debate -- V. 20. Answer To Faustus, A Manichean (contra Faustus Manichaem) -- V. 21. The Donatist Controversy I -- V. 23-25. Answer To The Pelagians I-iii -- V. 26. Answer To The Pelagians Iv : To The Monks Of Hadrumetum And Provence. Part 2. Letters: V. 1. Letters 1-99 -- V. 2. Letters 100-155 -- V. 3. Letters 156-210 -- V. 4. Letters 211-270, 1*-29* Part 3. Sermons: V. 1. 1-19. Introduction / Michele Pellegrino. Sermons On The Old Testament -- V. 2. 20-50. On The Old Testament -- V. 3-5. 51-185. On The New Testament -- V. 6-7. 186-272b. On The Liturgical Seasons -- V. 8-9. 273-340a. On The Saints -- V. 10. 341-400. On Various Subjects -- V. 11. Newly Discovered Sermons -- V. 12. Homilies On The Gospel Of John 1-40 -- V. 14. Homilies: Homilies On The First Epistle Of John. No. 1. Tractatus In Epistolam Joannis Ad Parthos -- V. 15-20. Expositions Of The Psalms 1-150. V. 21 The Donatist Controversy I Translation And Notes, Edmund Hill ; Editor, John E. Rotelle. Pt. 1, V. 8 - : Editor: John E. Rotelle; Pt. 3, V. 19 -: Editor: Boniface Ramsey. Augustinian Heritage Institute. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. In 1990, New City Press, in conjunction with the Augustinian Heritage Institute, began the project known as: The Works of Saint Augustine, A Translation for the 21st Century. The plan is to translate and publish all 132 works of Saint Augustine, his entire corpus into modern English. This represents the first time in which The Works of Saint Augustine will all be translated into English. Many existing translations were often archaic or faulty, and the scholarship was outdated. New City Press is proud to offer the best modern translations available. The Works of Saint Augustine, A Translation for the 21st Century will be translated into 49 published books. To date, 41 books have been published by NCP containing 93 of The Works of Saint Augustine, A Translation for the 21st Century. Augustine's writings are useful to anyone interested in patristics, church history, theology and Western civilization. -- Publisher