Excerpt from S. Aureli Augustini Hipponiensis Episcopi Epistulae
Sed quamvis permagna sit copia librorum mss. Et anti quissimorum et praestantissimorum, tamen si reputaveris, qua ratione epistulas paulatim collectas esse dixerimus, perspicuum est ad intellegendum non eandem omnes fortunae condicionem habuisse. Etenim satis multae sunt rarissimae, in quibus trac tandis ars critica saepe librorum mss. Inopia laborat, ut ad recentioris aetatis codices, id est ad codices saeculorum XIII - XV descendendum sit. Atque adeo septem sunt litterae, quae nisi in Vaticanis 495 et 499 saec. XV non reperiuntur; epistulae autem 79 nullum omnino scriptum exemplum potui investigare. 1)
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Aurelius Augustinus - more commonly "St. Augustine of Hippo," or simply "Augustine" - was a philosopher and theologian, and one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than a hundred separate titles.
Augustine took the view that the Biblical text should not be interpreted literally if it contradicts what we know from science and our God-given reason. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of Reformation teaching on salvation and divine grace.
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