St. Augustine—De Doctrina Christiana | Full

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Whoever, then, appears in his own opinion to have comprehended the Sacred Scriptures, or even some part of them, yet does not build up with that knowledge the two-fold love of God and his neighbor, has not yet known as he ought to know.”</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over one year ago, Catholic Culture Audiobooks began a seven-part reading series of St. Augustine’s great work <em>On Christian Instruction</em>, or <em>De Doctrina Christiana</em>. We’re very pleased now to be able to offer this work in its entirety, in one continuous episode.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>De Doctrina Christiana</em> is listed alongside the <em>Confessions</em> and <em>City of God</em> among Augustine’s contributions to the “Great Books of the Western World”. It is considered the most important early Latin treatise on scriptural interpretation, and a foundational work for the field of Biblical hermeneutics. It ranks among the most important works of classical rhetoric, alongside works by Cicero and Quintillian. Its</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">fourth and final book was</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">one of the very first works to be printed, only about a decade after the Gutenberg Bible.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">De Doctrina</span></em> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christiana</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is composed of four books. As Augustine describes, the first three books “help to an understanding of the Scriptures, while the fourth instructs us how to present the facts which we have comprehended.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you missed these readings at the time of their initial release—or even if you listened to some or all of them—we hope you’ll enjoy this release of the full audiobook in a single episode.</span></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p><em>Christian Instruction:</em> <a href= "https://verbum.com/product/120407/saint-augustine-christian-instruction-a