Table Of ContentThis page intentionally left blank
CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE
HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
AUGUSTINE: POLITICAL WRITINGS
This collection brings together thirty-five letters and sermons of
Augustine,bishop ofHippo fromto ,that deal with political
matters.The letters and sermons are both practical and principled and
treat many essential themes in Augustine’s thought, including the
responsibilities of citizenship,the relationship between the church and
secular authority, religious coercion, and war and peace. These texts
complement Augustine’sclassic The City of God against the Pagans (also
available in the Cambridge Texts series),and give students direct insight
into the political and social world oflate antiquity with which Augustine
was immediately involved.The slave trade,tax collection,clerical harass-
ment, and murder are amongst the topics with which he deals. The
volume contains clear, accurate modern translations, together with a
concise introduction and informative notes designed to aid the student
encountering Augustine’s life and thought for the first time.
. . is Lecturer in Theology at Trinity and All Saints College,
Leeds. She co-edited (with M. T. Griffin) and translated Cicero, On
Duties for the Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
().
. . is Professor of Patristic Theology and Vice-President at
the Patristic Institute,the Augustinianum,Rome.He is the co-editor of
Augustine and his Critics(with G.Lawless,).
CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE
HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Series editors
R G,Lecturer in Philosophy,University ofCambridge
Q S,Regius Professor ofModern History in the
University ofCambridge
Cambridge Texts in the History ofPolitical Thought is now firmly estab-
lished as the major student textbook series in political theory.It aims to
make available to students all the most important texts in the history of
western political thought, from ancient Greece to the early twentieth
century.All the familiar classic texts will be included,but the series seeks
at the same time to enlarge the conventional canon by incorporating an
extensive range of less well-known works, many of them never before
available in a modern English edition.Wherever possible,texts are pub-
lished in complete and unabridged form,and translations are specially
commissioned for the series.Each volume contains a critical introduction
together with chronologies, biographical sketches, a guide to further
reading and any necessary glossaries and textual apparatus.When com-
pleted the series will aim to offer an outline of the entire evolution of
western political thought.
For a list oftitles published in the series,please see end ofbook
AUGUSTINE
POLITICAL WRITINGS
E. M. ATKINS
Trinity and All Saints College,Leeds
R. J. DODARO
Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum,Rome
The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK
40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA
477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia
Ruiz de Alarcón 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain
Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa
http://www.cambridge.org
©in the selection, translation and editorial matter, Cambridge University Press 2004
First published in printed format 2001
ISBN 0-511-03941-7 eBook(netLibrary)
ISBN 0-521-44172-2 hardback
ISBN 0-521-44697-X paperback
Contents
Editors’ note pageix
Introduction xi
Translator’s notes xxviii
Principal dates xxxii
Bibliography xli
Map ofAugustine’s north Africa li
Letter :Nectarius to Augustine ()
Letter :Augustine to Nectarius (/)
Letter :Nectarius to Augustine ()
Letter :Augustine to Nectarius ()
Letter :Augustine to Paulinus ofNola and Therasia ()
Letter :Marcellinus to Augustine (/)
Letter :Augustine to Marcellinus (/)
Letter *:Augustine to Alypius ()
Letter :Augustine to Auxilius (or –)
Letter *:Augustine to Classicianus (or –)
Sermon :On the feast ofa martyr
vii
Contents
Letter :Augustine to Marcellinus ()
Letter :Augustine to Apringius ()
Letter :Augustine to Marcellinus (⁄)
Letter :Macedonius to Augustine (/)
Letter :Augustine to Macedonius (/)
Letter :Macedonius to Augustine (/)
Letter :Augustine to Macedonius (/)
Commentary on the gospel ofJohn,(/)
Sermon :On the feast ofSt Laurence
Sermon :On the words ofPsalm .
Letter :Augustine to Crispin ()
Letter :Augustine to Crispin ()
Letter :Augustine to Caecilian (/)
Letter :Augustine to Donatus ()
Letter :Augustine to Emeritus (/)
Letter :Clergy ofHippo Regius to Januarius (/)
Letter :Augustine to Donatus (/)
Letter :Augustine to Dulcitius ()
Letter :Augustine to the Donatists (/)
Letter :Augustine to Boniface (c.)
Sermon:The sacking ofthe city ofRome (/)
Letter :Augustine to Boniface ()
Letter :Augustine to Boniface ()
Letter :Augustine to Darius (/)
Biographical notes
Notes to the text
Index ofpersons and places
Index oftopics
viii
