The Church Fathers · c. 400
Against Faustus the Manichaean
Augustine of Hippo · 354–430
What it is
Thirty-three books answering the Manichaean bishop whose arguments had once impressed him, defending the Old Testament and the goodness of the created order.
Why it lasted
The fullest surviving account of Manichaean objections to Christianity, quoted at length before each reply.
Where to read it
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