The Library
1577 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
501–600
1 work
c. 523
Latin
De Fide ad Petrum
Fulgentius of Ruspe · c. 462–527
A compact rule of faith written for a man setting off for Jerusalem, summarising Augustine's teaching on the Trinity, the incarnation, and predestination in numbered propositions.
801–900
2 works
802
Latin
Alcuin of York · c. 735–804
A summary of Augustine's trinitarian teaching in three short books, followed by twenty-eight questions and answers for classroom use.
c. 848–850
Latin
Gottschalk of Orbais · c. 808–c. 867
Confessions and treatises arguing a double predestination — of the elect to life and the reprobate to death — from Augustine, by a monk who refused to retract.
1101–1200
1 work
c. 1143–1146
Latin
Chronica sive Historia de Duabus Civitatibus
Otto of Freising · c. 1114–1158
A world history on Augustine's plan by a bishop who was also an emperor's uncle, written in a mood of deep pessimism about the age.
1201–1300
1 work
c. 1250–1255
Latin
Bonaventure · 1221–1274
A full theological system in the form of a commentary on Peter Lombard, argued in the Augustinian tradition against the rising tide of Aristotle.
1301–1400
3 works
1336
Latin
Francesco Petrarca · 1304–1374
A letter describing a climb up a mountain for no reason but the view, and the shock of opening Augustine's Confessions at the summit on a passage rebuking such curiosity.
1343–1344
Latin
Gregory of Rimini · c. 1300–1358
A commentary combining Ockham's logic with a severe Augustinianism on grace, and holding that unbaptised infants suffer real punishment.
c. 1347–1353
Latin
Secretum Meum
Francesco Petrarca · 1304–1374
An imagined dialogue in which Augustine cross-examines the author about his desire for fame and his love for Laura, and the author declines to be cured.
1601–1700
1 work
1640
Latin
Cornelius Jansen · 1585–1638
A three-volume reconstruction of Augustine's teaching on grace, arguing that fallen humanity cannot resist either concupiscence or grace without divine determination.
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