Answer To Faustus, A Manichean

Augustine (Intro and trans by Roland Teske; edited by Boniface Ramsey)

ISBN 10: 1565482646 / ISBN 13: 9781565482647

Published by Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2007

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2007. Hardcover. No Dust jacket issued. 454pp. Index. NEW.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Answer To Faustus, A Manichean
• Publisher: Hyde Park, NY: New City Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1565482646
• ISBN 13: 9781565482647
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: NEW
• Seller catalogs:
  • Apologetics

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Synopsis

The Answer to Faustus, a Manichean is the most extensive attack on the Manichean religion that the early Church produced. Since Augustine himself had been associated with Manicheanism for nearly a decade before his conversion, his writing displays an insiders knowledge of Manichean teaching. Written probably at the very end of the fourth century, the Answer responds to a certain Faustus, a Manichean bishop, who objects to the Old Testament and questions how Christians can claim it for themselves.

Augustine cites Faustus arguments at length, thus giving the reader a useful insight into the Manichean mentality. The Answer is valuable for its reasoned and still-relevant defense of Hebrew Scripture and of its patriarchs and prophets, and also for the opportunity that it gives Augustine to draw connections between the Old and the New Testaments and to show how, in Christian eyes, the latter is the fulfillment of the former.

About the Author

Augustine of Hippo is one of the greatest thinkers and writers in the Western world. After becoming a Christian he was made bishop of Hippo in Africa, where he was influential in civil and church affairs. His more than 100 books, 200 letters and 500 sermons have left a lasting impact on Western philosophy and culture. His classic and best-selling works include The Confessions, The Trinity, The City of God, and Teaching Christianity.