Commentary on the Lords Sermon on the Mount

During the years between Augustine's ordination to the priesthood (391) and his consecration as the Bishop of Hippo (395 or 396), he took an intense interest in biblical exegesis. One of the fruits of his penetrating investigations is his two-volume Commentary on the Lord's Sermon on the Mount, of which a lucid English translation is presented in this volume. Also included are Augustine's subsequent, self-critical remarks (Retractationes 1.19) on this commentary, as well as seventeen selected sermons on topics relevant to the commentary.

Denis J. Kavanagh, O.S.A. (1886-1966) was born in Ireland and ordained in the United States in 1915. He specialized in studies on canon law, moral theology, and St. Augustine.