Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I/Volume I/Prolegomena/Literature/Special Treatises on the System of Augustin

III. special treatises on the system of augustin.

(1) The Theology of Augustin. The Church Histories of Neander, Baur, Hase (his large work, 1885, vol. I. 514 sqq.), and the Doctrine Histories of Neander, Gieseler, Baur, Hagenbach, Shedd, Nitzsch, Schwane, Bach, Harnack (in preparation, first vol., 1886).

The voluminous literature on the Pelagian controversy embraces works of G. J. Voss, Garnier, Jansen (died 1638; Augustinus, 1640, 3 vols.; he read Aug. twenty times and revived his system in the R. Cath. Church, but was condemned by the Pope), Cardinal Noris (Historia Pelagiana, Florence, 1673), Walch (Ketzergeschichte, vols. IV. and V., 1768 and 1770), Wiggers (Augustinismus und Pelagianismus, 1821 and 1833), Bersot (Doctr. de St. Aug. sur la libert&#233; et la Providence, Paris, 1843), Jacobi (Lehre des Pelagius, 1842), Jul. M&#252;ller (Lehre von der S&#252;nde, 5th ed. 1866, Engl. transl. by Urwick, 1868), Mozley (Augustinian Doctrine of Predestination, London, 1855, very able), W. Bright (Introduction to his ed. of the Anti-Pelag. writings of Aug. Oxford 1880), and others. See Schaff, vol III. 783-785.

Van Goens: ''De Aur. August. apologeta, sec. 1 de Civitate Dei''. Amstel. 1838.

Nirschl (Rom. Cath.). ''Ursprung und Wesen des B&#246;sen nach der Lehre des heil. Augustin''. 1854.

F. Ribbeck: Donatus und Augustinus, oder der erste entscheidende Kampf zwischen Separatismus und Kirche. Elberfeld, 1858, 2 vols.

Fr. Nitzsch: Augustin&#8217;s Lehre vom Wunder. Berlin, 1865.

Gangauf: ''Des heil. August. Lehre von Gott dem dreieinigen''. Augsburg, 1866. Emil Feuerlein: Ueber die Stellung Augustin&#8217;s in der Kirchen=und Kulturgeschichte, in Sybel&#8217;s “Histor. Zeitschrift” for 1869, vol. XI. 270-313. Naville: Saint Augustin, Etude sur le d&#233;veloppement de sa pens&#233;e. Gen&#232;ve, 1872. Ernst: Die Werke und Tugenden der Ungl&#228;ubigen nach Augustin. Freiburg, 1872. Aug. Dorner (son of Is. A. D.): ''Augustinus, sein theol. System und seine religionsphilosophische Anschauung''. Berlin, 1873 (comp. his art. in Herzog&#8217;s “Encycl.” 2d ed. I. 781-795, abridged in Schaff-Herzog I. 174 sqq.). Ch. H. Collett: St. Aug., a Sketch of his Life and Writings as affecting the controversy with Rome. London, 1883. H. Reuter (Prof. of Church History in G&#246;ttingen): Augustinische Studien, in Brieger&#8217;s “Zeitschrift f&#252;r Kirchengeschichte,” for 1880-&#8217;86 (several articles on Aug.&#8217;s doctrine of the church, of predestination, the kingdom of God, etc.,—very valuable).

(2) The Philosophy of Augustin is discussed in the larger Histories of Philosophy by Brucker, Tennemann, Rixner, H. Ritter (vol. vi. pp. 153-443), Erdmann (Grundriss der Gesch. der Philos. I. 231 sqq.), Ueberweg (Hist. of Philos., transl. by Morris, New York, vol. I. 333-346); Prantl (Geschichte der Logik im Abendlande, Leipzig, 1853, I. 665-672); Huber (Philosophie der Kirchenv&#228;ter, M&#252;nchen, 1859), and in the following special works:

Theod. Gangauf: ''Metaphysische Psychologie des heil. Augustinus''. 1ste Abtheilung, Augsburg, 1852. T. Th&#233;ry:  Le g&#233;nie philosophique et litt&#233;raire de saint Augustin. Par. 1861. Abb&#233; Flottes: &#201;tudes sur saint Aug., son g&#233;nie, son &#226;me, sa philosophie. Montp&#232;llier, 1861. Nourrisson: La philosophie de saint Augustin (ouvrage couronn&#233; par l&#8217;Institut de France), deuxi&#233;me &#233;d. Par. 1866, 2 vols. Reinkens: Geschichtsphilosophie des Aug. Schaffhausen, 1866. Ferraz: De la psychologie de S. Augustin, 2d ed. Paris, 1869. Sch&#252;tz: Augustinum non esse ontologum. Monast. 1867. A. F. Hewitt: The Problems of the Age, with Studies in St. Augustin. New York, 1868. G. Loesche: De Augustino Plotinizante. Jenae, 1880 (68 pages).

(3) On Aug. as a Latin author see B&#228;hr: Geschichte der r&#246;m Literatur, Suppl. II. Ebert: ''Geschichte der latein. Literatur'' (Leipzig, 1874, I. 203 sqq.). Villemain: Tableau de l&#8217;&#233;loquence chr&#233;tienne au IV$e$ si&#232;cle (Paris, 1849).