The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . Church itself, were manifold: he preached fre-quently, sometimes for five days consecutively, hissermons breathing a spirit of charity that wonall hearts; he wrote letters which scattered broadcastthrough the then known world his solutions of theproblems of that day; he impressed his spirit upondivers African councils at which he assisted, for in-stance, those of Carthage in 398, 401, 407, 419 andof Mileve in 416 and 418; and lastly struggled i
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . Church itself, were manifold: he preached fre-quently, sometimes for five days consecutively, hissermons breathing a spirit of charity that wonall hearts; he wrote letters which scattered broadcastthrough the then known world his solutions of theproblems of that day; he impressed his spirit upondivers African councils at which he assisted, for in-stance, those of Carthage in 398, 401, 407, 419 andof Mileve in 416 and 418; and lastly struggled in-defatigably against all errors. To relate thesestruggles were endless; we shall, therefore, selectonly the chief controversies and indicate in eachthe doctrinal attitude of the great Bishop of Hippo. (a) The Manichcean Controversy and the Problemof Evil.—After Augustine became bishop the zealwhich, from the time of his baptism, he had mani-fested in bringing his former co-religionists into thetrue Church, took on a more paternal form withoutlosing its pristine ardour—Let those rage againstus who know not at what a bitter cost truth is at-. St. Augustine on the Sea-shore (Pinturiochio) zation of Valerius, Primate of Africa, to associateAugustine with himself as coadjutor. Augustine hadto resign himself to consecration at the hands ofMegalius, Primate of Numidia. He was then forty-two, and was to occupy the See of Hippo for thirty-four years. The new bishop understood well how tocombine the exercise of his pastoral duties with theausterities of the religious life, and although he lefthis convent, his episcopal residence became a monas-tery where he lived a community life with his clergy,who bound themselves to observe religious it an order of regular clerics or of monks thathe thus founded?—This is a question often asked,but we feel that Augustine gave but little thoughtto such distinctions. Be that as it may, the episcopalhouse of Hippo became a veritable nur
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