Saint Caesarius of Arles / translated by Sister Mary Magdeleine Mueller.

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CONTENTS -- 1. The Humble Advice of a Sinner -- 2. A Suggestion about Reading -- *3. The Athanasian Creed -- 4. How the Word of God Should Be Desired -- 5. Severity in Preaching Should Be Longed For -- 6. People Should Be Eager to Hear Divine Lessons -- 7. How Good It Is to Read the Scriptures -- 8. On Perseverance in Reading -- *9. An Instruction on the Creed -- *10. On the Catholic Faith -- *11. Why Christ Redeemed Man through His Passion -- 12. An Exposition of Faith -- 13. On the Full Practice of a Christian Life -- 14. On the Same

15. It Is Not Enough for Eternal Welfare Merely to Avoid Evil 16. The Qualities of Good and Bad Christians -- 17. St. Augustine's Sermon on Charity -- *18. His Sermon on Good Works. Despair. and the Crow's Voice -- 19. His Sermon on the Christian Life and the Sacraments -- 20. A Letter of St. Fatalis on Christian Life -- *21. St . Augustine on the Many Steps in Perfect Charity On Charity -- 22. On Charity -- 23. On the Same -- *24. A Selection from St . Augustine on Charity -- 25. On Divine and Human Mercy -- 26. On Almsgiving and Heavenly Mercy

27. On the Parable of the Elm and the Vine*28. On Works of Mercy -- 29. On Love of One's Neighbor and of Enemies -- 30. Three Kinds of Alms by Which Sins Can Be Redeemed -- 31. St . Salvian on Almsgiving -- 32. On Almsgivers Who Persist in Sinning -- 33. On Tithes -- 34. On Love of Parents and on Giving Tithes -- 35. On the Lord's Prayer and Love of Enemies -- 36. On Love of Enemies -- 37. On the Same -- 38. St . Augustine on Love of Enemies -- 39. On the Criteria by Which We Shall Be Judged and on Love of Enemies

40. Why Just and Holy Men Have Punished Sinners41. On Lust and on Martyrdom -- 42. A Reproof of Adultery and of Concubinage -- 43. On Conjugal Chastity -- 44. On Chastity, Abortion. and Abstinence before the Celebration of Church Eeasts -- 45. On the Avoidance of Shameful Thoughts -- 46. On Avoiding the Vice of Drunkenness -- 47. On the Same -- 48. The Scriptures Have Always Blessed the Humble, but Cursed the Proud -- 49. How the Widows, Orphans, and the Poor in Scripture Are to Be Interpreted -- 50. On Seeking Health of Soul and on Soothsayers

51. On Accepting Barrenness52. On Martyrs, Eclipses, Abortions, and Phylacteries -- 53. The Shrines of Idols Should Be Destroyed -- 54. On Omens, Seers, and Fortune-Tellers -- 55. On Sins Resulting from Drunkenness and on Briber -- 55A. St. Augustine on Injustice and Bribery among Judges -- 56. St. Faustus on Judgment Day and on Penance -- 57. On Remaining Aware of the Judgment -- *58. St. Faustus on Remaining Aware of Our Sins, the Judgment, and Eternal Happiness -- 59. St. Augustine on the Confession of Sins

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