ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE

The four books of St. Augustin On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana, iv libri) are a compend of exegetical theology to guide the reader in the understanding and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, according to the analogy of faith. , The first three books were written a.d.397, the fourth was added 426. He speaks of it in his Retractations, Bk. ii., chap. 4, as follows