Enchiridion On Faith, Hope and Love by Saint Augustine

It is not like "confession", "city of God", "hope of faith", "love", and "love". "Enchiridion" means "manual" in Greek This brief book is a pocket guide for Christian doctrine. Augustine wrote this book in response to Lawrence who asked the saint to give him a handbook to explain the meaning of Christian. To accomplish this task, Augustine chose three theological virtues as a structure.

Can mature saints refine elements of simple Christian life to simple manuals? Augustine surely tried it. At the age of sixty and in the process of writing the city of God he wrote a handbook on the living of Christians called Enchiridion on faith, hope, and love. Among the 93 main works of Augustine, this small content (Greek is a "handbook") shows his most complete picture of the life before God. The driving force of this manual is Laurentius. He asked Augustine to write a short story about the correct worship of God, the meaning and realization of the main purpose of our life, and the correct foundation of Christian faith. He obviously sought a "handbook": instead of leaving dust on the shelf his hands in his hands!

This book is very good for both Augustin's text itself and referrals. Augustine responded to a friend who wanted a Christian teaching "handbook" and wrote an Enchiridion response. It is not as attractive as his confession, but it is worth reading. Augustine covers topics that focus on God's grace, such as baptism, original sin, abortion, creed and work, and elections. I am missing some parts of the Bible (such as certain parts of baptism) that seems not to be consistent with the reformed Bible. In fact, I recommend it as an introduction to many Christian teachings. To be honest, Augustine insists on the same doctrine, so I think several chapters sound like a recent Reformed Presbyterian church. (I will enter that camp)