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Anti-Donatist Writings

Answer to the Letters of Petilian, the Donatist

Anti-Donatist Writings · Saint Augustine of Hippo

  1. Title Page.
  2. Preface.
  3. Chapter 1
  4. Chapter 2
  5. Chapter 3
  6. Chapter 4
  7. Chapter 5
  8. Chapter 6
  9. Chapter 7
  10. Chapter 8
  11. Chapter 9
  12. Chapter 10
  13. Chapter 11
  14. Chapter 12
  15. Chapter 13
  16. Chapter 14
  17. Chapter 15
  18. Chapter 16
  19. Chapter 17
  20. Chapter 18
  21. Chapter 19
  22. Chapter 20
  23. Chapter 21
  24. Chapter 22
  25. Chapter 23
  26. Chapter 24
  27. Chapter 25
  28. Chapter 26
  29. Chapter 27
  30. Chapter 28
  31. Chapter 29
  32. Written in the form of a letter addressed to the Catholics, in which the first portion of the letter which Petilian had written to his adherents is examined and refuted.
  33. Chapter 1
  34. Chapter 2
  35. Chapter 3
  36. Chapter 4
  37. Chapter 5
  38. Chapter 6
  39. Chapter 7
  40. Chapter 8
  41. Chapter 9
  42. Chapter 10
  43. Chapter 11
  44. Chapter 12
  45. Chapter 13
  46. Chapter 14
  47. Chapter 15
  48. Chapter 16
  49. Chapter 17
  50. Chapter 18
  51. Chapter 19
  52. Chapter 20
  53. Chapter 21
  54. Chapter 22
  55. Chapter 23
  56. Chapter 24
  57. Chapter 25
  58. Chapter 26
  59. Chapter 27
  60. Chapter 28
  61. Chapter 29
  62. Chapter 30
  63. Chapter 31
  64. Chapter 32
  65. Chapter 33
  66. Chapter 34
  67. Chapter 35
  68. Chapter 36
  69. Chapter 37
  70. Chapter 38
  71. Chapter 39
  72. Chapter 40
  73. Chapter 41
  74. Chapter 42
  75. Chapter 43
  76. Chapter 44
  77. Chapter 45
  78. Chapter 46
  79. Chapter 47
  80. Chapter 48
  81. Chapter 49
  82. Chapter 50
  83. Chapter 51
  84. Chapter 52
  85. Chapter 53
  86. Chapter 54
  87. Chapter 55
  88. Chapter 56
  89. Chapter 57
  90. Chapter 58
  91. Chapter 59
  92. Chapter 60
  93. Chapter 61
  94. Chapter 62
  95. Chapter 63
  96. Chapter 64
  97. Chapter 65
  98. Chapter 66
  99. Chapter 67
  100. Chapter 68
  101. Chapter 69
  102. Chapter 70
  103. Chapter 71
  104. Chapter 72
  105. Chapter 73
  106. Chapter 74
  107. Chapter 75
  108. Chapter 76
  109. Chapter 77
  110. Chapter 78
  111. Chapter 79
  112. Chapter 80
  113. Chapter 81
  114. Chapter 82
  115. Chapter 83
  116. Chapter 84
  117. Chapter 85
  118. Chapter 86
  119. Chapter 87
  120. Chapter 88
  121. Chapter 89
  122. Chapter 90
  123. Chapter 91
  124. Chapter 92
  125. Chapter 93
  126. Chapter 94
  127. Chapter 95
  128. Chapter 96
  129. Chapter 97
  130. Chapter 98
  131. Chapter 99
  132. Chapter 100
  133. Chapter 101
  134. Chapter 102
  135. Chapter 103
  136. Chapter 104
  137. Chapter 105
  138. Chapter 106
  139. Chapter 107
  140. Chapter 108
  141. Chapter 109
  142. In which Augustin replies to all the several statements in the letter of Petilianus, as though disputing with an adversary face to face.
  143. Chapter 1
  144. Chapter 2
  145. Chapter 3
  146. Chapter 4
  147. Chapter 5
  148. Chapter 6
  149. Chapter 7
  150. Chapter 8
  151. Chapter 9
  152. Chapter 10
  153. Chapter 11
  154. Chapter 12
  155. Chapter 13
  156. Chapter 14
  157. Chapter 15
  158. Chapter 16
  159. Chapter 17
  160. Chapter 18
  161. Chapter 19
  162. Chapter 20
  163. Chapter 21
  164. Chapter 22
  165. Chapter 23
  166. Chapter 24
  167. Chapter 25
  168. Chapter 26
  169. Chapter 27
  170. Chapter 28
  171. Chapter 29
  172. Chapter 30
  173. Chapter 31
  174. Chapter 32
  175. Chapter 33
  176. Chapter 34
  177. Chapter 35
  178. Chapter 36
  179. Chapter 37
  180. Chapter 38
  181. Chapter 39
  182. Chapter 40
  183. Chapter 41
  184. Chapter 42
  185. Chapter 43
  186. Chapter 44
  187. Chapter 45
  188. Chapter 46
  189. Chapter 47
  190. Chapter 48
  191. Chapter 49
  192. Chapter 50
  193. Chapter 51
  194. Chapter 52
  195. Chapter 53
  196. Chapter 54
  197. Chapter 55
  198. Chapter 56
  199. Chapter 57
  200. Chapter 58
  201. In this book Augustin refutes the second letter which Petilianus wrote to him after having seen the first of Augustin’s earlier books.  This letter had been full of violent language; and Augustin rather shows that the arguments of Petilianus had been deficient and irrelevant, than brings forward arguments in support of his own statements.