Über die wahre Religion

Augustine's Text – a biographical justification and religious polemic – is a confrontation of Christianity with the heretical Manichaeism. The work belongs to the early writings of the great ecclesiastical thinker, heavily influenced by Neoplatonism, and serves as a testament to medieval intellectual striving. The afterword by the renowned historian of philosophy, Kurt Flasch, places the work, presented here as a bilingual edition, in a historical context and situates it within Augustine's overall oeuvre.