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Contre Fauste, le manichéen

LIVRE TRENTE-TROISIÈME. AUTORITÉ DES ÉVANGILES.

Fauste revient encore sur les Patriarches, sur le désaccord entre saint Matthieu et saint Lue, sur le défaut d'authenticité des Ecritures. — Le saint Docteur répond en peu de mots. — Certitude historique. — Saint Matthieu et saint Luc se concilient parfaitement. — Différer n'est pas se contredire. — Conclusion. — Avis aux Manichéens.

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Reply to Faustus the Manichaean

Book XXXIII.

Faustus does not think it would be a great honor to sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, whose moral characters as set forth in the Old Testament he detests. He justifies his subjective criticism of Scripture. Augustin sums up the argument, claims the victory, and exhorts the Manichaeans to abandon their opposition to the Old Testament notwithstanding the difficulties that it presents, and to recognize the authority of the Catholic Church.