Have all of St Augustines writings been translated into English?

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So there I am in Canter’s Deli drink a French Roast coffee and reading the Confessions by St. Augustine waiting for Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart to arrive to begin our discussion about St. Augustine’s theology. A man leans over and says that all of his writings have not been translated into English. I am in a quandary.

Have all of St. Augustine’s writings been translated into English?
 
atassina said:
So there I am in Canter’s Deli drink a French Roast coffee and reading the Confessions by St. Augustine waiting for Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart to arrive to begin our discussion about St. Augustine’s theology. A man leans over and says that all of his writings have not been translated into English. I am in a quandary.

Have all of St. Augustine’s writings been translated into English?
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I have 88 volumes of his works in English…are there more? Maybe…are there some not even discovered? Perhaps…

Maybe you should ask your friend, between bites of Danish and sips of coffee, for a detailed list of those which are not translated?

You don’t have a complete understanding of all the mysteries of Christ, does that keep you from studying his ways? I would think not having a complete library of Augustin’s works in English should not hamper you discussion…ask Sinatra and Bogie if Dean Martin or Lauren Bacall has any insight in the matter.
 
Probably many of those writings which have been preserved. But does one trust all translations, especially those into English, and where money is more of an incentive? There are a whole lot of things that are better left untranslated (or loosely translated) and require more knowledge of the source language.
 
I recall one of my Church History professors saying that all of the extant writings of St. Augustine had finally been translated into English.
 
Neofight said:
I have 88 volumes of his works in English…are there more?
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Where did you get them? Can you give more details? I googled “88 volumes Augustine” and nothing relevant turned up on the first page. Did you assemble your collection piecemeal? If so, what are the most extensive collections you’ve found?
 
dmar198 said:
Where did you get them? Can you give more details? I googled “88 volumes Augustine” and nothing relevant turned up on the first page. Did you assemble your collection piecemeal? If so, what are the most extensive collections you’ve found?
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I got mine from Verbum.com (Logos Software, Catholic Edition).

It can be pricey…I have just under 2000 volumes in my library, and have nearly 8 grand invested…

Not sure how much it would cost for a base package and separate purchase of all that is Augustin…you may want to talk to them…the sales staff is friendly.
 
atassina said:
I am in a quandary.

Have all of St. Augustine’s writings been translated into English?
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This cannot be known. It would be an attempt to answer a negative. A better question would be to ask whether all of St. Augustine’s *known *writings have been translated into English.
 
To rephrase the question, based on a book I read (which I have been searching for today in vain), Augustine is estimated to have written about 4.5 million words.

Now, the math. 4.5 million divided by 88 (volumes) would be <52,000 words per volume. Those 88 volumes could easily be everything.

The priest who wrote (my missing book) says that Augustine refers to divinization or probably, better, deification, exactly 18 times. He states that Augustine uses the word deification as a metaphor for the Christian life. Deification is the result of conversion by Baptism and describes the restoration of a relationship with God that was lost as a result of original sin. The more common metaphor is adoption as sons and daughters of God.

The priest attributes the paucity of such references to deification to the usual misunderstanding. Men do not become ‘gods’ but they instead become “God-like.”

This book climaxes early on the priests assertion that the thing God loves the most is his own image. So, the thing that God loves second-most you might say is when we become ‘like’ that image. That’s the way God wants us to be.
 
sirach2v4 said:
To rephrase the question, based on a book I read (which I have been searching for today in vain), Augustine is estimated to have written about 4.5 million words.

Now, the math. 4.5 million divided by 88 (volumes) would be <52,000 words per volume. Those 88 volumes could easily be everything.
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Actually there are Autustine’s known, extant writings, translated into English; there are his other known writings, if any, not yet translated; there are works we know about because others referenced them but we don’t have them now; but there are also potentially other works that could emerge from some monastery library or someplace, which we knew about or didn’t know about. Are any of his works still being located in recent years?

One reason we have so much from him is that people wrote down his sermons, and he preached a great deal. I’m tempted to lament that we don’t have preaching bishops like Augustine anymore, but then I’m no match for Augustine either.

How would we compare the total available written output by these 3 prolific people: Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and G. K. Chesterton? I know Chesterton’s known work strangely keeps expanding, as “new” essays and poems are discovered every year in old obscure publications. You wouldn’t think that would happen in the 20th century.

I would also wonder how they compare in works about them. My guess is that Thomas is ahead of Augustine, and Augustine far, far, far ahead of GKC.
 
These replies are good. Marilyn joined us and she prefers reading Augustine in the Latin during her free time. So let me get this straight:

-Augustine wrote 4.5 million words.
-He hand wrote everything.
-He preached.
-He prayed.
-He slept and ate.

I am amazed that he actually accomplished this feat.
 
atassina said:
So there I am in Canter’s Deli drink a French Roast coffee and reading the Confessions by St. Augustine waiting for Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart to arrive to begin our discussion about St. Augustine’s theology. A man leans over and says that all of his writings have not been translated into English. I am in a quandary.

Have all of St. Augustine’s writings been translated into English?
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ccel.org/fathers.html
 
dmar198 said:
That collection does not include all of St. Augustine’s writings. As an example, it doesn’t include his book “On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis.”
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I didn’t say it did. I merely gave the link so the OP can check if what he is looking for is there or not.
 
I am the OP. Looks like the answer to my question is uncertain or unable to be obtained.
 
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