4 surviving letters between Augustine of Hippo and Januarius, spanning c. 395–405.
Also called Book I of Replies to Questions of Januarius. To His Beloved Son Januarius, Augustine Sends Greeting in the Lord. 1.
1. Having read the letter in which you have put me in mind of my obligation to give answers to the remainder of those questions which you submitted to me a long time ago, I cannot bear to defer any longer the gratification of that desire for instruction which it gives me so much pleasure and comfort to see in you; and although encompassed by an ...
1. Your clergy and your Circumcelliones are venting against us their rage in a persecution of a new kind, and of unparalleled atrocity. Were we to render evil for evil, we should be transgressing the law of Christ.
Augustine to Januarius, greetings in the Lord.