Early Church · 421

Enchiridion on Faith, Hope, and Love

Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

Written around 421 at the request of a Roman official who wanted a single summary of Christian teaching, this handbook organizes all essential doctrine around three frames: the Creed (faith), the Lord's Prayer (hope), and the great commandment of love. It is the most compressed and accessible statement of Augustine's mature theology, covering original sin, grace, free will, predestination, and the resurrection with unusual directness. The Reformers drew on it heavily, and it remains the clearest window into the doctrinal convictions that shaped Western Christianity from the fifth century onward.

2.5 hrs total · 122 chapters