The objective of this article is to show Augustine's dependence on the traditional tropus-system throughout and the continuity between his exegetical practise and his hermeneutical theory.

The article presents the historical foundations of Donatism. It examines the beginnings of Donatist Christianity, especially during the Great Persecution of 303-305 and more formally in 311/12 with the election of Caecilian. It also highlights the interaction between Donatist partisans and Constantine and his successors, illustrating the events surrounding the reign of Emperor Julian and the innovations that Donatism engendered in the closing decades of the fourth century, with particular attention given to the role of the Circumcellion movement and the militant regime of Gildo. Finally, it reports the developments that occurred in the opening decades of the fifth century which involved Augustine of Hippo and the joint-effort of Roman Catholic and Roman Imperial authorities to suppress the Donatist Church.

In this article the author first examines Augustine’s bilateral commitment to the explanation of a literal exegesis in his works. Next he explores Augustine’s way of exposition in Gn. litt. imp., finally arguing the significance of his first literal interpretation.

The article deals with Augustine’s Just War theory, considering him as the founder of Just War theory because he was the first to articulate the perennial criteria within the framework of the Christian ethos of love and equality as human beings made in the image and likeness of the Creator. It deals also with Augustine’s influence in the development of the Just War theory.

The article deals with the ways in which saint Augustine's preaching can supplement or revise scholarly interpretation of the Augustine’s theology and ideas, and also the ideas about his listeners.

The article deals with a fragment of a letter of Priscillian quoted in Paul Orosius’ Commonitorium de errore priscillianistarum et origenistarum, trying to replace the fragment in an orosian context. It also deals with the relationship that the fragment of the letter has with the priscillian sources, such as the so called 'Wurzburg’s Treatises’ and the ideas of E.-Ch. Babut and E. Spät.

The article deals with the sense that disciplina has in Augustine’s early writings, as a term that refers to a theoretical science or method of study, particularly in the context of Augustine’s theory of the liberal arts.

The article deals with Augustine’s point of view on words’ eloquence in human communication, since its foundation is in Christ, the living Word. It also deals with the importance and meaning that St. Augustine gives to that Word.