The Greatest Sermon ever preacher - the Sermon of the Mount! The Greatest Preacher of all time - Jesus, the Christ! The Greatest mind in the history of Christendom, second only to the Apostle Paul - Augustine of Hippo. Here, in one volume, is the highly-acclaimed commentary, one of Christianity's greatest gems - the great Augustine's two part interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount. You'll encounter both the mind of Christ and the mind of Augustine - a mind used by Christ to shape critical biblical thinking. Brace yourself for a radical encounter! This Christian classic won't disappoint. Powerfully-Written! Profound! Pathways To The Past Each volume stands alone as an Individual Book Each volume stands together with others to enhance the value of your collection Build your Personal, Pastoral or Church Library Pathways To The Past contains an ever-expanding list of Christendom's most influencial authors Augustine of Hippo, Athanasius, E. M. Bounds, John Bunyan, Brother Lawrence, Jessie Penn-Lewis, Bernard of Clairvaux, Andrew Murray, Watchman Nee, Arthur W. Pink, Hannah Whitall Smith, R. A. Torrey, A. W. Tozer, Jean-Pierre de Caussade, And many, many more.

Aurelius Augustinus (354-430) was born and raised in Roman North Africa. His mother Monica provided a Catholic upbringing in his modest home town of Thagaste. However, Augustine preferred the liberties available to young men of his time and place. He also excelled at school. As a student at Carthage he joined the Manichean religious sect. After teaching rhetoric at Carthage and then Rome, he rose to become the official spokesperson for the Roman Emperor in Milan.
Amidst a crisis of faith and doubt, Augustine read the writings of Neo-Platonic philosophers and listened to the preaching of Bishop Ambrose of Milan. Resigning from imperial service, the 32 year old Augustine began an intensive study of scripture. He was baptized by Ambrose at the Easter Vigil in April of 387. A year later he returned to Africa and within several years was ordained to serve the diocese of Hippo (present day Annaba, Algeria), as priest and then bishop.
Charged with the pastoral care of his people, and confronted by the major doctrinal controversies in the early Church, Augustine employed his significant rhetorical skills and his genius for writing to compose some of the foundational texts of Christian theology in the Latin West. These include his Confessions, Teaching Christianity, The City of God, The Trinity, Expositions of the Psalms-to name just a few of his many books. We also have almost 300 of his letters to a wide variety of correspondents, and 400 of his sermons.