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This volume contains six works of Augustine of Hippo, all dealing with the topic of heresy, along with two works by other authors to which Augustine is replying. Some of the works address the topic generally, such as Heresies, in which Augustine outlines the principal promoters and errors of 83 heresies from the apostolic era through his own lifetime. Others, such as Answer to an Arian Sermon and...

man, just as those who appeared to Abraham were called men, when he and Lot welcomed angels without knowing it. God, then, was present in the angel, just as he is in the man, especially when he speaks through the man. Thus Christ was prefigured by this angel, just as he was by the man. What did Isaac, the son of Abraham, prefigure but Christ? He was led as a sheep to sacrifice,189 and he carried the wood upon which he was to be placed, just as Christ carried his cross. Finally, why should we be
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