St. Augustine, De Doctrina Christiana, Bks 1 – 3.

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St. Augustine, De Doctrina Christiana, Bks 1 – 3.
1.      What are the two things Augustine finds necessary for the treatment of scriptures?
Augustine identifies two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascertaining the proper meaning, and the mode of making known the meaning when it is ascertained. (St. Augustine, De Doctrina Christiana, Bk. 1, Ch. 1).
2.      What for Augustine constitute the plenitude and the end of the law and all the scriptures?
The fulfilment and the end of the Law, and of all Holy Scripture, is the love of an object which is to be enjoyed, and the love of an object which can enjoy that other in fellowship with ourselves. (St. Augustine, De Doctrina Christiana, Bk. 1, Ch. 35).

3.      What is the usefulness of signs in the theological enterprise for Augustine?
It is used for the desire of drawing forth and conveying into another's mind what the giver of the sign in theological enterprise has in his own mind. (St. Augustine, De Doctrina Christiana, Bk. 2, Ch. 2)
4.      What does Augustine mean when he says the rule of faith and the authority of the church should be consulted when there is ambiguity in interpreting the scripture?
By consulting the rule of faith and the authority of the church, we resolve some ambiguity which might contradict the faith we profess either because they were poorly punctuated or poorly pronounced. (St. Augustine, De Doctrina Christiana, Bk. 3, Chs. 1 – 4).


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