Sermon 1 on the New Testament

By St. Augustine of Hippo

The first of many sermons on the New Testament by the blessed bishop of Hippo, this sermon displays Augustine’s keen intellect and attention to details in Scripture, in this case, answering questions regarding the genealogies in the Gospels according to Matthew and Luke.

Of the agreement of the evangelists Matthew and Luke in the generations of the Lord.

May He, beloved, fulfill your expectation who has awakened it: for though I feel confident that what I have to say is not my own, but God’s, yet with far more reason do I say, what the Apostle in his humility says, “We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” Read more