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- Contents. XV
CHAP. PAGE
XIII. He is sent to Milan to teach rhetoric, and becomes acquainted with Ambrose . . . . . . . . . 85
XIV. After hearing the Bishop, he realises the power of the Catholic Faith, nevertheless he is sceptical after the manner of the later Academics . . . . . . . . . 86
## Book V3.
HE IS NOW THIRTY YEARS OF AGE, AND UNDER THE TEACHING OF AMBROSE, PERCEIVED MORE AND MORE CLEARLY THE TRUTH OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE, AND DETERMINED TO AMEND HIS LIFE.
I. His mother followed him to Milan, and prophesied that she should not depart this life, until her son should have embraced the Catholic Faith . . . . . . . . . 88
II. She discontinues her habit of commemorating martyrs, on account of the prohibition of Ambrose . . . . . . . . . 89
III. On account of the pressure of business and study upon Ambrose, Augustine had few opportunities of consulting him concerning Holy Scripture . . . . . . . . . 90
IV. He discovered the falsehood of his own opinions, and committed to memory a saying of Ambrose . . . . . . . . . 92
V. Faith is the foundation of human life; and man cannot discover the truth which the Sacred Scriptures reveal . . . . . . . . . 94
VI. Concerning the origin and measure of true joy, which he is brought to dwell on by the sight of a beggar’s gaiety . . . . . . . . . 95
VII. He reforms Alypius, his friend, who had been captivated by a foolish passion for the shows of the circus . . . . . . . . . 97
VIII. The same Alypius is dragged by companions at Rome to the Colisseum, and is delighted with the gladiatorial games . . . . . . . . . 99
IX. Alypius, though innocent, was apprehended as a thief, but set free by the skill of a certain architect . . . . . . . . . 100
X. The extraordinary integrity of Alypius in judicial matters; and the firm friendship between Nebridius and Augustine . . . . . . . . . 102
XI. Troubled by most serious perplexities, Augustine deliberates upon beginning a new life . . . . . . . . . 103
XII. A discussion with Alypius concerning marriage and celibacy . . . . . . . . . 105
XIII. He is advised by his mother to marry; and found a maiden who pleased him . . . . . . . . . 106
XIV. A plan of living in community with his friends soon comes to naught . . . . . . . . . 107
XV. He dismisses his mistress, and obtains another . . . . . . . . . 108
XVI. The fear of death and judgment weighed upon him, owing to his belief in the immortality of the soul . . . . . . . . . 108
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