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Alypius and Augustine (A.D. 419)

Alypius (c. 354–c. 430) was Augustine's closest friend from childhood — they grew up together in Thagaste, studied together in Carthage, and converted together in Milan. Alypius became bishop of Thagaste and served as Augustine's most trusted collaborator in North African church affairs. He appears 12 times in this collection, usually in joint address with Augustine. The letters addressed jointly to 'Alypius and Augustine' deal with major theological and ecclesiastical matters — the Pelagian controversy, church councils, and appeals to Rome. They reveal the partnership at the heart of the North African church: Augustine the theologian and Alypius the diplomat and administrator, working in tandem.
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From Jeromec. 387

Letter LI. From Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, in Cyprus, to John, Bishop of Jerusalem. A coolness had arisen between these two bishops in connection with the Origenistic controversy, which at this time was at its height.

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From Augustine of Hippoc. 388

1. Desiring to be frequently made glad by communications from you, and by the stimulus of your reasoning with which in a most pleasant way, and without violation of good feeling, you recently attacked me, I have not forborne from replying to you in the same spirit, lest you should call my silence an acknowledgment of being in the wrong. But I be...

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From Augustine of Hippoc. 401

1. I have learned, not only by your letter, but also by the statements of the person who brought it to me, that you earnestly solicit a letter from me, believing that you may derive from it very great consolation. What you may gain from my letter it is for yourself to judge; I at least felt that I should neither refuse nor delay compliance with ...

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From Augustine of Hippoc. 419

1. The holy presbyter Innocentius, who is the bearer of this letter, did not last year take with him a letter from me to your Eminences, as he had no expectation of returning to Africa. We thank God, however, that it so happened, as it afforded you an opportunity of overcoming [evil with good in requiting] our silence by your letter.

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