| ### BOOK VI |

| ### Index |

| #### CONSPECTUS #### CHAPTER I. HIS MOTHER HAVING FOLLOWED HIM TO MILAN, DECLARES THAT SHE WILL NOT DIE BEFORE HER SON SHALL HAVE EMBRACED THE CATHOLIC FAITH. #### CHAPTER II. SHE, ON THE PROHIBITION OF AMBROSE, ABSTAINS FROM HONOURING THE MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS. #### CHAPTER III. AS AMBROSE WAS OCCUPIED WITH BUSINESS AND STUDY, AUGUSTINE COULD SELDOM CONSULT HIM CONCERNING THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. #### CHAPTER IV. HE RECOGNISES THE FALSITY OF HIS OWN OPINIONS, AND COMMITS TO MEMORY THE SAYING OF AMBROSE. #### CHAPTER V. FAITH IS THE BASIS OF HUMAN LIFE; MAN CANNOT DISCOVER THAT TRUTH WHICH HOLY SCRIPTURE HAS DISCLOSED. #### CHAPTER VI. ON THE SOURCE AND CAUSE OF TRUE JOY, THE EXAMPLE OF THE JOYOUS BEGGAR BEING ADDUCED. #### CHAPTER VII. HE LEADS TO REFORMATION HIS FRIEND ALYPIUS, SEIZED WITH MADNESS FOR THE CIRCENSIAN GAMES. #### CHAPTER VIII. THE SAME WHEN AT ROME, BEING LED BY OTHERS INTO THE AMPHITHEATRE, IS DELIGHTED WITH THE GLADIATORIAL GAMES. #### CHAPTER IX. INNOCENT ALYPIUS, BEING APPREHENDED AS A THIEF, IS SET AT LIBERTY BY THE CLEVERNESS OF AN ARCHITECT. #### CHAPTER X. THE WONDERFUL INTEGRITY OF ALYPIUS IN JUDGMENT. THE LASTING FRIENDSHIP OF NEBRIDIUS WITH AUGUSTINE. #### CHAPTER XI. BEING TROUBLED BY HIS GRIEVOUS ERRORS, HE MEDITATES ENTERING ON A NEW LIFE. #### CHAPTER XII. DISCUSSION WITH ALYPIUS CONCERNING A LIFE OF CELIBACY #### CHAPTER XIII. BEING URGED BY HIS MOTHER TO TAKE A WIFE, HE SOUGHT A MAIDEN THAT WAS PLEASING UNTO HIM. #### CHAPTER XIV. THE DESIGN OF ESTABLISHING A COMMON HOUSEHOLD WITH HIS FRIENDS IS SPEEDILY HINDERED. #### CHAPTER XV. HE DISMISSES ONE MISTRESS, AND CHOOSES ANOTHER. #### CHAPTER XVI. THE FEAR OF DEATH AND JUDGMENT CALLED HIM, BELIEVING IN THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, BACK FROM HIS WICKEDNESS, HIM WHO AFORETIME BELIEVED IN THE OPINIONS OF EPICURUS. |