The Doctrina Christiana (On the Teachings of Christianity) is one of Augustine's most important works. In particular, it spells out just how far Christians may use the legacy of their classical, pagan past. This is a completely new translation, accurate and stylish, with a brief introduction that takes into account recent studies. The book includes a freshly edited complete text. John K. Hale and J. Donald Cullington accomplish what no previous editor has done, namely, make Milton's original Latin itself available. Not only do they provide a new precise and complete Latin transcription per se, they foreground the successive corrections and annotations made in an array of distinct scribal hands since the 1650s. The feat is extraordinary: Hale and Cullington do nothing less than establish an accurate and reliable Latin text ... De Doctrina Christiana has never been more accessible or more exciting.