''Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount'' (originally ''De sermone Domini in monte'') is a book written by the

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saint

Augustine of Hippo Augustine of Hippo ( , ; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced the development of Western philosop ...

in 393.''Saint Augustine'' by Serge Lancel, 2010, , p. 177 The book is a commentary on

Jesus Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

's speech known as the

Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount ( anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: ) is a collection of sayings spoken by Jesus of Nazareth found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5, 6, and 7). that emphasizes his moral teachings. It is th ...

, as presented in the

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Chapters 5-7. Augustine considered this speech "a perfect standard of the Christian life". Augustine wrote the book in two volumes. In the first volume he studies Chapter 5 and asks, "Is it humanely possible to put the

Beatitudes The Beatitudes () are blessings recounted by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–10 within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and four in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke, followed by four woes which mirror the blessings. In ...

into practice?" The second volume studies Chapters 6 and 7, and offers a condensed theology of prayer.Logos website
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* ''Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount'' Text at Wikisource 4th-century books Catholic spirituality Works by Augustine of Hippo Sermon on the Mount {{manuscript-stub