On True Religion

De vera religione

Written about 390 to 391, probably in Thagaste (now Souk Ahras, Algeria). The date is the usual view of scholars; some doubt it.

A case for the Christian faith against the Manichees.

Treatise · first written in Latin · a major work

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How we know the date and place

Date written probable: Retractations 1.13: the last book before he became a priest
Place written probable: Written at Thagaste for his patron Romanianus (Retractations 1.13; Brown 2000)