Why is St.Augustine known as the patron of brewers? Because his own life is a story of conversion from bad to good. The son of Monica, who herself became a saint, Augustine went on to be a theologian and philosopher. He was also the Bishop of Hippo Regius.
His important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.
Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount
Though published as a commentary, this writing is Augustine offering thoughts on the various sayings of Jesus in the Bible’s New Testament’s Sermon on the Mount.
The exegetical writings of Augustin are commentaries on Genesis (first three chapters), the Psalms, the Gospel and First Epistle of John, the Sermon on the Mount, the Epistles to the Romans and Galatians, and a Harmony of the Gospels. Many of his commentaries, like those of Chrysostom, are expository homilies preached to his congregation at Hippo; all are practical rather than grammatical and critical. He only covered the first five verses of the first chapter of Romans, and found his comments so elaborate, that, from fear of the immense proportions a commentary on the whole Epistle would assume, he withdrew from the task. Augustin’s other writings abound in quotations from Scripture, and pertinent expositions. His controversies with the Manichæans and Donatists were particularly adapted to render him thorough in the knowledge of the Bible, and skilled in its use.
Augustine undertook Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Augustine before working on the Pauline Epistles because he considered chapters 5-7 of the Gospel of Matthew (the Sermon on the Mount) "a perfect standard of the Christian life".
Source - Christian library.
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