Presencia de la carta 22 de san Jerónimo en el Praeceptum de san Agustín

Abstract

When Saint Augustine wrote the Praeceptum or Rule for the Servants of God, he already knew the famous Letter 22 of Saint Jerome, Ad Eustochium de Custodia Virginitatis. This text provided him with the data on Egyptian monasticism used in the work against the Manicheans, De Moribus Ecclesiae Catholicae. Its date justifies the query if Jerome’s letter influenced the composition of the Augustinian monastic text in some ways. The abundance of corresponding topics dealt with, although not always in the same manner, allows a reasonably positive answer.