In both these works, Augustine rebuffs the Manichees: in the first he analyzes why marriage is good; in the second why virginity is a higher good. This translat... » 

In both these works, Augustine rebuffs the Manichees: in the first he analyzes why marriage is good; in the second why virginity is a higher good. This translation of the texts should show how these themes are closely related to present-day controversies between theologians and historians. «