# Retractationes reviews Augustine's own books in public, marking errors and unfinished work

Date: 426

## The fact

In the mid-420s Augustine wrote Retractationes, reviewing his books in order and noting what he would now qualify. The instrument is that public errata-and-index. It is not a destruction of the corpus and not a later critical edition's apparatus. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: He listed and qualified his corpus. Possidius' indiculus is a neighbouring catalogue. He did not invent modern errata as a journal.

## Context

Possidius later lists works. Sharing the catalogue with that biographer is required. Anti-Pelagian hardness is not fully withdrawn here. Confessions remains standing. A 17th-century portrait does not illustrate the errata. The setting of Retractationes reviews Augustine's own books in public, marking errors and unfinished work is the public file around 0426-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Retractationes reviews Augustine's own books in public, marking errors and unfinished work. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0426-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, Retractationes at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/ (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Britannica — Saint Augustine, Retractations at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, Retractationes (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Britannica — Saint Augustine, Retractations (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, Retractationes (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

## Significance

Improving path from Retractationes reviews Augustine's own books in public, marking errors and unfinished work on 0426-01-01. A public self-correction catalogue is an education-honesty path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Retractationes reviews Augustine's own books in public, marking errors and unfinished work under 0426-01-01 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of Retractationes reviews Augustine's own books in public, marking errors and unfinished work under 0426-01-01.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not treat this as a unique modern peer-review. Do not twin with De doctrina's 426 close as a second identical year-act without cause: different books. Mixed effects of Retractationes reviews Augustine's own books in public, marking errors and unfinished work are separate paths.

The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## People

- Augustine Of Hippo: https://factrail.ai/people/augustine-of-hippo

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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