A father’s rebuke of his child in the judgment of St. Augustine

Abstract

The study entitled “A father’s rebuke of his child in the judgment of St. Augustine” consists of three parts. Part one shows these his statements in which he speaks about a father’s power over his child. The second part discusses Augustine’s teaching on a father’s responsibility to maintain discipline, while the third part indicates those passages in the writings of the Bishop of Hippo in which he presents the motivation of a father’s rebuke of his child.