«We must welcome this work and regard it as an arrabon of the projected Augustinus-Lexikon in toto. It seems fitting that such a comprehensive work be launched at a time when journals and bookshelves are further inundated by Augustiniana and that it concentrate on the thought and times of St Augustine himself and the influences which his environment brought to bear on him. The emphases are generally in the right places and we look forward to the publication of its companion fascicles and volumes.»