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Sep 25, 2019 · Augustine of Hippo. Augustine of Hippo was perhaps the greatest Christian philosopher of Antiquity and certainly the one who exerted the deepest and most lasting influence. He is a saint of the Catholic Church, and his authority in theological matters was universally accepted in the Latin Middle Ages and remained, in the Western Christian ...
May 25, 2016 · Augustine returned to his native Africa in a bid to live a life of prayer and reflection. The church had other ideas for his life, though, and they quickly drew Augustine into service as bishop of Hippo. As bishop Augustine would write nearly all of his works on theology, culture, the Bible, and just about any major topic in the Christian life.
Mar 8, 2016 · To read a two-part article that I wrote about Augustine, see “Augustine of Hippo (Part 1 of 2)” and “Augustine of Hippo (Part 2 of 2).” Two years ago, I gave a six-part lecture on Augustine in which I discussed some of the key events in his life along with his most important writings, ideas, and achievements: “ If I Had Lunch with St ...
Apr 4, 2023 · Augustine of Hippo (354–430 CE) is a towering figure in the history of Western moral, social, political, and legal thought. He was arguably the most influential writer in the West for more than a thousand years after his death. His ideas have remained foundational for Western thinking about law and society.
Jun 8, 2018 · AUGUSTINE, ST. (354–430) St. Augustine, also known as Aurelius Augustinus, was one of the key figures in the transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages. He was born at Thagaste, in north Africa, and died as the invading Vandals were closing in on his episcopal city, Hippo. He lived through nearly eighty years of the social ...
Augustine of Hippo, Saint. Augustine of Hippo, Saint, Doctor of the Church, b. November 13, 354; d. August 28, 430;—”a philosophical and theological genius of the first order, dominating, like a pyramid, antiquity and the succeeding ages …. Compared with the great philosophers of past centuries and modern times, he is the equal of them ...
Jul 18, 2016 · Growing older, Augustine became more cognizant of God and his own personal self-destructive ways, but still enjoyed the cravings of his body too much to cease—the classic battle between mind and flesh. As Augustine describes it, "The first course delighted and convinced my mind, the second delighted my body and held it in bondage" (Book 8 ...
