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Confirmation in the Catholic Church is one of the seven sacraments. It is also one of the three sacraments of initiation into the Catholic Church, the other two being Baptism and Holy Communion.
Augustine is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran churches, and the Anglican Communion. He is also a preeminent Catholic Doctor of the Church and the patron of the Augustinians. His memorial is celebrated on 28 August, the day of his death.
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By the people’s acclamation, he became a priest in 391 and was consecrated as bishop of the nearby town of Hippo in 396. One of the greatest theologians in Church history, Augustine’s pastoral work, sermons, and attentiveness to people’s needs changed their lives.
It is located at 38 Cathedral Place between Charlotte and St. George Streets. Constructed over five years (1793–1797), it was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark on April 15, 1970. Its congregation, established in 1565, is the oldest Christian congregation in the contiguous United States.
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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 all; among theologians he is ...
St Augustine's, Ramsgate. Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – most likely 26 May 604) was a Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English”. Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to lead a mission ...
Confessions ( Latin: Confessiones) is an autobiographical work by Augustine of Hippo, consisting of 13 books written in Latin between AD 397 and 400. [1] . The work outlines Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity.
