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3 days ago · According to the writings of Augustine of Hippo, ten prayers were performed, the first devoted to the Father of Greatness, and the following to lesser deities, spirits and angels and finally towards the elect, in order to be freed from rebirth and pain and to attain peace in the realm of light.
23 hours ago · In his autobiography, Confessions, St. Augustine of Hippo captured the process of spiritual death, even the juncture when his descent into darkness began to give way. The future saint was about to ...
1 day ago · The term refers to the Son, Jesus Christ, with the Father, as the one shared origin of the Holy Spirit. It is not in the original text of the Creed, attributed to the First Council of Constantinople (381), which says that the Holy Spirit proceeds "from the Father " ("τὸ έκ του Πατρὸς έκπορευόμενον") without the addition "and the Son ". [1]
1 day ago · (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430) Saint Augustine’s Story. A Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41: Many people are familiar with the biographical sketch of Augustine of Hippo, sinner turned saint. But to get to really know the man is a rewarding experience.
1 day ago · According to legend, God used a small child to teach the great saint a valuable lesson. By Kathy Schiffer. Augustine of Hippo lived a wild life — abandoning the faith, fathering a child out of wedlock, and rejecting the values of his mother Monica.
1 day ago · On August 28, 430, as Hippo was under siege by the Vandals, Augustine died, at the age of 76. His legacy continues to deeply shape the face of the Church to this day.
5 days ago · The name of Augustine’s diocese — Hippo — also has interesting resonances. To English speakers, it sounds like a contraction of “hippopotamus,” but in Greek it called to mind a very different animal.
