Augustine of Hippo
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354–430), Christian theologian and bishop. A creative genius of mystical piety and great philosophical acumen, Augustine wrought a theological-ecclesiolog...
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Saint Augustine of Hippo
354-430
Tunisian orator and Christian bishop whose religious and philosophical views dominated Medieval thought and greatly influenced the development of Western science. Augu...
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Augustine
Augustine (354–430), born in Thagaste, North Africa, November 13, synthesized Platonism with Christian theology, and is considered a doctor of the European church. He taught rhetoric ...
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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 n...
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Augustine is one of the major thinkers in the history of Western thought. Born during the decline of the Roman Empire, he provided a bridge between the thought of ancient Greece, interpreted in the li...
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The Christian philosopher and theologian St. Augustine (354-430) is best known for "The Confessions" and "The City of God." After the authors of the New Testament, he has probably been the most influe...
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A strong argument against the existence of a Christian God is contained in the theodicy problem. The existence of suffering is not compatible with an omniscient, omnipotent, omni benevolent superior b...
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As world-renowned poet Ralph Waldo Emerson so wisely stated: "Peace cannot be achieved through violence; it can only be attained through understanding." Concordia, or "oneness of heart", may also be t...
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Who is the man who wrote thirteen books confessing his sins for the world to read? Saint Augustine is who. Augustine has dared to go where no writer has before. He went deeper into his own character a...
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"We who carry our mortality about with us, carry the evidence of our sin and with it the proof that you thwart the proud." (Augustine 39) This quote from the first book of Saint Augustine's "The Confe...
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