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    St. Augustine

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    St. Augustine A doctor and bishop to his church‚ St. Augustine is best known for his autobiography Confessions. The term augustinianism evolved from his great influence during his day and ours. As a boy‚ Augustine had no idea where his rebellion would lead him. On the 13 November‚ 354 AD‚ in Tagaste (modern day Algeria)‚ Augustine was born. Patricius‚ Augustine’s father‚ while holding a position as an official in the city‚ remained a pagan until converting on his deathbed. Augustine’s mother

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    St. Augustine

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    ST. AUGUSTINE’SPHILOSOPHY OF LOVE St. Augustine’s philosophy of man reconciles and brings together to anadmirable synthesis and harmony the wisdom of Greek philosophy and the divine truths contained in the scriptures. In common with Greek ethics‚ its being eudemonistic in character‚ as it makes happiness the end-all and the be-all of human living; but Augustine tells us with the Bible that this happiness can be found in GOD alone. The summumbonum which is Plato’s and Aristotle’s concept of

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    St. Augustine

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    St. Augustine – Bishop of Hippo‚ Confessor‚ Doctor of Church‚ Doctor of Grace‚ Latin Father of the Church. Chronology of St. Augustine’s life: 354‚ November 13 – the birth of St. Augustine in Tagaste‚ Numidia‚ Proconsularis‚ North Africa. 387‚ April 24/25 – his conversion and baptism by St. Ambrose‚ bishop of Milan; death of St. Monica. 388 – founded monastery in his hometown‚ Tagaste. 391 – He was ordained as a priest by Bishop Valerius; founded monastery in Hippo. 395 – He was ordained

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    St. Augustine

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    St. Augustine St. Augustine of Hippo is one of the most influential men when it comes to the Christian faith. When walking the Christianity section of a bookstore today‚ one can find mountains of books either by or about him. After seeing so much on the man it leads one to wonder who exactly was St. Augustine of Hippo and why exactly was he important to the church. St. Augustine is not just studied in religious aspects but in philosophy as well. Augustine was born in 354 in Roman Africa. His father

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    also the one thoughtful opposition to the presence of God. St Augustine’s focuses on the theory of how God created the world and that it was good; evil is just a result of the man’s thoughts. The story of Adam and Eve caused natural sin for man. Augustine stated that natural evil which is present in the natural world such as natural disasters. Augustine thinks angels cause this‚ however moral evil is caused by the persons thoughts. Augustine appealed that God might not have created evil in the world

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    St. Augustine Confessions

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    1. St. Augustine wrote "Confessions" out of a desire to share the mysteries and circumstances through which he received and sustained his faith‚ and his sustained battles against earthly temptation. Furthermore‚ he chooses at various points to point out the fallacies of learned people as they "observe the covenanted rules of letters and syllables‚" while at the same time ignoring what the author perceives as the true gift of faith in action (11). In many ways‚ Confessions is a symbol of St. Augustine’s

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    CONFESSIONS OF ST AUGUSTINE The Confessions is a spiritual autobiography‚ covering the first 35 years of Augustine’s life‚ with particular emphasis on Augustine’s spiritual development and how he accepted Christianity. The Confessions is divided into 13 books. Books 1 through 9 contain Augustine’s life story. Book 10 is an exploration of memory. Books 11 through 13 are detailed interpretations of the first chapter of Genesis‚ which describes the creation of the world. Book 1: Augustine’s infancy

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    Discovery of St. Augustine

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    May 7‚ 2013 St. Augustine‚ Discovery to Present Day It was April in the year 1513 that Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in an area between Cape Canaveral and the mouth of the St. Johns River. Over the years‚ archeologists have performed many “digs” at the Fountain of Youth‚ which is a National Archeological Park‚ where the village called Seloy was once occupied by the Timucuan Indians. This is where the city of St. Augustine began. Ponce de Leon arrived during the Easter season which

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    St. Augustine Confessions

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    Saint Augustine Confessions chronicles the journey to Catholicism in ancient Rome. In the beginning of his life Augustine struggles with what god should be and if God is real. This is one of his early questions that goes unanswered. There is no logical way to know whether god is there or not. Augustine seems to constantly bring his experiences in life back to religion‚ and whether it was sinful or not. In Rome at the time Catholicism was not the most popular religion of choice. The most popular

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    ST AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO

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    UNIVERSITY FACULTY: BIBLE & THEOLOGY COURSE CODE: CMN2113 COURSE ASSIGNIMENT: CHURCH HISTORY I- A STUDY ON THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO STUDENT NAME: REUBEN CHAKA‚ SUBMITTED TO: Dr. NGUCHIE GATHOGO DATE: 5th November‚ 2013 AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO- BISHOP AND THEOLOGIAN Saint Augustine (Aurelius Augustinus) was one of the greatest theologians of Western Christianity and indeed one of the greatest Church Fathers. In his day the Mediterranean

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