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1 day ago · Augustine of Hippo was a Berber theologian and philosopher who influenced Western Christianity and philosophy. He was born in Thagaste, Numidia, in 354 and became the bishop of Hippo Regius in 395.
Sep 12, 2024 · The local Thagaste Bridge bears testament to the city’s ancient lineage, and nearby ancient ruins offer some evidence of Roman rule from centuries past. Perhaps most poignantly, at the center of town sits a massive olive tree that, according to popular legend, Augustine himself used to sit under and meditate.
Sep 22, 2024 · St. Augustine was born at the town of Thagaste (now Souk-Ahras in modern day Algeria) on November 13, 354 and grew to become one the most significant and influential thinkers in the history of the ...
Sep 16, 2024 · St. Augustine was born at the town of Thagaste (now Souk-Ahras in modern day Algeria) on November 13, 354 and grew to become one the most significant and influential thinkers in the history of the Catholic Church. His teachings were the foundation of Christian doctrine for a millennium. The story of his life, up until his conversion, is written ...
Sep 9, 2024 · Saint Augustine returned to Thagaste in 389, was ordained a priest and, in 395, became bishop of Hippo. Through his eloquence and ability to present the truth clearly, he won disputes against Pelagius and also against the Donatists. Pelagianism was a heresy that denied original sin and proposed that man could be saved without the grace of God.
Sep 22, 2024 · Augustine was born in Thagaste in Africa of a Berber family. He was brought up a Christian but left the Church early and spent a great deal of time seriously seeking the truth, first in the Manichaean heresy, which he abandoned on seeing how nonsensical it was, and then in Neoplatonism, until at length, through the prayers of his mother and the teaching of St Ambrose of Milan, he was converted back to Christianity and baptized in 387, shortly before his mother’s death.
Sep 18, 2024 · From his childhood in Thagaste, in Roman North Africa, to his death, passing through his conversion and consecration as Bishop of Hippo, you will discover his moral and philosophical wanderings, his passions, his strengths, and his weaknesses, but above all, his relentless quest for truth.
