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Augustine of Hippo (/ ɔː ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ɪ n / aw-GUST-in, US also / ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
Apr 23, 2024 · Saint Augustine of Hippo. Original Latin name: Aurelius Augustinus. Born: November 13, 354, Tagaste, Numidia [now Souk Ahras, Algeria] Died: August 28, 430, Hippo Regius [now Annaba, Algeria] (aged 75) Notable Works: “The Confessions of St. Augustine”.
Sep 25, 2019 · In De quantitate animae, Augustine broadly argues that the “greatness” of the soul does not refer to spatial extension but to its vivifying, perceptive, rational and contemplative powers that enable it to move close to God and are compatible with and even presuppose immateriality (esp. ib. 70–76; Brittain 2003).
Mar 24, 2000 · One of the decisive developments in the western philosophical tradition was the eventually widespread merging of the Greek philosophical tradition and the Judeo-Christian religious and scriptural traditions. Augustine is one of the main figures through and by whom this merging was accomplished.
Saint Augustine, (born Nov. 13, 354, Tagaste, Numidia—died Aug. 28, 430, Hippo Regius; feast day August 28), Christian theologian and one of the Latin Fathers of the Church.
Mar 25, 2022 · Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (354-430), better known as Augustine of Hippo, is extolled as the greatest of the Christian Church Fathers. More than any other writer, he developed what would become...
Writing from a unique background and vantage point as a keen observer of society before the fall of the Roman Empire, Augustine’s views on political and social philosophy constitute an important intellectual bridge between late antiquity and the emerging medieval world.
Augustine, who knew its strengths and weaknesses, dealt it a death blow. At the public baths, Augustine debated Fortunatus, a former schoolmate from Carthage and a leading Manichaean.
Jul 10, 2023 · Similar to C.S. Lewis’ story of how he came to the faith (as well as Lee Strobel and several other apologists), Augustine befriends a Christian mentor by the name of St. Ambrose and becomes convinced that Christianity can be the only true religion, through wrestling with intellectual issues.
Jun 25, 2018 · Augustine was one of the 8 great Doctors of the Church, along with Ambrose, Jerome, Gregory the Great, Athanasius, John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, and Gregory of Nazianzus. He may have been the most influential philosopher ever. Augustine died while the Germanic Vandals attacked northern Africa.
