Augustine was ... On a visit to Hippo he was proclaimed priest and then bishop against his will. He accepted it as the will of God and spent the rest of his life as the pastor of this north ...
Augustine of Hippo is one of the most influential thinkers in Western history, holding sway across religious and political ...
Though he was pugnacious, Augustine was ever the gentleman. This is evident in his correspondence with another larger-than-life Christian of the 5th century, Saint Jerome. The two sparred over ...
St. Augustine of Hippo, "Christian Instruction" c. 397 A.D. "We read in the books of the Maccabees (2 Maccabees 12:43) that sacrifice was offered for the dead. But even if it were found nowhere in ...