St. Augustine
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, St. Monica, was a devout Christian who regularly prayed for the faith of her son. After years of prayer, St. Monica was successfully able to sign St. Augustine was with the cross and enrol him among the catechumens. However he refused to be baptised. St. Monica was devastated. When St. Augustine grew dangerously ill, he finally agreed to be baptised, only to remove his consent upon recovery and denounce the Christian faith. Unfortunately, his parent’s contradicting beliefs and his own rebellious intellect, were leading him in two completely different directions.
As Augustine grew, he continued to be surrounded by Christian influences. His mother encouraged him to attend a school of religious education in Tagaste (an important part of the Roman Empire) and Madura until he was sixteen. He accepted. After his education, he left for Carthage where he fell to the pleasures of the half-pagan city’s theatres and was re-educated by his insubordinate fellow students. Finally, after a time, he confessed to his mother that he had been living sinfully with a woman of whom he had had a son, Adeodatus, which means Gift of God, born in 372 AD. Although, Augustine had been immersed in a Christian environment, he still continued to rebel.
Augustine had not given religion up yet. He was still seeking. While he was still a student, Augustine possessed a fervent longing to focus yet again the investigation of his faith, and in 373 AD he became a confirmed Manichaean. Because of
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, St. Monica, was a devout Christian who regularly prayed for the faith of her son. After years of prayer, St. Monica was successfully able to sign St. Augustine was with the cross and enrol him among the catechumens. However he refused to be baptised. St. Monica was devastated. When St. Augustine grew dangerously ill, he finally agreed to be baptised, only to remove his consent upon recovery and denounce the Christian faith. Unfortunately, his parent’s contradicting beliefs and his own rebellious intellect, were leading him in two completely different directions.
As Augustine grew, he continued to be surrounded by Christian influences. His mother encouraged him to attend a school of religious education in Tagaste (an important part of the Roman Empire) and Madura until he was sixteen. He accepted. After his education, he left for Carthage where he fell to the pleasures of the half-pagan city’s theatres and was re-educated by his insubordinate fellow students. Finally, after a time, he confessed to his mother that he had been living sinfully with a woman of whom he had had a son, Adeodatus, which means Gift of God, born in 372 AD. Although, Augustine had been immersed in a Christian environment, he still continued to rebel.
Augustine had not given religion up yet. He was still seeking. While he was still a student, Augustine possessed a fervent longing to focus yet again the investigation of his faith, and in 373 AD he became a confirmed Manichaean. Because of