Issue 15. St. Augustine of Hippo

Summary
Pope John Paul II describes St. Augustine as "an incomparable man whose children and disciples we all are..." His writings still bring readers to rarely-visited levels of theological inquiry and vulnerability. His quasi-Pauline turnabout from a Manichaean apologist to the 5th century defender of Christian orthodoxy inspires reverence for the life-changing gospel, Jesus Christ. Become a child and disciple of this great saint through a stirring issue of Christian History & Biography.

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Inside this issue you'll find:

  • Augustine's Life and Times
  • True-Life Confessions:
    The Precedent-Setting Revelations of Augustine's Restless Heart
    "Our hearts are restless until they find their peace in you."
  • Also: Augustine's Account of His Conversion
    This is Augustine's account of his conversion to Christ as it occurred in the garden in Milan in the spring of 386 A.D.
  • "And a Saint in a Pear Tree"?
    Stealing pears and throwing them to the pigs was one of the most spiritually significant events in Augustine's life. Find out why.
  • Augustine's Sex-Life Change:
    from Profligate to Celibate
    "To Carthage then I came burning burning burning burning"
  • The City of God
    The City of God is the second of Augustine's best-known and best-selling works, selling because of its timeless discussions of the two cities in which Christians live simultaneously. Professor Keith Yandell suggests what this classic might mean to us today.
  • "One of the Best Teachers of the Church"
    Augustine on Teachers and Teaching in On Christian Doctrine
  • Fighting Isms and Schisms Augustine the bishop fought several "isms": Manichaeism, Donatism and Pelagianism most prominently. What were they, and how did he refute them?
  • Augustine's Enchiridion
    A Handbook for "Earthy" Christian Living
  • Pope John Paul II on Augustine
  • Augustine on Astrology
  • Augustine's Millennial Views
  • The Gallery:
    Augustine's Influences
  • From the Archives
    • Transferring the Relics of St. Augustine
      A Translation of Bishop Oldrad's Letter to Emperor Charlemagne
    • Excerpts from an Augustine Sermon
      "On 1 John 4:2" or "Christ in the Flesh"
    Departments
  • Did You Know?
  • From the Publisher
  • CH Timeline
  • Recommended Resources


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