Issue 67. St. Augustine: Sinner, Bishop, Saint


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Summary
He was a brilliant theologian whose mind raged over a vast array of issues with incomparable depth and dexterity. He was a regal bishop, an ecclesiastical authority, who refined the teachings of the church. And he was a fallen human being who struggled with common weaknesses: sex, vanity, self-recriminations, anger and depression.

Christian History & Biography offers this issue as an informed look at the everyday life of St. Augustine. History has built him into an untouchable thinker and a legendary mind, but he was first and foremost a man—a human who was seeking the living God.

Sinner, Bishop, Saint

Inside this issue you'll find:

  • The Dark Heart Filled with Light
    Augustine's early years reveal an intense proud and sensual man who yearned to know truth.
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
    To show how greatly God has changed him, Augustine tells all. What a fifth-century critic might have said.
  • The Bishop at Work
    Augustine saw himself not as a saint, but as a pastor with a job to do.
  • A Tale of Two Cities
    It's a shame about Rome, but wait—there's more! What a fifth-century critic might have said.
  • Augustine & the Battle for Orthodoxy
    A Christian History Timeline
  • Fighting Words
    Forged in the heat of theological battle, Augustine's five most distinctive teachings remain controversial.
  • Semi-Augustinians
    A few monks—and eventually most of the church—found both Augustine and Pelagius a little too extreme.
  • The Gallery: Influential Antagonists
    Augustine's life and ministry were shaped by his encounters with these intellectual adversaries.
  • What Would Augustine Say?
    The fifth-century theologian answers five crucial twenty-first-century questions. A special section.
  • God's Blessing or Humanity's Curse?
    Augustine's views on sex.
  • How Good Christians can be Good Citizens
    Augustine's views on war.
  • The Right Way to Reach the Wrong-headed
    Augustine's views on religious tolerance.
  • Is Christianity the Only Path to God?
    Augustine's views on pluralism.
  • Miracles Ended Long Ago—Or Did They?
    Augustine's views on signs & wonders.
    Departments
  • Did You Know?
  • From the Editor
  • From the Readers
  • Recommended Resources


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