It was just what Augustine needed, for in it, St. Paul says to put away all impurity and to live in imitation of Jesus. That did it! From then on, Augustine began a new life. He was baptized, became a priest, a bishop, a famous Catholic writer, Founder of religious priests, and one of the greatest saints that ever lived.
He became very devout and charitable, too. Augustine overcame strong heresies, practiced great poverty and supported the poor, preached very often and prayed with great fervor right up until his death. His feast day is August 28th. Graber on August 21, - am. Your history of St.
Augustine is off. He was born in Thagaste, not Hippo. Furthermore, he did not simply pick up the Bible and become an instant convert. It took him years to come to an acceptance of the book. Furthermore, he did not "experiment" with other religions. He was an avowed Manichean and later an affirmed Neoplatonist, though the term did not exist during St. Augustine's time. Furthermore, Neoplatonism was an academic school of thought, one which St.
Augustine brought with him into Christianity. Furthermore, it would be wrong to describe a young St. Augustine as a hedonist. Very early on, that may have been an appropriate title but by the time he turns to Manicheanism, he is already an aspiring aesthetic.
In fact, it was the the professed aestheticism of Manicheanism that lured him toward it and it's lack of aestheticism, at least in some ranks of the faith, that drove him from it. Your town looks beautiful. Thank you. There quickly surfaces the intensity with which he lived his life, whether his path led away from or toward God.
Having been so deeply immersed in creature-pride of life in his early days and having drunk deeply of its bitter dregs, it is not surprising that Augustine should have turned, with a holy fierceness, against the many demon-thrusts rampant in his day. His times were truly decadent: politically, socially, morally. He owned land that he farmed. Patricius married Monica and they had three children. Monica was a Christian and also became a saint, but her husband was a pagan.
She prayed often that her family would be Christians. Just before he died in , Patricius converted to Christianity. Augustine would not convert for many more years. His teachers would often punish him for not knowing the correct answers.
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