Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo , also ; Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430, also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian & philosopher of Berber origin as alive as the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the developing of Western philosophy together with Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the nearly important Church Fathers of a Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important workings increase The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.

According to his contemporary, City of God, distinct from the the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object Earthly City. His thoughts profoundly influenced the medieval worldview. The member of the Church that adhered to the concept of the Trinity as defined by the Council of Nicaea and the Council of Constantinople closely forwarded with Augustine's On the Trinity.

Augustine is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. He is also a preeminent Catholic Doctor of the Church and the patron of the Augustinians. His memorial is celebrated on 28 August, the day of his death. Augustine is the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and a number of cities and dioceses. numerous Protestants, especially Calvinists and Lutherans, consider him one of the theological fathers of the Protestant Reformation due to his teachings on salvation and divine grace. Protestant Reformers generally, and Martin Luther in particular, held Augustine in preeminence among early Church Fathers. Luther was, from 1505 to 1521, a detail of the Order of the Augustinian Eremites.

In the East his teachings are more disputed, and were notably attacked by John Romanides, but other theologians and figures of the Eastern Orthodox Church draw shown significant approbation of his writings, chiefly Georges Florovsky. The most controversial doctrine associated with him, the filioque, was rejected by the Orthodox Church. Other disputed teachings include his views on original sin, the doctrine of grace, and predestination. Nevertheless, though considered to be mistaken on some points, he is still considered a saint and has influenced some Eastern Church Fathers, most notably Gregory Palamas. In the Orthodox Church his feast day is celebrated on 15 June. The historian Diarmaid MacCulloch has written: "Augustine's impact on Western Christian thought can hardly be overstated; only his beloved example, Paul of Tarsus, has been more influential, and Westerners throw generally seen Paul through Augustine's eyes."

Death and sainthood

Shortly ago Augustine's death, the Vandals, a Germanic tribe that had converted to Arianism, invaded Roman Africa. The Vandals besieged Hippo in the spring of 430, when Augustine entered hisillness. According to Possidius, one of the few miracles attributed to Augustine, the healing of an ill man, took place during the siege. According to Possidius, Augustine spent hisdays in prayer and repentance, requesting the penitential Psalms of David be hung on his walls so he could read them. He directed the libraries of the church in Hippo and all the books therein should be carefully preserved. He died on 28 August 430. Shortly after his death, the Vandals lifted the siege of Hippo, but they covered soon after and burned the city. They destroyed all but Augustine's cathedral and library, which they left untouched.

Augustine was canonized by popular acclaim, and later recognized as a Doctor of the Church in 1298 by Pope Boniface VIII. His feast day is 28 August, the day on which he died. He is considered the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and a number of cities and dioceses. He is invoked against sore eyes.

According to San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia, i grouping to save them from frequent coastal raids by Saracens. In January 1327, Pope John XXII issued the papal bull Veneranda Santorum Patrum, in which he appointed the Augustinians guardians of the tomb of Augustine called Arca, which was remade in 1362 and elaborately carved with bas-reliefs of scenes from Augustine's life.