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Augustine of Hippo (/ ɔː ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ɪ n / aw-GUST-in, US also / ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; [22] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), [23] also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
The diocese was established around 250 AD. Only these six bishops of Hippo are known: Saint Theogenes [8] (256? – martyr 259?) Saint Leontius [8] (died 303?) Fidentius (martyr ?304) Valerius (388?–396), who ordained St. Augustine; the "Doctor of Grace", Saint Augustine (354 – 28 August 430, coadjutor in 395, bishop in 396) Heraclius ...
Augustine of Hippo (AD 354–430) was a philosopher and theologian born in Roman Africa (present-day Algeria). He followed the Manichaean religion during his early life, but converted to Christianity in 386. His two major works, Confessions and City of God, develop key ideas regarding his response to suffering.
25 January c. AD 389: Arianzus: One of the three Cappadocian Fathers, Doctor of the Church Gregory of Nyssa: c. AD 335: Caesarea Mazaca: c. AD 395: Nyssa: One of the three Cappadocian Fathers, Bishop of Nyssa, Brother of Basil of Caesarea Meletius of Antioch: c. AD 381: Antioch: Bishop of Antioch Augustine of Hippo: 13 November AD 354: Thagaste ...
Early church fathers prior to Augustine of Hippo (354–430) refuted non-choice predeterminism as being pagan. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Out of the fifty early Christian authors who wrote on the debate between free will and determinism , all fifty supported Christian free will against Stoic , Gnostic, and Manichean determinism.
De Genesi ad litteram (Latin: [d̪eː gɛ.nɛ.siː liː.tɛ.ram]; Literal Commentary on Genesis) [1] is an exegetical reading of the Book of Genesis written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo. [2] Likely completed in AD 415, this work was Augustine's second attempt to literally interpret the Genesis narrative .
Augustine (354–430), Bishop of Hippo, was a philosopher and theologian. Augustine, a Latin Father and Doctor of the Church, is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. In his early life, Augustine read widely in Greco-Roman rhetoric and philosophy, including the works of Platonists such as Plotinus. [55]
On the Christian Doctrine, transl. by J. F. Shaw, in: St. Augustine: City of God and Christian Doctrine (Kindle Edition), Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of The Christian Church, Edinburgh: T&T Clark. Woo, B. Hoon (2013). "Augustine's Hermeneutics and Homiletics in De doctrina Christiana". Journal of Christian Philosophy.