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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.
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.
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 ...
Thagaste was originally a small Numidian village, inhabited by a Berber tribe into which Augustine of Hippo was born in AD 354. His mother Saint Monica was a Christian and his father Patricius (with Roman roots) was at first a pagan who later adopted Christianity. The city was located in the north-eastern highlands of Numidia.
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.
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St. Augustine (354–430) believed that the determinism of astrology conflicted with the Christian doctrines of man's free will and responsibility, and God not being the cause of evil, [1] [2] but he also grounded his opposition philosophically, citing the failure of astrology to explain twins who behave differently although conceived at the ...