The Examined Life And The Time Of St. Augustine Of Hippo (St. Ambrose)

Name Instructor Course Date The examined life and the Time of St. Augustine of Hippo Constantinople’s conversion to Christianity in 312 was monumental, as spread of Christianity gained momentum in Europe and neighboring northern Africa. St. Augustine of Hippo (Aurelius Augustinus) was born in the year 354 at eastern Algeria-Northern Africa and while his mother St. Monica was a Christian believer, he initially did not profess the faith. It is when he settled in Milan, Italy in 383 that he became a believer having come across the teachings of St. Ambrose (the Time of St. Augustine of Hippo). He also taught at Rome, and his renunciation of his previous life where he lived with a mistress highlights how religion influenced his lifestyle, beliefs and spirituality. Augustine’s embrace of Christianity while staying at the Roman Empire influenced his religious views and ministering as he read the scripture more deeply. Augustine was a keen student of philosophy and it is internal struggle with faith that lead him to convert to Christianity as he sought a pact with God, with his final conversion in 386 a year before his mother’s death (Short). Following his return to Africa and setting up a monastic community, the people ordained him as a priest in 391(Short). Four years later he became the bishop of Hippo and from then on ministered and wrote diverse books touching on different aspects of the Christian Church from history, the original sin, dogma, sacraments, free will, education and sex. At the time of his death in 430, the Vandals lay siege in the city (Short). Augustine integrated various classical traditions into Christianity at a time when there were concerns about heretics in the church. Even Augustine had once belonged to the Manichean religion, which was a sect that believed that the power of the veil was equal to the bad. In the Literal Meaning of Genesis sought to change the Manichean notion that the book of Genesis misinterpreted the nature of creation, and he explored Genesis focusing more deeply into the creative narrative. Augustine’s knowledge of ancient philosophy and classical learning he explored the literal meaning Genesis focusing on Creation as a historical fact and not merely the metaphysical explanation of the human existence As a Christian theologian his writings like “the City of God” “The Imitation of Chris...