National Catholic Register: Pope Leo XIV Urges Catholic Legislators to Look to Augustine’s ‘City of God’
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday urged Catholic lawmakers to draw inspiration from St. Augustine’s “City of God” as they navigate shifting global politics, warning against reducing the idea of human ...
Pope Leo XIV Urges Catholic Legislators to Look to Augustine’s ‘City of God’
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine or Saint Austin, [36] is known by various cognomens throughout the many denominations of the Christian world, including Blessed Augustine and the Doctor of Grace[20] (Latin: Doctor gratiae).
St. Augustine was bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430 and one of the Latin Fathers of the Church.
Augustine of Hippo was perhaps the greatest Christian philosopher of Antiquity and certainly the one who exerted the deepest and most lasting influence. He is a saint of the Catholic Church, and his authority in theological matters was universally accepted in the Latin Middle Ages and remained, in the Western Christian tradition, virtually uncontested till the nineteenth century. The impact of ...
Augustine of Hippo Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. (CC BY-NC-ND) Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (354-430), better known as Augustine of Hippo, is extolled as the greatest of the Christian Church Fathers. More than any other writer, he developed what would become known as systematic theology, or an explanation of how Christianity fits into views of the universe, creation, and humankind's relationship ...
St. Augustine of Hippo was a theologian, writer, preacher, rhetorician, and bishop. Although he experienced many hardships in his life, Saint Augustine set an example for men and women around the world to follow. His work is reflected in the lives of Catholics in the Augustinian tradition who continue to care for those in great need. Today, Catholics in the Augustinian tradition represent a ...