Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

St. Augustine By- Frank Gasior. Born Augustine was born in Tagaste, Africa on 13 November, 354 60 miles from Bona.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "St. Augustine By- Frank Gasior. Born Augustine was born in Tagaste, Africa on 13 November, 354 60 miles from Bona."— Presentation transcript:

1 St. Augustine By- Frank Gasior

2 Born Augustine was born in Tagaste, Africa on 13 November, 354 60 miles from Bona

3 During His Young Life Received Christian Education Father wanted to send him to Carthage to prepare for a forensic career. He Had a Child and did not attend Carthage

4 Family Mother-Monica Father-Patricius No siblings

5 St. Augustine He was an Early Christian theologian whose writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy.

6 St. Augustine He was bishop of Hippo Regius located in the Roman province of Africa. He was Considered and viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers. important works are City of God and Confessions, which continue to be read widely today.

7 St. Augustine He was heavily influenced by Manichaeism and afterward by the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus. Augustine converted to Christianity in 387, and was baptized the same year.

8 Apologetics Augustine's role in Christian Apologetics is that he was one of the writers and was a Church Father.

9 Apologetics-Augustine “ No one believes something unless he or she has first thought of it as something that ought to be believed.” “Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.” “The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.”

10 Death His memorial is celebrated on 28 August, the day of his death. He is the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, the alleviation of sore eyes, and a number of cities and dioceses. Many Protestants and Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of the Protestant Reformation due to his teachings on salvation and divine grace.

11 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_apolog etics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_apolog etics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hi ppo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hi ppo http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?sain t_id=418 http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?sain t_id=418 http://www.ccel.org/ccel/augustine


Download ppt "St. Augustine By- Frank Gasior. Born Augustine was born in Tagaste, Africa on 13 November, 354 60 miles from Bona."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google