Augustine Four Marks Of Religion

The four marks of the church are one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. The church is one because of the unity we posses as Catholics. (Four marks of the church/William Saunders) The church is Holy and Catholic by believing in our God and keeping true to our faith. The church is Apostolic by giving to the less fortunate and by making sure everyone is healthy. These four marks are displayed through examples and writings throughout the church. St. Augustine of hippo unified many people and brought people together as one through his change of behavior. Many people connected with Augustine because of his life changing attitude towards religion. Augustine was a sinner like many other people but he liked to sin a little too much. Augustine was on the wrong path and had to revaluate his …show more content…
Monica is someone who can relate to staying "holy". Monica has a son named St. Augustine who was a troublemaker. Monica who was very religious, would pray and pray for Augustine to turn around and realize that every bad choice he makes is turning him from God. (Gordon R. Lewis) Monica realized that her prayers were not working and God was not helping Augustine. Monica became frustrated with God and contemplated his existence. After some more prayers Monica started to see change in Augustine when he started to enter college. Augustine began to build his faith and later on become a saint. This explains how Monica never gave up on her faith even when she thought God was ignoring her prayers. Who I believe that made the church catholic is Theodosius. Theodosius was very ill one point during his reign, and wanted to be baptized. Once he was victorious he had to choose a patriarch of Constantinople, the bishops wanted him to choose a bishop but he did not which caused them to be angry with him. The church wanted Theodosius to spread Christianity during his reign, so he did because he wanted to make up for