Religion In Augustine Of Hippo's Confessions

Augustine of Hippo’s confession best describes religion in my point of view and my aspect of what is religion. Oddly enough his religion is not the same religion that I have an affiliation. I currently attend a Pentecostal Church, however, his words stood out as Christian in form and mindset. Man is indeed one of God’s creatures formed in his own image and many humans do have a natural urge to praise something or someone of a higher calling. People who have not yet found God have a surprisingly odd form of emptiness that can’t be filled, until they stumble upon God’s presence. Upon receiving Christ for the first time, a new Christian generally has a deep desire to praise God and seek forgiveness and until they have, they don’t have a feeling of fulfilment or contentment. When God formed the earth he placed a man and a woman to have dominion over the earth and to praise him. Man was made to praise God with their words and their actions. Until a man or woman comes to know God personally and have a personal relationship with Christ, …show more content…
We are taught that the way of the earth was creation and not evolution. That God is the one and only divine creator of the universe and he made man from the earth and breathed life into him. God formed man in his own image and then took one rib from man to form an equal partner for man, which was a woman. They both disobeyed God and sinned, therefore, they were cast out of the Garden of Eden. The man would forever work to earn his way by the sweat of his brow and hard labor, as well the woman would bare pain to birth children. Man and woman both would bare life troubles but would find God’s grace in their suffering by praising him and calling on his Holy