Saint Augustine was born at Tagaste on Nov. 13, 354 into an urban family in what is now Algeria in North Africa. He was The greatest of the Latin Fathers of the Church, Augustine lived during a period in which the Roman Empire was in deep decline and Christianity was taking root as the official religion. It was a time of great political stress and widespread religious tension. Also, he is one thinker had an especially strong role in shaping Christians views about sexual activity and many other issues. Augustine’s ideas on sin, grace, and redemption became the foundation of all subsequent Western Christian theology, Protestant as well as Catholic.
