Throughout The Confessions, Saint Augustine of Hippo plays a big role in influencing Christianity. Augustine took ideas from pre-Christian thinkers, and was very influential in getting those ideas about Christianity out to the world. Augustine was very effective in getting his ideas about Christianity out; he was effective at getting his points across, especially when he compared his ideas to Ovid, the idea of internal verses external, and the concept of fate. In The Confessions, Augustine and Ovid both voice their opinions on how everything changes and how everything eventually passes away. Augustine’s faith and belief in Christianity leads his argument away from what Ovid says. Ovid expressed his thoughts on life after death, and explained
