Augustine of Canterbury

Augustine, also better known as St. Augustine or even Aurelius Augustinus, was born in North Africa around 354, in the town of Tagaste. He was a fourth century philosopher, with Christian doctrine based on Neoplatonism, a theologian and a bishop. Raised by his Christian mother, he initially took a mild interest towards Christ, but surprisingly more towards the “attractions of sex, fame and pride in his own cleverness.” However, the fact that he was raised as Christian immensely affected him when…

around us is Saint Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo. These two innovative thinkers were consistent with their principles of faith and reasoning, the existence of God, and theories of other religious ideas interpreted from a philosophical standpoint. Both these thinkers were heavily known for venturing into the depths of the Christianity faith, both raising question of the thought of the true divinity behind the most almighty being, God. Even though Augustine takes…

to interpretation. In establishing a basis for argument and comparison, looking at Saint Augustine’s ideas on fate the The City of God and how his ideas conflict of that previously accepted is critical in understanding two philosophies of fate. Augustine deters from that previously…

The Medieval Ages, with the absence of knowledge, were in stark contrast to the Classical era. The main force behind this shift was the Catholic Church. Although the Catholic Church preserved and spread knowledge and patronized the arts, the Vatican edited knowledge to meet its doctrine, oppressed intellectuals and created religious fervor, and its policy shift towards knowledge will lead directly into the Renaissance. The two main facets to the Church’s positive impact on knowledge were…

John Calvin was one of the greatest theologians to live. He was most prominent in the “second wave of Protestant Reformation.” Calvin’s doctrine is one of the most-well-considered doctrines that still have an effect on Christianity today. This essay explains John Calvin’s understanding of Scripture; his understanding of Divine and human relationships; his thought about election, providence, how humans know and understand God; and lastly, his understanding of predestination. Calvin had a…

One reformer and who person can change the way we see things in the world. I can tell you that Theodore Beza changed the way we look at the world today. Now many of you are probably thinking ‘I have no idea who this man is.’ Don’t worry I didn’t know who he was either. I hope with this Research paper you will understand who Theodore Beza was and what he did to impact our world today. One Reformer, Theodore Beza, impacted the Protestant Reformation and the current way we live and worship today.…

Relating his crimes to the ideas of original sin, Augustine talks about his story of stealing the pear because of the bad company he was keeping. He began with evil, just as Adam and Eve did in the book of Genesis. In addition, just like all of his writings, the story relates to today’s world because the…

St. Augustine of Hippo, Christian philosopher, theologian and writer. Aurelius Augustinus as he was originally called, was born on 13th November, 354 in Tagaste, Numidia, Northern Africa, what is currently known as the country of Algeria in the continent of Africa. St. Augustine’s father was called Patricius, and his mother was named, Monica. Patricius was not a Christian devote, he only became a Christian when he was near death. Augustine's mother on the other hand, was a devout Christian. She…

The works of Italian philosopher Thomas Aquinas still hold prominent to this day. Influenced by the works Greek philosopher Aristotle, he was convinced to find evidence of the existence of a God. Through the first two “ways” of Gods existence, he explored the relationship between the cause and the resulting phenomenon of the world’s occurrences. In this paper I will argue that, Aquinas’s first two ways do very little to effectively suggest that a God actually exists. The first way of Aquinas…

Augustine returned home to Thagaste to teach grammar, the underlying foundation for the study of rhetoric. Monica, appalled at his alliance with the heretical Manichees, at first refused to allow him to enter her house. She prayed unceasingly for his conversion to the Catholic Church. Augustine returned to Carthage following the death of a dear friend in Thagaste, which had made the associations of that city unbearable to him. In Carthage, he opened a school of rhetoric. The rowdiness and pranks…