Daily Blog 2 Week 9

Konnor Drewen

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Who was Augustine of Hippo?

            Augustine of Hippo was born on 13 of November 354 CE in Tagaste, which is modern day Souk-Ahras. He is also known as St. Augustine or Blessed Augustine. He received a Catholic education. His mother had him sign with the cross and enrolled with the catechumens. Once when ill he asked to be baptized but after he was cured he turned down the sacrament. During his life, his morals and faith went through a great crisis. In the year, 373, Augustine and his friend Honoratus fell into the hands of the Manicheans. Augustine devoted himself to his sect with all the ardor of his character; he read all its books, adopted and defended all its opinions. In the year 383 CE Augustine, at the age of twenty-nine, feeling something drawing him left for Italy, but his mother suspected his departure and was so scared to be separated from him that he resorted to leaving under cover of the night. When he was then forty two, he was to occupy the See of Hippo for thirty-four years. He was known as defender of truth and the shepherd of souls. He preached frequently, sometimes for five days consecutively, his sermons touched many people in his time. He wrote letters which helped to solve many problems in known world. He struggled to fight against all errors. Although the struggles of his time were many he was able to help many people with his teaching which was why he was successful as bishop of Hippo.