AD 354 – 430

Augustine of Hippo

The most influential theologian of the Latin West, decisive for later Catholic and Protestant thought on grace, sin, the Church and history.

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Location
Thagaste, Milan, Hippo Regius in North Africa
Role
Bishop of Hippo; Doctor of the Church
Major writings
  • Confessions; The City of God; On the Trinity; On Christian Doctrine; anti-Donatist and anti-Pelagian works
Teachings
  • Grace as the source of every good act
  • The validity of sacraments independent of the minister's holiness
Connection to apostolic Christianity
He appealed both to Scripture and to the universal practice of the churches as evidence of apostolic teaching.

Quotations with references

You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

Confessions I.1

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